Mary's Nineteenth Century

Early June.

Mary almost forgot to wait for the reply from the university, when suddenly a group of professors came to the door together.

Isn't it just sending an interview notice, shouldn't that be what the postman does?Or to show the attitude of the school, it is enough to find an academic staff member to present in person.

Four professors came from the Department of Mathematics. What is the operation?And there was no advance greeting.

In this era, there is no mobile phone or Internet for instant messaging, so if you don't say it in advance, what if it fails?

The atmosphere in the living room is a bit strange.

Mary invited everyone in politely, and after she was seated, four pairs of eyes stared at her.

The eyes of the four people are too complicated, as if they are excited but trying to suppress, slightly suspicious but want to give trust, and there is a feeling of watching strange people and strangers.

"Four teachers, is there anything you want to visit today?"

Mary broke the weird silence, and everyone in the room couldn't stare at each other.She asked directly, "Is there something wrong with my application for admission?"

"no!"

Professor Green directly denied it.Not only is there nothing wrong with it, the content of the small paper is unprecedented and very appropriate. It is only necessary to confirm whether the author of it is Minton.

The sentence "no" seems to have pressed some weird button, and the four professors talked one after another, throwing out one question after another around the discourse on probability theory.

Suddenly, the quiet living room suddenly became lively.

Mary answered one by one in an orderly manner on the surface, but she secretly thought that she had made a mistake.I agreed to write and write casually, but why did I attract four professors?Look at this posture, if it wasn't for fear of scaring her, I'm afraid not only four of them would come, but the entire mathematics department would be mobilized.

After a fierce defense, Professor Green issued an admission invitation as a representative.

I hope that Mr. Minton will not hesitate to choose C University. I believe he will graduate in less than four years and become a bright new star in the academic world, illuminating the dark field of probability theory and axiomatic system.

Inside and outside the words, all kinds of hints are already very clear.

I hope that Minton will devote himself to research and become the founder of the axiomatization of probability theory.It seems that without Minton, research in this area would have stalled for decades.

Does the times make heroes, or do heroes make the times?

Mary didn't feel she had to.In the present and past lives of the same nineteenth century, there is a lack of a Darwin, but there is still a Wang Erwen.

Comparing the two worlds, even if some well-known scientists did not appear, others have put forward similar theories.After all, the objective facts of the world's operation have always existed, and someone will always discover the law, the difference is only sooner or later.

Now it is known that a group of people who were familiar with in previous lives, their ancestors did not exist in this world.It can be inferred from this that certain theories cannot be put forward as scheduled at some point in the future.

But so what?

Mary is not a research madman, otherwise she would not have joined Wall Street after graduating from her Ph. D., and then went to the battlefield to do rescue in pursuit of greater stimulation.

At the moment, facing Professor Green's impassioned statement, she just took the attitude of letting nature take its course.To put it bluntly, it depends on the mood.For example, I’m not in the mood to write a dissertation recently, because after more than two months of immersive experience on Wall Street, she also wants to ask God if he went to an alien planet for vacation?

New York is a lot messier today than it was 150+ years ago.

Bribing judges, gangs everywhere, using beauty to steal company information regardless of gender, etc. Are these bloody live scenes exciting?

Mathematics is indeed beautiful.

However, what Mary pursues is not just beauty.

Looking around the world, the reality of New York is brilliantly chaotic.The ups and downs of the plot are beyond the reach of novels of all major genres by train.

People often say that art comes from life and is higher than life, but it ignores one point.Works of art need logic, reality does not need logic.

The plots that I dare not write blindly in the works are all arranged in reality.For example, snatching documents halfway, stealing official seals to kill people, husbands and wives turning against each other and lovers gaining profits, etc., are by no means special cases.It's not pleasing to the eye, and I can't wait to buy it. The gang members staged a shootout, and the bosses directly copied the guy and beat him to death.

In the chaos of New York, murder and death are commonplace.

One after another, the explosive facts made Mary change from being too interested in writing the memoir of Wall Street in the 19th century to exposing everything to the public.

Write!

Hurry up and write!

It just so happens that there has been a lot of wind on Wall Street recently.

The two exchanges officially announced their merger as one, along with several new rules.

The two most important provisions, one for the company.Any new share offerings are made public a month in advance and must be pre-registered with the newly merged exchange.

It is to prevent the reoccurrence of "water-mixed stocks" indiscriminately indiscriminately issuing "water-mixed stocks" similar to the chaotic battle for railway rights, and to prevent chaotic trading caused by concealing the number of stocks.

In addition to the impact on companies, it also had an unprecedented impact on stockbrokers.

The merger of the New York Stock Exchange and the public exchange represents the birth of a new hegemonic exchange that completely dominates the entire Wall Street.

Other small exchanges cannot compete with it, and brokers must become members of the new exchange, otherwise it is equivalent to losing their qualifications to engage in financial transactions.

This change can be called a life-and-death change.

