The Secret Investment Formula of a Chemical Genius - Chapter 147



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Episode 147: Infinite Monkey Theorem

I wasn’t aware of it at all in the past.

The fact that human eyes can be so burdensome.

Let me slowly get up from my seat.

All eyes in the office turned toward me.

“Is there anything you would like me to do?”

“No. I’m going to go home now. It’s time to get off work.”

In response to Manager Kim Seong-jae’s question, I pointed to the wall clock with my finger.

“Oh, yes.”

The faces of the employees in the same space suddenly brightened up.

“I’m going to go now.”

“Take a look, sir!”

“See you tomorrow.”

Let’s leave the office, leaving the employees behind to see us off.

The sun, which was slowly beginning to set behind the mountain, was casting a fan-like light across the sky, turning it red.

Previously, I would have been wrestling with the materials in the lab for a long time.

But I had no intention of applying my standards to other employees.

… … It’s uncomfortable.

Unlike usual, employees who only look around half-heartedly even after work hours have passed have no intention of getting up from their seats.

At first, I didn’t think much of it, thinking that I had some work to do.

But it was the same the next day.

An employee glances around and looks around as the end of work time approaches.

I realized that the reason my employees couldn’t leave work was because of me.

Despite being told to leave work with a smile on their face, the employees continued to hesitate.

Only then did I realize.

I need to leave work first so that my employees can leave work comfortably and with peace of mind.

After realizing that fact.

I left the office 30 minutes before my quitting time every day.

No, I had to come out.

Even if you don’t know where you are, I know where you are.

Things that seemed trivial and didn’t need to be cared about at all when Taekang was in charge of all the company’s operations.

… … What is this guy doing now?

I fiddled with my phone without any purpose, then sighed, loaded the lab materials into my car, and left the company’s main gate.

* * *

“I’m back.”

“Oh my! You came much earlier than usual today?”

The savory smell of soybean paste stew fills the house.

“Yes, that’s what happened.”

“Yeah, work is good, but everything needs to be done slowly.”

“What about the kids?”

The children who would normally come running to greet us as soon as the doorbell rings were nowhere to be seen today.

“Well, I was just playing in the living room a little while ago… … Where did they go?”

My mother also tilted her head, wondering if something was strange.

“I’ll look into it.”

“Okay then.”

While my mother was back in the kitchen.

As I was wandering around looking for the kids, I saw my door slightly open.

Obviously, the door was closed until I left for work.

Since I also did the cleaning, my mother rarely came into this room.

So in the end, there is only one answer.

These guys… … .

He chuckled and slowly approached the room so as not to make any noise.

Between the gaps in a door that opens at an angle.

Two small heads, one black and one white, were seen huddled together, concentrating.

“……here?”

Nod nod.

Eun-soo and Natasha were whispering to each other and arranging the papers they were holding here and there.

As I turned my gaze, I saw papers filling the floor.

“What are you having so much fun with?”

“… … !”

“… … !”

The children froze in an instant, as if they had been caught playing with fire.

Like a little rabbit holding a carrot in its hand.

I barely managed to suppress the laughter that was about to burst out without me knowing, by puckering my lips.

“… … I told you to come.”

Crackle crackle.

Eyes trembling with anxiety as if they were going to die, and a gloomy face as if the grass had died down.

Still, the children looked out for each other.

“Don’t worry, I won’t scold you.”

“… … Aren’t you going to scold me?”

“Okay. But next time, don’t come in here without permission.”

I gently patted the children’s heads.

“……okay!”

“But what were you doing here?”

“……puzzle!”

Natasha proudly held out what she was holding in her hand.

I looked at the floor.

83 drawings completed with Bli’s help, based on memories of the man she saw in her dreams.

Nearly half of them were lying on the floor.

Like a puzzle.

“Isn’t that great?”

“… … Eunsu did it!”

“Can you finish it?”

Nod nod!

Eunsu nodded confidently at my gaze.

“Then do you want to finish it?”

“……huh.”

The fact that I was watching made the children even more enthusiastic as they rearranged the remaining papers.

I crossed my arms and watched the scene from behind.

“……here?”

Crackle crackle.

“… … Then here?”

Nod nod.

As time passes, the puzzle is gradually completed in the hands of children.

Just as Eun-soo was about to arrange the last picture.

“The meal is ready! Come out and eat.”

“Should we stop now and eat? When I came here earlier, I saw that your mother had prepared some bulgogi.”

“……Bulgogi!”

“… … !”

Children’s favorite side dish.

At the mention of bulgogi, Eunsu and Natasha ran into the kitchen without looking back.

The children’s appearance has become much brighter than before.

Natasha’s appearance was particularly impressive.

When we first met.

Unlike when he used to be like a doll and never said anything, he now smiled brightly and often joked around.

The presence of peers in similar situations seemed to be a great help in achieving emotional stability.

by the way…….

He turned his head and looked down at the floor with an expressionless face.

A fallen utility pole.

A half-collapsed building.

A stone rolling on the floor.

A junk car that has been carelessly abandoned.

A sign dangling in the wind.

When you look at each picture individually, you can’t find any pattern.

But when the scattered pieces came together in Eun-soo’s hands,

A shape hidden within it revealed its true nature.

He raised the cell phone he was holding high.

Image saved with a click!

I put the wireless earphones that were in my pocket into my ears.

“Blee.”

– Yes, user.

“Calculate the probability of extracting a single consistent pattern from 83 consecutive images.”

– All right.

About 30 seconds pass.

– The calculated result was 0.00018%.

“How many samples?”

– I randomly arranged 83 images extracted from a total of 4,578,365 samples. Let’s do the calculation with more samples.

“No, that’s enough.”

