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"So? Why did you just fill out one form for these two things and came back..."

I was sitting in a small office of the student union, facing the secretary of the student union across the table with a livid face who didn't even want to lift his head.

"Are you saying that what I just said was nonsense?"

Even a good-tempered person like me was completely irritated after encountering such obviously fault-finding behavior.

"Didn't I say that the origin of the recent virtual campus idol incident is the video during the winter vacation?"

After hearing what I said, the student union staff across the table raised their eyes slightly from the documents in hand and looked at me.Looking at the hill-like files on the table, I suddenly felt guilty for interrupting other people's work.

However, this is all an illusion.

"Oh, so it's you...the one that Bai Anshun told you, right?"

Yep, that's the thing.And because of your passive sabotage, this incident has developed into two incidents. If you continue to procrastinate like this, maybe something bigger will happen.

However, no matter how anxious I am, it's useless, everything depends on the face of the senior in front of me.

Xingmankong, a third-year student in C University, majoring in human resource management, is currently the vice president of the student union and the volunteer director general of the campus network technology center.Although he has a slightly literary name, he is actually a very bad person.If Du Juan was described as lawful and evil, then the vice president in front of him must be chaotic and evil.

The former harms the country and the latter harms people, but if you really deal with people around you, those who harm the country must be more popular than those who harm people.

On the penultimate day before school started, I confirmed from Shan Shangchuan that this was not a simple prank or some random hacker attack, but a deliberate plan with conspiracy and preparation.Although the purpose of this plan is still unknown so far, it is clear that the situation is still moving in the direction of the planner's plan.

"Luo Haofeng, do you have some misunderstanding?"

Xing Mankong swept half of the documents on the table away from his face, and then swept them into the trash can next to the table like throwing garbage.I have seen many times that I was still "seriously" processing the documents just now, but now I have thrown away all those documents.Although I was a little surprised at the beginning, after learning about Xingmankong's philosophy of life, I can only feel sad for the owner of those elements.

"You don't think I'm trying to find fault, do you?"

Leaning back on the huge swivel chair in the student union office that was more comfortable than the teacher looked, Senior Xingmankong finally set his sights on me.

"Although it looks like I'm deliberately finding fault, these are actually the normal rules and regulations of the student union. I didn't target you. You can see that they are all written on the wall~"

Pointing his thumb towards the wall behind him, he pointed to the fourth paragraph of Chapter 3 of the document entitled "Communication Principles for Handling Campus Computer Network Security Incidents Involving Third Parties":

"When the same safety issue involves different departments, two copies of the instructions need to be submitted to the relevant responsible persons of different departments for signature, and the completed instructions will be compiled and submitted to the student union with the signed and stamped department instructions."

Obviously, it didn’t seem to be written like this when I stepped here a week ago, but this place itself seems too ambiguous, so I can’t resist the content printed on it in black and white.

"I see."

No matter how unwilling, I still have to bow my head silently here.It's not because of Xingmankong's lust, but because of this room.

Paper Palace, this is the existence second only to Mirror Palace in the student system of this C University.If the Mirror Palace is a symbol of absolute power and represents the inviolable status of the Student Union in this school, then the Paper Palace is the Federation of Student Units above the authority level, referred to as the Student Union, StudentUnite, or SU- for short. The place where various functions are actually performed in the school.

The Mirror Palace is Chuantuo, the Paper Palace is Dilikas; the Mirror Palace is Tianmen, the Paper Palace is Zhonghai; the Mirror Palace is the Holy Grail, and the Paper Palace is the Great Holy Grail.

Just like the Palace of Mirrors, it is easy to understand literally, and the Palace of Paper is almost entirely made of paper. The four walls, the floor, the ceiling, and the file cabinets are all covered with various documents in black and white.The enchantment formed by these documents is definitely not something that can be dealt with simply by burning it.

Supporting the beautiful and shining mirror palace like a fairyland is the chaotic, inefficient and rotten paper palace like mud, and the owner of this palace is the star-filled sky in front of you.

The realization of all the various rules and regulations about C University is the real posture of this house. Even if one of the documents is torn up or set on fire, it will be because of the supplementary explanation clauses and systems of the relevant documents. Logically, it is perfectly matched and restored to its original state in an instant.Not only that, because it is too difficult to manage these files, in order to ensure that all systems are not mutually exclusive and can continue to operate reasonably, the files are all magically matched logically.

In other words, the entire Paper Palace is an adaptive, self-coordinated, anti-human system center. In this room, everything can only be carried out in accordance with the pre-written rules and regulations. No one can resist, sometimes even the managers Also feel a little headache.

