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The Journal of the American Chemical Society and the Journal of Science published Elizabeth's article, which is a good thing; But Qin Lang's name appears in the author's signature, which will cause trouble.

And it's big trouble.

The Journal of the American Chemical Society and the Journal of Science are not ordinary journals, they both have very important status and prominent reputations. In 1880, Edison invested $10,000 to create an important academic journal - and in 1894, it went on to become the official journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the largest scientific society in the United States. It is an honor for any scientist and researcher to be able to publish in these two journals, it means that he has some degree of recognition, it means that he will be famous, and it means that he has been promoted to a higher status...... Therefore, people always try to get their names on them by all means.

And in the end, that effort evolved into a way of showing off, personally, institutionally, nationally. Qin Lang knew that Chinese universities and chemical research institutions were trumpeting "how many papers they have published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society and Science Journals" as a noteworthy achievement. Of course, this is true not only in China, but also in the whole world, and the only difference may be that different scholars and institutions choose different journals.

Of course, it's 1897, not 1997, but what difference does that make? In short, as long as a chemist, university professor, or chemical researcher wants to make a name for themselves, they want their name to appear in the Journal of the American Chemical Society and the Journal of Science, to be noticed, discussed, and remembered.

And now, Qin Lang's name appeared on it.

"You've become a celebrity in America. J.P. Morgan. ”

Qin Lang smiled bitterly, shook his head slowly, and put Morgan's telegram into the drawer - it didn't have any malicious intent, but with obvious mockery. But His Majesty the Emperor of Wall Street is still as right as ever, and he is now indeed a celebrity in the United States.

However, this is the "trouble" that he has always emphasized. He became more famous, but not always good, and simply put, even with a discounted term, "many" refused to acknowledge him as the inventor of the ammonia synthesis process and the combined alkali production process.

And not just in the field of chemical research, or even in the field of scientific research, it is a national problem that may even spread to the entire white world. There's a whole bunch of newspapers talking about it, and millions more people follow it.

In a way that Qin Lang never liked.

"Invention? Plagiarism? That's a slightly better way to put it, and the more direct one is "a plagiarist who deceives the world," and it's not just a newspaper that uses a similar headline. But in reality, there is more radical rhetoric. But that's not all the trouble, as hundreds of people write or send telegrams to the American Chemical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science every day, as well as to Elizabeth, asking them to set the record straight...... Or to put it more directly, these people asked them to show their attitude, and the appearance of Qin Lang's name in the published article was a mistake and an accident.

And they demanded a formal apology.

It's not because these people know the real inventors of these two technologies - if that's the case, Qin Lang will still find it interesting, because this world has already been ruled by a time-traveler from the future; But in fact, their suspicions were only because he was Chinese—in the name of God, a Chinese, and he should never be the inventor of the ammonia synthesis process and the combined alkali production method!

Note! It's not "impossible", it's "shouldn't".

Why? Quite simply, racists have always believed that compared to whites, the intelligence of yellows and blacks is seriously flawed in some way, so that they cannot make any achievements in the field of science and technology, so that both yellows and blacks are inferior and must unconditionally accept the "theory of racial superiority" ...... white rule, which is one of the important cornerstones of white supremacy and the main source of racist superiority, but acknowledging Qin Lang's right to invent will cause it to crack, loosen, or go further, Completely collapsed, and then they could only look for a new sense of superiority in history and social institutions.

Unfortunately, however, this is more difficult, and it causes a fierce quarrel among the whites: if the Italians boast of the great, radiant Rome, the numerous descendants of the Germanic barbarians will be very unhappy, as to which country has a better social system...... It is clearly impossible for democratic-free Americans to agree with authoritarian and dictatorial Germans.

It's all trouble. Therefore, a Chinese must not be allowed to undermine the "theory of racial superiority", no matter who he is.

Yet it remains a difficult problem to solve, despite the wishful thinking of racists that it is simple - they clearly do not properly recognize the magnitude and complexity of the problem.

"Those fools would expect Elizabeth to admit that it was a mistake to put your name in, God, didn't they investigate your relationship?" Rachel threw a stack of newspapers onto Qin Lang's desk, and then sat down in front of him. "She made a big mockery of them in the newspapers."

