170: Programmers in suits?

Song Yuan regretfully told him, "This probably won't work. This is the first available car, and my wife gave it to me, so it has great significance. Otherwise, how about I lend you the Bugatti for a few days?"

Lu Chi couldn't help but curse, "Damn, showing off your affection in front of a single dog again. I wish you eight sons."

Song Yuan accepted it all, "Eight sons isn't impossible, but I have to ask my wife if she's willing."

Lu Chi was completely at his wit's end.

Is having a wife so great?

Forget it, I won't bother with this dog.

"Let's go, let's soak in some of that lovey-dovey scent, and try to help me get that girl so I can stop being single next month."

Lu Chi said with a look of despair, then threw his car keys to a colleague and opened the passenger door of Song Yuan's car to get in.

If he wouldn't lend him the car, at least he could sit in it, right?

In Song Yuan's car, three more people squeezed into the back seat, all saying they wanted to get some good luck and be blessed to find a partner next month.

Song Yuan looked at the people in his car, all of them single dogs...

In the tech industry, there are naturally fewer opportunities to meet girls, and most tech geeks are a bit introverted and have an 'I' personality, so their personal lives have become a major problem.

After this busy period of work, perhaps he could organize a matchmaking event and have Gu Shiyu bring some of the company's single girls to meet each other. What if someone just happened to click?

"What are your expectations for a significant other?"

The three people in the back row heard this and thought, is General Manager Song going to set them up?

Li Lei spoke first, "Female, alive."

Song Yuan's vision went black...

The answers from the other two surprised him even more.

"As long as she knows to run inside when it rains, that's fine. If I really can't find one, the gender doesn't have to be so strict."

"General Manager, I need a woman. If I can't find a first marriage, a second marriage is fine. Even with children is fine. Between being a stepfather and having five protections, I choose to be a stepfather!"

Song Yuan was completely speechless.

Programmers really have no bottom line when they mock themselves...

These young men, all twenty-four or twenty-five years old, with decent incomes, shouldn't have fallen to such a state, right?

"What do you do on weekends? You don't even leave your community, do you?"

"Of course, I play games at home. Last time a girl asked me to watch a movie, she chose a romance film. Who watches that? I refused right away."

Song Yuan: ...

It seems there's a reason for being single.

As they spoke, Song Yuan turned the car onto the road leading to the Beijing Exhibition Center, slowly driving in, which was the parking lot.

Not far away, Meng Xuelin had just gotten out of his car, followed by several men in suits, with arrogant expressions on their faces.

Lu Chi scoffed, "Those people behind that old Meng Xuelin aren't the programmers representing Xinan Network, are they? Hahahaha, they're really f*cking idiots. What decent programmer wears a suit?"

"Hahaha, that's so f*cking funny, it really seems like it. I've heard of that person online, the CTO of Xinan Network, known as the 'number one in logic' in the internet circle. I think he's more like 'number one in pretending'."

"Programmers wearing suits, that really hits my funny bone. He's not here to promote his code, is he? Hahahaha..."

...

The few people in the car laughed so hard they almost blew the roof off.

Song Yuan deliberately drove his car in a circle in front of Meng Xuelin, and finally executed a perfect reverse parking maneuver into a parking space.

They were about to get out of the car when the people inside finally managed to hold back their laughter.

After getting out of the car, Meng Xuelin looked back at Song Yuan's car with a sinister gaze. What was the difference between Song Yuan driving this car today and slapping him in the face?

Song Yuan greeted him generously, "General Manager Meng, you're quite early. It seems you're very well prepared!"

Meng Xuelin chuckled, "Prepared? We at Xinan Network don't need special preparation. General Manager Song needs to prepare well, so you don't cry if you lose later. Today's live broadcast, and many netizens are already waiting on their phones to watch the show."

Song Yuan was unconcerned by Meng Xuelin's words. Let him be smug for a few minutes; the more overconfident this old fellow is now, the more he'll break down when he loses later.

Song Yuan shrugged, looking indifferent, "It seems General Manager Meng has brought his strongest soldiers today. I wonder if it's a bit late for me to prepare on-site."

Meng Xuelin scoffed dismissively, leading his people forward.

Song Yuan's brothers also followed closely behind him.

At the entrance of the exhibition hall, several media outlets were already waiting to film. When Meng Xuelin approached with his people, they bowed and greeted him.

It seemed those media were also found by Meng Xuelin's subordinates.

Everyone was waiting to see Song Yuan make a fool of himself.

After the two groups entered, they each found their positions.

Song Yuan opened his laptop and plugged in the power. The rules of the competition had to be made clear in advance.

"Both sides will simultaneously edit code after the timer starts. While entering the opponent's website, we must also defend our own website. Neither side will destroy the other's data; we will only enter and leave a trace. Whoever enters the opponent's database first wins."

Meng Xuelin's smile was almost uncontrollable. They had already attacked Song Yuan's database once a few days ago. This was practically a freebie, wasn't it?

Isn't this just a matter of minutes?

Meng Xuelin generously said, "Okay, whatever you say."

Meng Xuelin practically had the word 'disdain' written on his face, "However, the rules are clear. If you lose, please publicly announce your son's good deeds in the live broadcast room, apologize to the women he harassed, and turn yourself in!"

Meng Xuelin didn't think he would lose at all. This was an impossible event for him, so any conditions Song Yuan proposed were invalid.

"Okay, but each side sends one person, and there can be no substitutions in the middle. General Manager Song cannot ask Gu Shiyu for help if he can't handle it halfway through. Only you can save yourself."

Song Yuan gave him a meaningful look.

Meng Xuelin's assistant started the live broadcast. For safety, this competition was publicly announced as merely a technical competition within the internet circle, not involving any illegal activities like attacking websites, nor would it cause any economic losses to the other party.

As soon as the live broadcast started, tens of thousands of people instantly poured in, and the number was still increasing.

The bullet comments scrolled rapidly, with everyone online siding with Xinan Network.