Chapter 112 - 112 Scapegoat

112 Scapegoat

Just as the people from Tencent Corporation were smiling smugly at the victor, Wang Xinbo was getting worried.

At this moment, Li Chengqian made his move. His eyes swept across everyone, and the corners of his mouth curled into a confident smile. His hands gently tapped on the keyboard.

“Da!” There was a crisp sound.

Immediately, the content displayed on the big screen changed.

A video taken by the surveillance camera began to play.

The time, the IP, and the location of the surveillance footage was displayed.

This was the surveillance footage of the data center lobby where Li Chengqian and the others were currently at. However, the date stamp was three days ago.

The surveillance footage was facing the big screen.

The top left corner of the big screen was inlaid with Tencent Corporation’s logo. It was twisted into the shape of the number ‘8’.

The icon of the Divine Dragon Optimization App was in the middle of the big screen. Under the icon was a progress bar, and below the progress bar was a line of words.

“Divine Dragon Optimization App hacking progress: 17%…”

Dr. Li Lin was stunned when he saw this scene. The folder he was holding slipped out of his hands and fell to the ground.

“Impossible! This is impossible…!”

Li Lin was very familiar with the scene in the surveillance footage.

This was the scene when he tried to hack the Divine Dragon Optimization App.

At that time, he did not take the Divine Dragon Optimization App seriously. He thought that he could hack it by using the company’s server. At that time, he had not rented a supercomputer, nor had he transferred the hacking location to the software support department.

When Li Jinteng saw the scene, cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead. At the same time, countless question marks appeared in his heart. “Where did Li Chengqian find the surveillance video? Hasn’t the hard drive already been destroyed?!”

“Fortunately, I didn’t come over when Li Lin first hacked the Divine Dragon Optimization App!” This was Li Jinteng’s only consolation.

“We can only sacrifice Li Lin!” Li Jinteng made up his mind.

When Zhang Yunjian saw the surveillance video on the big screen, she was very shocked. It was as if she had seen a ghost. She stared at the video for a while, unable to understand how Li Chengqian had obtained it.

The hard drive had already been destroyed. Logically speaking, these images shouldn’t exist.

When the other people from Tencent Corporation saw the surveillance footage, their expressions became serious. They turned to look at Li Lin.

Wang Xinbo looked at the surveillance footage and then at the hall he was in. The worry that had just arisen in his heart was swept away.

“Are you thinking this is impossible?” Li Chengqian’s voice was exceptionally cold.

“I clearly… processed the data! How did you get this video?” Li Lin wanted to say that he had changed the hard drive, but Li Jinteng had already denied changing the equipment, so he changed his words at the last minute.

“You clearly changed the hard drive to a new one. There shouldn’t be any data left, right?” Li Chengqian continued.

Everyone was attracted by Li Chengqian’s words and pricked up their ears to listen.

Not only was Li Lin curious, but the others were also curious.

Other than curiosity, Li Jinteng was also afraid and nervous, and he couldn’t wait to hear what Li Chengqian had to say.

Only by knowing why would he be able to determine if Li Chengqian had obtained the surveillance video when he was in the software support department.

If Li Chengqian had gotten hold of the surveillance footage that he had participated in at that time, he would be in trouble.

“The Divine Dragon Optimization App has a built-in anti-hacking software. When you try to hack the App, you will be detected by the built-in anti-hacking software. Then, the anti-hacking software will take over all the relevant equipment around you, recording videos, recording IPs, and a series of operations.”

“The relevant documents recorded are distributed and stored on your internal network. There are also many backups.”

“All I did was to call up the video files distributed on your internal network.” After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he looked at Li Jinteng and smiled silently.

Li Jinteng understood the hidden meaning in Li Chengqian’s words!

Immediately, Li Jinteng’s face turned pale and his entire body turned cold as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

“We can’t wait any longer! We have to make a move now!” Li Jinteng’s mind raced. He forced himself to turn around and look at Dr. Li Lin.