Once the brokers join the membership, they must abide by the rules of the new exchange, abandon the habit of manipulating the market unscrupulously, and fundamentally change Wall Street.

It couldn't be more appropriate to publish a record of the chaos on Wall Street at this time.

The launch of this book is to take advantage of the momentum, add fuel to the flames, fuel the flames, and make waves. The conclusion is that it is a good time to get up and catch up.

So, Mary politely sent the four professors away, and politely agreed to go to the Department of Mathematics of University C when she was free, and said that she would enroll on time if there were no accidents this year.

As for the follow-up studies that have not been mentioned in the small paper, we will wait.Doing research must be rigorous, and you can't just pat your head and come to a conclusion, otherwise everyone in the world is Newton.

That being the case, Professor Green went back to school and studied the small thesis several times. Looking back on the discussion just now that was even worse than the doctoral defense, he was very sure that his prospective students were not telling the truth.

isn't it?

Professor Green glanced at "Asteroid Mechanics" by Moriarty on the bookshelf, and met his colleague Arthur.Could it be that they met another genius who didn't like doing research?

Isn't it good to do math research?

There is no need to go in the wind and rain, except for the risk of baldness, in general, there is no need to worry about life-threatening accidents.

No matter how ups and downs the moods of professors in the Department of Mathematics of C University were, a new book was published in August, and it topped the New York sales list in just one week.

Reprinting, reprinting, the craze for new books swept across the United States from New York like a monstrous wave.

It soon attracted the attention of the other side of the ocean. European countries and the Eastern world quickly sent olive branches of hope for cooperation, and looked forward to translating this book into languages ​​​​of various countries, and as soon as possible.

What is it about books that drive people crazy?

It is not a novel in the traditional sense, but it unexpectedly gathers elements such as love and hatred, bloody conspiracy, intrigue, etc., which makes people want to stop after reading it.

Such a book has a very unpretentious title-"Analysis of Wall Street in the Nineteenth Century".

It sounds boring and boring at first, and it almost makes many people miss it.Because the title of the book is like an academic treatise with accumulated data, and also like a documentary literature without explosive points, who would have thought that the content inside is so amazing.

Wall Street does not believe in tears, the bloody money battlefield, the inseparability of conspiracy and love, there is always a dog blood that can satisfy you.If you don't want to read dog blood and want to read some serious and detailed data, please don't go away, because it is amazing that this book has them all.

Both refined and popular tastes are realized in one book.

Readers began to speculate why such a title of chasing customers was chosen?This is a typical misnomer, and the actual content is countless times more exciting than the name.

Various interpretations began to fly around the world.

As we all know, the author of "Factual Analysis of Wall Street in the Nineteenth Century" did not leave his real name, only the code name "M", and there is no author introduction in the book.Externally, from publication to authorized translation, Weasley, a reporter from the social section of the New York Daily, acted as the sole agent.

Some people began to condemn Weasley.It must be his occupational disease, referring to the boring news headlines of the previous social editions.

Of course, some people guessed that the title of the book was "M".An author who doesn't want to reveal his real name, he doesn't care whether the title of the book drives away customers at all.

In addition, there are conspiracy theories rampant.

The new Wall Street merger exchange intends to change the rules of the American financial game, and then expand the American financial market.

However, the introduction of a new rule is destined to be a kind of bondage. Can brokers and companies who are used to secret manipulation be happy?Far-sighted people are rare, but short-sighted people are more.Too many people don't care about the future, they just want to make a fortune now.

Restrictions are not limited to merchants directly involved in transactions.Politicians and judges who have accepted bribes, do you want to see the establishment of a new order?If the water is not mixed, how can they catch fish.

In view of the fact that the book "Wall Street" revealed too many inside stories, even if some names were blurred, it is not difficult to reason if everyone understands them.

Combined with the reality, in the scorching summer of 1870, countless forces on Wall Street were fighting for life and death.

At this time, it is necessary to change to a low-key title, which is to suppress and protect, so as to ensure that Mr. "M"'s new book can be published smoothly.

In the face of heated discussions, Mycroft just wanted to give a comment - thinking too much.

Being in London, he is not indifferent to the developments on Wall Street, he is simply paying close attention to them.

Even though the current market size of Wall Street is only 30 billion U.S. dollars, far less than the London financial market with a market value of 100 billion U.S. dollars, it is still enough to attract the attention of the British side.Because it's growing so fast. ①

Therefore, he needs to collect and analyze all kinds of information related to Wall Street, and it is impossible to miss the book "Analysis of Wall Street in the Nineteenth Century".Even if it is not personally acknowledged by "M", it is 90.00% sure that this book was written by Mr. Minton.

Ask why?

You can give examples at random, such as the way data is processed; for example, the choice of words and sentences seems to be an angel exhorting people to do good, but in fact there is a cold and bitter sarcasm hidden.

There are many more legitimate reasons.

For example, the publishing agent of this new book is Weasley, which is a very important clue.It's a pity that the people in the world who know that Minton saved Weasley can count on one hand.

