Jiang Chen didn’t know that Yu Yi and Zhang Lei had such a conversation after he left, and he didn’t know what Yu Yi was thinking. If he knew, he would probably give a wry smile, then shake his head and tell her that choosing among all the people in the world for scientific researchers was absolutely impossible, at least not in the next five years.

When he recruited Yu Yi to join the team, he only revealed the general direction of Changjiang’s research and development and an extremely simple model of the Changjiang system. It was not because he was too cautious or did not trust Yu Yi, but because the programming language of Changjiang was not of any of the existing programming languages, but the general-purpose programming language of the interstellar era——Star.T.

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Star.T was named after the initials of the new galaxy ST1101 and the planet T, the planet that humans first arrived on, combined with the word star and symbolized beginnings. It had become a programming language jointly developed by humans after entering the new galaxy and regaining technological civilization. Before that, almost all programming languages had limitations, and were not suitable for the interstellar era after reconstruction, but Star.T was different. It basically combined the advantages of all programming languages and was applicable to all terminals and servers. Known as the most beautiful language of the interstellar era.

Even if Jiang Chen directly asked Yu Yi to read the core code of Changjiang, Yu Yi would not understand anything, so he could only convert the code into the commonly used programming code now, and established a system model to attract Yu Yi to enter his research team.

It might be that the construction of the system model was too simple. Yu Yi showed great interest in this project, but she didn’t really realize the real power of Changjiang, so she would think in such a way.

The strength of Changjiang did not lie in the fact that one aspect of it had reached the top level of the world today, but in the fact that after all its abilities were added together, one plus one was greater than two. It could be said that owning Changjiang was equivalent to having the most powerful army, the strongest shield, and the most secretive and pervasive intelligence organization for the entire country at the same time…..

After the experiment, once the country truly understood the power of Changjiang, it would protect and hide this project team in an airtight manner. There was absolutely no possibility of putting it on an international platform for researchers from all over the world to study together.

Jiang Chen knew this very well, but it was a pity that Yu Yi didn’t know it, and even the people in the conference room only had vague understanding.

When he arrived at the He family’s old family house, it happened to be five o’clock in the afternoon. Jiang Chen walked through the courtyard and saw old Mr. He sitting by the pond fishing.

He turned around and walked to old Mr. He’s side, “Grandpa.”

“You’re back?” Old Mr. He glanced at him, pointed to the little stool on the side, “Sit.”

Jiang Chen nodded politely to the old gentlemen who were fishing together, sat down beside old Mr. He, and watched them fishing quietly.

The pond was rippling, and a fishing line moved up and down. The owner of the fishing rod immediately reeled in the line, and caught a black fish that was as long as an adult man’s arm. Then he said triumphantly: “I didn’t expect that today’s first fish would be caught by me.”

Old Mr. He glanced at him lightly, and another old gentleman snorted, and said sourly: “It’s worth being happy to be able to catch one out of ten times.”

The old gentleman who caught the fish was not angry either, he picked up the bucket and put it beside Jiang Chen, and said with a smile, “Come, this is a gift from grandpa.”

Jiang Chen was startled. His gaze was still on the fish when he heard someone say, “Old Zhang, you just give a fish as a meeting gift?”

Following the sound, Jiang Chen saw old Mr. Xiang wearing a wide-brimmed fisherman’s hat. He couldn’t help being pleasantly surprised: “Grandpa Xiang.”

Professor Xiang took off his hat, walked to Jiang Chen’s side, bent over with his hands behind his back to look at the fish in the bucket, straightened up and said, “Stingy.”

“It’s fine if the recipient doesn’t think I’m stingy.” Old Mr. Zhang looked at Jiang Chen: “Xiao Chen, are you satisfied with this grandpa’s gift?”

Before Jiang Chen could speak, old Mr. He said, “The gift you gave my grandson is a fish from my fish pond. You tell me if he is satisfied or not?”

Not long after sitting down, Jiang Chen received a fish. Facing the hale and hearty old man in front of him, Jiang Chen was still a little confused about the situation, but since it was said to be a meeting gift, a fish was also good.

If it’s too expensive, he wouldn’t know how to refuse it.

“I like it very much.” Jiang Chen said with a slight smile, “Thank you.”

Old Mr. Zhang had been observing Jiang Chen, and he clearly saw the whole process of him from being dazed for a moment, to thanking him calmly after quickly regaining himself. This young man’s disposition was very good. Thinking of this, old Mr. Zhang let out a few laughs, randomly took out a piece of jade pendant from his pants pocket, and handed it to Jiang Chen, “Two fish, eat one and keep the other.”

After Jiang Chen saw the jade pendant in the old gentleman’s hand, he hesitated slightly. This jade pendant carved with a fish jumping over the dragon’s gate had a beautiful luster and was exquisitely carved. He could tell it was worth a lot at first glance, and it was a bit expensive just as a meeting gift.

That’s more like it.” Professor Xiang patted Jiang Chen’s arm and said with satisfaction, “Take it.”

Jiang Chen paused, took the jade pendant and thanked him again. He had figured it out. Old Mr. He probably specially gathered these old people here today. He would take the college entrance examination soon and after the college entrance examination, his identity wouldn’t be concealed anymore. Now that old Mr. He gathered these old friends together, his intentions should be to have them meet him in advance, which could be regarded as letting him recognize people in advance.

Just as he thought this, old Mr. He soon introduced another old gentleman to him: “This is Grandpa Han, this is Grandpa Zhang, and there is another one you already know, Grandpa Xiang, they are my and your grandma’s friends of many years. Today they are here to give you their meeting gifts.”

After old Mr. He finished speaking, old Mr. Han handed a key to Jiang Chen with a satisfied expression on his face: “Grandpa has nothing to give you. This is a house on the side of Fengshan Mountain. The location is not bad. When you go to university in the future you can live there, and you can also use it when you get married.”

