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At present, there were a total of 555 hackers in Blackwatch's temporary voice communication channel.
If Blackwatch accepted all the hackers who passed more than two tests, it would cost about 5.7 million USD per month and about 68 million USD per year.
Was this a lot?
For ordinary people, of course, it was an astronomical figure!
But for Mirui Technology Group, this was not a huge cost. Mirui Technology Group's ability to make money was very strong. They could afford 68 million USD per year.
Faced with Shi Lei's inquiry, Raphael organized his words and said, "Stone, we can choose to accept them based on merit. Those who are not selected by us can choose to become OR's ordinary peripheral members. Once we need them to perform tasks, we can pay them an extra bonus."
Shi Lei began to analyze Raphael's plan. Although Mirui Technology Group could indeed afford 68 million USD per year, except for Tao Wenxian, neither Shi Lei nor Raphael wanted to pay this cost.
This was not because Shi Lei and Raphael were stingy, but because there were many different factors.
The first reason had already been explained. If Black Watch was too high-profile, it was hard to guarantee that it would not attract widespread attention, especially the attention of the NSA National Security Agency of Libya.
There was another important reason, which was also the key point!
If Blackwatch spent a lot of money to recruit 555 hackers, how could they guarantee their sense of belonging?
How could they guarantee that when they needed to recruit members in the future, they would not pay a bigger price?
Once the image of people being stupid and easy to cheat was formed, Blackwatch's reputation would be ruined!
How could Shi Lei want Blackwatch to have such an image?
"Raphael, how can you guarantee that the hackers who are not selected by us are willing to become OR's ordinary peripheral members?" Tao Wenxian questioned Raphael.
Although Tao Wenxian was younger than Raphael, Tao Wenxian had more experience in Blackwatch, so Raphael explained, "Because of fame, because of money, because of the environment!"
"Tell me in detail!" Tao Wenxian continued to ask.
Shi Lei was multitasking. He listened to the conversation between Tao Wenxian and Raphael while thinking about how to select the peripheral members.
Shi Lei basically agreed with Raphael's suggestion, or rather, Shi Lei had similar thoughts.
"Because of fame and fortune, even if you're just a normal OR outer member of Black Watch, you're still a member of Black Watch.
We've defeated the world's top hacker, Thomson Davy.
We already have the potential to become the world's top hacker organization, we just lack the history and glory.
Once we accomplish a few earth-shattering things, we will be one of the top hacker organizations in the world.
Becoming one of them is quite attractive to a large number of hackers, "Raphael explained.
Then, Raphael continued, "Even if you become an ordinary member of OR, it doesn't mean that you don't have a chance to get money.
Once we have a large-scale mission, such as Stone's order, we should be ready to attack the Lijian Province government's network.
The two of us definitely won't be able to complete it. Even if we recruit some external members, we still won't be able to complete it.
For this kind of thing, the more hackers we have, the better. We can pay a certain amount of money and issue a temporary mission. "
Raphael paused for a moment and spoke again, "Finally, in view of the cyber terror created by Mr. M in Voisin, the world's cyber security environment is very unfriendly to hackers.
So, if you can join an organization that can provide protection, provide hacker technical information, and even provide money, even if you become the lowest level of external member, what's wrong with that? "
Raphael chuckled, clapped his hands, and said, "And the most important thing is that in the Black Watch organization, it's not that the ordinary OR members don't have the qualifications to be promoted.
Similarly, it wasn't impossible for EL Elite and EX Extraordinary members to be demoted.
Except for LE legendary members and members whose identities are known to us, the other members can be promoted or demoted according to their performance. "
Tao Wenxian fell into deep thought. Although Tao Wenxian proposed to recruit all 555 hackers into the Black Watch organization, he wasn't unreasonable.
After some careful consideration, Tao Wenxian finally sighed and nodded. He had to admit that Raphael's suggestion was better. Not only did it reduce the possibility of being noticed, but it also reduced the organization's expenses.
At the same time, this plan also increased the healthy competition within the Black Watch organization and the sense of belonging to the organization.
Especially the high-level members, who had worked hard all the way to a high position. How could they be willing to leave the organization so easily?
Shi Lei was almost done thinking and asked, "Finley, how many external members do you think we should recruit?
How many external members of the corresponding level should we need? "
Raphael's suggestion naturally considered the relevant issues. Moreover, Raphael was once the fourth giant of the Angel Council. He had some experience in the establishment and structure of an organization.
"OR ordinary members and members whose identities are known to us, no matter how many there are, we'll accept as many as there are." Raphael first confirmed that there was no limit to the number of members.
