Chu Feng smiled disdainfully.
Who didn't know what the United States had done?
"Then how do you explain your country's recent surveillance scandal? Besides, I'm not some FBI or CIA agent from your country. Why would I want my customers' information?"
Chu Feng unbuttoned his somewhat warm suit and loosened his collar, looking even more imposing.
"Also, regarding that reporter's question, I'd like to make a wager with everyone here today."
A wager? Everyone was baffled.
Chu Feng connected his phone to a projector behind him, and Xiaoke, the topic everyone had been discussing, appeared on the screen.
Before anyone could speak, Chu Feng opened his mouth.
"I'm sure everyone recognizes this. Today's star—Xiaoke."
"Hello, everyone. I'm Xiaoke."
Everyone was familiar with that adorable little figure.
"Didn't that reporter just question Xiaoke's security? Didn't he question the confidentiality of Xiaoke's cloud? Xiaoke, announce my wager."
"Alright. According to the boss's wager, Xiaoke's cloud will be open for testing for the next week. Anyone may attack Xiaoke's servers at will. Whoever breaches the defenses of Xiaoke's cloud servers will receive a reward of 10 billion RMB. The reward is currently stored on Xiaoke's cloud server, and the account number and password are both inside it. Everyone is welcome to try. There is only one chance, and during this round of defense, Xiaoke's servers guarantee that they will not counterattack—they will only defend."
Xiaoke's words brought everyone back to reality once more!
10 billion RMB, and he was challenging the entire world.
Everyone now acknowledged Origin Company's strength. They had created Basic Artificial Intelligence, and even now, no other company had managed to crack it or create one themselves.
But no matter how they looked at it, this seemed a little too overconfident.
Yet this move received unanimous praise from the vast number of netizens.
"Overwhelmingly domineering" was no longer enough to describe it. Challenging the world's hackers alone—if he truly held them off, he would go down in history.
Zheng Yun had clearly not expected Chu Feng to set such terms. He felt awful. This was a wager made before the entire world; it was too late for regrets.
"Who knows if it's real?"
A voice suddenly rang out. Others might not have known, but Chu Feng had spotted him long ago. It was the reporter who had demanded that Chu Feng make the information public earlier. Judging from his badge, he was a reporter from a Japanese media outlet.
"Please follow the venue's rules for asking questions. Still, I'll generously forgive you, reporter from Japan."
Chu Feng said mockingly, letting everyone know who had interrupted. With everyone's eyes fixed on him, the reporter's face flushed red.
He had thought Chu Feng hadn't noticed him, only to be called out directly.
Zhou Hongwei and the other big shots below the stage found it rather amusing. Chu Feng truly held grudges over the smallest slights.
"I'm not finished yet. Please invite the notary office staff onstage."
As soon as he finished speaking, two notaries from the notary office came onstage carrying a document.
"After verification, the bank card submitted by Chu Feng does indeed contain assets worth 10 billion RMB. This event is genuine and valid..."
The projector also displayed the balance inquiry in real time. A single card sat there quietly, holding a full 10 billion RMB.
No one paid attention to the rest anymore. They hadn't expected Chu Feng to make such a huge move, nor did they expect him to have such nerve.
Although the big shots below the stage could also come up with 10 billion RMB, it would not be so easy. After all, their net worths were mostly a combination of fixed assets and stock valuations, while this was a solid 10 billion RMB in cash. That amount of liquid capital was terrifying.
Chu Feng had accumulated such enormous funds in so little time. It was truly astonishing.
Online, Weibo, Tieba, and Xue Qing's livestream chat exploded as well.
Now this was a true tycoon.
Tycoon isn't enough to describe him. He's a god-tier tycoon!
God-tier tycoon, do you need any leg accessories?
Please let me cling to your thigh. I can be cute, elegant, or a loli!
The guy above is definitely some toe-picking brute.
These were the comments on Weibo...
A 10-billion-RMB wager! I've never seen this much money in my life.
Has Chu Feng gotten too full of himself? There's always someone stronger out there.
Supporting Chu Feng! Mighty and domineering! Challenging the entire world!
I don't understand rich people's world. A 10-billion-RMB wager—there'd still be a lot of money even if it were Vietnamese dong.
Supporting Chu Feng! Let the foreigners see China's technology.
I just love watching Chu Feng show off while everyone else can do nothing about it.
These were the comments on Tieba.
Foreign Facebook and livestream platforms were also buzzing with discussion. Everyone was talking about this unprecedented wager.
In different corners of the world, some people were also discussing or watching this matter.
Kevin Mitnick.
Some called him the world's number one computer hacker. At the age of fifteen, Mitnick used only a computer and a modem to break into the mainframe of the United States Air Defense Command. He went through all the data on the United States' nuclear warheads aimed at the former Soviet Union and its allies, then slipped away without a sound. This incident became a major scandal for the United States military, and the Pentagon had kept a close eye on him ever since.
Adrian Lamo
Lamo specialized in targeting major organizations, breaking into places such as Microsoft and The New York Times. He liked using networks at coffee shops, Kinko's stores, or libraries for his hacking activities, earning him the nickname "the homeless hacker." Lamo often discovered security vulnerabilities and exploited them. His list of targets included Yahoo, Citibank, Bank of America, and Cingular.
Jonathan James, known online as "c0mrade," had a life full of tragedy. At sixteen, he hacked into the computers of the United States government agency NASA, downloaded NASA system source code worth 1.7 million dollars, and attempted to understand how the system worked. NASA had to shut down its systems for three weeks and spend 41,000 dollars on repairs. The incident also became one of the most serious computer crimes in history.
These three were also world-famous hackers. After learning of this matter, they all kept a close watch on it. It seemed the world had forgotten its fear of them for too long.
Many other famous foreign hackers were also eager to try. Hacking was like dancing on a knife's edge even when there was profit to be made, but this wager offered a legal and legitimate way to earn an enormous income.
China's Hacker Alliance was also following the matter. Though they were astonished by Chu Feng's high profile and confidence, they were also worried about him. After all, he was Chinese. As Chinese people, they had to protect their country and could not let foreigners make China a laughingstock, so they organized themselves to lend Chu Feng a hand!
The appearance of a single wager set the world in motion. Everyone awaited tomorrow's smoke-free battle, and the final outcome was what everyone cared about most.
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