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Chapter 317 Black Lion Company

Lin Hong listened to this monthly meeting of cypherpunk in its entirety, and in the later discussion sessions, he was most inspired. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info ", especially the discussion of electronic money and the Diffie-Heilman key exchange paper later, let Lin Hong have a further understanding of this field.

The Diffie-Heilman key encryption system was actually released in 1976 by two people, Witfield Diffie and Martin Heilman, which is regarded as an epoch-making breakthrough in modern cryptography.

The RSA algorithm was invented in 1977 by Ron Levester, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adelman, inspired by Diffie Heilman's paper, and was the first algorithm that could be used for both data encryption and digital signatures.

Lin Hong had seen this allusion from the library before, and after the three MIT researchers invented the RSA algorithm, they were worried that the National Security Bureau would lock up these patents and even organize the algorithm for civilian use, so they released the RSA algorithm publicly before applying for a patent.

Under U.S. law, an inventor has one year after publishing an invention to apply for a patent. However, in other countries, patent applications must be filed before they can be published. As a result, RSA can only obtain U.S. patents. In other words, software that uses RSA's patented math like BitMessenger and PGP is legal overseas.

The Internet is a gray area of intellectual property, and no country's judicial power can be universally effective on the Internet. The way to avoid violating U.S. law is to publish a statement in the software that tells U.S. software users that it is their responsibility to obtain a patent license from the RSA to use the underlying algorithm.

In fact, Lin Hong's Bit Messenger did not have this statement at the beginning, and after it was completely open sourced and handed over to the community, the community manager added this statement, completely eliminating the hidden danger of violating American law.

Cypherpunk technologists can also be called hackers, such as crypto hackers or math hackers, and they are very different from cyber hackers in the usual sense. The activities and software released by the Templars are basically open to the public, so as not to break the law as much as possible and expose their actions to the sun.

It's a conspiracy, and a lot of people (e.g. government agencies) don't want to see these things develop and want to organize, but they can't do anything about it because they're not breaking the law. We can only watch their organization grow stronger and stronger, and give them more and more problems.

In fact, the members of the cypherpunk group, many of whom are themselves employees of government agencies, and even members of the U.S. Congress, also advocate the freedom of information transmission and the freedom to shop anonymously.

Lin Hong was inspired by a lot of memories and generated a lot of ideas, but he didn't have the heart to realize his ideas for the time being.

He returned to the Xingyi Gym, spoke to the senior brother, and then took Summer to meet Li Pu.

The formation of his security company must be carried out with the help of the Mole members.

In the secret room, Lin Hong, Li Pu and Lao Long were talking in secret.

Lin Hong first told them his thoughts.

"In order to take revenge, you also set up a special security company, which is too big, right?" Lao Long said after listening to Lin Hong's words.

"Revenge is only one of the reasons, this security company cannot be dissolved after revenge, it can be done as a business." Lin Hong explained, "Are people like you really willing to live a plain life? Others don't dare to say it, but I understand the two of you. And at this age, it's not appropriate to fight and kill like before, it's better to build a company to do it. ”

Lin Hong's meaning is obvious, he just wants to pull them into the water and form this company with him. (《》)

"Your senior brother is also a shareholder?" At this time, Li Pu asked.

"Hmm!" Lin Hong nodded, "But he is the person in charge of the Xingyi Daoist Pavilion, for the sake of future development, it is definitely not good to directly have anything to do with this kind of company, so he can only support it privately." The core backbone source of the preservation company is still based on the Xingyi Gym. The two sides can carry out in-depth cooperation and complement each other's resources. ”

Lipp said: "It's a bit of a head. ”

He has been a mercenary for so many years, so he naturally knows that those people at the top of the EO company don't have to show their heads at all, but they have gained fame and fortune, and even dignitaries from various countries are polite to them.

However, his pattern is still a little smaller, and he used to just rely on his personal charm to form a mole group to toss. Lin Hong had such an idea before, but the time was not ripe at that time, on the one hand, he had little experience, and on the other hand, he had no money.

