Cape Town, South Africa, in the lobby of the safe area of Standard Chartered Bank.
"Yes, sir," a black manager said to the disguised Miao Kun in authentic English, "our counter numbers are not Arabic numerals, but are arranged in English alphabetical order based on the account number provided by the customer. .
"This is still..." He pursed his thick lips and smiled, showing his small white teeth, "There is no way to change the practices left over from the Mandela period!"
"Oh... haha..." Because of the mask, Miao Kun had to be extremely careful even with his normal smile, for fear of showing flaws, "I heard my brother mention this before!
"In this case, please take a look. There should be no problem with my brother's account, right?" Miao Kun picked up the pen and wrote the five English letters "Tytal" on the paper.
"Wait a minute," the bank manager took out his tablet, checked it, and quickly nodded and said, "Yes, we do have this account!"
Oh yeah!
Miao Kun was calm on the surface, but he was already ecstatic in his heart. He didn't expect that his guess would actually come true.
"Then... do you need to open it now, sir?" the bank manager asked politely.
"Of course..." Miao Kun nodded and said, "Otherwise, I would have come all the way from the United States just to chat with you, right?"
"Haha, you really know how to joke!" The black manager was amused.
"My brother also told me that to create an account here, you must have two identical letters, right?"
"Yes, and it has to be case-sensitive..." the bank manager continued with a smile, "but... those were the rules a long time ago. We don't have so much trouble opening safes now!"
"Well..." Miao Kun looked around and asked, "Then what do I need to do next? Do I need to register?"
"Oh... no, no, no... no need to register, we will protect customer privacy 100%..." The black manager hurriedly pointed to the inside of the bank politely, "Follow me! Please come this way..."
"Thank you very much!" Miao Kun thanked him politely, but couldn't help but show a hint of amusement in his eyes. In fact, before he arrived, he had already done a lot of homework and understood the safe procedures here.
Unexpectedly, there is actually a safe account called "Tytal" here. It is obvious that this mysterious safe is the real clue left by Green!
There is still a big gap between the safe area of Standard Chartered Bank in South Africa and some big banks. The area is far smaller than Miao Kun imagined.
So when the bank manager led him into a small secret room, wearing a mask, he even felt a little depressed.
Since there weren't many safes in this room, the manager quickly found the cabinet labeled "Tytal."
At this moment, Miao Kun finally understood why Green didn't use the word "Tidal" as the password when he hid the fake diamonds in the tidal generator.
Because there are regulations for opening an account at Standard Chartered Bank, the account must contain two identical letters and must be case-sensitive.
That's why Green used the professional abbreviation "Tytal" as a password. It was precisely because of this that Miao Kun smelled the clues hidden behind Green and chased him all the way here.
"Sir," at this time, the black manager opened an old-fashioned keyboard under the safe and said to Miao Kun, "Please enter the password now!"
"Oh... ok!" Miao Kun approached the safe and looked at the old-fashioned keyboard. He saw that the keyboard was not much different from the current computer keyboard, with both letters and numbers on it.
call…
Since the mask could not dissipate sweat, all the sweat ran along Miao Kun's neck and reached his collarbone, soaking the shirt on his chest, making it very uncomfortable and awkward.
But at this time, Miao Kun couldn't care about anything else. He exhaled softly, rubbed his hands unnaturally from both sides of his shirt, and then held his breath and pressed "GDWP2056" on the keyboard. A string of letters and numbers.
This string of letters and numbers is exactly the diamond code left by Green, and it is also what is written after "Tytal" on the generator box where the fake diamonds are hidden.
Miao Kun believes that since "Tytal" is an account number, then "GDWP2056" behind it must be the password.
At this moment, he entered the string of letters and numbers on the keyboard intact.
After completing the input, he immediately held his breath and stared at the two red lights on the safe seriously.
beep…
As the safe beeped, one of the red lights suddenly turned green.
Wow…
Miao Kun raised his arms excitedly and was about to touch the safe, but soon discovered that there was a red light on the safe that had not yet turned green.
"Oh..." Miao Kun understood immediately and hurriedly took out a fingerprint from his pocket and said to the black manager, "My brother has passed away, so it should be in line with the rules for me to wear his fingerprint for fingerprinting, right? "
"Well... In principle, as long as we can open the safe, we will not pursue your identity, but sir..." the black manager said awkwardly, "Did you make a mistake? You also saw it, you need to open it , which was the first generation of lockers in our bank. At that time, keys were still used and no fingerprints were required!”
"..." Miao Kun suddenly trembled, as if he was struck by lightning. He didn't expect that he didn't do his homework well. He thought that with Green's fingerprint, he could open the cabinet!
Depressed, he reached for his pockets with his hands unnaturally. However, how could there be any keys in his pocket
"Sir..." the manager asked quickly, "did your brother forget about it? Did he give you the key?"
"Well... Well... This..." In fact, Miao Kun's face was covered in sweat, but because he was wearing a mask, he couldn't tell at all. "Well... of course... of course I gave it to...
"But..." Miao Kun faltered for a long time before hesitatingly said, "The key... the key... couldn't have fallen into the United States, right
"Haha..." He smiled unnaturally, "Brother, do you think this is the most miserable joke in the world?"
"No, no, no..." the black manager hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, it doesn't matter if you don't have the key! You can know the security code. After entering the security code, the safe will open automatically even if there is no password or key!" "
"What the hell? A secret code?" Miao Kun frowned.
"It is a 13-digit password, which is composed entirely of English letters. At that time, this was the first of our kind at Standard Chartered Bank!" the black manager introduced, "In order to ensure the safety of the lockers, we added a password The power of code!
"At that time, the 13-digit password was synonymous with being impossible to decipher. The older generation of bankers called it foolproof..."
"Secret code... English letters... 13 digits... 13..." Miao Kun thought carefully, the gears of his thinking were spinning at a high speed, and his brain seemed to be boiling.
"Sir... sir?" the black manager urged cautiously, "Can you still remember that your brother mentioned the secret code to you? If there is no code, then... um... then... "
"Wait a minute! I... I..." Miao Kun's eyes suddenly lit up and he said excitedly, "I seem to have remembered it. I want to ask, are these 13-digit security codes not repeated?"
"Well... Well... I have no comment!" The black man smiled slightly, his expression already a little stiff.
"Okay... I... I almost remembered it, come on..."
As he spoke, Miao Kun pressed letters on the keyboard one by one. Every time he pressed a letter, he had to think for a long time. Although a lot of time was wasted, he finally completed the input of 13 letters.
As a result, before Miao Kun had time to mentally prepare, the other red light on the safe turned green, and the safe clicked and opened automatically...
PS: Thanks to Zizhan 2017 for the reward and encouragement! Thanks to Lonely Moyu for the 2000 grand prize! Thank you Lao Kuang, I am grateful!
(End of chapter)