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

Chapter 203: Just kidding me!

Zhang Wei handed everyone copies of the paper.

"Sir Zhang, you must have stayed up several all-nighters to write the paper so quickly!" Sam asked.

"I stayed up all night. I have been perfecting the paper these days since you guys are on vacation. I finally finished this draft! There should be many places that are not rigorous enough. You should give more suggestions for revision!" Zhang Wei laughed. said.

His subordinates are usually busy at work. If Zhang Wei, the boss, says that he is so idle at ordinary times, how can these subordinates still feel balanced? If the situation is good, it will affect your enthusiasm for work, and if the situation is worse, you will simply give up!

As the saying goes, don't worry about scarcity but inequality. What wage earners really hate is not 996, but that others don’t have 996 but receive better treatment. If you pay ten times the overtime pay, who will be the first to refuse to work overtime, or the boss to go bankrupt first?

The same is true for a team. If the leader does nothing all day long and just waits to pick fruits, then his subordinates will definitely feel resentful. But if the leader is the one who takes the lead, even if his subordinates complain, they can only swallow it.

This is the difference between "charge me" and "charge me".

So even if Zhang Wei really has nothing to do, he still has to pretend to be sleepless and forgetful of food and drink in front of his subordinates, telling them that he stays up all night every day to write papers, otherwise it will be difficult to lead the team.

Sam took the copy of the paper and first glanced at the title: "Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Mouse Adult Fibroblast Cultures by Defined Factors", inducing pluripotent stem cells from mouse adult fibroblast cultures through defined factors.

Soon, he discovered the first questionable meaning.

"At such a young age, with such a high academic level, Einstein is no more than that!"

Sam organized the language in his mind, and then wrote down his own expression. When he compared it with the original text, he frowned again.

Sam changed the two sentences before and after, put the three sentences together, and compared them with the original text.

The second time, Sam became more careful, intending to find faults with the paper.

"What's going on? Isn't this a paper that was rushed out? Shouldn't there be a lot of loopholes in this kind of paper? Why can't it be revised?"

But if we look at it according to the standards of rush work, it can be considered a perfect work if it can achieve such quality.

This kind of paper is far from perfect, but at least it is quite satisfactory and cannot be faulted.

"This wording seems not very accurate and can easily lead to ambiguity. Should I explain it in more complicated language?"

In Sam's opinion, a paper written in such a short time, not only shoddy, must have many problems, and if you look carefully, you will definitely be able to find out a lot of flaws.

The level of a scholar's papers also represents the scholar's academic level. There are scholars who have average academic levels but are good at writing papers, but scholars who have very high academic levels and write poor papers are almost useless. existing.

Otherwise, why would there be such a thing as a paper reviewer? That is an important task that only scholars with strong academic abilities can take on. If your academic ability is strong enough, it means that your paper is written well enough.

With such a level of academic ability at such a young age, it doesn’t matter whether you want to accept it or not.

Sam continued reading the paper and then discovered a third question. The result is the same as before. It seems to be problematic, but if it is modified, no better replacement can be found.

Thinking of this, Sam couldn't help but get excited. If Zhang Wei is the second Einstein, wouldn't he become a follower of Einstein?
Niels Bohr, Fritz London, Max Born, Pascal Jordan, Hans Bethe...the names of scientists flashed through Sam's mind!
At this moment, Sam suddenly felt that he also wanted to leave his name in history!
……

If it takes a long time to change and it's still not as good as before, even if it doesn't look good to you, then don't change it.

However, until he watched it from the beginning to the end again, he couldn't find anything that could be called "flawed".

Then Sam discovered seven or eight more problematic areas, but it was always the same situation. He wanted to modify it, but found that he couldn't do it.

Historically, the scientific research achievement of IPS cells was released by Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka in August 2006.

Even a sweeping monk like Wei Shen from Peking University, who holds a plastic water bottle and eats steamed buns, looks talkative and a bit slovenly, but if you look at the papers he wrote, they are also quite rigorous and logical. Extremely strong.

There's nothing wrong with the title. As for the content, I'll go back to the office later, take a closer look, and make suggestions for revisions.

The next second, Sam let out a long sigh, with a glimmer of admiration in his eyes.

Others have the same idea. It has only been three days since the experiment produced results. The quality of the paper produced in such a hurry will definitely not be high, and it should be able to pick out a lot of problems.

A paper written in a hurry can still reach such a level. The author is definitely a top academic expert in this field.

