Tech Hammer

In the spacious and luxurious study room, Sackler Berg was sitting on a comfortable chair, carefully flipping through a paper document. Ning Wei would probably feel honored to be in this room at this time, because his photo is posted on the front page of this document. The photo is a bareheaded photo of him when he was a freshman. At that time, he still had the youthfulness of high school. , grinning in front of the camera, with the unique vitality and foolishness of young people.

Really, Sackler Berg thought that he had paid enough attention to this young Chinese genius. He even remembered that on the last day of September, in the meeting he specially convened, the strategy he set could not be allowed to happen. This guy has more clout.

He still remembers that everyone was very enthusiastic and came up with many plans. He was very satisfied and allowed these people to go ahead and do it. The final result has now come out. I can’t say that everyone did nothing. I can only say that this thing was completed perfectly in reverse! After their various operations, the influence of this young Chinese scientist was finally amplified infinitely.

Of course there were mistakes in their work, but more often than not, everyone underestimated the capabilities of this young scientist.

If in September last year, Ning Wei's public voice could only affect a small conceptual sector of the stock market here, then if he speaks openly now, he may affect the entire US stock market.

At this time, Sackler Berg already felt that he had no energy even if he wanted to get angry.

As an old man who has witnessed a lot of history, he knows better than anyone how dangerous the stock market situation is at this time and how important confidence is to this market. However, what no one expected is that the cause of all this turned out to be because of this An algorithm was developed by a young man more than a year ago. What is even more frightening is the young man's scheming and ruthlessness.

According to the evaluation in the data, this software anti-piracy method is so sophisticated in conception and design that it can not only bring him hundreds of millions of wealth, but the method itself can also play a great role in promoting the healthy development of the software industry. But this Ningwei could bear not to announce it until this critical moment, and then he took out this technology and showed it to the sky.

This is actually similar to the March Exhibition.

When this program was born in March, it was enough for him to win the Turing Award, but he did not announce it, and even let this artificial intelligence program play a big joke on him to the whole world. Every time he thinks about these Sackler Burr Ge could feel his blood pressure soaring crazily. It is no longer possible to limit Ning Wei's influence through off-stage operations or even downplay it.

According to Sackler Berg, history has proven that on the development path of modern scientific civilization, whenever the process of lighting up the technological tree of mankind stalls, there will always be an epoch-making great scientist who will point out a way for the development of civilization. Way to go. Copernicus's heliocentric theory illuminated ignorance; Watt made mechanical motion a reality; Newton directly advanced modern mankind's understanding of force to an unprecedented era; the emergence of Einstein directly triggered a revolution in the world of physics at that time, and Laying a solid foundation for modern physics; von Neumann allowed the machine's computing power to be infinitely expanded...

God has been blessing the Western world for hundreds of years, until now a young mathematician and computer scientist appeared in China - Ning Wei.

Yes, Sackler Berg believes that Ning Wei already has all the conditions to grow into a scientific great who will take a big step forward in human science in this era. This is one of the reasons why he chose to spend more than three hours studying this information. Another important reason is that it can be said that Ning Wei held the entire stock market hostage with a Weibo post he posted yesterday.

The current demands have changed from suppressing Ning Wei to being able to shut up his mouth, or at least reach an agreement secretly with Cisco to resolve this dispute. Otherwise, whether you terminate the contract with Cisco or continue the contract and entrust Cisco to complete network security upgrades in the market, it will bring huge risks.

But from this information, it seems that Ning Wei has almost no points that can be exploited.

In fact, a year ago, before Ning Wei graduated from his undergraduate degree, Cisco offered him an annual salary of US$800,000 and a series of favorable conditions. Unfortunately, I was rejected directly. This annual salary seems stupid now, even if it is increased a hundred times, it is not an exaggeration, but Sackler Berg knew very well that at that time, the salary of a fresh graduate was already not low.

After Ning Wei showed his prominence, it was not without his efforts. Many professors from Ivy League universities had already extended an olive branch to him.

What makes Sackler Berg most distressed is that Ning Wei has been to the United States. When he attended the SOCD conference last year, he was less than 20 kilometers away from Washington, but no one thought of keeping him at that time. That's it. When he attended the STOC conference in Montreal, it was the best opportunity to keep this young hero, but it was a pity that it was missed again.

