Manhattan Reborn 1978

Inside the French restaurant.

Several waiters brought everyone tonight's three main dishes.

The steak produced in Kansas is fried to medium rare and then poured with the chef's secret sauce; the lobster produced in Boston is steamed and then served with some vegetables mixed with mushroom sauce; Canada is near Mount Logan in Alaska The wild venison produced in the region is braised with black winter truffles found by some chefs in Provence, France.

With the main course served, David finally waited for a dish that could fill his stomach. .

With the help of the waiter, he got a piece of steak and a piece of wild venison, and after eating them, the feeling of hunger and panic in his stomach slowly faded away.

The white grape table wine just now was sold in this restaurant, and the red wine in everyone's glasses was specially brought by Bloomer from California today.

As the nominal host tonight, David saw everyone slowly put down the tableware in their hands, raised their wine glasses, and signaled to everyone.

Everyone also stopped their conversations, raised their glasses together and touched the people around them. The atmosphere of the dinner also reached the climax of the night.

David took a sip of red wine, feeling relieved in his stomach, and his mind began to become more active.

He held the wine glass with a smile and looked at Zina, the center of the women's half. Her social skills, which she had perfected after spending 20 years in New York, were put to full use tonight at this table.

Zina is definitely the MVP at the dinner table tonight!

When David, Giles, and Blumer were arranging seats for everyone, he felt that both Giles and Blumer were thinking about bringing the men at the table together with them. The women were seated completely apart.

This is a common and inherent thought among men in this era. .Allocation.

Men stand in the center of the stage, and women can only stand on the side or below. .

The men include: David, Guy Luther, Professor John Nash, Giles, Bloomer, and Yuri. The seats are all arranged on the side close to today's owner David.

The women, including Alicia, Elena, Jenny, Zina, and Ava Fangtian, all sat on the side slightly far away from tonight's host, David. .

Tonight, David did not bring a female companion, and there was no clear mistress among the women.

Therefore, they thought of letting Zina serve as the communication bridge and center for the women tonight, using her perfect social skills to help several women eliminate the feeling of strangeness, so that they can communicate and understand each other in a relaxed and natural way. other side.

With Zina as the leader, Elena as the assistant, and Alicia giving her own assists from time to time, Jenny, who just arrived in New York today, did not feel awkward or unfamiliar at all, and Ai, who was temporarily invited here tonight, Baby, I don’t feel left out at all.

David put down his wine glass, retracted his gaze from observing the women, gestured to the men one by one, turned around and chatted with Principal Guy Luther about business with a smile.

"Guy, what is your opinion with the school board regarding our cooperation in establishing the da. Princeton Data Science Research Center?"

Guy glanced at the men with a smile, and their attention was attracted by David.

"The Board of Regents has reached an agreement on this cooperation, which has only advantages and no disadvantages for us at Princeton University."

"Also, I want to thank you, David!"

"Thank you for choosing Princeton!"

"No, Guy~ It's me who wants to thank you!"

"I think in this matter, without your vigorous promotion, this data research center might still be a verbal plan."

"Hahaha~ Okay~ Now that we have reached an intention to cooperate, how about we handle the specific details as we said on the phone before?"

David nodded slowly, recalling in his mind the content of the phone call he had with Guy some time ago in the Flintstone Library of Princeton University.

Through the cooperation of the Data Science Research Center, Princeton University will provide researchers, a small amount of funds, and all reference information.

And actively cooperate with da group companies on data research projects and information that need to be kept confidential.

Princeton University will also send tutors from the Department of Computer Science to help the center build its own database. At the same time, they will also practice some of their ideas and theories in the establishment, operation, and maintenance of this database.

In the early stages of establishing the database, da company will spend $50 in start-up capital to find a location for the center, purchase necessary large computers and corresponding office supplies, and be responsible for the daily operation and management of the center.

David played with the wine glass in his hand, thought for a while, looked up with a smile and said, "No problem!"

"I would like to discuss some of my ideas about the data research center with you."

"Good~"

Guy adjusted his sitting posture, looked like he was listening, and made a gesture of invitation.

David glanced at Professor Nash and Alicia, who turned around, and nodded to them.

"The establishment of the data science research center we are going to jointly establish is basically a process from scratch."

"So, we need to first determine how we can make it survive until the big database of the overall plan is established."

Guy nodded, understanding.

If there is no sustainable and long-term funding source, this data center will be a castle in the air and may not be sustainable at any time. .

"First of all, since it is a data research center, the large-scale computer groups equipped with its hardware need to follow the footsteps of computer hardware updates and constantly update the equipment."

"This amount of money may be the largest and most daily expenditure after the establishment of our center!"

