Chapter 10: Chinese Americans

Panting and knocking on the door, the thin monkey really didn't miss the appointment, eating instant noodles, waiting for Zhao Lei to arrive.

In 1995, when the people didn't know anything about computers, where did the thin monkey learn his hacking skills, which is a question that Zhao Lei urgently needs to understand.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhao Lei was frightened by the scene in front of him: the room of more than ten square meters was divided into two, the outside looked like a dog kennel, but the inside was different. In the space of only one bed and one table, there is a computer mainframe, a large screen, and two powerful servers hidden under the table - standard equipment for modern hackers.

"I used all the money I earned to buy equipment." Chewing instant noodles, the thin monkey vaguely introduced, "It cost more than 10,000 yuan in total, Brother Lei, you can experience it, the most mainstream server in contemporary times, use it to launch network attacks, and you can kill the vast majority of websites in China in seconds." ”

Zhao Lei was confused: "You kid used all the money he earned for cyber attacks?" What's the picture? ”

The cyber attack of 1995 had not yet formed a market, and hackers had no time to make a profit by proving their ability in addition to having fun. The skinny monkey made money by gambling with others, but he threw it all on the cyber attack, this kid has a brain pump?

The answer given by the thin monkey made Zhao Lei almost collapse under the table: "What's the picture?" Well, I don't want to do anything, I just want to hack the USCIS website. ”

slapped a slap on his head, and Zhao Lei wanted to die: "Monkey, your brain is designated to be flooded, and your current situation is that you have to feed yourself." You hate US imperialism/nationalism, and you want to save the blue-eyed elf in dire straits, and your mood can be understood, but you only have the life of drinking gutter oil, and you don't have to fuck Zhongnanhai's heart, understand? ”

The thin monkey blinked his simple eyes: "Who told you that I hate the United States?" ”

Zhao Lei was stunned: "Don't hate it, why did you attack the American website?" Defeating US imperialism and liberating all mankind is our common ideal, but now we will fill our stomachs first. ”

The thin monkey still blinked, looking very aggrieved, lowered his head and nibbled on the instant noodles, no longer arguing with him.

"Monkey, who taught you computer technology and hacking skills?" Looking around, Zhao Lei was completely thundered by these equipment, the temple is a small demon, and the pool is shallow and Wang Baduo, oh no, it is Wang Badao who is high. He believed that several times in the entire Qingyun County and the entire Sichuan Province, he could not find a few experts who were proficient in this way, but he did not expect the thin monkey to be at the forefront of science and technology.

I didn't hear the thin monkey's answer, but I heard the sobbing sound of "Si Xi Suosuo".

Turning around, the thin monkey was wiping his tears, Zhao Lei was shocked, I just asked you where you learned the technology, and I didn't force you to ask for your bank card password, as for being so sad?

"Cough, monkey, I don't want to say it, my brother didn't force you to say it, don't cry, don't cry." Zhao Lei didn't care about patting him on the head, "Look at you now, my brother estimated that when you were in elementary school, you started to engage in hacking, how early it was, eight years or more, we don't even know what a computer is." Skinny Monkey, which elementary school are you? ”

When asked about the primary school, the thin monkey stopped crying, took out a thick stack of photos from the drawer, and stuffed them into Zhao Lei's hand: "Brother Lei, I'm from the elementary school, you can see it yourself." ”

In the photo, the scenery is beautiful, and the skinny monkey is snuggling up to his parents, happily walking towards the gate of the elementary school - this is taken when the skinny monkey entered the school.

On the school gate, a string of English, translated as California State Elementary School in the United States.

"Na Mu?" Zhao Lei's eyes turned into lanterns, which was not trivial.

The thin monkey's face was unusually calm: "Brother Lei, these English are not difficult, I studied there at California State Elementary School in the United States." However, shortly before I was about to enter junior high school, my father was fooled and the family returned to Huaxia, and the tragedy began. ”

"Holy!" Zhao Lei patted his head heavily so that he would not faint.

"Brother Lei, my father was originally a well-known computer doctor in California, and later served as the chief operating officer of network security in Warren Buffett's company. My father taught me software since I was a child, so the current level of computers in Huaxia is not a big deal for me at all. ”

It turned out that the Skinny Monkey family was originally Chinese-American and had their own career and happy life in California.

In the year when the thin monkey stepped into the gate of the state elementary school, the reform and opening up of Huaxia has gone through seven years, and when I opened the window to see the people of the world, I found that they were already running far ahead of us.

Information technology was really known in the country at this time. However, the country is poor and white, and it is basically in a blank stage.

In the seventies and eighties, international students who studied in the United States and stayed there began to become the focus of attention of the relevant departments.

The father of the skinny monkey has become a target.

At that time, people were indeed better fooled, and as soon as the great principles of patriotism and glory for the country were instilled, the brain, which had been washed white, suddenly lost its mind.

The whole family of the thin monkey gave up the favorable material conditions abroad and participated in the economic construction of Huaxia. They were hired as technical backbones by a government-backed computer research institute in Peiping.

However, the skinny monkey parents soon discovered that there was a huge gap between fairy tales and reality. This state-owned unit, with its superficial and unenterprising people, is not at all as promised before, in order to catch up with the pace of the world's technology.

