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The day before the project went live, Qin Chuan asked Pradeep to meet at a coffee shop near his home. Although Pradeep was reluctant to meet his competitors during off hours and outside the company, he still came as scheduled.

Qin Chuan: "Thank you for coming. How are you doing recently?"

Pradeep: "I'm doing okay. You didn't come out to me so late to ask me how I was doing, did you?"

Qin Chuan: "Yes, and no." Qin Chuan took a sip of his coffee and continued, "You also know that the project I have been working on for half a year will be launched tomorrow. You also tested this project last time. What do you think? Sample?"

Pradeep: "You came to me just to hear me praise your project?"

Qin Chuan: "Haha, of course not." He put down his coffee cup and continued, "Let's change the subject. It is said that your subordinate Sree recently bought an entire building in Palo Alto. It seems that he has done a good job and got a lot of money." Bonus?"

Pradeep folded his arms and formed a defensive posture: "The bonuses I give to my subordinates are all based on the budget given by the company, and you don't need to ask. If you have any objections, you can confront the HR department."

Qin Chuan: "Oh, that's not necessary. I'm happy for him."

Pradeep: "Qin Chuan, you told me so much, what exactly do you want to say? It's off-duty time, if you want someone to chat with, I might not be the best person."

Qin Chuan: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, then I'll just say it straight."

Qin Chuan changed his sitting position: "I think you have heard about the secret project ProjectX that our company is researching recently. This project is planned to be launched in two years. After ProjectX goes online, it will have an unprecedented impact on traditional industries, especially You are India's largest private company, Credit Insurance Industries."

Qin Chuan paused, wanting to see Pradeep's reaction, but he hugged himself even tighter.

Qin Chuan continued: "Just imagine, if I were Xinbao Industry, I wouldn't want to sit still. Of course, I didn't think much about these things until you helped me with BugBash that day. Impossible not to be able to find a single fault. After the day was over, I told the security that my valuables were missing, so I got the surveillance footage from that day. I carefully watched the code that Sree asked you for instructions, it was a switch , used to control external access and internal access. It will be launched tomorrow, so I carefully read all the codes of the final version today, but this place was originally a switch, but someone suddenly changed it to an execution command, turning all All users are directly regarded as internal access. Our company has records of who changed each line of code and who approved it. Do you want me to continue talking?"

Pradeep was anxious and said: "What does this have to do with me? I haven't changed the code of your project."

Qin Chuan: "Okay, let me put it this way. I observed it this week, and Sree frequently entered and exited the company's Building C. Unfortunately, it is where the secret project ProjectX is located. And I checked his leave record , Basically, I have to go back to India every other month, one week each time. And every time you approve. Plus he recently bought that PaloAlto building suddenly. My real estate agent helped me ask her My peers, this building is actually a cash transaction, and I didn’t use a penny for the loan. How can a junior programmer get nearly tens of millions of cash to buy a house? Connecting these points into a line, can I It is reasonable to suspect that you and your subordinates received bribes, conspired to steal the secrets of the company ProjectX, and changed the code used by our group for risk control without authorization, and wanted to use our group's upcoming project as a scapegoat for ProjectX leaks, To achieve the purpose of covering up your crimes?"

Pradeep: "Qin Chuan, you are making wild guesses here and spouting blood. What evidence do you have?"

Qin Chuan: "You're right. I don't have evidence, but it's not difficult for the company to adjust the surveillance in Building C, right? Besides, it may involve commercial secrets. I think the company can't ignore it. By the way, steal How many years have you been sentenced for commercial secrets? Oh, look at my memory, but I think you must know better than me."

Qin Chuan raised one eyebrow and looked at Pradeep.

Pradeep still wanted to maintain his composure on his face at this time, but he had already begun to shake his legs unconsciously, and he subconsciously wanted to escape.

Qin Chuan: "Let's be a colleague. Since my project will be launched tomorrow, I think it is necessary to communicate with you today to prevent everyone from spying on the company's internal chat records after the launch. Then this pot, Throwing it to you suddenly, I'm afraid you won't be able to catch it, so I want to give you some time to slow down."

Pradeep didn't want to listen anymore, and turned his head to leave.

Qin Chuan stopped him: "Oh, by the way, the flight back to India at San Francisco International Airport is full tonight. It seems that someone bought all the air tickets. Do you think it's strange?"

Pradeep: "You!!!!" Pradeep's eyes were red with anger, and he rushed out the door.

The next day, the project of Qin Chuan's group went online smoothly, but his rival Pradeep didn't come to work for a week, and no one knew what happened.

A week later, the news broke that the FBI had received an alarm from a major manufacturer and intercepted a corporate executive at the border trying to steal business secrets. This person was detained and may face 20 years in prison.

The author says:

The Palo Alto mentioned in the article is a place name, and it has a nickname called the center of the universe, which is the most expensive place in the world.