Rebirth of the God-level Xueba

Yang Rui put six papers into an envelope, filled in the address of "Biochemical System Ecology", stuffed it into the mailbox, took a deep breath of cold air, and exhaled thick white air. take it easy.

It was freezing cold, and only a little girl, Wu Qian, was left on duty in the post office. She warmed up by the fire while paying attention to Yang Rui's expression. At this moment, she lost no time in laughing and said, "Great talent Yang, you're writing again. ?”

The two grew up in the same yard, and Wu Qian and Yang Rui talked very casually.

On the contrary, Yang Rui himself was not quite used to it, so he laughed a few times before saying, "Yes, I have written a few more papers and are going to publish them."

"Why are there several papers? Shouldn't they be published one by one? Oh, don't you have time to come down the mountain, so you have accumulated several papers before publishing? It's easy to be preempted by others. Next time, you Why don't you make a phone call, I'll pick it up and mail it for you." Wu Qian was in a hurry, her voice was soft and crisp, like a little girl in junior high school.

According to her age, she is only a junior high school girl.

Yang Rui smiled and said in a good mood: "You all know that the papers will be published one by one, not bad."

Wu Qian blushed and said, "You've already started writing papers for foreign journals, so I can't be ignorant."

Yang Rui was stunned for a moment, then he felt something dull.

Wu Qian, however, has a lively personality. After finishing one sentence, she quickly followed up with another sentence: "You haven't said whether you want me to pick up the paper? The school is not far from the town. You must be too lazy to come down. It's a disadvantage." Well, in case someone preempts it, your thesis is not written in vain, you should write an article and post it, don’t save it.”

Yang Rui laughed, and said, "It's not that I'm too lazy to come down, it's that these papers have to be sent out in their entirety."

"why?"

"Because the connection is very close, if I publish a single article, others will be able to reason out what I want to write later based on this paper, do experiments, and write a paper. Therefore, I must Write down all the parts that can be reasoned, so that you won’t suffer.” Yang Rui would not explain it in this way if he was in the laboratory, but it is precisely because Wu Qian doesn’t understand that he is interested in explaining , feel more relaxed this way.

The experiment on refining solanesol has been basically completed. If a single paper is published, it will be a wedding dress for someone. I don't know how many biological teams in the world are collecting information and looking for targets that can be attacked. If someone reads Yang Rui's single paper and extends research on a certain problem, the results and reputation will all be theirs.

Therefore, Yang Rui had to explain everything clearly about a problem and do all the experiments he could do before he could publish a systematic paper.

In science, there is no way out for an "idea company". Pointing to the sky and saying that there is a black hole in space is a fantasy, similar to the concept of "I have seen it". Even if a black hole is discovered, the person who said this has long been forgotten. If you want to be Hawking, you not only have to point out that there are black holes in the sky, but you also have to estimate the physical properties of the black hole, explore its influence on the surrounding matter, and the influence of the surrounding matter on it. In the end, you have to make a reasonable prediction, showing that How to prove the existence of black holes is the only way to turn experimental physicists into pure blue-collar scientists and take the honor to themselves.

A scientist without honor is like a fish without water, with no room for survival.

Wu Qian listened carefully,

And thought about it: "Since one can be deduced from the other, why not combine the two to make one?"

"Because there are more than two articles, there are several."

"Then put it all together."

"If you put them all together, the number of words will be too much. Besides, they are several separate arguments after all, so they are not easy to connect." Yang Rui smiled. In fact, he is still not confident enough. Normal papers are generally less than 2,000 words, and as many as 5,000 words are a lot of space. His six articles are crowded, and they are almost 20,000 words. If they are combined, It can be published independently as a scientific paper.

The editors of foreign journals also look at the title. If there is a title of "doctor" or "professor", he will write a 20,000-word article, and people may seriously consider publishing it. He didn't even have an undergraduate hat, and asked a magazine to publish a 20,000-word article. No matter what he thought, Yang Rui felt that it was unreliable, and the journal office was also worried about rumors.

On the other hand, although refining solanesol is a very profitable technology, it is applied after all. In terms of academics, its value cannot be said to be very high, and it may not necessarily make the other party have the urge to publish independently.

Because of this, Yang Rui continued to send these papers to "Biochemical System Ecology". Familiar journals can bring him a lot of convenience, which not only saves time and increases efficiency, but also improves safety. Otherwise, if he submits to a new journal, if he encounters a request for revision, it will take time to go back and forth. It is likely to lag behind other related researchers.

Many researchers do this. If there are no special circumstances, everyone is used to submitting to familiar journals. Of course, when the impact factors are not much different.

