Chapter 787: Like Father, Like Son

Winnie felt a bit embarra.s.sed when I took my phone out of my pocket.

She only remembered the time she had to stuff the phone into her underwear when she saw the phone. It even vibrated the h.e.l.l out of her while she was answering questions.

Thats why she didnt really hear when Dr. Yu said the phone had a back door. Also, Ren Peng called her at the same time to tell her to partic.i.p.ate in a team event, so Winnie waved goodbye and left.

After Winnie left, I asked Dr. Yu more about the back door on the phone, and more about how his cla.s.smate invented it.

Is it a cla.s.smate from Stanford?

Thats right. Dr. Yu seemed ashamed, Actually, he was one of the three musketeers, but he wasnt really right in the head before he graduated and me and my senior dont really want to talk about him

It felt like I had something stuck in my throat and I couldnt speak. I said in utter exasperation: Dont tell me Fang Xin is your cla.s.smate? So the three of you were just messing with me?

Fang Xin. Dr. Yu was astonished and said: I think hes used that name before. The other names hes used before are Fairbanks, Fairgrieve, Fairbrother they are all not real names like Fang Xin. I remember his fathers last name was Bai

When Fang Xin was in college with us, he was already warned several times for organizing illegal clubs. There were still people who believed his nonsense and thought he was the second coming of Jesus, but he did look a little special.

At the time, I was interested the most in medicine and mechanical engineering while my senior specialized in pharmacology. Fang Xin, who was a year younger than me was a student who excelled in chaos mathematics and information science. His computer hardware and software ability was also at the top of the whole school, so he was called the Three Musketeers of Stanford University along with the two of us

Unfortunately, he wasnt really mentally stable and we had no idea what he was thinking. Later, he worked at a technology company in Silicon Valley to develop cell phone chips, but ended up leaving a back door in the hardware without approval. The chip was already ma.s.s produced before it was discovered by superiors, so he was fired. He was even going to be held criminally responsible, but the doctor testified he had intermittent insanity,. He was freed and sent back to China for treatment, but I havent heard any news about him for a long time

I didnt expect the chip he made to appear in your phone that batch of chips was supposed to be destroyed. It looks like Americans were quite unethical and sold them to China as electronic trash and it was adopted in large quant.i.ties by knock-off phones

It sounds like youve met Fang Xin. Did he already get released by the psychiatric hospital?

Yeah, Ive met him. I also want to beat him up.

I was almost completely tricked by Fang Xin.

Dr. Yu said your real name isnt Fang Xin and your fathers last name is Bai. That means Professor Bai from the Happy Science Cult is your father.

I was a bit bewildered when I saw Mr. Hu, Gong CaiCais cram school teacher, who was also tricked to attend the Happy Science seminar, use the same phone as me. Now that I think about it, it wasnt a coincidence at all.

My text messages and phone calls were all recorded, so this is Chinas version of PRISM! The chip that had a backdoor in it left by Fang Xin was adopted by a large number of knock off manufacturers, which resulted in many users who use knock offs to have all of their privacy leaked.

Thats why Professor Bai was able to use his Karma Calculator to find out I dont have a good relations.h.i.+p with my mother, I have a sister, my Optimus Prime was taken away, and my father got someone pregnant

As for Mr. Hu, he was able to calculate he wanted to buy stocks in a solar energy company

There was someone who even said the calculator was extremely accurate and even able to calculate which bank he saved his money in

Calculate my a.s.s! They found out directly by spying on your test messages, phone calls, and browsing history. Mr. Hu said he never told anyone he wanted to buy stocks, but theres a good chance he looked up the stock on his phone. As for which bank the other guy saves his money they probably even know your account number and pa.s.sword.

The Happy Science cult claims that the self-developed Karma Calculator needs to perform a lot of calculations, so it rents the countrys supercomputer, which consumes a lot of electricity. Members all have to pay a usage fee, but me, Gong CaiCai, and Mr. Hu could use it for free, so we got a discount

Discount my a.s.s! They stole our private information but still want us to pay? The Happy Science members are despicable and Professor Bai has no sense of morals. He lacks morals just like his son Fang Xin!

