Editor-in-Chief Yao had never expected Lu Zhou to choose to submit something as... as significant as the Riemann Hypothesis to a journal that had only just been founded.
Although Lu Zhou might no longer care about a journal's ranking or reputation, this still seemed far too casual...
"...Well, for a topic like the Riemann Hypothesis, you should probably consider it more carefully. I don't have any objections, but submitting it here just feels..."
Seeing the slightly embarrassed expression on Editor-in-Chief Yao's face, Lu Zhou smiled.
"Do you think publishing the Riemann Hypothesis in our Future would cheapen its prestige?"
Editor-in-Chief Yao said nothing, but his expression made the answer obvious. Deep down, he really did think so.
"At the International Congress of Mathematicians, when Professor Holden handed me the champagne, he privately whispered that he hoped I would submit the formal paper to Inventiones Mathematicae."
"An insignificant research result will not shine simply because it appears in Nature or Science, while a sufficiently important result will not lose any of its brilliance even if it is tossed onto a place like arXiv, which cannot even be discussed in terms of impact factor."
"Remember this: journals and all kinds of awards are honored by their contributors and recipients, not the other way around."
"Keep working hard." Lu Zhou patted Editor-in-Chief Yao on the shoulder and said with a smile, "If you think only top journals like Nature and Science deserve research on the Riemann Hypothesis, then work hard to raise our Future to that same level of prestige!"
Quite a few major events had recently taken place in academia.
First, Academician Lu's paper had been retracted by IEEE. Then, both the authenticity of the Carbon-Based Chip and IEEE's credibility had come under question. Finally, Future had suddenly emerged out of