Chapter 53: It is Our Turn to Collect the Fees (Double-Length Chapter)

"Bring... bring back the source code of someone else's mobile phone operating system?"

Stunned!

When Zhao Zizhen, Ye Guhong, and the others heard this, they were dumbfounded on the spot!

Because they truly had not expected that Lin Yang's promised help in researching and developing a system would involve directly hacking the opponent's mobile phone system source code!

Of course, they had no doubt that Lin Yang possessed this capability.

However, Zhao Zizhen quickly recovered and said with a bitter smile, "My young friend, getting the source code is naturally a good thing, but compared to the source code, the most crucial part is the patents they have applied for related to mobile phone systems. That is the most troublesome issue!"

The reason those tech giant companies dared to use mobile phone systems as leverage to tighten the screws and raise patent fees by fifty percent was precisely because they held countless related patents.

Basically, they had applied for every single patent and technological advancement related to mobile phone systems, creating an absolute monopoly.

Therefore, developing a truly independent mobile phone operating system and bypassing those patents was the hardest part of the challenge.

The opponent had applied for so many comprehensive patents that touching upon even the slightest aspect would immediately result in a lawsuit.

This all-encompassing coverage of mobile phone system patent technology by the other side was the most important reason why domestic industries had wanted to achieve a breakthrough all these years, yet remained perpetually choked and suppressed!

Even if one could acquire the source code of the opponent's mobile phone system, it would be difficult to change the status quo.

The opponent's patent technology was too comprehensive; they might even claim that they were not afraid of anyone taking their source code.

Many technical masters in related domestic fields had not tried crawling the opponent's source code before.

Yet the conclusion remained that even with the source code, there was still no way to bypass the existing patent system, leaving them with no choice but to honestly pay hundreds of billions in patent fees to those companies every year.

This was the exact reason why those overseas netizens dared to act so arrogantly and mock them.

To this, Lin Yang merely smiled and said, "Of course I know that patents are the most troublesome aspect. That's why I'm not just acquiring their source code, but modifying and processing it to bypass a portion of their existing patented technologies!"

"Huh?"

Zhao Zizhen was taken aback once more, and then stammered, "You... young friend, are you certain?"

If they could really get their hands on the mobile phone system's source code and manage to modify it, then those tech companies would essentially have half of their power completely crippled!

"Of course. Once I get the source code for you and make slight modifications to bypass most of their patents, do you have the confidence to create an independent operating system based on their underlying source code?" Lin Yang asked again.

"That will definitely not be a problem!" Zhao Zizhen immediately replied.

Patents were one thing, but the reason the domestic front could not produce an independent system yet was because even when the other party open-sourced a portion of their code, it was never the true underlying logic source code.

In particular, a certain mobile phone operating system was completely independent, and its source code had never been leaked at all.

Without the true underlying logic source code, it was impossible to strip away from the foundational system, making it impossible to bypass the opponent's patents.

However, if they could obtain the opponent's genuine underlying logic source code, building an independent mobile phone system would not be a difficult task.

"That settles it then. I'll send you the modified mobile phone system source code shortly. You can throw together an independent system as a temporary transition first. When I have time later, I'll put together a brand-new system completely different from any existing mobile phone operating system architecture," Lin Yang said.

"Ah... ah?"

Zhao Zizhen was startled once again by Lin Yang's latter remark.

A brand-new system completely different from any existing operating system?

He was baffled.

Ye Guhong and the others, who were monitoring the call, were also dumbfounded once more.

Because suddenly, they found it somewhat difficult to intuitively comprehend what those words actually meant!

Lin Yang did not explain further to them, merely stating, "Just proceed by using the modified source code system I sent over. By the time you finish building it on your end, I should be able to finish researching and developing the brand-new mobile phone operating system."

"Alright, alright!"

Zhao Zizhen did not dare to ask too many questions and quickly agreed. Then, taking advantage of the fact that Lin Yang had not yet hung up the phone, he asked under Ye Guhong's signal:

"Young friend, are you still in Little Sakura? When do you plan to come back? Calculating the time, more than half of the domestic summer vacation has already passed."

