Top Student: Wasteland Technology Invasion

The plagiarism check results came back quickly.

4.9%.

If you remove some of the cited text, the entire paper is perfectly acceptable.

Professor Lu read it carefully again, then smiled and said with a relaxed expression, "Lin Chuan, your paper is really well written. You're only a freshman, yet you have such depth of thought. At your age, I'm far inferior to you."

Lu Zhiwei made no attempt to hide his admiration for Lin Chuan.

"Director Lu, you flatter me."

Lin Chuan knew that his paper was decent.

But he was a little embarrassed to be praised by the professor to his face.

Lu Zhiwei assumed the young man opposite him was shy, so he quickly changed the subject, "Lin Chuan, how do you plan to publish your paper, 'Spectral Stability Analysis of Non-Self-Adjoint Matrices'?"

"I've looked into this. I understand that there are university journals, social science journals, or some core journals in China that I can choose from. I'm thinking..."

Professor Lu waved his hand to interrupt, "Domestic journals? Don't accuse me of being a foreign-worshipper. Publishing your paper in some second-rate domestic journals is like throwing a tantrum at the blind. You need to know that many articles will be accepted as long as you pay the publication fee. What influence can such journals have? I suggest you submit this to 'Linear Algebra and Its Applications,' which is in the SCI Q2 journals. This will be beneficial for your future development."

"Don't think it's too difficult to get published in the second-tier journal. Young people need to try to know their limits. Don't worry, I know the editor-in-chief there, we're old friends. I'll keep an eye on the peer review process for you."

"Understood, thank you Director Lu."

Lu Zhiwei didn't stop, continuing, "What are your plans to do to prevent academic plagiarism?"

"arXiv".

"Very good." Lu Zhiwei nodded. Having a knowledgeable student made things much easier for him. "Arrange for the relevant materials to be uploaded as soon as possible. I'll take care of the journal submission."

"So...Director Lu, how should the author of this article write it?"

In fact, Lin Chuan wrote this article entirely on his own. His mentor, Lu Zhiwei, at most helped contact the journal and speed up the review process. However, now that he is under Professor Lu's tutelage, there are many things he needs to consider carefully.

After a moment's hesitation, Lu Zhiwei said, "Then write me as the corresponding author. I'll take advantage of you at first, and then when you've become more famous, you can just write your own name on the paper."

"Director Lu, you're being too kind of me."

Lin Chuan understood, of course, that a professor of Lu Zhiwei's caliber had long since passed the stage of proving himself with journal articles, especially since he was only the corresponding author of a Q2 paper.

By doing this, he was essentially telling people in the industry, "Lin Chuan is my student, so don't try to take advantage of me."

Compared to the benefits he gained, Lu Zhiwei received more obligations.

"Alright, there's plenty of time in the future, no need to be so polite. You have a great talent for mathematics, and your teacher hopes that you can go far on the academic path."

"clear."

"Also, here is my phone number and email address. During this time, you should continue to attend classes in the Qiushi Class. If you have any academic or personal matters, feel free to call me anytime."

"Thank you, Director Lu."

"Go ahead and do your work if you have nothing else to do. I'm going to have some tea and read the newspaper."

……

After Lin Chuan left, Xiao Song tilted his head in disbelief after hearing all the gossip.

Whether from his own experience or from information he found on the school forum, his mentor, Lu Zhiwei, was a very serious person who rarely smiled.

But when faced with this new junior, the mentor laughed and praised him countless times.

They were practically ready to offer their concern and care.

If word gets out about what happened in the office today, the teachers and students at the school will be utterly shocked!

Lu Zhiwei glanced at Xiao Song. As his mentor, how could he not know what Xiao Song was thinking?

"Do you think I'm too nice to Lin Chuan?"

Xiao Song nodded unconsciously, thinking to himself, "Isn't that right? Which freshman gets this kind of treatment?"

He wasn't jealous of Lin Chuan; after all, it's normal for capable people to be treated better.

Lu Zhiwei smiled and said, "If you can produce an SCI Q2 paper in half a day, I'll give you preferential treatment too."

"Half a day?" Xiao Song's eyes widened.

In an instant, Xiao Song understood why her mentor had that expression, as if he was afraid Lin Chuan would be snatched away by someone else.

For a freshman to independently publish a paper in a second-tier journal is already an extremely remarkable achievement.

In the end, this article was still produced in half a day?

Is this some kind of exaggeration?!

With such academic ability, if he were a mentor, he would not only offer to take care of Lin Chuan's well-being, but he would also help Lin Chuan find a girlfriend.

At this moment, Xiao Song's eyes were extremely firm.

He knew he had to cling tightly to his junior brother Lin's coattails.

……

After finishing his afternoon classes, Lin Chuan returned to his dorm and sent an email to his advisor, Professor Lu, about his thesis.

In fact, he had already uploaded the paper to arXiv when he was in Professor Lu's office at noon, but for various reasons, Lin Chuan did not hand it over to his supervisor on the spot.

Professor Lu quickly replied with an "Received" email.

Having finally finished a major task, Lin Chuan breathed a sigh of relief, prepared to take a shower, and then come back to prepare for tomorrow's wasteland crossing and the "Modern Algebra" course.

After taking a shower and returning to his dorm room, Lin Chuan discovered an extra email in his inbox.

Professor Lu sent the message, saying that the paper has been submitted and, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the results should be available in about a month.

This speed far exceeded Lin Chuan's expectations. He had previously checked the data and found that the review process for papers in SCI Q1 and Q2 was quite strict, with review times ranging from six months to more than a year. Now, the results could be obtained in just one month, which speaks volumes about the importance of a mentor's connections.

Oh no, I think I forgot something.

Lin Chuan slapped his forehead, hurriedly picked up his phone, typed in Professor Lu's number, then deleted it. Instead, he sent Professor Lu a message: "Professor Lu, I forgot to transfer the publication fee to you."

Soon, Lu Zhiwei sent a message back: "Consider this my greeting gift to you. Good luck!"

This……

Lin Chuan didn't know what to say.

He really forgot about the publication fee.

Lin Chuan had checked and found that there are publication fees for SCI papers, with the total cost for a single paper ranging from several hundred to several thousand US dollars.

Take his recently published paper, for example; a rough estimate would be over a thousand dollars.

At the current exchange rate, it is worth nearly 7,000 RMB.

Lin Chuan's family lives in Truong An District, Chu City, Viet Duong Province. His father works for the railway, and the family also runs a small business, which makes it possible to make a living. Lin Chuan also receives about 1,000 yuan a month for living expenses.

But a single paper costs seven thousand yuan, and those with many pages can cost tens of thousands.

Let alone buying a powerful crossbow or a drone, given Lin Chuan's current financial situation, he probably can't even afford to publish a paper.

Of course, there was also good news.

As long as Lin Chuan's paper is published in a journal, Yueyang University will provide a publication fee subsidy.