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00:00My billionaire CEO wife never imagined that under the gauge of company restructuring and cutting
00:04prices, she was actually firing me just to let her new boy toy take my place. Instead of getting mad,
00:08I just laughed and threw my ID bag right back at her. To kill two birds with one stone, I
00:12handed
00:12her the signed divorce papers as a bonus. Everyone thought I was just throwing a tantrum. Little did
00:15they know, without me and the custom firewall built by a top-tier hacker, this pathetic company
00:20would have gone bankrupt a dozen times over. The company was holding an executive meeting.
00:25My wife's assistant was at the door checking IDs. For everyone else, she was all smiles.
00:28Julian, Sylvia took pity on you and gave you a manager title. Don't think you're actually
00:33important. I pulled out my phone and made a call. Someone just told me my position here
00:37is a pity hire from you. Are you serious? It's a trivial matter. Just drop it. I'm busy.
00:42Bye. She clearly heard that and stepped aside to let me in. The moment I walked in, they
00:46looked at me like I had the plague. Within seconds of me sitting down, others would immediately
00:49switch seats. But I didn't care. Thank you all for attending this executive management
00:53meeting. Since Sylvia isn't here yet, I'll briefly kick things off on her behalf.
00:57The assistant started hosting. At first, it was just standard business updates, position
01:01changes, and boring stuff. I checked my phone out of boredom. Since the company's revenue
01:04dropped 3% this quarter, the board believes that reasonable budget cuts are necessary.
01:08When she said that, everyone gave me this gloating look. The cybersecurity department
01:13will be disbanded first. You haven't brought in any profit for years, and it's just you
01:17in the department. It's a terrible look for the company. Are you sure you're actually
01:21disbanding my department? Come on, Julian. Is it not clear enough for you? If you can't
01:27accept it, maybe do some self-reflection. Disrespecting Chloe means disrespecting Sylvia.
01:31You didn't know that, did you? I'm monitoring the firewall data to stop any virus from breaching
01:36our core data. How is that disrespecting Sylvia in your eye? What's the point of monitoring?
01:40We've never even heard of any real threat. Exactly. You probably just slack off in your
01:43office, and now you pretend to be working hard. Stop pretending. You're because Sylvia
01:46is almost here. We get at their hostile faces, simply because Wong Watt had never been breed.
01:51Since that's how it is, I don't need to play nice anymore. Without me, you'd all be on the streets.
01:54Who are you to bark orders at me? Let me be perfectly clear. The cybersecurity department
01:58is the most critical part of this company. Got it? Who gave you the audacity to think
02:02you're so important? Sylvia? Don't be naive, Julian. Shut up. Shut up.
02:08It was Sylvia, my wife. The boardroom instantly fell silent. Her secretary hurried to stand
02:11behind her. Julian, stop your fear-mongering right now. Your posturing only makes me sick.
02:15I thought she was telling her assistants to shut up, but clearly she meant me.
02:18I regret all don't understand why my grandfather insisting a freelater like you win. Who do you
02:22think you are? Doesn't need you. It makes me think of five years ago. Julian, stop your
02:27fear-mongering right now. Your posturing only makes me sick. I froze for a second. I thought
02:34she was telling her assistant to shut up, but clearly she meant me. I regret ever letting
02:39you join the company. I still don't understand why my grandfather insisted on bringing a freeloader
02:45like you in. Who do you think you are? The Sterling Group doesn't need you. It makes
02:51me think of five years ago, when the company was on the brink of collapse. Julian, thank
02:56you for stepping in to help. Later, through her late grandfather's will, we were brought
03:00together. I fell in love with her at first sight. Otherwise, knowing my personality, I
03:05never would have married her. You're so good to me, Julian. I always thought even if she
03:10didn't fully love me, she at least cared for me. That's why I agreed to the marriage.
03:14I never expected our five-year marriage to be a complete joke. As time passed, she completely
03:19forgot everything I did for her. You want to shut down the cybersecurity department? Fine.
03:24You go get the board of directors to vote on it. If they approve, I'll step down. I only
03:29joined this company because of the trust your late grandfather placed in me, not because
03:32of anyone sitting in this room. What is this? Are you using his will to threaten me? What
03:37else can you do besides hiding behind his legacy? I have no idea what he saw in you to force
03:42you into the company, but you've done nothing but be a parasite here. Looking at Sivia, I
03:47couldn't see a tris of the woman I used to know. Julian, the CEO has made it clear. You're
03:54a grown man. There's no need to be so pathetic. Why make a scene? Let's just part ways peacefully.
04:00Act like a man, Julian. Stop whining. I was confused at first, but seeing these guys gang
04:05up on me, it all makes sense now. If I recall correctly, there were rumors about these guys
04:10taking kickbacks, cooking the books and making dirty money. Yet Sylvia still trusts them blindly.