Sam sighed softly and started reading it a third time. This time, he began to analyze the content of the paper word by word, hoping to find problems in it.

"Huh? Why do you think that by connecting these three sentences together, my expression is not as good as the original text!" Sam pouted depressedly.

After returning to the office, Sam began to read the paper.

Sam knew that Zhang Wei’s academic level was high, but he didn’t expect it to be this high! At this moment, Sam was already convinced of Zhang Wei.

For the first time, he didn't read it very carefully, but mainly looked at the framework and content of the paper. He basically explained their projects and results clearly, and found no problems.

After understanding this, the entire project team admired Zhang Wei.

The papers written in a hurry can be of such high quality. In Sam's eyes, it is a disguised proof that Zhang Wei's academic level has reached a considerable level. He can't revise the papers he writes casually.

Sam thought for a moment, wrote the phrases he had thought of on paper, then replaced the original phrases and read it again.

"Let's put this sentence aside for now and think about it carefully later. Look at the back first!"

"Although it was a paper written in a hurry, at first glance, it seems that it happened in just a short time! He is indeed a top scholar who can make genetic scissors!"

It doesn't get any better!
"Forget it, let's put this aside and look at it later."

"There is something wrong with this sentence. Isn't it a good way to express it this way? Do you want to express it in another way?"

Others have also encountered the same situation. They found several suspected problems and it seemed that they could be modified for better. However, after they made the modifications, they found that they were not as good as before, or almost the same as before.

Sam was a little unconvinced, so he read it again, racked his brains, and finally revised a few descriptions that were not very important. For the overall paper, it was insignificant, and it didn't seem to matter whether he changed it or not.

"According to the way I expressed it, the first and last two sentences have to be changed!"

Not long after, Sam discovered a second problem.

If your academic level reaches a certain level, the paper you write will definitely not be bad!

Shinya Yamanaka completed his undergraduate studies and Ph.D. in Japan. He went to the United States after his Ph.D. and only stayed for three years before returning to Japan. Therefore, his English proficiency is far lower than that of a native English-speaking national scholar. , there are still some gaps.

Therefore, the papers he wrote in English were not that amazing. Putting aside the achievement of IPS cells, looking at the quality of the paper alone, it can only be said to be quite satisfactory.

This paper was published in Cell. A paper that can be published in the three major journals will definitely not have any obvious problems. What's more, before the paper is published, reviewers must give revision comments.

Although the English proficiency of the scientists in my childhood was very average, there was no shortage of reviewers from English-speaking countries. They were native speakers, so their English proficiency was definitely no problem.

So even if the first draft of this paper was not very good, after the reviewers revised it, the problems were solved. When it is published, at least no one will find fault with it.

It is also for this reason that although Sam and others found several problems, they found that they could not replace them with more appropriate expressions because the reviewers had already completed the work.

Anyone who can become a reviewer for the three major journals must have a higher academic level than an assistant professor like Sam. Therefore, even if Sam feels that something is not suitable, it will be difficult for him to revise the paper after racking his brains.

Perhaps a higher-level scholar, such as Professor Shi, will be able to make some revisions to the paper. …

Zhang Wei looked at everyone with a smile on his face: "Do you have any comments on my paper?"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one said anything.

"You are all participants in the project and have participated in the experiment from beginning to end. You should also have a lot of your own thoughts and feelings about the paper, right?"

Zhang Wei continued to ask, but still no one answered.

"Don't be embarrassed, everyone, just speak freely!" Zhang Wei continued.

The faces of several local American experimenters suddenly became gloomy. Are you sorry to Americans? How can Americans be so embarrassed when they have such a carefree personality!

Seeing that everyone was still silent, Zhang Wei had no choice but to name them and said: "Sam, you go first and tell me what modifications you have."

"Sir Zhang, your paper is very well written, with rigorous logic, in-depth discussion, fluent language and full of insight." Sam said.

"Really? Thank you very much for your compliment." Zhang Wei said, looking at the postdoc again.

"Sir Zhang, I read your paper carefully. Through your superb analysis, you explained the scientific research results in a simple and profound way, which made people suddenly understand." The postdoctoral fellow replied.

Zhang Wei looked at the third person, a doctoral student.

"Sir Zhang, your paper not only fully demonstrates your deep understanding of the research field, but also brings new enlightenment and direction to the academic community with its forward-looking thinking and unique insights. The entire paper is clearly organized and the arguments are It is an academic masterpiece."

"I asked you to propose revisions, not to praise me." Zhang Wei said helplessly.