"Judging from the information I found before, only large computer sets produced by IBM in the United States meet our needs."

"As for IBM, the R&D and production cycle for new computer hardware products is about two years."

"We are now calculating based on updating hardware equipment every two years. This year and next year, we only need to gradually purchase the latest large-scale computer sets produced by IBM according to our own development speed to meet our needs."

"When the two-year cycle is up and new products are released, we can freely order new products in large quantities to ensure that our data center can keep up with the development of the computer era."

"Then we need the help of the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University to use the large computer sets we purchased initially to design and develop a software that can facilitate small computers to access and view information at any time."

"And this software will be one of our largest sources of funding in the next few years and decades."

Guy frowned slightly and asked, "Do you want to make it a paid software?"

"That's right!"

David glanced at Giles and continued: "I have reached a verbal cooperation agreement with Stanley. They will take out all the historical data in the database and add the first... A branch of data research, I call it a financial data science database."

"Financial data science?"

"Yes, we all know that an important branch of the economy is finance, and data science is a small branch derived from mathematics."

"We entered all the historical financial data in the Stanley database into the database we built using a large computer group, and developed a software that can quickly and easily search for these historical data, so that everyone who wants to search can People who hold these data sit behind their desks, move their fingers, press the keyboard and mouse, and view the historical financial data in the database conveniently and comfortably."

“And after the establishment of this database, we can also look for more partners and enter more historical financial data with reference value, so that the content of this database can be gradually improved and become a truly large financial historical database. "

"In my vision, this financial database will first contain all historical financial data on Wall Street."

"This includes: stock information, futures information, fund information, bond information, etc."

"I can give you an analogy."

"For example, if Giles wants to check the stock price changes of Coca-Cola's stock since its listing, he can sit in the office set up in our center, turn on the small computer, click on the software inside, and access our database. According to the index, you can find and view the Coca-Cola Company’s stock price curve, annual reports, memorabilia, etc. since 1930.”

"For example, if...Professor Nash wants to choose a fund to increase the value of his assets."

"He can also come to our data center and view all historical annual reports of funds in the United States, fund investment directions, fund managers' information, resumes, etc., on a small computer."

"For another example, if a reporter from the Wall Street Journal needs to publish a commentary based on today's price movement of a stock, and wants to find the historical information, annual report, and shareholder information of this stock, he can also come to our data Center, at the touch of a finger, he can get information that satisfies him.”

"Guy, if this plan can be carried out smoothly, the future development funds of our data center can completely use the content of its own database and the services we provide to achieve a self-circulating and continuously growing model."

Guy and several other people at the table listened to David's story.

Both Giles and Bloomer reacted very quickly and wanted to speak, but David smiled and waved to them: "Dude, don't worry!"

"Let me finish!"

"Do you... have any follow-up plans?"

"Of course~"

"This is just one of the earliest and most basic application methods of the big database in the data center. I am taking it out now so that this data center can use its huge data advantages to earn its own development funds. , a perfect state of recycling.”

"Only when the data center itself has certain hematopoietic capabilities can we ensure its smooth subsequent development and growth."

"If its development relies entirely on our own capital investment, then... it will be a bottomless pit..."

Guy completely agreed with what David said.

Data center equipment updates, data entry, personnel expenses, etc., will consume more funds year by year.

It has its own hematopoietic ability, which is very necessary.

"I just talked about stocks, so I will continue to expand on it a little bit."

"After we can complete the basic and comprehensive historical financial data entry work, computer hardware development will also enter a stage of rapid development in the next few years."

"With the continuous development and progress of computer software and hardware technology, the network will continue to improve its own transmission speed, so that every small computer can be connected to the network, realizing the network between small computers and large computer groups. Shared goals.”

"By then, our database will continue to upgrade with the speed of network transmission, and the penetration rate of small computers will continue to increase. It will become a large database covering all types of financial information in the field of financial data. It will become a database that everyone on Wall Street will know. A financial data database and library are needed..."

David paused, picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and continued.

"The Internet and minicomputers, Giles, what do you think of when you put them together?"

Giles frowned and shook his head slightly: "That virtual thing on the Internet you once said..."

"Haha~ No~ That's the farther future. I'm talking about next year or the year after next, the future development forecast in recent years."

"In recent years? You... mean..."

Giles frowned and tapped his fingers on the table. He suddenly remembered the Bernard Madoff whom David had met in Stanley's office on the fourth floor that day.

"David, I know!"

"You mean Nasdaq!"

"Haha~ Correct answer!"

"The newly developed Nasdaq electronic trading system described by Bernard Madoff is a trading software that can buy and sell stocks online on a small personal computer."

