Algorithm system

Question 3Old Mo didn’t say anything more, instead quietly finishing the cigarette in his hand.

Although Zhang Yan coughed repeatedly from the smoke, she knew that Old Mo was usually considerate of her and wouldn’t smoke next to her, let alone in an interrogation room.

Old Mo doing this meant he was going to get serious with Lin Yuan, like a war horn signaling an army’s advance.

Without a cigarette, Old Mo couldn’t fully get into the zone.

Therefore, Zhang Yan endured the second-hand smoke, quietly waiting for the confrontation between Old Mo and Lin Yuan, like a novice observing a duel between masters.

But Lin Yuan, who was in front of her, clearly looked to be about the same age as her.

What kind of composure allowed this young man to appear so calm and collected? He even exuded a faint sense of righteousness.

But what about Lin Yuan at this moment? He was practically scared to death.

’Two Masters, if you don’t come to save your disciple, your disciple will be finished!’

Old Mo snuffed out the cigarette butt and calmly said, ”Let’s put aside the admission notice for now. As for how you found the camera I placed, I’ll assume it was a coincidence. But what about your dealings with overseas NGO organizations?”

Lin Yuan was instantly overjoyed upon hearing this. ”You mean OCR, right? The Open Computing Republic organization, correct?

I guessed you were looking for me because of that. You should have said so earlier! We’re all on the same side, all on the same side!”

Lin Yuan had been an ordinary person for too long, and when Old Mo’s public authority and pressure came on, he couldn’t help but tremble inside. So, when the other party mentioned NGO-related matters, he immediately confessed and felt much more relieved and relaxed.

”You can have me contact my mentor; let him talk to you, and you’ll understand everything.”

”Mentor? Your university mentor.”

”Yes.”

”What’s your mentor’s name?”

”Zhang Deshun. Zhang as in ’bow and long,’ De as in ’morality,’ Shun as in ’smooth.’”

Old Mo immediately whispered to Zhang Yan beside him, ”Have someone look into his mentor.”

Zhang Yan then got up and walked out, while Lin Yuan paid no attention to this change.

Old Mo continued, ”What role did your mentor play in this matter?”

”My mentor played a core role in this matter. Essentially, under his guidance, I embarked on this great path of serving the country and its people.”

Old Mo’s many years of professional experience helped him at this moment, because if Zhang Yan had been present and heard the words ”serving the country and its people” from Lin Yuan’s mouth, she definitely would have lost control of her emotions.

”Continue.”

”...blablabla, blablabla...”

Lin Yuan recounted his past related to OCR to the other party like a running ledger, and he was still rambling on even after Zhang Yan returned.

”Computing power equipment,” ”H100 GPU,” and ”mining” — these novel terms related to the tech field gave Old Mo a splitting headache. But if he didn’t understand these terms, he couldn’t understand what Lin Yuan was saying.

After Zhang Yan came in, she whispered to Old Mo, ”We’ve already had someone look into it; it will probably take a while.”

Old Mo quietly responded, ”Is anyone in the technical department at this hour?”

Since Lin Yuan’s meeting with Song Xiaoxiao was after he left Da Zhang’s house, it was already late when they met. He was grilled all night after being brought in, and it was already past midnight.

Zhang Yan checked the time. ”No one’s been there for a while. Do you want to rush them over?”

Old Mo thought for a moment. ”No, let’s not make too much of a fuss.”

Because bringing Lin Yuan in was clearly a sudden situation. The reason, of course, was that Lin Yuan actively discovered the hidden pinhole camera. Such an embarrassing matter naturally couldn’t be made too public.

Lin Yuan noticed that Old Mo didn’t seem to understand much. ”Uncle, do you want me to summarize it for you?”

”Alright,” Old Mo put down the pen in his hand. He was still used to writing notes by hand. Having the person sitting on the iron chair opposite him summarize the confession was a first in his decades-long career.

Lin Yuan cleared his throat.

”I used to deliver food, and I deeply understand the hardships of the delivery rider community.

To contribute a small effort to society, I joined the Good Group Purple Gold branch company.” Lin Yuan’s initial joining of Good Group was entirely due to a mischievous impulse, but at such a critical moment, he had to appear upright and noble to avoid being severely punished by the iron fist of justice.

”I want to optimize the food delivery process by improving the delivery algorithm. Simply put, it’s to make delivery riders happier at work and earn a little more money. To achieve this goal, it’s absolutely impossible to expect the delivery platform to give up profits. So I turned to technological means.

And to turn to technological means, I needed equipment in my hand.

But I had just joined, and my voice carried little weight, so Hao Tuan Company couldn’t possibly approve hundreds of thousands of yuan for equipment, right?

I was also poor then, had no money to buy equipment, and renting equipment was also very expensive, unaffordable.

I thought about asking the school for help, but the school also had no money. My mentor was also incorruptible and couldn’t just casually pull out tens of thousands of yuan to rent equipment for me. Even if he did, I wouldn’t feel right taking it.

So, under my mentor’s guidance, I ’took food from the enemy.’ That is, I already knew that the OCR organization had problems, and I went there specifically to deplete the enemy’s resources.

Do you know about the popular North American jungler online? I’m pretty much the tech version of a North American jungler.

Summary complete, that’s what happened.”

Old Mo finally understood a bit. ”According to what you’re saying, you were intentionally setting a trap for the other side?”

”Yes.” Lin Yuan nodded.

”Then where’s your evidence?”

Alright. The boomerang of evidence flew back to Lin Yuan; he suddenly realized: he couldn’t prove this point.

”Can I wait until my mentor arrives to prove it?”

”Then you can’t prove it, can you?”

”My loyalty shines through the sun and moon; I’m about to become one of the organization’s people too.”

Old Mo immediately looked up and stared intently at Lin Yuan, while Zhang Yan’s eyes had already widened. She then leaned closer to Old Mo and whispered, ”Does he mean there’s an inside person? Should I quickly notify my Master?”

Old Mo coughed. ”Aren’t you embarrassed enough?”

Zhang Yan thought for a moment. Her Master had just called to inquire, and was probably asleep again by now. Waking him up from his sleep again didn’t seem like a good idea. So she didn’t say anything more.

”Let’s talk about your relationship with our organization.” Old Mo looked at Lin Yuan with a slight smile.

Lin Yuan was very serious. ”Due to my excellent work performance, I have received high praise from my institute’s leadership and am already being developed to become a member of the organization. In the future, I will work with you all to protect China.”

”Who is developing you to join the organization?”

”My institute’s Vice President.”

”What’s his name?”

”Li Youcai, Vice President Li.”

Old Mo quickly jotted it down in the notes.

”Does he know about your dealings with this OCR organization?”

”Who are you referring to?”

”This Vice President you mentioned.”

”He knows too, and he’s very supportive of me.”

”Good.” Old Mo then casually drew a thick red circle around Li Youcai’s name.

”Do you have anything else to confess?”

”No. When can I leave?”

Old Mo thought for a moment. ”In your situation... if you continue to make good reports, there’s a chance for you to be considered for a meritorious service to atone for your crimes. After reforming yourself and getting out, you’ll still have time to get married and have children.”

”Wh-what?” Lin Yuan didn’t quite understand.

”Do you have anything else to report?”

”I’m not reporting anything. Aren’t we on the same side?”

Old Mo and Zhang Yan exchanged glances.

Zhang Yan pointed to her temple and whispered, ”Is he... possibly...”

Old Mo’s brow furrowed into a ’ river’ shape. ”We can’t rule out that possibility. But it’s also possible... that this is a master.”