After completing the communication with Wang Jiancheng, Chen Nian received the stuxnet virus sample sent by him - of course, this virus has now been renamed "Ji Gou" by him.
This is a strange beast that spreads plagues in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. "When it is seen, the country will be plagued by epidemics." This probably reflects Wang Jiancheng's best wishes for this virus.
However, Chen Nian always felt that the name he chose had an air of chuunibyou everywhere. If he were asked to choose a name, he would prefer the Soviet-style nomenclature used in the Cold War of the last century.
Add a code and number to the location, and finally add the word "project", such as Yekaterin-Red Star Project No. 437.
Reading it not only makes people feel the serious and cautious order, but also is full of romantic feelings that belong to that land of ice and snow.
If we follow this nomenclature, what should this "Jiehook" virus be called?
Chang'an-Electronic Plague-0219 Project?
Hmm. It sounds like cyberpunk.
Chen Nian couldn't help but smile. He received the virus file, mounted the virtual machine, and ran the virus again.
Although his skills are not very strong, he is more than enough to handle these basic tasks.
After spending most of the day, Chen Nian confirmed that the Jie Gou virus was basically usable, so he passed it directly to Li Xiang.
The latter was also amazed at Wang Jiancheng's efficiency. After receiving the documents, he rushed to Chen Nian's office immediately and asked:
"What's going on? It was made so quickly? Is there any functional problem?"
"It's basically no problem, I've tested it."
"However, this version 0.1 virus is not for direct use. It can only serve as a template. Subsequent intelligence departments must customize the attack target."
Just like what Chen Nian said at the beginning, Stuxnet, or the current Jigook virus, can be viewed in two.
Infection, spread, and concealment are one part, and offense and destruction are another part.
As for the "destruction" part, the solutions applicable to each different goal are also different.
"I understand, I still understand this most basic thing."
Li Xiang nodded quickly. Although he had never heard of the legend about Stuxnet and was not a professional practitioner, he was still very clear about the concept of "equipment suitability".
So, he continued to ask:
"If we say that we will develop a dedicated version in the future, does that mean that we have to start selecting target industries from now on?"
"For example, whether it is for a power station or a mainframe processing plant, whether it is for the transportation dispatching department, or for the communications control department, all of these require advance planning, right?"
"That's right."
Chen Nian answered immediately.
"However, this part of the planning is not our responsibility."
"In fact, your intelligence services have no say."
"In the final analysis, you should create whatever the military needs to destroy. I guess your authority is not enough on this point. Just hand it over directly to the higher-level departments and let them communicate and make decisions."
"You guys will be responsible for the later implementation work."
"clear."
Li Xiang nodded again.
Of course he knew what Chen Nian meant by "implementation".
To put it bluntly, it’s the jobs that really get your hands dirty.
In the past few years, although Li Xiang has been mainly responsible for public opinion work, due to the special nature of his affiliation, he has often dealt with the serious "execution department".
There was even a time when he wanted to be transferred there to work there for a period of time, but after hearing the introduction of the work content, he instantly lost interest.
Those so-called front-line intelligence agents are actually not very mysterious in terms of their identity or work content. Except for the big fish buried deep under the water, the vast majority of intelligence agents are responsible for relatively simple and routine affairs.
Collect public information from the media and government on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, chat and eat with informants on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and summarize and deliver reports on Sundays.
Some people specialize in the steel supply chain, some specialize in bulk agricultural products, and some stare at flight delay data charts all day long.
If it weren't for the special working location, to be honest, their work content would not be much different from the account managers of some companies' overseas offices.
So this time, how will they deal with the virus implantation process?
According to Li Xiang's understanding of them, those common scenes in spy movies of sneaking in late at night, bypassing security, and nervously staring at the progress bar and surveillance cameras will never happen.
There is a high probability that they will bring in the virus files through informants and internal personnel who have established customer relationships in advance, for relatively hidden and reasonable reasons.
Such reasons are often so common that you can hardly take them to heart, but when the incident breaks out and you come to your senses, you find that it was actually carefully designed.
The most outrageous case that Li Xiang had ever seen actually happened in the South Island. At that time, our side wanted to obtain the itinerary information of an important member of the South Island, so we prepared the arrangements for the entourage around him in advance - of course, he wanted to get there. Emotional card.
However, we did not directly ask the entourage to report his whereabouts, but asked him to help collect refrigerator magnets after work.
The entourage thought that it was not a big deal. Anyway, the trip was over when the gifts were sent out. He would not be stupid enough to buy them in the middle of the trip. It would not be considered a leak.
So, he readily agreed.
But then, this little refrigerator magnet, combined with the intelligence network data, completely exposed the big man's itinerary, and finally forced him to suspend his visit plan for the next six months and return to Taipei honestly.
Li Xiang estimated that the virus infiltration this time would most likely have a similar plot.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look forward to it.
If done well, maybe this will be another classic case of intelligence warfare, and when the time comes, I can also follow suit.
Thinking of this, he put away the USB flash drive in his hand and said to Chen Nian:
"Then we will be responsible for the follow-up of this matter. If there are any technical changes or needs, can I come back to you?"
"Look for Wang Jiancheng, I don't think I have time."
"Are there any new projects?"
Li Xiang asked curiously.
"Well, the missile boat and unmanned reconnaissance aircraft projects are very urgent. I plan to complete the output of all technical documents within two weeks."
"Understood, I'll go find him then."
"You should take a rest. Judging from the current intelligence, although they are coming fiercely, their offensive posture is not radical. It is estimated that it will take more than a year before the final moment we estimate."
