"No need." Xiao Ling denied Xiao Tan's reasoning without thinking.
"Huh?" Xiao Tan was taken aback when he heard that.
"Hehe... that's for sure." Feng Bujue laughed, "As an alcoholic who is eager to open the wine cellar to enjoy himself, he won't use an overly complicated encryption method."
"That's right." Xiao Ling continued, "Analyzing the headmaster's mentality should make it clear... If possible, he would like to write the eight-digit password directly on paper, that would be the most convenient." She As he said, he pointed to the remote control, "Look, he has already put together the remote control and the two things needed for decryption, which shows that he is very clear... , I don’t have time to do too complicated things at all, I just think about opening the wine cellar quickly.”
"Then why didn't he just set up a simpler password, or just copy the eight-digit password on a piece of paper?" He can also open the wine cellar when he is unclear."
"That's true...but while giving himself convenience, he must also consider safety issues." Xiao Ling replied, "After all, he is also the principal of a primary school, and if such things as alcoholism are fully exposed, he will definitely lose his life." Otherwise, there is no need for him to set up such a 'secret wine cellar', and install an entrance with a remote control."
"Oh..." Gui Xiao understood.
And Xiaotan continued at this time: "So...he came up with this 'convenient and safe' method—put all the items needed to open the wine cellar in the drawer, and carried out some kind of method on it. Simple encryption. In this way... even if someone discovers the contents of the drawer, others will not be able to decrypt the password in a short time."
"Oh... It should be said... Under normal circumstances, the person who discovered these three things would not consider the matter of 'decryption' at all, right?" Feng Bujue continued with a smile, "We use the thinking of modern people and players to Considering the problem with the angle of view... the first time you think of the purpose of these three things. But, what about from the perspective of the characters in this script?" He paused, and then said, "You need to know, The era in which this script took place was in the 1970s. In that era...the real wireless remote control for civilian use was only more than ten years old; it was not until the 1980s that the infrared TV remote control that we are familiar with began to become popular. So... Wireless remote control was obviously still a rare thing for people at that time. How many people in elementary schools in rural Japan like this can recognize the remote control? Taking a step back, even if someone knows that it is the remote control , so what? This person needs to know at least two other things before he can consider the matter of 'decryption'."
At this point, Brother Jue stretched out three fingers: "First, he must know that the principal has a secret wine cellar, so that he can think of what this remote control is used to control; second, he must know that the principal has a secret cellar. The working principle and the exact location of the entrance of the wine cellar... Because at that time, ultrasonic technology was used, not infrared, and there was no obvious exposed receiver at the entrance of the wine cellar. If the user does not know where the entrance is, it is considered a Even if the password is deciphered, the wine cellar cannot be opened."
"By the way... I wanted to ask just now." Hearing this, Xiao Tan turned to look at Xiao Ling and said, "How did you find the entrance?"
"I found it by relying on the texture on the floor." Xiao Ling replied.
"On the floor..." Xiao Tan muttered, while looking down again.
Indeed, the wooden floor used in the principal's office was better than any area they had visited before. Not only was it thick and compact, but the wooden boards were also patterned.
"Oh! I understand." Two seconds later, An Yueqin suddenly realized, "One of the three reminders in the women's bathroom is used here."
"En." Xiao Ling nodded and replied, "The seemingly irregular graffiti on the wall of the women's toilet exactly matches the texture of the floor at the entrance of the wine cellar; The pattern on the floor seemed familiar, and I realized the problem when I heard the leader said that he had to knock on the wall and floor inch by inch to find the entrance.”
"Then... the question comes back." Two seconds later, Xiao Tan said to Xiao Ling again, "What is the eight-digit password with 'the encryption method is not complicated'?"
"42561047." In the next second, Xiao Ling reported the answer.
"Huh?" This time, the other five people... including Feng Bujue, all responded this way.
"How did you solve it?" Brother Jue was the first to ask.
"It's easy, multiply 231568 by 616512, and you get exactly a twelve-digit number, that is, 142764450816..." Xiaoling replied, "And the eight numbers in the middle refer to eight of the twelve-digit numbers." Position, the 6th is 4, the 3rd is 2, the 8th is 5, the 5th is 6, the 11th is 1, the 9th is 0, the next is the 6th... 4, and finally the 4th Bit... 7; Except for the 6th bit which repeats itself once, there are no repeated numbers in the 7 listed positions in total, that is, there is no situation where two different positions point to the same number, which is also in line with The logic of the code."
When she finished speaking, the audience fell silent...
"Hey, hey, hey, hey..." After about five seconds, Gui Xiao finally realized, "This sister...not to mention the big pile behind..." He paused for half a second, and asked with a look of surprise, "You haven't even turned on the calculator yet, how did you do the multiplication between two six-digit numbers?"
"Mental arithmetic." Xiao Ling replied two words.
These two words caused Gui Xiao to remain silent for another five seconds. During these five seconds, he observed the other person's expression and realized that it was not a joke. So, five seconds later, he replied with these three words: "Forget it." You are ruthless..."
"Oh, by the way..." After Gui Xiao finished speaking, Xiao Ling picked up the calculator again and shook it casually, "This calculator has no power at all. When I checked it just now, I found that it couldn't be turned on. Yes." After that, she threw the calculator on the table, "At that time I understood... This is not a 'tool necessary for decryption', but a 'props for prompting'; What does a calculator tell us? Think about it a little bit - it's the number of digits. This is a calculator that displays up to twelve digits, and the message it implies couldn't be more obvious. Then put 'The principal will not use too much Complicated encryption' is taken into account, and it is easy to come to the above conclusion by mentally calculating the various situations of the numbers on the paper."
