Chapter 37 : Ceding Territory and Compensating, the Opponent Begged for Mercy
Chapter 37: Ceding Territory and Compensating, the Opponent Begged for Mercy
Looking at the hacked website on the screen.
Chen Fan was momentarily amused by anger.
To be honest, he had anticipated many tactics from the opponent.
But he didn't expect that in their desperation, the opponent chose the most despicable method.
Finding someone to hack his website.
In the previous life, Chen Fan had seen too many of these dirty business tricks.
He was already used to them.
He wasn't very angry, just a little pensive.
Indeed, there wasn't much difference between business competition in 2000 and business competition ten or twenty years later.
It was a life-and-death struggle, leaving no stone unturned.
In a fit of rage, the opponent directly resorted to using hackers.
Chen Fan was rather relieved.
Since you started it by being shameless, you can't blame me.
After all, Chen Fan was no match for the opponent in terms of spending money on promotion.
But in terms of computer skills, Chen Fan believed he was not much weaker than those hackers in this era.
First, he got up and discussed with Zhou Honghai.
Upon hearing that Chen Fan needed a quiet environment and a dedicated computer.
Zhou Honghai decisively let him use the office next door.
Chen Fan didn't bother with pleasantries either, quickly ducking into the office and opening a web page.
Zhou Honghai glanced in and saw Chen Fan typing away furiously, but although he was curious, he didn't approach to watch.
Since Chen Fan specifically came to the office, it meant what he was doing had a certain level of privacy, and he didn't want others to see.
Zhou Honghai had that much emotional intelligence.
Zhou Honghai left and closed the door, while Chen Fan quickly logged onto several forums.
At this point, it was too late to make his own dedicated tools, so Chen Fan directly logged onto several hacker forums and downloaded a few small tools.
He then traced the network cable to the opponent's Yiyu.com.
Ten minutes later, Yiyu.com's official website was hacked and couldn't be accessed.
Chen Fan also took the opportunity to access the admin backend and saw some of the data.
It turned out that after these few days of astroturfing, Yiyu.com's traffic had plummeted, and the daily online users not only didn't increase but kept decreasing.
Even some of the original old fans were scared off by the chaotic atmosphere on the forum and directly left for Yuming.com.
Seeing this data, Chen Fan couldn't help but laugh inwardly.
No wonder the opponent panicked.
It seems they were about to collapse.
At this moment, the alert system on the computer sounded an alarm.
The hacker arranged by the opponent had come knocking.
Chen Fan smirked.
"Perfect timing. Let me test your skill."
Next, the two sides exchanged blows. Initially, the opponent attacked while Chen Fan defended. But the opponent couldn't breach Yuming.com's firewall for ten minutes.
Then it was Chen Fan's turn to attack while the opponent defended.
Chen Fan easily broke through the opponent's defense in just three minutes, gaining admin rights to the forum.
And he was just one step away from tracing the network cable back to that hacker's identity.
But at the last moment, Chen Fan stopped and voluntarily retreated.
The hacker on the other end of the computer must have been scared out of his wits.
Originally intending to give the opponent a small lesson, Chen Fan decided to let it go.
Unexpectedly, that hacker took the initiative to come knocking again, leaving Chen Fan a special encrypted QQ number.
Chen Fan hesitated, then chose to add the friend using a new QQ number he had registered before.
The opponent's QQ nickname was "Mobei Jiangke", also a five-digit QQ number.
Chen Fan's QQ number was named "Zuizhen Qingfeng", using the original default QQ avatar.
As soon as the friend was added, the other party sent a message.
"Grand Master?"
Chen Fan frowned and directly sent a question mark.
Zuizhen Qingfeng: "?"
Mobei Jiangke: "Thank you, Grand Master, for sparing my life."
Chen Fan understood that the other party was referring to how he had the chance to find out the other party's identity information, but chose to hold back in time.
And this guy thought Chen Fan was a true hacker grand master hidden on the internet.
Thinking about it, Chen Fan felt this might be an opportunity.
He could try to extract some information from the other party.
Zuizhen Qingfeng: "Are you the creator of Yiyu.com?"
Mobei Jiangke: "No, no. I was hired by Yiyu.com's boss to do a job."
"He gave me 10,000 yuan to hack Yuming.com."
Chen Fan was speechless.
He spilled everything without even being asked?
It seems their earlier exchange left quite an impression on this guy.
Zuizhen Qingfeng: "Grand Master, may I ask if you are the creator of Yuming.com?"
Mobei Jiangke: "I cannot disclose that!"
Zuizhen Qingfeng: "I understand, I spoke out of turn."
Chen Fan suddenly became curious: "You didn't complete the task, how will you explain to the other party?"
But this Mobei Jiangke just grinned.
"Before taking action, I made it clear to him that my task was to hack Yuming.com, not to help him protect Yiyu.com..."
Chen Fan was speechless.
Mobei Jiangke: "Grand Master, I really admire your skills, could you take me as your disciple?"
Chen Fan flatly replied: "Sorry, not interested."
Mobei Jiangke: "Then... if there's a chance in the future, can we continue to communicate?"
This time, Chen Fan didn't reply immediately, staring at the other party's avatar for a few seconds in contemplation.
Finally, he typed his response.
"Okay. But I can't guarantee I'll reply every time."
Mobei Jiangke: "Understood, understood, Grand Masters are always mysterious."
Alright, Chen Fan didn't need to say anything, the other party had already established his persona for him.
Just as Chen Fan was about to close the chat window, this Mobei Jiangke suddenly sent another message.
"Grand Master, do you know the creator of Yuming.com?"
Chen Fan sent another "?" in response.
Mobei Jiangke: "Here's the thing, the creator of Yiyu.com just contacted me, saying he wants to seek a truce."
"He admits defeat and wants to seek a truce, asking the hacker to let him off the hook."
Chen Fan laughed.
"He was the one who attacked first, and now he's the one seeking a truce. He's oversimplifying things, isn't he?"
Mobei Jiangke: "Actually, I think the other party was just driven to desperation."
"Grand Master, if you can contact the creator of Yuming.com, please convey that the other party is willing to seek a truce."
"And as long as there's a promise to no longer use hackers for attacks in the future, the other party is willing to make some compensation for this incident."
Chen Fan suddenly became interested.
"What compensation?"
Mobei Jiangke: "10,000 yuan in cash transfer."
"As long as both sides promise not to use hackers to attack each other and compete fairly in the future, he's willing to transfer the money immediately."
10,000 yuan.
To Chen Fan at this moment, it was indeed a huge sum.
However, Chen Fan was still not entirely satisfied.
In order to avoid revealing his identity.
Chen Fan typed: "I'll only convey the message, whether it succeeds or not is not my responsibility."
"Wait."
After saying that, his avatar went dark.
Chen Fan deliberately delayed for over ten minutes before sending a message to this Mobei Jiangke.
"The other party agrees. But the compensation amount is not acceptable."
"At least 50,000 yuan, as compensation for maintaining the website this time."
"And both parties promise fair competition in the future, no more hacker attacks against each other."
Mobei Jiangke: "..."
"Let me ask."