He took the newspaper, slowly flipped through it page by page, looked at it carefully, and it took a long time to raise his head. "Rachel," Qin Lang pointed to an article in one of the newspapers, "I think you wrote it." ”

She probed and looked. "That's right. Elizabeth was so busy that I helped her write some. ”

"I knew you were the only one who could be so snarky."

"Is that a compliment?"

"You can think so." Qin Lang said.

"Thank you." After a pause, Rachel asked, "Elizabeth is busy writing letters to the Chemical Society and the Association for the Advancement of Science, as well as interviewing reporters, what are you busy with, Qin?" ”

He shrugged nonchalantly. "In the last week I've been at eight California university professors and students who have hosted special gatherings for me -- of course, in the invitations, the organizers of each party have deliberately concealed this, apparently intending to surprise me."

"What surprise?"

"It's nothing, it's just that those guys thought they could stump me with the most basic chemistry knowledge, and then they added a little bit of what they thought was more difficult, and then something that they found difficult as well, but you know ......"

Rachel laughed. intends to use the most basic chemical knowledge to make things difficult for Qin Lang...... Even if she didn't know his attainments in chemistry either, it was likely that even the top chemists in the world would not be able to do a little, because Qin Lang was definitely one of the best chemists in the world. "Oh, poor idiots." She sighed. "What else is interesting?"

Qin Lang thought for a moment. "One thing, yesterday, a professor at the University of California very kindly invited me to give a lecture to his students, and of course, there will be many professors in attendance."

"What's the content?"

"It's not confirmed yet."

"It looks like he hasn't learned his lesson yet and wants you to make a fool of yourself in public." Rachel started laughing again.

"I'm afraid it's hard to teach them a lesson -- if they still believe I'm a fool who doesn't know anything about chemistry." Qin Lang sighed, and then laughed as well.

The laughter lasted only a moment, and then it was interrupted: O'Connor and Elizabeth walked into the office, followed by Qin Lang's secretary, and Fisborne and several lawyers hired by the company. Qin Lang's affairs are not just his business, nor is it just Elizabeth's, whether it is because of voluntariness, duties, orders from the company's board of directors or just looking at the face of the dollar, except for United Carbide, United Textile Technology and Holt Manufacturing Company, all the forces at his disposal have been mobilized, gathering intelligence, formulating strategies to solve problems, or directly solving problems.

That's why he had time to attend those kindergarten-level meetings.

That's why he can sit in his office and laugh.

But he couldn't laugh anymore. "An invitation from the Chemical Association and the Association for the Advancement of Science." Elizabeth will pull out a letter, "I hope you will attend the special meeting on the eleventh of next month, in Philadelphia." ”

"A special meeting for me?" Qin Lang took the letter, but didn't read it, and put it directly in the drawer. The content of the invitation letter is always the same, and instead of wasting time looking at it, it is better to figure out some issues. "Are you participating?"

"Nope." Elizabeth shrugged.

"A trap?" Rachel looked at her, and then at Qin Lang.

"It's not." "The publication of that article means that the Chemical Society and the Association for the Advancement of Science believe that I am one of the inventors of the ammonia synthesis process and the combined alkali process, and they are willing to admit it, but they need to somehow silence the racists," he said. But......" he added, "Damn, on the eleventh of next month, I don't think I'll have time to attend it." ”

Qin Lang is worried about the situation in China. It is likely that the Empress Dowager in the Summer Palace will make a move, and London and Washington will also ask him to provide mercenaries to go to Philadelphia at such a critical time? While this is just as important, ......

"You must go, Qin." Elizabeth warned.

"I understand, Elizabeth." Qin Lang shook his head, cleared his worries from his mind, and then turned to the others, "What news do you have?" ”

"In addition to the invitations brought by Miss Daubers, you also have some invitations from the university, boss." The secretary said first, while placing all the invitations on his desk.

"It looks like it's not just the University of California professors who want to make a fool of you in public." Rachel said harshly.

Qin Lang didn't answer, he looked at those invitations, slowly flipping through them, and at the same time considering whether to throw them all into the furnace, but at this moment, a name suddenly came into his sight and caught his attention: FSU, Florida State University, will be his alma mater in the future...... This statement was a bit weird, but no matter what, Qin Lang began to think about whether he should accept the invitation and return to ...... Go to Florida once.

