America: My Time

Chapter 323 The Impact of the Leak

Chapter 323 The Impact of the Leak
Christmas is fast approaching, and the new game in the gaming world has been a hit with the market since its release. Sales are astonishing. The game's revenue for the entire Christmas season far exceeds that of last year's Christmas season. This situation has shocked the entire Wall Street. Although everyone expected the game's sales to be a hit during the Christmas season, no one expected it to be this amazing.

Although it was during the holidays, the old guys at Morgan were not in a good mood because they felt the pressure, the immense pressure from the gaming world. Such hot sales meant that its market value was increasing, which was something Morgan did not want to see, and it was something the old guys did not want to see either. It meant that they would have to spend more money to take over the gaming world's shares, which meant that the money they could earn would decrease!

By this time, John's parents no longer paid attention to John's work at the company, because there were many things they didn't understand, especially in the short year that John had caused so many changes, which made them realize that it was time for them to let go.

Soon after the New Year, Morgan Stanley adjusted the share price of GameWorlds' IPO. Although they were reluctant, GameWorlds' sales were undeniable. Fortunately, despite the booming sales, John did not postpone the IPO. On January 15th, GameWorlds officially went public. However, this IPO was different from previous ones. GameWorlds faced no pressure whatsoever, and Morgan Stanley, who handled the IPO, faced even less pressure.

Both Japan and Europe were chasing after shares in the game world, and the stock price quickly soared from its original target, much to the delight of Morgan Stanley. However, John remained calm after ringing the bell, as all of this was expected, except that he did not anticipate the stock price to rise so quickly.

After the successful IPO of Game World, Morgan Stanley and a group of old-timers looked at John with great interest. This was a legend in Game World, at least in their minds. Game World had only been established for a short time, yet it had such a terrifying market value. This made them even more concerned about the IPOs of Dream World and Nvidia.

"John, now that Game World has successfully gone public, shouldn't we talk about Dream World's IPO with Nvidia? What are your thoughts on this?" Jimmy had to step in and ask John about this matter on behalf of his boss, as it was something everyone was taking very seriously.

"It's impossible in the first half of the year. The best outcome would be in the second half of the year. Even if there are any unexpected events with Dreamworld and Nvidia, we might have to wait until next year. As you know, I don't have that much energy to focus on this matter in the short term. Quantum Mining needs me to devote more energy to it now!"

Hearing John, that little fox, bring up Quantum Mining, infuriated everyone present. The Quantum Mining issue had already been resolved; they had sold the company to you and donated the proceeds to your charity foundation. What more could you possibly want?

Although they thought this in their hearts, these old guys couldn't say it out loud. They all knew very well how serious the quantum mining matter was. If John, that little fox, insisted on finding the mastermind behind it all, then things would drag on for a long time.

At this point, Morgan Stanley had to speak up: "John, the quantum mining issue has already been resolved. It was all just an accident. You don't need to worry about it too much. Focus your energy on Dreamworld and Nvidia. After all, the semiconductor industry is developing rapidly, while quantum mining needs more time to prepare."

"Sigh! That's what I thought too, but things just didn't go as planned. The previous issue was indeed resolved, and the other party didn't cause any harm to Quantum Mining. I'm not that petty, and I didn't want to argue with them. But someone else didn't think that way. You don't know, someone else has made a move against Quantum Mining again. This time it's not simple. That guy directly took away Quantum Mining's short-term plans. How can I be at ease!"

"What, John, you're not mistaken, Quantum Mining's short-term plans have been leaked?" At this moment, Morgan was shocked, and everyone present was shocked. They all knew what this meant; it was a serious provocation.

"Yes, that's right. The other party has taken away Quantum Mining's short-term plans. Although these plans haven't been confirmed yet, such a major incident means that Quantum Mining is riddled with problems and needs a major overhaul. So I really can't spare the energy to focus on Dream World and Nvidia's IPO!"

"Damn bastards, who is so arrogant as to do such a thing? John, have you found the guys behind this?" At this moment, Morgan was furious. He had not expected this to happen, nor had anyone else present.