Having already accepted old Mr. Zhang’s gift, Jiang Chen naturally wouldn’t mince about things. After accepting old Mr. Han’s key, he calmly thanked him.

Professor Xiang approached Jiang Chen and said in a low voice, “You will know what my gift will be in a few days.”

Seeing the mysterious expression on Professor Xiang’s face, Jiang Chen paused. Something flashed through his mind, and he felt that it was impossible. He laughed secretly that he was thinking too much, and said calmly, “Okay.”

The old gentlemen stayed at the old He family house all afternoon, met Jiang Chen and chatted for a while, and then they were all picked up by people from their respective families. Today was the He family’s family dinner, and they all knew it well, so they didn’t stay and be a bother.

There was also a small episode during this period, the person who came to pick up old Mr. Han and Professor Xiang was the same person. Jiang Chen saw the two old gentlemen walking together and thought they were going the same way. It was not until Han Qiya called old Mr. Han “grandfather” did he learn that Han Qiya’s grandfather was old Mr. Han.

Under such circumstances, Han Qiya naturally knew Jiang Chen’s identity. Before the two old gentlemen got into the car, she stopped Jiang Chen and chatted for a while, and they talked about things that strangers who were not familiar with each other usually would talk about. Neither cold nor offensive, although Jiang Chen was surprised why she stopped him on purpose, he didn’t think too much, just answered her questions politely.

Before leaving, Han Qiya suddenly asked: “Do you know that I have a marriage contract with you?”

Jiang Chen’s mind unexpectedly recalled what Shen Xu said teasing him before. After a slight change in his expression, Han Qiya smiled before he could speak, and said, “It seems that you know.”

Having said that, there was no need to deny it.

“I’ve heard a bit.”

Han Qiya nodded, and asked him with a smile: “Do you have someone you like?”

Jiang Chen paused, but did not answer.

Seeing him like this, Han Qiya smiled and said, “Then I’ll pretend you don’t have one.”

Jiang Chen put away his smile, and said politely but distantly: “Even if I don’t have someone I like, I think the marriage contract was just a joke among the elders.”

“That’s not necessarily true.” Han Qiya approached Jiang Chen and whispered, “Look over there.”

Jiang Chen took half a step back and looked in the direction she was pointing at, only to see old Mr. He, old Mr. Han, and Professor Xiang looking at this side with smiles on their faces.

He took another half step back, narrowed his eyes and said, “Sorry.”

The smile on Han Qiya’s face faded, she bit her lower lip, and said with a smile: “It’s okay, we are not familiar with each other now, it’s normal for you to reject me.”

Jiang Chen frowned slightly, but before he could speak, the girl had already turned and ran away, waving at him while running, saying with a smile: “We will meet again soon!”

Not long after the old people left, He Qianyu came back from her dance class. She chattered at Jiang Chen, asking him if he could accompany her to the playground during the summer vacation, and asking him about Jiang Chen’s newborn little sister, whether she had grown up a bit. Wherever Jiang Chen went she followed, like a little tail.

When dinner was about to start, other people also arrived at the old house one after another. Among them, He Qianjian was the latest one. It may be because of the distance from the school, or it may be because of his leg and could only walk with a crutch.

As soon as He Qianjian entered the old house, he saw Jiang Chen, and the hand holding on the crutch pausex. New and old hatred surged up at the same time, and he almost swung his crutch to hit him.

Fortunately, the System reminded him in time: [If you want to stay in the He family, I suggest you calm down.]

[I know.] 

He Qianjian’s chest heaved for a while, he retracted his gaze and walked in with his head down: [Now is not the time to deal with him, I will not let him grab hold of a weakness again.]

The voice of the System was colder than before: [It’s good that you know, I don’t have any extra energy to help you wipe your ass now, I hope you can take care of yourself. There is a third mock exam in ten days, if you want to continue using the system’s optimal choice function, you’d better find it as soon as possible…..]

Jiang Chen looked up at the direction in which He Qianjian was walking away, his eyes flickering slightly, thoughtful.

What was the optimal choice function? And what did the System want him to find?

He suddenly realized that he had discovered a System function that he had never understood before, and even wanted to get up and follow He Qianjian, and listen to the conversation between him and the System within a certain distance, but it was too obvious to get up and follow him at this time.

“Brother.”

“Brother?”

“Brother!”

Jiang Chen came back to his senses, turned to look at He Qianmin: “What’s wrong?”

“What were you thinking just now? You still didn’t hear me after I called you several times.” He Qianmin handed the phone to Jiang Chen and motioned him to look at it: “Isn’t it just a week before you guys will have the third mock exam? Everyone is discussing who will be the number one this time, our school basically placed their bets on you, look.”

Jiang Chen glanced at the content of the forum, raised his eyebrows and said, “Even betting?”

“We started betting as early as the first mock exam.” He Qianmin thought of something, suddenly laughed, and said: “Before, Chenghua was betting on He Qianjian taking first place, but he never got first place. He was also overtaken by Zhang Liang in their class, I wonder what he is thinking now.”

Jiang Chen rubbed his head amusedly: “So happy?”

“Of course.” He Qianmin leaned over and said, “Brother, can you take first place on this third mock exam?”

“What do you think?”

“Absolutely! It must be possible!”

“What absolutely must be possible?” Yang Yun cut the fruit and put it on the coffee table in front of them, smiling: “Dinner is about half an hour away, you should eat some fruit first.”

He Qianmin said: “We were talking about whether my brother can take first place in the third mock exam this time.”

“Well, then Mom also believes that you can do it.”

Jiang Chen pursed his lips and smiled, not trying to be modest: “I also believe that I can.”

He Yanya sat down opposite Jiang Chen, and after listening to them finish speaking, she suddenly said to Jiang Chen, “I heard that the project in your hand has been completed.”

Jiang Chen nodded, not surprised how He Yanya knew about this. Although she was in the Central Research Institute, her research direction was not related to that of computers, but the scientific research circle in the entire Yan City was only so big, and gossip resources were extremely scarce. A little bit of wind and grass could easily spread.