"We can insert an access column to our database into this electronic trading system, so that traders who need to find historical stock information can also become users of our large financial database."

"Or, we can rely on our own manpower and strength to develop a stock trading software similar to his trading system, take it to the New York Stock Exchange, and let them use it in stock trading."

"In this way, our own stock trading software + our own large database can provide more complete and detailed financial services to all traders on Wall Street."

"Moreover, we can also take advantage of our comprehensive data information to invite authoritative market analysts to publish some real-time market analysis reports to make data-level analysis and judgments on some future market price trends."

When David said this, he stopped and let everyone digest the information in his words.

----

On the women's side, Elena kept her ears open and listened to David's story attentively.

She didn't quite understand what database or network David was talking about.

But she understood clearly that David's plan looked like it might be. .real. .feasible? !

She knew about small computers, and she also knew a little bit about software.

But if you really follow what David said, you can build a complete financial database and promote the software he mentioned to the New York Stock Exchange. .

By that time, to a certain extent, David has found the lifeblood of financial data on Wall Street, and can find certain anomalies based on daily real-time financial information data and use them to achieve a certain degree of control over Wall Street. The future direction of financial markets. .Target?

Or, if he discovered some anomalies and opportunities from these real-time financial market data centers, he chose to hide them and take advantage of them. .

hiss~

Elena, who was thinking a little too much, took a deep breath.

She used the action of drinking to hide the slightly shocked look on her face.

After a few seconds, Elena put down the cup and let out a sigh of relief.

Do not!

If David really does this, he will no longer be able to survive and will definitely be killed!

but. .

Elena then thought about it again, if Morgan and Wharton, or more capital and consortia chose to join this plan. .

So. .

David's unfinished plan may actually come true. .

Later, Elena reorganized her thoughts from her own professional perspective and was surprised to discover a problem.

All transactions that people make in the financial market will leave some records.

And before David, or before the advent of computers, before the emergence of this big financial database.

If people want to hide, hide, or modify their transaction records, they still have a certain amount of room for maneuver.

But if these records are entered into the large database in real time. .If they want to conceal or modify these transaction records, they will. .

Could it be that because of David's database project and the continuous rapid development of computers and related technologies, the world's financial trading market has entered an era of fully transparent financial market transactions?

fxxx!

Then, she will rely on confidential business information to make a living. .intelligence officers. .Can you still survive?

No work to do. .starving. .what to do?

For a moment, Elena was confused by her random thoughts, as if she was really going to lose her job after David's plan was realized.

If David knew what Elena was thinking now, he would definitely tell her with a smile: "It's okay. Wouldn't it be nice to learn more computer-related knowledge and switch careers to be a hacker?"

"The profession of hacker will be very lucrative in the future~ Haha!"

----

After hearing these thoughts from David, Guy thought of some other questions.

He stopped smiling, sat up straight, and said to David with a question on his face.

"In your future plans for databases, in addition to financial data science, will there be databases established in other disciplines?"

David tilted his head, smiled and nodded: "Of course!"

"The establishment of a financial database is just a small branch of our overall plan for this database."

"It can ensure that we have hematopoietic function and can survive without completely relying on our continuous investment."

"In the future, our database will slowly add some supercomputers according to its own development status, and save all the knowledge that can be entered."

He remembered one he had heard before. .joke. .Or the ultimate dream, so I told Guy about it.

"My ultimate dream in building this database is to leave some traces of our past existence to our earth and human world, which may be destroyed at any time, when our technology reaches a high enough level!"

"You mean... like Noah's Ark?"

"Yes~"

"Like those miraculous pyramids left behind by the pharaohs of Egypt."

"Just like in the Bible, Noah built the ark according to God's instructions."

"Of course, I'm not going to build a pyramid or Noah's Ark."

"In my opinion, the most ideal way is to cooperate with NASA to launch the memory that stores all the history and knowledge of the human world into the space orbit outside the earth, and then give this... a satellite-like database, set A time to return to Earth.”

"By then, even if we experience the great flood mentioned in the Bible, or the Third World War breaks out, the human world will be completely wiped out."

"The remaining lucky humans on earth can also rely on this database that records the history and knowledge of the entire human world and is returned from the earth's space orbit to rebuild our own human world, not some Atlantis one." The world, or... the world of gorillas..."

David shrugged and told Guy what seemed like a daydream. .Bragging x. .The ultimate dream!

Good guy!

This pie was painted by David. .Everyone was speechless. .

Some people were also disturbed by what David said about the Great Flood and World War III. .Touched some sensitive nerves.

Among them, the slightly older Guy, Nash, Alicia and Zina all experienced the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.

