“It seems unnecessary!” Yumiko Oshima frowned and said, “I’ve already said what I wanted to say. If you can do that, and transfer the prepayment to our company’s account first, then we can discuss the specific time and place for pickup. Of course… before that, you have to solve the transportation problem yourself. This is basically smuggling, and if it’s intercepted by our customs, it will have a very serious impact. Hmm… but if you can’t even agree to the most basic payment issue, then there’s really nothing to talk about.”
“Money is not a problem…” Zhou Ziwei tapped the table lightly with his fingers, tilting his head as he said, “As for transportation, that’s not a problem either; I’ll find someone to handle that. However, I hope you can fax me a copy of the original equipment’s blueprints as soon as possible. We will inspect your equipment according to the blueprints. I hope you won’t disassemble a perfectly good piece of equipment beyond recognition, otherwise we may refuse to accept it.”
"Of course...it won't be like that anymore."
Upon hearing this, Oshima Yuyano's expression became somewhat unnatural, but she quickly shook her head repeatedly and said, "We Yamato people are the most trustworthy people. How could we do such a thing... As long as you pay for the equipment in full, I guarantee that there will be no problem with the goods you receive."
Zhou Ziwei chuckled and said, “You can have your national pride, but please don’t use your national reputation as a guarantee in front of me… I think you should know that in the eyes of most Chinese people, you Japanese have no reputation to speak of. As long as your equipment is fine, everything will be fine. Otherwise, if something really goes wrong, no matter who guarantees it, it won’t matter… The total value of this batch of equipment is five million US dollars, right? You fax me the equipment drawings first. As long as I confirm there are no problems, I will transfer half of the payment one day later, and the other half will be paid in cash when you pick up the goods… How about that, is that alright?”
"What you're saying is true."
Yumiko Oshima glanced at Wang Xuewei to the side with some disbelief, and seeing that Wang Xuewei also looked stunned, she couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.
Zhou Ziwei smiled slightly and said, "Whether it's true or not, you'll know once you check your account to see if I've deposited the money. As for the other half... the pickup will be done on your own turf. If our people don't pay the remaining half, do you think you'd let my people take the equipment away? So... you really have nothing to doubt."
Oshima Yumiko thought about it and it made sense. The other party would pay half of the price after only seeing the design drawings, without seeing the goods, and the other half would be paid in cash. So, Shin-Yi Co., Ltd. could not possibly suffer any loss of profit. What was there to be suspicious about?
“Very good, that’s good. So… Mr. Zhang, when would be a good time for us to sign the agreement?”
Zhou Ziwei thought for a moment and said, "There's no rush to sign the agreement. Let me see the original design drawings of your equipment first!"
“Alright then!” Yumiko Oshima nodded and said, “I will try my best to get you the original design drawings of the equipment by tomorrow morning, but… you should understand that we cannot give you all the complete drawings at once. I hope you can understand that.”
Zhou Ziwei immediately frowned and said, "How am I supposed to know if what you're offering is real or fake if you don't give it to me all at once? What if you just throw together a bunch of junk to fool me? Who am I supposed to turn to then?"
Yumiko Oshima said somewhat awkwardly, "But... in these areas, Japan has always imposed a technology embargo on your country. If the blueprints were to leak into your country, it would likely have a negative impact on our company..."
"Alright... You're willing to sell even the equipment, so why can't you part with a piece of junk blueprints?" Zhou Ziwei curled his lip in disdain and said, "I understand. Aren't you worried that if you give us the original design blueprints, we won't buy your company's old equipment? Don't worry about that... How about this? This production line should consist of several sets of equipment, right? Why don't you break down the blueprints for this set of equipment, and then I can randomly pick one or two sets to look at? You can take the rest back yourself. That way, you shouldn't have to worry about us directly stealing your company's technology from the blueprints, right? Of course... although I will only look at one or two sets at most, I can randomly pick any part of the blueprints to look at, so you must prepare all the blueprints. Also... if you're worried that I will forcibly take your blueprints on site... you can hire a team of bodyguards to protect you. Wouldn't that be foolproof?"
This time, Oshima Yuzuriko thought about it for a long time before finally nodding and saying, "Okay! We'll do it your way, but... I hope you're not lying to me..."
After saying this, Oshima Yumiko shook her head vigorously, then discussed the meeting place with Zhou Ziwei for tomorrow before leaving in a hurry.
"What...what exactly do you want to do, Mr. Zhang?"