OR ordinary members didn't require Black Watch to pay any price. They only needed Izur to provide some technical information on hacking and it would be enough to win over people's hearts. Naturally, they would take as many as there were. Why not have more?
Members whose identities were known to them were rather loyal members. Since they were willing to reveal their identities to Black Watch, they obviously showed their loyalty to Black Watch. Naturally, there was no need to limit the number of members. The more the better!
Shi Lei and Tao Wenxian nodded in agreement to Raphael's suggestion.
Raphael continued, "We can limit the number of EL elite-level members to sixty; EX extraordinary-level members to thirty; LE legendary-level members to about ten. Unless we have a quasi-world-class expert or above, we only need ten people!"
Izur collected the information that Raphael mentioned and displayed it on the virtual transparent screen of the LIP lens information processor. According to Raphael's plan, the external members of Black Watch would total a hundred people. The monthly expenditure would be reduced to $1.48 million, and the annual expenditure would be less than $18 million.
This was a more ideal expenditure figure and wasn't something that they couldn't afford!
Tao Wenxian asked weakly, "Isn't that a little too little?"
Raphael shook his head, "It's not too little!
It's already a lot! "
Shi Lei thought about it for a while and agreed to Raphael's suggestion, "Finley, we'll do it according to your suggestion!
Later, you will announce this in Black Watch's voice communication channel! "
"Okay!" Raphael gave a simple reply.
The three of them turned on the LIP lens information processor's bone-sensing conduction earphones again. Raphael sorted out his plan and explained it again.
"… That's the general situation!"
Raphael concluded, "Even if you become a normal OR member, don't be discouraged or worried. With your hard work, you'll also have the chance to become an EL elite-level member!"
After Raphael finished speaking, another thirty hackers left the Black Watch temporary voice communication channel. It was obvious that a portion of the hackers were dissatisfied with Raphael's plan.
Shi Lei didn't intend to investigate the hackers who left. Black Watch was an open organization and not a brainwashed "ship school" organization. One could only enter but not leave.
In the temporary voice communication channel, many hackers used text messages to ask about the rules of Black Watch's external members selection.
After Raphael saw this question, he smiled and explained, "The specific rules need to be kept confidential, but I can reveal one thing. We'll prioritize unaffiliated and freelance hackers.
For hackers who have become members of other organizations, or even the core of other organizations, we'll lower their selection priority. "
With Raphael's explanation, the number of people online in the temporary voice communication channel quickly decreased again.
And this time, the decrease was quite large!
Originally, there were 555 online hackers. 30 hackers left for the first time, leaving 525 hackers.
Now, in just one minute, 194 hackers had left, leaving only 331 hackers.
The ten core members of the Hacker Alliance, the second-generation hacker organization of Xia Xia, took the initiative to leave Black Watch's temporary voice communication channel.
Hei Lang, the fourth in the Hacker Alliance, originally thought that he would have an additional ten thousand dollars per month. He didn't expect Black Watch to play this trick, which made Hei Lang very dissatisfied. He complained in the encrypted voice communication channel of the Hacker Alliance, "Damn Black Watch, they're completely deceiving everyone!"
Hei Lang's complaint resonated in the core of the Hacker Alliance. Even Black Blade was a little dissatisfied.
On the contrary, Black Panther's performance was very calm. He stood from a neutral point of view and judged, "Actually, Black Watch's actions can be understood!
After all, their money doesn't grow on trees. How can they just give it away casually? "
In Black Watch's temporary voice communication channel, Shi Lei interrupted, "Are there any friends who want to leave?
If there are any friends who want to leave, we won't do anything to stop them. "
331 hackers stayed in Black Watch's temporary voice communication channel. No one else continued to leave. Shi Lei didn't hesitate and ordered Izur to announce the list of 100 selected hackers.
After the list was announced, the temporary voice communication channel was unrestricted. Anyone could speak and ask questions.
The hackers who weren't selected began to raise their own questions.
After about two hours of questions and answers, only 217 hackers decided to stay.
Among them, there were only 8 LE Legendary-level hackers, 30 EX Extraordinary-level hackers, and 60 EL Elite-level hackers. The remaining 119 hackers were all classified as OR normal level hackers. Among them, there were quite a number of hackers who actually had the strength to become EX Extraordinary-level members. However, Black Watch's principle of selecting the best and giving up on candidates who were already members of other hacker organizations, so they could only become OR normal level members.
So far, Black Watch's recruitment of external members has been a complete success. A conspiracy revolving around Black Watch is also in progress ….
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