Hearing this, Lin Yang immediately laughed and said, "Dean Zhao, you don't need to be anxious. I said I wouldn't continue studying abroad, and I will definitely return."

"Well... alright then. Young friend, you must take good care of yourself abroad! If you encounter anything at all, be sure to let us know immediately!"

Hearing Lin Yang say this, Zhao Zizhen tactfully refrained from saying anything more.

Lin Yang hung up the call directly and uploaded the packaged source code to the internal cloud drive used by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Acquiring the source code of the opponent's mobile phone system was simple. By offering the system a small amount of extra National Treasure Value as a service fee, he effortlessly obtained the underlying logic source code of the mobile phone operating systems that those major tech giant companies were most proud of.

This was much simpler and more convenient than going to the Windmill Country to retrieve the instruction manuals for photolithography machines or acquiring cultural relics.

Dealing with those physical objects required personally traveling there and engaging in disguise and camouflage.

But for things like mobile phone systems, anything connected to the internet could be directly scraped simply by paying the system a service fee.

Then, paying the system another small service fee, he had the system modify the source code.

Both operations cost a total of fifty points of National Treasure Value.

Afterward, Lin Yang quietly waited for the Chinese Academy of Sciences to build a low-level mobile phone operating system first, based on the source code he had sent.

Inside the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Upon receiving the source code sent by Lin Yang, Zhao Zizhen immediately gathered technical experts from related fields to work overtime on the system.

The new system stripped away from the foundational layer left these technical experts incomparably excited!

For these technical experts, having an independent new mobile phone system be born from their own hands was an indescribable honor!

Supported by this belief and drive, they completed the research, development, testing, and operation of the new system in just three days and two nights!

"Dean Zhao, that young friend is simply incredible! This new system is incredibly smooth and fluid. I think we can immediately hold a press conference to announce this new system!"

The head of this project had eyes tinged with bloodshot veins, yet he called Zhao Zizhen over with incomparable excitement to demonstrate the results.

After trying it out himself, Zhao Zizhen nodded slightly: "Whatever that person provides has always been the cream of the crop. Those giant companies are probably going to have trouble sleeping from now on."

Zhao Zizhen was also very excited.

Those companies had just announced a fifty percent increase in patent fees, and now they possessed a system of their own. One could imagine that once it was released, the executives of those giant companies would probably be angered to the point of cerebral hemorrhage on the spot.

He then summoned Wang Guang to prepare for the matters related to the press conference.

It was precisely at this moment, however, that Lin Yang's call came in once again.

Putting aside the arrangements for the press conference of the new system, Zhao Zizhen immediately answered the call.

"Dean Zhao, have you already completed the research, development, and operation of the new system?"

As soon as the call connected, Lin Yang's first sentence startled Zhao Zizhen, who then smiled bitterly and said, "Young friend, you are truly amazing. We did indeed just get it running successfully, and I was just about to send an email to notify you when you called. It seems all of this was within your calculations, young friend."

"This is my trust in our technical experts. With just this level of difficulty, I figured three days would be plenty of time."

Lin Yang replied casually and asked directly, "Are you planning to hold a press conference next to announce the new system?"

Zhao Zizhen was startled once more, then replied, "Nothing can escape your notice, young friend. We are indeed preparing to hold a press conference to announce the new system."

Possessing a brand-new, independent operating system was a major event!

On a grand scale, it benefited the country; on a smaller scale, it served the people! Naturally, it could not be delayed.

To this, Lin Yang smiled and said, "Dean Zhao, don't rush to hold the press conference just yet. I haven't been idle these past few days either. Do you remember what I said last time—that when you finished getting the new system running on your end, I should also be able to produce a completely new concept of an operating system?"

"I remember, of course I remember. Could it be that you've already made it, young friend?" Zhao Zizhen felt a shock in his heart.

"Yes. Now I'm sending the new system to you. Run it and check it out. If there are no issues, don't announce that independent system stripped from the source code at the upcoming press conference; announce this brand-new system of mine directly instead."

"Re... really made it?"

Lin Yang's reply completely dumbfounded Zhao Zizhen.

Ye Guhong and the three others monitoring the call also looked at each other in dismay.