At this point, there was no way to refute the accusation. Someone had to take responsibility for this matter.

Pushing Li Lin into the fire and offering a deal that is sweet enough to appease Li Chengqian’s anger was the best choice and the only option.

“Li Lin, the company has clear policies that forbid you from hacking other companies’ software. You actually used the company’s server behind our backs and secretly hacked the Divine Dragon Optimization App!”

“I am very disappointed in you!”

“Li Lin, tell me, why did you hack the Divine Dragon Optimization App?” Li Jinteng was visibly upset. There was disappointment in his eyes as he began to question.

Li Lin’s face was ashen. He gritted his teeth and replied as per the prepared script, “President Li, the Divine Dragon Optimization App is too advanced. I hacked it privately in a bid to learn. I want to learn the advanced concepts and methods in the App.”

“I’m sorry. I really didn’t expect that hacking the App would cause such serious consequences and cause such a huge loss to the company.”

“Because I was too afraid, I didn’t dare to tell the truth…”

“Li Chengqian, I’m sorry. Because of my selfishness, I have caused huge losses and catastrophic consequences to your company.”

“I was wrong. I’m willing to bear the consequences!”

With just a few words, he took all the responsibility on himself so that Li Jinteng and Tencent Corporation wouldn’t be implicated.

“Li Lin, you disappoint me!” Li Jinteng nodded in satisfaction, but he shook his head in disappointment.

Then, he turned to Li Chengqian.

Seeing Li Chengqian’s calm gaze, Li Jinteng’s heart beat wildly. He opened his mouth and said, “Li Chengqian, our surnames are both Li. Perhaps we were a family five hundred years ago.”

“Although Li Lin did this privately, our company should take responsibility as this is a management oversight. We didn’t discover his actions in time and didn’t stop his illegal act. He has caused huge losses to you and your company. We’re willing to compensate you and the Divine Dragon Software Company for all the losses! How much do you think is appropriate?”

Li Chengqian didn’t respond. He just looked at Li Jinteng quietly.

Under Li Chengqian’s gaze, Li Jinteng felt his entire body turn cold. His hair stood on end, and he could not help but feel nervous and… afraid.

“Zhang Yunjian, immediately calculate the losses caused to the Divine Dragon Software Company this time! We have to satisfy President Li!” Li Jinteng hurriedly turned around and spoke to the upset Zhang Yunjian. He changed the way he addressed Li Chengqian to President Li and no longer called him by his name to show his respect for him.

Zhang Yunjian was very unwilling, but now that things had come to this, Li Jinteng had already conceded defeat, so she could only do the same.

“Director Wang, I’m really sorry for making a fool of myself. I didn’t expect the problem to lie with us.” While Zhang Yunjian was estimating the losses, Li Jinteng didn’t stay idle. He smiled bitterly at Wang Xinbo.

“Although Li Lin did something wrong, he’s an employee of our company and has contributed to our company’s development.”

“Director Wang, our company will bear all the losses caused by Li Lin’s mistake. We won’t pursue his mistakes anymore.”

“I plead with you not to prosecute Li Lin.”

The losses would be borne fully by Tencent Corporation, and the responsibility would be placed squarely on Li Lin. Spending a little money would save Tencent Corporation and his reputation.

Under the current circumstances, this is the least-loss approach.

This was the best way forward, whether to deal with Li Jinteng or Tencent Corporation.

Wang Xinbo didn’t say anything. He turned to look at Li Chengqian.

Because Li Chengqian was the one who suffered the most in this incident.

On the internet, the Divine Dragon Software Company was now labeled as the king of viruses on Alibaba websites. It is a target of online hate speech.

Moreover, because Tencent Corporation made a police report, he even brought officers to the Academy of Space Technology to arrest him.

Li Chengqian’s home and the Divine Dragon Software Company were also raided.

Not only was his reputation on the internet ruined, but his reputation in reality was also ruined.

“Li Chengqian is the victim here. You have to ask him for his opinion first!” Wang Xinbo looked at Li Chengqian.