There are many manuscript papers full of programming codes on the white walls, and many complex materials are piled up on the scattered desks. It is already late at night, and there is only one young man who is staying behind in the office.

Laroll has been working on the Nasdaq Exchange for two years, but he is not a stock broker who is well-dressed and has a very exciting life every day, but is standing as an exchange network equipment administrator and is responsible for maintaining these valuable computer equipment every day.

At this time, Larol was looking at a magazine boredly because the routine inspection had been completed long ago.

Is the stock exchange? Computers are so developed now, and network infrastructure is being built up all over the world. It is natural for Nasdaq to introduce these high-end equipment, and it is already quite trendy. Just like the monitor in the trading hall, it was just changed at the end of last year. You should know that the airport flight schedules at the same time are not the same.

"Oh, every day, are there nothing interesting?"

After flipping through the magazine, he took a look at the Nasdaq index that closed today on his computer.

It can be said that Rome was not built in one day, and upgrades were not completed in one day. Although the exchange was established in 1971 and the entire management was full of vitality of young people, replacing hardware equipment is another matter. Just like this computer, let alone the machine itself is an old model, the people on it didn't even plan to buy a Windows system CD.

The computers Larol used at home are still the latest Microsoft system, but he had to use the old Dos system in the company. This feeling of returning to the original state of mind will make anyone who has experienced it.

After looking at the index, it was still in the position that was still motionless. That was of course. It was already closed. Larol sighed again. He was so bored that he was very bored in his standardized work every day.

Bored, he turned his chair and stared at the buzzing servers behind him and started to be stunned.

Yes, network management is not something that ordinary people can do. Just saying that the noisy fan sound of these computers is enough to leave sequelae to employees. Fortunately, the management departments above are not completely unable to keep up with the times. Since the end of last year, they have replaced the same number of special computers with a group of new types of little guys.

Cisco's router.

This is a treasure, small in size, but a suitcase is as big as a low price, just two thousand dollars, but it can replace a whole computer that is extremely heavy, expensive and annoying. Although Larol is just the most ordinary network administrator, he is simply thankful for Cisco. After all, it has left it with more than a dozen computer fans noise!

I was idle and idle, and Larol began to study this novel thing.

The router is very exquisitely made, and its white metal shell is very beautiful. The designer obviously has strong craftsmanship and considerately sets different colors for the plug-in port on the back of the machine. Yellow is computer access, and blue is the outer network. With such a clear design, even the most layman will use it.

The most important thing that aroused Larol's interest were the flashing light bulbs on the front face of the router.

The meaning of the power light is naturally the most obvious, it means that the router power supply is turned on and is working.

There are also five light bulbs marked "1, 2, 3, 4, 5", which means that up to five computers can be connected to this router, and now all five lights are bright. Of course, the exchange computers work 24 hours a day, which has nothing to do with the opening and closing of the stock market.

Then, there are the other three small lamps representing the work.

Larol knew very well that the faster these three lights flashed, the more it meant that a large amount of information was entering the network.

Now, because the market has closed after all, and it is already early in the morning, even those financial analysts who stay up late rarely continue to surf the Internet. Therefore, these three lights are almost out at this moment, and they only flash occasionally.

"Oh, when will such a job be done..."

The bored Larol complained again. No matter how comfortable the chair is, he would feel pain in his back. It was early morning now, so he stood up and walked in this spacious and narrow computer room.

There are dozens of business computers produced by ibm here, and each one is priced at the price of Larol to make him vomit blood, but this is normal. The quality of the dedicated server on the stock exchange cannot be low.

I was very bored, and when I walked to the door, he looked towards the corner of the wall.

That is a surveillance probe, and the captured images will be directly transmitted to the monitoring room and will be recorded repeatedly with video tapes. In fact, Larol is very disgusted with the exchange's omnipresent behavior. Fortunately, the management is trying to catch up with the trend and even the monitoring room is connected to the Internet.

Is this the prototype of the future office model?

