It's Lin Yong (Lion) from the Red Alliance, and Wan Tao, the founder of Huaxia Hawk.

The attack began at midnight on May 1st, with "Bing'Er" leading the operation that day.

At that time, the Red Alliance distributed software called flood to each participant, only a few KB in size. Thousands of people opened the software simultaneously at the agreed time, allowing mid-level personnel to launch the attack. (Back then, ADSL's dial-up speeds were only a few KB; my friends and I were such rookies, staying up overnight with lag. I really miss those days...)

The final result was a brief victory for the Red Hacker, but it ended in mutual destruction.

To be honest.

Of the more than 80,000 participants in the battle, 90% had no professional knowledge and were just business rookies; many had just learned how to dial up the internet.

However, among the main forces left were quite a few famous hackers.

For instance, Lion, Wan Tao, Goodwell, Ice River, Aullik5, Lone Swordsman, and....

Xiaorong.

This group of hackers—or Red Hackers mysteriously disappeared for a few years between 2006 and 2010. The officials did not overly deny this matter; later, many people mentioned the registration agreement.

Since 2012, they gradually returned to the public eye.

For example, Ice River and Juanzi got married. They are very active on Weibo, often showing affection, dubbed as The Return of the Condor Heroes in the Red Hacker circle.

Or Aullik5 went to Ali, and now he's the chief security researcher at Alibaba Cloud.

Yuange joined Penguin and now is the Sect Leader of Zhanlu Laboratory.

Besides, Lin Yong (Lion), founder of the Red Hacker, recently made a comeback. He has an account on a small video site and occasionally does livestreams and whatnot.

As for Xiaorong...

He's relatively low-key.

Xiaorong was born in 1972, gender male.

He is the famous creator of software like Disorder Sword, Flowing Light, Su Xue, and Flowing Shadow. Countless hackers see him as a legend.

Back in that attack defense battle,

The slogan at the White House was Xiaorong's masterpiece.

He just doesn't like appearing publicly everywhere like Wan Tao; at one point, Xiaorong's whereabouts were even a mystery in the circle:

Some say he was completely recruited and is currently working at the Chinese Academy of Sciences...

Others say he was poached by IBM, earning two to three million USD a year.

There's even a rumor he immigrated to Gaul—this is especially funny; how could a passionate Huaxia Red Hacker become a surrenderer?

Yet no internet rumor is reasonable; thus, these rumors only ceased when Xiaorong himself appeared in the Celestial City in 2016.

Since then, people vaguely know his life has gradually returned to normal, as if the myth descended from the sky back to earth.

Gu Qunqing is among the few people who maintain contact with Xiaorong.

Then Xu Yun paused, pondered for a moment, and asked:

"Aaron, Xiaorong's ability is undoubtedly unquestionable, but someone so talented isn't worried about employment. How could he consider joining my company?"

Xu Yun's words were not modest.

Think about those early Huaxia Red Hackers—you know—apart from Lone Swordsman Wang Xianbing and Weird Dog, who went to Orange, everyone else has a net worth of millions.

A main player like Xiaorong, to put it bluntly, domestic BAT companies would beg them to join.

Not to mention, Huadun Biotech is just starting out; even if the product becomes a big hit, Xiaorong may not even care.

Upon hearing Xu Yun's words, Gu Qunqing suddenly laughed.

He took out his phone, scrolled through a few moments on social media, and then handed the screen to Xu Yun.

Xu Yun took the phone and looked.

It was a post from two days ago, signed as 'Brother Rong':

"(Angry emoji) When will cockroaches be extinct? If someone can eradicate cockroaches, I'd work for him free for five years ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

Seeing this, Xu Yun was momentarily stunned.

He then raised his head and looked at Gu Qunqing with a curious expression:

"...This is?"

Gu Qunqing spread his hands, affirming:

"As you can see, Dr. Xu, Brother Rong is also a cockroach hater."

....

Two days later.

Yangcheng.

Baiyun International Airport.

Xu Yun and Gu Qunqing walked shoulder to shoulder, dragging their luggage out of the terminal.

Feeling the relatively warmer temperature of Yangcheng, Gu Qunqing pulled out his phone, checked the travel schedule.

Then he smiled and said to Xu Yun:

"Dr. Xu, you need to hire an assistant quickly; otherwise, once the company enters its formal phase, I won't have the time to help you plan travel itineraries."

Xu Yun lightly nodded.

Like PR, when it comes to assistants—especially life assistants—many people instinctively lean toward the term 'little secretary.'

But in reality.

In a mature company system, a life assistant is a formal and indispensable position.

Whether it's arranging meetings, internal reports, or traveling abroad, a competent assistant can save a lot of trouble.

Like this business trip for Xu Yun and Gu Qunqing.

Without an assistant.

Everything from the taxi from Ke Da to the airport, boarding procedures after security, to airport pickup and even hotel accommodation was handled by Gu Qunqing.

Especially the accommodation arrangements.

For personal trips, it's fine; Xu Yun himself is not too fussy about lodging, whether it's a 3000 RMB Four Seasons or a 300 RMB All Season.

But he's here this time for Xiaorong and needs to consider the impression—plainly put, when you're headhunting someone over a long distance, starting a conversation with "I stayed at Hanting" is unlikely to succeed.

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