04:16I don't know what she even learned in business school. Mr. Thompson, just because I refused
04:20to cook the books and set up your shady sites, did you really have to come after me like this?
04:25And Mr. Lewis, Mr. Davis, you guys have been so eager to kick me out. Whose toes did my
04:30cybersecurity department step on? What kind of baseland slander is this? When have a baseland
04:36drander, Steppel? When have I ever talked to you about that? Do you have any proof?
04:43You useless piece of trash slandering our top executives on your way out.
04:47Top executives? Which one of the people standing here actually deserves that title?
04:51That half million dollar watch on Mr. Thompson's wrist? He can't exactly afford that on a salary,
04:56can he? And didn't Mr. Davis just buy a multi-million dollar oceanfront villa?
05:00You, you're spouting absolute nonsense. I've been in this seat since the company was founded.
05:05Without my loyalty, you wouldn't even have your pathetic secricarcity department.
05:08How dare you speak to us like that? I have bled for this company for years. I earned every single
05:13penny. My conscience is crystal clear. Sylvia has no idea. Without me, the Sterling Group would
05:18have been charved up and sold long ago. The little crumbs they sclimmed came from a back door left by
05:23the last coder. I patched it the moment I found it. Otherwise, this place would be bankrupt.
05:27The company is rotting from the inside, and she sits on her CEO throne, completely blind to it all.
05:35If it wasn't for my code, they would have gone under a dozen times in the past five years.
05:43Sylvia, I'll ask you one last time.
05:46Are you absolutely sure you want me gone?
05:48She froze, taking a moment to snap back to reality.
05:52Yes.
05:53Julian, I suggest you pack your things and leave quietly.
05:56This company doesn't need a deadbeat who takes a paycheck for nothing.
05:59And another thing.
06:00Don't you dare go crying to Arthur.
06:02If you do,
06:04I will despise you
06:06for the rest of your life.
06:08Relax.
06:09I haven't sunk that low yet.
06:12Sylvia,
06:13I just hope from now on,
06:14you don't regret this decision.
06:17I pulled out my ID badge
06:19and slammed it on the conference table in front of everyone.
06:22I was about to walk out,
06:24but Celia suddenly called out to me.
06:27Since you've made everything clear,
06:29I won't pretend anymore.
06:32I want a divorce.
06:34Julian, let's be clear.
06:37I have never loved you.
06:38Relax.
06:39I haven't been flattering myself that much.
06:41How could Sylvia think after everything she's done
06:43that I would still have any feelings for her?
06:45Even if she didn't bring it up.
06:47I was going to file for divorce tomorrow anyway.
06:50Let's treat these five years as a bad dream.
06:53That's a very wise move, Mrs. Sterling.
06:56I really don't see any future with a guy like him.
06:58Exactly.
06:59He's just a worthless loser.
07:01He doesn't deserve you at all.
07:03Good thing it hasn't been that many years.
07:05It's best to cut your losses now.
07:09Have you figured out how you're going to explain this to Arthur?
07:12That's none of your business.
07:13You just pack up and leave.
07:16I will explain everything to my grandfather myself.
07:20She thought of something and almost smirked.
07:22Five years together, I immediately knew what that meant.
07:25She's probably counting on Arthur's favoritism
07:28and has already cooked up an excuse.
07:31What?
07:32Thought of something that makes you so happy?
07:35Already got a replacement in mind?
07:37That's none of your damn business!
07:40Even if I do, he'd be a million times better than you.
07:43You're an employee about to be fired.
07:45What right do you have to ask about this company's future hires?
07:47The other executives immediately chimed in.
07:51Just get out already!
07:52Why are you still standing here shamelessly?
07:55A grown man dragging his feet like this?
07:57Aren't you afraid of being a laughingstock?
08:00If I'm really leaving,
08:01I'll be taking the firewall I developed with me
08:03because it's my own creation
08:06and I'm not leaving it for anyone else to exploit.
08:13Is that all?
08:14What's the point of this garbage?
08:16You sit around doing nothing
08:18and we haven't seen a single virus threat.
08:21It's a piece of junk nobody needs.
08:24Yet you treat it like gold.
08:27My eyes are only on Sylvia.
08:29What do you think?
08:29There's obvious hesitation on Sylvia's face.
08:32As an executive, she knows the core firewall is crucial.
08:35She didn't expect me to go this far.
08:37At first, maybe she just wanted to push my team out.
08:40She may have thought I was dead weight all these years,
08:43but she never once doubted my skills.
08:45Then, footsteps echo from the door.
08:48In walks a guy around my age,
08:50dressed in a tailored suit.
