Shen Qi came from home to Zhang Wanbang's office.
"I haven't seen you more than a few times this month," Zhang Wanbang said.
"Teacher Zhang, you said I can come to school whenever I want, and I can stay home whenever I don't want to," Shen Qi said.
"What have you been busy with lately?" Zhang Wanbang asked casually.
"I wrote a math reflection," Shen Qi replied casually, knowing that Chen Xiaoting had already tipped him off.
"This..." Zhang Wanbang's prepared lines all failed him. He took a stack of A4 papers from the drawer and slammed them on the table. "Shen Qi, you've done something really big."
Shen Qi explained, "It's nothing serious, Teacher Zhang."
"This isn't a big deal?" Zhang Wanbang glared at Shen Qi, then his expression brightened. "Your math reflections are excellent. Aside from the writing style, which I don't agree with, everything else is very helpful. Writing math reflections isn't something shameful, Shen Qi, why didn't you tell me?"
Shen Qi said, "Isn't this the first draft, Teacher Zhang? It's only meant to be passed around among a small group of three people: me, Chen Xiaoting, and Gu Xiaodan."
"No, it can't be distributed on a small scale; it must circulate throughout the entire city and be published as a book," Zhang Wanbang said firmly.
"Publish a book?"
"Yes, find a publisher, print it into a book, and publish it."
"I'm just writing for fun, why would I publish a book, Teacher Zhang?"
"What if you don't publish it and it gets plagiarized by some unscrupulous people? You won't even have a chance to sue them in court. I'm not saying Chen Xiaoting and Gu Xiaodan are bad people; they're both kind and honest students. But these kinds of things spread like wildfire. Shen Qi, who knows if your math notes might fall into other people's hands? Even if you're careful, can you guarantee that Chen Xiaoting and Gu Xiaodan are the same as you?"
"This..." After a moment's thought, Shen Qi made his decision, "Okay, publish it."
However, Zhang Wanbang believed that Shen Qi's initial draft of his mathematical insights still had some flaws, and the teacher and student had an in-depth discussion on some professional issues.
Before the Spring Festival holiday, Shen Qi revised the manuscript several times before finally finalizing it.
The next step is to find publishers to submit the manuscript.
There is more than one way to contact publishers. Nangang Second High School has connections, and Shen Qi's father also has connections.
At Shen Qi's home.
"Shall I help you get in touch with a publisher?" Shen Zhishan asked. He did have connections; although he wasn't in the cultural media business, friends of friends of his Boss Shen were in that field.
Shen Qi nodded. "Yes, Dad, this is a personal matter, and I don't want to trouble the school."
"A few months ago, Shen Qi, you said you were just writing for fun, but now you want to publish a book. The New Year is coming soon, and it's not easy to do it before then. Mainly because everyone who's supposed to be on holiday is already on holiday, and everyone who's supposed to be traveling is already traveling. The earliest I can help you with it is after the Lantern Festival."
"If you had told me in December that you wanted to publish a book, I would have already taken care of it for you." Shen Zhishan searched through his phone contacts to see which friends in the cultural world could help. There were quite a few: Boss Tang, Editor-in-Chief Chen, Writer Dou, Teacher Meng, Big Shot Hong... he couldn't count them all. Some he knew well, and some he had only met once.
Shen Qi shrugged and said, "I was just writing for fun. Later, Teacher Zhang reminded me to pay attention to intellectual property protection, so I decided to just publish a book and indulge my literary passion."
"The key is that you have substance. Although I don't understand what you've written, Shen Qi, don't worry, I'll definitely get the book published for you. No matter how many copies you sell, as long as you're happy, our family isn't short of money." Shen Zhishan said decisively.
"I think I can sell at least three copies: Teacher Zhang, Chen Xiaoting, and one for Gu Xiaodan. If the rest don't sell, I'll give them all to my classmates as souvenirs."
"Like I said, whatever makes you happy. Now, let's go to your grandpa's house for a family reunion dinner."
Saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new, spring is in full bloom.
After the New Year, Shen Qi turned 18, which means he is now an adult in a legal sense, possessing the right to vote and be elected, as well as other legal obligations, rights, and responsibilities.
The children have all grown up, and many of their dreams are taking flight.
Shen Qi is already close to 180cm tall, and his dream is to break through 180cm as soon as possible and become a tall and handsome man.
Another question is that, based on Fourier series, the relative intensity of each Harmonic Wave in the air can be different from that in the string. If the string is coupled to the air through a resonating plate, then the a0 of the musical tone after f(t) is expanded is usually zero. Can someone explain this to me? At the beginning of the year, Shen Qi got into a daze, thinking about the Wave Equation, timbre and harmonics, two-dimensional wave modes and coupled pendulums, etc.
