Damn the World, Ride a Submarine - Chapter 11



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Episode 11 – Databricks

A video conference to make the final investment decision has begun.

***** video meeting *****

CEO Kyung-ho Lee’s PT started, and the screen changed to slides for the presentation.

The presentation slides created with Keynote did not even use fancy decorations or Keynote’s unique transition effects.

He concisely explained the vision of the technology he was developing using key words.

But I wasn’t interested in their vision.

After listening to the presentation for about 10 minutes, he grabbed the microphone and made the presentation stop.

“I’m sorry for cutting you off during the presentation.”

“no. President, if you have anything to say, please say it first.”

“yes. “Then, first of all, we will decide here to invest 10 billion won.”

Mumbling sounds were heard from all over the screen. I could see a mixture of confusion and joy on the faces of Databricks executives and employees.

As I did not continue speaking, CEO Kyung-ho Lee seemed to calm down the room.

“I have no doubt about Databricks’ vision.

But I’m not really interested in that.”

It seemed like there was a stir once again. I finished what I was saying.

“You are free to continue developing. “I just need you to develop the technology and services I offer together.”

CEO Kyung-ho Lee asked.

“What kind of technology and service do you think the CEO has?”

“I will tell you about that separately if the CEO decides to receive investment. However, I will only mention that it is not a significant departure from Databricks’ technology and vision.”

There was silence for a moment. I asked CEO Lee Kyung-ho again.

“Is there a problem? I would like you to make your decision here. “If you decide, the first KRW 10 billion will be invested within a week.”

Director Lee Shin-young was called on the video conference platform, and Director Lee responded by nodding lightly. Director Kyung-ho Lee spoke again.

“Because it was so sudden. How much stake do you want?”

“I heard that you received 1 billion won as an existing investment. “If you coordinate that part with Director Lee Shin-young who is there, I will follow suit.”

I called this director again.

“Director Lee Shin-young!”

“yes”

“Please proceed with the investment while protecting CEO Lee Kyung-ho’s current shares.”

CEO Lee Kyung-ho seemed frozen and remained silent before opening his mouth.

“I will give you an additional 10% of my shares.”

“great. I will gratefully accept your sentiments. Then the investment was decided. We will send you an email regarding future plans and additional projects.”

“thank you. “Thanks to you, CEO, I was able to make my dream come true.”

The video conference was concluded, leaving the rest of the work to Vice President Jin Min-gyu and Director Lee Shin-young.

In fact, I only had a concept for something new to develop, but I couldn’t make it concrete. I needed a day or so to gather my thoughts.

…

next day.

I sent an email to Databricks CEO Lee Kyung-ho.

It was about a new project to start.

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– HWS (Hazard Warning System)

An advance warning system for various risks such as climate, viruses, war, and social disasters.

Please refer to NASA’s TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission). It is a system that warns of various dangers using weather and geographic information.

It has a similar algorithm to the TRMM above.

HWS creates a system that warns in advance of critical points of risk based on all accessible data generated by humans.

The data collected includes all human-generated text, images, audio, and video, such as SNS.

ex)

Please note that the amount of searches and social media mentions of coughing and high fever are proportional to the spread of the coronavirus.

in other words! HWS is a system that predicts direct phenomena using indirect information.

It was impossible in the past, but now it is possible due to the large and diverse amount of indirect information.

Just as CHAT GTP learns from human-produced text.

HWS finds signals of risk by learning indirect information and patterns generated by humans with access to advanced information.

The first service using HWS is

RiskScope is an application that checks national and regional risk indices on your smartphone and sends out alarms.

– ORI (Omni risk Index) Omnirisk Index

Risk index to be used in HWS. ORI measures the combined potential of all unidentified risks and expresses the sum as an index.

To derive ORI.

Measures changes in data groups such as communication volume, news, weather information, social media, search history, stock prices, etc., capital markets, spot transactions, cargo volume, and floating population.

Let AI adjust the weights through machine learning.

If the ORI index exceeds 100, it means that at least war or a major disaster is imminent.

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I sent an email to CEO Lee Kyung-ho. He left a postscript saying that he would like to see the prototype quickly.

The ship continued sailing, and soon it was close enough to see Salalah Port with the naked eye.

Benoit and the rest of the security staff returned to Djibouti in their speedboat.

Salalah was a beautiful coastal city. The dark waters of the Arabian Sea and the rugged mountains surrounding Salalah formed a wonderful contrast.

The rows of anchored yachts seemed to indicate that it was a resort town. It was decided to call in Salalah for four days for rest and maintenance.

and

Along with a message to team leader Kim Jun-myeong congratulating him on his hard work, he instructed secretary Lee Hye-in to remit $100,000 as compensation for his injuries and success compensation.

Perhaps because they had all crossed the firing line, they appeared to be taking a rest without getting off the boat.

But I wanted to quickly get on the ground and walk.

I made a reservation at a resort with the long name ‘Al Baleed Resort Salalah by Anantara’ and got off the boat with Hye-in.

In the taxi heading to my accommodation, I opened the window and felt the air there. It was a crisp wind, quite different from the sea breeze.

The scenery of Salalah, with its colorful buildings, bright blue sky, and people dressed in white clothes, created an exotic feeling.

Hyein opened her mouth.

“It’s much prettier than Port Said.”

“I see. haha”

After a moment of silence, Hyein spoke out the words she had tried so hard to hide.

“I was really, really scared.”

“Well… it’s worth it.”

“I heard you shot instead of Team Leader Kim?”

“that is. “Team Leader Kim was hurt, so there was nothing we could do.”

“and then ···.”

Hyein shook her head as if she had just imagined something scary.

“Why if it’s not your business?”

“Well…water doesn’t boil at 99 degrees. If you can’t raise the remaining 1 degree, you will fail. “I just played that role for myself.”

“…”

Hyein was looking at the window silently with an expressionless face, as if she was sad about something.

The taxi arrived at Al Baleed Resort, and as soon as I entered the room, I unpacked my luggage and headed to the shower room. I wanted to shake off the sweaty tension.

I turned on the shower, immersed myself in the hot water, and did nothing. I was waiting for the tension in my head and muscles to ease.

Just as my body was starting to relax, the shower room door opened. She was Hyein.

He was putting his index finger on his lips as if telling him not to say anything. As she raised her arms, her shower gown slipped off her body and onto her floor.

And Hyein snuggled into my arms.

I waited in silence for the tension built up in the sea breeze to be washed away by the warm water. The hot steam clouding the mirror relaxed my body and mind.

Hyein turns off the shower. She put her finger on my lips. And she smiled, making narrow eyes.

She holds a shower ball enriched with foam. He washed my body slowly from top to bottom. Let me flinch. He held my hand gently and looked up at me and smiled.

As her entire body was covered with soap bubbles, she gently and glided towards me and hugged me.

What can I say?

1 inch wave, moved body shyly. A small tremor was conveyed as if dancing.

As if walking a tightrope, Hyein released all the tension in her body at the border between excitement and warmth.

As the heat rose, we turned on the water to cool it down.

When I came out of the shower room, Hyein made eye contact and whispered softly.

“Again from the beginning!”

Go back to bed.

We indulged in each other like we would never see each other again, as if the earth would be destroyed tomorrow.

The moment when the slowly building energy of tension explodes inside her. Hyein’s whole body was twisted and she couldn’t control the joy that was bursting out of her.

I went to bed feeling like I had fainted.

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