The staff quickly tilted the livestream camera down, filming only the people and not the screen, to avoid showing the specific details of the testing environment.
Jiang Yue glanced over the function in the testing environment and pointed at a spot on the screen. “You should probably tighten the boundary conditions of this recursion. When the data volume gets too large, you won't be able to control the depth, and it'll easily cause a stack overflow. Adding a protective condition here will make it more stable.”
The male employee's eyes widened, and he stared at him as if he had seen a ghost.
His name tag read “Wang Lei,” and his colleagues usually called him Engineer Wang.
A nearby colleague immediately leaned over, looked at the screen, and then at Jiang Yue, his voice trembling. “Engineer Wang, is he right?”
Wang Lei nodded slowly. “Yes... and I've actually been stuck on this exact problem for a long time.”
Beside them, Chen Jiaming curiously leaned in to take a look, but the characters on the screen were complete gibberish to him.
With a look on his face that said, “I have no idea what this is, but it seems impressive,” he patted Wang Lei on the shoulder with a straight face and said earnestly, “Listen to him. He did this in college. It's his specialty.”
The surrounding crowd burst into uncontrollable laughter and exclamations of awe.
“Holy crap! Case closed! He really is a programmer!”
“Teacher Chen Jiaming's expression is literally me! I don't understand the world of straight-A students, but I'm deeply shook!”
“Jiang Yue, don't be too ridiculous. Are you sweeping the office or fixing bugs for the platform on the side?”
The bullet comments in the livestream scrolled even faster.
【What do you mean he's a programmer?! Jiang Yue, did you come to sweep the office or for a technical exchange?!】
【Best Actor Chen: Who am I? Where am I? What you young people are talking about didn't even exist in my day!】
【A computer science academic god playing a spy agent, and a veteran actor playing a powerful tycoon. What kind of god-tier casting combination is this!】
Next up was the pre-scheduled interactive game segment.
Holding a microphone, the female host managed the stage with a beaming smile. “Today, we have invited two lead actors from 《The Hidden Sentry》. In the drama, Zhou Jinnan is a master of making money, while Lu Cheng is at the pinnacle of power. Let's test their professional skills.”
The first task was drawn by Jiang Yue: “Please pitch a product to this employee in the style of Zhou Jinnan.”
Jiang Yue pointed to the code monkey from earlier. He took the spare phone prepared by the crew, and the moment he pressed speakerphone to simulate a call, his entire aura shifted abruptly.
His back curved slightly, his shoulders relaxed a bit, and a shrewd, familiar smile appeared on his face, his eyes gleaming with clever calculation.
Even though he was still wearing his hoodie, everyone saw Zhou Jinnan in that very second.
“Oh, Engineer Wang, is that you? It's me, Xiao Zhou!”
He laughed into the phone, lowering his voice with a hint of warmth between close acquaintances.
“Yes, yes, yes. Well, I happen to have some idle... server computing power on hand.”
“I see your platform's traffic has been huge lately, so you definitely need to expand your capacity. Don't rush to hang up, let me finish first.”
He looked around, turning slightly to the side as if he were truly afraid competitors might overhear.
“This batch of goods is the real deal, and the price is absolutely fair. Since we're brother companies, I can give you an insider price. We can negotiate.”
“If you're worried, I can even throw in an operations and maintenance plan. If anything goes wrong, just come to me. When has Xiao Zhou ever screwed over his own people?”
Wang Lei laughed so hard he almost slid off his chair, waving his hands repeatedly. “I'll buy it! I'll buy it, alright?!”
The host was also laughing so hard she almost forgot her lines. As a host for the platform, she naturally knew Wang Lei, so she smiled and said, “Engineer Wang, snap out of it. This is a sales pitch, not an actual procurement process.”
Jiang Yue immediately put away the phone. As Zhou Jinnan's slick persona vanished, he returned to the fresh, clean Jiang Yue.
Applause and laughter filled the room as several employees raised their hands and shouted, “One more!”
The second task was drawn by Chen Jiaming: “Please read a cybersecurity notice for the IT department in the tone of Lu Cheng.”
The room quickly fell silent as everyone's eyes focused on Chen Jiaming.
Chen Jiaming cleared his throat and picked up the sheet of A4 paper that read, “All colleagues, please update your passwords promptly. Weak passwords are strictly prohibited.” His eyes sharpened, and the naturally authoritative aura of Lu Cheng emerged.
