A song from Chengdu revived a closed-down pub.

Su Fan's story has once again become a hot topic online.

Yuji Honda stared at the trending topic on the screen for a long time.

"It's time to make our move. Is everything ready?"

Masaki Sano, who was standing nearby, said, "It's all arranged. It's Zheng Hao, a technical director at NetEase Cloud Music. He's in charge of the platform's backend review and risk control. He's the perfect candidate."

"Won't anything go wrong?"

"No, we used a honey trap on him this time, you could say we have him completely under our control."

"Alright, let's get started."

"I'll arrange it right away."

At this moment, Zheng Hao was completely unaware that he had already stepped into a carefully woven net.

Zheng Hao is considered one of the veterans who fought alongside Shen Fei to build the empire.

During this period, NetEase Cloud Music rose rapidly with the addition of Su Fan, who did indeed contribute a lot.

After all, he was the one who single-handedly built the entire platform's technical architecture.

Just when he was at the height of his fame, a woman named Xu Nianjiao entered his life.

This Xu Nianjiao was someone that Sano Masaki had carefully arranged.

As the saying goes, "It's easy for a man to pursue a woman, but it's easy for a woman to pursue a man, like piercing a thin veil."

Xu Nianjiao was gentle, considerate, and understanding, and it didn't take much effort for the two of them to get together.

As NetEase Cloud Music grew stronger day by day, Xu Nianjiao began to subtly whisper in Zheng Hao's ear.

He said that the platform's success today is entirely due to Zheng Hao's efforts.

He said that if he hadn't built such a stable technical architecture, NetEase Cloud Music would have crashed long ago.

She repeatedly exaggerated Zheng Hao's role on the platform, and over time, even Zheng Hao himself gradually came to believe it.

He even felt that Xu Nianjiao was the only person in the world who truly understood him.

That day, Xu Nianjiao nestled against Zheng Hao again and sighed seemingly unintentionally.

"Brother Hao, I just feel sorry for you."

"What's wrong?" Zheng Hao put his arm around her.

"You built this platform single-handedly, but what about now? The credit goes to Su Fan, the glory to Shen Fei, and who even remembers you, Zheng Hao?"

These words struck a chord with Zheng Hao.

To be honest, Zheng Hao has been treating technology as the biggest barrier to entry on this platform lately.

He believes that without his technical support, even the best solutions cannot be implemented.

Is a plan that can't be implemented still a plan?

At this moment, Xu Nianjiao said quietly, "Brother Hao, sometimes, only by causing this platform some trouble can your value be truly shown. Otherwise, they will always look down on you."

Zheng Hao's heart skipped a beat, but he still hesitated: "This... won't cause any problems, will it?"

"What problems could possibly arise?" Xu Nianjiao said coquettishly. "You're in charge of all the technical aspects. Who knows this platform better than you? Even if something goes wrong, you can fix it in no time. We're not really trying to destroy it; we just want them to realize who the real mastermind behind this platform is."

Seeing Zheng Hao still hesitating, Xu Nianjiao added fuel to the fire: "Besides, your boss won't give you a single share, but he's handing over huge amounts of shares to that newcomer Su Fan. Isn't that a clear indication that he doesn't care about you, Zheng Hao, at all? How many sleepless nights have you stayed up for this platform? What has Su Fan done? Why should he?"

These words struck Zheng Hao squarely where it hurt the most.

He remained silent for a long time, and the hesitation in his eyes finally turned into resentment: "Fine, it's good if there are some problems. Otherwise, they will never know who the most important person on this platform is."

"Yes, yes, that's exactly what we want them to see: who the real kings and queens are in NetEase Cloud Music."

Upon receiving this message, Zheng Hao immediately took action.

He didn't recklessly delete the database and cause a system crash.

After all, that would be too conspicuous, and an investigation would immediately lead to their own involvement.

He chose what he thought was a smarter approach, using his position to secretly leave several backdoors in the platform's content moderation system.

He relaxed the review authority over a few specific accounts, allowing these accounts to bypass risk control and secretly upload a batch of illegal and sensitive content to the platform.

At the same time, he tampered with the review logs in the background, trying to erase the traces of these operations little by little.

According to his plan, once these dirty things ferment on the platform, attracting reports and investigations, the platform will be in complete chaos.

He was once again appointed to a critical mission, and with a wave of his hand, he resolved the problem in no time.

By then, both Shen Fei and Su Fan will understand who is the one NetEase Cloud Music truly cannot do without.

He thought he was completely unaware.

What he didn't know was that a pair of eyes were watching all of this intently.

Ever since Shen Fei received that call from Su Fan, he hasn't dared to relax for a moment.

The review system has been upgraded, all backend logs are fully recorded, and risk control measures have been strengthened at every level...

He treated this matter as a top priority, personally overseeing it and handling everything personally, even personally reviewing each and every night shift's audit records.

No one can be completely trusted, Shen Fei.

This is precisely why Zheng Hao's supposedly flawless actions were all exposed in the face of the system's layers of traces.

As Shen Fei traced the abnormal logs back through the system, he eventually identified the person who had tampered with the data.

"How could it be him?!"

To be honest, if Shen Fei hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that Zheng Hao was the one who tampered with things here.

Shen Fei stared at the screen, his emotions too complicated to speak.

Zheng Hao is a key technical member of the company.

In the end, Shen Fei picked up the phone and dialed Su Fan's number.

"President Su, we've caught the mole. Someone was tampering with the platform from the back end, stuffing illegal content into it and trying to erase the operation logs. Just as you predicted."

"Oh? Who is it?" Su Fan asked.

"Yes... Zheng Hao, our technical director."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.

Su Fan sensed the heaviness in Shen Fei's tone and said, "President Shen, I can roughly guess how you feel right now. He's been with you for a long time, hasn't he? You're reluctant to let him go, and you can't quite believe it, right?"

"Yes," Shen Fei sighed. "President Su, to be honest, I feel really bad. Zheng Hao has worked hard all these years, even if he hasn't made any great contributions. He single-handedly built up the platform's technology. I was thinking, could we... talk to him privately first, give him a chance, and not make things too ugly?"

"President Shen, your consideration for the past shows that you are a person who values ​​relationships, which I respect. However, some things involve principles, and the rules cannot be broken. You are being soft-hearted now and want to leave him a way out, but have you considered what if there are other people behind him? If he is really being instructed by someone, your private talk is tantamount to condoning the real mastermind. Besides, if he can stuff dirty things into the platform for his own selfish reasons today, he can sell the entire platform for greater profits tomorrow. Once this door is opened, it can never be closed again. Therefore, there is no such thing as a private talk when it comes to matters of principle."