Of course, you can’t blame some people for having a poor sense of smell. Two computer conferences gave the impression that this little guy has been doing theoretical research. Even though the turbulence algorithm was more applied, he still selflessly put the core code in the paper. At that time, no one thought that this young man was so sinister that the theory of the paper contained so much private information!

No one thought that Ning Wei would have the energy to develop applications while doing theoretical research on artificial intelligence. Brand-new artificial intelligence theory and brand-new artificial intelligence technology appeared almost simultaneously...

The most important thing is that after it came out in March, this young man was unmoved even by the invitation to go abroad to attend the award ceremony. After reading all the content of Ning Wei’s chat with Dan Schechtman, he frowned. It's very deep. There are now a lot fewer cards to play, so how should this young man bribe him?

As for spending money on the Internet to smear people, it has been proven before that all reverse propaganda is not ineffective. For example, the group of paid mouthpieces were almost completely wiped out, but Ningwei was unscathed and gained a higher reputation, which directly led to the recent There are far fewer people who dare to pay money to do reverse propaganda on the Internet.

This is something that even Sackler Berger did not expect. Faced with huge profits, some people even bothered to use reasonable tax avoidance methods. Really, if the partners around him have such a high level of consciousness, then all the problems facing the United States now can be solved.

Yes, the wealthy people around him would rather spend their money hiring the smartest accountants and lawyers, or lobbying politicians to change the law so that they can find ways to reasonably avoid tax burdens, rather than doing their best to obligation. He understands better than the average person why the U.S. tax law encourages the public to avoid reasonable taxes, because only the truly rich can truly enjoy most of the reasonable tax avoidance policies, and of course these truly rich people include himself.

Sackler Berg still remembers that when he was young, he always hoped that he could be the person who broke all the constraints and rules, but now that he is old, rules are everything in his mind, and everyone should act according to the rules. , because he has personally been involved and made the rules.

Finally, Sackler Berg closed the material in front of him, and his eyes fell back on the childish smiling face on the cover. It's hard to believe that this young guy only took four short years to grow into a figure with extremely dazzling scientific achievements and a figure that was so slippery that he felt he couldn't even start.

Just at this time, there was a knock on his door. A young, beautiful and in-shape female secretary walked into the study. With the unique sound of high heels, she walked up to him, leaned down and whispered in the old man's ear: " Mr. Luo Zhuoq just called and asked me to inform you that the internal test results have come out. Although the situation is not optimistic, they are working towards the best direction as planned."

Listen, what wonderful news this is.

Sackler Berg smiled and said: "Okay, I understand. By the way, Julian, do you want to go to China to meet this young man?"

The female secretary looked at the boy on the cover with disgust, then shook her head decisively and said, "No, Mr. Berg, I am not interested in China."

Sackler Berg laughed, then spread his hands and said: "Haha, Julian, put away your prejudice for the time being. That country has long since become not what you imagined. Don't look down on this young man, if he If you are willing, we can make him the hope of all mankind, so don’t underestimate a rising technological star. In fact, I really want you to meet him. If you can use your charm to conquer this promising person, Young man, I am willing to give you this entire building as a wedding gift, and even help you pay for the ten years of maintenance and management fees, insurance and taxes for this building."

These words made the female secretary stunned. After being in contact with him for a long time, she knew that Sackler Berg was not joking, and she also knew how rich the financial resources of the old man in front of her were. In other words, if she can really make this young man her guest, she can really own this building.

Really, at this moment, Julian seemed to see...love from that green smiling face.

"If you wish..."

"Haha, don't think about it, Julian, you know I'm not stingy, you have to know that this young man even rejected Princess Isabel. Maybe that princess is not better than you, but she is younger than you and..."

The old man paused after speaking here, with a smile still on his face, but his eyes gradually became colder, but his tone was still gentle: "If he is willing to come here, I will give you a chance, Julian, but it is a pity. This is probably difficult. Okay, go call Luo Zhuoq back and tell him that I don't want to hear any bad news anymore. If he can't properly handle the mess they caused, the consequences will be serious."

"Okay, Mr. Berg!"

