They’re all reborn, what’s wrong with being a little more almighty?

Chapter 163 The bad guy complains first

A new vaccine that is safer, more effective, and faster to produce. This achievement is too great for the editor to accept, so he can only send it to the editor-in-chief.

Half an hour later, Zhang Wei's paper appeared on the desk of Donald Kennedy, editor-in-chief of Science.

When Donald Kennedy saw Zhang Wei's name, he also thought of graphene.

"It's only been a year since the discovery of graphene, right? Has this young scientist made another discovery? It's really fast!" Donald Kennedy murmured to himself.

"Professor, Zhang Wei has made a new discovery, but it is not related to graphene. The submission he submitted this time is a biology paper!"

"Biology paper?" Donald Kennedy tilted his head and thought for a few seconds before saying, "Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms. This has nothing to do with biology, right? Is it wrong?"

“That’s right, the paper also contains a letter of recommendation from Professor Shi Yigong of the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University.”

"It's Professor Shi who studies cell apoptosis. He is also a well-known expert in the industry. Since he has written a letter of recommendation, the quality of the paper should be guaranteed. Let me take a look first!"

Donald Kennedy waved his hand and asked the editor to go out. He put on his reading glasses and read Zhang Wei's paper.

After the guests and hosts were seated, Director Liu directly explained the purpose of his visit: "Principal Gu, we received news from the Embassy in Nanbang that recently many Nanbang people were protesting near the embassy, ​​demanding severe punishment for a man named Zhang Wei. According to According to the embassy’s investigation, this Zhang Wei is from your school and a scholar studying physics.”

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"The name Zhang Wei is too common. Among the teachers and students in our school, there are dozens of people named Zhang Wei. It is difficult to identify them at this time." Principal Gu paused for a moment, then continued: "I don't know about this. What did Zhang Wei do to cause them to protest? "

What's more, this is no longer the era of Marie Curie. Want to win the Nobel Prize in two different fields? I would never dream of doing this!

After a moment, a shocked expression appeared on Donald Kennedy's face.

The thought flashed through Donald Kennedy's mind, and he was stunned.

Donald Kennedy suddenly realized that he had used the word "again".

Donald Kennedy is a neurobiologist and a professional in biology, so he instantly understood the content written in Zhang Wei’s paper after reading it once. With his professional knowledge, he could easily judge that what was mentioned in the paper The obtained mRNA vaccine is feasible.

The key is that Zhang Wei is young enough. At Zhang Wei's age, he can wait for fifty years, which is enough to outlast all competitors!
The scientific community is also about seniority. When you outlast all the scholars of the same level, you will be the most authoritative scholar. By that time, the Nobel Prize will not be awarded to you!

"Once this paper is published, vaccine companies around the world will definitely be unable to sit still! The vaccine revolution is another Nobel Prize-level achievement!"

The next second, he made a decision. He would personally serve as a reviewer for Zhang Wei's paper.

Madame Curie once won two Nobel Prizes in different fields, but that was Madame Curie! One of the world's greatest scientists.

In Principal Gu's office, a new guest came, a director of the Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs named Liu.

"MRNA vaccine! How could he have such an amazing idea! How did he think of mRNA vaccine from nucleoside modification! My God, if this thing is really made, humans may no longer have to worry about virus mutation, and the entire immunology will Take it to the next level!”

Donald Kennedy also served as the director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and vaccines throughout the United States were once under his jurisdiction, so of course he also knows what it means to have a vaccine that is safer, more effective, and faster to manufacture. .

Donald Kennedy didn’t know if he could wait until the day when Zhang Wei won the Nobel Prize.

"The previous graphene was a Nobel Prize-level achievement, and the current nucleoside modification is also a Nobel Prize-level achievement. Could it be that he can win two Nobel Prizes? And two Nobel Prizes in different fields?"

But he had to take advantage of this Nobel Prize-level scientific research result!
Reviewers of Nobel Prize papers should also leave a strong mark in the scientific community!

However, a living example appeared in front of Donald Kennedy. The Nobel Prize results in two different fields were personally handled by Donald Kennedy.

Even in Madame Curie's era, a scientist of Madame Curie's level was required to win the Nobel Prize in two fields.

Thinking of this, Donald Kennedy's eyes suddenly became hollow, and his already turbulent inner world seemed to be struck by a bolt of lightning, tumbling more and more.

"According to the information we collected, they said that Zhang Wei framed their national treasure-level scientist Huang Yuxi for falsifying his papers. So their people asked us to give an explanation." Director Liu introduced.

"Can you be more specific?"

