digital storm

Chapter 334
Zhou Yongda and Fosun Group received the briefings and notified Lin Wenfang separately, but in the end, under the mediation of Lin Wenfang, the three parties sat down to discuss this matter.As one of the top intelligence officers in the federation, he is obviously not too interested in the involvement of Fosun Group.However, to Lin Wenfang's surprise, Zhou Yongda was not too repulsive, and agreed after a few complaints.They soon met in a cafe owned by Tianyao Group.

This cafe is very peculiar. It is the theme cafe of an idol drama "Frontline" co-starred by three virtual idols and Vivian. The whole cafe has a strong military atmosphere, and all the supplies are pure military products. , Even computers and network systems are military standard products.It may be a generation or two behind the battlefield information system that the active army has just equipped, but its performance is much better than that of civilian products.Even under the interference of a strong magnetic field, a considerable communication speed can be guaranteed in the cafe.The cafe itself is a node of the huge information network controlled by Huo Yu. Although the scale of the computer room underground in the cafe is not large, it adopts the latest system layout, and the calculation speed is quite impressive. It is absolutely no problem to process part of the information. .This cafe is also a support point for Tianyao Group to deal with emergencies. It stores a considerable amount of food and medicine. The weapons in the gun cabinets are probably decorations in the eyes of the young and fashionable customers who come and go. In fact, they are all genuine.The weapons and ammunition stored here are enough to arm two 12-man action teams.The intelligence community knew this well, but said nothing.After President Lu Yuru came to power, he targetedly cut the budgets of some departments, strengthened the power of the Secret Service directly under the presidential palace, and frequently intervened in the intelligence agencies.Lu Yuru's passion for power made many people feel dissatisfied. Both the police and the intelligence department have very good relations with institutions, such as Lin Wenfang.This "Frontline" cafe is also part of this cooperation. Lin Wenfang allocated part of the funds to assist the police and intelligence agencies at home and abroad to build up a certain amount of equipment reserves.

It is precisely because of this cooperation that Zhou Yongda is very satisfied with this location.An Lian took Geng Mang and a few guards to the meeting indifferently.

"Mr. An, it's really hard to see you once." Zhou Yongda greeted An Lian in a friendly manner.

"How many people do you see often?" An Lian said with a smile.

All the people present were bigwigs, and the pleasantries ended soon.They talked about the whereabouts of these joints, and the atmosphere immediately became tense.

"If these joints didn't go to Moya, where did they go?" Zhou Yongda asked.

An Lian shrugged and said, "I have no idea about this matter now."

"Isn't it some shadow Hefner?" Zhou Yongda asked.

The intelligence community knows something about revived Hefner, totalitarian Hefner, both branches of the Hefner Institute hidden behind state power.In the Commonwealth, Fosun Group, as an organization established by the revival of Hefner, did not interfere with the operation of the national institutions. Instead, it continued to lead the Commonwealth ahead of others in technology and became the core competitiveness of the Commonwealth.Although it seems that Fosun Group now only occupies a considerable but not too surprising share in the country's GDP, it is just that Fosun Group itself is constantly adjusting and keeping a low profile.Their R&D center consumes one-third of the group's profits every year. They are very good at licensing and do not pile up a large number of production tasks in their hands, but drive countless companies in the industrial chain to develop together.

The contribution made by Fosun Group to the Federation, Zhou Yongda was secretly dumbfounded when he was researching the materials.But he also doesn't understand why Fosun Group is so obsessed with technological development and doesn't pay much attention to market share and absolute profits. Of course, the funds they have obtained through patent licensing are also huge, but this is not the same as opening up the entire industry by themselves. Chain, but it is a very insignificant part compared to grabbing all the profits in hand.Many problems cannot be explained with a long-term perspective.Moreover, the Fosun Group has almost done nothing politically. If they want to control and control the political power with the power they have, it is really not difficult. They train a few politicians to come to power, and rely on their huge economic and technological advantages to almost influence the entire Federation. As long as they support the guidance of public opinion, there is almost no doubt about the presidential election.However, apart from normal support, such as supporting some bills that are conducive to technological development, supporting some congressmen who care about local construction and education, and providing financial support for both sides of the presidential election that matches the group, they do almost nothing.

At the same time, although Fosun Group has a lot of cooperation with the military, it does not control the military.Those cooperative projects benefit from many parties, and no one can find fault.With the outbreak of the war, North Industries Group and related military enterprises made huge profits, but they did not take the opportunity to attack other enterprises. They still bid on every business they were interested in calmly as before, and used sufficient means to make the bidding can be done fairly.They are not afraid of competition, perhaps because their technical advantages are too obvious.The emergence of Lin Wenfang's Tianyao Group has indeed threatened Fosun Group's related businesses in certain areas. Although An Lian and Lin Wenfang have a good relationship, not every affiliated company of Fosun Group will give Tianyao Group For the sake of face, Tianyao Group can develop and grow, especially in the field of military industry, it is indeed because Lin Wenfang is too talented, and the technical research team of Tianyao Group is also strong enough, but it is also because of Fosun When the related companies of the group are not as skilled as others, they will hardly play any outside tricks, so they just let Tianyao Group grow up.

