The show's judging panel is very strong.
Furthermore, the show is broadcast on Federation TV-1.
Adding these factors together... Elliot felt this show could become popular.
Speaking of which, there hasn't been a variety show in the Federation themed around cybersecurity.
That's interesting.
How about participating and giving it a try?
A thought popped into Elliot's mind: maybe recording a variety show could earn him quite a few
That's settled then.
Elliot decided to participate.
"What was the phone number of that... Director Oliver again?" Elliot couldn't remember.
During yesterday's continuous livestream, he didn't note down the other party's phone number; he hadn't thought about recording a show at the time.
He had to go back and watch the clip video.
After finishing breakfast, Elliot returned to his rented room.
Sitting in front of the computer, he searched for livestream clip videos on TrendTok.
Thankfully, other netizens and streamers had made clip videos of his livestream; otherwise, he really wouldn't have been able to find Director Oliver's contact information.
OK, found it.
Elliot used virtual phone software to dial the director's mobile phone.
"Hello? Hi, who is this?" A man's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Hello, Director Oliver, I am TrendTok streamer Little Boy."
"Oh, it's Great God Little Boy! Hello, hello! I've been waiting for your call." Director Oliver on the other end of the phone was full of pleasant surprise in his tone.
"I'd like to ask, how can I participate in your show?" Elliot asked.
"It's like this: for each episode of our show, we invite three groups of guests. These guests include teams from security companies, teams from universities, and civilian
Director Oliver briefly introduced the show's process, "The first episode will be recorded this Saturday night at 8 PM."
"Saturday, isn't that the day after tomorrow? Is it still time for me to sign up now?" Elliot asked.
"There's still time, plenty of time," the director quickly said.
"Is the show pre-recorded or livestreamed?" Elliot then asked.
"It's a full livestream," Director Oliver said, "Our show is relatively special; it's the first cybersecurity challenge show in the Federation to invite
Director Oliver paused, then continued:
"I'll send you the program list for the first episode now. Great God, take a look. Sending it to you..."
"Send it to my email."
"Okay."
Soon, the program list was sent.
The first episode of I am a Geek is divided into two parts:
Part One: Challenge Competition. Participants challenge cracking mobile phone lock screen passwords within 10 minutes. The production team prepared the latest models of more than a dozen mainstream mobile phone brands in the market, including Pear, StarTech, Nova, V-Tech, and Aura.
Part Two: Exhibition Match. The winning team from the first round of the challenge competition will set the topic and demonstrate cybersecurity-related projects on site.
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"Great God, have you received the program list?" Director Oliver asked from the other end of the phone.
"Received it, I'm looking at it now. For the second part of the show, the guests prepare their own performance projects, right?" Elliot asked.
"Yes, Great God, I was just about to tell you about this. You need to prepare a performance project in advance, and it needs to be finalized by 10 PM tonight at the latest."
"As long as it's related to cybersecurity, anything is fine, right?"
"Yes, Great God, feel free to showcase your skills, our production team will fully cooperate with you."
"Okay, I'll think about it and contact you again."
"Okay, Great God, I'll wait for your good news."
Elliot hung up the phone and began to think about what performance project to prepare.
Since it's a variety show, it should naturally be as exciting as possible.
Only then can it attract more viewers, increase the show's ratings, and only then can he gain more points.
"Got it!"
Elliot suddenly thought of a good performance project.
It was a project he had prepared last year when he was getting ready to participate in the CyberBreach
Later, for some reasons, he didn't go to the competition.
If this project were used on the show I am a Geek, the effect would definitely be explosive.
Elliot immediately sent a message to Director Oliver: "Director Oliver, I've already thought of a performance project. This project is something I prepared last year when I was getting ready to participate in an international
"ATM dispensing cash?" Director Oliver saw the message and was immediately surprised, quickly replying, "Great God, are you sure? Can you really attack an ATM machine and make it dispense cash on the spot?"
"Certain," Elliot replied.
Director Oliver was currently in an office at the TV station.
"Great God, let me confirm with you again. Can you really attack an ATM machine and make it dispense cash on the spot? It will be livestreamed then."
The implication was, don't mess up.
"Of course," Elliot replied with certainty again.
"Can it be any bank's ATM machine?"
"Yes, any bank's ATM machine is fine."
He's talking about bank ATM machines.
This is truly awesome.
"Great God, can you briefly explain the process and principle of how to attack an ATM machine so I can submit it to the expert judges for review?"
"There are three attack methods that can make an ATM machine dispense cash: The first method is to use a USB drive to install malicious software on the ATM machine and carry out the attack; the second method is an APT-type network attack; the third method is to buy special tools on the dark web... All three methods require on-site operation. I cannot be present on-site, so your production team needs to arrange for someone to cooperate."
Elliot replied.
"No problem, leave all this to us!"
Director Oliver said this as he walked out of his office and went to the office of the production team's director next door, knocking on the door.
"Please come in."
Director Oliver pushed the door open and walked in.
General Director William Black, in his forties, had long hair and the demeanor of an artist.
"Director Black, good news, I have successfully invited Little Boy."
Director Oliver said excitedly.
"Little Boy agreed to participate in our show?" William Black asked happily.
Clearly, Director Black also knew Little Boy.
"He agreed, and he also provided a very awesome performance project. He said he can attack a bank ATM machine and make the ATM machine dispense cash on the spot," Director Oliver said.
"Oh, let me see."
William Black took Director Oliver's phone and carefully looked at the performance plan Little Boy provided.
"ATM dispensing cash? That amazing? Can it really be done?" William Black asked somewhat doubtfully.
"Little Boy said it can be done. How about we submit the plan to the expert judges for a look?" Director Oliver suggested.
(End of this chapter)
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