"Sure enough, there are original negatives."
Everything happened as Xia Xu expected.
When Pan Long brought an old digital camera from home, Meng Bochao and others quickly exported a film from it that was exactly the same as the group photo.
Then, the film was compared with the group photo on the 'Yanfan Yuanhang' blog, and a large area of different pixel data was immediately found. This data was then compared with character codes such as ASCII, and finally the decoding was completed using the domestic ASCII national standard extended code GB2312.
After the decoding was completed, a "letter" hidden in the photo was revealed.
"Haha, the fact that you were able to find this letter proves that your IQ is not low. I was saying that my son cannot be a moron.
But you really didn't study very well before. Could it be that you are smearing shit on the wall? No, are you working hard to improve yourself
Oh, I almost forgot, it is possible that he is not my son. No matter, I am not at fault for calling you my son… "
Meng Bochao, who was the first to see the "letter", instantly turned into an old man on the subway emoticon. Then, after hearing that the decryption had been completed, Pan Long, who couldn't wait to come over, also had a very interesting expression on his face.
"I don't think your dad has always thought you were an imbecile."
He Qing spoke earnestly and patted Pan Long's shoulder in a comforting manner.
It would have been fine if he hadn't been comforted, but once he was comforted, Pan Long felt even more hurt.
"What do you mean by idiot? At least I started out with an average IQ."
He muttered to himself with dissatisfaction and doubt about his life.
"Maybe he was just joking with you to ease your sadness. After all, he should have expected that it would take many years for you to find this secret letter."
Fortunately, Xia Xu was not as rude as He Qing and the others. He had a high EQ and found a reasonable and warm explanation, comforting her: "The fact that you left these words behind only proves your father's attentiveness and care in taking care of you."
"Um."
After hearing Xia Xu's explanation, Pan Long felt better.
But it was indeed so. At least when he saw these words, although he had mixed emotions, his sadness was diverted and diluted, leaving only nostalgia... and the anger of beating up this bastard father.
After the little episode, everyone continued to check the follow-up of the letter.
The entire letter is very long, otherwise it would not have left obvious traces in the photo. Normally, if it is just a few words of LSB steganography, it is actually difficult to discover through regularity.
After omitting a long paragraph of irrelevant chatter and reminiscing about the past, the letter gets to the point.
"Son, if you were just an ordinary person, then I think living a peaceful life would be your best choice. However, since you were able to find this letter, it also proves that you have enough wisdom and knowledge, or have made good friends.
So, I'll leave you some inheritance. Well, it seems a bit unlucky. Never mind. Anyway, you've reached this position...
Well, the purpose of this ellipsis is to prevent you from skipping it out of impatience. It will tell you at the end. You don’t think that this letter from dad is over, do you
Afrost.
When you were young, some things were difficult to tell you. Dad was actually the boss of a company... Well, he was before.
Your mother is also a popular figure among thousands of boys, but the final result is obvious, your best father stands out.
Then Mom and Dad originally had two good friends..."
The letter as a whole had an eccentric style, which made Xia Xu's original high-EQ excuses for the writer gradually untenable.
However, beneath this cheerful atmosphere, it actually tells a slightly heavy story.
Pan Long's father Pan Yuanhang, Dong Changhe and Duan Zhiyi were originally close friends. Later, the three of them met Pan Long's mother together, and in a very dramatic way, they fell in love with her at the same time.
The result was pretty good at the beginning, as Pan Yuanhang was the one who got the girl in the end. However, the three of them did not turn against each other or develop any rifts between them because of this.
The other two hid their feelings for each other, but with the help of Pan Long's mother, the relationship between the three of them became even better than before. They did scientific research together and even started a business and opened a company.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Less than two years after Pan Long was born, Pan Long's mother began to show symptoms similar to ALS. However, it was not ALS in the true sense, but a disease with a completely unknown cause.
According to Pan Long's mother, this is actually a family genetic disease. Her body functions will gradually atrophy and stop until her key organs shut down and she dies completely. There is basically no cure with current medical technology.
Pan Yuanhang was naturally not willing to accept this, so he discussed it with Duan Zhiyi, and the two science and engineering men instantly found the only common solution: mechanization.
Of course, it was not a direct transformation into a robot. The technology at that time was not that fantastic. Both of them were insiders and had clear rational understanding, so they just wanted to use artificial equipment to maintain the life of Pan Long's mother.
