Chapter 317 Black Lion Company

Lin Hong listened to the monthly meeting of cryptopunk completely, and the following discussion inspired him the most. In particular, the subsequent discussion on electronic money and the Diffey-Helman key exchange paper gave Lin Hong a better understanding of this field.

The Diffy-Helman key encryption system was actually released by two people in 1976, that is, Wittfield "Diffy and Martin" Helman, which is regarded as an epoch-making breakthrough in modern cryptography.

The RSA algorithm was invented in 1977 by Long "Rivester, Adi" Shamir and Leonard Adelman under the inspiration of Difi-Helman's paper. This is the first algorithm that can be used for both data encryption and digital signatures.

Lin Hong had seen this allusion in the library before. Later, after the three MIT researchers invented the RSA algorithm, they were worried that the country *** would lock these patents and even organize the algorithm for civilian use, so they put the RSA algorithm before applying for the patent. Published in public.

According to U.S. law, the inventor has one year to apply for a patent after the publication of an invention. However, in other countries or regions, patent applications must be made before they are published. Therefore, RSA can only obtain patent rights in the United States. That is to say, software such as BitCer and PGP that uses RSA's patented mathematics is legal overseas.

The Internet is a gray area of intellectual property rights, and no country's judicial power can be generally effective on the Internet. The way to avoid violating U.S. law is to publish a statement in the software to tell American software users that they have the responsibility to obtain a patent license from RSA to use the basic algorithm.

In fact, Lin Hong's bit messenger did not have this statement at the beginning. After it was completely open sourced and the management of the bit messenger was handed over to the community, the community's managers added this statement and completely eliminated the hidden dangers of violating American laws.

Password punk technicians can also be called hackers, such as password hackers or mathematical hackers, who are very different from web hackers in the usual sense. The activities and software they carry out are basically open to the public, so as not to violate the law as much as possible and expose their behavior to the sun.

This is a kind of conspiracy. Many people (such as government agencies) obviously don't want to see the development of these things and want to organize, but they can't do anything about it, because they have not violated the law. I can only watch their organization grow stronger and stronger, and give them more and more problems.

In fact, many members of the cryptopunk organization, many of whom are themselves, are staff of government agencies, and even members of the U.S. Congress. They also advocate the transmission of information and anonymous shopping.

Lin Hong was inspired by his memories and had a lot of ideas, but he was not in the mood to realize his ideas for the time being.

He returned to the Xingyi Taoist Hall, talked to the eldest brother, and then took the summer to meet Li Pu and others.

The formation of his security company requires the help of Mole members to proceed.

In the secret room, Lin Hong, Li Pu and Lao Long are having a secret conversation.

Lin Hong first told them his thoughts.

"In order to revenge, you also set up a special security company, which is too much fun, isn't it?" Lao Long said after listening to Lin Hong's words.

"Revenge is only one of the reasons. It is impossible for this security company to dissolve after revenge, and it can be done as a career." Lin Hong explained, "Are people like you really willing to live a plain life? Others dare not say it, but I know you two. At this age, it's not appropriate to fight and kill like before. It's better to set up a company to do it.

Lin Hong's meaning is obvious, that is, he wants to pull them into the water and form this company with him.

"Your elder brother also has a share?" At this time, Li Pu asked.

"Hmm!" Lin Hong nodded, "But he is the person in charge of Xingyi Daoguan. For the sake of future development, it is definitely not easy to directly relate to this kind of company, and he can only support it in private. The core source of the security company is still based on Xingyi Daoguan. The two sides can carry out in-depth cooperation and complement each other's resources.

Li Pu said, "This matter is a little tricky."

After being a mercenary for so many years, he naturally knows that those at the top management of EO don't have to show up at all, but they have both fame and fortune, and even politicians from all over the world are polite to them.

However, his pattern is still a little small. In the past, he only formed a mole group to toss around with his own personal charm. Lin Hong had such an idea before, but at that time, the time was not ripe at all. On the one hand, he had little experience, and on the other hand, he had little money.