It's just that timing is always a matter of time. Qin Lang asked while thinking, "What else?" ”

"We've got some interesting news back from our sales department, boss." The answer was still the secretary, "At least ten people have already made announcements in the newspapers claiming to be the real inventors of the ammonia synthesis process and the combined alkali production process." ”

Qin Lang glanced at Elizabeth, she was frowning, and he could see that she was very angry. But he laughed. "Interesting." Qin Lang tapped his finger on the table, "Do these people know each other's remarks?" ”

The secretary thought for a moment. "These people are not in the same city, or in a neighboring city, and their announcements are published in local newspapers."

"That is, they don't know." The smile on Qin Lang's face became more obvious, and the sarcasm in his eyes was too, "Miss Rose, let our salespeople do one thing for me, let them find a way to publish the announcements of fools in other cities in the newspapers of their respective cities." ”

"Yes, boss." The secretary nodded in understanding, but obviously didn't understand what he was going to do, but Qin Lang's gaze had already moved away from her—to the lawyers.

Because the lead lawyer for the company said: "Sir, we are preparing to sue the newspapers that accuse you of 'plagiarism' and personal attacks against you and Miss Daubers. We have drawn up a list. He took the list out of his bag and continued, "I promise you, sir, that we can make them pay a heavy price and shut up forever." ”

"What's the win rate?" Qin Lang never doubted the ferocity and determination of American lawyers—when they knew they would be able to get a large part of the huge compensation awarded by the court—and among the jokes he once heard, there were poor tourists who were hit in the head by a Hawaiian coconut, and super hunk men who ran to the back of the RV to make coffee, coincidentally, they were always associated with huge damages and lawyers; Qin Lang knew that his lawyer could do as well as their juniors, or even better, but there was a premise that he had to win the case.

And for winning the case, the lawyers are very confident. After all, as everyone knows, bribing a judge is never a difficult thing to do, buying an entire jury, while a little more difficult, is not completely impossible, and in fact, buying opposing lawyers is also a strategy. "More than ninety percent chance, sir. Of course, things will be easier if you can be certified by the Chemical Association and the Association for the Advancement of Science. ”

Certified ...... It sounds like going through a ISO9000 or ISO14000 or something...... It's not interesting at all, though. Qin Lang shrugged his shoulders secretly. "That is, I have to go to Philadelphia."

"I warned you." Elizabeth said.

"I'm afraid so, sir." The company's lead lawyer also made his attitude clear.

Rachel finally laughed.

"Then I'll have to turn down some invitations...... God knows how many more invitations there will be, and it seems that the whole of America is going to see me make a fool of myself. Qin Lang pretended to complain and returned the invitation letters sent by all universities except Florida State University to the secretary. Miss Ross, please help me get rid of them, and write back to the universities to express my heartfelt apologies. ”

The secretary took the invitation and left immediately; The lawyers put down their list and left as well. When the whole office was empty again, O'Connor said, "Why don't you ask Morgan or someone else to help you with this?" ”

"Because they don't believe it's mine, not just Elizabeth's." Qin Lang took out a telegram from the drawer, "This is from Bush to me, 'You scared me, friend.'" Then he took out another one, "'You shocked me, Qin,' this is Harriman." Qin Lang spread his hands, "You know, it's very difficult to convince people who know me that I understand chemistry, because I know enough things. ”

"You don't understand physics." Rachel said, deliberately.

YES, NO ONE THINKS I KNOW PHYSICS, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE I DIDN'T WRITE E=MC2 OR RELATIVITY ON THE BLACKBOARD. Qin Lang thought about it, but didn't really say it. He looked at the security supervisor standing in the corner of the room. "Lawrence, what do you have to report to me?"

Fisborne took a step forward. "Messerschmitt......

"Messerschmitt?" Qin Lang thought of the spy instructor in District 51, "What does he want to do?" ”

"Messerschmitt said he could solve some problems for you, using his methods." said the director of the security department.

No matter what he wanted to do, it would never be a good thing - spies never did good things, they would only do bad things that might bring good to their boss, but could also be big trouble, and not necessarily what the boss needed them to do - Qin Lang quickly came to his conclusion. "Bring him here, I want to see him." (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )