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Chapter 121 Asking you to be a consultant

The earliest online shopping was similar to the TV shopping platform. Orders were placed online, merchants delivered the goods to your door, and you paid cash on delivery. In the United States, you can choose cash on delivery or credit card for cash on delivery.

Later, the function of online payment with bank cards became available, and then online payment became available.

However, because this method requires consumers to enter sensitive information such as bank card numbers and passwords, the security risk is extremely high. Ordinary Trojan horse programs that steal game accounts can steal your bank card number and password.

So in order to ensure the security of transactions, banks developed USB security keys. That thing is called U-shield in China. You need to plug in the U-shield during transactions to complete the payment.

However, USB security keys are not absolutely safe. Hackers can still hack into your computer and copy the information of the USB shield when you plug it in. So in the next few years, USB security keys have been continuously upgraded.

Moreover, if you want to enter the online banking interface, you need to install specific plug-ins and even a specific browser. The transaction process is very troublesome.

At that time, even using a third-party payment platform could not bypass the bank's USB security key. When you use Alipay to make transactions, you also jump from Alipay to online banking, and then you still have to enter your password and plug in the USB shield.

What Bezos said is that the encryption system allows users to directly connect with banks, while Amazon only verifies orders. This clearly illustrates the concept of fast payment.

In 2024, fast payment will be everywhere, and beggars on the roadside will have QR codes hanging on them.

But in 2004, Alipay had just been established from Taobao. How could there be any sign of fast payment at this time?

Even if you have this idea, the technical level does not support it.

The three necessary conditions for fast payment, encryption technology, tokenization technology and identity authentication technology, were not mature at the time.

Take identity authentication technology as an example. At that time, real-name registration of mobile phone numbers was not possible, that is, even basic SMS verification codes were not used. How to implement identity authentication?

So when Bezos drew this pie, Zhang Wei realized that this old boy was unreasonable and must not be telling the truth.

With the technology at the time, fast payment was definitely not possible, so Bezos’s interest in zero-knowledge proof encryption technology was definitely not to improve the security of transactions, but to have other intentions.

Looking back carefully at the development history of Amazon, Zhang Wei suddenly thought of something: Amazon Web Services, Amazon's cloud service!
Amazon launched its own cloud service in 2006, and in the future, Amazon Cloud will indeed be the dominant player in this field, far ahead in the field of cloud services.

Microsoft Cloud and Google Cloud are all one level behind Amazon Cloud. Although Alibaba Cloud is cost-effective and growing rapidly, it still lags behind Amazon Cloud in terms of technology.

As for Huawei Cloud, Tencent Cloud and Baidu Cloud, it is no exaggeration to say that these three clouds together cannot compete with Amazon's cloud.

The core of cloud services is privacy protection.

The Internet can be accessed by anyone. If there is no privacy protection, then cloud services will be no different from ordinary websites, and the meaning of cloud services will be lost.

Friends who often use network disks to download 91 rare and small resources will definitely find that some network disks are slow, have too many ads, and are expensive. However, it is this kind of garbage network disk that prevents scarce and small resources from being blocked.

It’s because the privacy protection of these network disks is so good!
If privacy protection cannot be achieved, anyone can share and download, and scarce and small resources will be deleted in minutes.

For cloud services, privacy protection is definitely more important than ordinary network disks. Things like data encryption, access control, data isolation, etc. all require encryption technology.

The most commonly used encryption technology in later cloud services is to use blockchain to distribute data across multiple nodes, thus reducing the risk of data being tampered with or deleted.

Even if someone can steal data, they can only steal the data of one node, and cannot steal all the data from thousands of nodes.

The application of blockchain relies on encryption technology based on zero-knowledge proof!
Historically, zero-knowledge proof was applied to blockchain technology in 2005, and in 2006, Amazon launched Amazon Cloud.

Now that Zhang Wei copied the paper, the schedule has been improved by one year. Bezos came over at this time, also for the encryption of cloud technology.

After thinking about this, Zhang Wei has realized that the purpose of Bezos's trip must be to prepare for Amazon's launch of cloud services.

"This old bald man does one thing in front of you and another behind his back, and he's cosplaying with Sauron here. Are you trying to be duplicitous with me? If I don't expose you, I won't go all this way in vain!"

Zhang Wei smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Bezos, your vision is wonderful, but with all due respect, none of what you said will be realized within five years."

"Cough cough cough..." Professor Aardman coughed quickly, interrupted Zhang Wei, and then said: "Mr. Bezos, Zhang Wei may not know much about this technology."

Professor Adelman said and glared at Zhang Wei, meaning shut up and stop beeping!

Amazon is a big customer, and I’m still waiting for them to pay for the sponsorship! This technology cannot be realized. If it scares people away, who can I ask for money from?

Zhang Wei pretended not to see Aardman's hint, but said to himself: "I think the encryption technology of zero-knowledge proof is best applied in the field of cloud services. I don't know if Amazon is in the mood to develop. Cloud services business?”

Bezos was shocked when he heard Zhang Weidi mentioned "cloud services".

