Capital Universe Interactive is a mid-sized technology company with over two hundred employees.
About half of them are engaged in operations, human resources, legal affairs, sales, etc., and the core technical departnt has more than seventy people, including a general manager and two departnt managers.
Zhang Zhen is the manager in charge of product developnt in the technical team of Universe Interactive, a position second only to the general manager in importance.
Being able to beco a technical team manager in just a few years after joining the company, Zhang Zhen’s capacity is evident.
He is a very successful overseas returnee.
After graduating from Capital University, he studied at the University of Michigan in the United States and worked at Microsoft for four years after that. He even joined the team responsible for developing the Windows system, but he eventually chose to return to China, giving up on his green card because he was unable to leave behind everything at ho.
Zhang Zhen’s work experience is diverse, and he is proficient in various skills.
What he is most adept at is architecture, specifically the developnt of underlying fraworks, but he can also use the word ’proficient’ to describe his skills in algorithm developnt and high-level software design.
For instance, when it cos to the task of algorithm library partitioning, often a large part is completed by him and his colleagues working overti.
Completely outsourcing all of this work would be very challenging.
For technical personnel in the computer industry, a nine-to-five schedule is a dream. Excellent algorithm engineers are often extrely busy, barely keeping up with their primary workload, let alone having extra ti for part-ti work.
It’s also unreliable to outsource all the work to other companies in a lump sum.
Money is just one factor.
Many small organizations that take on outsourced projects have uninspiring competence among their employees. Bottom-level algorithm library design, which is crucial as it is utilized by high-level software design, could cost ten or dozens of tis in effort and money if there’s even the slightest mistake.
Zhang Zhen’s idea is to leverage personal relationships to offload so workload to reliable individuals and then gather all the work back for integration.
Actually, all he did was throw out a casual remark in the group, much like how a real estate agent would distribute promotion leaflets, even if the property doesn’t get sold, there’s definitely no harm in trying.
You never know, right?
However, almost no one in the group responded.
Fortunately, ’Zhao Yi from Zhengyang No. 13 Middle School’ answered and took a portion of the task to give it a shot.
Being able to offload even just one task is a victory!
Zhang Zhen did not have high expectations. In his mind, Zhao Yi was a hacker genius who exploits vulnerabilities.
Hackers and software engineers are like people from different worlds. They can be sowhat related but also not related at all.
Zhao Yi being very young and lacking in relevant work experience, it would definitely take so ti to complete an algorithm package.
But unexpectedly!
Just one day later, the completed algorithm package was sent over, and it was successful with only one round of debugging.
Zhang Zhen was currently scrutinizing the code line by line.
The more he looked, the more astounded he beca.
Simplified.
Clear.
Effective.
Those were Zhang Zhen’s impressions.
If it were rely effective, perhaps it wouldn’t be as impressive. But to achieve simplicity on top of effectiveness is quite a feat. So of the procedure steps in the algorithms struck him with a sense of enlightennt.
For instance, there was a step requiring continuous monitoring.
Zhang Zhen felt that his own design would definitely require tens of lines of code, at least three or four screenings for such a task.
The other party solved it using only one loop.
"That’s really.... a genius idea!"
Zhang Zhen was captivated by what he saw.
As a professional technical expert, he felt as though he had discovered a new world within his own field.
...
When Zhang Zhen finished reviewing the last line of the code, three hours had already passed.
It was past one in the morning.
He finally ca back to his senses and realized he hadn’t replied to Zhao Yi, and imdiately regretted it.
No matter what ti it was!
He sent a ssage urgently--
"Zhao Yi, Brother Zhao! Your work is fantastic!"
"It’s extraordinary!"
"Sorry, I lost track of ti as I was fascinated!"
"What’s your bank card number? Send it to as soon as you see this ssage, I’ll transfer the money to you! Two thousand is too little, three thousand!"
"It’s worth the price, and I’ve made a profit!"
"Do you have more ti? Can you please help, I beg you, I’m grateful, the price is negotiable, brother I’m almost crushed by work..."
Zhao Yi was already fast asleep in his bed.
He didn’t care whether Zhang Zhen replied or not, it normally takes the other party at least half a month to check, confirm its usability, and then proceed with the paynt.
...
Weekends were as usual filled with lessons, but they were relatively easier. For instance, morning self-study was postponed by half an hour, and there were no evening self-study sessions.
The classes were also lumped together into longer sessions.
With this kind of schedule, there was plenty of spare ti.