He said mildly: “It has been put into the special forces for experimentation, and it will be put into the public security system after the experiment yields no problems.”

He Yanya looked at Jiang Chen with complicated eyes, “You are very amazing, completing the expected two-year project within half a year.”

Long before Jiang Chen was recognized back into the He family, she had actually heard about him already. At that time, the van in Chengyang Square chased and tried to crush the young man in the street. Everyone in Yan City knew about it. And on that day after learning about it she put pressure on the task force through He Yanjun. As a He family member, she knew about this matter for the first time, and it was also the first time she heard of Jiang Chen’s name.

Later, her best friend told her that the Seventeenth Research Institute had parachuted in a genius boy with a mysterious identity. He was in charge of a project alone despite being a teenager, and this project was led by Major General Wu, which showed the importance of it. Her friend joined Jiang Chen’s project team, and when mentioning Jiang Chen, their tone changed from casual at first to being of high praise now, which was a huge change.

As Jiang Chen’s aunt, He Yanya’s understanding of him mostly came from other people instead, which made her feel more complicated about Jiang Chen, but no matter what happened before, she had to admit that her feelings for Jiang Chen now was mostly admiration, after all, he was definitely a rare scientific research talent.

Jiang Chen didn’t know that He Yanya had many things going through her mind in an instant. He nodded slightly: “Thank you.”

He Yanya nodded, and did not say anymore to him.

At 6:30, the He family served dinner on time. When the family dinner started, only then did He Qianjian appear. Jiang Chen listened attentively, and saw that he wasn’t talking to the System at this time, so he withdrew his focus.

Jiang Chen didn’t care about He Qianjian, but He Qianjian always paid attention to Jiang Chen’s every move. Seeing him chatting with He Yanfeng in a leisurely manner, one could tell from the occasional few words that He Yanfeng cared about him. Asking whether he could adapt to school quickly after being absent from school for so long, and also expressing confidence in his mock exam results.

This kind of conversation, before Jiang Chen returned to the He family, would only happen between him and He Yanfeng, but now that Jiang Chen was back, everything had changed, everything that originally belonged to him had become Jiang Chen’s.

[You are sure that if I find promethium, I will definitely be the number one scorer in the sciences in the college entrance examination.]

He Qianjian’s voice suddenly sounded, and Jiang Chen’s eyelashes flickered slightly.

Promethium?

Jiang Chen thought about the text behind the pronunciation in his mind, while listening intently.

The System’s cold electronic voice: [Yes.]

[Good.]

He Qianjian picked up a piece of fish, and chewed to hide the coldness in his eyes: [I will definitely help you find it, but you have been absent recently, I don’t really believe that you will show up to help me in time during my college entrance examination, so I want you to promise me that you must be online all day during the two days of my college entrance examination.]

The System was silent for a while, and then said: [I can promise you.]

He Qianjian was relieved, so long as the System promised, it had never missed an appointment. The last math competition should indeed be just an accident.

It was just that the System had been offline frequently recently, which still made him very uneasy, and no matter how much he asked, the System would not tell him the reason. His confusion amplified his uneasiness even more, and he even had an ominous premonition that something had gone out of control.

Thinking of this, He Qianjian asked again without giving up, but he changed his method: [You said earlier that you encountered some small troubles, have you solved them yet?]

[It won’t be long before it will be resolved.]

The System answered quickly, and probably because He Qianjian’s frequent asking made it irritated, it added a word of consolation: [The civilization level of the planet where the host is located does not have any technology that can pose a threat to me, you don’t need to worry.]

He Qianjian really believed in this before, but after the System lost contact many times and a bug appeared at an important time, he was not so sure. If there was really nothing in this world that could threaten the existence of the System, then what was the little trouble it had to solve during this time?

Also, were the small troubles really just small troubles?

While He Qianjian was immersed in his uneasiness, old Mr. He put down his chopsticks, and seeing that most of the people at the table had almost finished, he said, “Xiao Chen, we decided to hold a banquet on the second day after your college entrance examination, to announce your identity.”

Jiang Chen also put down the chopsticks in his hand, looked up at old Mr. He, and didn’t speak.

He knew exactly what old Mr. He meant. Holding a banquet the next day meant that he would have to show his cards to his parents after the college entrance examination. Regardless of whether they could accept this fact, the He family’s banquet would be held as scheduled.

This was the result he had agreed with the He family from the very beginning, and he would not raise any objections.

“I know, Grandpa.”

Old Mr. He nodded in satisfaction, and seemed to mention another matter casually: “I heard that you and Qian Jian had some misunderstandings.”

A trace of glee flashed across He Qianjian’s eyes, and he fixed his eyes on Jiang Chen, wondering how he would answer.

He had lived and maintained his relationships in the He family for eighteen years, and the people he knew best were not He Yanfeng and Yang Yun, but old Mr. He, who only brought him by his side and raised him for a period of time when he was a child. Because he knew very well that in the whole He family, who was in charge in the end and winning over the person who gave orders would naturally bring more protection for future variables.

This moment was the reward for his hard work in the past.

What old Mr. He hoped most was the harmony and unity of the family, so naturally he didn’t like disharmony between brothers. He was able to gain the upper hand in the confrontation with He Qianmin every time, precisely because he grasped this point, and interpreted a gentle, generous and helpless elder brother perfectly, contrasting against the hysterical He Qianmin who hated him blatantly, setting off the other as willful and narrow-minded. In such a comparison, anyone would choose to believe the former.

Therefore, He Qianjian had never had a direct confrontation with Jiang Chen in front of the He family before. He knew very well that he was already in a weak position, and he would definitely be at a disadvantage if he confronted Jiang Chen, but he never expected that Jiang Chen would barge into the He family, break his leg and force him to jump off the balcony.

That being the case, how could he not make good use of this opportunity, causing Jiang Chen’s status in old Mr. He’s heart to plummet, and causing the He family to feel guilty about him, while consolidating his position in the He family.