Once everyone had left, leaving only Zhou Ziwei and Wang Xuewei in the private room, Wang Xuewei finally couldn't help but loudly question, "What gives you the right to make such a crucial decision for our company? Where would our company find the money to pay for this entire shipment in full? And... if Hengda Trading Company doesn't help, where are we going to find someone to smuggle the equipment back to China? What are we going to do about this?!"
“Who said I was going to pay them the full amount?” Zhou Ziwei rolled his eyes and said, “You’re not as naive as that Japanese woman, are you? Haha… I was just kidding her.”
"What? You...you really are lying to her?"
Although Wang Xuewei said those words, she was actually quite hopeful, hoping that what this person said wasn't false, or perhaps he had heard that her company's project had great potential and wanted to invest... Although having someone inject another five hundred dollars into the company would dilute the Wang family's shares even more, and if things continued like this, the Wang family might not even be able to keep the chairman's position, she didn't care about losing some equity as long as she could keep the company from going bankrupt.
However, Wang Xuewei also knew that this idea was really unlikely. The other party was just a freelance marketer. To put it nicely, he was a marketer; to put it bluntly, he was just a speculator, or to use a popular phrase from a few years ago, he was just a middleman.
Could someone like that really have five million US dollars to invest? If it were five million RMB, that would be more plausible. After all, the lottery produces several millionaires every draw these days, and anyone with a bit of luck could go from nothing to a fortune of five million overnight.
However, five million US dollars... is not something just anyone can come up with. Just from the fact that the other person is staying in a hotel that is not high-end like her, you can tell that the other person's wealth is definitely not that great.
However, before Zhou Ziwei revealed the truth, Wang Xuewei still held onto a sliver of hope. But when Zhou Ziwei himself said that it was Yumiko playing on Ooshima Island, Wang Xuewei completely collapsed.
"Do you know that this will kill us?"
Wang Xuewei's face turned pale with anger. Pointing at Zhou Ziwei, she said, "Our company's survival depends entirely on this batch of equipment. If... if you completely offend Xinyi Co., Ltd., making it impossible for us to buy their equipment even if we have the money, then... then our company is doomed! How could you... how could you do this? I... God... why did I believe a liar like you..."
Zhou Ziwei shrugged innocently and said, "I said, Miss Wang... oh, no, since you're married, I'll just call you Ms. Wang. Uh... Ms. Wang, I only said I was deceiving that Ms. Oshima Yumiko, not you... Don't worry... since I'm getting involved in this, I won't side with anyone. I guarantee you won't have to spend a single penny to get the equipment back, how about that?"
"You...you're not joking, are you?" Wang Xuewei was stunned again upon hearing this. This time, she dared not have any more illusions. She immediately frowned and said, "What exactly do you want to do? Please tell me more clearly."
Zhou Ziwei nodded and said, "Of course I'll tell you... but... this matter can't be delayed. We need to find a computer first... before we can get this sorted out... This hotel should have guest rooms, right? If you don't want that equipment to go to waste, go book a room right away... at least a deluxe room..."
"You... what did you say?" When Wang Xuewei heard Zhou Ziwei tell her to go to a hotel, she immediately became furious, her face contorted with rage, and she clenched her teeth as if she wanted to devour someone.
"Fine! Fine! It's really a bit unreasonable to let a woman like you go to book a room... Alright, I'll book it myself, okay?" Zhou Ziwei muttered a few words, then strode to the door, opened it, and waved to the waiter standing outside, saying, "Go... book me a room, a nice one, um... it has to have a computer, the kind with internet access... Here you go! Take this money, it should be enough to book the room. I'll give you your tip later."
Volume 1, Rebirth of a Prodigy, Chapter 199: Extremely Fast
The waiter had already heard the commotion in the private room. When he saw that only a man and a woman were left and they wanted to check in, he smiled knowingly, took the money Zhou Ziwei handed over, and ran to the front desk to check in.
“Mr. Zhang, I…I never thought you were this kind of person…Excuse me, please let me through…I’m leaving now. If you dare to stop me, I…I’ll call the police immediately.” As Wang Xuewei spoke, she raised her phone, which already had the numbers 110 pre-dialed. She could dial the police immediately with just a press of the green button.
Seeing this, Zhou Ziwei gave a wry smile and said, "What... do you think I'm the kind of person who's driven by lust? Hmm... yes, I do admire you, but... I just want to help you out, I don't have any ulterior motives towards you, don't worry about that. I need to book a room just to help you get the design blueprints for those equipment... Actually, I'm quite knowledgeable about daily chemical production equipment. I've handled the resale of two laundry detergent production lines before... Hehe, even though Japanese products are more advanced, they still have many similarities to our domestic production lines. As long as we can get the blueprints for their production line and thoroughly understand their technology, then I think... you can completely modify your existing equipment to suit the production of new products... Hmm, am I right?"
