Counterattack starts with controlling probability

Li Hao shook his head.

Xu Lei took a sip of tea and continued, "After all, the shares he holds are crucial. If we want to truly control Noah, we must ensure that he is on our side."

"Professor Wang's attitude is indeed very important." Li Hao nodded, frowning slightly. "But I have a good relationship with him, and I just contacted him a few days ago. He is also a little dissatisfied with Wang Xiao's recent management. He just didn't say it explicitly. I think as long as our plan is sound enough, he will be inclined to support us."

Xu Lei put down his teacup and said in a low voice, "Then we have to talk to him as soon as possible. If Wang Qiang can stand on our side, the situation will be stable."

Li Hao thought for a moment and nodded, "I'll arrange it as soon as possible. Brother Lei, with your technical support, my funding, and Professor Wang's support, we will definitely be able to take Noah back from those incompetent people."

The two looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Li Hao leaned in slightly and said, "However, we have to take it one step at a time. We can't rush things. First, we'll use the Ark issue to shake Wang Xiao's foundation. Then, we'll seize the opportunity to persuade interested shareholders to withdraw and gain the support of other shareholders who are reluctant to sell. By then, we'll work together, and even if there are other problems, we'll be able to keep them under control."

Xu Lei nodded. "I'll take care of this. I'll choose a point on the Ark where it won't cause any major problems, leaving Wang Xiao feeling overwhelmed."

Li Hao stood up and said, "Then it's a deal. We'll join forces, not only to take over Noah, but also to turn it into an even more powerful technology company."

Xu Lei gently held Li Hao's hand and smiled firmly: "It's a deal."

At this moment, the two have reached a consensus.

……

Over at Noah Technology, Feng Zhiyuan's life has been even more bitter recently.

Ever since his first negotiation with his new leader Wu De in Wang Xiao's office that day, he had a premonition that things would turn out like this and was mentally prepared.

However, when trouble really comes, it is still difficult for him to say anything, just like the "Year-End Sprint Conference" that is currently being held.

"I think the current R&D progress is too slow, mainly because the efficiency is too low."

Wu De said this lightly at the department meeting, but his eyes were fixed on Feng Zhiyuan.

"The Ark update can definitely be accelerated. The team just needs to work even harder to complete it ahead of schedule. I'm sure everyone here agrees on this, right? If anyone can't handle the workload, I won't stop them from finding a better position!"

When Feng Zhiyuan heard this, his heart sank.

He knew that the existing team was already working overtime and was making solid progress every step of the way according to plan, and Wu De's proposal was simply unrealistic.

The newly appointed CTO knew this, but still ruthlessly threw out this unrealistic goal.

"Mr. Wu, the pressure at this stage is already very great. If we speed up further, I'm afraid..."

Before Feng Zhiyuan finished speaking, Wu De immediately interrupted him: "Director Feng, you are the technical director, and the pressure of the team should be borne by you. As for the efficiency issue, the leader of the technical team must be able to withstand these challenges. Otherwise..."

He pointed at two R&D staff members standing beside Feng Zhiyuan, who were lowering their heads and not daring to look at him, and said, "Why else would I let him, or him, be the technical director, instead of letting you do it? Don't you agree?"

This sentence instantly put the responsibility on Feng Zhiyuan's shoulders, and everyone in the conference room was staring at him.

"That's certainly not right, Mr. Wu! What you just said is about wanting Ark to maintain its leading position, which is consistent with the goals of everyone here."

Feng Zhiyuan cleared his throat and continued, "But with the update frequency you're asking for, I'm afraid the update push notifications will pop up as soon as the user downloads the terminal? Do you think we're script editors? Or is that all you understand?"

Wu De's face turned red after being asked a series of questions by Feng Zhiyuan.

He usually suppresses engineers in the department due to his status as a senior manager and the parachuted-in leader's distrust of the new team. Of course, he doesn't have a good face towards Feng Zhiyuan.

But when it comes to technical level, it can only be regarded as the stage of "more than entry-level, but not in-depth", which is completely different from the feeling given when Xu Lei was there.

When facing other senior executives, he can always speak about the future of the industry with extremely elegant eloquence and passionately describe the technological vision.

However, when it came time to decide on a specific technical path, he always cleverly assigned the technical challenges to senior engineers, while he himself looked at the overall situation from the perspective of so-called "macro planning."

People in the department did not dare to say much due to his high position and network of interpersonal relationships, but Feng Zhiyuan was not one of them.

"If that's what you're talking about, how about this? I'll personally take over some key modules to ensure we can deliver on time. And Feng Zhiyuan, you can focus on the basic daily work, which won't be so tiring."

On the surface, this statement was meant to "share" the work for Feng Zhiyuan, but in reality it was depriving him of his core control over the project.

Feng Zhiyuan clenched his fists under the table. He knew that he had already been caught up in a deep power struggle.

The meeting ended on bad terms, and not for the first time.

While Wu De was "directly suppressing" Feng Zhiyuan, Wang Xiao was not idle either.