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KillIng three birds with one stone.

He Qianjian hid the resentment and glee in his eyes, and waited leisurely for Jiang Chen’s answer.

Jiang Chen wiped his mouth slowly and said calmly, “It’s not a misunderstanding. He smashed my friend’s head with a stool, and I broke his leg with a table. It’s just an eye for an eye.”

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After Jiang Chen left, the conference room was quiet for nearly three minutes, and no one left.

The man with high cheekbones moved the chair he was on, and the movement attracted the attention of the others. Facing the gazes of his colleagues, he frowned deeply: “Do you think… will his idea really come true one day?”

The middle-aged man next to Professor Yang was thoughtful, “What Xiao Jiang said may really be the mainstream of national development in the future. The main focus of our Seventeenth Research Institute is electronic technology. Everyone here knows that computers will be everywhere in every house in the future. At that time personal information will be more transparent, and all kinds of information of the country will inevitably need to use the Internet. If there is an information war, a strong firewall and counterattack methods are essential. Whoever takes the lead first will occupy a place among the future powers.”

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In the words of both, they used the Changjiang system described by Jiang Chen as the blueprint, but both of them only took it as the blueprint, and did not believe that the Changjiang system could really be as powerful as Jiang Chen described.

“Without testing at all, you all believe that the system in his hands does not have the capabilities he said.” Sitting at the end of the long table, the woman who had been silent the whole time before raised her red lips and casually questioned: “Is this not against the spirit of scientific research?”

“Director Yang.” The man with high cheekbones turned to look at her, both surprised and mocking: “Do you really think what Jiang Chen said is true? Have you listened carefully to what he said? He said that he is now developing, what is it called… the Changjiang system is already the glass ceiling of the information war, the glass ceiling of the defense system, heh, what big talk. Before the information war has even officially started, he is saying that the system he developed is already the glass ceiling. Has he experienced war? This is no different from watching the sky from a well, you are the director of the Cyber Security Bureau, you don’t really believe what he said, do you?”

The woman known as Director Yang glanced at him lightly, then turned her gaze to Professor Yang, who was at the main seat, and said respectfully: “Professor Yang, we represent the National Cyber Security Bureau, and we are ready to conduct information warfare with the Changjiang System at any time.”

“Can you represent the Security Bureau?”

Professor Yang glanced heavily at the man with high cheekbones, and waited until the man was silent before his eyes fell on Director Yang’s face. He capped the pen in his hand, and said softly, “I will decide on the time as soon as possible, and notify you three days in advance.”

Director Yang nodded: “Understood!”

Professor Yang nodded: “Remember, you are the National Cyber Security Agency, and I hope you will send out the strongest opponents.”

Originally, when the man with high cheekbones heard what Professor Yang said earlier, he wanted to interrupt and ask him why he wanted to conduct this experiment that would yield results everyone already knew without having to be carried out at all. But when he heard the last sentence, he hesitated again. Could it be that Professor Yang didn’t believe the words of that immature kid? But just want to polish him through this matter?

After all, Jiang Chen’s achievements at this age have indeed left most scientific researchers behind. If he was trained well, his future would definitely be limitless.

The doubts and guesses that the man with high cheekbones have, everyone else had, too.

The man next to Professor Yang asked directly: “Teacher, do you really believe that Jiang Chen’s system is as powerful as he described?”

Professor Yang didn’t answer his question, but asked, “How old is that child?”

The man quickly replied, “Eighteen years old.”

“What were you doing when you were eighteen?”

The man paused: “Attending the third year of high school.”

“He is also in the third year of high school.” Professor Yang’s stern gaze swept over everyone, and he said meaningfully: “And every year, his comprehensive score ranking is the first in the whole grade and even the first in the city. Not only that, he also developed the image processing system, signed a licensing contract with Li De, and had his own laboratory at the age of seventeen. Who of you can accomplish what he has at his age?”

The several people looked at each other, but did not speak.

Major General Wu was optimistic about Jiang Chen quite a bit, but he had to say something: “This kind of genius is not without precedent. The most recent one is Shi Fengyue. He had his own patent at the age of fifteen, but even so, he is now…..” He originally wanted to say that he had accomplished nothing, but he changed his words: “Deviating from the path of scientific research.”

“That kid from the Shi family didn’t deviate from the path of scientific research, he just wanted to change another path.” Professor Yang said calmly: “You only see how much time and energy it takes to lead a military exercise and an information war and how many approval reports are needed, but have you ever thought that if what Jiang Chen said is true, if the system in his hands can really be as he said, then even if the time to understand and use this system comes a single day late, it will be a huge inestimable loss for the country.”

The conference room fell silent.

If the system Jiang Chen mentioned was really so powerful, then there were too many things it could do. Although Jiang Chen only talked about its military application, everyone here was an expert in this field. Just based on what Jiang Chen said, they could think of various application methods of the Changjiang System in various industries of the entire national network.

If the application of the Changjiang system was developed one step ahead of the world, when it was actually put into use, the development of all walks of life in the motherland, the economy and politics of the entire country, including diplomacy, would take a rocket-like leap.

Not to mention too far away, just to talk about the world science and technology exhibition in July this year. Once the Changjiang system was exhibited, it would definitely become one of the most cutting-edge technologies in the world. When it comes to the United Nations Diplomatic Conference in October, how much advantage would their country have at the diplomatic level? They could hardly dare to imagine.

However, was the Changjiang system really as powerful as Jiang Chen said?

Everyone here didn’t know the answer, but they now have a decision in their hearts, no matter how much manpower, material and energy this experiment required, they must still carry it out.

In the corner of the conference room, the young man sitting next to the female head of the Cyber Security Bureau held his heart, felt its rapid beating. He couldn’t help but hold his head, and let out a soft exclamation.

If it was real! If Changjiang was really as powerful as that boy said just now, then he, he would squeeze into his scientific research team even if he must be shameless! At all costs!

