The man had taken out his computer without a second word. Two minutes later, someone from the IT department reported, "Mr. Smith, the company's network is down!"
Joel had then looked at the hacker in front of him. After the hacker typed away for another two minutes, the network was back up. The hacker even said, "I've upgraded the company's firewall to the latest level of security. Unless Q and Y are on the scene, no one can breach my firewall."
With that, the man became a legend in one move and became worshiped by the Smiths.
Needless to say, there was no way he would help so easily.
He had completely ignored them even when problems occurred with Warren's game company's software. The Smiths' computer experts that they had previously approached for help were the people under him.
Unfortunately, none of them could pinpoint the problem.
Maureen regretted asking the question right after she did. How would Nora possibly know any when neither the Lights nor Warren could find any?
Why did she simply have to ask something that would put the other party in such a spot?
She smiled awkwardly and said, "It's okay even if you don't know any. None of us do anyway... There are so many programmers around, but why are there so few actual computer experts?"
Nora:
That was because top-class talent wouldn't work in a game company!
They either protected the national cyber security for the country—where they were known as white hats—or they had already been hired by certain corporations. Another possibility was that they freelanced and took on jobs in private, just like Solo. They also made a lot of money that way.
Could a game company like theirs even make a hacker stay with them?
Seeing how Maureen was hanging her head again and how her eyes were reddening, Nora kept quiet for a while before she finally said, "I do know one."
Maureen:"?"
Her head whipped up and she looked at Nora in disbelief. "Really? Who is it? Are they famous? Would it be expensive if we hired them as a software engineer... no, a consultant, I mean, in our company?"
Nora coughed. "No, it isn't. You can just give him a few hundred dollars."
He was just doing them a small favor anyway. That little bug in their game was a cinch for him.
Maureen frowned. "So cheap? Are they reliable?"
She hurriedly explained, "I'm not questioning your abilities. What I mean is, most experts are really expensive to hire and are also very mysterious..."
Nora waved. "It's fine. His name is Solo. I'll give him a heads-up first."
In a dark room abroad.
A few computer screens glowed faintly in the dark. A skinny man in front of a computer was writing a program excitedly when he suddenly sneezed.
As he rubbed his nose, he couldn't help but wonder who was thinking of him.
Then, he immersed himself in his intense work.
A while later, his cell phone rang.
He was so engrossed in writing his program that he couldn't be bothered to look at his phone. He continued to stare at the computer screen. A short while later, though, his phone automatically connected and Nora's voice rang out. "What are you doing?"
Solo was so shocked that his hands shook. He accidentally entered a whole bunch of meaningless code into the computer, messing up the program instantly.
Solo:
He looked to the side, stared at the phone, and said sinisterly, "Can you not be so bossy, Anti? All I did was just miss a call, yet you're already hacking into my
phone?"
Nora replied,"... It's because your cell phone is too easy to hack. If it were a little more troublesome, I wouldn't waste any time doing it, either."
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