Wang Xuewei paused for a moment upon hearing this, then nodded and said, "Theoretically speaking... there shouldn't be any problem, but... is it so easy to understand their advanced technology? This... this is advanced Japanese technology... We're just a small company, we don't have such a strong talent pool. Even if you could get the original blueprints they provide, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to crack it. Besides... didn't you just hear? They won't show you the blueprints for the entire set of equipment, at most they can only show you a very small part. So... if we only get a small part of the blueprints, what use would that be?"
Zhou Ziwei chuckled and said, "So what if your company can't crack it? If you trust me... I can help you crack it... Well... it will take a little time. I've been quite busy lately, and I'm afraid I won't have time to help you with this for at least a month. If you're in a hurry... then I'll give you a suggestion. After you obtain the blueprints for Xinyi Co., Ltd.'s production line, you can share them with national research institutions or other large daily chemical companies."
You can leverage their technical expertise to help you decipher the technical aspects of these blueprints, and then they can help you modify your company's existing production lines... I think if you could just take these blueprints with you, I guarantee many people would be eager to cooperate and share them. Hmm... however, I personally suggest you share them with some large daily chemical companies. If you were to donate them to the government... the procedures involved would be much more complicated, and if any leader within that organization started playing games, even if you solved the technical difficulties, you might not get to share the results. Large companies are much easier to deal with; as long as you sign an agreement beforehand, I believe they generally won't renege on their promises.
Wang Xuewei's eyes lit up when she heard this. She knew that Zhou Ziwei's idea was indeed feasible. Their Xinda Daily Chemical's technological strength was insufficient. Even if they obtained the original blueprints, they would have no chance of cracking the other party's technology. However, Xinda Daily Chemical could not do that, but they could find someone to help them. She believed that no domestic daily chemical company would be uninterested in such a new technology production line!
However, Wang Xuewei then asked doubtfully, "But... the problem is, how will you get all the blueprints? You... you don't really intend to forcibly seize them tomorrow morning, do you?"
Zhou Ziwei smiled slightly and said, "If I could steal it, I wouldn't mind being a robber. However, I'm almost certain that after receiving the production line blueprints from headquarters, they'll hide some important parts or even delete them altogether. That way, even if I resort to robbery, I won't get all the production line blueprints, and they won't suffer too much loss. Besides... if that Oshima Yumiko really comes to trade with me, even if she doesn't bring a bunch of bodyguards, she might plant a time bomb in the safe. If I dare to forcibly take her blueprints, she'll blow me to bits..."
Hehe... those Japanese are quite cunning, that Japanese woman must have figured that out. So... I'm going to just download the blueprint samples sent from their Japanese headquarters directly from the internet... otherwise, why do you think I'm in such a hurry to book a room here? Oshima Yumiko just said she'd bring me the blueprints I need by tomorrow morning, so I guess as soon as she gets back, she'll contact their Japanese headquarters immediately. We don't have time to wait, I have to get to the computer right away and wait..."
Hearing this, Wang Xuewei was stunned again, and exclaimed in surprise, "You're telling the truth? You really have a way to intercept the other party's data transmission on the Internet... Oh my god... You... you can't be the legendary hacker, can you!"
Zhou Ziwei nodded mysteriously and said, "You guessed right... Hmm... The waiter is here, so the room must be booked... Oh, if you don't trust me, you can leave now... I have important business to attend to. I'll let you know once I've intercepted the blueprints."
Sure enough, the waiter came over with a room key. The room he checked in for was on the floor below. Without saying a word, Zhou Ziwei asked the waiter to help him pick out a few of the best dishes from the food and drinks that had just been served and hadn't been eaten yet, and then he carried them to his room. As for whether Wang Xuewei would come along, he didn't care at all.
After standing there in a daze for a long time, Wang Xuewei finally gritted her teeth and quickly chased after him.
Although it was dangerous for a beautiful woman like her to go to a newly opened hotel room with a stranger, she couldn't worry about being afraid for the time being because of the design drawings for those devices. Moreover, she instinctively felt that the other party didn't seem like the kind of person who was a wolf in sheep's clothing. So, after a brief hesitation, she chose to trust Zhou Ziwei.
The rooms at the Royal Palace Hotel were clearly several levels above the one they had stayed at before. The luxurious facilities, elegant environment, soft lighting, carpets covered with flowers, and warm beds... As soon as the two of them opened the door and stepped inside, they couldn't help but feel a wave of ambiguous atmosphere wash over them...