In those short 13 days, will the third world war break out in the world? Will the world be destroyed because of some people's impulse to press the red button? .

No one knows, and no one wants to have a similar experience again.

Perhaps, only God knows where the future destiny of mankind will go after mankind has opened Pandora's Box and released the atomic bomb, a weapon that can destroy all mankind. .

If we look at it from this perspective, even if the human world is nuclear neutralized, the chance is only one in a few hundred billion.

David's final dream, which is as whimsical as it is, may really be Noah's Ark where human civilization can continue. .

David saw that everyone's expressions began to become serious. He knew that what he was talking about was his ultimate dream, which made everyone too nervous. .

He tapped the cup twice with his fingers and said with a smile: "Tonight, we can gather here, drink red wine, eat delicious French food, and chat happily with new and old friends. This is what we are doing now." Life is our real world.”

“As for when mankind will be destroyed, only God knows the answer, right?”

"We are all ordinary people, there is no need to think about this problem that we have no control over, right? Haha~"

Zina, who was sitting on the other side of the dining table, patted her heart after hearing what David said, rolled her eyes at David, and said jokingly: "You really scared me just now~"

"Your database doesn't even have an office now, so you just want to use it to save human civilization after the world is destroyed?"

"Hehe~"

David nodded happily and continued: "That's why I say it is my ultimate dream~"

"Now we should cherish the people and time in front of us, cherish those beautiful things that we like, let us work harder and live a better life, which is more practical."

"Yes~"

"Yes, yes~"

Everyone laughed and echoed a few times. Jenny raised her wine glass with a smile on her lips, but looked at David with a little doubt in her eyes.

Guy, like everyone else, nodded with a smile and thought for a while.

"Then do you have any plans for where our data center will be located?"

David shook his head and said, "My first idea was to find a suitable place on Long Island."

"However, now I would rather find a suitable place in New Jersey, close to Manhattan."

"Guy, what do you think? Do you have a place for it?"

"Have!"

“There’s a parcel of land on the west side of Manhattan Island, east of Newark, that belongs to our university.”

"There used to be a factory there, but now the factory has been moved away, and only the factory buildings and walls are left."

"This factory has all the infrastructure, including water and electricity pipelines, and they are all in good condition."

"If we revamp it, we can put the data center there first."

"Hmm... That's a good idea... But what if we need to expand in the future?"

"Expansion? Haha~ The land around it also belongs to our university. The approximate area of ​​the land should be... 300 acres? Almost ~ these... should be enough for subsequent expansion, right?"

"Enough~"

David blinked his eyes and nodded, secretly complaining in his heart: What a rich man. .The inhumane kind. .

The area of ​​300 acres, if converted, is a little over a few square kilometers. .

For such a big place, if the entire building is really built upstairs, and then the whole building is filled with large computers. .How much does it cost?

David now. .Can't even think about it. .

He put aside this problem that he would only need to consider in the future, and thought for a moment: "What about the distance? If we start from Wall Street, how long will it take to get there?"

"Well...if we don't encounter any accidents along the way, within 30 minutes."

“The road conditions were pretty good all the way there!”

"Okay~ Let's decide where it is first, and then we'll arrange for people to go there to take a look, come up with a transformation plan, and try to complete the transformation before the end of the year and build this data center!"

He said and looked at Professor Nash: "Sorry, this location may be a bit far from your home."

Nash smiled and shook his head: "It takes more than half an hour to drive there from my home, so it's not too far~"

"Besides, if I'm busy with work, I can live there temporarily."

As he said this, he glanced at his wife Alicia somewhat belatedly.

"It's okay. Work is more important. I can handle family matters and the children are grown now."

Alicia certainly agrees with her husband.

I can see my husband live an ordinary life and find a job that I like.

What does it mean to work overtime occasionally and not be able to go home?

The old couple has been an old couple for so many years, and it’s not too late for Alicia to be happy that Nash can occasionally stay away from home. .

hehe~

Guy smiled and watched as Nash and Alicia began to bite their ears as if no one was watching, whispering, and from the bottom of his heart he was happy that they could live a normal life now.

----

Outside the French restaurant.

No one noticed that Barlow and Forrest Gump were sitting in a car on the street.

Forrest Gump saw Jenny from the window raising her glass and taking a sip. He said to Barlow with some doubts: "Jenny is pregnant... Can she drink?"

Barlow has no problem with Forrest Gump at all. .Answer. .

He thought for a moment and said, "Anyway, my mother said that she drank wine several times before giving birth to me."

"Look, I'm not fine now either?"

amount. .

A-Gump looked Barlow up and down, shook his head, and said no more.

He turned back to look at Jenny sitting at the dining table, and for a moment, he was a little lost in thought. .