PS: A foreshadowing that could shorten Comrade Li Sheng's years to become an 'academic elite' appeared, and when I described the beetle and its research in detail, I remember that some readers greatly felt that pigs were flooded, which was an inconvenient saying, and now they have finally cleared their name.

Hehe, casually ask for a monthly pass, recommended, and in addition, the pig code book prefers to take great pains to reserve foreshadowing layer by layer, and sometimes it is inevitable to write some 'idle things', please forgive me

"Of course you can take a look at those two beetles first, please come with me. Zhang Lisheng nodded and led the editor of the 'Science' journal to the second floor and opened the door of his room, "Please come in, Mr. Myroner, those two soft body-changing beetles are here." ”

"Thank you. Myroner walked into the boy's room and was surprised to see the optical microscope, infrared monitor, and large insect breeding utensils with temperature and humidity adjustment functions placed in the room: "Mr. Zhang, no wonder you can write such a detailed research post on the Internet, this is a small professional biological laboratory."

Aha, this is the bug you found... They really can change color and become invisible, and the pictures you post online are completely real, oh, it seems that it was worth it for me to postpone my vacation to come to you!"

"I'm glad you think so, Mr. Myron. Zhang Lisheng stood beside Myroner, looked at the beetles flying up and down in the transparent feeder, and said with a smile.

"Well, Mr. Zhang, now that we can formally talk about asking you for a manuscript, I would like to personally recommend Professor Andina Josh of the University of California, Berkeley, as your co-presenter. To you..."Myron reluctantly observed the chameleon beetle in the breeder for a while, and said with a natural expression.

At this time, Zhang Lisheng suddenly said: "Xie Lu, thank you for your recommendation, Mr. Myroner, but I already have an excellent biologist as a collaborator." ”

Suddenly changed, Myron was stunned, frowned, and said with a reluctant smile: "Young man, the collaborator you need is not only a good biologist, but also..."

"I know very well what kind of collaborator I need, Mr. Myron, please wait. Zhang Lisheng smiled apologetically at Myroner. Duck to the side. I took out my phone and gave it to Stephen, the biology teacher who admired him the most in Lobic Middle School and was the only one who was willing to give him an 'A+' grade for his final exams after he took a two-month hiatus.

The phone is connected. A serious, old-fashioned voice came from the earpiece. "Li Sheng. If you're wasting my time wishing me a Merry Christmas in advance, you're destined to have a 'B' in biology next year..."

"Of course I wouldn't bother you with such a boring thing, Mr. Stephen, yes. While I was traveling through the Amazon jungle during winter vacation last year, I stumbled upon two strange beetles with soft bodies and discolored shells.

After I returned to the United States, I bought some instruments, observed them without incident, did some research, and published them on the website of a biology enthusiast, but today an editor of Science magazine suddenly came and said that those two beetles are important new discoveries that can make up for the missing link in entomology..."

"Are you risking not having enough credits and getting your graduation delayed, kid?"

"Of course not Mr. Stephen, the editor is named Myronel Gnass, and he is in my house now.

He had just seen the two beetles and had decided to formally ask me for a manuscript and recommended Professor Andina Josh of the University of California, Berkeley as my co-presenter.

But I felt that if I needed an expert to deepen my thesis, you would be better suited than anyone else, so I made this call. ”

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, "Li Sheng, where do you live?"

"One hundred and sixty-seven Lobitch Community, Brooklyn. ”

"Wait for me for five minutes. Stephen said and hung up.

Zhang Lisheng paused for a moment, put away his mobile phone, and walked back to Myroner, whose face became a little ugly, "Mr. Myroner, my collaborator is coming." ”

"Young man, I must warn you very seriously that while the two beetles you have found are very important, they will never appear in a top academic journal like Science if the paper is not deep enough. ”

"Mr. Myronl, what you said is very different from what you just said. Zhang Lisheng smiled and said.

Myronel snorted in annoyance, was silent for a while, and then said in a gentle voice: "Mr. Zhang, what I just said is good for you, what an outstanding biologist you can know at your age and background, don't sit in the well and watch the sky..."

"Myronel Gnuss, I'm looking for me Stephen Pigros to be a co-presenter, but I can't sit back and watch the sky. Suddenly, a deep voice outside the door interrupted Myroner's words, and then Stephen, wearing a scruffy old jacket, walked into Zhang Lisheng's room with a blank face.

"Stephen, Professor Stephen Pigros!

Oh, oh, God, you, you're here, haven't you disappeared in the primeval jungle of Java?"

