Starting from a top student and marching towards the sea of ​​stars

Chapter 30
Under Zhang Kun's speech, students from the School of Materials also expressed various words and expressions of exclamation and congratulations.

After all, this matter was really beyond everyone's expectations. No one would have thought that a freshman student would suddenly come up with a thesis.

The School of Materials not only has one major in materials, but also includes several majors such as material molding, material physics, and functional materials. There are more than 09 students in the 300 class, which makes the atmosphere in the group unprecedentedly enthusiastic.

Ning Chen felt that Zhang Kun posted this news in the group, on the one hand, to enhance the confidence of the students of the School of Materials, and on the other hand, it was a kind of affirmation and encouragement to himself.

Fortunately, Zhang Kun didn't mention that he won a reward of 1 yuan, otherwise, it is estimated that his roommates would have to let him treat him to dinner.

"Brother Chen, if you publish a paper in a journal, how much will the journal pay you?" Chen Tianpeng asked.

"There is no manuscript fee. I still need to pay for the publication fee of the journal. Just for this paper, the page fee is US$[-]!"

"What? You publish in their journal, and you have to pay the journal?"

Chen Tianpeng was a little disappointed and at the same time very puzzled by this regulation.

"Hey, that's how it is in academia. It's probably because the subscription volume of academic journals is too low. If we don't charge publishing fees from authors, journals won't make money."

"Then what's the use of publishing papers in academic journals? How can we poor students have the money to pay for publication fees?"

Fifteen hundred U.S. dollars is almost equivalent to 2010 Chinese dollars, which was enough to cover the living expenses of many college students for a year in [-].

"Of course I can't afford it. My tutor helped me pay it, so the laboratory should be able to reimburse it." Ning Chen answered truthfully.

"Ah, this is better. As long as it doesn't cost money, there are still benefits to publishing a paper. At least there won't be any problems with maintaining your research."

At this time, Yang Yan interjected:
"As far as I know, although there is no royalties for publishing papers in academic journals, the school will give rewards. One of my graduate students..."

"Let's go out to eat on the weekend. I'll treat you."

Ning Chen thought that Yang Yan's information was really well-informed, so he had to give up the struggle.

"Okay, okay, brother Chen, let's go eat pancake stew in an iron pot?"

"Okay, if there's no problem, let's go on Friday night." Ning Chen agreed.

Ning Chen wouldn't hesitate for a few hundred yuan. Going out to eat with everyone occasionally is also a good way to adjust.

Due to the cumbersome approval process for the thesis award this time, it will take some time for Ning Chen to receive the money.

However, Ning Chen has saved a lot of money as a tutor before, so Ning Chen still has no financial pressure.

The parents did not listen to Ning Chen's persuasion, and continued to pay Ning Chen's living expenses every month. Ning Chen had no choice but to save the money first.

He Sheng has already helped Ning Chen to submit the second paper, and the selected journal is still the previous "Research Progress on Variational Method".

If nothing else, this paper will be successfully published, but it will still require a long review time.

Ning Chen would not be anxious about this, after all, there were too many things that he needed to do now, such as studying physics and chemistry courses, further research on the Sine-Gordon equation, etc.

In his regular study life, Ning Chen continued to absorb knowledge from various subjects, and his subject experience and energy were also rapidly accumulated.

……

On this day, a remarkable event happened in Huaguo mathematics circle.

Professor Qiu Chengtong, a famous Chinese mathematician and Fields Medal winner, launched the first "Qiu Chengtong College Student Mathematics Competition".Talking about the original intention of founding this college student mathematics competition, Qiu Chengtong hopes to reform the mathematics education of Huaguo University and give those college students who have not been able to enter China's top universities due to various reasons a fair competition opportunity.

After hearing the news, many students from famous schools such as Shuimu University and Yanda University were eager to participate in this competition.

"Brother Chen, I heard that the registration for the [-]st Qiu Chengtong University Math Contest is about to start, do you want to register?" Chen Tianpeng asked.

Ning Chen naturally also heard the news, but Ning Chen has not yet made a final decision on whether to participate in this competition.

Now Ning Chen is very clear that although his mathematics level has been improved to Level 1, looking at the country, he may not be considered a top college student in mathematics.

Ning Chen didn't have any experience in participating in math competitions before. If he started to prepare from now on, it would basically be like starting from scratch without any advantage.

Of course, as long as Ning Chen is willing, Ning Chen is confident to get a good ranking even if he starts from scratch.

"It's not decided yet, I'll think about it again."

"Brother Chen, what are you thinking about, just sign up. With your ability, you can't compare with those students from Shuimu and Yanda University? I have never seen any of them, and they can be so awesome in freshman year." papers!"

"Yes, Brother Chen, if you don't participate, no one in our school will be able to participate. None of the students majoring in mathematics is better than you."

Faced with Chen Tianpeng and Yang Yan's praise of him, Ning Chen remained calm.

Ning Chen knew in his heart that with the strength of Shengzhou University, it was really difficult to get a ranking in this level of competition. Even if he participated, it would most likely be a foil for other schools.

Whether Shengzhou University will organize students to participate in this competition is also a question.

Two days later, when Ning Chen was studying at home, he saw a missed call from He Sheng and a text message from He Sheng.

"Ning Chen, if you see this, call me back."

Ning Chen didn't think too much, and immediately called He Sheng.

"Teacher He, are you looking for me?"

"Ning Chen, do you know about Qiu Cheng's mathematics competition with college students? How about it? Are you interested in signing up?"

Ning Chen didn't expect that He Sheng would really take the initiative to contact him because of this matter, so he thought for a while and replied:

"Mr. He, I know about this, but to be honest, I haven't participated in any math competitions before. If I participate, I'm afraid I will have to learn from scratch."

"Ning Chen, don't think so much. Our school will organize training and assessment first. I think you have the ability. Just feel free to participate. Before the final list of participants is finalized, you can always choose according to your own requirements. The situation makes a choice."

The School of Mathematics at Shengzhou University also knows the abilities of its students. For this competition, the school will not set any rigid goals for the team members. Everything is still based on participation and training.

Ning Chen's original plan was to focus on studying physics and chemistry during this period, but hearing what He Sheng said, Ning Chen couldn't refuse directly.

Ning Chen thought that the worst possible outcome would be to take part in the training and give it a try. Anyway, through the training process, he would definitely learn something.

At this time, He Sheng continued:

"Of course, it would be even better if we can get some rankings. Although there is no prize money in this competition, Shengzhou University will give generous prizes to the students who get the rankings."

(End of this chapter)