Even if we collected more samples, it seemed unlikely that there would be a significant change with a probability of 0.00018%.

I took in a huge image that showed one consistent pattern.

At first glance it looks like a fish.

no.

This is not a fish.

About 20 years ago.

An interesting experiment was conducted at the University of Plymouth in England.

Infinite monkey theorem.

When a monkey with a near-infinite number of random keystrokes hits a typewriter.

A thought experiment that began with the question, “Can a proper book ever be completed?”

The odds that a monkey typing on a keyboard will produce a meaningful sentence are extremely low.

It’s so hard to complete one sentence.

A long text made up of such short texts,

The probability of such a long collection of texts ever being compiled into a single completed book is virtually infinitely close to zero.

But what if we add to that slim probability the hypothesis of ‘infinite monkeys’?

Even if the probability of a completed book being created by monkeys randomly typing is extremely low, it is different if the number of monkeys is infinite.

Scientists also unanimously concluded that there was a good chance that the book would actually be completed.

Of course, reality is different.

In fact, at the University of Plymouth, they conducted an experiment with monkeys for over a month to test the theory, but concluded that they were unable to even complete a single proper sentence, let alone read a book.

… … But the man is not a monkey.

A face just like mine.

A man with gray hair.

Whenever I looked into his low, darkly shining eyes of intelligence, I felt overwhelmed without realizing it.

“Find the most similar image on the Internet to the image I just took with my phone.”

– Found it.

“What is the probability of a match?”

– 99.73%.

That much is certain.

“Show the image you found on your phone screen.”

– Run it.

I checked the image that Bly had found.

“Tsar Bomba… … .”

August 6, 1945,

For the first time in human history.

A live nuclear weapon was dropped on the Hiroshima area of ​​Japan.

Little Boy.

Despite its cute name, Little Boy caused hundreds of thousands of casualties.

Nuclear weapons, which were first revealed to mankind, have become more powerful over time.

And finally.

Successfully developed a hydrogen bomb using an atomic bomb as a detonator.

October 30, 1961.

The Soviet Union began testing its own hydrogen bomb, naming it Tsar (Царь), meaning emperor.

The power was beyond imagination.

The blast radius was a whopping 77km.

The Tsar Bomba, which had a power 3,800 times greater than that of Hiroshima’s Little Boy, had an explosive power strong enough to shatter windows in buildings in Finland, more than 1,000 kilometers from the epicenter.

For the first time in human history.

A weapon that brought about extreme fear of the end.

This… … .

Why me?

* * *

“Senior Researcher.”

“why?”

“Have you gained weight lately?”

“You gained weight?”

At the words of Lee Su-min, who works in the same lab, Senior Researcher Choi Dong-hyeok unconsciously put his hand on his stomach.

A flabby belly.

Although he didn’t have solid muscles, I thought he took care of himself quite well for his age…

“Where did you get that criticism? Hey! You’ve gained weight too.”

“Don’t joke around.”

“Huh, are you kidding?”

Choi Dong-hyuk lifted the mirror on the desk.

“Now, look. What happened to your chin?”

Unlike the sharp jawline before, the chin has become rounder.

“Oh, no, this is because I ate ramen and went to bed last night and it got swollen.”

“That’s life, I’m already married. What are you doing, a young person who doesn’t even take care of your appearance? Do you think you’ll be able to get married on time?”

“Why are you talking about marriage when even my parents aren’t talking about it?”

“Oh my! It’s crawling again.”

The two people who had been bickering for a while looked around.

“Come to think of it, doesn’t it seem like not only us, but everyone in the company has gained some weight?”

“It can’t be helped. Things have gotten easier since CEO Han Yu-jin came.”

“That’s true.”

Until the CEO of MR Bio was replaced.

MR Bio’s employees, including researchers, felt like they were walking on thin ice as they walked around the office.

All-night work that continues every day.

Pressure to deliver results.

An environment where you can’t gain weight even if you want to.

“These days, I see that people’s expressions have become gentler.”

“Well, that’s true. There’s no one really pressuring me.”

Not only MR Bio, but any company.

They squeezed their employees for more than they were paid.

But after CEO Han Yu-jin came, all that atmosphere disappeared.

As long as you properly complete your assigned tasks, there’s no need to touch anything.

“If things continue like this, I think I’ll be able to have a decent work life.”

At that moment, a meaningful smile appeared on Senior Researcher Choi Dong-hyeok’s lips.

“Those good times you talked about are all gone now.”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s almost time to come now.”

As soon as he finished speaking.

With a “beep, beep, beep!” sound, the lab door opened and a man in a black suit came in.

The man, who had been looking around for a moment, approached Choi Dong-hyuk and Lee Su-min.

“Senior Researcher Dong-hyeok Choi?”

“Yes. I am Choi Dong-hyuk.”

“Here it is.”

The man carefully handed him the box he was holding in his arms.

Then, he bowed his head slightly and went back the way he came.

Researcher Lee Su-min glanced at the door through which the man had exited.

“Who are you?”

“Someone from headquarters.”

“Headquarters? Did our company have a headquarter?”

“CZTERA.”

“Ah… … Then could it be that the person who sent this is me?”

“Yes. It was sent by CEO Han Yu-jin. He asked me to do some animal testing.”

Lee Su-min’s eyes sparkled with curiosity.

“What kind of product is it?”

“I think it was called burn treatment… … .”

At that moment, Lee Su-min suddenly jumped up from his seat.

“What, why are you like that?”

“I want to try an experiment quickly. Let’s see, if we’re going to do an animal experiment… … .”

“Oh my god, this is fucking crazy.”

Senior Researcher Choi Dong-hyeok also stood up from his seat after shaking his head at the sight.