Zhao Yi kept pace with his usual study regin, perusing Chemistry and Biology, and when ti permitted, he also practiced Physics and Math problems.
Others were different.
For example, Lin Xiaoqing who sat in front of him was constantly working on Mathematical Olympiad problems. Without asking, one could tell she was definitely motivated to break through to the city level competition.
Sun Liang was the sa.
He really put his heart into the Math Olympiad, hoping to bring ho a prize.
Zhao Linlin, on the other hand, kept sighing and looking listless at her books. However, her eyes sparkled every ti she glanced at Zhao Yi.
Last ti was so much fun!
She wanted to have another magical adventure skipping class.
Wait.
It’s the phone!
"God Zhao!"
Zhao Linlin leaned in closely, her eyes twinkling, whispering, "My aunt keeps smiling at her phone lately, there must be sothing up! Could you... hack my aunt’s phone and send copies of the texts she sends and receives?"
"..."
Zhao Yi looked Zhao Linlin up and down then shook his head vigorously, "Don’t even think about it!"
"Brother Yi~~"
"I’m reading. Stop bothering !"
Zhao Yi flatly refused. Inside, he pondered how, were he Linlin’s elder, he’d lay her across his knee and give her a good spanking.
What?
She wants more?
Keep going, spank harder!
As Zhao Yi was imrsed in thoughts of discipline, a call ca from the door, "Zhao Yi, go to the office. There’s a reporter who wants to interview you."
"A reporter?"
The entire class looked over, their eyes filled with a mixture of admiration and jealousy.
Zhao Yi calmly got up, waved to the class with a ’stay cool, stay cool’ kind of gesture, then followed the ssenger out.
The reporter was in a vacant classroom on the fourth floor.
Zhao Yi was surprised that a reporter was allowed in the school, but upon arriving in the classroom, he understood why.
Nanjiang TV Station.
Nanjiang TV is a provincial-level station, with influence reaching beyond the province. Its main and satellite channels are easily ranked in the top twenty nationwide.
One reporter doesn’t represent the entire station, but for Zhengyang No.13 Middle School, accommodating a provincial TV reporter was a priority.
What if...
The school makes it on TV?
The twenty-sothing female reporter was clearly here for Zhao Yi.
The reporter held a microphone and introduced herself as soon as she saw Zhao Yi, "I’m Liu Huimin, a news reporter from Nanjiang TV. Could I conduct a simple interview with you?"
"Sure."
Zhao Yi pulled up a chair and sat down while gesturing for Liu Huimin to do the sa.
Liu Huimin thanked him with a smile, but her words were less cordial, "’Youth Cup’ finals, your team from the Thirteenth won. I’d like to congratulate you first."
"During the competition, you individually perford exceptionally. You answered so questions in a remarkably short ti."
"What’s your opinion on that?"
Zhao Yi listened patiently. Her first words were normal enough, but they took an odd turn later.
"What do you an?"
"What are you implying?"
He imdiately realized her intent, "If you want to ask sothing, just ask directly. No need to beat around the bush."
Liu Huimin nodded, "Well, soone has questioned if you had prior knowledge of the finals questions, which is why you provided..."
"Do you believe that?"
"I’m a reporter." Liu Huimin emphasized.
Her point was, as a reporter, she was neutral and just doing an interview.
Zhao Yi couldn’t help but laugh.
He stood up and looked out the window, took a few forceful steps, then turned and pointed at the floor, "Do you know where we are?"
"Zhengyang No.13 Middle School?"
Liu Huimin asked hesitantly, uncertain if this place held so additional significance.
Zhao Yi nodded heavily, "Exactly! This is Zhengyang No.13 Middle School, a very average, below-dian ranked... garbage school in Zhengyang City!"
"Think about it!"
"If I had the ability to get the provincial education departnt’s ’Youth Cup’ to leak questions, why would I attend such a poor high school? At the very least, I’d pull so strings to get into First Middle School!"
Liu Huimin was left speechless, suddenly finding Zhao Yi’s argunt reasonable.
At the door,
Principal Wang Chengmin and Director Li Lisheng stood together, hearing Zhao Yi’s words as soon as they entered.
Garbage?
Poor?
What kind of descriptions are those?
Principal Wang’s face darkened considerably.
Zhao Yi quickly realized, rushed to explain, "Hahaha, Principal Wang, Director Li, that was what outsiders said!"
"I deeply despise those people!"
"Actually, in my heart, No.13 is the best high school in the whole city, no, Nanjiang Province, and even the whole country!"
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