08:51He meets my gaze with absolute arrogance.
08:54Julian, take down your little firewall if you want.
08:57Now that I'm here,
08:58the company doesn't need you anymore.
09:01That's enough, Julian.
09:03Just pack up and leave.
09:05I don't need this garbage you wrote.
09:07I led Sylvia and her little pet straight to my cubicle.
09:11I opened my laptop and in a few keystrokes,
09:15took down the firewall.
09:17Is this architecture from the stone age?
09:20I don't know what you were even bragging about.
09:23I could break through this firewall with a single line of code.
09:27A true expert.
09:28Glad he noticed.
09:30This is Carter.
09:31I paid a fortune to recruit him from Silicon Valley.
09:34He's a cyclocurity genius.
09:36He runs his own tech firm out there,
09:38specializing in firewalls.
09:40He's in a completely different league than you.
09:44I took my hands off the keyboard and pretended to listen.
09:47Is that right?
09:49Carter, is that amazing?
09:51Tell me, who exactly trained you?
09:55Harvard, MIT, or...
09:58I am self-taught.
10:00Got into it back in college.
10:05What?
10:06Didn't make it into the Ivy League?
10:09Jealous because I'm better than you?
10:12Faced with his taunts,
10:13I just let out a meaning snuff.
10:15Not even professionally trained,
10:16I lost all interest in talking to him.
10:19We are fundamentally not from the same world.
10:21Julian, what is your problem?
10:23Looking down on Carter?
10:27I was just testing to see if Ayn he was someone from the inner circle.
10:31When you reach a certain level,
10:32you get to see the real gods.
10:34The top titans all know each other.
10:36Back when my tentor took me under his wing,
10:38I had already met countless legends.
10:40A guy like Carter,
10:42let alone comparing him to others,
10:44doesn't even have the right to be in my presence.
10:49Don't worry, at Sylvia.
10:51I've got everything under control.
10:53I promise you,
10:54I'll write code that's ten times better
10:56and way more solid than his garbage.
10:58A loser like him?
11:00If the company hadn't been carrying his dead weight all these years,
11:03he would have been kicked to the curb ages ago.
11:06I don't even know why he's still hanging around like a stray dog.
11:10I have total faith in you.
11:12You're the new head of network now.
11:14I packed up my stuff.
11:15Couldn't stand another second of their sickening sweet talk,
11:18so I just left.
11:19Just as I walked out the front doors,
11:21I thought I heard someone call my name.
11:23Julian!
11:26You finally figured it out,
11:28haven't you?
11:29About me and Sylvia.
11:31Word is,
11:31she was still a virgin after all those years with you.
11:35Thanks for keeping my future wife so pure for me, man.
11:38So what?
11:41At least you two are even now.
11:43Didn't she let you leech off the company for years?
11:46What did you just say?
11:49Listen to me, Carter.
11:51Without me,
11:52hiring an amateur like you
11:53means this company is doomed.
11:56My biggest regret
11:58is sweating blood for you.
12:00Entitled frauds.
12:02Julian, what the hell are you doing?
12:08You don't assault people
12:10just because you can't handle losing.
12:12Just proves how pathetic you are.
12:14You're a total loser.
12:16You resort to violence
12:18because you have zero talent.
12:22You make me absolutely sick.
12:26I never want to see your face again.
12:28You're not even half the man Carter is.
12:34So it was always just me acting the fool.
12:36Fine.
12:37From now on,
12:38whatever happens to Sterling Group
12:39is none of my business.
12:40Get lost.
12:41Don't you dare curse my company.
12:43We are officially done.
12:44Who the hell do you think you are?
12:46You don't decide my company's fate.
12:49What a joke.
12:50We're forced to cold smirk.
12:51Let's see if she'll still be smiling later.
12:54Just then,
12:54an extended luxury car
12:55pulled up right in front of the building.
12:57As the door opened,
12:58a silver-haired old man
12:59with an undeniable presence
13:00was helped out.
13:01Let me see who exactly
13:02is trying to kick Julian out.
13:04I was slightly taken aback.
13:06Arthur Sterling?
13:10Grandfather?
13:10Aren't you supposed to be
13:11at the recovery center?
13:13The recovery center?
13:14If I had stayed there any longer,
13:16you would have run this company
13:18into the ground!
13:20Apologize to Julian
13:22right now!
13:23Grandfather,
13:24I don't care who told you these things.
13:27But why does it always have to be Julian?
13:29What if I insist on using Carter?
13:32Arthur frowned,
13:33his sharp eyes
13:34evaluating the man beside her.
13:36He is completely unworthy.
13:38At those words,
13:39Sylvia's face fell instantly.
13:41You always do this!
