Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 367 A large sum of money
A conversation with Wu Xiping completely dispelled Chen Zhou's idea of submitting his article to a domestic journal.
For him, the time is not yet ripe, so it is better not to aim too high.
But, when it comes to foreign journals, should we choose Annals of Mathematics or Acta Mathematica Sinica?
Or the Journal of the American Mathematical Society or Advances in Mathematics?
Chen Zhou, who came out of Wu Xiping's office, fell into decision-making difficulty again.
However, Chen Zhou still thought of a comparative method.
After returning to the dormitory, he quickly turned on the computer.
Then I opened the browser and searched the official websites of the four major mathematics journals one by one.
Then I found the submission channel and compared the publication fees required for paper submission.
This is the thing that Chen Zhou wants to complain about the most. Your journal is so awesome, and the people whose manuscripts are accepted and finally published are all top mathematicians. Why do you still charge page charges?
I received so much...
After recording the publication fees of the four major journals, Chen Zhou opened his email again and logged in.
I carefully read the emails sent by the four major journals and compared them carefully.
In the end, he found that the "Annals of Mathematics" and "Acta Mathematica Sinica" were more sincere.
Because "Annals of Mathematics" and "Acta Mathematica Sinica" waived the high page charges for him!
No matter what time it is, it is more practical to talk about money.
Especially when everyone's other conditions are similar, or not much different.
Then talking about money would be more sincere.
Then, Chen Zhou compared the page charges of Annals of Mathematics and Acta Mathematica Sinica.
In comparison, the "Annals of Mathematics" is more expensive.
Then there is no need to choose...
Chen Zhou began to reply to emails from the four major journals one by one.
Chen Zhou expressed regret about the Acta Mathematica Sinica, because the Annals of Mathematics had already contacted him in advance and even the review editor had told him about it.
So, if there is a chance, let’s cooperate again next time.
Chen Zhou did not say much about the Journal of the American Mathematical Society and Recent Advances in Mathematics, but simply declined politely.
Although the Journal of the Mathematical Society of the United States also invited MAA President Francis to be a lobbyist.
But this Chinese-American mathematician did not mention the Journal of the American Mathematical Society at all ...
Therefore, Chen Zhou did not feel that he had let Francis down.
Finally, I responded to the Annals of Mathematics.
Chen Zhou made full use of his linguistic talent which had not been used for a long time, and further strengthened his relationship with the "Annals of Mathematics".
Chen Zhou naturally had his own intentions in doing this.
After receiving a regretful email from Hafid, the editor of Acta Mathematica Sinica, and a confirming reply from Annals of Mathematics.
Chen Zhou's paper on proving the Gerbov conjecture and the distribution deconstruction method was formally submitted to the Annals of Mathematics.
The Annals of Mathematics confirmed the manuscript as soon as it was received.
Then the academic editor who received Chen Zhou's paper began to contact Professor Deligne, Professor Faltings, and Professor Langlands according to the previous communication.
Chen Zhou also discovered that the status of his paper submission changed so quickly for the first time.
Only ten minutes before and after submission, the status of Chen Zhou's paper changed from [Submit] to [With Editor], and then to [Reviewer(s) Invited].
This means that his paper has entered the peer review stage.
In other words, the completed version of the paper has now reached the hands of Professor Deligne and others.
The expression on Chen Zhou's face couldn't help but look a little strange.
He couldn't help but think, is this the benefit of having connections?
Or is this the privilege of excellent mathematicians?
Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli, who had been paying attention to Chen Zhou since he entered the room, couldn't help but come over to take a look.
When they saw the paper submission status, they couldn't help but ask, "Brother Chen, when did you submit the paper? It's already been peer reviewed so soon ?"
Chen Zhou glanced at the two of them and said softly, "Just ten minutes before you asked this question."
"Oh, ten minutes ago." Zhao Qiqi muttered subconsciously, but then he reacted and exclaimed, "What? Ten minutes ago? Are you sure it was ten minutes, not ten hours?"
Zhu Mingli also looked at Chen Zhou in shock .
What's going on?
Ten minutes after submitting your paper, it’s already under peer review?
Is it that fast?
Is it that I don’t know enough, or is it that my level is low and I have never heard of it?
Chen Zhou knew that the two guys would have such expressions. He smiled and said, "This is the first time I've seen this kind of situation. Maybe it's because I communicated with the editor of the Annals of Mathematics in advance? After all, they invited me to contribute, and they revealed the reviewers to me in advance..."
"Wow, that's awesome!" Zhao Qiqi exclaimed.
“Brother Chen, you are so awesome! Although we have seen the news that the four major journals have invited you to submit an article, we did not expect that the Annals of Mathematics would reveal the reviewers’ information to you…” This was also the first time that Zhu Mingli learned about these inside stories.
Chen Zhou nodded: "So, I carefully weighed and thought about it!"
After hearing Chen Zhou's explanation, Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli looked at each other helplessly.
They envied Chen Zhou's treatment as a big boss, and the invitation to contribute to the work of a person with connections...
But even though they were envious, they also knew that this was what Chen Zhou deserved.
Chen Zhou didn't know what Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli were thinking. He glanced at them and continued, "Not only that, Annals of Mathematics even waived their high publication fee for me."
Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli were surprised again: "Publishing fee?"
They have also heard that the four major journals have high publication charges.
Chen Zhou looked at the two of them and said with emotion: "Originally, both the Annals of Mathematics and the Journal of Mathematics Sinica waived the publishing fee for me, but I found that the publishing fee of the Annals of Mathematics was more expensive, so I chose the Annals of Mathematics. You don't know, but this publishing fee saved me a lot of money..."
Zhao Qiqi: "Fuck, you still need this money???"
Zhu Mingli: "It's really fucked up..."
Chen Zhou was very satisfied with their reactions. It would have been even better if Li Li was also in the dormitory.
Thinking of Li Li, Chen Zhou said, "How do you two chase girls when you stay in the dormitory every day? Learn from me and Li Li. If you have nothing to do, you can go to the library. There are still many girls there..."
As Chen Zhou said, every time he returned to the dormitory, he could see Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli staying in the dormitory.
At first, there was Li Li, but later, Li Li abandoned the two brothers.
But these two brothers still couldn't deal with the people in Yang Yiyi's dormitory, the people in the dormitory next door, and the people in the dormitory next door...
After hearing what Chen Zhou said, Zhao Qiqi said, "It's not that we don't want to go. If we go to the library, isn't that where you're waiting to feed us dog food?"
Zhu Mingli also said: "Brother Chen, didn't you notice the posts on the campus network where your classmates in the library denounced you for always showing off your affection?"
Chen Zhou was surprised and asked, "Is this true?"
He really hadn't noticed this.
Zhao Qiqi and Zhu Mingli nodded seriously.
To be honest, for both of them, it would be better to stay in the dormitory than to go to the library.
The accusations in that post are extremely tragic...
Chen Zhou looked at the two of them, thought for a moment, and said, "It's okay, you'll get used to it after eating dog food for a while..."
Zhao Qiqi: “…”
Zhu Mingli: “…”