All in all, compared to the totalitarian Hefner who has now controlled the entire Moya and is actively preparing for war, Fosun Group is too special.Even knowing what their goal is, Zhou Yongda can understand a lot.But now, it is naturally the best opportunity to communicate.

"Maybe. If it is really Shadow Hefner, then the Engelke Company is really completely innocent. Maybe it is just a decoy, an external processing point. I believe that Shadow Hefner must be able to process these joint parts If it is said that they completed the development and production of molecular alloys soon after they got the formula, I would also believe it. Because they can keep out of our sight all the time, which is not much easier than producing molecular alloys .Now, their strategy should be to actively support Moya behind the scenes, and they have finally exposed some flaws. This is not a bad thing." An Lian answered very frankly, which was completely beyond Zhou Yongda's expectations.

"Then why did Engelke Company not know about it?" Lin Wenfang asked with a frown.

Geng Mang cleared his throat and said, "This has something to do with Shadow Hefner's style of cultivating people, employing people, and establishing branches. What they do and the conspiracy they plan require countless details to be accurately pieced together together. That dictates that they need people who are so rational that they feel untouchable. The institutions they build are often ruthless and inhumane, no matter the size of the institution. It's not that they don't want to hide it, but This level of rationality and contempt for ordinary people's lives and even the sense of existence penetrates into the bones and has been cultivated since childhood. It can no longer be done just by trying to hide it. Occasionally, there may be a genius who can perfectly disguise. , but the number is only a few. Given the size and importance of Engelke, it is unlikely that there will be such a person to preside over it. We also made some tests afterwards. Engelke is a very old family business. For the shadow Hefner, it has been cultivated for more than 100 years and is still just an insignificant pawn, which is even more difficult to imagine."

Both Lin Wenfang and Zhou Yongda nodded.Zhou Yongda is very satisfied with this explanation, which is true in terms of the efficiency of intelligence agencies.Although Shadow Hefner is good at establishing secret agencies and constructing conspiracies, because they hide in the shadows, it is impossible to have unlimited resources, and they will pay more and more attention to efficiency.

"Then, the question that arises is: Where did that ship end up? No matter whether there are joints or not on the ship that arrived in Tingaktu, their connection with Shadow Hefner is inevitable. If it is not by some kind of ...The so-called feeling that there is no way to prove it, in fact, we have no evidence at all. Then, how did Shadow Hefner do it?" Lin Wenfang asked and answered.It is not difficult to get two ships, but the problem is to get two sets of crew members who are exactly the same, share a set of identities without being suspected, and have almost the same appearance and figure?
Geng Mang sighed and said: "I remember I told you that when the Hefner Society separated, there were reasons for technology itself. Shadow Hefner, they are the ones who believe in a small number of elites to promote the development of history , they believe that human beings can rely on some more elite and perfect species to achieve the goal of evolution with a very small number and using enough resources. They had quite good genetic technology back then, and, with their unscrupulous Style, it is not unimaginable to have a group of cloned people. The question is, how many people have they cloned, is it just ordinary people or some... er, special breeds. Or there are more unimaginable things .”

Zhou Yongda gasped. If Shadow Hefner is such an organization with ulterior motives, then it's really hard to say.

"The problem is that they are helping the totalitarian Hefner and have invested considerable resources. Whether it is artificial intelligence, mech technology, electronic technology, etc., in terms of these technologies, they are definitely not popular goods or things they have abandoned. They have put a lot of effort into helping Moya. I don’t know if the totalitarian Hefner has understood this situation. Whether Kane or Ludwig, they are all like that Very paranoid people, if the other party makes them feel that they can accept help without any scruples, solve the Fosun Group and the Federation, and then solve the problem of Shadow Hefner later, it will be troublesome. They will definitely cooperate seamlessly." An Lian said lightly Said: "For Moya, it is easy to establish a secret organization in a totalitarian country, but it is not too difficult to destroy a secret organization. It is difficult for us to completely cut off the branch of Shadow Hefner in our Federation. In many ways, it is impossible to do what Moya can do."

Zhou Yongda nodded.But Lin Wenfang said: "The prevention of the shadow Hefner within the federal scope, at least the work of finding them, I can take over. I will increase the control of network information to about 25% in the short term, of course , this requires Fosun Group to provide some help, such as handing over the data exchange center in the East District to me. If I have enough data, I may be able to dig them out. Of course, I am afraid that we still have to discuss the specific follow-up work. Now everyone They are all being stared at, so you can’t scare the snake away.”

An Lian shrugged, and said with disgust: "The king of the virtual world, when did I refuse your request?"

Lin Wenfang rolled his eyes: "There is still a problem, and I need Brother Zhou to help you."

Zhou Yongda said flatly, "What is it?"

"Give me those people in the Huafeng Supervision Center, as... free people. I need them to exert their full strength to promote the research and development work, instead of hiding in prison and sneaking around like this now."