13:42Trying to control my life
13:44ever since I was a child!
13:46I must use Carter today.
13:48And not just because of his skills.
13:51I am pregnant with his child.
13:54The moment those words left my mouth,
13:56the silence was deafening.
13:58Five years of marriage.
14:00You've been cheating on me all along!
14:03No wonder you were in such a race
14:05to divorce me today!
14:06You!
14:07Have you completely lost
14:09your sense of shame?
14:11How could a sterling stoop so low?
14:13I hope you can learn to accept us.
14:16Grandfather,
14:17we are truly in love.
14:20Accept you?
14:21You expect me to bless
14:22this absolute disgrace?
14:24I knew she'd cross the line,
14:26but not like this.
14:30You ungrateful disgrace!
14:33How dare you drag our family name
14:36through the mud!
14:37Mr. Sterling, please.
14:38I genuinely love Sylvia.
14:40Get your hands off my cane
14:42and back the hell off!
14:44Arthur gasps for air.
14:45The assistant quickly pulls out
14:47an oxygen tank.
14:48Sylvia tries to step forward
14:50with teary eyes.
14:51After Arthur catches his breath,
14:53don't you dare call me grandfather!
14:57Suddenly, Sylvia's phone rings.
15:00She answers but forgets
15:01to turn off the speaker.
15:03Mrs. Sterling, it's a disaster!
15:05Someone is attacking the firewall
15:06and it's barely holding up!
15:08The alarms are blaring!
15:10Why today of all days?
15:12Carter immediately steps forward.
15:14Don't worry.
15:16Leave it to my firewall.
15:17I just stand aside
15:18and smile in silence.
15:20My firewall can simply ignore
15:21this level of cyber attack.
15:23So of course,
15:23no alarms will sound.
15:25Carter's firewall lasted
15:26less than a minute.
15:30Carter took a step back
15:31in disbelief.
15:33This is impossible!
15:35I followed the tutorial
15:36step by step!
15:37It can't go wrong!
15:38Is that so?
15:39Which online tutorial was it?
15:41Shut up!
15:43That's none of your business!
15:45You're just kicking me
15:46when I'm down!
15:47Didn't even have to guess.
15:49Some cheap online course
15:50taught him just enough
15:52to inflate his fragile ego.
15:54What are we gonna do?
15:56The firewall is gone.
15:58I watched the old man's body tremble.
16:00Mr. Sterling, please, breathe.
16:03The core files are still secured
16:04by my defense.
16:05This level of breach
16:06can't touch them yet.
16:09Carter, you have to save the company.
16:11If the core data leaks,
16:13we are completely ruined.
16:15Carter took the laptop
16:16from the secretary,
16:17only to realize his system
16:19was already compromised
16:20the second he booted it up.
16:22Nothing but hacker taunts
16:23and a data leak in progress.
16:26What do I do?
16:27I don't know how to fix this!
16:29It's over.
16:30We're completely ruined.
16:32Sylvia saw me on the sidelines,
16:34looking completely unfazed.
16:36She remembered,
16:37I'm a programmer too,
16:38and grabbed Meek a lifeline.
16:40Julian, you know computers, right?
16:41You must know how to fix this!
16:43Yeah, I know,
16:44but that has nothing
16:45to do with me anymore.
16:48Did you forget?
16:49Sylvia, you just fired me.
16:52I don't work for your company anymore.
16:54You...
16:54Seeing her usual entitlement
16:56mean nothing here,
16:57she was stunned.
16:58Just this once.
17:00Can't you just help me?
17:02Six figures just to start,
17:04and no cap.
17:06Sylvia looked helpless
17:07when she realized
17:08I wasn't bluffing,
17:09turning her gaze to Arthur.
17:11You have the nerve
17:12to order Julian around?
17:13Years ago,
17:14even the elite
17:15couldn't afford him.
17:16And you think
17:17you can just snap your fingers?
17:19Grandpa,
17:19what are you talking about?
17:20You blind fool!
17:22Did you still think
17:23Julian is just
17:24some average coder?
17:25I had to cash in
17:26a major favor
17:27just to bring him here.
17:28A world-class hacker!
17:29Marrying him to you
17:31was doing you
17:31a massive favor.
17:35Him?
17:36Yes, Julian.
17:38I arranged this marriage
17:39to secure your future.
17:40And look at you now.
17:42What have you done?
17:43Carrying some other man's bastard!
17:47You are an absolute disappointment
17:49to the sterling name.
17:52Sylvia clearly hasn't realized
17:53the gravity of the situation.
17:55The massive shock
17:56left her completely stunned.
17:57But her look towards me
17:58has changed.
18:02Did you honestly think
18:03I brought him in
18:04just to build a basic firewall
18:06for your subsidiary?