Lao Long has no problem with this. He is a restless person. It's okay to live quietly in a place for a month or two. If he lives such a life every day, he will go crazy sooner or later.

When Lin Hong's proposal was first put forward, he was actually moved.

After everyone agreed, they began to discuss the specific details.

First of all, the name of the security company.

The name "mow" is a little too small, and naturally it will not continue to be used.

The three of them brainstormed for a long time before finally deciding on a name recognized by everyone - BlACKlION translated into Chinese as "Black Lion".

This name was named by Lao Long. He had been very dissatisfied with the name Mole before. He said that he had no momentum and suggested to change the name of the beast. Of course, Captain Li Pu did not take his opinion. This time, he finally mentioned his name and finally decided to use it.

Next is start-up capital.

The security company does not mean that it can be established. It takes a long time to accumulate, and it must be a loss-making business in the early stage, so it needs enough funds to maintain operation.

For this, Lin Hong has long been psychologically prepared. He set up another company for this purpose, and the previous assets have increased several times in the past few years with the help of Phylise.

The final decision is that Lin Hong directly invested 20 million US dollars at a time, accounting for 50% of the shares of the Black Lion Company. Li Pu and Lao Long contributed 1 million US dollars respectively, accounting for 15% of the shares. Zhang Cheng's side temporarily invested 500,000 US dollars by Lin Hong, accounting for 5% of the shares, and the remaining 15% depends on the Assign it to other members.

In the early stage, Li Pu and Lao Long are mainly responsible for the Black Lion Company. When it comes to major decisions, it is necessary to convene the main board members to discuss. Li Pu is the president of the company, in charge of everything, and Lao Long is responsible for military training, member training, etc.

Black Lion is positioned as a security company, with three main businesses: private security, military employment and commercial espionage.

The main source of the early employees will be the students of Xingyi Daoguan and the [from] mercenaries, veterans of special forces, etc. that Li Pu and others have previously cooperated with.

Black Lion's customers can be government departments, and of course, some private companies or large enterprises, such as banks, insurance companies, petrochemical enterprises, etc. You can even provide one-on-one private bodyguard service, as long as you can afford the price.

However, for the sake of the company's reputation and long-term development, they also have certain regulations on the nature of the task, and the company's business is mainly "protection" and "defense". The task of taking the initiative needs to be carefully considered, at least it cannot violate some of the most basic virtues, such as being hired to assassinate, kidnap or deal with civilians.

In fact, such rules already existed when they were "mice" before. They are not extremely vicious people, regardless of right and wrong, and they have their own set of standards in their hearts.

As for the headquarters of the Black Lion, they have also considered it for a long time.

In fact, the United States is a very suitable place, because there are many local mercenary companies, such as the Lord's War Alliance in the Hawaiian Islands, the MPRI Company of Virginia, the Butz-Allen Company in Washington, and so on.

These companies have a very close relationship with the U.S. government, because many of the people who founded the company are veterans of the U.S. military, and their soldiers are also officers and backbones of the former army.

However, it is precisely because of this that this industry is a very competitive industry in the United States. It is a little difficult for their newly established small company to make a name for themselves here.

In the end, they decided to set up their headquarters in Africa, near the edge of the Middle East, mainly because the situation there is usually chaotic and very loose in gun management. At the same time, it is easy to receive tasks and have many opportunities for training.

As for which country it is specifically set, we have to let Li Pu go on a field trip.

"Captain, Lao Long, I have other things to do. I can't stay here often for the time being. The things here can only depend on you. In addition, it will stay here in the summer. Lao Long, he has no experience in this field, and you have to practice him well.

Basically, everything is almost discussed, and the next specific thing depends on execution.

Lao Long smiled and said, "Don't worry, you are satisfied. I will make him a qualified man."

In the eyes of Lao Long, a qualified man must be the kind of person who can roll a few laps on the battlefield without damage and walk down naturally.

At this moment, the summer in the hall outside shivered involuntarily, and a chill rose from his tail vertebrae.

"Why does it suddenly feel so cold?" Summer muttered doubtfully.