Feeling Great
Ou Ye spent two days completing the second version of the author feedback report and sent it to editor Xu Weini via Shen Qi's email address.
Xu Weini is very responsible at work. According to her plan, she was supposed to take this morning's flight back to her hometown for the Lunar New Year.
For work, Xu Weini changed her flight to three days later and upgraded from business class to first class.
Regardless of whether Shen Qi's paper is rejected, Xu Weini's mind is made up. She must go home in three days. After a year of hard work, isn't the point to go home for the New Year?
Shen Qi also wanted to go home for the Chinese New Year. Who doesn't want to celebrate the New Year?
Cadre Liu's home is in the capital, saving him the trouble of traveling back and forth.
Upon seeing Editor Xu provide further feedback on the author's comments, Cadre Liu was completely distraught.
"Something's not right. Shen Qi's first and second versions of the opinion differ in their writing styles, and their methods of verification and citation are completely different. He's not fighting alone; he has a group of people involved?"
Cadre Liu really wanted to meet with Shen Qi to get to the bottom of things, but he held back; he had professional ethics.
When his stubborn streak kicked in, Cadre Liu had plenty of time. He didn't need to change his flight or squeeze onto a train; he began drafting the third version of the reviewers' comments.
The conflict has escalated into a protracted war.
Three days later, Xu Weini asked Cadre Liu, "Teacher Liu, can you send over your third draft of the review comments yet?"
Cadre Liu: "I'll give it to you in a few days. This is the final version; I will absolutely not write a fourth version of the review comments."
Xu Weini gritted her teeth and made up her mind. She couldn't wait any longer; she had to go home for the New Year!
Before heading to the airport, Xu Weini gave the editor-in-chief a brief report on her recent work progress, which was detailed in her work summary and submitted along with the report.
Xu Weini also emailed Shen Qi, saying that the paper might not be accepted before the end of the year, and asked Shen Qi to wait patiently.
"See, I told you so. This matter has been dragged on until March or April next year, and that's the most optimistic estimate." Shen Qi saw Ou Ye off at the Capital South Railway Station. Ou Ye was taking the high-speed train home today.
"It's a top-tier journal, with a long publication cycle." Ou Ye was about to enter the station when she waved, "I'm leaving, you can go back now."
"Take care, have a safe trip, see you next semester." Shen Qi said goodbye to Ou Ye, watching her slender figure disappear from sight, before taking a car back to school.
Shen Qi is taking a flight back to Nangang City tomorrow afternoon. He has already finished his first semester of college, a life that was both ordinary and real.
On the way back to Yenching University, Shen Qi kept reflecting on what he had done in the past six months, what achievements he had made, and whether he had wasted any time.
Looking back, I didn't really do much. I just wrote a few papers, got a few perfect scores on exams, and won a running championship.
Many ideals remained unrealized; the door to a new world was never even touched.
Perhaps this is life; true happiness lies in the ordinary.
Scholarly pursuits are a lifelong endeavor; they cannot be rushed.
As soon as Shen Qi entered the gates of Yenching University, he received a text message.
The courier company sent a message saying a package had arrived and was placed in the self-service locker.
Shen Qi entered the pickup code and received the package. Upon opening it, he exclaimed, "Wow, not bad!" It contained a sample copy of the latest English edition of the * Journal of Mathematical Research *, along with 30 reprints of the English paper, "A Solution for Three-Dimensional Hypercomplex Numbers."
This is actually the B issue of the Zhejiang University Journal of Mathematical Research, and it's entirely in English.
Shen Qi's English paper, "A Solution for Three-Dimensional Hypercomplex Numbers," has been published.
System notification: "New achievement! Congratulations to the host for publishing a SCI paper. The base reward is 15,000 Academic Points, multiplied by the Mathematics Talent Coefficient of 2.0, resulting in a final reward of 30,000 Academic Points. Remaining Academic Points: 190,789. Please confirm."