18:07She is completely paralyzed now.
18:09That was merely a side job.
18:11His real task
18:12was to protect the group
18:13and our government joint project,
18:16Project Sentinel.
18:17Otherwise,
18:18if this intel leaks out,
18:20the fallout could crash
18:21the entire global market.
18:23You absolute fool!
18:25The hackers who breached
18:27my firewall,
18:28their target was
18:29Project Sentinel.
18:30They specifically
18:32infiltrated your company.
18:34But how could such
18:36highly classified files
18:38be stored in...
18:40Shut your mouth!
18:41I'll deal with you
18:42and Sylvia later.
18:44You are an absolute disgrace
18:46to the sterling family.
18:47I leave this in your hands now.
18:50Take good care of it
18:50from now on.
18:51Arthur turned around
18:53and headed straight for his car.
18:54Grandpa!
18:55You clean up the mess you made.
18:57Weren't you so capable,
18:58didn't you want to be free
18:59from my control?
19:01Pregnant with his child
19:02and you still have the nerve
19:03to ask me?
19:05Sterling Group is far more
19:06than just your little branch.
19:07Sylvia was completely paralyzed.
19:09As for Carter,
19:09his system crashed.
19:10It was dead for good.
19:11Just as I finished
19:12enjoying the show
19:13and was about to leave,
19:14Sylvia grabbed me.
19:15Julian, I was wrong.
19:16I was so blind.
19:17I never should have
19:18treated you like that.
19:19Please, I beg you,
19:20save the company's
19:21lost database.
19:24Why should I help you?
19:25Didn't Arthur make it clear?
19:27My rate starts
19:28at six figures now.
19:30And honestly, Sylvia,
19:32you can't even afford me.
19:34I'm way past that pathetic salary
19:36your company paid me.
19:38I'm willing to make this work.
19:39Isn't that enough?
19:41I was wrong, Julian.
19:43Please, just give me
19:44one more chance.
19:45Sylvia, you can't be doing this.
19:48Back off!
19:49Get out of here, you fraud!
19:51Get the hell out!
19:54Come back to me, Julian.
19:56I promise you,
19:57at the company,
19:58no one will ever
19:58look down on you again.
20:01Save it.
20:02Enjoy your new family
20:03with Carter.
20:06It's only been a few days.
20:07What exactly
20:08are you trying to do?
20:10I got the divorce papers.
20:12Julian, how could you
20:13file for divorce against me?
20:14You cheated first.
20:16Of course I filed for divorce.
20:17Can't you just help me
20:18one last time
20:19for Arthur's sake?
20:21The company is really
20:22going under.
20:23I knew she was only
20:24here for this.
20:26Sylvia, you never reflect
20:27on your own mistakes,
20:28do you?
20:28Did you get Arthur's
20:29permission to come here?
20:31Sylvia, you only remember me
20:32when I'm useful to you.
20:34Five years.
20:35Turns out I was
20:35the only one trying.
20:36Arthur, it's Julian.
20:38Sylvia is here with me.
20:39Julian, make your own decision.
20:41Do what you have to do.
20:43I'm sorry, but
20:44I'm not going to clean up
20:45your company's mess anymore.
20:51It's not fair.
20:53Arthur is completely biased.
20:55I was the one
20:55who was supposed
20:56to get everything.
20:57And you, Julian,
20:59how can you be
21:00so damn heartless?
21:01I just shrugged,
21:02completely numb
21:02to her breakdown.
21:04You chose this path, Sylvia.
21:06You have no one to blame
21:07to blame but yourself.
21:11Julian, please.
21:13Won't you just listen
21:13to me for one second?
21:16I know I messed up.
21:18Please, I'm begging you.
21:20I ignored her pathetic cries.
21:22She eventually stumbled
21:23away in defeat.
21:24I received another offer,
21:25only this time
21:26it wasn't for Sylvia's
21:27little sandbox.
21:27It was a formal invitation
21:29to the core of Sterling Group.
21:30Welcome back.
21:31Invited by Arthur himself,
21:33I walked into the Sterling building
21:34as the new head
21:35of Psy Security.
21:35I soon noticed
21:37that Arthur had already
21:37cleared out those
21:38corrupt executives.
21:39I spotted Sylvia
21:40crying in the cubicles.
21:41We locked eyes
21:42but I didn't care
21:43to look twice.
21:43From that moment on,
21:44we lived in entirely
21:45different worlds.
21:46We were done.
21:48Guards standing at attention
21:49before we even
21:50pulling pull up.
21:51This isn't Arthur's car
21:52but it commands
21:53more respect than the CEO's
21:54because I'm in it.
21:55Ever since that day
21:56at Sylvia's pathetic
21:57little branch office,
21:58word spread fast.
