Ding——

With the sound of a prompt.

The elevator steadily stopped on the eighth floor.

Moments later.

The elevator door opened, and Xiaorong led Xu Yun and Gu Qunqing out.

The three then walked to a door with the number '803'. Xiaorong unlocked the electronic door with a fingerprint.

"Ah Yuan, guests are here. Go make some tea."

After entering, Xiaorong said something to someone inside the room, then made a gesture of invitation to Xu Yun and Gu Qunqing:

"Both of you, this is my home, feel free and don't be too formal, the slippers are by the door."

Xu Yun nodded at Xiaorong and followed Gu Qunqing into the entranceway.

While changing into slippers, he began assessing the house.

Although due to the view, it was still difficult for him to determine the total area of the apartment.

But judging by the size of the living room and the hallway layout, the area shouldn't be less than 150 square meters.

You should know.

This is Dongfang Wende Square in Yangcheng.

The apartment price in this area is generally above hundred thousand yuan per square meter, some even surpassing one hundred fifty thousand.

Having an apartment here is enough to show how strong Xiaorong's financial power is.

But thinking about it carefully, this is normal.

After all, early internet hackers were rare, a chance encounter in thousands of days, when you meet them, it's a thousand-day encounter.

Back then, whether hackers went black or gray, it was easy to accumulate initial capital.

Like Wan Tao's Huaying, Green Alliance, and Black Base.

These so-called non-profit Red Hacker organizations actually did a lot of defense business in early years.

That's why the officials targeted Lone Swordsman and Dog Monster's Black Base:

The capture of Lone Swordsman was sudden, but with the later disclosure of information, it was known that as early as 2008, official personnel had joined the Black Base forum as students for learning and communication.

Back then, the monthly flow of the entire Black Base forum was about two million yuan, with top Red Hackers earning tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands monthly.

You must know.

It was a concept to make more than a hundred thousand monthly in 2006 to 2008—back then, the house price in many small towns was only 2000 yuan per square meter.

If the head of a single forum was like this, not to mention a top Red Hacker like Xiaorong in the circle.

According to another rebelling Autumn Wind withered leaves, the income in those disappearing years was even more than outside.

Those once famous online, later disappeared Red Hackers, basically took the route of recruitment.

After entering the room.

Xiaorong led Xu Yun and Gu Qunqing to the living room sofa and courteously invited them to sit down.

Soon after, a woman brought tea and a fruit plate over.

The woman appeared a bit younger than Xiaorong, not particularly beautiful but had a good foundation, and with little makeup at home, gave off a very virtuous feeling.

Xiaorong received the fruit plate from the woman while saying to Xu Yun and Gu Qunqing:

"Let me introduce, this is my wife Lin Siyuan, she used to be a Red Hacker enthusiast as well."

"Of course, Ah Yuan's skill level isn't that high, she doesn't have much fame in the circle, but she knows all about my matters."

Xu Yun and Gu Qunqing quickly stood up together and said:

"Hello, sister-in-law."

Lin Siyuan smiled and greeted them, then tactfully excused herself.

After his wife left.

Xiaorong pointed to a family photo on the wall, which in addition to Xiaorong and his wife included a young man and a woman:

"Ah Yuan is 9 years younger than me, we got married in 2006, so our kids are not that old."

"The boy in the photo is the older brother, just entered high school year two, the girl is the younger sister, currently in junior high school year one."

"Speaking of which, we're quite lucky, the siblings inherited Ah Yuan's smart mind, performing decently at school."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yun couldn't help but exchange a glance with Gu Qunqing.

Xiaorong's words were more about expressing another meaning than introducing family:

The children are at a critical juncture in their education, the couple is harmonious, income is stable, and there's no reason to earn money elsewhere.

So if you don't have that hard power, it's better not to mention it.

Let's just meet as friends, have a chat, and stay for a meal to avoid any awkwardness later on.

Xu Yun saw this, couldn't help but exchange a glance with Gu Qunqing:

Seems like we're being underestimated.

Previously when contacting Xiaorong, Gu Qunqing had only briefly mentioned Xu Yun's PhD status and hadn't explicitly stated any intent to recruit him.

He only said he had just returned to the country and wanted to see the big brother, thus setting up a time.

This approach is also common in business.

Many headhunting companies, even when the employer is prominent, won't reveal their intentions online when trying to poach.

After all, meeting face-to-face leaves room for negotiation, while online is just dry text.

Since appearing on the Tianfu Cyber Security Forum in 2016, companies have constantly made recruitment attempts, which Xiaorong is accustomed to.

Therefore, he could roughly guess the purpose of Xu Yun's visit, but he wasn't clear about the type and scale of the other's company.

Xu Yun pretended not to understand Xiaorong's implication, gave Gu Qunqing a look, and Gu Qunqing immediately understood and proactively spoke:

"Brother Rong, how come you settled in Yangcheng? I remember when we parted in Hongqiao in 2015, you said you were returning to Maoming?"

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