"You actually produced a project proposal in such a short time!" Zhuang Tao couldn't help but exclaim, his face filled with shock. If Chen Yang's performance earlier had only slightly changed his "good-for-nothing" image in Zhuang Tao's mind, then Chen Yang's sudden feat truly stunned Zhuang Tao, to the point that he completely forgot he was in Leng Junfei's office, appearing somewhat out of sorts.
However, Leng Junfei's focus was clearly not on the project proposal. He stared intently at Chen Yang, his face full of disbelief, and asked:
"Chen Yang, you... how did you do that?"
This was the headquarters of Qiankun Group. With his overseas background, Leng Junfei had a profound understanding of the importance of cybersecurity. Therefore, he attached great importance to the group's cybersecurity work, spending heavily to have the internationally renowned cybersecurity company Kaspersky custom-build the current firewall for Qiankun Group. If he remembered correctly, the company's firewall had just been upgraded two days ago.
The reality is that Chen Yang easily bypassed all obstacles, controlling the wireless projector in the CEO's office with just a mobile phone, and in a mere hour—no, in that hour, Chen Yang also completed a business plan, meaning his firewall cracking time was definitely even shorter.
This project was personally overseen by Leng Junfei, who had strong confidence in the reliability of the company's firewall. He was certain that even top international hackers might not be able to breach the company's firewall in such a short time. But now the facts were undeniable, and even someone as resilient as Leng Junfei couldn't help but be astonished.
Seeing Leng Junfei's reaction, Chen Yang smiled inwardly. This was exactly the effect he had been aiming for after tinkering in the break room for over half an hour; it was now clearly evident. However, Leng Junfei had already asked a question, so Chen Yang had to temporarily interrupt his explanation of the business plan.
Chen Yang casually picked up a piece of sticky notepad from his desk and quickly scribbled a few lines. Then Chen Yang handed the note to Leng Junfei, smiling as he said,
"Mr. Leng, just have the group's cybersecurity department keep an eye on these two locations and patch the leaks, and everything will be fine."
Leng Junfei scrutinized the illegible handwriting on the note, his expression shifting. After a long pause, he finally made up his mind, picked up the phone, and said,
"Xiaowen, come in for a moment."
After hanging up, Leng Junfei's eyes gleamed as he scrutinized Chen Yang, seemingly trying to glean something from his face. Chen Yang, with a faint smile, met Leng Junfei's gaze without flinching.
Leng Junfei wasn't an expert in network security technology, but he had absolute faith in Kaspersky's capabilities. The hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual maintenance fees weren't just wasted money. But the facts were undeniable: this young man had breached Kaspersky's multiple defenses in less than an hour, entering the company network as if it were his own backyard. Chen Yang chuckled inwardly. The truth was quite simple: Chen Yang had been reborn three years into the future. The Windows operating system, developed by the American company Microsoft, was notorious for its numerous vulnerabilities. Several vulnerabilities that seemed extremely secret now were known to anyone with even a basic understanding of hacking three years later. Of course, by then, Microsoft would have patched them all.
In his previous life, Chen Yang had spent a considerable amount of time learning from Jing Shuo, a top agent from the Third Department of the General Staff. Hacking was an essential skill for intelligence personnel, and Chen Yang naturally had some knowledge of it. Knowing the vulnerabilities beforehand, if Chen Yang couldn't crack them, he'd be more foolish than a pig.
It was like a yard with an impenetrable wall, riddled with surveillance cameras, and a gate secured with multiple locks. But what if there was a hidden, unlocked back door? So Chen Yang didn't even bother with the firewall and easily entered the Qiankun Group's system.
That day, after getting the iPhone 4s, Chen Yang took the time to jailbreak it. So, most of the half hour he spent was actually developing a simple app. The app's interface was incredibly rudimentary, lacking any aesthetic appeal, and its function was extremely limited—controlling a wireless projector via Wi-Fi. However, the effect was remarkable. Fan Tianning and Zhuang Tao, unaware of the technical details, were understandable, but Leng Junfei was genuinely shocked by Chen Yang's sudden feat.
Xiaowen gently knocked on the door and entered the office, bowing slightly as she asked:
"Mr. Leng, what can I do for you?"
Leng Junfei handed Xiaowen a note and said:
"Give this to Manager Liu in the Cyber Security Department. Don't say anything else, just tell him to give me a reply within half an hour!"
"Okay!" Xiaowen didn't ask any further questions, took the note, and left the office directly.
They'd written the flaw down on paper; if they couldn't find it within half an hour, the Cyber Security Department manager might as well quit. After Xiaowen left, Leng Junfei shook his head slightly, seemingly trying to clear his head; Chen Yang's "surprise" had been too stimulating. A moment later, Leng Junfei's expression returned to normal, and he said,
"Chen Yang, continue with your project proposal!"
Chen Yang smiled and nodded, taking out his phone from his pocket. With a swipe of his index finger, the projected text of the proposal began to appear on the screen.