He could imagine that if what he said was true, the company founded by the boy would definitely be the coolest and most exciting place to work in this century! Without exception! ! !

“C, are you okay?”

Noticing the movement of the young man beside her, the woman turned slightly and asked in a low voice.

C blushed, shook his head, but halfway through the shaking, he froze again, and nodded.

It seemed that there was something wrong…..

He was socially phobic. If he really wanted to go to the boy’s lab, then he had to resign and then apply for the job. When he resigned, he would need to report to how many people, and also how many layers of selection would be required to pass the job. Just thinking about it gave him goosebumps, but……what were these difficulties compared to the world-class top computer science laboratory in the future?!

The woman couldn’t understand his movements, and frowned slightly: “Are you feeling unwell?”

C immediately shook his head, avoiding the woman’s gaze a little guiltily, and sat up straight.

The woman didn’t ask any more questions. This new colleague was very capable, and he was even third in Wingnet’s hacker rankings. He had performed very well since he took the job, but he didn’t like to talk and didn’t fit in well. Leaving him alone was the most comfortable way for him.

……

Jiang Chen didn’t know about the discussion in the conference room, nor did he know that he just passed by a netizen he had a good relationship with. He was currently talking with Shi Fengyue.

“Thank you very much this time.” Jiang Chen was basically sure that the goal he wanted to achieve in this meeting had been achieved, and he was very excited. He even walked faster than usual, and his tone was full of smiles: “Say it, whatever you want to eat, I will even treat you to ten meals.”

Jiang Chen had devoted himself to research for three lifetimes. The slightly commercial way of splitting up shares of intellectual property rights was simply not something that a person like him who had never done business could think of.

At first, he just wanted to propose cooperation to Major General Wu to further develop the Changjiang Protection System after the image processing system was completed.

However, the night before preparing for the image processing system test meeting, Jiang Chen suddenly remembered the special case of Shi Fengyue——he only had two patents, and only one was in the Seventeenth Research Institute, but he had more authority than some leaders and main researchers, and even at one point, he could directly apply to use the military system.

The military system included a lot, but because of its particularity, each system branch was very important, and it was impossible to open the military system authority unless one was in a certain position.

But Shi Fengyue did it, and had the experience of using the military system in advance before the request was even passed. Although several factions jointly suppressed this matter that time, it had to be said that this matter being able to be suppressed stemed from the contract he signed with the military and the research institute back then.

This was what Jiang Chen heard when he mentioned this matter to old Mr. He and He Yanjun during a certain family dinner, but he was not very clear about the specific agreement. But thinking about it, that it was possible to get the research institute and the military to agree to sign such a contract could not be separated from Shi Fengyue’s identity.

Thinking of this, Jiang Chen immediately called Shi Fengyue. After all, he said that he could find him if he ever planned to sign a contract with the research institute.

That night, after listening to all his thoughts, Shi Fengyue gave him a feasible plan, which was the division of intellectual property rights.

“You don’t need to treat me to ten meals.” Shi Fengyue’s voice seemed a little tired, but held a deep smile: “You can just come to my house again and make the same meal as last time.”

Jiang Chen’s footsteps paused, and the bouncing shrimp floated up in his mind inopportunely. The fishy smell seemed to be still lingering on the corner of his lips, and that slight touch also flashed past.

“That’s too simple.” Jiang Chen continued to walk forward, and said calmly, “You have helped me so much, I must thank you well, and it is better to show sincerity by eating outside.”

“Where are we going?”

Shi Fengyue agreed so readily, and it was obviously the result he wanted, but for some reason, Jiang Chen’s heart suddenly became a little more irritable. Suddenly, even he himself didn’t know what answer he wanted to hear. Holding the mobile phone in one hand, his tone was indifferent: “We’ll make a decision at that time. I have something to do now, so I’ll hang up first.”

“Okay.”

Shi Fengyue hung up the call first, Jiang Chen glanced at the phone with a blackened screen, raised his hand and waved to Yu Yi who was coming this way.

Jiang Chen lowered his eyes slightly and smiled lightly: “Sister Yu Yi.”

Yu Yi raised her chin towards the conference room: “How was it?”

“Achieved the intended purpose.”

“Not bad.” Yu Yi smiled and said, “But I also guessed that you would succeed. The two-year project was completed in half a year. You are the first case in the Seventeenth Research Institute.”

“Thank you for the compliment.” Jiang Chen responded with a smile, and looked into Yu Yi’s eyes: “Sister Yu Yi, what do you think about what I told you earlier?”

“After the results of the meeting come out.” Yu Yi said, “Even if I promise you, if you can’t sign a contract with the research institute, it’s still useless, isn’t it?”

Jiang Chen nodded: “True.”

The smile on Yu Yi’s face faded, and she pursed her lips and said, “Actually, I think you can postpone starting your company. Now you are only in the third year of high school, and you still have four years in college. You can definitely wait until after sophomore year to consider this matter.”

Jiang Chen shook his head, and the smile on his face faded a bit: “This was originally something I had already planned to do, and…..I can’t wait any longer.”

Before, he had been using Changjiang to attack and capture the System’s codes. The System was in a passive attack state for a while, and many useful codes were captured by Changjiang. After enough codes were analyzed, Jiang Chen could already confirm that it was indeed another program language, and currently he had a cracking direction.

However, not long ago, the channel established by the System was completed. During this period of time, the battle between Changjiang and the System was often unable to decide on a victor. If it continued like this, the System would find Changjiang’s loopholes, and finally complete the counterattack.

If it was the version of Changjiang in the interstellar era, there was absolutely no need to be afraid of the System, but the technology of this era was limited after all. As he just said in the conference room, the version of Changjiang in his hand was already the glass ceiling that technology could reach now or even in the next ten years.

But the System was not the case. It came from an unknown world and had unknown and powerful capabilities. Perhaps it did not need to upgrade itself after in-depth learning and was not affected by earth technology. If things went on like this, one day the System would be more powerful than Changjiang.