There was still one part I couldnt figure out. Basically, not all of the members who come for predictions use knock off phones. Even if they all use knock off phones, it might not have one of the chips designed by Fang Xin.

If they cant spy on their devices, then how do they get them to believe the results of the Karma Calculator?

Gong CaiCai, for example, used an iPhone 4. No matter how much Apple wants to cut costs, theres no way they would buy electronic trash as parts.

Gong CaiCai wasnt spied on through her iPohone, but she was still predicted fairly accurately.

Is it because people are simply following the crowd? Once a certain number of people believe their lies, other people will naturally follow along and also believe them.

I think it would be hard to make such a big scam simply with a hardware backdoor. Its not like Fang Xin could appear in front of everyone who has a phone with his chip and tell them dont lose your phone because it will save your life.

The part where my phone saved my life was also exposed. Fang Xin was the one who sent me the fake text message from Officer Ma. Since he spied on me for so long, he already knew about my relations.h.i.+p with Officer Ma.

The four men who ambushed me was probably also sent by Fang Xin or Professor Bai. The reason why they didnt get rid of me immediately when it was four versus one was because they were waiting for my phone to call the police.

Mr. Hu was also using the same phone as me, so why didnt Fang Xin appear in front of him? Why did he escape the psychiatric hospital for a middle school student and try to brainwash me why did he place an importance on me?

Do I even need to ask? Its because Fang Xin and his father did a lot of searching through the information they gathered and found out I was the son of a really rich American! I had a lot of value as a believer, so whenever Fang Xin was sane, he would escape and come look for me.

What a devious plot that almost twisted my worldview. It almost made me believe in magic and the supernatural. Give me back my feelings!

I told Dr. Yu about what Fang Xin did and he furrowed his brows and said:

Not good, my research budget is going to get cut.

Huh, what does Fang Xin and his dads cult have to do with your budget?

Dr. Yu said with a bitter face: Its not Fang Xin cutting my budget, but Ai ShuQiao.

What do you mean?

Dr. Yu deducted: since my relations.h.i.+p with Ai ShuQiao was strained, there was no way he would try to rope me in because I was the child of a rich person. He probably was trying to make me apologize to Ai ShuQiao so he could gain her favor.

If that was his plan, he must have already contacted Ai ShuQiao ahead of time. Fang Xin (or Professor Bai) might have promised Ai ShuQiao that he would brainwash me into an obedient chess piece.

So Fang Xin could be considered to be Ai ShuQiaos accomplice! The Stanford University Three Musketeers, including Dr. Yu, are all Ai ShuQiaos accomplices! Dr. Yu didnt know that Fang Xin became Ai ShuQiaos accomplice. He coincidentally noticed a problem with my phone and then casually exposed Fang Xins brainwas.h.i.+ng scheme! If Fang Xin cant brainwash me, then Ai ShuQiao would also suffer losses! Thats why Dr. Yu feels that his employer will cut his budget.

Thats not exactly right. I murmured after thinking it through, When Fang Xin came to me yesterday, it seemed like he wanted to help me go against Ai ShuQiao

I stopped myself midway and realized Dr. Yu was also Ai ShuQiaos subordinate.

Even if Dr. Yu only listens to Ai ShuQiaos orders because he can get funds from her to carry out his human transformation research, and hes not a dog like Fu s.h.i.+Jian, but I still have to be wary of him.

Dont use the phone for the time being or your private information will keep getting leaked. Dr. Yu advised, Even if Ai ShuQiao will cut some of my research funds, I still have enough money to buy you a new phone. Go buy one with Winnie tomorrow.

I knew that Dr. Yu was my enemy, but I couldnt help but feel close to him.

Why are you buying a cell phone for me? Fang Xin was the one who screwed me over, not you.

Dr. Yu smiled bitterly, While my senior and I dont want to mention Fang Xin, but hes still one of the Stanford Three Musketeers. The Two Musketeers sounds awful, so as Fang Xins senior, I plan to take some responsibility