After all, if the other party didn't have considerable confidence in their network security, they probably wouldn't dare to casually transmit such important documents over the network.
Of course... this importance is for Wang Xuewei, or rather for Xinda Daily Chemicals. In fact, it may not be that important to Shin-Yi Co., Ltd. of Japan.
After all, the equipment that Wang Xuewei wanted to buy was very advanced in China, but that kind of technology was no longer considered advanced in Japan, and was even becoming somewhat outdated.
And those production line equipment were old equipment that Shin-Ei Co., Ltd. had just phased out.
Otherwise, how could someone like Oshima Yumiko, a manager of a Chinese branch of a company, possibly have the authority to freely access blueprints for truly advanced technological products?
Shin-Ei Co., Ltd. of Japan is a highly technology-driven conglomerate. One of its subsidiaries specializes in the IT industry, focusing on cybersecurity products. Therefore, Shin-Ei Co., Ltd. naturally places great emphasis on cybersecurity.
If even Shin-Edge Co., Ltd., which deals in cybersecurity products, gets hacked, then once the news gets out, Shin-Edge's IT subsidiary might have to shut down immediately.
Although the branch office in Yongfeng cannot reach the level of security of Shin-Yi Co., Ltd.'s headquarters in Japan in terms of network security, it is still quite secure. At least most hackers would be overwhelmed by Shin-Yi's self-developed firewall, which is as solid as an iron barrel, let alone any intrusion.
Although Zhou Ziwei possessed hacking skills, he had no idea how far his current skill level stood in the world. Therefore, he naturally had no idea how monstrous the computer used by Oshima Yumiko was for ordinary hackers. He only instinctively felt that this was a considerable challenge, or even if he could fully exert the level of that soldier hacker, he might not be able to take it down. However... after he increased his computer operation speed to a certain level, he suddenly discovered... that it was not that difficult after all.
In fact, a hacker's skill level depends on both their knowledge level and their operational skills.
Having operational skills without extensive knowledge is certainly not enough, but having a bellyful of knowledge but being clumsy in practice certainly disqualifies one from being a hacker.
Zhou Ziwei not only inherited all the theoretical knowledge of computer hacking from that soldier, but also possessed hands that could move up to six times faster than a normal person. Therefore, the level of hacking skills he could achieve was far beyond what that soldier could have imagined. When it came to inputting a program command, others would need six seconds, but Zhou Ziwei could do it in just one second. This was what made Zhou Ziwei so terrifying.
Zhou Ziwei didn't even need to unleash his most abnormal strength; he simply increased his hand speed to four times and easily completed the entire intrusion process.
With a soft "beep," a small dialog box popped up on the computer screen. Zhou Ziwei clicked the mouse lightly, and after a brief shake, the screen changed to the exact same image as on Oshima Yumiko's computer.
"YES" successfully hacked into someone else's computer once again, and this time it proved to be much more difficult than the last time he hacked into the hotel's internal network. This greatly boosted Zhou Ziwei's sense of accomplishment, and after succeeding, he couldn't help but snap his fingers and jump up excitedly.
"How's it going? Have you managed to get those blueprints yet?" At some point, Wang Xuewei finally couldn't resist walking up behind Zhou Ziwei. Looking at Zhou Ziwei's insane speed of operation, her eyes lit up with excitement.
The reason she initially didn't believe Zhou Ziwei's words was because she knew that hackers were terrifying creatures, not like cabbages in the field that she could encounter easily.
Real hackers are usually very low-key. After all, they do shady things, so why would they flaunt their identity? Therefore, if someone claims to be a hacker, they are most likely just a mediocre person with a slight understanding of computers.
Zhou Ziwei not only claimed to be a hacker to Wang Xuewei, but also offered to help her so readily. It would be a miracle if Wang Xuewei didn't have any doubts about this...
"Uh... intercepting the blueprints... not yet." When Wang Xuewei asked, Zhou Ziwei could only shrug helplessly and say, "The other party hasn't started transmitting data yet, so how can I intercept it?"
"Oh...not yet!" Wang Xuewei nodded upon hearing this, then muttered under her breath, somewhat disappointed, "Why are you getting so excited if it didn't work?"