"Yes, it's the result of several mining giants joining forces. Even if I wanted to fight back, I'm powerless. As you know, Quantum Mining doesn't have the strength to confront them head-on, so we can only swallow this loss. But this matter can't end like this; they have to pay the price."

"John, do you have concrete evidence?" Jimmy suddenly asked. "No, if I had concrete evidence, I would have acted already. It's precisely because we lack evidence that we have to swallow this anger. That's why Quantum Mining decided to fight back. If they want to play games, I'll play games with them properly. Actually, if they had only taken that data from Quantum Mining, it wouldn't have been a big deal, since that data hasn't undergone comprehensive big data analysis yet. But these guys damaged Quantum Mining's servers when they got it, preventing Quantum Mining from using big data analysis for a long time. That's the worst-case scenario!"

The server was attacked. Who was behind it? Don't they dare to start a major war? If a major war breaks out, the consequences will be unimaginable. This made all the old guys present vigilant. Don't be fooled by John's calm demeanor; no one knows how angry he is inside.

"John, the server room should be confidential. How could it have been so easily compromised?" Morgan asked, puzzled. He knew that Morgan's servers were strictly protected and no one was allowed to enter or leave at will.

"It wasn't from within, but someone used the power of the network system to hack into Quantum Mining's servers!"

"What? Through the network system? Does this mean there's a problem or hidden danger in the Dream World's network system?!" At this moment, all the big shots present were shocked and worried about their own servers!
"That's not the case. The network system of Dream World is fine. It's just that I was too careless and forgot that Quantum Mining's servers were not manufactured by us and did not have a professional protection system. So the other party succeeded in one fell swoop and obtained the data they wanted from Quantum Mining's servers!"

"Phew!" At this moment, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it wasn't a problem with the network system of the Dream World, otherwise they would have been in trouble. Even if they wanted to improve it, it would take time and would affect their own use.

"John, how do you plan to resolve the quantum mining issue? This involves professional servers; wouldn't we need the Dream World's assistance? Shouldn't the Dream World's network system also be strengthened?"

"There are no problems at Dream World, everything is normal. It's just that Quantum Mining needs time to complete the server changes, which is the most troublesome thing, because the most important data is lost. It will take a lot of time to rebuild it, so I really don't have time in the short term!"

These old guys gleaned a lot from John's words, but they didn't completely trust him. After all, this leak was too strange, even making them suspect that it might be John's conspiracy to deliberately reject them and delay the listing of Dream World and Nvidia!

Of course, John did have such thoughts in his mind, and he was the one who orchestrated the so-called leak. Most importantly, he had the security company sell the information as extra income for the security company.

"John, is things really that complicated? Doesn't Quantum Mining have any data backups?"

“If I had, I wouldn’t be in such a predicament. Quantum Mining was incredibly difficult at first, with no funds at all. When Quantum Mining finally had the funds, it neglected management in this area and didn’t pay much attention. After all, no problems have occurred for so long, and no one would have thought that someone would use the network system to do something. This is not something that ordinary people can do. The forces behind it may not be so simple! Perhaps I should talk to the White House. We can’t let them just collect our taxes without doing anything.”

"No way, John, that little fox, doesn't think those guys did it, does he?" Soon everyone's mood became tense again, worried that John, that little fox, might do something rash in a fit of anger.

“John, actually, you don’t need to rush. Quantum Mining has many projects now. You can develop these projects first and gradually restore Quantum Mining’s big data analysis. There’s no need to put all your energy into it and affect the development of other companies.”

“I would like to do that too, but reality doesn’t allow it. Do you know how long such big data analysis takes? It’s not something that can be done in a few days; it takes several months. Otherwise, why do you think Quantum Mining has achieved so much in such a short time? It’s all due to previous investments. If we don’t restore Quantum Mining’s big data quickly, it will seriously affect the development of Quantum Mining, and that’s not an outcome I’m willing to accept.”

(End of this chapter)