"So, you don't need to be too nervous. One year from now, our equipment situation will probably be completely different."
"At least, 055 can reach 4 ships. This is our biggest reliance."
Hearing Li Xiang's comfort, Chen just smiled and said nothing.
One year later?
We are making progress, and so is the other side.
Will they give us time to breathe, knowing full well the pace of our development?
Very unlikely.
In this situation, speed is better, there is no reason to retreat
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Qiu Zhengyi was sitting in the office with a flattering smile on his face.
He poured a cup of tea for the white man opposite him with his own hands. After watching the other man pick up the cup, he sat down respectfully and said:
"Mr. Mason, regarding the new batch of arms sales contracts between us, I think we have reached a preliminary consensus."
"We have no objections to the three sub-contracts of the Patriot missile system, the new F-16 fighter jet, and the M1A2 main battle tank, and we highly appreciate the sincerity of your offer."
"However, after discussions, we would like to further propose new purchase intentions."
"That is what I have communicated with you before, regarding the deployment intention of the missile system."
"We believe that after the situation has developed to the current situation, our previous concerns have disappeared or are no longer important."
"This time is the most appropriate time."
"Once agreement is reached, it will be a huge step forward for all parties."
"So, here's my honest advice to you."
"We hope to deploy it in the shortest possible time to deal with subsequent attacks we may face."
Hearing Qiu Zhengyi's words, Mason across from him frowned slightly.
In fact, this request has not been made once or twice.
But both Congress and the Corner Tower have always taken a negative attitude towards their proposals.
After all, this system is different from other conventional weapon systems. Once implemented, the entire Asia-Pacific situation will undergo earth-shaking changes.
At that time, the United States could not afford the risk of such changes.
——
But now, as Qiu Zhengyi said, after taking this step, many worries are no longer concerns.
You’ve already broken your skin anyway, do you still care how far it goes?
If it were up to Mason to make the decision, of course there would be no problem.
But the problem is that his ideas do not represent the ideas of the entire decision-making layer.
Inside the turret, caution remains for now.
Thinking of this, Mason said:
"Mr. Qiu, I can't give you an accurate answer on this matter."
"What I can tell you is that the higher authorities do not agree with your proposal, because in their view, the situation has not reached the 'final step' yet."
"I think you can understand what I mean by the last step."
"Understood, of course I understand."
Qiu Zhengyi sighed and continued:
"But that's a paradox, isn't it?"
"If it is not deployed, the level of nuclear threats faced by both of us will greatly increase. It is actually a dilemma whether to choose to 'reduce the expectation of harm' or to choose to 'reduce the probability of occurrence.'"
"Our view is very clear. We believe that it is absolutely impossible for the other side to use nuclear deterrence for this purpose. They are not gamblers in nature."
"But don't forget, we were driven out of South Korea by them."
Mason interrupted Qiu Zhengyi mercilessly. The latter was stunned for a moment and then said:
"That's not a failure."
"No, that is failure. We can only admit this no matter what."
Seeing Mason's expression, Qiu Zhengyi couldn't say anything more, so he had to skip the topic and continued:
"This matter is actually not without room for trial and error."
"I think we can release the news first and test each other's bottom line."
"There are two consequences to this."
"First, they did act tough and directly started the war in advance."
“Second, they protested verbally and allowed the system to fall into place.”
"No matter what the outcome is, it's a sure profit for us, isn't it?"
Mason remained silent. He knew that Qiu Zhengyi's views actually represented the views of many people on the current situation - including himself.
These people generally believe that the opponent is inherently weak and is unlikely to respond to extreme provocations other than a direct declaration of war.
Or in other words, the opponent's bottom line is that there is no bottom line.
This seems to have been confirmed in many incidents in the past.
——
But why don’t Congress and the Corner Tower accept this statement?
Mason has always been puzzled by this.
But he has an advantage that ordinary people do not have, that is, when he does not understand things, he does not directly regard other people as fools, but will reflect on whether it is possible that his own understanding is wrong.
This is a certain degree of "humility".
Just like on the South Korea issue, even though Qiu Zhengyi has put his hot face on his butt, he will never be complacent about it.
So in the same way, he will not make any promises to Qiu Zhengyi against Jiaolou's wishes.
After thinking for a moment, he replied:
"On this point, I can respond to the corner tower."
"Of course, what I mean is that we can use this information as a bargaining chip to promote the development of the overall situation."
“But there’s absolutely no way things will get off the ground until we get permission.”
"Can you understand this?"
"clear!"
Qiu Zhengyi was overjoyed.
In fact, he didn't expect the other party to really agree happily.
As long as one is allowed to release the news, it will already be a major achievement.
Once this news gets heated up, and as the situation further develops, the most likely outcome will not be that the United States retreats in spite of the difficulties, but that it will actually act like a show.
At that time, this will become my biggest "achievement", and it will not be so difficult to take another step forward.
So, after concluding the meeting with Mason, Qiu Zhengyi made arrangements without stopping.
At this moment, the focus of everyone's attention is still on the fishermen detained in the South Island, but just when the popularity of public opinion is gradually declining, another explosive news is thrown out:
The two sides have discussed the deployment issue and may reach a consensus in the near future.
As soon as the news came out, the whole world was in an uproar.
No one can fail to understand its significance.
In an instant, the eyes of the whole world were focused on China.
Some people are nervously preparing to deal with the possible impact, while others are waiting to see the joke.
But no one knows whose joke it was in the end.
(End of chapter)
