Chapter 2419 - 2427: Acquisition

Mo Yuqi had an expression of ’just as I thought’ on her face. She had guessed correctly, Xin Shixun indeed couldn’t hold himself back.

"I just checked, and there’s a certain connection between Variant 12 and Variant 11, about five to ten minutes, right? Is there a problem?"

"I want the specific remedy for Variant 12."

"You can have the remedy, but what’s in it for me? As far as I know, you only own one percent of the shares, right?"

Mo Yuqi was like a cunning little fox.

"That’s right, I indeed only own one percent of the shares, but my parents have an additional two percent! I’ll give you one percent of the shares."

"Deal!"

Seeing how readily the other party agreed, Xin Shixun’s heart kept nagging him. He didn’t know why, but he had a bad feeling!

"There won’t be a Variant 13 later, will there? If there are endless variants, wouldn’t the entire Lotte Group just be handed over to you?"

"Heh... LT, you are the developer of the ransomware, you should know it well. You should know if there should be any more variants of the ransomware, right?"

Xin Shixun was stunned for a moment. In his mind, Variant 12 had already pushed the binary limits to 64!

But, Liu Yi’s understanding wasn’t just limited to 64-bit!

"It’s true that 64-bit has reached its limit, but we cannot rule out that the other party might have 128-bit and 256-bit variants of the ransomware. If these variants emerge, you have to help me develop a remedy for free."

"No problem."

Mo Yuqi nodded decisively, jokingly. Qin Yu had developed over twenty 64-bit ransomware variants!

Crushing Xin Shixun was no challenge!

Xin Shixun finally felt relieved, after much difficulty, he got the shares from his mother.

Less than five minutes after signing the agreement, Su Ziyan sent the specific remedy for Variant 12 to Xin Shixun.

Soon, all the smartphones under Lotte Group were back to normal.

This time, Xin Shixun did not dare to take credit in front of his grandfather, because he didn’t know if new variants of the ransomware would appear!

As it turned out, Xin Shixun’s guess was right; ransomware Variant 13 appeared very quickly!

The shareholders of Lotte Group were practically exploding. What the hell was going on?

This ransomware seems never-ending, right?

Xin Xilai burst into Xin Shixun’s backup computer room, unloaded a barrage of harsh words, leaving Xin Shixun speechless!

"I don’t care what you do, you must solve this within ten minutes! Otherwise, you can die as an apology!"

The pressure from Xin Xilai was too much for Xin Shixun. In desperation, he reached out to Mo Yuqi again, offering to transfer the remaining one percent of his shares to her if she could quickly develop a remedy.

Luckily, Xin Xilai was there. He decisively interrupted Xin Shixun’s actions, shouting angrily, "You little bastard! Shares are the foundation of the Xin family; we cannot sell them at any time!"

"But, our stock market has crashed! The public’s confidence is almost gone."

"Even so, we can’t sell! Issue a huge bounty immediately; a heavy reward will bring forth a brave man!"

"Yes!"

Xin Shixun logged onto the World Hacker Alliance’s official website and posted a bounty of ten million US dollars for cracking and creating a remedy for Variant 12.

Seeing that Xin Shixun was uncertain for a long time and had even posted a bounty, Mo Yuqi felt helpless.

"Honey, Xin Shixun has come to his senses. He’s not willing to deal with us anymore."

Qin Yu’s expression was calm. "Qiqi, some things can’t just be solved by having the upper hand in numbers. He likes to set up bounties, doesn’t he? Then I’ll let him keep setting bounties!"

With that, Qin Yu used his smartphone to hack into Liu Yi’s computer, instantly releasing dozens of ransomware variants.

’A heavy reward will bring forth a brave man’ is not just a saying. Seeing the ten million US dollar bounty, many hackers were eager to try, taking on Xin Shixun’s task!

With everyone’s efforts, it took only twenty minutes to develop the remedy for Variant 12.

Xin Shixun was completely convinced by his grandfather.

"Grandfather, it’s a good thing you came. Otherwise, I might have lost another one percent of the shares."

As soon as he had spoken, Xin Shixun’s complexion changed!

What did he see?

More than twenty variants of ransomware had appeared!

Over ten in base 64.

Seven in base 128.

The rest were beyond his understanding!

At that moment, Xin Shixun was completely desperate!

The World Hacker Alliance was in turmoil too!

The base 64 variants were still manageable, but what were those incomprehensible half variants all about?

"Shixun, what’s wrong?"

Seeing Xin Shixun in a trance, Xin Xishan sensed something was amiss and quickly asked.

"Twenty... Twenty-plus variants of ransomware!" Xin Shixun’s forehead was covered in cold sweat!

"What? More than twenty variants? Two hundred million... US dollars?"

Xin Xishan’s face turned pale! A single variant was worth ten million US dollars, and more than twenty variants amounted to two hundred million US dollars!

Even for Xin Xishan, coming up with two hundred million US dollars all at once was no small amount!

"Grandfather, it’s not about the money anymore! Only a dozen variants can be specifically targeted, the rest are the variants in 128 and 256 bases. Those in 128, I might be able to develop a kill tool within a month, but the few in 256..."

Xin Shixun let out a bitter laugh, indicating his helplessness.

256... base?

Xin Xishan’s face turned pale!

Xin Xishan finally understood what kind of entity they had provoked!

Xin Xishan realized that as long as he still wanted to develop in the field of electronic information, he must seek forgiveness from this master, otherwise, there would be no turning back!

"Contact Mo Yuqi immediately, and tell her that Lotte Group can be acquired by Emperor Group."

Xin Xishan suddenly aged a lot.

"Grandfather! What are you saying? Why contact Mo Yuqi? If we are to contact anyone, it should be Liu Yi!"

"Idiot! Haven’t you realized? Liu Yi is supporting Mo Yuqi! Mo Yuqi must have a close relationship with Liu Yi! Here, this phone is made by the Emperor Group and hasn’t been infected by the ransomware."

Xin Shixun reluctantly contacted Mo Yuqi, taking the phone in a daze.

"Mr. Mo, long time no see."

"Xin Shao, are you discussing the acquisition of Lotte Group with me?" Mo Yuqi smiled faintly and got straight to the point.

Mo Yuqi’s words almost choked Xin Shixun to death, and he finally believed his grandfather’s words—this indeed involved Mo Yuqi!

Xin Shixun was so choked up he couldn’t speak a word!

Xin Xishan quickly snatched the phone and said gravely, "Mr. Mo, hello, I am Xin Xishan."

"Ah, President Xin? Name your price. If it’s suitable, we can sign the contract immediately."

Xin Xishan’s mouth twitched uncontrollably, damn, this was too bullying!

"I hold a total of thirty-four percent of the shares, each priced at one hundred million US dollars, amounting to thirty-four billion US dollars!"

Xin Xishan’s heart bled. According to market value, his shares were worth several billion US dollars!

But if they were not acquired by Mo Yuqi, these shares could potentially become worthless paper.

"Thirty-four billion is okay, but in Huaxia Currency,"

Mo Yuqi’s voice was very calm.