Larol couldn't help but have some random thoughts. Although he is not a stock broker, he is also a person working on the exchange. He always keeps a close eye on the stock market trend and will have the greatest impact on people, which is that he has a feeling for the future development model of society. Although Larol is an amateur, he has a deep understanding.

For example, among the companies that will be listed tomorrow, there is the famous Microsoft.

Laroll has been following Microsoft for a long time, and he is also very clear that countless investors in the country are looking forward to its listing. Some time ago, when Microsoft IPO was successful for the first time, even the Wall Street Journal reported on the relevant situation in detail.

Initial public offerings are the most important things a company can experience, and for some ordinary investment companies, helping an iPo company is also the best proof of its becoming a strong man in the industry.

The issue price is US$21, which is the valuation made by the certified public accountants of the relevant investment companies after a long time of busyness. All shareholders of the company each split some shares and consolidated stocks worth US$2 million, accounting for 15% of the total share capital for public sale. When all these stocks are sold out, even if they are sold at the issue price, Microsoft will immediately receive US$42 million in funds and allow all shareholders who have purchased the stock to share the 15% share of the share capital.

Do you want to buy one?

That's of course.

Speaking of which, one thing is particularly eye-catching.

As we all know, before a company goes public, it needs to publish a list of shareholders and executives to the public. After all, if a company does not even tell the public about this, how can it be expected that investors can buy its stocks with confidence?

So, of course, Microsoft did the same.

The company's largest shareholder is naturally Bill Gates.

But what surprised Larol was that the second largest shareholder of the company was not the other founder he thought, Paul Allen, but a name called Alice Wang.

To be honest, Larol has no impression. Although he always sticks to the Wall Street Journal every day, every day, and subscribes to many financial newspapers and magazines, he is sure that he has never heard of this name.

When did Microsoft happen to such a large-scale shareholder change?

Larol can only keep this question in mind for the time being. After all, Microsoft had not completed the IPO at that time. As an ordinary company, it certainly had no obligation to announce high-level changes to the public, and ordinary people would certainly not be interested in who the boss of a non-listed company is.

Every day, every night, when he was on duty alone, Larol always had to think about it like this. At this moment, when he was almost relaxed, he lazily returned to his seat.

Next, should I doze again, or doze again, or doze again?

Repeat important things three times because Larol is really sleepy.

Oh God, you have to wait all night after completing routine server maintenance. What isn’t this torture?

Thinking of this, Larol's sleepiness was dispelled by depression and frustration. He stood up again as soon as he sat down and began to walk around the computer room again...

stand up……

Come……

"Um?"

Larol suddenly stopped.

As if Spider-Man was pulling it with a sticky silk, he turned his eyes to a router in the corner.

Yes, there are two other compatriots on a router next to it, but Larol only focused on this one.

Its work lights are flashing wildly.

"what the hell?"

Murmuring, Larol walked to the router: "It's early in the morning, so it's still stumped that anyone is using the Internet?"

This shouldn't be true. Larol has been working on the exchange for two years, and this router has been in the computer room since October last year. After so many nights, no one will be so busy in the middle of the night!

"Let me think about it, let me think about it, what is the principle of a router?"

Squatting in front of the router that was flashing non-stop, Larol muttered: "Transfer data packets between multiple IP addresses, select the best path, and can also accommodate non-stop protocols..."

So the situation is very obvious now, someone is entering data into the server of the Nasdaq Exchange, and there is a lot of data, otherwise these three lights would not flash like eternal lights.

"And it is specifically for a certain server..."

As he thought about it, Larol's tired head began to smell.

"In the middle of the night, when no one should be using a computer inside the exchange... Suddenly someone transmits data to a specific server in large quantities..."

Sleepy, so sleepy, Larol realized in a daze that he seemed to have forgotten to drink coffee.

"Uh, okay, maybe the analysis department is preparing for tomorrow's new stock listing. Financial analysts are really tired when they stay up late at any time..."

As he muttered like this, he lay down on the spot and fell asleep.

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Chapter completed!