This type of technology is actually quite mature now, such as dialysis, high-end wheelchairs, ventilators, mechanical prostheses, etc. A complete set of surgeries and equipment can maintain the basic vitality of ALS patients. The most famous example of this achievement is the famous contemporary scientist Hawking.
But the problem is that Pan Long's mother's disease is not ordinary ALS. It is not just muscle atrophy, but the gradual shutdown of organs and tissues throughout the body. In the end, even the five senses of eyes, ears, mouth, nose and touch will be lost, leaving only the brain.
If it really comes to that, what’s the difference between that and being in jail
No, even if one still has five senses in prison, the state of silence, lightlessness, and even the loss of the sense of touch is more than just being in prison. It is a complete torture of being unaware of the passage of time and falling into eternal nothingness.
Moreover, if only the brain is left, the current interaction methods such as body sensation and electromyography will naturally become completely ineffective, and even controlling a mechanical prosthesis will be impossible.
At this point, it is basically worse than the brain in a jar. Living is probably more painful than being dead.
Pan Yuanhang and Duan Zhiyi obviously could not accept this result. In addition, at that time, there were already institutions conducting mature research on various life-sustaining devices. Therefore, Pan Yuanhang and Duan Zhiyi resolutely plunged into a completely new field.
That’s right, it’s mind control technology.
This is their original intention in developing brain control technology, so that Pan Long's mother can regain her five senses and be reborn with a mechanical body even if only her brain remains after her body gradually 'dies'.
However, everything obviously cannot go so smoothly. The first problem they have to face is where the research and development funds will come from.
After finally scraping together enough money to support themselves for a while, the company they jointly opened gradually started to pick up, but during this process Dong Changhe "changed his heart".
Unlike Pan Yuanhang, who is deeply in love with Pan Long's mother, and Duan Zhiyi, who seems to still have feelings for her, Dong Changhe has actually always been resentful of the two of them for occupying a large amount of the company's funds to develop unnecessary brain control technology.
The company they jointly founded was the original Yunfan Group.
Due to Pan Yuanhang and Duan Zhiyi's engineering male personalities and their focus on research, they do not care much about the company's affairs and basically stay behind the scenes. The entire company is run by Dong Changhe. It can even be said that the entire Yunfan Group was brought up by Dong Changhe single-handedly.
However, the two of them have been occupying the company's funds to research brain control technology that has little practical significance and slim hope.
As the saying goes, there is no filial son by the bedside of a long-term patient. One or two days can be maintained by friendship, and one or two years can be barely endured, but if time goes on for a long time, Dong Changhe will naturally feel some unwillingness and imbalance in his heart.
He is not like Pan Yuanhang and Duan Zhiyi who have deep feelings for Pan Long's mother. No matter how much he can tolerate, there is a limit. In addition, after many years of doing business, his character has naturally changed a little, and it is impossible for him to tolerate it again and again.
Therefore, on the eve of the company's listing, Dong Changhe could no longer tolerate it and through a series of operations continuously diluted Pan Yuanhang and Duan Zhiyi's shares, kicked out the management, and reduced R&D funds.
To be honest, from a moral perspective, what Dong Changhe did might be inappropriate, but from a moral point of view, there is nothing wrong with what Dong Changhe did.
After all, Pan Yuanhang and his companion did not bring much profit to the company. Instead, they consumed a large amount of unnecessary resources like a money-eating beast. The entire company was run by him alone.
He has done his best by supporting the research and development of brain control technology for such a long time. There is no need for him to devote all his years of hard work to saving a friend's wife. Carrying such a huge burden on the eve of the company's listing will also greatly affect the listing results.
But this result was obviously unacceptable to the other two. The three of them had a big quarrel, and finally Pan Yuanhang left in anger. Duan Zhiyi, whether out of endurance of humiliation or reluctance to give up his own interests, did not follow him.
Xia Xu guessed that the former was most likely the case.
After all, Duan Zhiyi has long become a small shareholder with little fame, but he has been persisting in the development of brain control technology over the years.
Although Yunfan Group had repeatedly reduced its investment in brain control technology before, it had never withdrawn it. It even used this as a concept for a while of marketing in the past few years and invested a lot of extra money.
If it was just for profit, Duan Zhiyi obviously wouldn't do this.
His feelings for Pan Long's mother were probably much deeper than anyone imagined.
The revocation of brain control technology was most likely just the trigger for the shooting of Dong Changhe. The reason he took such a risk was probably not only to seize the group's equity, but also to vent his anger and resentment after years of obsession were shattered.