Multiple Preparations

The work related to Suiren Company and the plans of Huang Xuyuan did not deviate much from expectations.

In the dead of night, the small building was quiet, save for the occasional sound of a car horn drifting in from the roadside.

Huang Xuyuan looked at his offshore account; after the operations of the past few days, his total capital had reached 215.73 million USD.

In the global economic climate, the financial market was like a patient suffering from diarrhea, with every day filled with gloom and despair.

The domestic situation was not much better; companies engaged in foreign trade faced a sharp decline in orders and the crisis of being unable to collect payments. The A-share market was also painted in a sea of green, with investors either holding cash and waiting on the sidelines or cutting their losses to exit, while frantic speculators attempted to bottom-fish.

Huang Xuyuan only gave these situations a cursory glance before shifting his attention to another matter.

Using overseas botnets, he made multiple jumps before secretly returning to the domestic network, once again hijacking a large number of bots in the shadows.

Then, with careful infiltration, he entered the servers of the three major telecommunications operators. In Huang Xuyuan's eyes, the 2008-era XP servers were like a sieve.

Soon, he had planted a number of "small programs" into various telecommunications operator servers in Shu Province and the surrounding regions.

After writing a series of pre-scheduled SMS notifications, these messages were set to be sent in a concentrated burst to users' mobile phones in designated areas within one hour.

The messages would be signed with a multitude of "official" names.

If this were a region like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, or Shenzhen, such messages might not trigger a massive reaction, but in the inland northwestern region of Sichuan, it was an entirely different story.

According to relevant statistics, the number of mobile phone users in China in 2008 was around 640 million, with a penetration rate of about 45.7%.

Subtracting those with multiple numbers, the elderly, and children, the penetration rate among teenagers and young adults was around 70–80%.

Even if northwestern Sichuan was relatively underdeveloped, it was adjacent to the Rongcheng economic circle and the Guanzhong economic circle; no matter how low the penetration rate was, it could reach at least 10–20%.

Once the mobile information was passed to users, it would spread to those close to them. As long as 20% of people believed it, that 20% could coerce the remaining 80%, creating a massive herd effect.

Under the influence of herd mentality, those who initially did not believe would be further converted into believers, similar to a nuclear chain reaction; it would be quite difficult to suppress.

Coupled with the fact that in this era, many people had not yet been baptized by the information of the internet age, their immunity to "rumors" lacked the paranoid vigilance of later times.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be sayings like "a mouth to spread rumors, legs to run to debunk them," or "a picture at the start, the rest of the content is all made up."

As for the issue of debunking, based on the official response speed, it would take at least a day at the fastest.

By then, everything would already be a foregone conclusion.

In addition to these notifications, he also edited a large amount of self-rescue knowledge.

To avoid trouble later, he set up an automatic clearing of traces, and by using overseas bots, he directly severed any possibility of being discovered.

On the other side.

He had Lin Baijie use the name of Suiren Company to acquire a piece of industrial land in Ande Town, northwest of Rongcheng, to serve as a recycling plant for the Shu Province branch.

To facilitate operations, this industrial land had previously been a furniture processing factory; after acquiring the factory, they began large-scale construction. There was a large amount of steel structure factory materials, a batch of container houses prepared for workers to live in, and a batch of reasonable daily necessities.

There were also construction teams and a large amount of construction machinery.

Huang Xuyuan also asked his father to help look after the site, in addition to a deputy general manager he sent from headquarters.

His father had originally planned to return home after buying a house and a shop, but after being assigned this task by Huang Xuyuan, he had no choice but to take on the job.

These two preparations were the limit of what he could do at the moment; if he made any larger moves, it might become too obvious.

Next, it was just a matter of slowly waiting for that day to arrive.

April 27th.

The equipment for the Materials Laboratory finally finished installation and debugging, entering the final stage of completion acceptance.

Huang Xuyuan, Lu Xuedong, and others personally inspected a portion of the equipment before diverting some of their energy to form a materials research group.