"It is said that when Huang Yuxi went to the United States to give a lecture, a scholar named Zhang Wei questioned the falsification of his paper. Later, their media dug out Zhang Wei's identity. He is a scholar studying physics at Tsingta University. We also learned from their media The authenticity of the information obtained there has yet to be verified.”

"In the United States? Still called Zhang Wei? I probably know who this person is!"

Principal Gu smiled helplessly and said to himself that Zhang Wei, this kid, would really cause trouble for me. Even if you go to the United States as an exchange student, he would cause me international disputes!
In the eyes of Principal Gu, no matter how big of a mistake Zhang Wei made, he still needed to be protected, so he said: "Director Liu, I don't think we can listen to foreigners' one-sided opinions. Why don't I hand Zhang Wei over and ask him in person? What's the whole story?"

"This is best!" Director Liu nodded.

Principal Gu called Zhang Wei and called him over.

After explaining the reason for the matter, Zhang Wei laughed instead.

"It's really the evil ones who complain first! It fits their character. This is what happened..."

Zhang Wei narrated the story of exposing the fraud of Huang Yuxi's paper.

"So, Huang Yuxi's paper is really suspected of fraud, and you also provided sufficient evidence at the time?" Director Liu asked.

"I still have the picture analysis report from the Berkeley Computer Department on my computer. I will make a copy for you if necessary." Zhang Wei said.

"This is best. As long as we have evidence, it will be easier to operate diplomatically." Director Liu let out a long sigh.

Zhang Weize continued: "As far as I know, Huang Yuxi's paper has been retracted by Science. This is equivalent to confirming that Huang Yuxi's paper was fraudulent. If you still accuse me of false accusations, it is really unreasonable. ”

"According to this, the people from Nanbang are really evil people. They complained first! Zhang Wei, don't worry, we will take care of this matter! Even if there is an international lawsuit, Qingdao University will accompany it to the end!" President Gu said immediately . Principal Gu's words were actually meant for Director Liu, and the meaning was very clear. We, Tsinghua University, have secured Zhang Wei, and your Ministry of Foreign Affairs should not try to do anything to calm people down.

If your knees are weak and you dare to slam a bucket of shit on one of your own people, our Tsinghua University will never agree to it, and we will definitely fight to the bitter end!
Qingdao University is a deputy ministerial level unit, one level higher than the Asia Department, not to mention it is the highest university in China. If it were really hard steel, Principal Gu would be confident.

Director Liu is also a good person. He heard the threat in Principal Gu's words, so he immediately said: "Principal Gu, don't worry, we in diplomacy have always adhered to principles. In the face of unreasonable demands from foreign parties, we will absolutely There will be no half-step back!”

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Protesters gathered outside the Blue House.

"Severely punish those who spread rumors! Clear Professor Huang's name!"

"Those who spread rumors to smear Professor Huang must be punished!"

"The academic environment must be purified and scientists should be protected!"

"Politicians are incompetent! They can't protect our scientists! Stand down!"

Before 2010, South Korea was probably the country with the most protests and demonstrations in the world.

When the people of Nanbang have something to do, they will put up banners and go to the streets to protest. From time to time, they will also engage in hunger strikes. If they don't go hungry for a few meals, they would be embarrassed to say that they are protesting.

However, those on hunger strikes are usually protest leaders. The ordinary protesters below are in charge of food and even give out money.

After the day's protest, the organizers invited guests to have a meal at a cheap self-service barbecue restaurant. This was also a good opportunity for those who usually find it difficult to eat meat to improve their meals. It is common for poor people to take their whole family to eat.

So for them, street protests are something they are used to. Many times government departments don't bother to deal with these people. As long as they don't cause trouble, let them protest!
It is also for this reason that when the protests first appeared this time, Cheong Wa Dae did not take them seriously and did not respond.

However, as time went by, the protesters did not disperse for a long time, but instead became more and more numerous.

The main reason is that they hold Hwang Woo-seok too high. He is a top scientist, a national treasure scholar, and has the hope of winning the Nobel Prize. With each title added up, the god-making movement is quite successful, and Hwang Woo-suk really becomes a god. It's gone, it's been pinned to the altar and can't get down.

In the face of continued protests, Cheong Wa Dae can no longer turn a blind eye. They must do something to calm the people's emotions.

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At the embassy, ​​Counselor Tang walked into the reception room. When he saw the man in front of him, he said, "Director Jin, you've been waiting for a long time!"

The units responsible for the affairs of each region in the Nanjing Diplomatic Agency are called bureaus, such as the Northeast Asia Bureau, the European Bureau, etc.

After the guests and hosts were seated, Counselor Tang asked with a smile on his face: "I wonder if Director Jin is here, what can I do?"

