Chapter 444
Afternoon.
Work had ended at the Internet Surveillance Bureau.
"It's time to call it a day. Everyone has worked hard for the past two days. Go home and rest well now." Dong Zhiqiang came into the office to announced an early release for today. Then, he went to look for Zhang Ye and laughed as he said, "Teacher Zhang, you may go back too. You don't need to report here anymore starting tomorrow. The matter you are assisting us with has already been approved and with the Panda Burning Incense incident, the top management won't be asking about you anymore."
The reason he was here was only symbolic and right now, he had completed what he was needed here for.
Zhang Ye smiled, "Sure, let me treat everyone to dinner."
Dong Zhiqiang did not accept and said, "How is that alright?"
Zhang Ye stood up and said, "Although it's not even been two days, I feel that I've been very welcome here. Now that I'm leaving, I definitely need to buy everyone dinner."
Fang Xiaoshui, who was already very hungry, said, "Ah ha, if Teacher Zhang says so, then I won't refuse."
Meng Yi also chirped, "Teacher Zhang is rich, we don't need to help him save."
"Right, choose anywhere you’d like." Zhang Ye gave a wave of his hands, full of generosity.
Dong Zhiqiang did not refuse or say much. He instructed two people to stay stay on duty as the rest marched out of their office with Fan Yingyun following behind too.
The snow had not stopped, but had lightened.
As tiny snowflakes drifted down, some falling onto their faces. It was a soothing feeling.
Fang Xiaoshui was still in her police uniform. It was not known what the rules were for the Internet Surveillance Bureau, but Meng Yi and Zhang Er were also in their uniforms, while the rest were in casual clothes. Amongst all of them, Fan Yingyun was the most striking and stood out from the rest. A short haired beauty in a police uniform. As they walked through the street, she attracted a number of gazes from passers-by, with a very high head-turning rate. Several students who were on the streets trying to light some firecrackers stopped when they saw Fan Yingyun, as they all looked over at her.
Fan Yingyun just looked straight ahead as she stepped on the soft snow covered streets in her leather boots. It made a crunching sound with each step she took.
"We've finally finished our work." Zhang Er said.
Meng Yi said, "Today's such a day of relief."
An old cyber-police said, "Yea, those Koreans have finally been dealt with."
Fang Xiaoshui said as she walked, "This incident blew up. I wonder how much they’ll lose economically, hundreds of millions in US dollars at least, I would assume?"
"Hundreds of millions? That might not be right." Dong Zhiqiang was also more relaxed and less uptight since he was out of uniform. He casually mentioned, "An estimate of a few billion is already on the low side, do you know what age this is? It is the age of the modern internet. Who doesn't use a computer? Which company doesn't need computers? If it were personal losses, it might still be OK. At most you'd lose some data and have some delays. but to those corporations and the government, this virus infection would be considered a disaster for them. If they carry on allowing the Panda Burning Incense to wreak havoc like this, if the Korean authorities do not quickly resolve this issue, the Korean economy might even be set back by several months! Just think about that, how could it be just losses in the hundreds of millions?"