Although this was only the worst outcome Jiang Chen speculated, if he continued fighting alone, under the limitation of hardware flaws, the growth of Changjiang would never catch up with the growth of the System. Therefore, he must form a company as soon as possible to form his own scientific research team, and he must also cooperate with the national government. Only with the support of the country and the government and completely raising the current hardware level could Changjiang be in an invincible position, could it truly break through the core of the System, and be able to know the origin and purpose of the System.

Yu Yi didn’t know what Jiang Chen was thinking, but she believed in Jiang Chen’s ability, and the reason she would speak out to dissuade Jiang Chen was just because she thought that if Jiang Chen put too much thought into things outside scientific research, such as establishing a company and managing a company, it would definitely be a waste of talent.

It was just that everyone had their own choices, and she had no position to interfere.

After briefly mentioning this, Yu Yi didn’t continue, she changed the topic: “You won’t come to the institute tomorrow, right?”

It was now May, less than thirty-five days before the college entrance examination, the image processing system project was completed, and Jiang Chen, who had been on leave for more than half a semester, had to go back to school to prepare for the exam amidst the urging of one to two or three phone calls a day. 

“It will be based on the results of this meeting.” Jiang Chen thought for a while and said, “If it goes well, I may come to the institute again before the middle of this month.”

“What about the start time for the new project?”

Yu Yi was very interested in the Changjian Protection System that Jiang Chen briefly described. When Jiang Chen established the image processing system military research and development team, she knew Jiang Chen’s ability very well because of the information provided by her previous mentor, so she signed up immediately to Jiang Chen’s research and development team.

After only half a year of getting along, she also had a deeper understanding of the boy’s ability, and she was convinced long before the end of the project that if Jiang Chen became a full-time researcher, she would continue to work with his team. But who knew that Jiang Chen offered to create a scientific research team and even invited her to join his team.

When she knew that Jiang Chen was going to start a company, she had hesitated, but after seeing only part of the code of the Changjiang system, she had already made up her mind. No matter whether Jiang Chen could reach an agreement with the research institute, she would join Jiang Chen’s team.

And, she couldn’t wait.

“If all goes well, within two months.”

The company had been successfully registered, and the office location was also decided. The lease just needed to be signed and the place refurbished, and the laboratory did not need to be prepared. After the contract was signed, the Seventeen Research Institute would naturally provide their team with an independent test environment. These most important aspects having been taken care of, other things could come slowly.

Yu Yi didn’t expect Jiang Chen to be so efficient, but this was exactly what she wanted, the sooner the better.

She nodded and promised: “If everything goes well, I will definitely join your scientific research team.”

Jiang Chen curved his eyes in a smile and stretched out his hand: “Then wish us a happy cooperation in advance.”

Yu Yi smiled and shook his hand: “So confident?”

Jiang Chen smiled but said nothing, though his slightly raised eyebrows had already revealed the answer.

At a corner where the two of them couldn’t see, a young man was frowning, he raised his leg for a moment and then turned the direction immediately. He hesitated and repeated several times, and finally made up his mind to walk out.

However, as soon as he saw where the two of them were standing, the young man was taken aback. He quickly caught up with Yu Yi who had already turned around and walked towards the end of the corridor, and asked, “Where is Team Leader Jiang?”

Yu Yi paused and raised her eyebrows: “Zhang Lei?”

Zhang Lei looked around: “Weren’t you two just standing there and talking? Where did Jiang Chen go?”

“He left.” Yu Yi asked, “Did you have something you need with him?”

“No.” As soon as he finished speaking, a trace of frustration flashed across Zhang Lei’s eyes, he was silent for a while, and tentatively asked: “What were you talking about just now? Is Jiang Chen preparing for some new project? He greeted you in advance and let you join his project group?”

When he was in the laboratory before, he overheard the conversation between Jiang Chen and Yu Yi. It was Jiang Chen who invited Yu Yi to join his scientific research team. At that time, he left without hearing the whole thing, but whenever he was free, he could not help but wonder what Jiang Chen’s next research and development project would be.

Even if he pondered about it day and night, he couldn’t get a result. He wanted to ask directly a few times, but he couldn’t put down his pride. The longer it took, the more itchy his heart became, but the longer it dragged on, the more he couldn’t open his mouth.

The relationship between him and Jiang Chen had not been considered good from the start and there had been several conflicts before. Now that the research project was over and it was time to part ways, Jiang Chen must not be willing to cooperate with him anymore——since he took the initiative to invite Yu Yi, but never mentioned it in front of other people in the laboratory.

But, was he really going to give up this opportunity?

He was thirty-two years old, and the project he established with enthusiasm and hope had been carried out for ten years without any results. Some time ago, the research institute did not approve any more funding for him, so the project had to be stopped, and he became an idle personnel, which was why Jiang Chen picked him into the team in the first place. At that time, he had grievances against Jiang Chen, and he couldn’t help but not vent after his own research was stopped.

But as a result of working together during this period of time, he also had to admire Jiang Chen’s excellent scientific research ability and imagination and creativity. A truly top-notch system developer was not as boring as outsiders imagined programmers to be. On the contrary, imagination and creativity strength was indispensable.

These things that seem to require talent by nature, Jiang Chen definitely possessed them to the full point. Not only did he have the talents bestowed by gods, he also had excellent brains and abilities, and he was still so young. It was conceivable that he would make something of himself in the future.

If he could join his team, it would be of great help to expand his thinking and improve his ability. Not only that, but he also had a faint feeling in his heart that Jiang Chen’s project this time was definitely not simple. If he could join, it would absolutely be beneficial to him.

However, how could he have Jiang Chen let him join, and how could he open his mouth?

“Jiang Chen will create his own scientific research team.” This was something that would definitely be made public in the future, and Yu Yi had no need to hide it, but hearing Zhang Lei’s probing tone, she smiled and said, “Why? Are you interested?”

