Across the Pacific Ocean, in a community in Warsington, George sits at his computer reviewing manuscripts.

As the new editor of the journal Science, he does the hardest work of the entire editorial office.

Pick valuable papers from those sent by unknown researchers.

As the world's top academic journal, Science receives a lot of worthless papers every day because many people want to try their luck.

He understands that these unknown scientists want to try their luck, but an editor like him needs to review one paper after another to avoid missing valuable papers.

Just like today, from work in the morning to late at night, he has reviewed 97 papers, of which 96 have been rejected by him.

After these days of reviewing, he has summed up the experience of reviewing.

The first thing to look at is the corresponding author, then the unit, and finally the title.

Now he is reviewing the last one, and after reviewing this paper, he can be regarded as emptying the backlog of papers.

It took him three minutes to judge that the paper was of little value and rejected it directly.

After sending the email, I looked at the time, and it was already past three o'clock in the morning.

He was just about to get up when the computer rang out that he didn't want to hear.

The voice reminded him that another unknown scientist had submitted papers, because he knew that the papers of those well-known scientists would not be distributed to him.

After thinking about it, he decided to finish reviewing the paper before going to sleep, and it would not take more than a few minutes anyway.

When you click on this paper, the first thing you look at is the corresponding author, and when you look at the name, he knows that this paper is from Asia.

“suzhe!”

After reading the author's background introduction, he shook his head helplessly.

Su Zhe is still a 17-year-old high school student at Nanmen No. 1 Middle School...... Are high school students in Asia so good? The first author is also Su Zhe......"

He patiently continued to look at the unit.

"Shangling University Optical Lens Research Center, I haven't heard of it, no! I think I've heard it there...... Anyway, keep watching. ”

When he looked at the title of the paper, he was stunned, and it took him a long time to understand the meaning of the title.

Strictly speaking, the grammar of this title is correct, but it does not conform to the habit of reading.

By this time, he had lost his patience, and from his experience, he could conclude that the thesis was a prank.

As a qualified editor, it is his duty to politely reject manuscripts.

Looking at the sender's mailbox, he was even more sure that the paper was a prank.

In the rejection email, he wrote: "Young man from Asia, thank you for your support of Science, thank you for your submission, unfortunately, your paper did not pass my review, and I hereby reject it." ”

"The Ronin Who Started from Douluo"

After writing this, he thought about it and added, "I hope you will continue to work hard in the days to come." ”

I looked at it and thought it was OK, so I clicked the send button.

Seeing that the email was successfully sent, I looked at the time and it was already 3:30.

He quickly turned off the computer.

Wash lay on the bed, thinking about when he would be able to get out of the sea of suffering and review the papers of those well-known scientists, instead of being in a pile all day......

……

On the other side of the globe, the Optical Lens Research Center of Shangling University.

In the office, Su Zhe looked at his phone with a shocked expression.

"Su Zhe! What's wrong? Fan Xiaoming asked with a puzzled expression.

Bao Zhengyi and Xu Jiaping also looked at Su Zhe curiously.

"That's rejected!" Su Zhe said embarrassedly.

"What! How is it possible that the manuscript has been rejected? Fan Xiaoming said and took the mobile phone in Su Zhe's hand, and after reading it, he said, "It was really rejected, and this editor is really competent, you must know that it is early in the morning on the other side of the world." ”

Bao Zhengyi took the mobile phone in Fan Xiaoming's hand and read the content of the email with Xu Jiaping.

"I guess the editor didn't read the body of the paper at all, and rejected the manuscript after a few casual glances." Bao Zheng guessed.

"This editor is so irresponsible." Xu Jiaping looked at Su Zhe and the others, "I was rejected, what should I do now?" ”

"What can I do! Keep up the vote! Fan Xiaoming smiled, "But we don't vote for "Science" now, but instead of "Nature", I don't believe that the editors of "Nature" are the same as the editors of "Science", so visionless." ”

"Vote for Nature, if Nature" is rejected again, I will vote for the Journal of Lingzhou University of Technology." Su Zhe said jokingly.

"That's not the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Lingzhou University of Technology." Fan Xiaoming smiled.

"You can consider voting for our Shangling University journal, such an opportunity is rare in a thousand years." Xu Jiaping said jokingly.

After hearing Xu Jiaping, Su Zhe and the three of them all laughed.

Subsequently, Su Zhe sat upright and logged on to the official website of the journal "Science" to check it, and his successful paper "On the Manipulation of Atoms by Electromagnetic Waves" submitted not long ago was really rejected.

From the successful submission of the paper to the rejection, it took half an hour.

That's fast, it's fast enough!