Mathematics requires almost no props, instruments, or experimental equipment, but physics is different. It is an experimental science, and even for the more theoretical school of physics, some of the important theoretical bases of physicists come from experiments.
No responsible physicist would say, "My theory is all made up of my imagination." But if a mathematician says, "My theory is all made up of my imagination," no one will criticize them.
Physics classes in the senior year of high school are basically all about mental preparation; it's just about doing practice problems and explaining them, then doing more practice problems and explaining them again.
The same applies to chemistry and biology classes.
Shen Qi disliked this classroom atmosphere, believing that Natural Science should not be taught in this way.
That's just the nature of mathematics; aside from reading books, doing problems, writing papers, daydreaming, and drawing diagrams, there aren't many other better ways to practice it.
However, physics should not be like that; it should be an experimental discipline full of fun and exploration.
The senior students of Nangang Second High School Middle School started school on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. The students worked hard, and the teachers worked hard too.
There's no other way; no matter how tough or tiring it is, we have to grit our teeth and persevere. Once these last few months are over, the senior high school students will be soaring high like birds in the sky, while the teachers will continue the fight, entering a new college entrance examination cycle with the new students, year after year, in an endless cycle.
Shen Qi came to school on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. He didn't know why, but he just wanted to come and take a walk. Staying at home made it difficult to think clearly about those physics problems, so he thought it would be better to come out and get some fresh air. Simply relying on reading books and doing practice problems would make it hard to grasp the essence of physics.
Upon arriving at the first floor of the teaching building, Shen Qi hesitated. He habitually came here, but didn't want to go upstairs.
What can you do even if you go up there?
"Is there really no place for me in such a large school as No. 2 Middle School?" Shen Qi sat down on the stairs leading from the first floor to the second floor, feeling dejected.
A year ago, Shen Qi also sat here dejectedly because his grades were so bad that he didn't want to go into the classroom. Even if he did, he wouldn't understand anything, so he simply slipped away to the back of the cafeteria to play games.
At this moment, in this place, Shen Qi once again had the thought of not wanting to go into the classroom, because his grades were too good, the teacher's lectures were too boring, and there was no point in going in.
Clang, clang, clang.
Just then, a boy ran down from the second floor. After running a few steps past Shen Qi, he suddenly stopped, turned around, and asked, "Hey Shen Qi, what are you doing sitting here?"
Shen Qi looked up at the boy and said listlessly, "Don't call me 'boss,' I'm not a boss."
The boy was very surprised. "You're the big shot? Everyone at No. 2 High School knows you!"
"Hey bro, you're pretty sharp. Come on, sit down." Shen Qi thought this guy was interesting, so he patted the steps and gestured for the guy to sit next to him.
"No, no, no, you're the older brother, Brother Shen Qi, the Boss of the senior class." The boy obediently sat down next to Shen Qi, his eyes filled with admiration.
"What grade are you in?" Shen Qi asked.
"Second year of high school," the boy answered.
What's your name?
"Lin Xingyu."
"Where do we come from, and where are we going?"
"From Grade 11 (2), heading to the laboratory building."
"Brother Xingyu, we have a bit of a connection. I was also in Class 2 of Grade 11 at this time last year."
"I know, Shen Qi. I'm sitting in your old seat now, just to soak up some of his magic. I'm not aiming for the international championship, I just hope to make it to the national finals." Lin Xingyu chuckled, seemingly a big fan of Shen Qi.
"Hey, fellow student!" Shen Qi slapped his thigh and asked, "When did you join the school's Math Olympiad team? I've never seen you before."
Lin Xingyu waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, I'm not on the Math Olympiad team, I'm on the Physics Competition Team, the Nangang Second High School physics competition team. Mathematics is the king of sciences, and the IMO is more prestigious than other subject competitions. Who hasn't heard of the IMO, especially us science students? The IMO perfect score champion is like a god in our hearts. But, I guess not many people have heard of the IPhO."
"Oh, the Physics Competition Team, the one next door. Come to think of it, they're here on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. They're either senior high school students or members of the subject competition teams. Hey, Lin Xingyu, what are you doing in the lab building?"
"Training."
"What kind of training?"
"The Physics Competition Team's training," Lin Xingyu said.
"Why didn't you say so earlier! Come on, come on, I'm going to the lab building too, to learn from your Physics Competition Team." Shen Qi stood up, finally finding something fun to do.