Instead of reading it directly, he first scanned the room with a scrutinizing gaze.
The employees who had been cheering earlier instinctively stood a bit straighter, and even the hands holding phones to record became much steadier.
In a deep voice that sounded like it belonged in a surround-sound system, he read word by word, “Notice.”
“Effective immediately, all ports must update their security keys. Anyone using a weak password will be considered to have left the defensive line wide open. Their account privileges will be frozen.”
He put down the paper, locking his gaze forward. “Repeat, this is not a suggestion. It is an order.”
The room was quiet for a few seconds before erupting into thunderous applause and uncontrollable laughter.
“That was amazing! I feel like if I don't change my password, I'll be fired tomorrow!”
“Hahaha, Director Lu giving an online lecture! I'm going to change mine right now! To an eighteen-character one!”
“This is the first time I've felt a cybersecurity notice carry so much pressure.”
The host struck while the iron was hot. “Then, Teacher Jiang Yue, as Zhou Jinnan, do you have anything to add?”
Jiang Yue looked at Chen Jiaming, thought for a moment, and then replied in Zhou Jinnan's characteristically casual, lazy tone, “Chief Lu has spoken, so what could I possibly have to add? Colleagues, make your passwords a bit more complex so people can't crack them on the first try. If something really goes wrong and Chief Lu sits in judgment, I wouldn't dare plead on your behalf.”
Chen Jiaming looked at him unhurriedly. “It wouldn't do you any good even if you did.”
With their back-and-forth, the dramatic tension from the show clashed with their off-screen relaxed chemistry, prompting another wave of laughter from the crowd.
The lighthearted, down-to-earth office sweep was turned into a massive sitcom by this wonderful duo, and the variety show vibes were off the charts.
Before they left, the platform staff wheeled out a giant signature board for 《The Hidden Sentry》, asking the two lead actors to sign it.
Chen Jiaming signed his name in a neat, steady hand, while Jiang Yue added a line next to his name: “See you on October 1st.”
Someone nearby suddenly shouted, “Does Zhou Jinnan die in the end?”
Typically, Republican-era dramas liked to drop a tragic twist at the end, so many people suspected whether the protagonist would die.
Jiang Yue's pen paused. He looked up and smiled. “For this question, go ask Director Xu on Weibo. I wouldn't dare leak any spoilers in advance.”
The staff burst into laughter, and the bullet comments flooded the screen again.
【Jiang Yue's speed at passing the buck... Teacher Han Song would probably find this very familiar.】
【Director Xu: Sitting peacefully at home, yet a blame-bomb lands from Penguin.】
【Don't ask. If you do, the answer is 'see you on October 1st.'】
On the car ride back, Jiang Kaiwen looked at the skyrocketing data on his phone, his face flushed with excitement.
“Third Brother, Brother Chen, we're number one on the trending topics! #WhenSpyAndBestActorSweepTheOffice#! The cumulative views of related short videos across the internet have broken a hundred million! Our studio's official account has gained three hundred thousand followers!”
After speaking, he looked down to refresh the page, his voice rising even higher. “Wait, it rose again. Also, that software engineer from earlier, Wang Lei, just posted on Weibo saying Teacher Jiang Yue saved his project schedule.”
Sitting next to him, Chen Jiaming couldn't help but chuckle. “Xiao Jiang, if the platform's promotional team can't afford you in the future, they might hire you to sit in the tech department for a couple of days instead.”
Leaning back against his seat, Jiang Yue replied with a smile, “Well, they'd have to pay me extra for that.”
Jiang Kaiwen immediately chimed in, jokingly agreeing, “I'll text Sister Qing right away. We need to charge a technical consulting fee; we can't work for free.”
Just as he finished speaking, a message arrived on his phone.
Jiang Kaiwen glanced down at it. Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.
It was a schedule reminder from Su Qing. After reading it, the smile on his face gradually faded.
“Third Brother, Sister Qing says this is just the appetizer. The premiere the day after tomorrow is just as important.”
The laughter in the car slowly died down.
The premiere, which invited media, fans, and bloggers to interact with the cast and crew on-site, would be the true opening shot of 《The Hidden Sentry》's official entry into the National Day holiday slot battlefield.
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