Wang Xuewei's muttering to herself was really not loud at all; the sound was so soft that even she herself could hardly hear it. However, Zhou Ziwei was now used to maintaining a hearing level that was two to three times higher than normal, so although Wang Xuewei's muttering was soft, it was still heard very clearly by his keen hearing.
He snorted indignantly and said, "What do you know... Although I haven't intercepted the data of those blueprints yet, I have successfully hacked into the work computer that Oshima Yumeko is using. So, as soon as the other party issues the transmission command, I can download the data transmitted from Japan to this computer in a synchronized manner."
"Really!" Wang Xuewei said with some doubt, "But... how do you know that you've hacked into the computer that Oshima Yumiko is using? Even if this computer is in the branch office of Shin-Yi Co., Ltd. in Yongfeng, that doesn't prove that it's definitely being used by Oshima Yumiko, does it? What if it's being used by another employee of their company?"
“Uh…” Zhou Ziwei smiled wryly upon hearing this. Of course, he couldn’t tell Wang Xuewei that he wasn’t a pure hacker at all. He needed to track down Oshima Yumiko in real life and obtain the IP address of the computer she was using before he could hack into her computer.
Then she pointed to a live chat window flashing on the computer screen and said, "Didn't you see? Oshima Yuyomi is currently talking to a data administrator at head office, discussing retrieving equipment blueprints..."
Wang Xuewei looked down and saw that the instant chat box kept automatically popping up strings of strange characters. Occasionally, a few Chinese characters were mixed with one or two bizarre symbols, which made her dizzy. Although she did not understand Japanese, she still knew about this island language that blatantly copied Chinese characters.
And from those messy Chinese characters, one could also glean some clues: the two parties in the conversation did indeed seem to be discussing something related to the blueprints.
Seeing this, Wang Xuewei couldn't help but feel excited. However, for some reason, when she glanced at Zhou Ziwei's smug expression, she couldn't help but feel angry. She snorted and said, "I don't understand Japanese, how am I supposed to understand this... Humph... Who knows if it's real or fake?"
"Wow, you're not that old, how come you're more stubborn than an old woman..." Zhou Ziwei rolled his eyes, annoyed by her, then moved the mouse, clicked on the "My Computer" icon on the screen, and said angrily, "Then you watch, I'll find some evidence to prove it..."
Zhou Ziwei originally wanted to find some photos on Oshima Yumiko's computer, preferably photos of Oshima Yumiko herself, so that Wang Xuewei would probably have nothing to say... Okay! Actually, Zhou Ziwei wasn't really angry because of Wang Xuewei's argumentative remark, but he had finally managed to hack into a personal computer and was also eager to see what kind of stuff was on it.
However, he was too embarrassed to deliberately snoop on Wang Xuewei's privacy in front of her. But now that Wang Xuewei had provoked him, he was happy to pretend to be provoked and browse through her computer to satisfy his dark desires...
Zhou Ziwei first opened "My Photo Album" to see if there were any photos of Yumeko Oshima, preferably explicit ones for a more exciting experience.
However... unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a single photo on this computer; it's completely empty, which is disheartening.
Zhou Ziwei was still a little unwilling to give up, so he used the search function to thoroughly scan Oshima Yumiko's computer hard drive. He still didn't find any valuable photos, but he did find two video files.
Without a second thought, Zhou Ziwei immediately opened one of the videos. He then saw a person wearing a crisp, clean business suit standing in front of the camera, maintaining a dignified demeanor, talking to himself in Japanese.
"Ah...it really is Ms. Yuyanoko Oshima...Oh my god...you...you really hacked into her computer...That's amazing..."
Wang Xuewei couldn't understand Japanese, but she recognized Oshima Yumiko. At this point, she finally completely believed in Zhou Ziwei. And believing in Zhou Ziwei's abilities, she also believed that Zhou Ziwei was indeed capable of intercepting all the data and drawings transmitted by the other party on the Internet. For a moment, she excitedly grabbed Zhou Ziwei's shoulder and screamed in unrestrained excitement.
Meanwhile, Zhou Ziwei stared intently at Yumiko Oshima on the screen, his eyes shining, his breathing becoming increasingly rapid, and his heartbeat slowly quickening...
