I kidnapped an alien civilization

"So far, we can draw a clear conclusion that LIMO transformation is also applicable to the transformation of calculus equations." William read the paper page by page. In the paper, the author proposed a magical mathematical transformation theory.

What surprised him even more was that in the process of reading the thesis, he did not have the slightest doubt about the content of the thesis, as if everything written in the thesis was logical.

At the same time, this mathematical conversion theory is easy to understand under the author's profound thesis writing skills. He only read it once, and even vaguely understood the reason behind it.

"Which professor submitted this manuscript?" This was the first time he was so interested in a paper. It's a pity that the magazine's mailbox will automatically block the author of the email.

"No. 48!" He wrote down the number of the mail in his notebook with a pen, and decided to submit it at the morning meeting tomorrow.

"Beep..."

"William, haven't you got off work yet? The show is about to start."

"Oops!" William looked at the time, he was about to be late, he tidied up in a hurry, and rushed out of the magazine office.

University of Cambridge

In the drizzling rain, Professor Risk came to the office with a black umbrella. "Bad weather!"

"Professor, how was your trip to Huaguo?" Miss Paco took the wet umbrella from him and gently hung it outside the door.

Professor Risk said with a smile: "It's great, that magical boy in the East has left a deep impression on me. It can be felt that his brain is full of mathematical inspiration."

He sat down at his desk, turned on the computer, sighed and said, "Unfortunately, he doesn't seem interested in my invitation."

"I didn't expect that someone would refuse your invitation. It seems that you still need to work harder! Come on, professor!" Miss Paco said jokingly.

Riske shook his head with a wry smile, and opened his e-mail.

"An email from the "Mathematics Monthly" magazine?" He remembered something, and said to Miss Paco who was cleaning up the office next to him: "Notify the administrative department of the college, and from this month, help me book the "Mathematics Monthly" for me. Mathematical Monthly."

Miss Paco had a surprised expression on her face. The mathematics journals that professors usually read are usually top academic journals.

Mathematical Monthly? never heard of that.

Still, she nodded.

"What will be in the mail?" Professor Risk clicked on the mailbox.

"The authors who proved the odd perfect conjecture proposed a magical mathematical transformation theory." FROM WeiXiaoNian.

Professor Wei Xiaonian Riske remembered that he seemed to be the editor of Huaguo Magazine who sent out the invitation letter.

"Could it be that LIMO has a new work?" But the email was blank except for this sentence.

".!" This is so exciting, Professor Riske feels that the next time he meets WeiXxiaonian, he must treat him as well as his own students.

The same scenario happened in Oxford, California, Stanford.

Wei Xiaonian didn't know that he had been missed by these bigwigs in the mathematics world, and he was attending the morning meeting in the conference room.

Since the seminar, his status in the magazine has also risen sharply, and now he can sit securely at the bottom right of the editor-in-chief.

"Editor-in-Chief, the 2 million printed monthly magazines have been sold out, and there are still many bookstores asking for orders." The short-haired girl who was in charge of handling booksellers said timidly. The situation is really stressful.

Hearing that the reprinted monthly magazine was sold out again, Editor-in-Chief Wang frowned: "How many copies have we sold?"

"A total of 6 million copies, not including those reserved for major schools." The short-talk girl replied,

"Notify the printing factory to print 1 million more copies!" Editor-in-Chief Wang thought for a while and said firmly. Usually, the sales volume of "Mathematics Monthly" is 500,000 copies, which is already good, but now it has increased by as much as 10 times.

"Everyone has worked hard these days. I will give everyone a paid vacation when the work is over." He saw that most of the staff and editors attending the conference were in low spirits, and he knew that in order to deliver more than 6 million copies of the monthly magazine smoothly, To the major booksellers, they haven't rested for a long time.

"In this campaign, our "Mathematics Monthly" will gain a reputation in the academic world." Editor-in-Chief Wang's eyes are piercing, glowing with energy that does not match his age, "Many foreign universities have begun to subscribe to "Mathematics Monthly" through the Internet. Monthly."

"It's everyone's credit." After thinking for a while, he said, "Of course, it's also Li Mo's credit."

"Then how should Li Mo's manuscript fee be calculated?" Hearing the editor-in-chief mention Li Mo's contribution, Wei Xiaonian asked in a timely manner.

Generally, for a manuscript published in the "Mathematics Monthly", the magazine needs to pay the author a manuscript fee of 500 to 1,000 yuan. However, "On: Perfect Conjecture of Odd Numbers" has brought millions of sales to the magazine. If it is still paid according to the previous habits, I am afraid that it is not appropriate.

Editor-in-Chief Wang stroked his hair with his hands, thought for a moment, and said, "Given the importance of this manuscript to our magazine, I propose to pay Li Mo a manuscript fee of 500,000 yuan. Let's discuss it!"

"500000?"

"Wow so much."

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When the people in the conference room heard that the manuscript fee of 500,000 yuan was to be paid, they all showed surprise expressions. This is their two-year salary.

"Editor-in-chief, this paper is indeed very important to our magazine, but is such a high manuscript fee too high?"

"That's right, anyway, the paper has been published, and the journal has also been published. Even if we pay 2000 as usual, the author can't say anything."

"Our magazine's funds are usually very tight. I haven't received the gas money subsidized last month?"

The meeting room was full of enthusiasm, and all the employees present expressed their opinions one after another. Only Wei Xiaonian watched coldly, without saying a word.

Editor-in-Chief Wang's face turned livid, these employees are too selfish. Xiao Zhang, who needs oil supplements, has not been on a business trip at all in the past month, and his home is next to the magazine office.

Although 500,000 yuan is a lot, an international top-level academic paper is hard to buy, especially with the status of "Mathematics Monthly" in the academic circle, no scholar is willing to submit such a paper here.

His intention is to buy a horse with a lot of money, so that domestic scholars know that as long as there are excellent works, "Mathematics Monthly" will give a suitable price.

"It's too disappointing, too disappointing. With these people in the magazine, when will it be able to flourish." He sighed inwardly.

At this time, he saw that Wei Xiaonian also had a cold face and said nothing, and his heart moved.

"Xiao Nian, what do you think about this matter?" He leaned over and asked.

Wei Xiaonian said calmly: "On this matter, I have some opinions that are different from other colleagues."

All eyes were on him, Editor-in-Chief Wang's expression softened a lot, and he asked, "Then tell me in detail."

Wei Xiaonian scanned the surroundings with sharp eyes, "This time the magazine is selling well, and everyone knows who has contributed the most."

"Not to mention the fame we have gained this time, we can earn tens of millions of profits for the "Mathematics Monthly" in terms of more than 6 million copies of the magazine alone."

"500,000 is a lot, but compared with tens of millions of profits, it's just a drop in the bucket."

"If you don't even want to pay this kind of money, I think it's better for the magazine to disband."

Wei Xiaonian is young and vigorous, his friends have brought so many benefits to the magazine, and these people in front of him are even fussing about a little manuscript fee, which makes him furious for a while.