#3 - Chapter 3 Blackmail? No! It's mutual benefit!
“Three months… at most three months!”
“President Liu, when have I, Chen Fuhai, ever broken my word? Okay, okay, thank you!”
“Boss Sun, could you postpone that 300,000? Give me some time…”
“One month? This…”
In the living room.
Chen Fuhai was making phone calls one after another.
Previously.
He had not only been swindled out of all his savings, but also borrowed over a million from friends.
In the year 2000, this was definitely a huge sum of money.
After all, in Shanghai, a decent three-bedroom apartment in a good location only cost a few hundred thousand.
What about 20 years later?
The market value of a three-bedroom apartment in the same location is generally ten to twenty million!
After finishing the phone calls.
Chen Fuhai sat blankly in the living room.
After much sweet-talking, those old friends in business had finally granted him some leniency.
But…
How could he make up for the deficit in such a short time?
His wife, Li Lan, also frowned deeply.
Her husband had already told her the truth; after all, even their son knew, so there was no way to hide it.
“Old Chen, how about… selling the company and the house? That should be enough to cover the deficit,” she hurriedly advised.
“Let’s…”
With a creak.
The door opened.
Chen Fuhai, who was about to speak, saw Chen Hao open the door and come in, and immediately shut his mouth.
Sell the company?
He walked straight towards Li Lan.
“Mom.”
Standing in front of his mother, Chen Hao was filled with mixed emotions.
In his previous life.
His father had committed suicide by jumping off a building.
His mother had first lost her husband, and then faced a large number of creditors chasing after her, leading to a mental breakdown and a depressed end.
Chen Hao still clearly remembered what his mother looked like when she passed away—old, haggard, with gray hair.
But before his eyes.
His mother had a full head of dark hair.
“Mom!”
No longer able to control his emotions, he hugged his mother tightly: “It’s so good to see you!”
“This child…”
Li Lan was at a loss.
She still didn't know that her husband had almost committed suicide by jumping off a building.
Nor did she know that Chen Hao had faked jumping off a building.
“Didn’t do well on the exam, did you?”
She came back to her senses and gently patted her son's back: “It’s okay, it’s okay, we’ll work harder next year!”
What was Chen Fuhai thinking?
Chen Hao's words, when they reached his ears, took on a different meaning.
It’s so good to see you.
His son almost jumped off a building!
He didn't jump in the end, so he lost control of his emotions after seeing his mother, right?
Little did he know.
Both husband and wife had guessed wrong.
Smack!
Chen Hao kissed Li Lan on the cheek, then walked towards the study: “Mom, I need to work hard, I’ll be quite busy recently.”
Li Lan blankly touched her cheek.
This child…
Has become sensible?
She didn't notice the word 'work' that Chen Hao said.
“Okay!”
She nodded excitedly: “Son, you just focus on studying hard, Mom will definitely take care of the logistics!”
Chen Fuhai was lost in thought.
In the end, he quietly pulled his wife into the kitchen and told her about his son almost jumping off a building in detail.
“What?!” Li Lan's face turned pale.
“Shh!”
Chen Fuhai quickly covered her mouth and said in a low voice: “So, we can’t show our son that we don’t have money at home, and you have to pay attention to his mental state at all times!”
…
Inside the study.
Chen Hao was busy in front of the computer.
He was indeed working, not studying.
His fingers moved rapidly.
A large amount of code was being entered into the Windows 98 system.
In his previous life.
He was a military scientist.
He had some understanding of programming, but not much.
Now it was different!
Knowledge from over two thousand top scientists from around the world, spanning countless fields, made him comparable to a technological encyclopedia.
In today's world, he could easily crush his peers in countless fields.
What was the concept of a 33-year technological gap?
A world of difference!
A vast difference!
It could be said.
That his knowledge in this era was—God!
Tap!
The last line of code was entered.
He casually started the program.
Suddenly!
The computer screen suddenly changed, and it turned into another system.
Windows XP!
Microsoft launched the Windows 98 system.
Afterward, the Neptune team merged with the Odyssey team and began developing the Windows XP system.
In October 2001, Microsoft released Windows XP.
Now.
It was June 13, 2000.
Yes, the college entrance examination had ended several days ago.
Chen Hao had missed the later exams.
No way!
He had done so poorly on the previous exams that even if he got full marks on the later ones, it would be useless.
Besides, which university he would attend in the future had nothing to do with his college entrance examination scores.
Let's put it this way.
As long as he was willing, he could choose any university in China!
After completing the system construction, he used hacking techniques far surpassing those of today to break through the world's most stringent firewalls and sent an email using that IP address.
Entered the mailbox and added an attachment—the partial architecture of the XP system.
The email content only had a few sentences.
‘Mr. Gates, if I'm not mistaken, this is your next-generation system.’
‘I think it's worth a lot, what do you think?’
‘Believe me, I can make your company's early investment in research and development worthless.’
‘Let your company's system die in the womb.’
Signature: H.
Click the button, send!
Chen Hao narrowed his eyes, revealing a cold smile.
Mutual benefit, there was nothing wrong with that.
Let Microsoft save time and research and development funds, and release an excellent system immediately, seize the market and make big money.
And him.
He also needed this money as start-up capital.
Of course, Chen Hao had already made a decision, this kind of thing would only be done once!
In the future, if he didn't urgently need money, he wouldn't give this kind of money-making opportunity to others casually.
What he wanted to do was.
Use a large number of high-tech patents to block the Western research and development path!
You just started research and development, and I have already registered the patent.
You can't sell the things you develop.
Want to sell?
Pay up!
Not just patents.
He would also establish his own standards in core areas.
First-class enterprises set standards, second-class enterprises sell patents.
Below second-class…
All are ants!
In this life, he would make the West…
No!
He would make all countries outside of China only earn relatively meager production profits, while the bulk of the standards and patents would become China's possessions—the whole world, obediently working for China!
Of course.
All of this must be built on a strong national defense foundation.
It's just that, in this life, he would never appear in front of the world as a military scientist.
The email was sent to a certain mailbox.
Chen Hao pinched the space between his eyebrows.
The system construction was all in his memory, but even if he could directly construct the system, the amount of code to input was not small.
He was exhausted these past few days.
“I can't just help my dad pay off his debts, can I?”
“As a son, I should make my dad's career successful.”
“That’s right!”
His eyes lit up.
Why was his dad's company declining?
His dad ran a record store, and business was pretty good in previous years.
But from the late 1990s, the recording industry was declining.
Because MP3s and piracy appeared!
The Internet was booming.
There was piracy everywhere, who would spend money to buy records?
In fact, this was just the beginning.
Two years ago, North America had passed the MP4 playback format review.
Two years later, the world's first MP4 appeared.
In 2003, MP4 landed in China.
The breakthrough from 'sound' to 'video' completely collapsed the recording industry overnight.
It is worth mentioning.
North America has established MP4 standards.
Chen Hao was very clear that even if he made an MP4, once the product came out and became a bestseller, given North America's nature… they would definitely impose various restrictions.
“With a 33-year technological gap, how can you shake it?”
The easiest way.
Bypass the North American MP4 standard and establish a more advanced standard!
Then.
Let the MP4s developed by the West become waste products!
Just as he thought of this, his phone suddenly rang.
