Chapter 836
Yoo-hyun felt a chill in his chest and goosebumps all over his body.
Thump thump thump thump.
His heart was racing like crazy, but he tried to stay calm.
He knew he had to hold his ground here, or it would be game over.
‘If they had a problem with me, they wouldn’t have met me like this.’
At times like this, the first thing to do was to figure out the other party’s intention.
Yoo-hyun quickly made a decision and calmly countered.
“What other purpose could I have? Since you are so kind and attentive, Mr. Chairman, I will give Huawei the highest priority for the communication equipment for the next data center.”
“Hmm, if you do that, I feel like I should give you something in return.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“I heard you are building a new data system?”
“Yes. That’s right.”
It was not something that China should know.
Even if they did, the chairman of Huawei had no reason to care.
The data system that the River Alliance pursued was incompatible with China’s closed network.
But what was this?
“Huawei also wants to join in this time.”
Wang Xiaoming bluntly expressed his intention to join the River Alliance.
“…”
“We have more data centers than the River Alliance combined. If we share them, we can increase the size of the alliance in a flash. Don’t you think?”
He also knew the concept of the new cloud service.
He had been watching the River’s moves for a long time.
Yoo-hyun felt a creepy sensation and his back was soaked.
Wang Xiaoming already had the upper hand.
Then he had to change the game rather than being dragged along.
“That’s true and it’s a very good direction for us. But I have a concern.”
“What is it?”
“What if China blocks the network?”
“Ha ha. That won’t happen. The internet is equal for everyone, and blocking a specific network is nonsense.”
Nonsense indeed.
China had blocked not only Google and YouTube, but also Naver from Korea.
If they let them join, they risked not only data leakage, but also the entire network being cut off.
“Of course, that’s right. I understand. I think we can clear that part by doing a preliminary verification.”
“Preliminary verification?”
“Yes. It’s a process that we go through when we join the River Alliance. There are security issues because the servers of various companies are connected.”
There was no such thing.
It was just a smoke screen to figure out the other party’s intention.
Sincere or not.
“…”
Yoo-hyun found the answer from Wang Xiaoming’s twitching eyebrows.
‘The River Alliance was the target.’
He didn’t know the background, but the intention was clear.
He thought that was enough and continued to ask.
“Mr. Chairman, can I ask why you are making such a good offer?”
“Why, can’t I?”
“Honestly, it’s too sudden.”
“Well, I thought of Huawei’s early days when I saw the River.”
Where did the communist party company come from?
Yoo-hyun swallowed his words and nodded calmly.
“I see.”
“Of course, I also wanted to invest. The River looked very attractive to me.”
“Thank you for thinking so. It would be a great honor for us if Huawei joined.”
“It would be nice if we both win.”
“Yes. Then I will discuss the details with the staff.”
Yoo-hyun tried to get up, but Wang Xiaoming grabbed him.
“We met like this, so it’s fate. Why don’t you stay a little longer? I think we have a lot to talk about.”
He couldn’t stay any longer when his tail was stepped on.
He didn’t know why he was holding him so loosely, but he had to get out when he had the chance.
“I really want to, but I have a tight schedule. I’ll see you next time.”
“Then I can’t help it. Let’s be good friends in the future.”
“Yes. I think we will be.”
Yoo-hyun smiled broadly and shook his hand.
He was caught!
That was the first thought that came to his mind as he left.
Where did it go wrong?
It didn’t seem like Vice President Woo Jung-chul noticed.
He would have shown it if he did.
Zhao Zhi, the sales director? Or the staff?
He couldn’t solve any of the questions that filled his head.
He was racking his brain in the hotel lobby on the first floor, when he asked Hyun Jin-geon, who was sitting across from him.
“Jin-geon, do you think the staff noticed anything in the middle?”
“No way. They would have stopped us if they did.”
“That’s true.”
It would have been a mess if they were exposed on the spot.
Nadoha added.
“Even if someone caught us, there’s no evidence. We checked it in the simulation.”
“I know. I know, but…”
Then how did they find out?
The question came back to where it started.
Nadoha sighed.
“Ah! It’s a shame. I made links to all the backdoors of the base station equipment.”
“What? When?”
“Just now. But I couldn’t find out the password, so I stopped. I thought I would be caught by the surveillance network if I couldn’t get in at once.”
Nadoha meant the path that could access the backdoor by the link.
He could access it from outside, but he didn’t know the password.
What if he knocked on the door?
The owner would be alarmed and sound the alarm.
It was useless if he couldn’t open it at once.
“You did well. It’s right to fold.”
“But it’s going to be hard to get this chance again…”
Nadoha’s murmur was left behind, and Yoo-hyun continued to worry.
He was more curious about something than how he was caught.
Why didn’t they catch him if they knew his intention?’
He should have stopped and investigated while he was inspecting the network exhibition room.
If he had been caught trying to access the main network, Yoo-hyun would have been dragged around by Huawei without revealing the truth about the backdoor.
‘Of course, I prepared everything to avoid being detected.’
There was no way they knew such a detailed part.
But they didn’t show any movement to catch the evidence.