For Yang Rui, unless he feels that he has written a paper with an impact factor of 4.0 or above, it is more convenient to submit to "Biochemical System Ecology".

The impact factor of journals is calculated once a year, and in that year, there is no need to pursue the number of impact factors after the decimal point.

From the experience of later generations, if a postgraduate student from a Chinese university can publish a paper in a searched journal, no matter whether the impact factor is 0.5 or 1.0, it is considered good, and there is no problem in graduating. If a doctoral student can write an article with an impact factor of 2.0, he can successfully graduate in an ordinary university. If he writes an article with an impact factor of 3.0, he can already be called excellent. If it is not done well, it will be a sensation.

A paper with an impact factor of 4.0 is quite good for teachers in colleges and universities. Excellent associate professors and ordinary professors are usually at this level.

As for articles with an impact factor of 5.0 or even 6.0, as long as there is one article, you can already live quite well in ordinary colleges and universities. Of course, in a place like Beijing, 6.0 articles are still not enough to read. As a city that gathers the most resources and talents in China, professors in Beijing universities often need articles with an impact factor of 8.0 or more , to live more comfortably.

This also shows the gap between schools. In areas where the level of scientific research is backward, thousands of professors and associate professors in colleges and universities in a province may not have an article with an impact factor of 10.0 within three to five years, but in places like Beijing, a secondary school, a An article with an impact factor of 10.0 can emerge in two years. If students are interested in academics, the gap is extremely huge.

Undergraduates are elementary school students with a scientific research career. Undergraduate students follow professors with the highest level of 4.0, just like receiving lectures from high school teachers in elementary school. After four years, they compete with students who received lectures from teachers with undergraduate degrees in elementary school. , It is not easy to win.

Yang Rui was also helpless with his current state. After thinking about it, he felt that six papers at a time were enough, so he said, "Wu Qian, give me another piece of letter paper, and I will send an express letter."

"If you're in a hurry, sending a quick letter is worse than sending a telegram. Anyway, you have money." Wu Qian was still worried about Yang Rui's manuscript fee. She also wrote an article and contributed it, but she was never hired.

Yang Rui asked: "I want to send a telegram to my country, can I do that?"

Wu Qian smiled: "The post office in our town hasn't sent a telegram to foreign countries since it opened. How about I ask?"

"Forget it, everyone is cat winter, I'm not in such a hurry, just use the express letter." Yang Rui asked for a pen and paper, and wrote a short message to the "Biochemical System Ecology" magazine, which was still a contribution letter Format.

It stands to reason that he is already a reviewer of the journal Biochemical Systems Ecology, so he does not need a cover letter to explain his background and personal information, but because there are too many papers this time, he feels it is necessary to explain .

The six papers are allocated according to the progress, but Yang Rui doesn't really care whether they are merged into one, two or three or four, as long as they can be published. The more content in an article, the greater the chance of being cited. Generally speaking, there is no disadvantage to Yang Rui.

Of course, if they are merged, Yang Rui will have fewer papers in terms of the total number of papers. He has to tell the editor of the journal that he doesn't care, and he can merge or publish them separately at will, so as to avoid correspondence and waste of time.

In addition, Yang Rui wrote a letter of authorization, allowing the lawyer hired by Huarui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to register the relevant patents and place them under the name of Huarui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Sinovel Pharmaceuticals is Yang Rui's sole proprietorship company, and Hong Kong is a free port, which is more convenient than registering under Yang Rui's own name.

Wu Qian watched Yang Rui write the letter curiously, and then praised: "You are amazing, this is English, isn't it, and the writing is so fluent?"

"The teacher taught well." Yang Rui was talking about Jing Yulan. This gentle beauty is quite proficient in English, and the effect of one-on-one teaching is also very good. Yang Rui's test-taking ability may not have been greatly improved, but in terms of application, he has indeed gained a lot.

Wu Qian rolled her eyes and asked, "Is it that very beautiful English teacher?"

"You know this too?"

"It's been rumored all over the town that it's a beautiful girl from a big city." Wu Qian smiled and said, "You don't think that such a big thing can be hidden from people, do you?"

"This is such a big deal." Yang Rui laughed, folded the letter paper, put it in the envelope, and glued it on.

Wu Qian handed him the stamp.

Holding it in his hand, Yang Rui couldn't stick it any longer, and asked, "It's a waste of time to send a letter with a chicken ticket."

"Chicken stamp? This is too ugly. Why don't you send credit with it? This is a newly delivered stamp." What Wu Qian took out was the chicken stamp issued in 1981. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued a total of more than 9 million pieces, most of which were used to send letters.