Zhang Lei froze, the corners of his lips twitched a few times, and he finally nodded stiffly: “I am indeed interested in the project in his hand, can you tell him for me, and ask him to let me join his team?”

Yu Yi paused, then turned to look at Zhang Lei: “Are you serious?”

Zhang Lei’s cheeks were hot, but he still said: “I didn’t get along well with him before. I don’t know if he will agree to my joining, so I want to ask you for help….I really want to join his team.”

“He doesn’t care about the past.” Yu Yi said, “But it may be difficult for you to join his team.”

Zhang Lei blurted out: “Why?”

Even if his previous projects have not produced results, the fact that the Institute was willing to provide him with funding for ten consecutive years had already proved his ability, not to mention that he also believed that his ability in the Seventeenth Institute was no worse than anyone else. Apart from personal grievances, he couldn’t think of any other reason for not choosing him.

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Yu Yi shook her head, left behind “you will know later” and passed him on her way upstairs.

Once the research institute signed a cooperation agreement with Jiang Chen, and the scientific research team could be established, relying on the strength of the Changjiang itself, he only needed to let out a little bit of wind, and give that group of scientific research madmen a glimpse of a little sweetness, even if it was just a line of code, they would smash their heads in a battle to grab a spot.

When the time came to compete with the top researchers in the country and even the world, Zhang Lei would get the answer by himself.

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April flew by, and at the beginning of the May Day holiday, the military image processing system of Jiang Chen’s team passed countless experiments, and finally entered the army for small-scale trials. If the system operated without any problems, it would soon be included into the national public security system.

As a non-staff member who was temporarily given leadership and caused a lot of controversy due to his young age, Jiang Chen and his team achieved such an achievement in just half a year, which really surprised many people. On the first day of the system loading experiment, Major General Wu and the top leaders of the institute attended the signing meeting.

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In the conference room, Jiang Chen sat on the left side of the main seat, looking calmly at a group of military experts who often appear in various academic journals and national news.

“Young people are terrifying.”

Directly opposite Jiang Chen, the gray-haired old man pushed the silver-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and gave a faint compliment. The corners of the old man’s mouth were cast naturally downward, and the deep nasolabial folds on both sides made him look extremely solemn and difficult to get along with. His tone of praise also proved this point.

“Thank you, Professor Yang.”

Jiang Chen got up, bowed lightly, and sat down calmly, without arrogance or rashness, appearing calm and mature.

The appreciation in the eyes of the old man flashed by, and when he spoke, his tone was more solemn than before: “I heard that you are not going to fully authorize the ownership of the system to the country, but hope to start a company by yourself, apply for a patent and put into the market.”

“That’s right.” Jiang Chen nodded slightly, looked straight into the eyes of the old man, his eyes still calm and respectful: “I hope that the research institute can divide the intellectual property rights and transfer part of the patents to the research institute. After the company is established, the research institute will own part of the profits of the image processing system according to the shareholding ratio, and these profits can be invested in the research institute as a research fund.”

The old man looked at him probingly, and with a touch of intimidation, he said: “This seems to be a contract that is completely beneficial to the research institute. Without spending a cent, a relatively large amount of funding is received.”

Jiang Chen’s eyes curved, and his tone was the clearness of a young man’s: “Professor Yang, why bother to make fun of me? My plan is entirely to get the protection of the research institute. When the company is first established, it will inevitably encounter various troubles. I just want to concentrate on research. That’s all.”

“Since you are afraid of trouble, why go out and start a company.” Professor Yang said lightly: “Stay in the research institute directly, and I will make an exception for you to become a formal researcher. I can also speak with Hua University. As long as you finish all your credit requirements and maintain excellent grades, the school will not pursue your class attendance rate.”

Jiang Chen: “How does Professor Yang know that I can remain outstanding even if I don’t go to school? Hua University is full of talents. If I can’t keep up with the class, won’t it be a waste of the previous ten years of hard study.”

“Will you not be able to keep up with the class?”

“No.”

The corners of Jiang Chen’s mouth were curved slightly, but the slightly raised brows could not hide the youthful spirit, which was clear and confident.

“Then why bother to talk nonsense to me.” The tone seemed to be scolding, but a smile flashed across his eyes. Professor Yang brought up the previous topic, and said in a deep voice: “Tell me about your thoughts, doing research and starting a company are not the same thing.”

Jiang Chen was already prepared. He got up and turned on the computer and the projector at the same time.

The PPT background on the screen was simple, and the text was concise and to the point.

“Changjiang Image Processing System, our team is currently developing a military version, but the original version in my hand was originally positioned for home use, it…” Jiang Chen calmly introduced the feasibility of putting the image processing system on the market and the various functions it can develop in the future, “Not only military, image processing systems are also used in medicine and even radar, and our company’s products are only for home use. If other fields want to use the Changjiang Image Processing System, we can authorize them to carry out research and development on other aspects of the processing system, and the authorization fee will also be divided between the research institute and the company I will establish according to equity.”

The meeting room was very quiet, and the faces of the several bigwigs did not fluctuate much, including Professor Yang who was sitting opposite Jiang Chen.

However, after Jiang Chen finished speaking and sat down, the middle-aged man next to Professor Yang said, “Your idea is very good and very commercial. If you put this idea in front of those investors, they will probably provide funds to build a research laboratory for you, or even provide you with a large amount of start-up funds, the research institute should not be your first choice.”

“The research institute has always been my first choice.” Jiang Chen shifted his gaze slightly, and nodded politely to the middle-aged man, but what he said caused everyone present to change their expressions slightly. He said, “I don’t just want to cooperate with the institute, but also the government and country.”

“Young man, what a bold tone.” Sitting near the center, a man with extremely high cheekbones laughed, and raised his chin slightly to look at Jiang Chen: “Do you think that if you just come up with some results and make a small achievement, you will be able to get the full backing of the country, so that you can have smooth sailing in the future?”

He didn’t say the last two words, but Jiang Chen could hear them.

—How ridiculous.

