Maninstein didn't really like the British Isles, he always felt that the weather here was rainy and wet, and the people here were hypocritical and mean.

Compared to this small island, the weather in Germany is brighter and fresher, and the German people are more sincere and generous.

If it weren't for those articles, Maninstein wouldn't have been willing to come to such a bad place.

In the past few days, Maninstein has to refresh his email many times every day, and "Nature" and "Cell" have not pushed the paper for a long time, perhaps the editor-in-chief has been stuck, or it may be pushed to others.

It wasn't easy to communicate on the phone or via email, so Maninstein decided to make a trip himself.

Because of the peculiarities of Nature's review system, Maninstein decided to come to London first and then to North America.

People have always thought that Nature, one of the three major journals, has a strict review system, which is just a one-sided conjecture, but in fact, the review system pursued by Nature is very "man-ruled", and compared with other journals, it even makes people feel very loose and casual.

In Nature, whether or not an article is published is entirely determined by the subjective judgment of the editor-in-chief or editor.

Other top journals have strict editorial boards and strict editorial board discussion systems, but in Nature, there is no such organization and system.

Other top journals have professional peer review, and the opinions of the experts are often decisive.

But Nature is different, his peer expert review is outsourced, and the expert opinion is only used for reference, and has no decisive effect.

Papers that experts strongly recommend for publication are simply stuck, and papers that experts think cannot be published, they publish them immediately, this kind of thing is commonplace in Nature.

However, it is by virtue of this strange and highly personalized review system that "Nature" has become one of the three top journals, and it is still the oldest with the most seniority.

In the history of Nature, there was a very good editor-in-chief, Maddox, who pushed many excellent articles based on his personal subjective judgment.

In the fifties and sixties, the astronomer Hoyle submitted several articles to Nature on the function of prehistoric Stonehenge and the nature of the universe.

In 1977, it was this astronomer who submitted a paper to Nature, which put forward a strange point of view - "life on earth originated from interstellar bacteria", and the maverick Maddox published this article directly without reviewing it, for the reason that it was very personal-—— "The reviewers cannot effectively determine whether this hypothesis is reasonable!" ”

The implication is that only he Maddox is qualified to judge whether this hypothesis is justified.

There is also the archaeologist Niche, in 1971, once submitted an article "Human Origins in Africa", and later the bull himself felt that the evidence was insufficient, and asked to withdraw the manuscript and wait until enough evidence was collected before publication, and the editor-in-chief Maddox strongly advised Niche not to retract the manuscript and publish it directly.

The so-called non-review does not mean that the editor-in-chief or the editor does not read the manuscript, but that the manuscript is not reviewed by experts other than the editor, and there is no need to go through strict editorial board discussion.

Further back, in 1953, Watson and Crick's famous paper -—— "The Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid", which proposed the world-famous DNA double helix model, which was only a hypothesis at the time, and unexpectedly for this article, the then editor-in-chief Bremmble patted his head, did not review, and published directly, and it took only 23 days from submission to publication, Bymble believed that this hypothesis would not be recognized by any peer expert, so direct publication was the best choice.

It is this special review system that allows Yang Ping's paper to be published immediately by the editor of Nature, or it can be rejected by the editor with a pat on the head.

So, it would be better for Maninstein to rush to London and meet with the editors before they pat them on the head.

Instead of strolling along the River Thames, where Nature's headquarters is headquartered, Maninstein walked through the glass doors of Nature's headquarters and went straight to the office of its editor-in-chief, Dr. Jeff.

At this point, Dr. Jeff was drinking coffee and listening to music, and the door was open because Jeff knew that Maninstein was coming today.

Jeff saw Maninstein approaching from a distance, and he immediately greeted him out, grabbed Maninstein's old leather briefcase, and welcomed Maninstein into his office.

"Dear Professor Maninstein, I was about to go downstairs to meet you, but you arrived half an hour early."