Although none of them had forgotten the words Lin Yang said last time, to be honest, three days ago they could not intuitively comprehend what those words meant, and it was still the same now!

A brand-new system completely different from any existing operating system!

They had carefully studied those words afterward, and their conclusion was that Lin Yang might want to usher in a brand-new era of mobile phone operation—much like the epoch-making product transition from slate phones to smartphones back in the day.

They did not doubt Lin Yang's ability, nor did they doubt whether Lin Yang could accomplish such a feat.

The only issue was that if Lin Yang truly intended to do that, it would be almost impossible to complete in the short term.

Because an operating system, to a certain extent, was truly harder to research and develop than simply studying missiles!

Therefore, even though they had remembered those words, they never expected to see a finished product in the short term.

Yet only three days had passed, and Lin Yang was already saying it was done. How could this not shock them?

"I've already packaged and uploaded the brand-new mobile phone operating system. Download it and take a look, and then upload the independent system you just made as well. I have a use for it."

Lin Yang responded to Zhao Zizhen's words with practical action.

Zhao Zizhen immediately took a deep breath and said, "Alright, I'll upload it to you right away."

He did not even bother to ask Lin Yang what he needed the independent system for; he directly packaged the complete independent system and uploaded it to the cloud drive for Lin Yang to download.

Since Lin Yang said he needed it, it definitely had a purpose!

Just as he was uploading it, on the other end, the experts from the temporarily established mobile phone operating system project department also downloaded the new system Lin Yang had just uploaded.

And then...

Everyone froze in place!

"Th... thi... this is the conceptual ultra-smart control system we proposed earlier?!"

The eyes of the project department head, which were already slightly bloodshot, instantly turned crimson!

He was so excited that he leaped straight out of his chair.

Because the brand-new operating system Lin Yang sent them had, in a sense, transcended the level of a so-called mobile phone operating system!

It was neither an independent system stripped from the source code of those major tech giant companies, nor an extension built upon an independent system!

It was a true, complete, and utterly different epoch-making artificial intelligence control system!

It featured a completely new interactive paradigm and an entirely different operating experience.

Prior to this, such a model had existed solely as a concept!

Even those major tech giant companies had no way to make a breakthrough in mobile phone systems.

Yet now, the concept had become reality!!

The dense blocks of runtime code were so advanced that they couldn't even understand them!

"Dean Zhao, Dean Zhao!!"

The project head shouted for Zhao Zizhen like a madman!

He was truly so excited he was about to go crazy!

Although the independent system created over the past three days was already perfect enough, compared to the system before their eyes, it looked practically primitive!

"What happened? Why are you all so excited?"

Hearing the commotion, Zhao Zizhen rushed over. Just as he finished uploading the operating system, Lin Yang had hung up the phone. Hearing the head's shouts, he hurried over immediately.

"Dean Zhao, try it out for yourself and you'll understand."

The head directly handed the phone running the latest system to Zhao Zizhen.

A few seconds later.

Zhao Zizhen raised his head, his eyes filled with shock and a hint of bewilderment: "Is... is this the new system the young friend just sent us? Is this still a mobile phone operating system? Wouldn't it be more appropriate to call it an artificial intelligence system?"

"Haha, exactly! It's the new system just uploaded by that person. This is an unprecedented, epoch-making product. This time, we are probably going to soar!"

With crimson eyes, the head roared in excitement.

"From now on, it won't be us getting our necks choked; it will be those Western guys! Such an important mobile phone operating system—if they don't want to fall behind, they must keep up. But if they want to keep up, we'll be the ones collecting patent fees!!"

With those words spoken, the rims of everyone's eyes grew slightly moist.

Having their necks choked by the West for decades, they could finally hold their heads high with pride!

No!

It wasn't just holding their heads high—their status was about to undergo a profound transformation!

"Wang Guang, hold the press conference! Right now, immediately!!"

Zhao Zizhen's voice trembled!

He almost dared not imagine what kind of global shock wave it would cause when this super intelligent operating system was unveiled at the press conference!

Domestic netizens would probably be so thrilled that they would drive those Western netizens who had previously mocked them straight into autism!