21:59The useless guy
22:00she fired
22:01is actually the elite
22:02hacker Arthur hired
22:03to protect the company's
22:04highest secrets.
22:06Mr. Julian,
22:08Mr. Sterling is already
22:09waiting for you
22:09in the boardroom.
22:11A stark contrast
22:11to the cold shoulders
22:13I used to get.
22:18Julian, come in.
22:19Please take a seat.
22:25This very scene
22:26made every board member
22:27hold their breath.
22:28Arthur had never been
22:29this polite to anyone.
22:30I called Julian here today
22:31for two main reasons.
22:36First, I am officially
22:38appointing you
22:39as the global head
22:40of Cybercalogy
22:41for the Sterling Group.
22:43You will have direct
22:43control over all
22:44sequential networks
22:45and branch systems.
22:46Your compensation level
22:47will be set to the
22:47absolute highest standard
22:48of the group.
22:49Core data was nearly breached.
22:51Executives collude
22:52for personal gain.
22:54Furthermore,
22:54her infidelity violates
22:56the morality clause.
22:57I have already convened
22:58the board.
22:59Her status as the Sterling heir
23:00is completely revoked.
23:02She is demoted
23:03to a basic entry-level
23:04employee in the Cubals
23:05and she is permanently
23:06stripped of all
23:07inheritance rights.
23:09The board nods
23:10in agreement.
23:10No one objects.
23:11At Sterling,
23:12his word is law.
23:13As for those executives
23:14who took kickbacks
23:15and tried to frame Julian,
23:18they are all terminated.
23:21Hand them over
23:21to the authorities.
23:22Investigate everyone.
23:24Arrest whoever needs
23:25to be arrested.
23:26Spare no one.
23:27I pick up the glass
23:28and take a slow sip
23:29feeling absolutely nothing.
23:31Julian,
23:32one more thing.
23:33Sylvia is still young
23:34and naive.
23:35Don't take her actions
23:36to heart.
23:37If she causes you
23:38any more trouble,
23:39tell me directly.
23:40Arthur,
23:41she and I are already
23:42divorced.
23:43We are completely done.
23:45I stayed at Sterling
23:46only for your past ties
23:47with my grandfather
23:48and to protect
23:49Project Centrinal.
23:50It has absolutely
23:51nothing to do
23:52with Sylvia.
23:53Understood.
23:55From now on
23:55at Sterling Group,
23:56no one will dare
23:58disrespect you.
23:59Once Shen Wei,
23:59the formidable female CEO,
24:01dressed in haute couture
24:02and stiletto heels,
24:03her every word
24:04carried the weight
24:04of absolute authority.
24:05Now clad in plain,
24:07simple clothing,
24:07she sits at the desk
24:08tucked in the office's
24:09farthest corner,
24:10confined to a corner cubicle,
24:11drowning in paperwork,
24:12clumsily entering data.
24:15Well, well,
24:16isn't it our former
24:17CEO, Sylvia?
24:18How the mighty
24:19have fallen.
24:20Doing grunt work now?
24:22Weren't you so arrogant
24:23before,
24:24kicking out a tech god
24:25like Julian?
24:26Bet you're regretting it now.
24:30I heard she's been
24:32stripped of her
24:33inheritance rights.
24:34The trust fund
24:34cut her off completely.
24:36The trust fund
24:36moved.
24:41Those words
24:42pierced her heart
24:43like needles.
24:44The man she once
24:45despised,
24:45the one she publicly
24:47humiliated,
24:48now commands
24:49absolutely power.
24:50Sitting in the penthouse,
24:52receiving reports
24:53from Arthur,
24:54while she's reduced
24:55to a bottom Claire clerk,
24:58the massive drop
24:59left her rotting in agony.
25:00She cries herself
25:01to sleep,
25:02cursing her own blindness,
25:03cursing herself
25:04for believing Carter's lies,
25:05and for pushing away
25:06the man who guarded her
25:07for five years.
25:08If she hadn't fired
25:09my cyber team,
25:10if she had trusted me,
25:11if she hadn't cheated,
25:12she would still be
25:13the CEO on that throne.
25:14I would still be
25:15guarding her empire,
25:16and she'd still be
25:17the untouchable queen.
25:18But in the real world,
25:19there are no ifs.
25:22During lunch break,
25:23Sylvia clutched her ID card
25:24and headed to the
25:25staff cafeteria.
25:27She remembers
25:28how I always
25:29memorized her tastes,
25:30making sure the kitchen
25:31prepared her favorite
25:32exquisite meals.
25:33When she was sick,
25:34I stayed by her side
25:36all night.
25:38Every cyber crisis
25:39the company faced,
25:40I fixed them quietly,
25:42efforts she took
25:43for granted,
25:43or even found annoying.