Zhou Ziwei's reaction was certainly not because he had a crush on Yumiko Oshima; he just felt something whenever he saw her videos.
It was because what Oshima Yumiko said at that moment was so lewd and shameless that Zhou Ziwei never imagined that when a person is dressed in formal clothes and maintains a dignified appearance, but says the most vulgar and obscene words, the strong contrast would bring such a strong sensory impact.
"What is she saying?" Wang Xuewei listened for a long time but couldn't understand a word. However, seeing Zhou Ziwei watching with great interest, she couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.
Zhou Ziwei turned his head and gave Wang Xuewei a strange look, then stammered, "She just said that she...she's very empty, very lonely, she longs...longs for...uh...no, I can't say it, you...you'll see for yourself! She's about to express her longing with her actions..."
"What?" Wang Xuewei was completely confused, but from Zhou Ziwei's strange look, she could vaguely sense that something was wrong. However, the more she didn't understand Zhou Ziwei's meaning, the more curious she became, and she couldn't help but stare intently at the computer screen.
After rambling on and on to the camera for a while, Oshima Yumiko started walking to the side, and the camera followed her, indicating that someone was filming her with a handheld DV camera.
After Oshima Yumiko moved around, Wang Xuewei realized that the scene in the video was not an office, but a very luxurious and comfortable apartment.
Wang Xuewei breathed a slight sigh of relief when she saw that Oshima Yumiko had not gone into the bedroom, but instead went into a kitchen.
However, when Oshima Yumiko casually took a clean purple eggplant from a vegetable basket in the video and licked it with her tongue, Wang Xuewei almost collapsed.
But that was nothing compared to what followed. Oshima Yumiko then unbuttoned her blouse and inserted the thick, hard penis into her ample cleavage. While moaning lasciviously, she vigorously rubbed the penis up and down against her breasts…
"No...shameless..." Wang Xuewei finally couldn't help but curse, then turned her head away, but it was unclear whether she was cursing Oshima Yumiko in the video or Zhou Ziwei who was watching intently.
After Wang Xuewei cursed, she thought Zhou Ziwei would turn off the video, but who knew that even after waiting with her face turned to the side for a long time, she could still hear Oshima Yumiko's lewd voice coming from the speaker. She finally couldn't help but turn around and shout: "Hey... Mr. Zhang, are you helping me intercept the blueprint files being transmitted, or are you watching AV selfies?"
But when she turned around, she saw on the computer screen that Yumiko Oshima had torn off the last piece of clothing covering her body and was now inserting that saliva-covered eggplant into her...
"Ah—you pervert!" Wang Xuewei had never seen such a scene before, and she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. Like a frightened little white rabbit, she ran far away to the side, covered her face at the door, and faced the wall, not daring to look back again. At the same time, she cursed Zhou Ziwei, who was watching with great interest, to the point of being furious.
But because of the equipment blueprints that Zhou Ziwei might intercept, she couldn't bear to actually leave.
It wasn't until much later that the lewd sounds behind her gradually disappeared. She didn't know if Zhou Ziwei had finished playing the video or if he had turned off the sound to avoid any negative impact, but Wang Xuewei didn't have the courage to turn around and look again.
"Ms. Wang, come and take a look..." After a while, upon hearing Zhou Ziwei's call, Wang Xuewei's whole body trembled slightly. She tentatively turned around and glanced at the computer screen out of the corner of her eye. Seeing that the video had indeed been turned off, she breathed a sigh of relief. She first gave Zhou Ziwei a very discreet glare, and then walked over cautiously. However, this time she did not dare to walk behind Zhou Ziwei and stopped when she was more than two meters away.
Wang Xuewei didn't know whether the man in front of her was a good person or a bad person, but she did know that he had just watched a very unhealthy live-action film... Heaven knows if she would suddenly become wild after being stimulated by Oshima Yumeko, so Wang Xuewei could only be as wary as possible.
Therefore, after maintaining a safe distance, he spoke up, "What... you're not going to keep watching? This is so boring..."
Zhou Ziwei smiled slightly, looking a little embarrassed, and said, "How can you blame me... It's because you didn't believe me. I'm just giving you some evidence to make you believe me... Uh... Let's not talk about this... Here... This is the blueprint file I just prepared. I've completely compressed it into a file package. Do you have a USB drive? If not, you can use your SIM card. Transfer this file to your card, and you can read it completely after unzipping it on your computer when you get back."
