The Deranged Security System

(Thanks to Cen Chengfeng and Wei Youhao Chen for the monthly passes)

On the second day of moving into the new headquarters, everyone was in a state of joy and excitement, and Li Zhou was no exception.

Li Zhou's usual office and Xiong Kexuan's finance department were on the same floor, the tenth basement level.

After moving into the larger office, he felt much more relaxed. Li Zhou looked at the list Yuan Jingsong had given him for a long time before knocking on his desk.

"Zhou Song, take this list to the HR department. Hire everyone on the list. Tell them the company is cooperating with Yuan Jingsong."

Zhou Song, who was almost Li Zhou's personal secretary, took the A4 papers Li Zhou handed him and flipped through them casually.

Zhou Song looked at Li Zhou in surprise.

"Boss, you want to hire three hundred retired soldiers?"

Li Zhou took a sip of the extra-large coconut milk tea from the company's internal cafeteria, chewing on the coconut flesh, and replied to Zhou Song indistinctly.

"This is still a small number. The tenth basement level must be equipped with security and confidentiality measures according to the requirements of a top military base. Not only that, but I've also purchased a large number of sensors, super cameras, and laser scanning equipment, which are expected to arrive tomorrow."

"When the people on the list arrive, you can start the installation. I believe you are more capable than I am in this! According to my plan, your security department will be responsible for the safety of the entire building, and I will implement fully intelligent security for the bottom ten floors. Not even a mosquito will be able to get in."

Zhou Song looked at his boss seriously. "Boss, you're not kidding, are you?"

Li Zhou looked up at Zhou Song, his eyes not blinking.

"What do you think?"

They stared at each other for a while.

"Alright, boss!"

Watching Zhou Song leave with the list, Li Zhou took another sip of the coconut milk tea and then set the cup aside.

He twisted his neck, took a deep breath, and quickly began typing furiously on the keyboard of a computer that was not connected to the internet, just in case.

If it weren't for the clearly logical thinking code on the screen, an uninformed person would have thought Li Zhou was smashing the keyboard in frustration.

In Li Zhou's plan, once the intelligent security system on the tenth basement level was installed, Li Zhou would assemble the first photonic computer alone in the underground laboratory, bringing the first experimental photonic computer into normal operation.

At that time, true artificial intelligence would come into play, and before that, Li Zhou needed to write all the artificial intelligence code in his mind into the computer with his own hands.

As Li Zhou rapidly typed the artificial intelligence code, he also thought that it would be great if there was a consciousness transfer device. With a consciousness transfer device, he wouldn't have to work so hard with his hands, which had been single for twenty years, typing away.

Meanwhile, Zhou Song took the list and went directly to the head of the HR department.

"The boss requires everyone on the list to report next week. When you call them, tell them that the list was recommended by Yuan Jingsong. If you mention Yuan Jingsong's name, they will understand."

Zhou Song dropped the list and left expressionlessly without looking back.

Until Zhou Song disappeared from the sight of the entire HR department, all the beautiful women in HR were still in a state of bewilderment.

Zhao Fengxia, who finally reacted, looked in the direction Zhou Song had left, then at the list in her hand, and sighed helplessly.

Zhou Song! The existence of employee number 00001, the boss's personal bodyguard, everyone in the company knew him.

Although she was sure the list was sent by the boss, hiring three hundred security guards at once was a bizarre operation.

Zhao Fengxia picked up the company's internal phone and called Boss Li Zhou's office directly.

As soon as the call was connected, Zhao Fengxia directly complained.

"Boss, are you sure you want to hire three hundred security guards at once? The company's other employees combined are only a little over five hundred."

Li Zhou took the receiver away from his ear and poked his ear with his finger.

"Sister Zhao, I've thought it through carefully. If these three hundred people weren't all retired special forces soldiers, I would still think three hundred people weren't enough."

Zhao Fengxia on the other end of the phone frowned and was silent for a moment.

"Boss, are you worried that after news about the new project leaks, someone will try to break into the underground laboratory?"

"Sigh! Sister Zhao, how are you so smart? This younger brother admires you! Admires you!"

Listening to the boss's flippant tone, Zhao Fengxia couldn't quite figure out what the boss was up to. Zhao Fengxia sighed. Three hundred people, to report within a week, wouldn't that exhaust the ten or so people in HR?

"Boss, are you really sure? If you are sure, I'll have my sisters get to work."

"Yes, and the sooner they can report, the better. The security facilities and equipment I bought will arrive tomorrow, and we'll be waiting for them to install them."

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Fengxia looked at the list in her hand with some worry.

"Everyone, come here for a moment."

"What I have in my hand is the recruitment list the boss just gave us. There are three hundred people in total. Please divide them up. You all heard what Zhou Song just said. They must all report within a week!"

"In order, each person is responsible for thirty. You must finalize with them by the end of tomorrow about when they will come, what transportation they will take, and approximately when they can arrive. You must collect all this information."

On Monday, Li Zhou looked at the rows of retired special forces soldiers standing at attention in the uniform security attire procured by Future Technology's procurement department, feeling a sense of pride.

What Li Zhou really didn't expect was that these three hundred people were brought over by five buses. After inquiring, Li Zhou learned that they were all retired special forces soldiers from this year's batch. Yuan Jingsong had directly sent five buses to bring them over as soon as they were discharged.

Li Zhou could understand Yuan Jingsong's intentions. It wasn't easy to find a good place for retired soldiers, especially to help them find a high-paying job after being somewhat out of sync with society.

"Hoo hoo hoo!"

Li Zhou blew into the handheld megaphone he was holding.

"Everyone, on behalf of Future Technology, I welcome you all. Yuan Jingsong should have already informed you about the compensation here at Future Technology, so I won't go into further detail. I believe Zhou Song has also covered everything else that needs to be said, so I won't bore you with redundancies."

"Today, I'm not going to talk about anything else. I'm just going to discuss your most important task right now: ensuring the security deployment of the entire headquarters, especially the installation of various security equipment from the eleventh basement floor to the twentieth basement floor. I've already sent the underground defense map for each person's responsible area to everyone's account via the internal software. I only have two requirements. First, you absolutely must not reveal your portion of the map to anyone other than yourself, not even the company's CEO. Second, you must install everything strictly according to the requirements. Once the equipment is linked to the internal network, I will have a clear view of everything."

"Any questions!!!"

"No!!!"

Li Zhou nodded with satisfaction.

"Very good. Then proceed to collect your equipment and begin installation according to your respective blueprints."

After the group dispersed, everyone opened the software and saw their assigned blueprints. Upon seeing the deployment and installation diagrams, everyone felt speechless.

This security setup was too exaggerated. Even a military base wouldn't have this much dense equipment, and there were clearly many designs specifically intended to trap people.