143: Chapter 143 Shenzhen University Executive Identity

Inside the President's office, smoke swirled. Several school leaders sat around a long table, staring at screenshots of the Campus Network with grave expressions.

Director Zhong gripped his phone, which had just been hung up, his knuckles turning white. Beside him sat a middle-aged female teacher with an extremely ugly expression.

"This Chu Qianlan is simply disrespectful to his elders!" The middle-aged female teacher slammed the table. "Does he think he can challenge the school just because he has a little money?"

The President rubbed his temples, his eyes bloodshot. "Let's put the matter of Chu Qianlan aside for now. Although he acted somewhat impulsively, he is, after all, a victim. We should investigate the truth as quickly as possible and give all the teachers and students a satisfactory explanation!"

After saying this, he looked at a middle-aged man sitting opposite him wearing a Zhongshan suit. This person was the secretary in charge of the school's discipline inspection.

The Discipline Inspection Secretary opened his notebook. "Preliminary investigations reveal that the IP addresses for both articles originated from outside the school. Especially the second article, which seemed to appear out of thin air, making it impossible to trace."

"《The Rough Path to Stardom for Lin Qingxue was pinned to the top of the Campus Network the moment it was published; the behind-the-scenes manipulation is obvious. The head of the Network Center said they only pinned it after receiving instructions from Vice Dean Wang of the School of Arts."

"As for the article 《Deep Secrets of the Shenzhen University Singing Competition》, the evaluations of the 10 competing singers are basically true."

As he finished stating the preliminary investigation results, everyone present looked at the middle-aged female teacher beside Director Zhong, as if waiting for her to provide a reasonable explanation.

She was the Vice Dean Wang mentioned by the Discipline Inspection Secretary!

"Lin Qingxue is the most outstanding student in our School of Arts. Her agent came to me and said that the article could improve her image and help her future development. I was confused for a moment and just agreed…"

Fine beads of sweat broke out on Vice Dean Wang's forehead, and her voice grew quieter until it was barely audible.

The President slammed his pen onto the table. "As a Vice Dean of a department, you disregarded even the most basic review process? You pinned an article smearing a student, and now the entire school is watching. Where does that leave the school's reputation?"

Vice Dean Wang hung her head in shame and remained silent, and the others also kept quiet. As for the reason Vice Dean Wang just gave, most people did not believe it.

A moment later, the Discipline Inspection Secretary broke the silence. "That is the full story of the first matter. The problem now is how to handle it!"

Because of this matter, Chu Qianlan called the police and issued a lawyer's letter; now, the entire school is watching.

If it isn't handled well, it would be one thing if Chu Qianlan didn't drop the case, but if it spreads wildly online, it will be difficult to resolve.

The President rubbed his brow. "Let's discuss how to handle it later. Let's talk about the cheating in the singing competition first!"

An old man sitting next to the President spoke up. "Although the issues raised in that article have been verified, the scores given by the judges in the competition are influenced by many factors. It is really difficult to judge whether the judges acted improperly!"

This person was the Dean of the School of Arts and also Vice President Zhang of Shenzhen University.

Everyone knew a thing or two about these artistic matters. Without solid evidence, it is really hard to say that those judges had issues.

"Vice Dean Wang, the following matters have nothing to do with you. You should leave first."

After the President issued the dismissal order to Vice Dean Wang, he looked at Professor Li Sihua, who was sitting at the edge. "Professor Li, what went wrong with the Campus Network today? Why couldn't the administrators remove the article?"

Hearing the President suddenly change the subject and ask him, Professor Li quickly stood up to explain.

"President, when we checked the backend of the Campus Network, we found that the deletion record for the article 《Deep Secrets of the Shenzhen University Singing Competition》 was very strange."

"The first deletion was rejected by the system, and the backend showed that the operation permission for the rejection came from... from the backup account of the President's office. The second deletion didn't encounter any obstacles and was successful!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole room was in an uproar. The President looked up sharply. "Impossible! Only a very few people know about my backup account!"

Professor Li pushed up his glasses. "That's why I checked the account login logs and found that the login IP address was right here in the President's office."

"Impossible. Before the article 《Deep Secrets of the Shenzhen University Singing Competition》 was published, I was in the President's office, and I haven't left since. No one has touched the President's computer at all!" Director Zhong said with a firm expression.

Another Vice President speculated, "Could this be the work of a hacker? After all, the appearance of this article itself is very suspicious."

"That is also possible, but the probability is not high. Don't forget that the school's Supercomputer has been assisting in protecting the entire Campus Network. Even top hackers would find it very difficult to invade the school's network! Unless…" Professor Li seemed to have thought of something and did not continue.

"Professor Li, unless what?" The Discipline Inspection Secretary pressed.

"Unless another powerful Supercomputer participated in the attack!" Professor Li's words were evasive, and he was unwilling to continue.

Just now, he had immediately thought of Chu Qianlan. In all of Shenzhen, he was the only one who could use a Supercomputer at will.

However, he had promised Chu Qianlan that he would not easily reveal his relationship with Starry Sky Technology, so he did not continue.

"Forget it. Professor Li, after you go back, strengthen the defense of the Campus Network to avoid similar things from happening again. Next, let's discuss how to handle what happened today!" The President cut the Gordian knot, not wanting to discuss this matter further.

…

After more than an hour of discussion, a resolution was finally reached.

After everyone dispersed, Professor Li from the School of Computer Science and Software was asked to stay behind.

The President was also unsure if there was a problem with his computer and prepared to have him check it.

"President, your computer has no startup records for today, and definitely no internet connection records. It seems the Campus Network was indeed hacked!" After a while, Professor Li finished checking the computer, his face showing a trace of confusion.

"Are hackers so strong nowadays? We have a Supercomputer and still couldn't stop them! These people, they have some skills but don't know how to contribute to society, only doing sneaky things!" The President huffed.

"President, I want to tell you something about that Chu Qianlan from today." Professor Li suddenly spoke up.

"Chu Qianlan? Professor Li knows him?" The President was somewhat surprised.

As far as he knew, Chu Qianlan was a student in the School of Physics and shouldn't have had any interaction with Professor Li.

"At the end of last year, my team built a Supercomputer for a company. You know about that, right?"

Hearing this, the President was even more confused. "I know. That made the news in Shenzhen. It is said that it was the first company in Shenzhen to own a Supercomputer."

"President, the person who contacted me back then was Chu Qianlan! That company must be his!"

Professor Li's words were like a bombshell, causing the President, who had been calm, to show a look of shock.

"Chu Qianlan has such a large company outside of school?"