It is true that Jeff was going to go downstairs to greet him, but he did not expect Maninstein to arrive early, which is not in line with the German personality.

The Germans have always been very punctual, but Maninstein doesn't care about whether he is on time or not in order to solve the problem faster, and he can arrive as early as possible.

"Have you seen the 4 papers recently submitted by this Chinese name?"

Maninstein sat down, and without a superfluous word, handed Jeff a card with the Chinese pinyin of the Chinese name written on it, as well as the English name of the Sanbo Hospital in Nandu, China.

Without any greetings, he threw over a card directly, and Jeff was a little uncomfortable by Maninstein's sudden move, and his first reaction was whether he had made a mistake and provoked Maninstein.

If that's the case, things are more troublesome, and no one in the academic community wants to mess with Maninstein, because no one wants to be seen as a "rice bucket" by the world.

"I'm sorry, I haven't seen it, if the other editors have seen it, I'll have to ask."

Jeff read the card carefully, and with sincere fear, he immediately grabbed the phone and told the assistant to ask about it, telling the assistant to ask every editor, including those on vacation.

No matter what the purpose of the great god is, the attitude must be good.

After instructing the work, Jeff brought Maninstein a cup of hand-ground coffee: "Drink a cup of hot coffee first, go to the damp, sit down and wait for the result." ”

Maninstein sipped his coffee and said nothing, quietly waiting for the results of the inquiry.

Jeff observes Maninstein's facial expressions and hopes to get some inspiration from them.

Could it be that I came to London to ask about these articles, this kind of thing can be asked by phone or by email, and there is no need to come to London to ask in person.

It's not that simple, let's talk about it as we watch.

Maninstein doesn't speak, Jeff doesn't speak, and the atmosphere is very awkward.

The efficiency of the British is still good, the two of them are awkwardly drinking silent coffee, and about half an hour, the phone in the office rings.

Jeff grabbed the phone, listened to the assistant's report, and then gently put down the microphone:

"Professor Maninstein, you are right, there is such a Chinese name, and I submitted 4 articles, and the submission unit is called Sanbo Hospital in Nandu Province, China."

"That's him!" Maninstein nodded.

It's like a detective who has been tracking for a long time has finally found the suspect's residence and is overjoyed.

"What can I do?"

Jeff asked cautiously.

Maninstein put down his glass and said indifferently: "Tell me about the current situation of these articles?" ”

Before Jeff understood Maninstein's true purpose, he had to explain the whole process truthfully and objectively:

"Unfortunately, our editor just said that he couldn't understand these articles at all, and these articles were full of a large number of new terms and concepts, which had not appeared in previous academic journals or works, which made the editor unable to understand whether this paper was real or sensational, and the article was not necessarily very interesting, because of the new terms, so it seemed obscure, so my editor's opinion is that this is an obscure new genre science fiction work, and it is recommended to submit it to a science fiction magazine."

"You mean—you've already stuck all four articles?" Maninstein asked.

Jeff nodded: "Yes, it can be summed up in one sentence - 4 articles have been directly stuck, of course, the rejection letter to the author has not been sent yet, because the editor in charge of these papers is unwell, has eaten the wrong thing in the past few days, has been having diarrhea, and even needs to support the wall when walking, and the rejection reply has been delayed." ”

"You know, our review system is different, there are no editorial boards, no peer review, and our editors decide whether or not to publish a paper with a brain, which is a tradition that we are proud of."

Jeff went on to explain, his expression rather embarrassed.

Maninstein breathed a sigh of relief: "Dr. Jeff, you have to thank this colleague who is supporting the wall, if he hadn't eaten the wrong thing, you would have missed the opportunity to become the most prominent editor-in-chief in the history of Nature, take all those articles and show them to me." ”

Jeff was baffled, but he could only comply, turn on the computer, bring up the article, and turn the computer screen to Maninstein.

Perhaps the brain flashed instantly, and Jeff realized something.

"No, I'm sorry, sir, I haven't read these articles, I'm the editor-in-chief, I'll read it first, you have no opinion, right?" Jeff turned the computer screen back up.

Maninstein took his coffee: "In historical moments, who comes first and who comes after is very important, you know history." ”

"Thank you, to be able to bring Professor Maninstein to London in the wet fog, there must be something big going on."

Jeff smiled slyly, the fog in his heart that had been in his heart was also dissipated at this time, and the purpose of Maninstein's trip Jeff also guessed eight or nine, but he was still not sure.

The editor-in-chief read word by word, slowly, and Maninstein was not in a hurry, and waited quietly.

"The main concept in the paper -—— microanatomy, which depicts the anatomy of the human body, organs or tissues from living cells and cell-to-cell connections, which seems very interesting, but the experiments carried out around this topic are a bit inexplicable, on the basis of microanatomy, using live digital cells to build a new generation of digital humans, and they claim to have successfully used the above methods to build a digital muscle, and also said that the future development of biological 3D printers based on microanatomy, Using bio-3D printing technology to print organs with subtle anatomical structures-——" Jeff commented in pure London English in a tone of pure London.

"Do you understand? Or give some specific advice. Maninstein said slowly.

Jeff waved his hand: "No, it's not time for me to draw conclusions, Professor Maninstein, what do you think?" ”

"I ask you what you think of these papers? Or your conclusion? Maninstein asked.

Jeff looked away from the computer, he stared at Maninstein, in fact, to be honest, Jeff didn't understand the papers too much, but he vaguely felt that these papers would open an era, and he needed a circumstantial evidence.

Whether to become Maddox and Brymble, or to become a joke in the academic world, at the spur of thought, Jeff had to be cautious.

"I mean—friend, what's in my heart right now is what's in your mind, you know, we've thought of it, yes, that's what it means." Jeff smiled slyly.

Well, British, you win.

Maninstein didn't have time to go around in circles with this cunning fellow, and said directly: "4 papers, the subtle anatomy talked about will open a new era in a field, I can be a recommender, I hope to publish in your journal at once, in the fastest way, and preferably give a cover, this is enough." ”

"Are you sure?" Jeff asked.

Maninstein nodded: "Pretty sure!" We thought of a piece. ”

Dr. Jeff immediately straightened up and said loudly in a serious tone: "These 4 papers, I have just read them, I think they are very interesting, the core topics of which will open a new era, given that peer experts may not be able to understand the content of the papers, so I, the current editor-in-chief of Nature, Dr. Jeff, decided to publish them directly at one time, just in the latest issue, and give one cover position." ”

Maninstein gave a thumbs up: "What an outstanding guy!" ”

After Dr. Jeff announced his decision, he lowered his voice and leaned over: "Sir, as a friend, personal friendship is one thing, but academic seriousness is another, there are some things I must clarify with you, these 4 papers have nothing to do with you, they have nothing to do with you, this is my own business." ”

"First of all, I read the paper first, and all the decisions I made independently are unalterable facts. Secondly, you came for coffee today, and did not give me any academic advice, and finally, I did not ask your opinion about the paper just now, and you did not answer, as for what recommender, that is nothing, I made my own decision, I am the recommender, and I am responsible for everything alone. ”

"Scholarship and history are very, very serious matters, and I hope you can understand this, and you must not let your selfishness blind you and say something that undermines academic rigor and historical truth."

After saying that, the Englishman smiled slyly.

"Well, I didn't say anything, history will remember, it's your own business, it's none of my business, I know this." Maninstein held up the coffee.

"A noble man will always make a guarantee for his words." The British also raised their glasses.

"I promise!"

Maninstein said nonchalantly that he had no interest in what Jeff cared about, and that as long as Yang Ping's paper could be published, everyone would be happy.

"Thanks, toast to friendship!"

"Cheers to friendship!"

The two cups touch each other.

This moment is history, at least Jeff thinks.