"Ah...you...you've succeeded."
Upon hearing this, Wang Xuewei exclaimed excitedly, but then still somewhat uneasy, she said, "Then...can you let me take a look first?"
Wang Xuewei hadn't witnessed Zhou Ziwei intercepting the other party's data transmission, so she needed to see it clearly to feel at ease. Otherwise, what if Zhou Ziwei had simply put a video of Oshima Yumiko performing in that folder... and she happily took it back to show the technicians at Xinda Daily Chemicals... wouldn't that be incredibly embarrassing?
Zhou Ziwei shrugged helplessly, then opened the file. The screen dimmed slightly, revealing a very complex electronic drawing.
Volume 1, Rebirth of a Prodigy, Chapter 201: The Second Target
This drawing file is quite complex, consisting of more than thirty pages, each of which can be clicked to view more detailed local parts of the drawing.
Although Wang Xuewei couldn't understand the text marked on it, she could tell that it was indeed a complete set of blueprints for a daily chemical product production line.
"Oh my god...you're amazing."
This time, Wang Xuewei was finally convinced that Zhou Ziwei had indeed intercepted the equipment blueprints of Xinyi Co., Ltd., which meant that Xinda Daily Chemicals could save five million US dollars directly. Of course, deciphering the technical details on these blueprints and modifying Xinda Daily Chemicals' existing equipment would require some investment, but this amount was insignificant compared to the five million US dollars. Although Xinda Daily Chemicals was currently facing difficulties, this amount of money was not a problem for them.
Moreover, in order to purchase this batch of old equipment, they had already borrowed and mortgaged more than two million US dollars through various channels. This amount of money was not enough to buy the equipment, but it was not a problem at all if it was only used for modification.
When Wang Xuewei took out the spare USB drive from her purse and asked Zhou Ziwei to download the file to it, and then carefully put it away close to her body... facing the smiling Zhou Ziwei, she didn't know what to say.
The seemingly ordinary man in front of her had only met her by chance in the elevator, but he had repeatedly helped her in great ways. Now, Wang Xuewei no longer believed his nonsense about being just a freelance marketer.
Putting everything else aside... just considering his superb hacking skills, would he really go around doing sales for a few bucks?
So Wang Xuewei couldn't bring herself to say the earlier suggestion of giving him partial regional distribution rights for the vaporized laundry detergent. However, she had received such a great favor, and it would be unreasonable to leave without any repayment or promise… After hesitating for a long time, Wang Xuewei could only stammer, “Um… Mr. Zhang… I… I don’t know how to thank you enough. You really… helped us a lot. If it weren’t for your help today,… Xinda Daily Chemicals might have really gone bankrupt. I… I know you won’t actually work as a salesperson at Xinda Daily Chemicals. So… if Mr. Zhang has any requests, please feel free to mention them. As long as we can do it, we will definitely not let Mr. Zhang down today. Of course… I… I am a married woman, Mr. Zhang already knows that.”
Later, Wang Xuewei, probably fearing that the other party might make some inappropriate demands, gave a special hint so that if he did make such a request, Wang Xuewei would naturally not agree, and it would only make things awkward for both of them.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ziwei truly didn't know whether to be happy or angry. He could only shrug helplessly and say, "Actually... I'm from Northeast China."
"You're from Northeast China?" Wang Xuewei asked, her face full of confusion. After waiting for a while without hearing anything further, she couldn't help but ask, "So what if you're from Northeast China?"
Zhou Ziwei chuckled and said, "Haven't you heard that old song... 'Northeasterners are all living Lei Fengs'... Haha... So, actually, I just helped you out because I couldn't stand that fat guy surnamed Yue and that Japanese woman. You don't need to be so grateful... Really, I just did it on a whim, just a casual act. Hmm... Maybe next time I'll get excited and hack into your Xinda Daily Chemicals' computers... Hehe... So you'd better be careful in the future, don't store anything private on your computer... Haha..."
After saying that, Zhou Ziwei strode out of the room amidst a series of irritating laughs and swaggered away...