In addition to the detailed demonstration, it is also because of an intuition.

It has been half a year since we parted from Witch Town.

Mycroft never saw Mr Minton again.

Even if he knew which reception the other party attended, it was only through rumors that Wall Street had an extra touchstone who was sure to win and never lose.

Just a small question: Will Mr. Minton make a fortune in the financial market every day?

Mycroft had been skeptical until the release of the new hit book, which made him feel as if the dust had settled.

Minton is not serious about making money, but serious and secretly engaged in big things, uncovering decades of Wall Street history.

It's no wonder that the code name "M" is used, otherwise you will have to guard against quilt sacks every minute while walking on the road, and calling such a boring book title is just the other party's bad taste.

It is not difficult to speculate that [-]% of this book was written by the Weasley reporter at the invitation of Minton.If it weren't for taking advantage of the Wall Street shake-up, there would be no possibility of this book being published.The reporter has always been courageous, but in the end he also had to bear the noise from the outside world.

Get used to it, get used to it.

This world is wonderful, and this world is also dangerous.

All kinds of disputes, I will appear on the stage after you sing.

On this side of the Atlantic Ocean, the Wall Street Incident in New York saw no bloodshed; on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, the Ames Smith incident caused France to declare war on Prussia, and the Franco-Prussian War broke out on the European continent.

That is not just a matter between the two countries, it is bound to cause changes in the European structure.

After a long absence, Mycroft received a secret letter from Lord Matthew.

In a nutshell, London paid close attention to the Franco-Prussian War.The mission to the United States was originally planned to last for one year, and there are three months left in the calculation time, and Mrs. Roman should also end her trip to the United States.

Not good!

Mycroft's mind was buzzing with alarm bells, and he understood the subtext at a glance. Is this kind of intelligence work over?

The year that was agreed before, shouldn't it become year after year, and go to France after the end of the United States?Is there no one else available in Whitehall?Could it be that he is so easy to use, so he is used repeatedly?

Even if he repeatedly rubs His Excellency Matthew on the ground in his heart, the work that should be done in reality still needs to continue.

**

September, slightly cool.

A grand dinner began in a luxury hotel on Fifth Avenue in New York.

The sponsor is the organizing committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Three or four years ago, a group of American entrepreneurs planned to build a museum.When the Franco-Prussian War broke out last month, it was a good time to buy a batch of European antiques at a low price.

The theme of tonight's dinner is related to this.

The rich and powerful, social celebrities, art masters, etc. were invited, and the organizing committee advertised to the outside world, expressing their determination to acquire all kinds of artworks.

Mary also received the invitation letter, definitely not in the identity of "M", the initiator of the inside story of exposing Wall Street, but in the status of making a small fortune in the financial market in recent months.

The former, it is estimated that everyone will shout and beat; the latter, but the same group of people humbly ask for advice on how to remain invincible in the turbulent market.

The feasting night is full of singing and dancing.

This place is just plain boring.

Mary is a little regretful, why bother to hang out here?

There are only four days left before the start of freshman year, and she thought of choosing a dinner party for the last crowd to watch.When I go to C University to study, although the school is in Manhattan, at least I will be a good student who concentrates on research that the professors expect for a period of time.

However, there was nothing special about tonight's dinner.

Perhaps because of the immersive investigation in the past few months, the bloodbath on Wall Street was too exciting.It made her feel aesthetically fatigued, and looking at the dance in front of her, she just felt ordinary.

Oh no, who said bland?

After Mary refused the invitation of several ladies to dance together, she saw a figure she hadn't seen for a long time standing tens of meters away.

In the banquet hall, cups and toasts are intertwined;

The dance floor was full of people.

In the blur of light and shadow, separated by the crowd, the two eyes suddenly collided.

Perhaps, early autumn is different from late winter, and autumn allows a little warmth.

When the two met at a Salem hotel last year, they thought it would be a bad thing to meet each other.The reunion at this moment actually brought a tinge of joy.

Mary raised her champagne glass, beckoned distantly, and smiled.

This smile has nothing to do with tenderness, but it reveals a bit of sincerity.In this place of vanity, sincerity has become an anomaly and is extremely rare.

Mycroft also raised his wine glass, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.He smiled slightly, but it was a little more turbulent than he thought he was calm.

At this time and place, almost everyone is wearing a camouflage mask, and an extremely unreasonable situation has appeared.In his eyes, Mr. Minton, who was the most duplicity, turned out to be quite real.

After smiling, neither of them walked towards each other immediately.

What are you going to say later?Do you want to be polite as usual, or talk about something else?

The next moment, an exclamation was heard from the corner of the dance floor.

"Ah! Help—"

It was a woman's sudden cry, her voice extremely terrified.

Mary and Mycroft's expressions froze slightly, and soon put on a standard smirk again.

When two people meet, they always bump into something.That's good, they don't have to think about a suitable opening line.Great reencounter scene, no?