Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 365 I want to break the barriers!
Chen Zhou only saw these emails later.
Moreover, it was not he who discovered that he was collectively invited to contribute to these four mathematical journals.
It was Li Li who told Chen Zhou after he came back from the library.
Li Li had long been like Chen Zhou, or rather, imitating Chen Zhou, dragging Li Jing to the library every day.
After hearing Li Li's reminder, Chen Zhou opened the browser and logged into his email.
Looking at the little storage space left in his mailbox, Chen Zhou couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand.
Oh my god, I clean up my emails on time, but my mailbox is almost full again.
What made Chen Zhou most frustrated was that his email account was exposed by someone unknown.
Among the emails buried in the bottom of the page, many are asking him for advice on math problems.
Some people also asked him if he could write papers for them.
Some people even asked him if he minded having multiple girlfriends. If that wasn't possible, a boyfriend would also be fine...
At first, Chen Zhou was interested in opening these emails and taking a look at them, just to decompress them.
But later, there were too many of them, so he just let them sink to the bottom.
Chen Zhou really wanted to complain. The rejection setting of this crappy email account was really crappy. Too crappy.
Not only does it not play any substantive role at all, but some things that should be rejected are not rejected, and some things that should not be rejected are rejected instead.
Just like when he and Yang Yiyi sent information to each other before, it was treated as spam. It was ridiculous.
Chen Zhou couldn't help but think, do I have to develop my own email account?
Shaking his head helplessly , Chen Zhou casually clicked on the emails sent by "Annals of Mathematics" and "Acta Mathematica Sinica" and took a quick look at them.
The general content is actually similar.
We promised Chen Zhou that we would arrange it as soon as possible.
The only difference is that the most prestigious "Annals of Mathematics" has intentionally or unintentionally expressed that Professor Deligne, Professor Faltings and Professor Langlands have great interest in his paper.
If nothing unexpected happens, these three people will be the reviewers of his paper.
Chen Zhou moved the mouse downwards and browsed the remaining emails.
I picked a few people who asked about the progress of the Jebov conjecture and responded to them.
Then Chen Zhou let out a light exclamation, and he saw the email sent by AMS.
That’s right, it was the emotional card that the Journal of the American Mathematical Society asked AMS to play.
But the email was from the president of MAA, the first non-white president in history, the Chinese-American mathematician Francis Su, who gave a speech at the closing ceremony of the MIT academic conference.
An email sent to Chen Zhou in his personal name.
This made Chen Zhou feel very strange. When did AMS and MAA become one?
Although Chen Zhou holds dual membership of AMS and MAA.
But he really didn't know that these two academic institutions were actually closely connected.
After reading the content of the email, Chen Zhou showed a smile.
Francis used his usual humorous style and sensational rhetoric.
However, Francis did not mention a word about his hope that Chen Zhou would publish the paper in the Journal of the American Mathematical Society.
He praised Chen Zhou's creativity in mathematics and congratulated him.
At the same time, Francis once again raised the issue of barriers.
This means that this is the second time that Chen Zhou has broken barriers as an undergraduate student.
More importantly, because it was a graduation thesis, the proof of the Jebov conjecture, as a weapon to break down barriers, also showed a special meaning.
Finally, Francis hopes that Chen Zhou will have his own thoughts and play a guiding role as a banner.
"It seems that Professor Francis also pays attention to the news in China..."
Chen Zhou murmured softly, but in his heart he was also thinking about the meaning of this email.
After closing the mailbox page, Chen Zhou did not rush to reply to the emails from the four major journals.
He had his own ideas, but he couldn't make up his mind.
He needs to ask someone tomorrow before making a decision.
Chen Zhou continued to write the content of the paper, and the entire paper could be completed in just half a day tomorrow morning.
That night, Chen Zhou did not stay up late again, but washed up and went to bed early.
After video chatting with Yang Yiyi and feeding Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli some dog food, he went to bed contentedly.
The next day, Chen Zhou was still writing his paper in the dormitory.
Just as he expected, the paper was completed around 11 o'clock.
Chen Zhou then opened his email and sent the paper to Wu Xiping.
Then he called to ask if Wu Xiping was in the office, hoping that he could help him review the paper.
Wu Xiping was stunned at first, thinking, I can't review your paper?
Apart from the minor issue with the format, won’t I have to study the other contents for a long time?
As for this format, each journal has different requirements, so it’s not easy to review?
Wu Xiping didn't have to wonder for long before Chen Zhou directly said that he would go to his office to find him immediately.
That’s right, the person Chen Zhou needed to ask was Wu Xiping.
In the nearly two years since he came to Yanjing University, the only two professors Chen Zhou is familiar with are Wu Xiping and Zhang Zhongyuan.
However, compared to Zhang Zhongyuan, Chen Zhou is more willing to discuss this issue with Wu Xiping.
As soon as Chen Zhou pushed the door of Wu Xiping's office, he was stunned.
The other person he did not choose, Zhang Zhongyuan, was in the office.
Moreover, there were only Wu Xiping and Zhang Zhongyuan in the office.
None of Wu Xiping's students or teaching assistants were present.
Zhang Zhongyuan didn't notice Chen Zhou's expression. As soon as he saw Chen Zhou, he praised him: "Chen Zhou, you are really good. You have eliminated these speculations one after another. It's really..."
Chen Zhou reacted and said with a smile: "It really has the style of you back then!"
Zhang Zhongyuan was stunned, then raised his finger and pointed at Chen Zhou, scolding with a smile: "Why are you stealing my lines, kid?"
Chen Zhou chuckled and said nothing.
Wu Xiping glanced at Chen Zhou and asked, "Tell me, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Chen Zhou organized his words a little and said solemnly: "Professor, I want to submit my paper to a domestic journal."
After hearing Chen Zhou's words, Wu Xiping and Zhang Zhongyuan were both stunned.
Zhang Zhongyuan's smiling expression froze on his face in an instant.
"Ahem... " Zhang Zhongyuan coughed twice to ease his shock a little, "Can I ask why?"
Wu Xiping was also very surprised. Are the four major journals not good enough, or are you, Chen Zhou, too proud?
Facing the two professors' puzzled looks, Chen Zhou slowly said, "I hope that China can have a top journal like the Annals of Mathematics! In our mathematics community, there are some structural barriers, and in academic journals, there are also..."
Chen Zhou's words were all his thoughts on what Francis said.
This barrier exists not only between people, but also between communities.
The same is true in academic publications such as journals.
Because there are people behind the journals.
Just like why has the Acta Mathematica Sinica only published five papers by Chinese scholars in the past 20 years?
The reasons behind this may be multi-layered.
Of course, the most important thing that Chen Zhou was thinking about was that China itself did not have world-class academic journals.
Or to put it bluntly, there is no top journal!
Chen Zhou hopes to make some changes and break down this barrier.
After hearing Chen Zhou's words, Wu Xiping and Zhang Zhongyuan looked at each other subconsciously.
Both of them saw shock in each other's eyes.
Beneath the shock, there is a hint of surprise.