"I don't think the paper needs revision," Sam was the first to answer.

"I also think so."

"Me too."

Everyone agreed.

"Since you all feel that there is no need to revise, I will hand over this paper to Professor Shi." Zhang Wei changed his voice and continued: "I will announce three things next:

The first thing is about the signature of the paper. I am the first author of the paper and Professor Shi is the corresponding author. Do you think you have any objections? "

Zhang Wei is the project leader. All experimental plans were designed by Zhang Wei, and few others put forward suggestions for improvement. The paper was also written by Zhang Wei and was not revised by anyone else. There must be nothing wrong with the first author.

As for Professor Shi, he provided funding for the project and is the speaker of the Department of Molecular Biology, so he has no objection to being the corresponding author.

"As for the second author, I plan to give it to Sam. In this project, Sam has made a great contribution. Several important breakthroughs in the experimental process were also completed by Sam. I think Sam should be well-deserved as the second author. ”

Everyone did not object and congratulated Sam. Although the postdoctoral fellow was a little disappointed, he also congratulated Sam.

Sam's contribution to the project and his work attitude were noticed by everyone.

In order to prove himself, Sam usually works very hard, but since Sam thought he was lucky, he worked even harder and often worked overtime at night. He was definitely a model worker in the laboratory.

What's more, Sam is still an assistant associate professor, the highest position.

People with higher positions than you are also more popular than you. When the time comes to reward people for their merits, it is natural for them to take the biggest piece of cake.

"Next is the third author..." Zhang Wei continued to distribute the cakes.

Zhang Wei is quite familiar with sharing cakes. After all, he has been in the system for half his life. He has encountered problems such as five glasses of water for six leaders. It is not difficult for him to share cakes with his subordinates.

Zhang Wei took out another experimental plan and continued:
"The second thing is about the follow-up research on IPS cells. This is the experimental plan. We will proceed according to this experimental plan. You can take it and make a copy later.

As for the third thing, I plan to go back to China and have some personal matters to deal with. During this period, Sam is temporarily in charge of the project. Sam, are you okay? "

"Am I responsible?" Sam's eyes flashed with disbelief, and then his face was filled with surprise.

Although he is temporarily in charge, it at least means that he can be responsible for another project!

"I have no problem! Sir Zhang, please rest assured, I will definitely work hard." Sam nodded quickly.

……

After the meeting, Zhang Wei took the paper and planned to find Professor Shi. Sam came over mysteriously.

"Sam, do you have a problem with me?" Zhang Wei asked.

"Sir Zhang, can you sell that statue of yours to me?"

"You mean the statue of Mr. Guan?"

Sam nodded: "Without Master Guan's blessing, I always feel uneasy. I'm afraid that I will become unlucky again."

Zhang Wei chuckled: "For us Chinese, gods cannot be bought and sold, they must be invited. If you want to seek help from others, your posture must be lowered and your attitude should be more sincere!"

"Then how should I invite?" Sam asked.

"Prepare some fruits, place them in front of the statue, and treat them as invitations to the gods."

Sam nodded in realization: "I understand. When inviting friends to my home, you should prepare sumptuous food!"

……

Professor Shi was staying in the laboratory when Zhang Wei called him out.

"What do you want from me? If you have anything to say, please tell me. I'm still busy doing experiments!" Professor Shi said.

"Then let me make a long story short. The first thing is that I have finished my project. Here is the paper. Let me show it to you. If you have no problem with it, then send it to Science.

The second thing is, I have to ask for leave from you and return to China to take the college entrance examination. I left the follow-up research in the laboratory to Sam. You should also send this paper for me. "

Two simple sentences, a lot of information!

How long did it take for the project to be completed? Have you written all the papers? With the thesis, is the project successful? This is a substitute for embryonic stem cells. Is this successful?
Are you kidding me?

And what the hell is going back to China to take the college entrance examination? You are now one of the world's top scholars, and you are about to enter the queue for the Nobel Prize. Why do you still need to take the college entrance examination? Is this something you should join in the fun?
Is this a joke to me too?

Is there any follow-up research on the project? What follow-up research? I do not know how? What will be studied in the follow-up research? Where does the money come from? I didn’t approve it for you! Also, by putting that old hapless Sam in charge of the project, are you afraid that the project will succeed?
Are you kidding me?

Professor Shi hesitated for two seconds, then took off his goggles and mask, and said, "You'd better stop making long stories short, or else go to my office and let's talk long stories!"

(End of this chapter)