It turned out that the waiter had actually dared to book them a romantic suite specially prepared for couples. This suite was not cheap; Zhou Ziwei might not be able to afford the price of one night in the same hotel even if he stayed there for half a month.
However, this was also Zhou Ziwei's fault. Who told him to casually pull out a large wad of cash from his bag and hand it to the waiter without even counting it? It was obvious to everyone that he was a fat sheep trying to show off in front of beautiful women. It would be shameful not to fleece such a person immediately.
Wang Xuewei, who had initially chosen to trust Zhou Ziwei, blushed instantly upon entering the room and seeing the ambiguous arrangement. Her suspicions returned, and she instinctively leaned against the door, refusing to take another step inside.
Zhou Ziwei shrugged with a wry smile, too lazy to pay any more attention to Wang Xuewei. Under these circumstances, he figured it would be useless for him to explain. If she wanted to be on guard, then so be it.
Since she's his wife anyway, the more wary he is of men, the lower the chances he'll be of being cheated on.
Without saying a word, Zhou Ziwei walked to the computer desk, first throwing aside the huge pile of delicious food he had packed back, then turning on the computer, and testing it. He felt that although the computer configuration of this hotel was somewhat common, it was still acceptable overall and could be used to the best of his ability.
Next, Zhou Ziwei connected to the internet, downloaded several seemingly ordinary software programs and a programming software, then disconnected from the internet and began writing several special programs on his computer that were essential for hacking intrusions...
It looks very complicated, but Zhou Ziwei possesses the mature soul memories of a hacker, and his skills in this area are so proficient that they flow like water. If his former classmates who called themselves hackers saw this, they would be absolutely astonished.
A mere ten minutes later, Zhou Ziwei finally finished writing the last piece of hacking software he needed. He chuckled, sat down, opened the takeout food next to him, and began to eat with relish.
"Hey...want to come over and eat something together?" Zhou Ziwei felt it wasn't appropriate to eat alone at this time, so he turned around and called out to Wang Xuewei. To his surprise, Wang Xuewei grabbed the doorknob in fright as soon as she saw him turn around, ready to run away at any moment. Then she shook her head vigorously at Zhou Ziwei and said, "No...thank you...I'm not hungry..."
However, just as Wang Xuewei said those words, her stomach betrayed her by making a rumbling sound, as if protesting her lying.
Zhou Ziwei chuckled and said, "Alright, stop pretending. I'm hungry, so I'm hungry... Here, if you don't want to come over, you can eat over there... Keep going... have a chicken leg first!"
As Zhou Ziwei spoke, he broke off a crispy and tender chicken leg from the fried chicken and threw it towards Wang Xuewei.
"Hey... don't throw it away..."
Wang Xuewei was startled and frantically tried to catch the chicken leg with both hands. She managed to catch it with great difficulty, otherwise, if the chicken leg had hit her, she would have been unable to wear her clothes anymore.
Seeing Wang Xuewei holding the chicken leg, looking at it from left to right, and hesitating for a long time without eating it, Zhou Ziwei couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Don't worry, eat it! This is what that Fatty Yue ordered. I've eaten so much of it and I'm fine. There shouldn't be any drugs in it... You're not worried that I drugged it, are you?"
"No, no, no... How could this be..."
Seeing Zhou Ziwei say that, Wang Xuewei was too embarrassed to just hold the chicken leg and eat it. Besides, she was really hungry, so she held the chicken leg in one hand and took out a pack of wet wipes from her bag with the other. She wiped her hands first, and then tore off small strips of meat from the chicken leg and slowly put them into her mouth to eat.
Although she had eaten what Zhou Ziwei gave her, it didn't mean she had relaxed her guard against him. She still leaned against the door and didn't dare to get close to him.
You should know that this is a luxury couples' suite, specially prepared for couples. Many wealthy people have special fetishes, such as SM and rape. So if Zhou Ziwei really tries to force himself on her, even if she screams her lungs out, or even if the room makes the strangest and scariest noises, probably no one will pay attention. Therefore, Wang Xuewei has to be wary of Zhou Ziwei at all times.
Of course... Wang Xuewei could have chosen to just open the door and leave. However, although she had some doubts about Zhou Ziwei's claim that he could directly intercept the equipment blueprints sent by Xinyi Co., Ltd. online, this was Xinda Daily Chemical's only hope to get out of its predicament. If it really didn't work this time, then... Xinda Daily Chemical might really be finished. Therefore, despite still feeling a little uneasy about the man she had just met, she chose to stay and see how things would turn out.
While eating her chicken leg, Wang Xuewei secretly glanced at the man sitting in front of the computer. Suddenly... she vaguely felt that the man, from behind, looked remarkably like her husband.