What they couldn't accept the most was that the unit implemented a paternalistic management method with Chinese characteristics, and the number one leader of the unit was obviously a layman who only knew a little about the skin, and many of the parents of the thin monkey had constructive suggestions, which were rejected because they did not have an appetite for the leader.

A few years later, the Skinny Monkey parents not only did not fulfill their original wishes. Depressed, they resigned from the so-called establishment, gave up all benefits, and went to the Shanghai market, which was at the forefront of reform and opening up.

However, the reality once again gave them a blow to the head, the Shanghai market, this unit, only needs to be able to copy the products of developed countries, for the real professional and technical personnel are not enthusiastic, compared with research and development, they are more in pursuit of a quick fortune.

When Skinny Monkey was in high school, the down-and-out parents took Skinny Monkey back to their hometown. However, in a car accident, both parents died.

"Muma, it turned out to be sauce purple! Poor monkey. Zhao Lei hugged the thin monkey tightly.

The thin monkey became calmer: "Brother Lei, you can understand me now, I have only one wish in this life, and that is to return to the United States." There are only two paths in front of me, either investment immigration, but it requires more than half a million US dollars; Either hack into the U.S. immigration website and erase all the records of my family's renunciation of citizenship. ”

"Oh, it's embarrassing." Zhao Lei covered his eyes in pain, "Monkey, aren't you looking for death?" ”

"What is the difference between the way I am and death?" The thin monkey helped the bottom of the thick wine bottle, "Brother Dan Lei, since I met you in the afternoon and said that I could make a fortune, I have a new hope, let's say, how to get rich, the little brother is desperate to mess with you." Let's talk about your plan, as long as you earn enough $500,000 in immigration fees, the younger brother will offer you as a bodhisattva, and the three pillars of fragrance will be incense every day. ”

At that time, the exchange rate between the soft sister currency and the US dollar was around one to ten, 500,000 US dollars, which was equivalent to four or five million soft sister coins. For two self-made children, that's an astronomical amount.

However, at this time, Zuckerberg was only a seven or eight-year-old child, and he was in the first grade of elementary school. Who would have thought that more than 20 years later, it would become a popular social software all over the world?

In the right environment, seedlings can grow into towering trees, and of course, in a toxic environment, geniuses must be stifled one by one.

"Brother Lei, what do you want to do most now?" The thin monkey looked at him expectantly, and there was an urge to make a windfall from heaven and become a big fat man in one bite.

Zhao Lei walked to the table, took out an inferior cigarette, lit it on the ground, and exhaled the cigarette deeply: "Let's start with the number of jΓΉ recovery fΓΉ immediately." ”

"Na Mu?" The thin monkey was suddenly deflated, "Brother Lei, how much money can you make by counting jΓΉ is not as fast as me betting on the game." ”

Zhao Lei turned around: "Monkey, you have to eat a bite of food." I have a big plan in mind, but I don't have the start-up capital right now. Brother promises you that your $500,000 will be completed for you in a few years. ”

"In a few years?" The thin monkey was surprised, and this promise is not small.

Zhao Lei nodded calmly: "Since I have the ability to see through your secret on Tetris, I have the ability to fulfill what I said." Thin monkey, we are now in this era, people who stand at the forefront of science and technology, you don't understand the market, so heroes are useless, but brother understands, brother really understands too much. As long as we spend a year and a half to earn enough start-up capital, the wealth will surely grow geometrically and fission-like. ”

This time, the thin monkey no longer hesitated: "Brother Lei, based on your genius-like understanding of the source code, I believe it!" When to get your hands on? ”

"Let's go now!" Zhao Lei said he would do it

"Now?" Skinny Monkey was surprised, "What kind of business?" ”。

"Do what we do best." Zhao Lei smiled, "Monkey, think about it, at present, computers have just begun to be popularized, and the vast majority of people are in a blind stage of operation, what are the business opportunities here?" ”

"Well, I want to think about it, by the way, repair computers, right, Brother Lei wants to open a computer repair shop." The skinny monkey was impressed by his wisdom.

"! That thing is tiring and costly, just to buy computer consumables, you can't get it for tens of thousands of yuan. Monkey, do you have savings? To open a store, you need to apply for a business license, and the registered capital has to be tens of thousands of yuan, where to get the money? ”

"Then you call a bird." The thin monkey shook his head dejectedly: "Brother Lei, I'm just like you, I didn't eat the last meal, and I have half a cent of savings." ”

Zhao Lei patted him on the shoulder: "Monkey, brother doesn't fight unprepared battles, he says that if he can make money, he will be able to make money." Let's not repair the computer, fix the number of jΓΉ. ”

"Fix the number of jΓΉ?" The skinny monkey's eyes suddenly glowed.

"Yes, now people are in the groping stage of computer operation, and if the operation is not done properly, many jΓΉ will be deleted inexplicably. For government units, big business bosses, these are very fatal things. Do you think that when you encounter someone who can solve the problem in an emergency, will the leader and boss care about a few hundred yuan of money? ”

The thin monkey stood up excitedly, and then sat down again: "Brother Lei, God, your idea is too godly!" Alas, but you have to open a store, right? ”

"Follow me." Zhao Lei pulled the thin monkey and ran quickly towards the street.