…

Hua Xia, Yanbei University, Yanbei International Mathematics Research Center.

Ning Wei originally thought that it would be magical enough that the Chairman of the Wolf Prize Foundation actually moved the award ceremony to China in order for him to be invited to participate in this foundation. But he did not expect that magical things were still happening one after another. Things are happening.

For example, now, it was late at night, before he could wait for classmate Lai Jiang, and he received a call from Yan Ming. The CEO of Cisco Greater China had flown from Hangzhou to Beijing. He hoped to meet him now, and his car had already arrived. It was almost time to arrive at Yanbei University, but I couldn't contact him, so I first contacted Yan Ming, who had business dealings with Ning Wei. Look at this late at night, are you not treating doctoral students as human beings?

Ning Wei asked curiously: "Mr. Yan, do you know what Mr. Huang wants to see me for at night?"

"Maybe I was also scared by the video on your Weibo." Yan Ming replied.

"Cisco also has products that have stolen the turbulence algorithm?" Ning Wei asked in surprise.

"We can't say it's misappropriation. We can only say that testing similar Cisco equipment with the method you gave will cause some unexpected reactions. Currently, according to our test results, Cisco equipment will have more serious network instability after testing. There is a risk of equipment downtime, and it can return to normal after restarting the equipment. Compared with other test results, it is actually much better."

Look at what this says, if telecom operators use equipment that requires frequent restarts for normal use, it probably won't take a few days to blow up.

Of course, Ning Wei could also hear the feeling of gloating in Yan Ming's tone, which was very touching. In fact, the video Ning Wei sent was mainly for Ericsson. Who would have thought that even the giant company that once invited him Ba Company also exploded.

"I have another question, Mr. Yan, why are they in such a hurry? They have to rush here directly at night?"

"You don't know?" Mr. Yan was obviously surprised that Ning Wei would ask such an unprofessional question.

"How could I know?" Ning Wei felt baffled.

"Cisco just received a large order for network equipment security upgrades from the three major U.S. stock exchanges last month. Haven't you always been concerned about U.S. stocks? Although there is no explanation to the public about the current stage of the upgrade, if it is exposed at this time It will most likely make Wall Street worry about the security trading environment of the entire market. We were originally prepared to wait until they both announced security upgrades before having a serious discussion with Cisco, but it is a pity."

Yan Ming said with regret: "We have made a rough judgment here. Huawei has also received orders for network security upgrades for the three major exchanges, Mingzhu, Shencheng and Beijing. The data involved in this project is too sensitive and requires extreme caution. The entire project is expected to take half a year, and it has now been five months. Except for the Beijing Exchange, everything has been upgraded. We estimate that Cisco will probably take that long."

"Is there such a thing? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Ning Wei was surprised and even a little regretful.

He seems to really care too little about the actual situation. If he had known about this matter earlier, he really wouldn't mind giving Cisco more time. After all, people who watch the excitement will never think it's a big deal. Think about it, if the exchange suddenly goes offline on a trading day, it would probably be a very beautiful and alternative scenery.

It's a pity that it's probably impossible to trigger this kind of alternative scenery now, as you can tell from the fact that people rush from Hangzhou to Beijing at night.

"Well, Dr. Ning, I always thought that you were very concerned about U.S. stocks. Naturally, you would not miss their announcements. And even if it really comes to that, it will be many times more difficult to deal with than now. It will involve a lot of things. The question at the level... Now comes the question, do you plan to meet with Mr. Huang?" Yan Ming forcibly changed the topic to normal online.

"Let me see. I made an appointment with Chen Shuang for her to come over at nine o'clock. There is still half an hour. If he can get to my office before nine o'clock, there will still be some time."

"Okay, then I'll give Mr. Huang a reply."

After hanging up the phone, Ning Wei felt that he roughly understood some logic, and couldn't help but feel that this world was really magical. He even felt that he had figured out some basic rules to keep the world running.

For example, the so-called moral bottom line can only be effective when the fist is hard enough. After all, morality can only work when both parties have a bottom line. If one party has no bottom line, the moral binding force will directly drop to zero. But the fist is different. You can swing it at any time when you want to.

Therefore, fists are the way to go.