Although Wang Xuewei wasn't actually very familiar with her nominal husband, for some reason, recently, that thin figure had started appearing frequently in her mind.
Whenever she finished her busy day and calmed down, that figure would inexplicably flood her mind, like a sticky piece of taffy that she couldn't shake off.
Wang Xuewei absolutely refused to admit that she had actually developed feelings for her nominal husband... It was impossible; how could that notorious scoundrel be worthy of her feelings? So she attributed this phenomenon to her own curiosity about him.
I'm curious how someone who's never even stepped foot in a university, a social scumbag who spends all his time eating, drinking, gambling, and whoring, suddenly transformed into a daily chemical expert? And how he even managed to invent such a miraculous vaporized laundry detergent powder.
However, for whatever reason, Zhou Ziwei's image stubbornly crept into her mind, leaving an indelible impression on her without her even realizing it.
Because Zhou Ziwei had always faced her directly and changed his voice when he appeared in front of her as Zhang Jiayang, Wang Xuewei had a preconceived notion and would never connect the person she met in the elevator today with Zhou Ziwei.
But when she only saw Zhou Ziwei's back from behind, that familiar feeling still welled up uncontrollably.
How could I have this feeling? Oh... no, this is impossible... they don't look alike at all, and their voices are very different. They absolutely cannot be the same person.
But... why do I get the same feeling?
Just as Wang Xuewei was struggling with a vague thought that had popped into her head, Zhou Ziwei suddenly tossed aside the half-eaten prawn in his hand, grabbed a tissue to wipe his hands, and then began rapidly typing on the keyboard.
It turns out that although Zhou Ziwei obtained the hacker's soul memories and naturally possessed various hacker knowledge, skills, and experience, hackers are not omnipotent. He couldn't possibly monitor all computer users in Yongfeng City. If he could really do this with just one person and an ordinary computer, then he wouldn't be a hacker, but a god.
So when Yoneko left the Royal Palace Hotel on that big island, Zhou Ziwei had already ordered the ladybug to follow her.
He didn't want the ladybug to kill the Japanese woman to silence her; he just wanted the ladybug to monitor the IP address that Oshima Yumiko used after going online. Only in this way could Zhou Ziwei use hacking techniques to intercept or copy the equipment blueprints transmitted to her by the headquarters of Shin-Ei Co., Ltd. in Japan.
Although the ladybug and Zhou Ziwei can only establish sensory sharing within a 200-meter radius, the ladybug flies very fast, almost as fast as a bullet. So, as long as Oshima Yumiko is online in Yongfeng City, it won't take the ladybug long to record her IP address and then fly back to Zhou Ziwei to transmit the recorded image.
After Oshima Yumiko went online, it was impossible for her to immediately ask them to send her the design drawings of those devices without saying a word. Therefore, Zhou Ziwei still had the opportunity to secretly hack into Oshima Yumiko's computer before the other party officially sent the files.
However, he wouldn't have much time to spare, so he had to be quick... to race against the other side.
Otherwise, once the other party officially begins the transmission, even if he has the best skills, it would be easy for the other party to discover his intrusion during such a large-scale data transmission... Unless Oshima Yumeko is a complete computer idiot, he might have a tiny bit of hope of getting away with it.
Once Oshima Yuyomi has received the data, she probably won't leave it on her computer. She'll likely copy it to an external hard drive and then completely delete the data from her computer.
If that woman were to erase some of the main data on the external hard drive while downloading it... then Zhou Ziwei would have wasted all his time.
Therefore, in his haste, Zhou Ziwei directly increased the sensitivity of his fingers to four times the normal level, and as a result... Wang Xuewei, who had previously had some doubts about whether the person in front of her was a hacker, suddenly believed him completely.
Because she actually saw Zhou Ziwei's ten fingers rapidly typing, forming a blurry afterimage... It was incredibly fast... That's the magic of hacking!
Volume 1, Rebirth of a Prodigy, Chapter 200: Interception
Zhou Ziwei immediately noticed that the computer Oshima Yumiko was using had an extremely sophisticated network firewall installed, along with several specialized software programs specifically designed to target hackers, such as automatic virus isolation and automatic intrusion alarms. It was clear that the other party had a very strong network security awareness, at least a hundred times stronger than the internal network of the hotel that Zhou Ziwei had first practiced hacking into.
Based on the information relayed back by the ladybug, Zhou Ziwei already knew that Oshima Yumiko had returned to the office building of one of their New Art Co., Ltd.'s wholly-owned subsidiaries in Yongfeng to go online, which was within Zhou Ziwei's expectations.