The old dragon has no opinion on this, he is a restless person himself, it is okay to live quietly in one place for a month or two, if he is allowed to live like this every day, he will go crazy sooner or later.

When Lin Hong's proposal was first proposed, he was actually moved.

Once everyone agreed, they began to discuss the details.

The first is the name of the preservation company.

The name "mole" is a bit too petty, so naturally it will not continue to be used.

The three brainstormed for a long time, and finally decided on a name that everyone recognized - blacklion, which translates to "black lion" in Chinese.

This name was given by the old dragon, who had been very dissatisfied with the name Mole before, saying that there was no momentum, and suggested changing the name to the name of the beast. Of course, captain Lip did not take his advice. This time, he finally brought up the name in his mind and finally decided to use it.

Next up is the start-up capital.

It does not mean that the company can be formed, it takes a long time to accumulate, and it must be a loss-making business in the early stage, so it needs enough funds to maintain the operation.

For this, Lin Hong has long been mentally prepared, he founded another company to prepare for this aspect, and the previous assets have been managed by Phyllis, and in the past few years, they have already increased in value several times.

The final decision was that Lin Hong directly invested 20 million US dollars at a time, accounting for 50% of the shares of the Black Lion Company, Li Pu and Lao Long contributed 1 million US dollars respectively, accounting for 15% of the shares, Zhang Cheng temporarily advanced 500,000 US dollars from Lin Hong, accounting for 5% of the shares, and the remaining 15% was distributed to other members according to the situation.

In the early stage, the Black Lion Company was mainly responsible for Li Pu and Lao Long, and when it came to major decisions, it was necessary to convene the main board members for discussion. Li Pu is the president of the company, in charge of everything, and Lao Long is in charge of military training, member training, etc.

Black Lion is positioned as a security company, with three main businesses: private security, military hiring, and commercial espionage.

The main sources of early employees will be the students of the Xingyi Gym and the free mercenaries and special forces veterans that Li Pu has worked with before.

Black Lion's clients can be government departments, of course, private companies or large enterprises, such as banks, insurance companies, petrochemical companies, etc. There is even a one-on-one private bodyguard service, as long as you can afford it.

However, for the sake of the company's reputation and long-term development, they also have certain regulations on the nature of the mission, and the company's business is mainly "protection" and "defense". Proactive missions require careful consideration, at least not violating the most basic morals, such as being hired to assassinate, kidnap, or deal with civilians.

In fact, such rules existed when they were "moles" before, and they were not extremely vicious, people who did not distinguish between right and wrong, and had their own set of standards for doing things in their hearts.

As for the headquarters of the Black Lion, they also thought about it for a long time.

In fact, the United States is a very suitable place because they have many mercenary companies on their home, such as the Armed Forces of God in the Hawaiian Islands, the MPRI Company in Virginia, the Booz-Allen Company in Washington, and so on.

The relationship between these companies and the US government is very close, because many of the people who founded the companies are retired soldiers from the United States, and their soldiers are also officers and backbones of the former army.

However, it is precisely because of this that the industry is very competitive in the United States, and it is a bit difficult for this small company to make a name for itself here.

Eventually, they decided to set up their headquarters in Africa, near the edge of the Middle East, mainly because the situation there is usually chaotic, and the gun control is very relaxed, but it is also easy to receive tasks and has many training opportunities.

As for the specific country in which it is set up, it will have to be discussed after Lip conducts a field visit.

"Captain, old dragon, I have other things, and I can't stay here often for the time being. It's up to you to do things here. Also, will stay here in the summer. Old Dragon, he doesn't have much experience in this area, so I have to trouble you to train him well. ”

Basically, everything is almost discussed, and the next specific thing depends on execution.

Lao Long smiled: "Don't worry, if you are satisfied, I will make him a qualified man." ”

In the eyes of the old dragon, a qualified man must be the kind of person who can roll a few laps on the battlefield unscathed and walk down with a natural complexion.

At this moment, Summer, who was in the hall outside, shivered involuntarily, and a cold air rose from his tail vertebrae.

"Why do you suddenly feel so cold?" Summer muttered a little confused.