"The student union relies on these rules and regulations to be able to operate normally... Sometimes inefficiency is the greatest efficiency... But it probably doesn't make sense to you."

Although I am not reconciled, I can only admit that as long as I see this room, my mind will stop turning. My knees are weak, as if I am about to kneel, and I feel the pressure from the system.

"Let's go back to the two things you said today, that is to say, a video file in the media center was tampered with, and the URL loaded from that video pushed a mobile app called "Campus Idol" These two things..."

Xingmankong roughly scanned the report that I spent two self-study classes on and said lightly.

"If I were really allowed to make a reply as the director-general of the Internet Center, these two cases would be marked as read and filed as unhandled cases...I left this on purpose because of your friendship with Bai Anshun Two cases to see if you can add anything."

My eyes were fixed on the report full of words, it seemed that because I was very concerned, Xingmankong finally didn't directly throw the two pieces of paper into the trash can beside the table.

"Senior...why did you do that?"

"Why do you say? Isn't it obvious? Let me ask you, what is the duty of our student council?"

Senior Xingmankong's sudden question almost made me blurt out the words "poisoning living beings". Maybe it's because I still have nostalgia for this life, maybe it's because of the binding effect of this paper palace. I said with difficulty:

"Serving students...?"

Xing Mankong seemed very satisfied with the result and chuckled lightly.

"That's right, but who are the students here?"

"Students...of course it means the students of this school."

I suspect I've fallen into some paradoxical trap, but that's the only answer I've had so far, isn't it?

"Yes, only those who live and study in this school in real life are considered students here." Xing Mankong raised the corner of his mouth, "But it is different in the Internet, anyone in the Internet can claim to be the student of this school." Students of the school can also pretend not to be students of this school, so the meaning of the word "student" becomes ambiguous. Although we don't need to care about those who don't want to admit that they are college students of c, but we have to Carelessly beware of those who claim to be c university students. Because no matter what, those "students" will affect the reputation of c university."

"Then what……?"

"Since the rules are so, we can only follow them. Of course, the result is that we are going to be exhausted..."

Xingmankong sighed, as if this topic brought up some painful memories, and the tone of voice revealed a complaint that was completely incompatible with the elite class of the student union.

"Even the student council president probably felt a little tired, so we changed the management rules."

"change?"

"The online world has the rules of the online world, and the real world has the rules of the real world. Once you realize this, you will understand that it is impossible to manage the online world with the rules of the real world."

From Xingmankong's mouth, I said unexpectedly rational words, even though I already have a prejudice against the student union and Xingmankong himself, I have to admit that this sentence is indeed very correct, so correct that I began to think about my own actions Where did it conflict with what Senior Xingmankong said.

"There are clear rules in the real world because rights are clearly defined in reality, but the shape of everyone on the Internet is inherently uncertain. You don't know which country you are talking to on the other side of the computer, and what kind of work you are doing. I don’t even know if it’s really a human being. And if you can’t specify a single rule for all individuals, then the rules would lose their meaning, wouldn’t they?”

Where did I start to lose my mind? Senior Xingmankong’s words are so politically correct that I can’t refute them at all. Even he himself seems to be shrouded in the holy light of Fuluna.

"Having said that, organizations that mean nothing have found the ultimate rules for managing the online world—as long as they don't affect the implementation of the rules in the real world, then all online behaviors are allowed. Well, although some organizations don't implement them yet. It’s in place, but the current standard of C University is like this~”

In an instant, the previous Buddha-like background and the auspicious clouds under Xingmankong's feet disappeared, and I fell back into the paper palace of reality.No matter how nice it is, the ultimate rule is fine...

"Isn't this an ostrich-like evasion policy?"

In other words, the student union is not ready to fight against the Internet, is it?

"No, this is the most perfect management mechanism at present... Or, do you have a better method than this?"

"For example, to formulate a set of independent rules for the development characteristics of the Internet..."

"It's easy to say~"

Xingmankong looked at me disdainfully, and pushed a piece of white paper and a pen in front of me.

"Then it's up to you to try to write something about the rules governing the Internet..."

"what?"

"Since you are so confident, then try to write a management rule that does not conflict with the rules of the real world and can reflect the characteristics of the online world. If you can succeed, I allow you to post the rules on the wall as official rules It will be carried out by the student council."

Although I know that if I don't write anything here, I will lose completely, but when I pick up the pen, I still feel the pressure from the whole paper palace.

No rules can be broken in this room, and any new rules made will be restricted by the old ones.Even if you want to write something casually, you will be unable to write because you are bound by the old rules.

all in all……

"Add as little regulation to the internet as possible without compromising cybersecurity."