After confirming that his manuscript had been rejected by Science, he withdrew from the official website of the journal Science.

Click on the official website of the journal Nature, register an account, and submit your manuscript as required.

It took an hour from logging on to the official website of the journal Nature to receiving the email acknowledgment of the successful submission of the paper.

This time, it was half the time compared to submitting an article on the official website of Science.

Xu Jiaping saw that Su Zhe had completed the submission on the official website of Nature, and said with a smile: "I know why the editor of Science rejected the manuscript so quickly. ”

"Why?" Su Zhe asked with a smile.

"Su Zhe! Judging from your self-introduction, you are still a high school student, and your unit is the Optical Lens Research Center of Shangling University, which has only been established for more than a year. Xu Jiaping explained, "The corresponding author and the first author are all you, plus unknown units, few editors will read it." ”

"That's what happened!" Su Zhe nodded.

"Retreat, retreat! It doesn't matter anymore. Fan Xiaoming smiled, "This is a paper that can win the Nobel Prize in Physics, whoever returns it will regret it, look at it!" The editor of Science who rejected the manuscript was estimated to break his thigh afterwards. ”

"It's true!" Xu Jiaping smiled and nodded.

"It would be fun if Nature continued to reject." Bao Zhengyi said with a smile.

"Probably not!" Xu Jiaping said uncertainly.

"It's hard to say!" Fan Xiaoming thought for a while, "Unless the editor of Nature doesn't read the text, but if he reads the text, he won't reject it." ”

"It doesn't matter! If I really want to reject the manuscript, I will change the vote, just like Brother Xiaoming said, whoever rejects the manuscript will regret it. Su Zhe smiled, "Besides, I sent a preprint at the same time, and sooner or later it will be noticed." ”

"Yes!" Bao Zhengyi nodded, "It depends on the journal's vision...... Since "Science" rejected Su Zhe's paper, then the paper "Experimental Search and Confirmation of Heavy Photons" we wrote will not be submitted to "Science", and whoever accepts Su Zhe's paper will vote for whomever we want. ”

"That's right! That's it. Fan Xiaoming smiled.

“……”

The four of them chatted about the paper and talked about the verification of the QG-diatomic vibration technology.

When it comes to the arrangement of going to Badu to go to the University of Science and Technology tomorrow.

On the side of the research center, Su Zhe, Fan Xiaoming, and Bao Zhengyi, plus the thirty scientific researchers in the laboratory, add up to thirty-three people.

On the side of Shangling University, President Xu Jiaping and President Xu added Li Bufan, the director of the school's security office, plus thirteen school guards and two cooks, a total of seventeen people.

There were exactly fifty people on both sides combined.

"I have communicated with the HKUST administration and they have agreed to fully cooperate with our work." Xu Jiaping explained.

"That's good!" Bao Zhengyi nodded, "That's right!" All the expenses for going to HKUST this time should not go to the university's account, but to the research center, and now our research center is not short of money. ”

"This ...... All right! The school is too poor, so I won't fight with you. Xu Jiaping nodded.

Then, the few people talked about some details.

When they arrive at HKUST, they will devote themselves to experimenting with the verification of QG-diatomic vibration technology.

Considering the impact of the papers "On the Manipulation of Atoms by Electromagnetic Waves" and the papers "Experimental Search and Confirmation of Heavy Photons".

Their whereabouts need to be kept under moderate secrecy.

……

When it was time for dinner, several people went to the staff cafeteria on the third floor of the cafeteria.

After dinner, we chatted for a while.

Until the few people separated, Su Zhe did not receive an email from the editorial office of Nature.

In the dormitory, Fan Xiaoming had just finished washing, and when he saw Su Zhe in the living room, he asked, "Has the preprint of the paper passed the review?" ”

"Nope! The status shows that it is still under review. Su Zhe replied with a smile.

"It's inky! Just read it all over again...... Half a day has passed, and the review has not yet ended, which is slow and anxious. Fan Xiaoming complained.

Sending a preprint is different from the publication of a paper, it does not need to be peer-reviewed, it only needs to be reviewed by the editor, it is not scribbled, it is not illegal and compliant, and it meets the relevant regulations.

"It was written above that the maximum review time is two working days." Su Zhe explained.

"Leave him alone." Fan Xiaoming waved his hand, "That, has there been a reply from "Nature"?" ”

"Nope!" Su Zhe replied.

"That's good!" Fan Xiaoming nodded, "I'm going to clean up, bring some change of clothes, this time I go to the University of Science and Technology, it is estimated that I will stay for more than ten days." ”

"I've got it covered! I slept first! ”

"Good!"

……