Traveling through 1980 to become a top student

Chapter 68

Kuang Yuxuan forgot to breathe for a moment, carefully tore open the envelope, mustered up the courage to open the letter from the editorial department, and immediately looked happy—it was included!Her paper was accepted!
Kuang Yuxuan only found out after she submitted her paper that some journals really pay the manuscript fee before the paper is published. As long as the paper is accepted, the manuscript fee will be sent to the author, regardless of whether the paper will be ranked in the journal a few months later .

At the beginning, she thought that Lin Jinglan hadn't published the paper, but she had made a joke herself.Kuang Yuxuan ignored the slight discomfort in her heart, thinking that it doesn't matter now, if Lin Jinglan can publish a paper, she can too!

She is no worse than anyone!

The news that Kuang Yuxuan also published a thesis quickly spread in the department.The teachers in the department were so happy, they didn't expect this year's freshmen to be so crouching, there were actually two geniuses.

For a while, Kuang Yuxuan even overshadowed Lin Jinglan in the school's limelight.After all, everyone has already gotten used to Lin Jinglan's toughness, so it's no surprise that everyone is surprised, and Kuang Yuxuan is still a freshly baked genius.

Kuang Yuxuan's paper will be arranged in next month's Biomass Chemical Engineering.This year's periodical has subscriptions in the department, because this issue included Kuang Yuxuan's papers, many freshmen borrowed it to read it, and it was quickly read as old.

Lin Jinglan didn't compete with them, and waited until everyone's novelty had passed before Lin Jinglan borrowed the book.She didn't do it specifically to read Kuang Yuxuan's thesis, but after she was reborn, she was full of energy and could gain more time in the space, so she developed the habit of reading a lot of literature, and gained a lot from it.

There is no Internet now, but fortunately, it is one of the top universities in the country with strong financial resources and a complete range of periodicals and magazines. Therefore, Lin Jinglan will scan all the periodicals subscribed by the department every month.

But after reading Kuang Yuxuan's thesis, Lin Jinglan felt something was wrong.The most important thing to read a paper is to look at the experimental results, but Lin Jinglan felt something was wrong with Kuang Yuxuan's experimental data.

Lin Jinglan couldn't tell the reason, it was more like an intuition, an intuition obtained after many years of scientific research and many experiments.

If I had to say one reason, it would be that Kuang Yuxuan's data was too perfect.The data points are scattered on both sides of the curve predicted by the theory. Even if some points deviate greatly and some places are not so symmetrical, Lin Jinglan still feels that these imperfections are so perfect, or so deliberate.

Although Lin Jinglan had a little doubt in her heart, she quickly put it behind her. After all, the only way to verify the accuracy of the conclusion in a paper is to reproduce the experiment.However, Kuang Yuxuan's experimental research is not the same as her current research direction. Lin Jinglan does not intend to spend a lot of time and energy on such a paper.

Lin Jinglan didn't do an experiment to verify it, but someone else did.A month later, Kuang Yuxuan received another letter from the editorial department of Biomass Chemical Engineering. She tore open the letter full of doubts, wondering why the editorial department sent her another letter.

But after she read the contents of the letter, her face turned pale.

The letter stated that someone repeated her experiment, but the experimental results were very different. The scientific researcher who repeated her experiment suspected that Kuang Yuxuan's experimental data was falsified, so the editorial department needed Kuang Yuxuan to explain.

It is not that Kuang Yuxuan has never been frightened, but she was only worried that the data falsification would be discovered by the reviewers before the paper was published, so she could not publish the paper.After the paper was successfully published, she thought she could sit back and relax, but she never expected it to be like this!The paper has been published, but it was found to be fake!

Kuang Yuxuan pinched the thin letter paper in her hand, but felt as if it weighed a thousand catties, and her clothes were soaked in cold sweat all at once.

The editorial department asked her to explain.What explanation can she give?Her data was indeed fabricated!

Kuang Yuxuan knew that she was desperate now, and although she was terrified to death, she still forced herself to tell her parents, admitting that her data was indeed falsified.

Kuang's father was furious, and roared, "How could I have given birth to a daughter like you! You are playing tricks!"

"I definitely won't care about you. I've been an upright person all my life. I can't speak up like this, and I can't afford to lose this person! The mistakes you make are your own responsibility. Whether it's demerits or expulsion, I won't care about you!" Kuang's father put down his harsh words.

However, Kuang's father finally couldn't bear the tears of Kuang Yuxuan and Kuang's mother every day. He felt sorry for his daughter's future, and couldn't bear to let her life be ruined by this matter, so he intervened.

The news of Kuang Yuxuan's dissertation data falsification spread in the department for some reason. No one knew whether it was true or not, but it didn't prevent him from talking about it.Kuang Yuxuan, who is usually arrogant and domineering, did not come forward to refute the rumors this time.The students saw it in their eyes, and they all knew it in their hearts.

However, the development of things is different from what they imagined.They thought that Kuang Yuxuan would be fired, or at least demerited.However, a month later, "Biomass Chemical Engineering" published a statement, saying that due to a typographical error by the staff, the papers that were not originally accepted were wrongly typeset and printed for sale.

The paper that was accidentally printed out by the staff "mistypesetting" and "was not actually accepted" was naturally the one published by Kuang Yuxuan.

However, the students can see the ins and outs of this matter, and they will not seriously believe that Kuang Yuxuan's thesis was published because of "typesetting errors". After all, Kuang Yuxuan was also very high-profile when she learned that her thesis was included, and she was showing her acceptance to others Letter, and invited everyone to dinner with the manuscript fee.

The students of the 80s were full of enthusiasm, unlike the people of later generations who were accustomed to all kinds of dark sides in society.The result of the handling of Kuang Yuxuan caused an uproar in the department, and everyone looked at Kuang Yuxuan with disdain.Kuang Yuxuan had no choice but to come late and leave early every day, and go home after class, not staying at school for an extra minute.

At the same time, Lin Jinglan finally received the long-lost good news—her paper submitted to Energy Policy was accepted!
Lin Jinglan was happier than any previous paper was published. After all, the status of the Energy Policy journal was higher than those of the previous journals, and this was the first SCI paper she published after traveling.

Bai Ping found Lin Jinglan and congratulated her cheerfully, but before she could even say a word of congratulations, she turned to Lin Jinglan for a treat.

Lin Jinglan frowned, and didn't agree, "I've been very busy recently, I guess I don't have much time to treat guests, let's talk about it later when I have time." This was an obvious rejection.

Bai Ping looked unhappy, but there was nothing she could do, so she left embarrassingly.Although Lin Jinglan is generous, but Bai Ping and the others, she doesn't want to invite them to dinner anymore.There is no impenetrable wall in the world, and they are all in the same department. Although Lin Jinglan concentrates on academics on weekdays, she still knows what happened after she invited them to dinner for the first time.

She got the manuscript fee after publishing the thesis that time, thinking that she didn't attend the dinner party on the first day of school, thinking that she should get in touch with her roommates more, so she happily invited them to have a meal.

But when eating, not only did Kuang Yuxuan seem to want to kill her once, but she deliberately ordered a lot more, and she didn't finish eating in the end. She proposed to pack and was ridiculed.Forget it, what annoyed Lin Jinglan the most was that she heard that Kuang Yuxuan believed that she hadn't published the paper at all, but was lying.It seems that other people in the dormitory did not refute Kuang Yuxuan's statement.At least as far as Lin Jinglan knew, Bai Ping believed in Kuang Yuxuan's words.

Lin Jinglan no longer has the desire to make friends with these people. If Kuang Yuxuan is evil, Bai Ping and the others are stupid.These two types of people are what Lin Jinglan hates the most.

Lin Jinglan was rejecting Bai Ping, and immediately contacted her old classmates in Beijing one by one.This time she received more manuscript fees than ever before. With such a happy event, she must not forget her old classmates!

Now I don’t have a mobile phone, not even a pager, so if I want to find someone, I have to go to each other’s school one by one, and talk to them in person after meeting.Zhao Yumei, Wei Ying, Gu Panpan, and Lin Jinglan ran to their school one by one, which really took a lot of effort.Although she was a little tired, Lin Jinglan was very happy in her heart.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Jinglan still invited Hong Ze, putting Hong Ze's feelings for her aside, Lin Jinglan always felt that it was inappropriate to omit Hong Ze at the reunion of old classmates.

And Lin Jinglan asked herself, and found that she no longer hated Hong Ze.She originally believed that Hong Ze acted impulsively when he was young, so he gave up a better school and followed her to a city to attend university.But seeing that Hong Ze has lost his childishness and is living a life like a duck to water, Lin Jinglan can't help feeling that Hong Ze has always known what he is doing, whether it was then or now.

On Saturday morning, Zhao Yumei, Wei Ying, Gu Panpan and Hong Ze all gathered at the gate of Tsinghua University.Lin Jinglan obviously arrived on time, but unexpectedly found that she was the last one to come.

Seeing Lin Jinglan, everyone's eyes lit up.The weather was slightly cold in early winter, Lin Jinglan wore a well-tailored black windbreaker and skinny jeans. They were obviously inconspicuous colors and simple styles, but they were indescribably good-looking.

Zhao Yumei stared at Lin Jinglan for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion that it was because of Lin Jinglan's good figure and pretty face, if someone else wore such a suit, she might not be very attractive.

Although there are jeans nowadays, the most popular ones are wide-leg jeans, fat and big.It's rare for them to see jeans that fit like Lin Jinglan's.

Zhao Yumei thought it looked good, and immediately asked Lin Jinglan where she bought it.Lin Jinglan smiled and said, "It's just wide-leg jeans. My mother re-cut them for me." Now there is a sewing machine in Zhou Hui's store, which has helped her change a lot of clothes.

"If you also have clothes that you want to change to fit, you can come and find my mother. My mother's craftsmanship is pretty good." Lin Jinglan said to Zhao Yumei and the other girls,

The old classmates were naturally happy to meet, but because they met frequently, they didn't have any exaggerated emotions. After discussing Lin Jinglan's clothes, they chatted about what to eat.

"I heard that your manuscript fee is too high this time? Then I will kill you severely!" Gu Panpan laughed.

Lin Jinglan readily agreed, "Just kill!"

Lin Jinglan was never stingy, but now that she has a lot of money, she doesn't care about the cost of a meal.She had already bought a house in Beijing. Although she spent all the money on hand at that time, she had a few manuscript fees entered into the account later, and she had a little savings.

And now that Zhou Hui earns a lot more, the family doesn't want her to pay any more. Zhou Hui's monthly income is several times that of a worker. A lot of money.As for Lin Jinglan's own income, Zhou Hui never asked, no matter how much she spent or saved.

Lin Jinglan's behavior is so reassuring. When Zhou Hui was helpless and stuck in the mire, it was Lin Jinglan who firmly pulled her out and showed her a wider world.Although Zhou Hui loves Lin Jinglan very much, she doesn't love Lin Jinglan as a child. She knows that Lin Jinglan is more independent and mature than her in many ways.Therefore, Zhou Hui never interfered with Lin Jinglan in terms of money.

Zhao Yumei suggested, "It's cold now, why don't we go eat hot pot?"

Lin Jinglan vetoed it, "Don't eat hot pot anymore, let's eat hot pot together again, and change to something else." Lin Jinglan had a flash of inspiration, "That's right! Didn't Taifeng Building just open two months ago? Let's try it!"

Zhao Yumei was taken aback, and quickly shook her head, "Are you kidding, do you know how expensive Taifeng Building is? What kind of people are the people who eat there? Stop joking!"

Lin Jinglan really wanted to go to Taifeng Tower, and said with a smile, "How expensive? There are only five of us, no matter how expensive it is, it can still eat up all my manuscript fees? Why can't we go to Taifeng Tower? can go."

Hong Ze could tell that Lin Jinglan really wanted to go to Taifeng Building, but he could also tell that Zhao Yumei, Wei Ying, and Gu Panpan really didn't want to go.In fact, it's easy to understand, old classmates get together, and Lin Jinglan has just received the manuscript fee, so it's okay to ask Lin Jinglan to treat her to a meal.But if Lin Jinglan's invitation is too expensive, even close friends will feel a little pressure, and will inevitably have to think about how to return this affection.

But not everyone is as well-off as Lin Jinglan, which is tantamount to creating a problem for others.

When Lin Jinglan received Hong Ze's wink, she was taken aback for a moment, and then she understood.She complained silently in her heart that her EQ was offline, but it was also because she was with her closest friends that she didn't think much about it.

Lin Jinglan said with a smile, "Anyway, I just pay for it today, and I'll listen to you for everything I eat. Don't save me money, and regret not being with me after dinner later!"

Wei Ying thought for a while, "Forget about Taifeng Building, why don't we go to Yuebin Hotel?" Everyone agreed, and it was decided.

Yuebin Hotel opened in 1980 and has been in business for several years now.Lin Jinglan had heard of this restaurant in her previous life, and there was no other reason, but this small private restaurant serving home-cooked food had a great reputation——"the first private restaurant in China."

Although it is only a small private restaurant, in this era of strict policies and material scarcity, for people who are still on the verge of breaking away from the shackles of the planned economy, it is definitely a very honorable thing to eat at Yuebin Restaurant up.

After Lin Jinglan traveled through time, she also heard that when Yuebin Restaurant first opened in 80, it had to be reserved two months in advance to get a meal.

Hong Ze led the way, and Lin Jinglan followed him around, and finally saw the entrance of Yuebin Hotel in Cuihua Hutong.It was completely different from Lin Jinglan's imagination. The Cuihua Hutong where Yuebin Hotel was locked was quite narrow. The storefront of Yuebin Restaurant was not big, and there were only a few tables and a few benches inside.But it was almost full inside.

The waiter saw that Lin Jinglan and his group were fresh-faced and plainly dressed students, and didn't realize it for a while, "Who are you looking for someone?"

(End of this chapter)