Chapter 5: The Sisters' Reunion (2) is impressive

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Hearing Jamie shift the conversation to other aspects, Yifan's attitude eased a lot.

"I haven't figured it out yet, how are you? Do you have to attend? Yifan regained his pleasant face just now, stared at Jamie and asked.

"I'm definitely going to go, I've already signed up, and I've also helped you register, you're the champion of the last competition, how can you not participate?"

Jamie's expression was exaggerated, and he obviously showed his incomprehension of Yifan's noncommittal answer.

"It's not that I don't want to go, it's that I think this competition has changed its flavor, and the current competition seems to have evolved into how to attack the opponent and how to carry out destruction, which has deviated from the original intention of creating this competition."

Yifan's tone became colder again, and even Liang Qing felt a little uncomfortable watching from the side.

But this Jamie was unimpressed, as if he was used to the situation.

"You have to go, it's one thing to win the contest and win the prize money, it's the most important thing to sell ourselves and our technology there, you know, a lot of famous companies are staring at this contest and even encouraging the organizers and the participants of the contest to attack the software they develop and their portals in order to find their own vulnerabilities, isn't that a good opportunity to show yourself? Why should you resist that? ”

Jamie was very incomprehensible, and at the same time looked at Liang Qing, who was standing aside and couldn't speak, and said, "You must persuade your friend well and let her not give up easily." ”

"Well, I promise I'll give you a hard look at your suggestion, and I'm going to study the rules of the contest that the organizers have set this time."

Yifan finally reluctantly agreed, and Jamie seemed very happy.

The two said something else, and Jamie turned to leave.

"Okay Yifan, your boyfriend is quite handsome, how long have you been dating? Not honest yet. Seeing Jamie walking away, Liang Qing couldn't help teasing.

Yifan lightly slapped Liang Qing's back, and said angrily with a slightly red face: "What are you talking nonsense, what kind of boyfriend, we are just classmates, ordinary friends." ”

"Okay, don't explain, your eyes betray you, and I won't interfere with your privacy, but it's hard to say whether my uncle Shen and my aunt can accept you to bring a foreign son-in-law back in the future, the power of love ......"

Before Liang Qing could finish speaking, Yifan's hand grabbed Liang Qing's waist.

"Call you to talk nonsense!"

"Alright, alright, don't talk about it, don't talk about it." Liang Qing hurriedly dodged and told him to forgive:

"That's right! What kind of competition was Jamie talking about? Were you the champion last year? So why don't you want to go this year? ”

From a brief childhood frolic, the two returned to reality.

Following the secluded path of the college, the two came to a lakeside plaza and sat down on a bench.

"Alas!" Yifan sighed lightly, looked at the sparkling lake not far away, and said softly:

"At first, it was just an activity to find vulnerabilities for network operators and some large servers, and these operators and service providers would allocate some funds to encourage the participants, in order to make the services they provide more secure and reliable, but then it gradually evolved into a malicious attack activity, and also developed a lot of underground competitive activities, and the targets of the attacks were not only limited to those designated products and targets, but also some of them were to attack the national security agencies or even hack satellite systems. If you think about it, this is illegal in any country, and it will be closely monitored and cracked down. ”

"Oh, I see, you're the legendary hacker who can hack into their systems without them knowing."

Liang Qing suddenly realized Yifan's extraordinary and mysterious identity, and then asked, "What kind of major are you studying?" ”

"I'm working on a topic related to network information security and applications, and I'm also a certified senior data analyst and senior programmer by an authoritative organization. Isn't it amazing? ”

In front of her good sisters, Yifan didn't forget to show off proudly, although she was telling some of her past experiences there lightly, but hearing Yifan's statement, Liang Qing was really surprised, Liang Qing realized that the sister who was a little timid and afraid in the past is now a hot senior professional talent that all countries are looking for, and this kind of professional talent is also the most shortage of their base.

"Hey! What do you think? Seeing that Liang Qing was a little stunned, Yifan patted her on the shoulder and asked.

"Oh, I'm wondering, does that mean that in front of you, no department, no one has secrets, and you're already included in the list of people who are strictly controlled."

Liang Qing skillfully concealed his embarrassment.

"Actually, no, for real hackers, they will never attack at will, steal other people's information, in a sense, they also provide a lot of help for the security and purification of cyberspace, real hackers are network security builders rather than destroyers, they have the courage to challenge themselves."