"This... is a huge win!" Shen Qi was secretly delighted. He translated his already published Chinese paper into English and republished it, which allowed him to rack up another achievement!
Not only can you earn the achievement again, but you'll also receive even more academic points as a reward!
Could this be a bug?
If it really is a bug, then I'll keep it to myself and not tell the system.
Shen Qi rushed back to his dormitory. What else was there to think about? He had to finish translating the two papers, "Two Types of Analysis in Linear Combination Algebra" and "An Algorithm for Characteristic Equations of a Class of Determinants," into English.
The system's settings regarding academic achievements exhibit very clear patterns.
For a paper published in a general journal, the basic reward is 5000 academic points. If it is a mathematics paper, you can enjoy a 2.0 times double reward.
The basic reward for publishing a paper in a domestic core journal is 10,000 academic points.
The base reward for publishing a SCI paper is 15,000 Academic Excellence Points. Publishing a mathematical SCI paper, multiplied by the main talent coefficient of 2.0, yields a considerable amount of Academic Excellence Points.
SCI paper must be in English; only English papers will be included in the SCI database.
Based on the system's paper achievement settings, Shen Qi felt it was a stroke of good luck, like a pie falling from the sky.
The same math paper, published in a national core journal in Chinese, can earn you 20,000 academic points.
Translate it into English and repost it; that's SCI paper, and you can earn another 30,000 academic points.
Feeling great!
In summary, as long as Shen Qi writes a math paper at the level of a core journal and publishes it in both Chinese and English, he can earn 50,000 academic points.
Shen Qi didn't know if this setting would be rewritten by the system. This was a case of multiple readings of the same text, and the additional workload was actually English translation.
Then let's swipe, swipe, swipe!
The system operates differently from humans, so while this setting still exists, read as many articles as you can from one source.
The Chinese version of the paper "Two Analyses of Linear Combination Algebra" has been published in Tongji University's "New Journal of Mathematics".
"An Algorithm for Characteristic Equations of a Class of Determinants" was co-authored by Shen Qi and Ou Ye and published in the Nankai University's "Journal of Algebra".
Both the journals * New Journal of Mathematics * and *Journal of Journal of Algebra B) are indexed by SCI, and Shen Qi needs to complete the English translation of these two papers as soon as possible.
Adding two more SCI paper would mean an extra 60,000 academic points, raising my math level to 8 and propelling me into the elite class.
Having entered the ranks of mathematical elites, shouldn't one be able to tentatively explore the door to a new world?
At the very least, you should be able to reach the doorknob.
Shen Qi was still full of energy today, even though he was going home tomorrow. He first flipped through the paper "Algorithm for Characteristic Equations of a Class of Determinants", which he co-authored with Ou Ye. He had the complete Chinese manuscript on his computer.
Two of the three roommates went home, leaving only Zhou Yu'an to spend the last night before winter break with Shen Qi.
"Hey, Shen Qi, I also want to write a thesis, can you help me?" Zhou Yu'an said.
"Don't you miss Tan Lulu?" Shen Qi asked.
"What you said during our last late-night talk was very true; it really resonated with me. A man in the Mathematics Department has a mission to fulfill and shouldn't be distracted by women." Zhou Yu'an borrowed a bunch of English mathematics journals, such as Ann-Math and Acta-Math, as his winter break assignment. He was taking them home to read, regardless of whether he could understand them or not; the first step had to be taken. Fortunately, Zhou Yu'an's English was good, so there was no language barrier for reading English journals.
"Okay, how would you like me to help you?" Shen Qi asked again.
Zhou Yu'an said sincerely, "Teach me math, in your way. You've already published four Chinese papers, plus one SCI paper. I don't have big ambitions; I'd be satisfied if I could publish one or two SCI papers before graduating with my bachelor's degree."
"One or two SCI papers? Zhou Yu'an, you're setting your standards too low! Here, I'll write you a reading list. You'd better read them all this winter break. Can you do that?"