Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 590: Refund Not Credited Issue

"The fossil of the Archaeopteryx should originate from the Solnhofen area in Bavaria, Germany."

After hearing Expert Sui's words, Chen Yiyang was very surprised. "Just by taking one look, you can tell where this fossil comes from?"

"Because currently, there are only 14 discovered Archaeopteryx fossils in the world, all from this area," Expert Sui answered.

Uh.

Chen Yiyang thought there was some profound identification knowledge involved here.

Didn't expect the principle behind it to be so simple.

"This fossil shows the teeth and feather impressions of the Archaeopteryx, making it a very precious fossil that can help us further understand this type of dinosaur."

According to Expert Sui's judgment, the Archaeopteryx fossil Chen Yiyang has bought ranks among the top few of the discovered ones.

"That's quite an unexpected delight." Chen Yiyang hadn't anticipated that this fossil he bought was so precious.

It's certainly qualified to be placed in his own private collection.

For this viewing of the Archaeopteryx fossil, it was also the first time Chen Yiyang had seen up close the remains left by this ancient creature from over a hundred million years ago.

"The Archaeopteryx had feathers, right." Suddenly thinking of something, Chen Yiyang asked curiously.

"Yes," Expert Sui nodded and said, "The Archaeopteryx is an intermediate-type animal from reptiles to birds. According to current assumptions, the flight ability of Archaeopteryx was quite poor, and it could only fly short distances at low altitudes."

"So is it possible to say that actually, most dinosaurs had feathers? Like the Tyrannosaurus, it might look quite similar to a chicken?"

This idea of Chen Yiyang comes from some speculations he previously saw online.

It is said that dinosaurs might just be giant chickens, covered with fluffy feathers, cutely, not like the bald depiction usually seen in movies.

"Of course, some dinosaurs had feathers. For example, the Sinornithosaurus, when the fossil was first discovered, people found a large amount of feathers and thought it was a bird. Later, it was clarified that this was also a dinosaur."

Expert Sui continued to educate Chen Yiyang,

"However, specific species need specific analysis. Although these animals from hundreds of millions of years ago only leave behind scant traces of their bodies.

The skeletal fossils are enough to show the muscle characteristics attached to these animals before their death. Through biomechanics, we can deduce their body structure and movement methods. Through these analyses, we can also infer which dinosaurs might have had feathers and which did not.

Of course, more directly, when dinosaur fossils are found, the surrounding soil may have impressions or feather traces.

Through these traces, we can also use them to recreate the state of the living organism's surface."

"Oh, then the possibility of a Tyrannosaurus being covered with feathers is quite low, right?" Chen Yiyang was somewhat disappointed.

If dinosaurs were fluffy, that would be much more fun.

"Yes," Expert Sui continued, "but for large creatures like the Tyrannosaurus, even if they originally had feathers before evolving into such a massive size, the feathers would gradually become sparse after evolution.

Just like elephants. The surface of an elephant's body also retains some sparse hair, but for creatures as massive as elephants, heat dissipation is a big problem. If the body surface retained too much hair, it could easily heat itself to death."

Chen Yiyang is, after all, not a scholar.

After staying in the collection hall listening to Expert Sui talk about a bunch of scientific knowledge, he felt a bit sleepy.

So he authorized Expert Sui to bring people to his collection hall in the future to research these fossils.

Then he went home with the junior accountant.

After exercising at home, on a bed large enough for five or six people to lie down, Chen Yiyang lazily leaned against the headboard scrolling through his phone.

The junior accountant rested their head on Chen Yiyang's chest.

After a while, the junior accountant said, "Hey, my Ugly Group refund seems to be showing an error?"

"Refund error, what's the matter?" Chen Yiyang was particularly sensitive to information related to Ugly Group.

After all, the flash sale war with the takeaway battles has been going on for several months.

Ugly Group's cash reserves are still very abundant, predictably able to continue fighting with Taobao and Yiyang Flash Sale for a long time.

Among the three parties, Chen Yiyang's cash reserves are the least, so he needs various methods to weaken the strength of the other two.

"I don't know." The junior accountant said while operating the software, "Ever since you also got into takeaway services, I rarely use Ugly Group. I generally use our own takeaway software.

I just logged in and discovered a refund from four years ago shows a refund error just a few months ago."

"Let me see." Chen Yiyang immediately realized there might be a big problem here.

So he took the junior accountant's phone and found that this refund in the refund process display interface clearly showed refunded to the default account.

But long afterward, it showed a refund error.

Chen Yiyang asked the junior accountant to check the bank account's transaction details, confirming that the refund indeed hadn't been deposited into the account.

"Big news."

Chen Yiyang had a hunch that if it turns out this isn't an isolated incident but rather affects many victims, Ugly Group could be in big trouble.

So, Chen Yiyang immediately phoned his assistant team, asking them to find someone to investigate this matter.

A few days later, they reported the investigation results, confirming it wasn't an isolated incident, as indeed many people encountered problems where refunds hadn't been deposited.

Because there were no special notifications, even though many people had their refunds for several years not reach their accounts, they hadn't noticed.

The assistant team then posted on various forums and social media seeking people who encountered similar issues, leading many to check their accounts and discover the refund problems.

"Mr. Chen, based on expert predictions we found, it's likely due to this reason: Ugly Group's payment system previously had two sets of processes, one synchronous and one asynchronous.

The synchronous system follows the entire refund to account process and then returns.

This system was linked to prepayments held on the platform side. Since the money was on the platform side, it could be quickly refunded. In this system, the time between approval and reaching the account had a gap, and the account to be credited was specific.

In contrast, the asynchronous system ultimately needed a third-party payment system for a complete refund. But the platform side would return as successful once it called the third-party payment system.

So, if the third party had any issues, Ugly Group essentially wouldn't know, but Ugly Group assumed the refund was completed."

"Given so many years and users, the number affected by this issue is quite high, right?"

"Absolutely." Chen Yiyang's assistant was also very excited, "Perhaps someone noticed it before, but scattered users couldn't form large-scale public opinion online; if we give it a push, it would definitely be different."