25:45She now sees my devotion,
25:46only drawing more mockery
25:48from the crowd.
25:49Just then,
25:49a commotion
25:50at the cafeteria entrance.
25:52I walked in
25:53with my assistant.
25:54Looking sharp and cold,
25:56totally out of place
25:57in this cheap cafeteria,
25:58a chilling silence fell.
26:00Sir.
26:01Her heart must have
26:01skipped a beat.
26:05Julian.
26:06But I didn't give her
26:07a single glance.
26:08He still won't look at me.
26:11I didn't even look at her.
26:12I just walked to the window seat
26:14and ate in peace.
26:15That cold gaze
26:16hurt her far more
26:17than any public humiliation.
26:19Sylvia bit her lips
26:20so hard she tasted blood.
26:21I know you'll never
26:22forgive me.
26:23She finally realized
26:24what I truly meant to her.
26:25The storm surrounding
26:26Sterling group
26:27hadn't completely
26:28passed yet.
26:29Meanwhile,
26:30Carter hid in his
26:31shabby apartment,
26:32refusing to admit feet.
26:33Blacklisted and exiled
26:35by Sterling,
26:35he had no remorse.
26:37Just resentment
26:37was pinned entirely on me.
26:39Julian,
26:39if you won't let me
26:40live in peace,
26:41I'll make your life
26:42a living hell!
26:43As if I hadn't
26:44exposed his lies
26:45and taken down
26:46the firewall,
26:47he would still be
26:48the IT director
26:49of Sterling,
26:50riding Sylvia's
26:50coattails to the top.
26:52To him,
26:52I was the sole reason
26:53for his downfall.
26:55Just wait, Julia.
26:56Get ready for the
26:57ultimate gift
26:58I've prepared for you.
27:00Carter started a
27:01smear campaign
27:02attacking our
27:02backup servers.
27:03Should I call the feds?
27:05Sir,
27:05Carter teamed up
27:06with overseas
27:07amateur hackers
27:07attacking our
27:08backup servers.
27:09Should I call the feds?
27:10No need.
27:11He's just a clown.
27:13I'll play with him
27:14myself.
27:15My fingers danced
27:15across the keys,
27:17turning lines of code
27:18into a silver flood,
27:19building an impenetrable
27:20fortress in seconds.
27:21On Carter's end,
27:23watching his attacks
27:24crumble,
27:25he was losing his mind.
27:26Impossible!
27:28This is absolutely
27:29impossible!
27:30My code is supposed
27:32to be the newest version!
27:33Desperate,
27:34he doubled down,
27:35deploying his
27:36so-called trump card,
27:37a cheap script he bought
27:39for a few bucks online.
27:41But to me,
27:42that garbage was
27:43barely fleerly a scrap.
27:46Just three minutes.
27:47I hacked into
27:48Carter's system
27:49and locked down
27:49his IP address.
27:50His real identity,
27:52all his chat lines,
27:53and even the evidence
27:54of his fabricated smears,
27:55I packed it all
27:56into one file
27:57and sent it to the inbox
27:59of every top-tier
28:00hacker in the world.
28:01The hacker world
28:02is small.
28:03The true elites
28:04all know each other.
28:05My handle in the circle
28:06is zero.
28:07A living legend.
28:09No, no,
28:09don't!
28:10Don't send it!
28:11Countless people
28:12begged to be my apprentice
28:13and were rejected.
28:15And a nobody like Carter
28:16dares to smear zero?
28:18He's digging his own grave.
28:20The entire hacker
28:21community exploded.
28:23Before Carter
28:24could even process it,
28:25his computer
28:26was flooded with messages.
28:28And then,
28:28the sound of sirens
28:29pierced the night.
28:31FBI!
28:32Open the door!
28:33You're under arrest
28:34for cyberterrorism!
28:37Carter is completely
28:38devastated.
28:39He finally realizes
28:40the insurmountable gap
28:41between him and Julian,
28:43and the price he paid
28:44for this.
28:44A federal felony charge,
28:46a permanent criminal record,
28:48and being blacklisted
28:49from the tech industry
28:50for life.
28:50He is reduced
28:51to a complete joke.
28:52Carter's farce
28:53was just a minor distraction.
28:55Julian's true focus
28:56has always been
28:56on the top-secret collaboration
28:58between Sterling Group
28:59and the government,
29:00Project Sentinel.
29:01This is a critical project.
29:02Once successfully launched,
29:04it will safeguard
29:04the nation's
29:05critical infrastructure.
29:06The stakes are monumental.
29:08Previously,
29:09Everland's ignorance
29:10nearly caused this project
29:11to fall into crisis.