They just watched and let him go.
Did they have confidence?
He was thinking about this and that.
Nadoha, who checked the time, grumbled.
“Why isn’t Sunhu coming?”
“Call him. He might be feeling down.”
“Okay.”
Nadoha immediately made a call.
Then he soon tilted his head.
“That’s strange. He’s not the type to not answer.”
“Did he come with us?”
“Yes. He definitely… Oh, wait a minute.”
Nadoha ran quickly as if he had an idea.
Hyun Jin-geon, who made eye contact with Yoo-hyun, shrugged his shoulders as if he didn’t know.
Nadoha came back after a while.
“Huff! Huff! Huff!”
Yoo-hyun asked him, who was panting.
“What’s wrong?”
“Sun, Sunhu, that bastard.”
“What about Sunhu?”
“He’s not in his room. He took all his stuff.”
“What?”
“He, he only left this.”
Thud.
Nadoha, whose face turned red, put a note on the table.
-I’m sorry. I learned a lot.
It was a brief sentence, but no one here could not know what it meant.
Only then did everything fit together.
Hyun Jin-geon, who rarely expressed his emotions, frowned.
“Damn it.”
“…”
As Yoo-hyun’s eyes settled coldly, Nadoha, who bowed his head, scratched his head.
“Hyung, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have brought him.”
“Ha. Did you expect him to stab us in the back like this?”
Hyun Jin-geon’s words followed and Yoo-hyun held out his palm.
“No. Wait a minute.”
Why did he leave a paper if he was going to betray them on purpose?
He didn’t know why, but something was definitely twisted.
It was also possible that the reason why he had no choice but to let Yoo-hyun go was related to this.
Then?
Wang Xiaoming would surely aim for the next.
He had to settle it here somehow, as much as he could be at a disadvantage.
Yoo-hyun’s eyes flashed for a moment.
“Doha, the link you mentioned earlier.”
“Yes? What about it?”
“Can you connect it from outside?”
“Yes, I can. But I can only use it for a day. The network will be automatically updated and it will disappear.”
“A day.”
As Yoo-hyun muttered quietly, Paul Graham’s words crossed his mind.
-You found a backdoor in Huawei’s communication equipment? How did you do what the CIA bastards couldn’t do even after planting a spy in Huawei’s headquarters?
‘I’m sure the CIA is investigating Huawei.’
What if he used this?
It was a gamble, but he had no other choice.
He had to confront them somehow, and Yoo-hyun picked up his phone.
Paul Graham’s name appeared on the screen.
At that moment.
A staff member entered the network exhibition room of Huawei’s headquarters.
Jaozu, the global sales director, who received the report from the staff, frowned.
“Sunhu is not answering?”
“Yes. He turned off his phone completely.”
“Did he completely side with Han’s representative?”
“No. We confirmed that he disappeared with his luggage in front of the hotel through CCTV. He seems to have gone into hiding alone.”
Sunhu was a Huawei scholarship student who was dispatched to Korea earlier this year.
It was to investigate the new cloud system of the River Union.
He successfully blended in and gained the trust of Nadoha, the top engineer, and even came to China with him.
Everything was going well.
All he had to do was plant a spy code on the server he brought during the inspection.
With that, he would catch the evidence of tampering and make the River representative kneel completely.
But what the hell?
Everything got messed up when Sunhu made a mistake at the crucial moment.
The chairman suddenly had a meeting with the River representative, and he had to let him go for now, all because Sunhu couldn’t plant the spy code.
Jaozu’s face twisted as he retraced the process.
“This is why we shouldn’t have accepted a Korean bastard as a scholarship student.”
“Don’t worry. We’re tracking him down with the surveillance network, so we’ll catch him soon.”
“Good. Let’s show him what the consequences of betrayal are.”
Jaozu muttered, grinding his teeth.
Meanwhile, Yoo-hyun connected with a US CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) agent through Paul Graham’s network.
It was three hours after he talked to Paul Graham.
The other person was George Cornell, who belonged to the CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology (DS&T).
His position was director, and his main task was to monitor China’s movements using advanced IT systems. He was a fairly high-ranking official within the CIA.
His voice echoed through the phone speaker in the spacious hotel living room.
-So you have a way to access Huawei’s main communication network?
“Yes. That’s right.”
George Cornell reacted harshly to Yoo-hyun’s answer.
-Does that make sense? No, even if it does, how do you access it from somewhere other than Huawei’s headquarters without being detected?
“I sent you the method by email.”
-That method itself doesn’t make any sense. It’s not possible logically.
As George Cornell concluded firmly, Hyun Jin-geon intervened angrily.
“No, you’re not even understanding it properly…”
“Hyun Jin-geon, wait a minute.”
-Steve, you seem to be mistaken, but if it wasn’t for Paul Graham’s request, I wouldn’t have answered your call at this dawn.
Yoo-hyun stopped Hyun Jin-geon, but George Cornell’s mind was already twisted.
Both Hyun Jin-geon, who had been making data without eating until 6 pm, and George Cornell, who received a call at 2 am in San Francisco, were in a sensitive state.