Wang Xuewei blushed crimson at Zhou Ziwei's teasing words, and when she thought of the video that Oshima Yumiko had just filmed, she felt so disgusted that she almost threw up the chicken leg she had just eaten...
A day later, after watching Wang Xuewei board the plane back to Dangyang, Zhou Ziwei resolutely turned around and quickly boarded another plane bound for Central and Southern Province.
Just last night at midnight, Zhou Ziwei received an encrypted message from Wu Di, who transmitted all the information he could gather about the Dark Elves assassin organization. After reading this hard-won information, Zhou Ziwei immediately determined his next target... Zhongnan Province.
To eliminate the crises around him, Zhou Ziwei had no choice but to remove the two assassin organizations that were hunting him down. If the problem could be solved with money, Zhou Ziwei wouldn't have had to make things so complicated.
However, since even Zhou Zhengxiang, the employer of the hired assassin, could not stop the Dark Elves from hunting him down, he had no choice but to fight them to the death.
Everything in the Zhou Group is currently frozen, so Zhou Ziwei can still disappear at any time. He can simply smear an amoeba on his face and change his appearance at will, making it impossible for the assassin organization to catch a trace of him.
But once the Zhou Group resumes normal operations a month later, he, as the chairman, can't just cower like a turtle every day... He might become a target for the dark elves and the black market assassin network.
Therefore... he had to eliminate both assassin organizations before the Zhou Group was unfrozen, because the Dark Elves were an organization based in China, which made them Zhou Ziwei's next target after dealing with the threat from Xiao Yundong...
Five hours later, the plane landed in Tonghai City, the capital of Zhongnan Province. Zhou Ziwei swaggered off the plane... But this time, Zhou Ziwei had a completely different appearance. He looked somewhat sleazy and cunning, his face pockmarked with freckles, triangular eyes, and a crooked nose... His appearance was repulsive to anyone who saw him. He had already received countless glares from the flight attendants on the plane. It wasn't that the flight attendants were of low quality or discriminated against him because of his looks, but rather that his sleazy appearance, even when looking directly at someone, would make people mistakenly think he was peeping at their breasts.
So it's not surprising that they would react this way.
Zhou Ziwei rubbed his crooked nose with a wry smile, feeling a little regretful for choosing his current appearance. Although Wu Di had sent him more than a dozen ID cards and identity documents, few of them truly matched his height and build.
After searching for a long time, Zhou Ziwei could only find one that was closest to his body shape.
The impact of Xiao Yundong's and the special operations soldier's deaths in Yongfeng has not yet disappeared. If Zhou Ziwei hadn't taken on the role of a hacker in Yongfeng to help Wang Xuewei and intercepted all of the blueprints from the Japanese company Shin-Yi, he wouldn't have needed to change his identity.
Now, Zhou Ziwei is afraid that because of that incident, it will arouse the suspicion of Oshima Yumeko. If she really reports it to the police, Zhou Ziwei is not afraid that the police will arrest him, but he is worried that the police will really notice his whereabouts. Then he will be restricted in what he wants to do in Zhongnan Province. Helpless, he had to change his appearance in Yongfeng and put on his current appearance, transforming himself into a traveling feng shui master named Zhao Guoqiang.
Zhou Ziwei was quite puzzled. Zhao Guoqiang looked so sleazy that people couldn't help but be wary and disgusted by him. How could he use his identity as a feng shui master to swindle and cheat people everywhere? Were all the people who were deceived blind?
Zhou Ziwei has attracted and merged with nearly two hundred souls' memories so far, and among these many souls, there are naturally many who have some knowledge of feng shui and metaphysics.
In his previous life, Zhou Ziwei never believed in these mysterious things, but after personally experiencing a cycle of life and death, many of his ideas naturally changed completely.
Therefore, when I realized that I was receiving this kind of Feng Shui metaphysics in my mind, I deliberately retained it.
Although he soon discovered that the knowledge he had absorbed in this area was mostly just some rudimentary understanding of the I Ching, even with just this rudimentary theory, he might not be qualified to be a Feng Shui master, but he could still barely manage to fool people.
He's only temporarily using this person's identity. If no one notices him or suspects anything about his identity, he doesn't necessarily have to become a conman.