"The primeval forests of Java, the desolate islands of the Pacific Ocean, beneath the snowy peaks of the Alps... There are countless places where I am buried in rumors, but unfortunately those are all rumors Myroner, I have never left the United States in the past few years, I have never left the academic world, and this young man in front of you is the student I taught in New York. ”

"He, isn't he a high school student?"

"I'm teaching at Lobich Middle School right now, and after such a serious lab accident, being in middle school is the only way I can stay in academia. Stephen said with a 'hey...' smile without a smile in his eyes.

"I see, oh, you're lucky enough to have a chance to regroup," Myron regained his composure after a moment of stunnedness, "I remember you owe me a favor, Professor Stephen." He walked away directly.

"Leave without even saying a word, this is the editor of the world's top academic journal?" Zhang Lisheng blurted out in surprise and debuted.

"How generous do you think he can be for a broker who is desperately trying to get tenure," Stephen said with a smile, "Li Sheng, let me see your beetle and research materials." ”

"They're all here, please look at Mr. Stephen. Zhang Lisheng said and turned on the computer, and called up the eighty-nine scientific research posts about the chameleon beetle that he had published on the Internet for a year.

After looking at the feeder without blinking for more than twenty minutes, Stephen grabbed the two chameleon-changing beetles with an insect trap net and looked at them under the light microscope for a while, and his face gradually became excited.

"Li Sheng, although that Myron was a contemptible bloodsucker in the academic world just now, being able to do this means that he has a good vision.

The two beetles you found are of great scientific value. Both from the genealogical study of biology. This is also the case in biomimetic research.

This is simply a material destined to appear in the first volume of the world's top academic journals. Stephen looked at the boy's research materials at a glance, hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "Your preliminary research on them has been very local, and the instruments used for observation are also generally recognized by the academic community..."

"Mr. Stephen. I need your help. Zhang Lisheng said with a smile.

His original intention was simply because as the situation changed and interest waned. The study of the chameleon beetle wants to come to an end. But Stephen was stunned for a moment when he heard it, thought about it, and said very tactfully: "After helping you this time." If I can get my research materials in my hands again, I guess I will be able to return to my alma mater, Stanford, to resume tenure as a professor and head a laboratory.

That way, next year I can be your mentor and recruit you to Stanford, and then up to three years later, continuous research on beetles will lead you to a Ph.D. in science. ”

"I'm supposed to be in the twelfth grade tomorrow, is that okay?" Zhang Lisheng felt a little unbelievable because in Western society, in fact, the traditional concept of 'academic title' is far more eye-catching than wealth on some occasions, and there is even a special title for doctor.

"Of course, since your name is in the first volume of the journal Science, and you are my co-researcher, I can make an exception for you to be my graduate student. ”

"But isn't that unfair to other students?"

"Geniuses are inherently different from ordinary students, what's unfair about that?" asked Stephen in confusion.

"Oh, I was wrong, Mr. Stephen," Zhang Lisheng shrugged, "then I'll find a worker to deliver the beetle to your house with the feeding utensils now."

By the way, there are also these research materials, I have the manuscript, and I will also give you a copy, so that you can organize it on the Internet. ”

"Very good Li Sheng, you can wait for my good news next," Stephen's face revealed an unconcealed look of excitement and restlessness, "In a month, at most a month, the names of the two of us will appear in the first volume of Science magazine, and at that time, no one will be able to stop me from 'returning'..."

The young man saw Stephen's nervous expression on the side, and he was a little surprised in his heart, but he didn't say anything, nodded with an approving expression, took out his mobile phone and found a moving company that was still open at the 'service desk', and moved the huge breeding utensils out of the house and sent them to Stephen's house.

The moving company's van slowly pulled out of the intersection after Stephen's old two-door miniature car.

Zhang Lisheng walked home and took the initiative to explain to Lili, who had been used to not interfering in his son's private affairs and had been staying on the first floor: "Mr. Stephen agreed to cooperate with me to publish a paper in the journal Science, so I sent the beetle to his house.

By the way, Mr. Stephen said that after the paper is published, he will most likely get a chance to be a professor at Stanford University, and he hopes that I will go to his graduate school next year. ”

"Go straight to Stanford for graduate school!

It was all too sudden, but when you think about it, since you have published a paper in Science and have a very good personal relationship with Mr. Stephen, it makes sense to go straight to his graduate school.

Oh, it's great to skip straight from 12th grade to graduate school and save a whole five years..."

Seeing his mother's excited cheers, Zhang Lisheng took the opportunity to say: "Mom, I plan to go back to western Sichuan after Christmas, is it okay?" )