Journal's Demise and Wealth Surge!

"Professor Gao, Professor Gao, since last night, I've received so many requests for articles! Many of them are from globally renowned academic journals."

"You've become famous, at least in the field of materials chemistry, you're incredibly famous now!"

Early in the morning, Zhou Helin, Dr. Xu Qingzhou's youngest student, excitedly ran up to Gao Yuan, calling him "Professor" repeatedly, which made Gao Yuan feel quite pleased.

Zhou Helin was sent by Xu Qingzhou to be Gao Yuan's assistant, helping him with emails and other miscellaneous tasks, and assisting in the lab during experiments.

Zhou Helin was very excited about this.

After all, Gao Yuan was not only the boss now but also a highly respected figure in the lab. Even Dr. Xu Qingzhou had to defer to Gao Yuan. Following such a prominent figure, his future was bound to be bright.

"Which invitations are they?" Gao Yuan asked.

Zhou Helin casually listed several academic journals and their SCI impact factors.

In this era of entertainment obsession, Weibo and Baidu searches always revolved around celebrities and internet influencers. The vast majority of ordinary people had no idea about the creation of X Fiber.

However, in the field of chemical materials science, the scene was completely different.

The names of Kunlun Company and Gao Yuan were currently soaring, rapidly spreading throughout almost all research institutes across the country.

As detection reports for X1 Fiber from major laboratories at home and abroad were released one after another, the community began to realize the unimaginably huge potential of this new type of fiber.

The unique super-honeycomb structure of X1 Fiber was truly astonishing. If developed further with more derivative models like X2, X3, X4, and X5, it could eventually lead to a vast X-series fiber family, sweeping through the entire chemical fiber industry and completely changing the power dynamics in the field.

Consequently, people began inquiring for information and requesting articles from Gao Yuan.

The publication of an academic paper on the epoch-making X1 Fiber in any journal would undoubtedly significantly increase that journal's impact factor and elevate its academic status.

"Do they have to be in English?" Gao Yuan frowned.

Zhou Helin appeared troubled. "There's no way around it. The most influential journals in academia are almost all Western-hosted. If you submit in Chinese, not only is there no precedent, but they wouldn't even be able to understand it for review."

I see.

Gao Yuan nodded slightly, but he felt uncomfortable.

To be honest, Chinese researchers had always been forced to publish in English journals.

Instead of establishing their own Chinese academic journal system, policymakers focused solely on the number of SCI papers, cumulative impact factors, and citation counts when students graduated, teachers were evaluated for promotion, and research grants were applied for.

When the higher authorities were so blindly worshiping foreign things, how could they expect scholars to proactively publish in Chinese?

Wasn't that ridiculous!

Gao Yuan, coming from a humble background and an unconventional path, didn't understand the domestic paper review system before. Now that he understood it, he felt indignant. What a mess.

"Forget it," Gao Yuan sighed helplessly. "Don't reply to them for now. This is not a small matter; let me think about it again."

Zhou Helin nodded in agreement and withdrew from Gao Yuan's office with some dejection.

In his eyes, Professor Gao was good in every way, except for his stubbornness.

It was just English papers; he and so many senior students could help, so it definitely wouldn't be a problem.

When Gao Yuan's paper appeared on the cover of a top global journal, it would not only bring immeasurable benefits to Gao Yuan personally but also bring prestige to the graduate students in the lab.

If it were someone else with such earth-shattering research results, they would have probably published countless papers by now, eager to publicize it to the whole world.

But Gao Yuan, he had dragged on until now without deciding whether to write the paper.

"English journals, Chinese journals, others' journals, our own journals... the trivial matters of academia are truly troublesome."

Gao Yuan muttered to himself, feeling a bit agitated.

He was a nationalist at heart and strongly resented the current state of blind worship of foreign things in Chinese academia.

Fortunately, a moment later, Cao Feiyu also arrived at his office, bringing truly good news that saved Gao Yuan from his dilemma.

"Look, this was our output volume last week," Cao Feiyu said, handing Gao Yuan a table with a smile.

Gao Yuan's eyes lit up as he looked at it. "Over a thousand tons!"

The report clearly showed that the output volume of X1 Fiber last week was 1,075 tons. Based on the current purchase price of 6,300 yuan and a selling price of 30,000 yuan, the gross profit was a staggering 25,477,500 yuan!

Earning twenty million yuan a week meant over a billion a year!

Gao Yuan was excited about joining the ranks of billionaires. However, at the same time, he was well aware that gross profit was not the final profit; taxes, losses, R&D, management, and a series of other costs still needed to be deducted.

But no matter what, this was still incredibly good news, signifying that the company's operations had finally gotten on track and that demand exceeded supply.

"In this world, money is still very important," Gao Yuan said excitedly to Cao Feiyu. "With sufficient cash flow, many things can be put on the agenda."

"Such as?" Cao Feiyu asked.

Gao Yuan mentioned some things he felt needed to be done immediately, such as buying a van to pick up Xu Qingzhou and the graduate students for work, improving the canteen conditions at the factory, and setting up a small gym.

"Ultimately, it's because of the remote location," Gao Yuan mused. "This place was my father's former factory, located in the industrial park. There are no commercial areas around, so it's inconvenient to do anything."

"Having this as a factory is fine, but the key is that we've outsourced our production business, leaving only R&D, finance, management, and other administrative functions."

"It's fine with the current small staff, but in the future, we'll have to recruit more employees, especially highly educated researchers. Being stuck in the industrial park all the time isn't ideal for everyone, and it's a bit unfair. Moreover, in a small city like Shaoxing, top-tier researchers with real capabilities might not necessarily come."

Cao Feiyu agreed with Gao Yuan's words, but he pointed out that the company was still in its early stages and had many things to handle. They should take it step by step and not try to achieve everything at once.

After dealing with these matters, Gao Yuan went to the laboratory in good spirits.

He was now not only a business manager but also a leading researcher, so he spent most of his time in the laboratory conducting research.

After Dr. Xu Qingzhou took over the laboratory, he expanded it using an idle factory building and purchased a lot of scientific research equipment and consumables.

Now, the hardware standards here have reached the top-tier laboratory level in the country. Unfortunately, there are still relatively few researchers, so we need to find a way to recruit more personnel.

"I need to tell you something." Dr. Xu Qingzhou frowned and said to Gao Yuan, "I heard from several senior brothers and sisters that the world's largest chemical fiber supplier, DowDuPont, is researching how to deal with us. Additionally, giants like BASF, Bayer, and Toray are not idle either. It seems that overnight, our small laboratory has become the target of global giants."

"The situation is a bit dangerous. The reason these companies are giants is that their deep accumulation and heritage absolutely cannot be ignored."

Gao Yuan shrugged, "If heaven wants to rain, a mother wants to get married. If they want to come after us, what can we do? We can only do our best to do our own work."

"Regarding the research on X2 Fiber, I have some new ideas. Let's have a meeting in ten minutes."

"Okay, I'll go notify everyone."

Gao Yuan comforted Dr. Xu Qingzhou, telling him not to worry too much about others. At this point, it was normal for industry giants to target Kunlun Company; it would be strange if they didn't attack.

Gao Yuan went to his workbench and quickly scribbled on scratch paper, preparing the content for the research group's morning meeting.

Before long, Dr. Xu Qingzhou and the laboratory researchers gathered around Gao Yuan in a small circle.

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