Even Feng Changqing was scratching his head with this question, the tacit understanding between Lin Wenfang and the Ministry of Public Security has now attracted some people's attention.The current Ministry of Public Security is no longer in the hands of Feng Changqing, and the Supervision Bureau is also facing great pressure. This kind of cooperation that is actually unreasonable and illegal in private may be stopped at any time, and Lin Wenfang will also bear a lot of burdens. Responsibility.However, for Zhou Yongda, this is not a problem.The intelligence department doesn't believe in Lu Yuru's war commanding ability at all, and they don't even have any favorable impression of the President's security adviser. In a joint meeting last week, Yongda's boss had already shouted: "You layman, stay away!" This is too much words.The intelligence department has not raised Lu Yuru's educated youth level to the highest level so far, and has kept this fact from Lu Yuru. Anyway, the background investigation of several people in the president's team has not been completely completed, so it is not illegal to do so.At this time, the intelligence agencies don't mind having a secret operation behind the president's back. In fact, they have already faintly acted on their own to meet Lin Wenfang's request.

"Okay, it's not difficult. I'll help you get it done within a week. Are you doing this mainly for Zhao Qian?"

Lin Wenfang nodded and said: "Zhao Qian's research on data structure is very unique. He alone can improve the efficiency of the entire system by several percentage points. I will also let Ran take the lead in organizing a department that is responsible for coordinating various departments. information support. After all, it is unlikely that I will stay in the computer room all the time.”

Zhou Yongda nodded in understanding.An Lian and Geng Mang have known Zhao Qian's ability for a long time. Now the Mecha Research Institute has a dedicated line directly connected to the Huafeng Supervision Center, and they can communicate with Zhao Qian and other experts and scholars at any time.This is certainly not a safe approach, but there is nothing you can do about it.Solving this problem through the intelligence department is also very satisfactory to them.

Through the connection between the joints and Timbuktu, several of them understand that there is more than one trick on the sea and other aspects.Since an unknown company like Engelke has become a supplier of Shadow Hefner, there must be other companies as well.Shadow Hefner was able to find collaborators in Dresden, and they will not be missing in the Federation.

Lin Wenfang began a reverse search of the companies soon after the coffee meeting.And Zhou Yongda will let the intelligence department track down all kinds of ships and other vehicles that are somewhat abnormal.Fosun Group fully launched their own satellite network to conduct a global survey and mapping with the highest precision.Everyone believes that Shadow Hefner definitely didn't ship those joint parts back to store in the warehouse, they must have a secret factory somewhere.However, the scale of this kind of factory is not small, and it will inevitably leave traces on the map.Not only manufacturing, but the testing of weapons requires a larger site.This method of finding a needle in a haystack is costly. The fuel needed to change the orbit of the satellite and the cost of replenishing the fuel to the satellite are enough to make ordinary large companies go bankrupt several times.But Fosun Group doesn't take this kind of business too seriously. They want to put a batch of brand new satellites into orbit.

Fosun Group is about to start making efforts, An Lian clearly stated this, and at the same time, she expressed dissatisfaction that if Lu Yuru continued to toss about like this, Fosun Group would not mind doing something to change the president, and there are all means of civil and military means.An Lian's words may be partly out of anger, but her actions, the actions of Fosun Group, are very revealing.Out of distrust and antipathy towards Lu Yuru, Fosun Group has comprehensively strengthened its control over war-related resources.Fosun Group and North Industries Group have quietly expanded the security forces to the limit allowed by law, and have fully equipped them with advanced equipment. The idle troops are not their opponents at all.

At the same time, Fosun Group is actively helping Lin Wenfang to strengthen the monitoring of the network, learn any information that may be harmful to the group, and even control the information rights of future wars by adding satellites and updating maps. The move can be said to be very gunpowder.

Fosun Group has even reached an agreement with the military to carry out a so-called "advanced battle cluster" project and is conducting conceptual research. This project completely ignores the presidential palace.The military passed the bill directly in the Congress through some twists and turns, forcing Lu Yuru to sign it.These acts of showing strength made Lu Yuru very annoyed, but finally let the president know that Fosun Group is by no means a soft persimmon.

Lu Yuru is different from Zhao Zhenduo. Zhao Zhenduo is not pleasing to the eyes of Fosun Group only from the perspective of almost a monopoly, and is willing to compromise and cooperate. The starting point is only economics. He also finds it easy to understand his political opponents.This is a respectable, but perhaps troublesome politician who has won the respect of Fosun Group.

But Lu Yuru's actions were much more radical.Regardless of the protests from the military or the many reasonable proposals put forward by the business side, he is almost at the expense of weakening the potential of the federal war, forcing Fosun Group and other large business groups and chaebols to back down.However, this retreat will not happen.Never.Now, even the military, who originally thought it was just disgusting, has almost completely stood by.Lu Yuru may not have realized that if the Fosun Group exerts all its strength and adds some other strengths, it can completely make him the first president in history to be completely emptied.And this kind of thing seems to be happening soon...

(End of this chapter)