Electronic Nezha

Chapter 74 Read and Burn
Hao Hao went off again, scaling walls and leaping across rooftops.

Liu Zhenhua and I hurried home. As soon as I entered, I saw a stranger standing in the living room. I vaguely recognized his clothes, and he was wearing a cowboy hat that was out of season.

"It's Yuanyuan," Liu Zhenhua shouted before I went berserk.

That's when I realized that Yuan Yuan had completely dressed herself up. The clothes and pants were all mine, and the cowboy hat was something our family of three bought at a tourist attraction during a previous trip. No wonder it looked familiar.

“Yuanyuan wanted to go down too when she heard you whistle, but I didn’t let her,” Liu Zhenhua explained.

"Master, are you alright?" Yuan Yuan seemed somewhat helpless.

I didn't say anything, but went up and patted her on the head.

Liu Zhenhua sat in front of the computer and began typing rapidly.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"Erase Hao Hao's movements from the surveillance footage, and while you're at it, investigate the people who ambushed you."

Numerous surveillance images appeared on the screen, all from nearby live cameras.

"Dad, can you still recognize those people?"

I stared at the screen for a long time but couldn't find any footage of four people acting together. Moreover, after thinking back for a while, I realized that I couldn't recognize any of the four people's faces.

"He's a master, much more difficult to deal with than Sun and his gang," Liu Zhenhua concluded.

"It's not that high. If you can't take point A, all you do is smoke. That's C+ level," I joked.

"What are you planning to do next?" Liu Zhenhua asked seriously, and it was clear that he was angry.

To be honest, I was also furious. The other side was practically besieging the city. I didn't have time to think about anything else before, but now I realize my legs are shaking a bit.

"Could we rule out Sun Zhancheng and his group as suspects for now?"

Liu Zhenhua said, "Yes, they definitely don't have that ability."

I spread my hands and said, "That's Chen Bing—" The reason is simple: I've been poor for half my life and have no other enemies. Can you imagine other fruit vendors disliking me and then finding four ruthless characters like these to deal with me?

Liu Zhenhua said, "Then let's end this matter as soon as possible."

I said, "Give me a straight answer, is that Chen Bing a fraud or not?"

"One hundred percent."

"Is there any evidence?"

“He is very cautious right now. The so-called successful precedents in Europe are just PPT presentations. If you question him about these, he can easily say that it was all about the concept first. As long as people believe it and are willing to pay, he can just put some old equipment under a different name in the unmanned supermarket. If the place loses money after six months or a year, he can only say that the concept failed or that it didn't work in China. He can never be labeled a ‘fraudster’.”

I lightly tapped my knee with my fist and said, "I need evidence, irrefutable proof! If we deal with him ourselves, all we can do is transfer the money out of his account or have Hao Hao beat him up. Neither of that will touch his sore spot. If we want to cut off his supply line, it's best to first sabotage his business with the Southerners and let people see his true colors."

Liu Zhenhua scratched his head and said, "This kind of irrefutable evidence... exists, but it's not irrefutable evidence, mainly because it's unusable..."

It's confirmed. Liu Zhenhua's Chinese language skills were taught by the PE teacher, just like when they said Chen Zihan was basically doing quite well!
"Or maybe you could use a current AI to help you." "Take a look at this first." Liu Zhenhua didn't say anything more, just typed a couple of times on the keyboard and showed me the video.

The video, released by an official provincial or municipal government, features Chen Bing as the main character. It alleges that Chen Bing is involved in technology fraud, swindling over a billion yuan from investors and local government land resources to operate an unmanned fruit supermarket. However, the scam has been exposed as a major disaster – his supposed successes were all scams orchestrated by low-level programmers hired from "Indian countries." His "artificial intelligence" is, in essence, artificial intelligence combined with human intelligence. It's like those jokes where you withdraw money from an ATM and someone is secretly inside, using their saliva to dispense the cash…

In the video, Chen Bing and his team have been brought to justice and their faces have been revealed. The specific fraud methods are also clearly explained. However, the video looks strange. When it involves specific scenes of a certain province or city, there is a feeling that is both familiar and awkward. It seems like modern times, but some details are unfamiliar.

"Did you synthesize this using AI?" I asked.

“No, this is a record of Chen Bing in my database. It is two years later. That is to say, although he failed in the end, he still lived a carefree life for two years. Moreover, Liu Zhenhua emphasized, “In that timeline, he never came to our city.”

I felt a chill run down my spine. You know a bad guy will eventually fall, but if you kill him before he does all those bad things, is that considered justice?

"Is this considered irrefutable evidence?" Liu Zhenhua said helplessly.

I thought for a moment, then clapped my hands and said, "Fine!"

I understand now. Isn't Chen Bing doing something wrong right now? If he hadn't choked on his own saliva before deciding to become a doctor or lawyer, then prosecuting him for crimes he hasn't even committed would be unjust. But isn't he committing a crime now? Our city's finances are already stretched thin—I heard the deputy mayor's hair turned white trying to attract investment. Although he didn't lose much money, what about his reputation? How much turmoil will Chen Bing's actions cause in the fruit market? If Sister Zhao really goes to a sit-in and gets detained because of this, do you think she'll be wronged?
Liu Zhenhua pointed at the video and said, "I don't recommend that you show this to others. It's one thing that it can't be explained, and I can handle scenarios involving the future, but the main problem is that it hasn't happened yet, so who would believe it?"

"You don't need to believe it completely, just be skeptical."

"Who should I send it to?"

"The money will be sent to whoever suffered the most losses in this incident."

Liu Zhenhua asked, "You mean those bosses from the south?"

"Exactly! Do you think those bosses will be excited when they see this? Even if they have to delay paying Chen Bing by a day after watching it, we won't have worked for nothing!"

Liu Zhenhua said, both amused and exasperated, "Dad, you're using a Qing Dynasty sword to kill a Ming Dynasty official!"

"As long as you're killing bad guys, who cares which dynasty's sword it is?" No wonder those four people were willing to follow Chen Bing even though they knew he had no money, because the potential profits were endless.

"Okay, then I'm going to make a fortune!"

"hair!"

As Liu Zhenhua pressed a key, I provided the sound effect: "Pfft—" I originally wanted to add the sound of a head hitting the ground, but I thought it was too violent and gory...

Liu Zhenhua said, "I added a 'self-destructing' feature, so the video can only be viewed once and then will be automatically destroyed."

I understand. Keeping this thing around would cause endless trouble. What we're doing now is just throwing out a smokescreen. Whether those bosses choose to continue through the smoke or wait for further developments is up to them. I secretly pray: Please be more careful!
After dealing with all that, I looked at Liu Zhenhua and said, "Didn't what we did violate the '707 rule'?" Using a Qing Dynasty sword to execute a Ming Dynasty official, even with the added clause of "read and burn after viewing," it definitely violates something...

Liu Zhenhua said, "Never mind all that. They've already messed with my dad, so what's wrong with me doing something 'illegal'?"

My heart was warm, but I still said, "Don't be so bold... I don't want to be that kind of person..." I originally wanted to find a handsome man who influenced the fate of the country with his looks, but after thinking about it, I could only think of Bao Si, Zhao Feiyan, and Yang Yuhuan.

Liu Zhenhua still scoffed, "It's alright, does he even deserve it?"

(End of this chapter)