29:13Now,
29:13with Julian personally
29:14taking charge,
29:15all technical hurdles
29:16are easily resolved.
29:18For half a week,
29:19Julian practically lived
29:20at the company,
29:21leading the team
29:21day and night.
29:22With you here,
29:23Julian,
29:23I can finally rest easy.
29:26Top NSA officials
29:27arrived today.
29:28The attack peak
29:29has passed.
29:30System is stable.
29:31Data secured.
29:32Zero breaches.
29:32100% defense success
29:35cess rate.
29:35The applause
29:36grew deafening.
29:38Julian,
29:38you are absolutely brilliant.
29:41Project Sighton
29:42wouldn't exist
29:42without you.
29:43You've done
29:44a massive service
29:45for national
29:45Currus Criterity.
29:47Just doing my job,
29:48director.
29:48The cameras focused.
29:50Flashes everywhere.
29:51The man his own wife
29:53treated like trath.
29:55Mocked for marrying
29:56into money.
29:57Now,
29:58an untouchable legend.
29:59The news broke
30:00the internet.
30:01Zero and Project Sentinel
30:03treading worldwide
30:04instantly.
30:05I earned this empire.
30:07Once,
30:08out of gratitude
30:08and for a trace
30:09of true love,
30:10I hid my name,
30:12stayed at the bottom
30:13and endured
30:14all their insults.
30:15Now,
30:15I've shed every burden
30:17and revealed
30:17my true edge.
30:19Standing at the peak,
30:20revered by all.
30:22Meanwhile,
30:23Sylvia is slumped
30:23at her cubicle
30:24watching my interview
30:25on her phone,
30:26trembling and sobbing.
30:27Julian!
30:28The man on the screen
30:29is confident,
30:29shining brighter
30:30than ever.
30:31In our five years
30:32of marriage,
30:33she never truly knew me.
30:34She never cherished me
30:36and only now
30:37does she regret it
30:37when it's already
30:38too late.
30:39After Project Sentinel
30:40successfully launched,
30:41my life finally
30:42returned to peace.
30:43Sir,
30:43the divorce proceedings
30:44with Sylvia
30:45have been fully finalized.
30:46Sylvia,
30:47the five-year shackle
30:48has finally
30:48with dank attachments,
30:50only total liberation.
30:52That very afternoon,
30:53when the news reached her,
30:55she was busy
30:55sorting files
30:56in the cubicle.
30:56A slight tremble
30:57and everything fell apart.
30:58She ran out of there
30:59like a madwoman,
31:00but the doors
31:01to the penthouse
31:02were no longer
31:02open to her.
31:03Move!
31:04Get out of my way!
31:04I need to see him!
31:05Sorry, Mrs. Sterling.
31:07Mr. Julian refuses
31:08to see you.
31:09Please,
31:10I'm begging you.
31:11Just let me see him
31:12just once.
31:13I just need
31:13to tell him something.
31:15From my office,
31:16I watched her
31:16breaking down
31:17on the security feed.
31:18Without a single
31:19ripple of emotion,
31:21get her out.
31:23Julian!
31:23I was wrong!
31:25I know I was so wrong!
31:27Please,
31:28just give me
31:28one more chance!
31:30Too bad.
31:30Her cries
31:31could no longer
31:32reach me.
31:33Sylvia handed
31:33in her resignation.
31:34She had no face
31:35to stay at the company,
31:36no face to see me again,
31:38and certainly no face
31:39to endure the mockery
31:40of her former colleagues.
31:41People kept guessing
31:42where she disappeared to.
31:44But I couldn't care less.
31:46Her life has nothing
31:47to do with mine
31:47anymore.
31:49Three months later,
31:51standing at the top
31:52of the Sterling Group,
31:53looking down at the city
31:55that once turned
31:55its back on me.
31:57Julian!
31:57The official invitation
31:58arrived from the NSA.
32:00They want you as their
32:01top cybersecurity advisor.
32:03It's an unprecedented honor.
32:04I accept.
32:06And here is the paperwork
32:07for your increased shares
32:08in the Sterling Group.
32:10You've earned it, my boy.
32:12I didn't decline.
32:13I built this empire
32:14with my own hands.
32:15I used to hide my true self
32:16for gratitude
32:17and a love that was never real.
32:18Living in the shadows,
32:20underestimated,
32:20and humiliated.
32:21But now I am the absolute
32:23master of my own fate.
32:25It was Ryan
32:26from the old hacker days.
32:28Zero, friend.
32:29A global Zyber Summit
32:30is begging for you
32:31to T-Line.
32:32You in?
32:32I didn't reply.
32:33The board is set
32:34and the world is mine to shape.
32:36The legend of Zero
32:37has only just begun.
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