"Can he also think of cloud services?" Looking at Zhang Wei's indifferent smile, Bezos suddenly felt a little guilty. He even had a feeling that his true intentions had been seen through by the young man in front of him.

"The misunderstanding must be my misunderstanding! Only a few people within Amazon know the development strategy of cloud services, and it is impossible to leak it!"

Thinking of this, Bezos pretended to be calm and said: "What does the encryption technology of zero-knowledge proof have to do with cloud services? The two are too different!"

"Are you still pretending to be with me?" Zhang Wei snorted contemptuously and said: "Zero-knowledge proof encryption technology can be used in blockchain, and cloud services can use blockchain technology to convert a set of data Distributed to countless nodes, this directly solves the most difficult problems of security and privacy protection in cloud services."

After Zhang Wei finished speaking, he continued to look at Bezos with a half-smile.

"He really guessed my intention!" Bezos had already judged this from Zhang Wei's tone, and he suddenly panicked.

The reason why Amazon has been able to develop rapidly to this day is by constantly exploring the cutting-edge positions. As long as it reaches the cutting-edge positions first and plants its own flag to circle the good areas, it will have the advantage of being the first mover, and it will be difficult for latecomers to catch up.

Therefore, the development history of Amazon is actually a history of mergers and acquisitions.

Amazon will continue to acquire companies in the cutting-edge technology field. Many times these mergers and acquisitions do not bring profits or even losses, but as long as one is successful, it is equivalent to successfully planting a flag in the cutting-edge technology field.

And in those areas where it cannot be the first to plant its flag and enclose territory, Amazon cannot develop.

For example, in the field of mobile payment, not to mention the two giants WeChat Pay and Alipay, the number of PayPal payment users is seven times that of Amazon. Apple Pay and Samsung Pay, which are also rising stars, also have more users than Amazon. .

In other areas, such as physical retail, social platforms, mobile business, gaming business, etc., Amazon has done it, but it has not been able to do it.

In other words, once the advantage of planting flags and enclosing territory is gone, Amazon is just a mediocre company.

The rise of Amazon is very much like the epitome of the rise of the United States. It first seized the uncivilized continent of North America, then relied on the opportunities of the two world wars to gain a leading position, and then relied on its strength to formulate rules and continue to strengthen its first mover Advantage.

Once the first-mover advantage is gone and the world competes fairly together, the United States cannot even compete with Japan. In the end, it will have to rely on the "Plaza Accord" to bully the small world, let alone compete with a certain Eastern power.

(India: Yes, a certain big Eastern country is talking about you!)
It is precisely because Amazon, without first-mover advantage, is completely useless that Bezos feels extremely guilty at this time.

Once the news that Amazon is planning to provide cloud services leaks out, other technology companies will quickly follow suit, and Amazon will not be able to stake its claim first!

Even if other technology companies don’t know that Amazon is going to provide cloud services, what if they start doing it themselves? For example, Microsoft, Google, Apple, and IBM, the technologies of these technology giants are not weak!
If two or three companies come out to provide cloud services with Amazon, Amazon may not be able to compete!

At this time, Bezos was really worried. The people in this room had nothing to do and went out to talk about cloud services. Berkeley is only more than 40 miles away from Silicon Valley. If this reaches the ears of those technology giants, Amazon’s The cloud service plan was ruined!
Feeling guilty, Bezos first looked at Aardman and Goldwasser. These two Berkeley professors were easy to deal with. As long as Amazon was willing to pay for sponsorship, they would definitely keep it secret.

Bezos looked at Zhang Wei again. It was this Chinese who saw my strategic intention!

The key is that he is not from the University of California, Berkeley, but an exchange student. Whether or not you spend money to sponsor Berkeley has nothing to do with this exchange student!
And if you can write a paper of this level at the age of nineteen, you must be extremely smart.

This guy doesn't seem to be easy to deal with!

If this wasn't a Chinese person, I would have wanted to silence him!
After pondering for a moment, Bezos said, "Can I have a talk with Mr. Zhang Wei alone?"

"Talk to Zhang Wei alone?"

Professor Aardman and Goldwasser looked at each other. They did not expect Bezos to make such a request. But faced with the request from the sponsor's father, the two of them wisely withdrew first.

The two professors withdrew, but Zhang Wei felt a little guilty. After all, this was not China, but an American land.

"Is Bezos trying to silence me? I have to be on guard! Brother Devil, do you have anything to protect yourself from?" Zhang Wei had already started calling the Devil.

"I have a collection of martial arts from the four great kings of martial arts, which are essential for self-defense!"

"The Four Heavenly Kings? Mo Li Qing, Mo Li Red, Mo Li Hai and Mo Li Shou?"

"It's Master Fang, Master Huang, Master Huo and Master Ye!" the devil replied.

"It turns out to be Shiyu, Feihong, Yuanjia and Wen."

"Otherwise, do you still think it's Dehua, Xueyou, Fucheng and Ming?"

Zhang Wei was planning to ask the devil to make a price, when Bezos on the opposite side finally spoke:
"Mr. Zhang Wei, we at Amazon have always welcomed outstanding young scholars like you. I wonder if you are interested in becoming a consultant at Amazon?"

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