Yifan looked at Liang Qing after finishing with a little sadness: "Xiaoqing, I haven't asked you yet, what major are you studying here?" Isn't it also related to cybersecurity? ”

Liang Qing shook his head: "I didn't feel anything when I first came to the United States, but after these years of study, I found that with the popularization and application of computers and the Internet, the future society will enter an information age, and the arrival of this era will inevitably cause revolutionary changes in all fields around the world, I just don't want to be left behind by this era." ”

Liang Qing said and looked at Yifan and continued: "It's easy to have you now, even if I have a private tutor who doesn't charge tuition, how long can you train me to the level of an ordinary hacker?" ”

Liang Qing's words made Yifan happy: "This is not the Liang Qing I know, the Liang Qing I know will do his best no matter what he does, how can he come out with an 'average level' now?" What is the concept of general level, I really don't grasp it, but you are right about one thing, that is, the future society will be an information-based society, which cannot keep up with the development of the times, and will eventually be eliminated by this era. ”

"Are you going to that competition next week?" Liang Qing asked.

"I really didn't think about it, I like the excitement that comes with this kind of competition, but I don't want people to think I'm an unruly disruptor, you know, not only did there be a lot of professional teams who really wanted to find out the flaws in their products through your attacks and then improve them, but there were also a lot of people with other purposes who were staring at you, and they would tell you to find bugs in their products, but at the end of the day, you found out that they were engaged in some illegal activities. You become an accomplice before you know it. ”

"I don't care so much, anyway, I met you today, you must take me wherever you go in the future, I want to learn from you from the beginning, and strive to be mixed with the title of some hacker champion."

Liang Qing said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Yifan was also happy, she stood up, put her arm around Liang Qing's shoulders and said affectionately: "It's no problem, if it's someone else, I may still weigh it, but I'll be another matter for you, because our sisters may still be a family in the future, right?" ”

Yifan's cold words, Liang Qing's face suddenly turned crimson, and Liang Qing, who has always been sharp-toothed, didn't know what to say for a while.

"Okay, no kidding, are you renting a house outside or living in a student apartment? Far from it? Take me to see, I came a few years before you, so let me do my landlord's friendship and take care of my future brother and daughter-in-law. ”

Before Yifan's words were finished, her slender arm was pinched by Liang Qing, and Liang Qing couldn't stand it anymore with a little effort.

"Call you to talk nonsense, don't look at me who knows a little about your high-tech, but if you want to do it, you will not be my opponent even if you come to ten more, you still talk nonsense?" Liang Qing said half angrily.

"You let go!"

Liang Qing felt that she didn't use her strength, but even like that, Yifan couldn't stand it, so painful that she jumped to her feet and begged for mercy, so Liang Qing let go.

The two good sisters walked towards Liang Qing's residence while talking and laughing.

The day before the competition, Xiaoyan also drove here from her state.

The two sisters originally planned to find an opportunity to get together, and at the same time discuss the matter of returning to China during the holiday, after learning about the coincidence between Liang Qing and Yifan from the phone, Xiaoyan immediately rushed over noisily.

As in the past, the competition was sponsored by some large network users and software developers, as well as some cybersecurity research institutions, and this time the competition only had a team competition, which was one of the fundamental reasons why Yifan finally decided to participate.

Most of the participating teams are young students from various colleges and universities, and most of these people have become the elite of Silicon Valley.

The goal of each other is not only to break through each other's network, but also to protect their own turf from being breached, and after three rounds of elimination, all the participating teams are left with four, and they will decide the final champion in tomorrow's competition.

After a nervous day, several people walked out of the arena, Jamie and another teammate Bobby high-fived each other, Yifan also seemed very excited, and Liang Qing and Xiaoyan on the side discussed some interesting things in the process of the game.

"Fan, I think we should go out to celebrate, firstly, for the sake of our achievements today, and secondly, to give your two good friends a pick-up, do you think it's okay?"

It was already approaching evening, and several people who hadn't eaten much for a day felt hungry when Jamie said this.

"Okay! I know there's a Chinese restaurant over there, don't look too big, the taste is okay, let's go there. ”

Yifan didn't have the indifference to Jamie a few days ago, and happily accepted Jamie's suggestion this time.