When they got to his room, Woosung turned on his laptop and started the Visual Studio. Woosung pointed at the code.
âYou need to work with this part that says TODO.â
Amelia nodded.
/TODO./
Beside it was an explanation of what the function needed to do.
-Check QoS to guarantee the subscription to the Topic.
âWhat do you think? Can you do it?â Woosung asked as he turned to Amelia.
Go Sangjun glanced at the code as well. âHmm. Let me see.â Amelia hummed and answered.
Amelia studied everything carefully. After 10 minutes, she closed her eyes. Woosung opened his mouth to try to help.
âLet me give you a few hints. This function needs toâ¦â Before Woosung could finish his sentence, Amelia opened her eyes and placed her hands on the keyboard. Woosung asked uncertainly. âMs. Amelia?â
Type.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Type.
Amelia started to hum again with an excited grin.
âHaha! I think I got it. Quality of service. If you increase the quality, the speed goes down, and if you increase the speed, the performance goes down.â Amelia explained as she continued to type. âThe transmission to MQTT Broker seems inadequate.â
In MQTT, the server was basically the Broker. Just from looking at the codes on the clientâs side and the To-do list, Amelia understood the task easily.
âIf I can do this, you really promise to show me the codes on the server side too?â
âIf you can sign the non-disclosure agreement and the future employee contract, then yes.â
Amelia felt sheer excitement run through her veins. âI canât wait to see it! Letâs hurry up!â
She acted like an eager schoolgirl, but the quality and speed of her work were out of this world. She was better and faster than Woosung, who came from the future.
She was a genius. Coding seemed to come naturally to her. She typed without hesitation.
âThe protocol itself is simple. I want to look into the IMB research you mentioned earlier at the seminar.â Even when she was talking, she didnât stop typing. âWow, I really like this.â
She chatted happily while Woosung and Go Sangjun stared in awe.
The to-do list was filled faster than any of them have expected. Amelia was beyond Woosungâs wildest dream.
âFor the rest, I need to know how the Broker works. I finished what I could with knowing the client codes. Shall we test it?â
It took less than 2 hours.
âIt wouldâve taken me at least two to three days.â
Go Sangjun was still staring at Amelia, who smiled and urged Woosung.
âTest! Do the test!â
âAâ¦alright.â
Genius.
She was a coding genius.
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The test was a success. Woosung wrote out a quick agreement.
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I will not reveal anything about this code to anyone or any company.
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After the internship ends at Microsoft, I will join Woosung's company.
After she signed it, Woosung showed her the codes. As she studied them, she exclaimed. She also made some helpful suggestions.
By the time they were done, it was two in the morning.
It was dark outside. âItâs too late for you to get back home. I will get a room for you for tonight.â Woosung offered Amelia.
âActually, I wonât get any sleep tonight anyway, so could I work on this code? You guys can go to bed. Iâll just keep this lamp on.â
Woosung thought he heard her wrong. âWâ¦what?â
âIâ¦if you are uncomfortable with a stranger working on your codes, then I understand.â
âNo, thatâs not what I meant. Are you saying you want to work on the codes all night?â
Amelia nodded eagerly. âYou have to work tomorrow, so wouldnât this affect your performance tomorrow?â
âHaha, thatâs not a problem. My supervisor said I can do whatever I want to.â
âOhâ¦â
Woosung could understand why. He wouldâve said the same thing. A genius like her didnât need a supervisor to hover over her.
Woosung felt a huge respect for her.
âIâ¦I guess itâs not possible?â She frowned.
Woosung replied quickly. âNope. You are welcome to improve them as you see fit. Just remember the non-disclosure agreement.â
Amelia smiled brightly. âOk! Then I can get to work?â
âYup.â
She quickly quieted down and focused on the screen. Woosung turned the light off and went to sleep.
The next day.
Woosung woke up in the middle of the day. Amelia was already gone. A note was left on top of the laptop.
-I changed a little bit of the structure and left an explanation.
-The core protocol and format pub/sub remain unchanged of course.
-You did an amazing job!
-I canât wait to work for you.
-I will call you when my internship ends.
Woosung has never met someone like her before.
Coding nerd.
Woosung was in desperate need of someone like her.
âI better make sure she keeps her promise.â
Go Sangjun was already on his way back to Korea. Jonathan Logan hasnât called him yet. There was no reason for Woosung to stay here any longer.
His next stop was New York.
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The first place Woosung visited in New York was the Charging Bull.
âI better find a good lawyer first.â
If he asked Jang Gwangchul, he would have recommended a good lawyer, but Woosung wanted to keep this a secret.
The prospect of having the future changed if more people knew about it worried Woosung so.
âThe next four months will be very important.â
Many people already felt the upcoming danger. The news in both US and Korea hinted the inevitable financial crisis.
No one could tell exactly what, when, and how it will happen. Except for Woosung.
A few months later.
-This is breaking news on CNN. Lehman Brothers filed for the bankruptcy. The stock market has halted. The financial world is in a huge turmoil.
Finally, what Woosung waited for happened.