Compared with the first zodiac monkey ticket issued in 1980, the value of the chicken ticket is much lower. After 30 years, the price is only one-thirtieth of the monkey ticket, but it has reached the level of three or four hundred and one .

For Yang Rui's letter, a whole row of 8-cent chicken tickets is enough, and if you do any calculations, it is tens of thousands of yuan.

Sending a letter like this made Yang Rui feel a little overwhelmed psychologically.

"Change to another stamp, it's a waste." Yang Rui said it again, handed back half of the chicken stamp, took it back again, and said, "Well, the thieves don't go empty, they come here, you put it in the post office. Show me all the stamps."

"Bring them all, do you know how many are there? What are you going to do?" Wu Qian asked cracklingly.

Yang Rui smiled and said: "Collection. If you are interested, you can also buy some stamps and keep them at home."

"What did I buy this thing for? If it doesn't work out, my nephew will tear it up. Why don't I buy it when I send a letter?" Wu Qian blinked and said again: "You want to collect stamps, you have to buy old stamps. The sooner the better, the new stamps are meaningless."

"I like the new tickets, they look good."

"Weird." Wu Qian snorted coquettishly, and went to get the stamps anyway.

Yang Rui stayed at the counter waiting expectantly with a strange expression.

The earliest philately craze in China started in the early 1980s. However, it will take several years for it to sweep the country. In 1982, even the stamp markets in big cities were not popular. There were not one or two stamp collectors in Xibao Town or even Xixian County. Wu Qian, who worked in the post office, knew the concept of stamp collection, but never Not in touch.

It should be said that in China in 1982, there were not many interested and capable collectors.

A stamp album with hundreds of stamps can be sold for 20 to 30 yuan, which is enough to make Tibetan friends talk about it for several days. In most cases, the people squatting in front of the Town God Temple and the post office are mainly for exchange. When two people meet together, they look through each other's stamp albums, which can satisfy their eyesight, and discuss and exchange stamps they want.

There are almost no people who pay directly and buy new tickets in large quantities. After all, in the 1980s, people lived on wages. A set of 80 zodiac tickets had a face value of 6.4 yuan. A family of three urban residents with dual employment only saved 5 or 6 yuan a month. If they were foreigners, they had to save With money to buy train tickets to go home, where can I have spare money to buy stamps.

Those who can spend thirty cents a month to buy a set of Sifanglian are considered capable postal friends. It can be understood by comparison, a box of Daqianmen is only 36 cents, and a box of Big Wild Goose Pagoda is only 26 cents. Ordinary local civil servants draw sheep for 9 cents, and there are a few who are willing to buy new stamps every month. , Those who buy a page of stamps every month to go home, either have gray income, or are the prodigal sons of the new era.

In addition, Yang Rui knew that monkey tickets were valuable, but the Chinese in 1982 didn't know that. The same is the zodiac ticket. The 80 version of the monkey ticket after 30 years is worth 10,000 yuan, the 81 version of the chicken ticket is only 300 to 400 yuan, and the 82 version of the dog ticket is only 40 to 50 yuan. If someone buys it frugally Dog tickets, have been held to the end, including inflation, it is hard to say whether it will make a profit or a loss.

Therefore, stamp collectors in the 1980s still cared about old stamps. The so-called scarcity is the most expensive thing. The Wanshou stamps of the Qing Dynasty and the early stamps of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region were the good stamps in the minds of philatelists in the 1980s. , now few people care.

Yang Rui decided long ago that after making money, he would buy a bunch of stamps and give them to his cousin Duan Hang. Because when "New Concept English" was printed, Duan Hang and his wife borrowed 12,500 yuan in their own name and lent it to Yang Rui, which solved his urgent need.

If it wasn't for his cousin Duan Hang's loyalty and his cousin's virtuousness, Yang Rui didn't have the money to print the second volume of "New Concept English".

In that case, what he got was not the first bucket of gold, but the first bucket of debt.

In the early 1980s, it was not a joke to have a debt of tens of thousands of yuan. It was not uncommon for a few years or even ten years to be unable to recover.

Earlier, Yang Rui didn't have any spare money for collection, so he had to prepare funds to purchase instruments and experimental materials at any time.

But now it is different, he has received dividends from the WestJet factory, and there will be dividends every quarter in the future, so the cost of buying stamps is nothing.

"Buy some for my cousin, and buy the rest as insurance for myself." Yang Rui rubbed his chin, and smiled inexplicably. If he bought a bunch of stamps and kept them at home, he would be so poor that he would not be afraid.