...
At this moment, Gui Xiao didn't want to speak any more.
An inexplicable sense of frustration kept expanding in his heart and gradually suppressed all his fears, disturbing him.
Before preparing this script, Ma Junxiao felt that he was a talent after all; when his peers were still studying hard in high school and preparing for the college entrance examination, he was already earning a lot of money after graduating from a bachelor's degree. Less than salary.
However, arranging a script with these people on the front line of hell completely wiped out the sense of superiority that Gui Xiao had built up after he came out to work.
He couldn't help but start thinking... thinking about a question that all professional gamers, e-sports players, or all people who "support themselves by playing games" have thought about and should think about.
That is - besides playing games, what else can I do? Or... what else can I do
The popularity period of any game is limited. No matter how high the quality of the game is, it is impossible to remain popular forever. After all, there will be more advanced games that adapt to the times to replace them; however, some games are born more than ten or twenty Years later, it will still be called a "classic", and some will fade out of people's sight after being popular for a year or two, and no one cares about it anymore.
The career of any professional player is also limited. No matter how much glory he has won and how many fans he has been sought after, he will eventually usher in the day of retirement. Because people age, and people age faster than games... and are easier to replace.
However, people are not games. Games that are no longer popular can be taken off the shelves, but players who can no longer make money from games can't just be buried right
Their lives are still long, and they have to go on...
After Ma Junxiao entered the game industry, he was naturally fascinated by similar things. He found that many star players who seem to be "legends" in the eyes of players, after fading out of the public eye for several years... their lives are actually very ordinary, even bleak. Of course, there are also those who have a good life, such as starting a business with the money they earned when they were young, or finding a more stable behind-the-scenes job in the game industry, but the proportion of these people is not high.
Gui Xiao is a sensible child. After watching and listening to a lot, he also understands that he can play games for a lifetime, but it may be very difficult to support himself by playing games for a lifetime. It's not a matter of hard work or talent, it's something that's also physically impossible.
There are many people like him who gave up their studies at a young age to enter this industry. Indeed, before the age of thirty, even if they are just blue-collar players, they can still have a good income... But what will happen after the age of thirty? What should I do? Most of them haven't thought about it, or... dare not think about it.
If you can stay in the game industry, it is the best, but staying is also subject to conditions... capital, technology, ability... at least the same, just playing games... is useless.
As for changing careers... it is difficult. Even if some people become professional gamers after finishing college, it is hard to imagine how hard it is to enter a completely unfamiliar field and start from the bottom after more than ten years of absence. Of course, this group of people is not bad... There are also many practitioners like Gui Xiao who have not finished high school, and the situation of their career change is even more worrying.
Having said so much, I still have to say something objectively... Gui Xiao's age doesn't have to think about such worries and thoughts; with his conditions, at least he can still be a person at the top of the game industry. Ten years, or even longer.
However, Gui Xiao has been thinking about such things for more than a day or two.
It's not that he was stimulated by those on the front line of hell to think of that aspect today, although the stimulation he received today is indeed not small...
In fact, he had thought a lot about the "future" before, and what he was thinking about about his own "future"... was far more than these "practical problems". There were also many strange ideas and doubts about the world. It always pops up in his mind involuntarily...
The reason is that Ma Junxiao is not an "ordinary person" - he is a candidate.
His will, his talent, his potential...it's all different. It's just that... "now" he hasn't realized this yet.
...
Two minutes later.
The door of the wine cellar has been opened, and the password guessed by Xiao Ling is undoubtedly correct.
And Feng Bujue also took the flashlight without hesitation, and took the lead in entering the space under the floor.
"I said..." Brother Jue glanced at the structure of the baffle at the entrance when he was walking down the stairs, and read along, "The principal of Chongjiu Primary School, probably majored in engineering." He said this When talking, he had already walked down the not too long steps, and stepped into a very small space under the principal's office, "The entrance mechanism of this wine cellar and the supporting remote control are obviously all He did it himself... Maybe he dug the whole wine cellar himself." He stood there for a few seconds, then suddenly said, "Wait... Is it possible... The principal was directly involved in the construction of this elementary school?"
"Hmm..." Ruoyu, who went down to the wine cellar with Brother Jue, quickly responded, "In a small town like this, it's really common to hand over projects to companies in your village or related people." She mused. Said, "Assuming that the headmaster really majored in engineering, your conjecture is indeed possible."
While speaking, the two had already stood in the wine cellar.
This space is quite narrow, like a compressed subway car; in terms of height, Brother Jue can’t even stand up straight in it, and the width... two people can’t stand side by side. If you want to exchange positions, you have to both Just turn sideways. As for the length... At a glance, there is a wall five meters away.
When observing from above, Brother Jue said that there is no need for six people to go down together, so at this moment, only he and Ruoyu came down, and the others stayed in the principal's room to wait.
"I think this speculation is reliable." Feng Bujue said while walking forward, "There is a 90% chance that this kind of space is reserved in advance when the building is completed... If he is the person in charge of the project One, it's easy to find an excuse to do a space like this here."
"Speaking of it... this place is really small, the two of us couldn't turn around when we got down." Ruoyu said at this time, "Or... I'll go up first?"
The moment she asked this question...
There was only a "bang-" sound! The exit of the wine cellar behind the two of them was suddenly closed. (.)