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nWhen they got to his room, Woosung turned on his laptop and started the Visual Studio. Woosung pointed at the code.

n“You need to work with this part that says TODO.”

nAmelia nodded.

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/TODO.

/

nBeside it was an explanation of what the function needed to do.

n-Check QoS to guarantee the subscription to the Topic.

n“What do you think? Can you do it?” Woosung asked as he turned to Amelia.

nGo Sangjun glanced at the code as well. “Hmm. Let me see.” Amelia hummed and answered.

nAmelia studied everything carefully. After 10 minutes, she closed her eyes. Woosung opened his mouth to try to help.

n“Let me give you a few hints. This function needs to…” Before Woosung could finish his sentence, Amelia opened her eyes and placed her hands on the keyboard. Woosung asked uncertainly. “Ms. Amelia?”

nType.

nType.

nAmelia started to hum again with an excited grin.

n“Haha! 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.” Amelia explained as she continued to type. “The transmission to MQTT Broker seems inadequate.”

nIn MQTT, the server was basically the Broker. Just from looking at the codes on the client’s side and the To-do list, Amelia understood the task easily.

n“If I can do this, you really promise to show me the codes on the server side too?”

n“If you can sign the non-disclosure agreement and the future employee contract, then yes.”

nAmelia felt sheer excitement run through her veins. “I can’t wait to see it! Let’s hurry up!”

nShe 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.

nShe was a genius. Coding seemed to come naturally to her. She typed without hesitation.

n“The protocol itself is simple. I want to look into the IMB research you mentioned earlier at the seminar.” Even when she was talking, she didn’t stop typing. “Wow, I really like this.”

nShe chatted happily while Woosung and Go Sangjun stared in awe.

nThe to-do list was filled faster than any of them have expected. Amelia was beyond Woosung’s wildest dream.

n“For the rest, I need to know how the Broker works. I finished what I could with knowing the client codes. Shall we test it?”

nIt took less than 2 hours.

n‘It would’ve taken me at least two to three days.’

nGo Sangjun was still staring at Amelia, who smiled and urged Woosung.

n“Test! Do the test!”

n“A…alright.”

nGenius.

nShe was a coding genius.

nThe test was a success. Woosung wrote out a quick agreement.

nAfter she signed it, Woosung showed her the codes. As she studied them, she exclaimed. She also made some helpful suggestions.

nBy the time they were done, it was two in the morning.

nIt was dark outside. “It’s too late for you to get back home. I will get a room for you for tonight.” Woosung offered Amelia.

n“Actually, I won’t get any sleep tonight anyway, so could I work on this code? You guys can go to bed. I’ll just keep this lamp on.”

nWoosung thought he heard her wrong. “W…what?”

n“I…if you are uncomfortable with a stranger working on your codes, then I understand.”

n“No, that’s not what I meant. Are you saying you want to work on the codes all night?”

nAmelia nodded eagerly. “You have to work tomorrow, so wouldn’t this affect your performance tomorrow?”

n“Haha, that’s not a problem. My supervisor said I can do whatever I want to.”

n“Oh…”

nWoosung could understand why. He would’ve said the same thing. A genius like her didn’t need a supervisor to hover over her.

nWoosung felt a huge respect for her.

n“I…I guess it’s not possible?” She frowned.

nWoosung replied quickly. “Nope. You are welcome to improve them as you see fit. Just remember the non-disclosure agreement.”

nAmelia smiled brightly. “Ok! Then I can get to work?”

n“Yup.”

nShe quickly quieted down and focused on the screen. Woosung turned the light off and went to sleep.

nThe next day.

nWoosung woke up in the middle of the day. Amelia was already gone. A note was left on top of the laptop.

n-I changed a little bit of the structure and left an explanation.

n-The core protocol and format pub

/sub remain unchanged of course.

n-You did an amazing job!

n-I can’t wait to work for you.

n-I will call you when my internship ends.

nWoosung has never met someone like her before.

nCoding nerd.

nWoosung was in desperate need of someone like her.

n“I better make sure she keeps her promise.”

nGo Sangjun was already on his way back to Korea. Jonathan Logan hasn’t called him yet. There was no reason for Woosung to stay here any longer.

nHis next stop was New York.

nThe first place Woosung visited in New York was the Charging Bull.

n“I better find a good lawyer first.”

nIf he asked Jang Gwangchul, he would have recommended a good lawyer, but Woosung wanted to keep this a secret.

nThe prospect of having the future changed if more people knew about it worried Woosung so.

n“The next four months will be very important.”

nMany people already felt the upcoming danger. The news in both US and Korea hinted the inevitable financial crisis.

nNo one could tell exactly what, when, and how it will happen. Except for Woosung.

nA few months later.

n-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.

nFinally, what Woosung waited for happened.

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