Hou Huaizhi was an editor.
However, he wasn't the kind of person who worked in ordinary newspapers or magazines.
As one of the journals with the widest readership and the most influential in the world, the "Future" journal that he worked for was a beacon in the minds of countless scholars. It was a quantitative benchmark to measure the academic level of a scholar.
There was even a saying in some research fields.
That was, a scholar who had never published research results in "Future" would never be called a first-class scholar. Whether a scholar's contributions in a certain research field were outstanding or not, one could tell by looking at the number of "Future" papers he had published.
Precisely because of this, he was not only passionate about his work, but he was also full of a sense of belonging called honor.
Especially every time he sat in the office of the editorial department, he had a feeling that every decision he made was closely linked to the fate of the world …
Not really.
As usual, after dictating the day's chores to his robot, he drove the maglev car to the editorial department.
However, just as he walked slowly into the office while humming a tune, he was surprised by the scene in front of him.
He saw his colleagues gathered in a circle in front of a desk, as if they had seen something incredible. They pointed at the holographic screen suspended on the table and said something.
Hou Huaizhi was curious about what was going on. He stepped forward and asked the colleague closest to him.
"What the hell happened? Why are you all gathered here? "
The colleague had an obviously surprised expression on his face. He looked back at Editor Hou and spoke in an excited tone.
"You will never be able to guess what happened! We actually received a paper from Academician Lu! "
Academician Lu's paper?
The moment Hou Huaizhi heard these words, he was stunned. He was instantly dumbfounded.
"Academician Lu?! You mean the Academician Lu's paper?! "
"Of course! Which Academician Lu is it?! "
Hou Huaizhi asked in a hurry.
"What direction is it?"
"Controllable nuclear fusion! If the field was further subdivided, it belonged to deuterium/helium tri-nuclear fusion research! From both theoretical and engineering application perspectives, he sorted out the current problems and possible solutions in the second-generation controllable nuclear fusion research direction … Although with my academic ability, I don't quite understand many formulas and inferences! "
The colleague from the editorial department had an incredulous expression on his face. He said in an admiring tone, "It's unbelievable … A scholar from a hundred years ago did what people from a hundred years later should have done."
Perhaps hearing his words, another colleague standing next to him interjected.
"Compared to inconceivable, I think we're in trouble."
Hou Huaizhi frowned.
"Trouble?"
However, as soon as he said this, he immediately realized what trouble his colleague was talking about.
"The question now is who should review the manuscript for him."
Putting down his arms, Chief Editor Wang sighed and said, "The research of second-generation controllable fusion itself is not very popular, and there are very few big names in this field. Not to mention that his papers involve many fields such as mathematics, plasma physics, materials science, and engineering. If you subdivide it further, it can even be divided into dozens of research directions. Even if it's a summary paper, it's a bit exaggerated to describe the problems faced by each technical bottleneck in such detail. "
To be honest, he still couldn't figure out how Academician Lu was able to understand so many research fields to such a deep level.
The few people in the editorial department looked at each other in dismay. They all had awkward expressions on their faces at the same time.
Just like the editor-in-chief said.
This reviewer …
It's not easy to find him.
At this moment, the silence in the office was suddenly broken.
Hou Huaizhi suddenly thought of a person, and he subconsciously opened his mouth to speak.
He spoke subconsciously, "Why don't we contact Academician Zhang? I remember he is an expert in the field of controllable fusion and plasma physics, and he has won the Lu Zhou Science Award! "
As soon as they heard Academician Zhang's name, many people reacted, and there was a discussion in the office again.
"You mean Academician Zhang Feiyue?"
"What a coincidence! Last night, I also saw him on the Pan-Asian TV Science Program talk show. He talked about the second-generation controllable fusion that has been making a lot of noise recently. "
"Academician Zhang should be fine. He can be said to be a top expert in the field of controllable nuclear fusion!"
"Not necessarily, and Academician Zhang studies plasma physics. Although it also involves the second-generation controllable nuclear fusion, it focuses on the theoretical direction. In the paper of Academician Lu, the part about plasma only occupies a small space. Many of them are about the accurate calculation of the nuclear core materials and various engineering parameters that need to be achieved in the design of the electromagnet. This is the essence of the entire paper. "
The voices in the office were arguing.
After listening to the discussions of his colleagues, Chief Editor Wang finally made a decision after some hesitation.
"Let's contact Academician Zhang! Xiao Hou, you … Forget it, I'll send the email. "
"In any case, whether it can be published or not is still up to the professionals to decide. We just have to do our own work well!"
Although judging from the content itself, this manuscript was quite good, because the formulas and inferences were so complicated, they couldn't determine the academic value of this paper.
…
Jin Ling University campus.
Sitting in his office, Academician Zhang looked at the paper on the holographic screen. He also had a headache.
The Future journal kicked the ball to him. He didn't want to take it, but he couldn't help but want to see what Academician Lu wrote.
To be honest, when he first received Lu Zhou's paper, he was actually curious. As for the content of the paper itself, he didn't expect much.
After all, it was also written by a scholar from a century ago. The knowledge he possessed was already outdated, let alone making some breakthroughs on the basis of existing research results.
Even though he believed that a smart brain would not be outdated, it was still based on a certain amount of time of learning.
However …
After reading the paper, Zhang Feiyue was dumbfounded.
Seeing that his professor had been staring at the same page for a long time without moving, the doctoral student standing behind him, who had read this page three times, couldn't help but whisper to remind him.
"Professor?"
Academician Zhang, who was stunned at his desk, finally recovered from the shock.
He calmed himself down and coughed lightly. He looked back at the student standing behind him and spoke.
"I was distracted for a while, what's up?"
Seeing that the teacher was asking him, the PhD student immediately asked.
"What do you think of this paper?"
"It's written on a very high standard. You can even say that it's surprisingly high standard. Whether it's from before he boarded the flight to Earth or from the day he recovered his identity, it's been less than a month. To be able to understand all the research results of the entire second-generation controllable nuclear fusion project for a century in a month, he's probably the only person in the world who can do it. "
It was like a blueprint, outlining the outline of the entire second-generation controllable fusion project, and listing every piece of the jigsaw puzzle needed to complete the entire project with rigorous calculations.
In his opinion, this was the most incredible part of this paper!
It was also at the same time that an incredible idea suddenly emerged in Academician Zhang's mind.
Maybe …
The second generation of controllable nuclear fusion could really be created by that big shot!
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