Top Student: Experience Infinite Occupations

224 Undercurrent

Three days later, at Windows.

The new President, Rafe, stood in the conference room with a serious expression.

Satia had already been fired by the board of directors.

Moreover, the board of directors of Windows had already filed a lawsuit against Satia, asking him to take responsibility for the situation that Windows was currently facing.

The lawyer’s opinion was that Satia would face about 400 years in prison.

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At this moment, on the big screen in the conference room in front of Rafe was a functioning Windows interface.

“Mr President, the Doomsday Extortion Virus is very powerful. It can modify the system files of the Windows system, causing it to be unable to function normally.”

“After the Doomsday Extortion Virus broke out, we thought of a solution…”

“If our operating system is solidified and uneditable, the Doomsday Extortion Virus won’t be able to do anything to our operating system.”

The engineer Susan spoke confidently.

She came up with this method after research. The proposal is to write the system directly into the Read-Only Memory.

This was because the data in ROM could not be changed.

This would prevent the Doomsday Extortion Virus from altering the system.

This way, it would form an immunity to the Doomsday Extortion Virus, rendering it harmless.

“Well done! Susan!” A smile appeared on Rafe’s stony face, and he heaved a sigh of relief.

“As long as this problem is resolved, I’ll promote you to be the Chief Technical Officer of Windows. You will become part of the company’s senior management.” Rafe hoped to inspire her to work harder by making such big promises to her.

In fact, he had felt insecure in his new position as the President of Windows.

This was because he knew that if he couldn’t resolve the current crisis that Windows was facing, he might very well face the same fate as Satia.

The old folks on the board of directors would definitely send him to prison.

And now, what Susan had done had given him hope.

“President, although Windows can be run through ROM, there are a few very major issues.” Susan frowned.

“The first issue is how to persuade users to buy ROMs to install on the computer! The price of a ROM is about 300 yuan.” Users of the Divine Dragon System don’t have to do anything. However, Windows users would have to buy a new ROM to install on the computer. This isn’t cheap!

Rafe’s brow furrowed on hearing Susan’s words.

The users had to pay else the Divine Dragon System would be automatically deactivated.

Then, all the data would be deleted.

Most people had no choice but to pay.

After starting to use the Divine Dragon System, everyone was stunned by its functionality and ease of use.

A large number of comments appeared on the internet. The netizens of Sunset Empire had become supporters of the Divine Dragon System.

They were heaping praises on the Divine Dragon System while disparaging Windows, Apple, and Linux.

“Compared to the Divine Dragon System, Windows is a pile of shit!”

“Compared to the Divine Dragon System, Apple is like an ugly duckling.”

“The Divine Dragon System is so convenient. There are many useful free software in the app store… The only drawback is that most of the software is in Chinese… It’s very inconvenient to use.”

“Windows kept forcing me to upgrade my computer else I won’t be able to use their latest system… Even if I use the old version it becomes very laggy. Heh! After installing the Divine Dragon System, it’s so easy to use… I think this good old thing can be used for more than ten years.”

It was also these comments and posts on the internet that made Windows feel immense pressure.

“President, the second issue is that we can’t edit and update the system installed on ROM. As such, it will be very troublesome to upgrade the system in the future.” Susan described the second issue.

“This is not a problem for us now. Please go on!” It would be considered a major success as long as they could get Windows up and running. He didn’t dare dream of a perfect solution.

“The third issue is that because the system is installed on ROM, it will not lag even after a long period of use. After a user buys our system, it can be used forever as long as the ROM isn’t damaged. This is disadvantageous to our company.” Susan had worked for Windows for many years.

She was very clear about Windows’ philosophy.

Their philosophy was to keep giving users more advanced operating system products.

Every upgrade of the operating system represented huge revenue to Windows.

This was because users had to pay to use the new system.

Could users choose not to upgrade the system?

No, because if the users didn’t upgrade the system, the computer would soon be infected with a virus, and it would become slower and slower.

If such an operating system that would not lag and was virus-proof was popularized, Windows’ income would be reduced by at least 80%.

This was an extremely terrifying number!

“The issue we are facing now isn’t profitability, but survival!”

“So this issue is not a problem for the time being!” Rafe was exceptionally clear about the situation that Windows was facing.