"Counsellor Tang, I am here to make formal representations to you on behalf of our side!" Director Jin said with a straight face.

"For what reason?" Counselor Tang asked calmly and calmly, fully demonstrating the qualities of a diplomat.

Director Jin took out a written document and said at the same time; "Your country's scholar Zhang Wei recently slandered the famous Chinese scientist Huang Yuxi for falsifying his paper, which led to the retraction of Professor Huang's paper. This has a great impact on our country's scientific community and Huang's paper." The professor himself has had an extremely negative impact.

For this reason, we have formally lodged stern representations with you. We demand that scholars in your country immediately stop such rumors and slander, severely punish the slanderer Zhang Wei, and formally apologize to Professor Huang Yuxi! "

Counselor Tang said: "Director Jin, regarding your accusation, our country would like to make the following clarifications. First of all, our country's scholar Zhang Wei did not slander your country's Professor Huang Yuxi for falsifying his paper.

Chinese scholar Zhang Wei raised doubts about the fraud of Professor Huang Yuxi's paper only after finding conclusive evidence. The evidence is that in Professor Huang Yuxi's paper, the so-called eleven pictures of embryonic stem cells are all from the same sample.

For a rigorous academic research article such as a paper, repeated image citations are obviously related to falsification of the paper. Therefore, Chinese scholar Zhang Wei is only showing the facts and does not commit slander.

And as far as we know, according to the analysis of the Computer Science Department of the University of California, Berkeley, if your country has doubts about the evidence presented by Chinese scholar Zhang Wei, you can go to the University of California, Berkeley for verification.

Secondly, the retraction of the paper published by Professor Huang Yuxi from your country is an act of the American magazine Science and has nothing to do with Chinese scholar Zhang Wei. As for why Science magazine retracted Professor Huang Yuxi’s paper, your country should seek confirmation from Science magazine.

Third, our country has always believed that falsification of papers is an extremely unethical and harmful behavior, which seriously undermines the integrity of academic research and the credibility of the academic community. In academia, integrity is the cornerstone, and paper fraud is a serious impact on this cornerstone.

Therefore, we must resolutely oppose and severely crack down on paper fraud. Any fraud discovered should be dealt with seriously in accordance with the law and regulations to serve as a warning to others, rather than making excuses to shirk blame. Only in this way can the purity and credibility of the academic community be maintained and the healthy development of scientific research promoted. "

Director Jin also thought about his words, and he said: "As far as I know, your country's scholar Zhang Wei's research field should be graphene, right? Graphene is a new nano-scale material that belongs to physics or The category of materials science has nothing to do with biology.

As a physicist, he accuses a biologist of suspected fraud in his paper. This in itself lacks professional basis. Science is about professionalism. Zhang Wei, a scholar from your country, has no professional qualities and criticizes professional scholars in other fields. This is obviously a motivated slander! "

"Chinese scholar Zhang Wei has indeed found evidence that Professor Huang Yuxi is suspected of falsifying his paper. His behavior is to maintain academic fairness and is not slander." Counselor Tang said.

"But Zhang Wei is not a biologist, and his accusations against Professor Huang Yuxi are not from a scientific perspective. Since the accusation lacks scientific basis, it is a slanderous act! Zhang Wei's behavior is obviously deliberately targeting Professor Huang Yuxi, not to maintain academic fairness," Director Jin said.

A cold look flashed across Counselor Tang's eyes. Director Kim made it clear that he was using strong arguments, but diplomacy never lacks strong arguments. If everyone could be reasonable, there would be no need for diplomats.

Just like today’s Director Jin, he doesn’t talk to you about right and wrong, but only talks about motives. You, Zhang Wei, are not a biologist and do not have professional expertise in biology, so it doesn’t matter whether your evidence is true or false, you just have it. The motive is to deliberately slander Hwang Woo-suk.

Operations like this are very common in the diplomatic field. You talk to me about who is right and who is wrong, and I talk to you about procedural justice. Even if you are actually right, but there is something wrong with your procedure, then you are wrong. Unless there are no problems with the facts and procedures, people will have nothing to say.

Director Jin's argument that Zhang Wei was not a biologist was really not within the scope of Counselor Tang's advance preparations.

When it comes to diplomacy, Counselor Tang can only say what is within his authority. How to answer must be reported to his superiors.

So Counselor Tang said: "Director Jin, regarding your country's protest, apart from the attitude I just expressed, I can't give you any more answers for the time being. I need to report to my superiors before I can answer you."

"Okay, I hope your country can give us a satisfactory answer as soon as possible!" Director Jin said proudly.

(End of this chapter)