The theme of the story is a story about a pair of young people who did a high-risk project and then failed. The information is very informative and the rhythm is very tight. It is like delicious fast food, but in the end, there is some philosophical taste, which makes the movie a bit unusual and profound...
Cousins Anton and Vinny work in a securities company, cousin Vinny is a high-frequency trader, and cousin Anton is a programmer who designs and develops high-frequency trading. The core of high-frequency trading is transaction speed, fast in and out, Their order transaction time is calculated in milliseconds. They are the first to place an order at the opening of the market to buy and then quickly sell with a small profit. They can also become the king of Wall Street by trading volume. Therefore, how to occupy the fastest network Speed is the focus of competition.
The brothers thought of a bold method, pulling a straight optical fiber from Kansas to New York (about 2000 kilometers), and the transmission time can exceed 17 milliseconds. This will be the fastest speed on Wall Street, and the brothers’ dream of wealth and freedom will be realized. The time for a hummingbird to flap its wings is 17 milliseconds, which is where the title comes from.
The brothers resigned quickly. Vinnie invests, finds construction teams, manages the project, talks about private and national land acquisition compensation along the way, and Anton is responsible for writing the code, and shortening the transmission time by another millisecond to meet the needs of investors. A group of people full of dreams People started this complex and vast project construction.
Build a 1,800-kilometer underground optical fiber cable, traverse various types of landforms, and traverse mountains and ridges! Private realm, national parks, various difficulties, and obstructions, as well as the threat of the original company and the microwave communication tower project that competed with their optical fiber transmission. Vinny discovered that he had stomach cancer. Anton was threatened by the original company to steal the company code and endanger national security. , Want to eat prison rice.
In the end, the original company’s microwave communication technology was successful, and the time was less than the 16 milliseconds they expected. They failed. The investor went bankrupt, Vinny was hospitalized, and Anton was sued. Relying on the backdoor procedure he left in the original company that could delay the transaction time, Forces the original company to withdraw the lawsuit.
The boss of the optical fiber construction team finished the project, and the actual test was within 15 milliseconds. The boss said: No matter how you judge success or failure, I think our project has achieved its goal.
At the end of the film, the two brothers went to the farm that did not agree with them to cross the territory. The farmer’s reason was simple; it was land given by God, and the pursuit of speed did not make life better. The brothers seem to have a sense. Whether 17 milliseconds is fast or slow can help you win a deal, or it can be a lifetime.
Regarding dreams, persistence, entrepreneurship, capital, money, technology, career, family, and life, the film has many shining points, which are worthy of recollection, and at the same time string the whole film. It should be said that the actor's acting skills are very good, whether it is Vinny's adventurous madman or Anton's talented IT man, they are extremely in place, making the small details shine and bringing the whole movie to life.
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