“Go on, Susan, get on with your research! I think you’ll be promoted soon.” Rafe’s stony face broke into a kind smile.

After Susan turned around, the kind smile on Rafe’s face disappeared. His face turned solemn.

“Installing the Windows system on ROM isn’t a long-term solution! It can only be used as a temporary measure.”

“Now, the most important thing is to develop an antivirus software that can destroy the Doomsday Extortion Virus.” Unfortunately, the Internet Security Department hadn’t made any progress.

At this moment, the landline that had always been a white elephant on the desk rang.

Ever since the outbreak of the Doomsday Extortion Virus, other than in the Divine Dragon Country, the phones in all the other countries had become useless scrap metal.

A rough voice came through the phone. The voice was strong and powerful. It was obvious who it was. “Rafe, how is it? Is there any progress on the restoration of the Windows system and the antivirus?”

“Also, life without a phone sucks! It’s too inconvenient!”

“Damn Divine Dragon Software Company, they should go to hell!”

“They developed the Doomsday Extortion Virus and destroyed the current world order.”

“They developed the Virus to destroy the original order, and at the same time hypocritically promoted their own operating system to milk the world dry.”

“Li Chengqian is a terrorist, he must die! One day, I will send him to the gallows and let him die a painful death.”

After a round of cursing and swearing, he came back to the original topic. “By the way, how’s the restoration of the Windows system?”

Rafe’s tone was very respectful. “Sir, the Windows system is operational, but there’s a small problem…”

Not daring to hide anything, Rafe told him all the advantages and disadvantages of installing the operating system on ROM.

“Well done, Rafe! As long as Windows can be used, we can implement our strategy without worry.” An excited voice came from the other end of the phone.

“By the way, can the ROM method be used on mobile phones? I need a phone. It’s too inconvenient to use a landline.” Right on the heels of that, the Assistant asked eagerly.

In the entire world, except for the Divine Dragon Country, all the phones in the other places had been wiped clean by the virus. No one was spared.

“Sir, it can be done!”

“Very well! Arrange for the factory to start producing phones in this way immediately. We’ll support you.”

“Make the arrangements immediately. Do it quietly. Find an OEM factory to produce ROMs at full capacity. Then install the Windows system. We need at least 500 million units of ROM with Windows installed.”

“I give you two months!”

“We have to prepare what we need. This is a national strategy!” The Assistant’s voice carried a certain coldness that made people shudder in fear.

“First, provide us with one million units of ROM that has Windows installed. We need to ensure absolute internal security first. We must not leak any information.” Right on the heels of that, the Assistant continued to make arrangements. The Divine Dragon System was an internet system, and it was a company that belonged to the Divine Dragon Country. The military must not use it.

Once it was used, it would be uncertain as to who would control the equipment in the army!

Because they had used Windows in the past, they would naturally chose Windows this time.

“Mr. Assistant, don’t worry! I’ll definitely be prepared!” Rafe instantly thought of some possibilities and his spirits lifted.

Although the Assistant didn’t say it directly, he could guess a lot. After suffering a huge loss at the hands of the Divine Dragon Software Company, The Sunset Empire was infuriated and it was scheming to fight back.

After all, the internet was the core. This time, with the help of the Virus, the internet was seized from under their nose by Divine Dragon.

No one could stand such a thing!

Rafe knew that the Sunset Empire was already plotting revenge. Once it was ready, it would deliver a deadly strike in one fell swoop.

Not long after Rafe received the call from the Assistant, Apple, Google, Linux, Intel, Qualcomm, ARM, Five Star Company…

Almost all the well known high-tech companies, as well as some lesser known companies that dealt with operating systems, chip design and production also received the call.

Then, according to the arrangements, the various companies quietly began their work and quietly waited for the order to arrive.

All the chip factories temporarily put aside the production of other products and focused on producing ROMs.

Intel, Qualcomm, and ARM quietly began to amend their instruction set architecture and driver of their products.

After the modifications were completed, they just have to push out the updates…

Even after the Divine Dragon System has been installed, be it phones or computers, there would still be situations where they could not be activated.

Because the Divine Dragon System would be banned at the hardware level.

This time, the Sunset Empire was prepared to destroy the Divine Dragon Company in one fell swoop!