Whether it was ridiculous or not, Jiang Chen slightly curled his lips, one would not know until they saw for themselves.

“Professor Xu, although I’m young, I don’t think that my image processing system alone is enough to be recognized by everyone.” Jiang Chen quickly tapped his fingers on the keyboard a few times, and said, “This is another system I developed independently, the Changjiang Image Processing System is only a part of it, I call it——Changjiang.”

“Changjiang?”

Everyone looked up at the front, and an image made of blue dotted lines resembling an asteroid appeared on the background of the Milky Way.

Jiang Chen tapped the keyboard with his fingers, and the slowly rotating dotted line on the screen condensed, and then shrunk little by little, turning into a star and blending into the background of the Milky Way.

“Please allow me to introduce this system.” Jiang Chen got up, and the Changjiang system that drove the galaxy to rotate on the screen was shining brightly, and part of it reflected into his eyes: “Changjiang, an artificial intelligence protection system, has its own firewall and the ability to attack and invade other networks, in terms of home use and other aspects I will not elaborate here. In terms of military affairs, its powerful algorithms and databases enable it to have a strong ability to analyze, which is equivalent to the brainstorming of hundreds of military strategic deployment experts. When foreign enemies invade, not only can it automatically turn on the protection system, it can also adjust the strategy according to the battlefield situation during the battle. When all the weapons in the military library are implanted into the Changjiang database, it can complete a warfare by itself.”

Jiang Chen turned his head, his eyes swept over the people with different expressions one by one, and the corners of his mouth curled up confidently.

“And it will be a definite victory.”

It was undeniable that Jiang Chen’s words moved them deeply, and they couldn’t help but start to imagine that if such a system really existed, it would not take many years for their country to become a world superpower. This image was too grand and too exaggerated.

Someone came back to themselves, and the middle-aged man with high cheekbones said coldly: “What you said is simply nonsense. Have you ever fought a war? Yet you talk about a definite victory, how ignorant.”

Jiang Chen was not infuriated by his words, but calmly looked at everyone present: “The research and development of hot weapons is just for deterrence, and the real confrontation of hot weapons, at least in our country, has been impossible in the past few decades, but I can assert that it will not take ten years for network technology to develop to an incredible level. By then, the war will be transformed into an information war. Whoever occupies the high ground of the information war will be invincible. The Changjiang system is the glass ceiling of information warfare.”

The confidence in these words was not insignificant, even those who were shaken by the blueprint he drew before shook their heads at his words, and even Major General Wu sighed in his heart.

After all, he was still a young man, thinking so naively.

Professor Yang’s gaze was heavy: “How do you prove that your system has the ability you said?”

Jiang Chen pursed his lips and smiled slightly: “If possible, I hope everyone will allow me to show my ability.”

Major General Wu said in a deep voice, “Go ahead.”

After these words were uttered, the scientific research institute suddenly issued an alarm that the network was being attacked, and the blue light began to flicker on the wall. Several people present subconsciously got up and wanted to go out to check the situation, but the blue light stopped blinking as soon as the door was opened.

Only Professor Yang, with surprise in his eyes, was as motionless as a mountain.

“Major General…..”

A young researcher ran over in a hurry, just when someone in the meeting room opened the door to go out to check the situation, and without even having time to say hello, he panted and said: “Someone just invaded our system and left immediately before we found out, only a word was left behind…..”

Major General Wu hurriedly asked, “What word?”

“‘Ability’.”

Everyone present was taken aback for a moment, and at the same time came back to their senses and looked at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen got up, and Major General Wu hurriedly sent the young researcher to go out, closed the door and said, “Was it you just now?”

“It was Changjiang.”

Someone speculated: “You had it hack into the firewall of the institute before the meeting started?”

Jiang Chen smiled and shook his head: “It only started to invade when I said to show ability.”

“How is it possible!” Someone said directly: “The firewall of the research institute is the latest researched version by the Security Bureau, not to mention the firewall, even the most powerful hacker, it will take at least half an hour to overcome it, yet you just finished talking and it successfully invaded? How long was it, two seconds or three seconds?”

“Not even one second.” Jiang Chen corrected: “The alarm device of the research institute seems to be delayed.”

“How, how is it possible?”

Silence spread in the conference room, and the middle-aged man next to Professor Yang said: “How can we believe that you didn’t prepare well from the beginning, but really used your system to invade the firewall of the research institute in a second?”

“I can continue to prove it.” Jiang Chen said: “If the leaders here guarantee that I will not be held accountable, Changjiang can even enter the national arsenal system, obtain the secret key of nuclear weapons, and check the code. Naturally, the role of Changjiang can be determined.”

Jiang Chen’s words clearly sounded like blatant nonsense, but don’t know if his tone was too firm or what, shaking their disbelief from the bottom of their hearts. This system might really be as powerful as he said?

It didn’t even need to be like what he said, even if it could only achieve one or two percent of what he said, it could have an inestimable impact on the country.

However, how could they know the secret key of the country’s nuclear weapons? This was something that was only in the hands of the leaders above. This kid wouldn’t happen to know this, so he is bluffing them, right?

Someone looked at Jiang Chen suspiciously, and Jiang Chen didn’t dodge or avoid, he let him look at him, and even the corners of his mouth were slightly pursed in a smile, the dimple on his left cheek showing faintly.

Very sweet and well behaved.

He didn’t look like he could deceive people.

He looked like a good boy.

The man withdrew his gaze, telling himself not to be confused by this kid’s appearance. When he said all of that just now, his tone was so arrogant, even if he didn’t lie, he was too young.

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Jiang Chen didn’t know what was going on in the mind of the person who was looking at him, he just felt that the middle-aged man was quite amiable, and smiled back. He also knew that what he just said had no possibility of being implemented, at least not now.

He smiled and said, “However you want to gain proof, Changjiang is willing to accept the challenge.”

“Including military exercises and an information war with the National Cyber Security Agency?”

Jiang Chen’s expression didn’t change, he smiled and said, “Anytime.”

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