Chen Yang began to explain his ideas point by point based on the content of the proposal. A large part of it was actually based on his understanding of Qiankun Plaza from his previous life, with some additions of his own ideas to areas where things weren't done well at the time.
Mainly on the marketing aspect, in his previous life, he remembered that the marketing for the Qiankun Plaza project was absolutely terrible. Chen Yang had put a lot of effort into this, from the overall image packaging of the project to the timing of advertising campaigns, pricing strategies, and even the sales techniques for the sales staff, all explained in detail. Many marketing strategies that would be widely adopted by real estate companies three years later, such as inviting celebrities to create hype, as Chen Yang mentioned earlier, and offering luxury cars or luxury trips for two as prizes for homebuyers, were still very novel at that time.
Therefore, as Chen Yang explained, both Fan Tianning and Zhuang Tao were deeply attracted by the project proposal. Even Leng Junfei, temporarily recovering from the huge psychological shock of the company's network being easily hacked, listened attentively to Chen Yang's plan.
Leng Junfei's mind was in turmoil. Chen Yang's project proposal was complete, with analysis, data, and strategies. Most importantly, many of Chen Yang's points, upon closer analysis, were clearly effective. Leng Junfei believed that if the Luwan District No. 1 plot project was developed according to Chen Yang's plan, as long as the execution was done properly, it would definitely achieve great success.
It was hard to believe that such a near-perfect plan came from this unassuming young man, and he had only spent an hour on it, even managing to crack the supposedly impenetrable firewall of the Qiankun Group… Leng Junfei looked at Chen Yang, who was speaking eloquently, and felt a sense of unreality.
"These are my ideas for the development of Plot 1 in Luwan District. Due to time constraints, there may be omissions. Please take this as a reference only!" It took Chen Yang a full half hour to finish explaining the plan. He brought up the app on his phone, pressed a button, and the wireless projector's power was turned off. Under Leng Junfei's strange gaze, it slowly rose and disappeared into the ceiling in a short while.
"Mr. Fang! Your plan is simply perfect! The people Chairman Ning sent are indeed highly skilled! A strong general has no weak soldiers!" Fan Tianning rubbed his hands together, his face full of flattery.
Although Zhuang Tao didn't speak, the arrogance on his face had vanished, replaced by admiration. While Zhuang Tao was indeed arrogant, this arrogance was built on absolute self-confidence, and Chen Yang's performance had just shattered that confidence. Zhuang Tao secretly calculated that if he were Chen Yang, his performance would definitely not have reached that level.
"Manager Fan, you flatter me!" Chen Yang smiled faintly, picked up his water glass, and took a sip.
At that moment, there was a knock on the office door, and the secretary, Xiaowen, entered to report:
"President Leng, Supervisor Liu from the Cyber Security Department has something to report to you!"
Leng Junfei nodded and said:
"Let him in!"
A moment later, a man in his early thirties, sweating profusely, walked into Leng Junfei's office. His face flushed and paled, looking somewhat disheveled, and in his hand was the note Chen Yang had casually scribbled on.
Leng Junfei stared silently at Supervisor Liu, saying nothing, as if waiting for Supervisor Liu to speak.
Manager Liu wiped his brow and bowed to Leng Junfei, saying:
"Mr. Leng, I must apologize... Such a huge vulnerability existed in the system, and we didn't even notice it! We had to be reminded by you, Mr. Leng... This is truly unacceptable!"
Leng Junfei remained silent. Seeing this, Chen Yang smiled and said to Manager Liu:
"Manager Liu, there's no need for apologies. These two are common vulnerabilities in all computers using the Windows operating system. If you don't believe me, just try it on a few large overseas companies later..."
Upon hearing this, Manager Liu looked at the excessively young man before him with suspicion and asked:
"Mr. Leng, who is this...?"
Leng Junfei said impatiently:
"Those words on the sticky note, he wrote them! Our company's system was almost completely compromised in half an hour!"
Manager Liu was shocked, his eyes widening in disbelief, and said: "Half an hour! How is that possible..."
"Knowing there's a vulnerability, what difficulty is there in cracking the system?" Seeing Manager Liu's distraught look, Chen Yang couldn't help but smile and said, "Manager Liu, this is a problem with the operating system itself, don't overthink it! You just need to provide these two vulnerabilities to Kaspersky and have them fix them! By the way, you can also take this opportunity to squeeze some money out of them; maybe you can save a lot on next year's maintenance fees!"
After saying this, Chen Yang turned to Leng Junfei and asked:
"Mr. Leng, it's getting late, what do you think..."
Leng Junfei immediately realized what was going on and said:
"Right! Right! Right! It's getting late, I'll arrange a car to take you! Xiaowen! Help me see Mr. Fang off!"
...
After everyone left the office, Leng Junfei sat in his executive chair in a daze for a full three minutes before picking up the phone and dialing a number, saying:
"Chairman Ning, that kid Chen Yang is too monstrous..."