They began to inspect the equipment while simultaneously attempting materials research.

Zhongjian Company indicated that they would help Suiren Company handle the relevant procedures for the laboratory within three months.

During the trial operation of the Materials Laboratory, Huang Xuyuan found an opportunity to synthesize what he needed alone.

That was the second-generation "brain inhibitor." Looking at the reagent bottle in his hand, which contained twenty milliliters of pale blue liquid, he did not hesitate to use a syringe to draw 10 milliliters and inject it into his body via the jugular vein.

After more than half an hour, he injected the remaining 10 milliliters into his body.

At this moment, the brand-new brain inhibitor formed a marvelous reaction with his brain's "operating system." The feeling was somewhat different from the first-generation brain inhibitor.

The first-generation brain inhibitor only served to provide relief, while the new brain inhibitor combined with brain cells, allowing the brain cells to realize the control of certain functions with the assistance of the "operating system."

For example, when he needed super memory, he could trigger it; when he needed calm thinking, he could enter a state of calm thinking.

The new generation of brain inhibitor also had a very long effective period; after one injection, it could basically last for about 15 to 17 years.

Compared to the first generation, this was significantly more convenient, as the first-generation reagent required an injection every two or three days, which brought inconvenience and insecurity.

He erased all traces of the experiment and deleted the internal monitoring data of the laboratory, replacing it with the footage from the previous night.

The next day was May Day, Labor Day.

Except for Lu Xuedong and a few others, many employees were on rotating shifts.

Most of the company's management were actually not resting, but were busy at work.

Handing over the work of the software laboratory to their respective deputies, he and Lu Xuedong arrived at the Materials Laboratory, where the newly formed new materials research group had a total of 13 people.

Besides him and Lu Xuedong, there were five researchers poached from various laboratories across the country, and the remaining six were fresh graduates.

They had been familiarizing themselves with the Materials Laboratory these past few days; although they didn't know the level of Huang Xiuyuan's expertise, the laboratory alone, with its investment of nearly 100 million, made it worth their while to come.

Among the group of formal researchers, He Wen, who had been poached from a nanomaterials laboratory in the country, was considered a decent researcher, though he had always felt stifled in his career, which was why he chose to jump ship to Suiren Company.

Huang Xiuyuan looked at everyone and spoke solemnly:

"I've called everyone here today for a very simple task. During my time studying abroad, I inadvertently synthesized a new compound. Everyone signed a non-disclosure agreement before coming here, and I'll state the ugly truth upfront: I hope everyone adheres to that non-disclosure agreement."

He Wen also chimed in; as the deputy team leader of the research group, he naturally had to make his stance clear: "The company treats us well, so keep your mouths shut. Anything involving company secrets should be kept buried in your own stomachs."

"Understood, understood."

"Rest assured, Chairman, I will definitely keep it confidential."

The few intern researchers cherished the opportunity before them even more, as it was truly difficult to find such good compensation as Suiren Company offered in the domestic materials science field.

The salaries and benefits for Suiren Company employees were divided into four major tiers and twenty sub-levels. Each major tier was subdivided into five minor levels.

The major tiers were divided into: Junior, Intermediate, Senior, and Top-tier.

Each sub-level was designated by adding a number after the major tier, such as the Junior sub-levels, which were Junior 1, Junior 2, Junior 3, Junior 4, and so on.

The contracts signed by staff such as sanitation workers were for Junior 1 - General Laborer, with a base salary of 1,500 yuan.

The contracts for intern researchers started at Junior 3 - Researcher, with a base salary of 9,000 yuan.

For senior researchers like He Wen, the initial contract was for Intermediate 3 - Researcher, with a base salary of 80,000 yuan.

Added to the company's stock options, dividends, and a series of other benefits, they might not even have much interest in working for foreign companies.

Thank you all for your support, and thanks to book friends Yuming Daoren, Shui Zai Paopao Li De Yu, and Qiyuan for their tips!

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