When I wrote this extremely politically correct sentence on the paper, the ink on the white paper suddenly slid, and two lines of blank space were pulled out as little as possible and unaffected.

"Please define what does not affect network security?"

"Please define as few as possible?"

No, no, it will be endless if it goes on like this, I simply crossed out the content of the first line and the subsequent content will automatically disappear.

"Using the web to simplify all approval processes into a single window."

After I wrote this sentence again, countless red warnings appeared out of thin air as if the entire A4 paper was suddenly stained red with blood.

"This rule is related to Article [-], Item [-] of the school's logistics management system..."

"This rule is in line with Article [-] of the library management method..."

"This rule is related to..."

Full of conflicts and mistakes almost drowned the sentences I wrote before in a sea of ​​red.

"I gave up……"

I lowered my head and returned the pen and the waste paper to Xingmankong with a humble attitude. Xingmankong seemed to be satisfied with the ending, and folded the waste paper into an airplane and threw them one by one at the gate of the Paper Palace. Basket, one shot into the soul.

"Well, the break time is over, and the topic returns to the two incidents you mentioned this time..."

It turns out that the time I desperately squeezed out from studying and Ye Cheng's special training was just a moment of relaxation for him, I clenched my fists and pressed them on my knees.

"Chronologically speaking, the first thing is the issue of the media center being hacked. After our investigation, we did find that the media center was hacked, and a remote control mechanism was installed that could identify the visitor based on the terminal. The network management center has coordinated with the campus media center to clean up the designated server and repaired the possible attack path. If you go to the media center, you can already see normal video.”

"The second thing is the follow-up to the hacking of the media center. We received reports that the hacking of the media center was a malicious act to promote an app. We saved one of the video samples before cleaning the media center server, and replayed The promotion behavior claimed by the whistleblower has appeared. However, since the application connected to the link has no obvious malicious behavior, and the server after the jump is not within the scope of our school’s management, we decided to give up the pursuit.”

Xingmankong, who is working, skillfully wrote the above reply on my application form while talking like a machine, and then pushed it to me.

"This ending, are you satisfied?"

"Of course I'm not satisfied, the school idol app is becoming more and more popular in schools..."

"What's the problem?"

"Of course there is a problem, this is an app of unknown origin and..."

"I'm asking, does this conflict with our management plan? Even if it's an app of unknown origin, this campus idol app...will it affect the reputation of C University?"

"Well……"

I gritted my teeth and clenched my hands tightly, wanting to refute but couldn't give any reason.

"However, is it too late to wait until something goes wrong?"

"We are an organization that serves students in reality. We belong to the management organization of a real school. In the final analysis, we are the supervisory organization of this school that means "nothing". From a certain point of view, we are indeed inefficient Yes, this inefficiency is not because we cannot operate efficiently.”

Xing Mankong's eyes became sharper, and the eyes shot from the corners of his unruly black eyes seemed to penetrate me.

"Even as an ordinary person, you should be able to understand it? What problems will arise if a group of elites operate efficiently...?"

It's not a question but a rhetorical question, and I do know the answer. It was the first lesson Bai Anshun and Tian Yu taught me when I stepped into the university - the dualism between elites and ordinary people.

"So, the problem is not the external danger but the internal danger. It is precisely because we operate so inefficiently that the school can run so peacefully. If it is really necessary, it will not be your turn. Ordinary people take action. Even as the vice president of the student council, I can't deal with it. As long as Mr. Du Juan takes action, all heresies in this school... No, it should be said that the history, present and future of this school itself will be wiped out .”

It's like this again, even though I have already started to practice, I still encounter barriers due to my lack of ability. Senior Xingmankong ruthlessly stimulated my nerves.

"That's enough, I can go back now that the matter is settled..."

I suppressed the trembling of excitement and stood up from the chair, and walked towards the door with a gloomy face.

"I'll tell you one more thing~"

There was a starry sky behind me, and although I really wanted to slam the door out, my normal level of curiosity made me stay for a few seconds longer.

"Actually, if it wasn't you, but someone else from the news agency, I probably wouldn't have explained so many nonsense things. Although I am in charge of managing the Paper Palace, I hate nonsense the most."

「!?」

I suppressed my surprise and didn't turn around.

"If you really want to do it, you just have to work hard. As long as you have enough strength, these rules and regulations can be changed."

"Senior..." Why did you say such a thing?

Just to comfort me?

"Well, this is a return gift. After all, without you, my position as vice president of the student council would be lost...since half a year ago."

It turned out that it was because of my mistakes that Bai Anshun failed to become the vice president of the student union.

"So you have to work hard~ If it's you, maybe you can overturn everything..."

When I walked out of the paper palace at a loss, such words faintly entered my ears.