He began to spread rumors within the company that Feng Zhiyuan and Xu Lei had a close relationship.

"I heard that Director Feng's heart is still with Xu Lei, and he's not that loyal to the company."

Such remarks gradually spread among the technical team.

Some young members of the R&D team began to doubt Feng Zhiyuan, and some even no longer trusted him as much as before.

This feeling of being isolated gradually became stronger, making Feng Zhiyuan feel depressed at work.

……

Shortly afterwards, just when Feng Zhiyuan's patience was about to be pushed to the limit, he received an unexpected email.

It was late at night. Feng Zhiyuan finished his day's work and returned home tired.

He turned on the computer and saw an encrypted email in his mailbox. The sender was Xu Lei.

The content of the email was extremely brief: "Zhiyuan, I think Wang Xiao and Wu De have already started to attack you. You must be having a hard time recently. Don't force yourself. I have a way to help you turn the situation around."

Seeing this line of words, Feng Zhiyuan was very excited.

He knew that he was not alone and Xu Lei was always supporting him behind the scenes.

He immediately responded to Xu Lei through an encrypted channel, expressing his helplessness and anger about the company's current situation.

In the email, Xu Lei detailed his plan - to shake the foundation of Wang Xiao and Wu De by creating technical failures in the "Ark".

After listening to this, Feng Zhiyuan felt a fighting spirit ignited in his heart.

"I am willing to fully cooperate with you," Feng Zhiyuan wrote in his reply. "As long as I can make Wang Xiao and Wu De fail and get the company back on track, I will do whatever it takes."

He then deleted all traces.

……

On the weekend, the two met in the private room of the restaurant where Xu Lei and Li Hao met last time.

"Brother Lei, you said last time that you had a way to help me. If you're being specific, do you already have an idea?"

Feng Zhiyuan looked at Xu Lei's confident look and couldn't help but feel confident too.

Xu Lei looked at him with a determined gaze and said, "Zhiyuan, now is the best time to fight back. Wang Xiao and Wu De are exploiting you like this, and sooner or later they'll suffer the consequences. What we need to do now is take advantage of their ignorance of the system and create some 'trouble'. Wu De doesn't understand technology at all, he's just a showman, so we can use technology to defeat him."

At this point, Feng Zhiyuan noticed a cunning glint in Xu Lei's eyes.

This gave him even more confidence.

"It sounds like it should be effective. So, Brother Lei, how are you going to play it?" he asked Xu Lei.

"It's simple. We don't need to do anything drastic, and we can't let the system actually crash. We can create some controllable technical glitches during the next Ark system update."

"For example, data synchronization issues, or a brief crash in the algorithm model, giving them the illusion of 'heavy bleeding'."

When Xu Lei said this, he deliberately lowered his voice and looked at Feng Zhiyuan calmly.

He believed that Feng Zhiyuan, who had experienced all this, would accept his proposal.

Feng Zhiyuan pondered for a moment, a smile playing on his face. He replied, "Hmm... this way, Wu De will definitely be overwhelmed. After all, he knows nothing about technology, and when faced with this seemingly difficult problem, he won't know where to start."

Xu Lei assumed he had tacitly accepted it, nodded, and continued, "That's right. When the problem breaks out, he will definitely procrastinate and shirk responsibility."

"I understand. This malfunction may seem serious to those who don't understand it, but it's actually completely under control and easy to fix. This time, I'm going to make Wang Xiao and Wu De suffer the consequences of their actions."

Feng Zhiyuan had already agreed to Xu Lei's plan to a certain extent.

"Yes, you know, the 'Ark' system is our joint effort. It won't really fail. We just want to let Wang Xiao and Wu De know that they have no control over Noah's lifeblood."

Xu Lei's words were like the final reassurance to Feng Zhiyuan.

Feng Zhiyuan nodded and asked softly, "Okay, I understand, but what next?"

Xu Lei's eyes shone with a hint of sharpness as he replied, "Next, if problems arise, the team will be thrown into chaos, and Wu De will be unable to take care of himself. At that time, I will apply pressure from both inside and outside. We want shareholders to question Wang Xiao's leadership ability, especially his newly selected CTO's ignorance of technology and inability to handle problems."

"As for Zhiyuan, you can stabilize the situation from within. Take advantage of this opportunity to 'accidentally' reveal a perfect solution and rebuild your prestige in the team," he continued.

Feng Zhiyuan nodded and replied, "No problem, I'm ready! Once the system fails and the shareholders waver, I'll find the right time to present the solution to them."

At this point, the two of them raised their glasses on the table, clinked them, and drank them all in one gulp.

……

a few days later.

Another night of overtime work.

It was late at night, Feng Zhiyuan sat in front of his computer, his hands tapping on the keyboard deftly.

The codes in front of the screen flowed like running water, and what he was checking was the core module of the "Ark" system.

Every line of code is the result of hard work by him and Xu Lei.

But at this time, he was about to take action against the "Ark"!