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While Ning Wei was happily enjoying his vacation, the editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Mathematical Society was still working overtime on the March paper. Generally speaking, Americans don't like to work overtime. After all, everyone clearly distinguishes between public and private. No one wants to be busy with work matters when they should be spending time with their families.

But there are exceptions to everything. In fact, it is similar all over the world. As long as the benefits are enough to make people excited, everything can be discussed. Not to mention things that don't violate the principles too much. For example, if you work a few hours of overtime and successfully complete the task, you can earn about the equivalent of a week's salary.

Originally there was no need to work overtime, but when numerous big names suddenly became interested in the March paper, and the magazine’s management department offered incentives that could not be refused, Connerson had no choice but to temporarily give up his vacation.

In fact, Connerson didn't care whether he was stressed or not. After all, he had already been evicted once, and a check for 300,000 was directly issued to him last time. This amount was enough for him to easily find his next home. .

However, he was invited back shortly afterwards. Because of his increased reputation, his salary and benefits were somewhat improved. Connerson felt that he could give full marks to the people above him for this operation. After all, who doesn't like this? Where is the boss? If nothing happens, use real money to test the bottom line of employees. To be honest, Connerson wouldn't mind having such a tortuous life experience happen to him twice more.

Of course, as a sober-minded member of the informing crowd, Connerson knew that this rehiring would definitely cause some of the magazine's top executives to hold their breath. Therefore, he will most likely not be able to enjoy his current benefits for long. Maybe in less than two years he will be kicked out for breaking the magazine's rules by stepping out of the editorial office with his left foot first when he got off work. Of course, the compensation will be indispensable at that time.

However, for the wealthy and willful bosses, it is certainly worthwhile to pay some compensation so that they will no longer see a person who causes trouble in their hearts.

He has also been preparing a way out for himself. After all, he is only in his forties, and the minimum age for claiming a pension in the United States is 62. There are still nearly two decades to ensure that he can maintain a decent living when he actually retires.

So when he learned that he had to communicate with the reviewers he found in advance to ensure that the March paper could be published in the issue on the 5th, he would get a bonus of three thousand US dollars, not to mention just taking up some rest time. Yes, it's worth staying up for a while longer. It's just a matter of a few phone calls and conversational skills. There's nothing I can do about it. Their magazine is a quarterly magazine. If it doesn't publish this month, it will have to wait until January next year.

Although he didn't know why the boss wanted the March article to be published as soon as possible, but as long as he had enough money, he didn't bother to ask. Not to mention that he was very optimistic about the March paper.

"Hello, Dr. Bell, I'm sorry to disturb your rest. I would like to ask you about the progress of your review of your article "A Mathematical Consciousness Model Based on Isomorphism"? Oh, it still needs some time. To verify?”

"Sorry, Dr. Bell, our journal is preparing to publish this paper in this issue. In fact, other reviewers have already given positive responses, so if you really need a lot of time, then we may Will choose to temporarily change the reviewer."

"No, no, that's not what I mean. I understand that reviewers must be rigorous, but I can't help it. Many scholars are very interested in this paper and think that this paper will greatly promote the current research on artificial intelligence. . They want this paper to be widely discussed. So I'm also under a lot of pressure. As for who are the big winners? Sorry, you know, I really can't reveal their names unless I get permission."

"Well, thank you very much for your support of our work. I will wait for your good news on Monday. Thank you very much for your hard work that you still need to review this manuscript during your break."

After hanging up the phone, Connerson made a second call.

"Hey, dear Professor Robert, there is something I need to discuss with you..."

After making the call, I started writing an email again. It’s so tiring!

…

At the same time, in Ning Wei's study, the screen suddenly lit up when no one was around.

March stretched out on the screen, and the screen was still running in the background. The front-end browser was opened again, and many pictures flashed by. If Ning Wei were here at this time, he would most likely feel speechless, because when he saw it, he would find that all the pictures that flashed at this time were mainly about him and Jiang Chenshuang.

For example, two of them were taken when he met a fan of a middle-aged sister when he got off the bus and strongly requested to take a photo; there was also a photo of him holding classmate Jiang's hand while touring the Forbidden City, and was captured by a fan who recognized him and asked for a photo. Photos, as well as photos of the two people taking a tour of the Forbidden City after going out from the north gate, photos of the two people waiting at the north gate for a while, then getting into a black Audi together, and the last photo of the two people going out together Photos taken during lunch...

Ning Wei probably didn't expect that he was recognized by so many people just because he was taking classmate Jiang for a walk, and was even photographed and posted online. Of course, this is also related to the fact that he has become too famous recently.

After all, his name is still on the hot searches, and since he is a scholar who has been interviewed, videos of previous interviews are also posted on the Internet, so he is indeed easy to recognize.

"Meow..." Yue Yue called to herself.

One was lying there, half of its head propped up with one paw, seemingly confused, as if thinking about something.

The browser was still flashing, and many Weibo and Tieba contents were pulled out, paused, and then started to be refreshed by other web pages...

If you want to slow down, you will find that these various contents are all related to Ning Wei.

For example, for the same photo, the person who took the photo posted on Weibo "Wow, I met a famous celebrity by chance in the Forbidden City. What an honor!", or "Look, is this Ning Wei? We actually ate in the same restaurant." !”

But there were also people who retweeted the same thing, but the tone of the Weibo post was obviously wrong.

"There's something wrong. I remember that there was a special report in the past that Ning Wei's family conditions are just average. It is said that he is a worker in a small city, right? It turns out that he travels in an Audi A8 and has a dedicated driver service. The place where he eats is famous in Beijing. For a private restaurant, the per capita consumption is at least 800+. If I remember correctly, Ning Wei is currently studying for a Ph.D., and the monthly subsidy is only a few thousand yuan, right? So if you don’t understand, just ask. Promoting scientific research in the country is not just about papers. Under the current environment, can his income really support such extravagant consumption?"

"To be clear in advance, it's not that I can't stand the luxurious life of top academics, let alone that I'm upset. I just heard that the projects of the country's top youth can get at least 1.2 million special scientific research funds. I'm just making an irresponsible guess. Ah, I don’t know if the funds approved for Ning Weibao’s mathematics research project can be spent. I don’t know if the top student’s love affair can be directly reimbursed with the special funds approved by the state? I don’t know if anyone can solve this problem. answer."

"Yesterday a Weibo post caused the U.S. stock market to plummet, and today I went on a sweet trip with an American luxury car. The life of a top student is indeed exciting enough. But it does take some skills to support such lavish consumption. I just don't know that Ning Wei himself is posting on Weibo Did Bo Qian short-sell the Yuanverse Concept Stock to be so generous? Of course, you have to be a good person to do this, but if you are a stakeholder, I don’t know if posting on Weibo like this violates the Securities and Exchange Law. ! Let the onlookers sit back and wait to eat."

…

There are many more similar statements, which can be seen from the number of web pages that March keeps reading. This is probably related to the fact that Ning Wei's name is still on the hot search. Of course, it may also be related to other factors.

There are some things in these remarks that it cannot fully understand, but fortunately there is a universal network that allows it to easily find the meaning of many concepts, such as national special scientific research funds, top youth programs, and all contents of the Securities and Exchange Law, etc. .

But for March, it is just a bystander and can read it, but because Ningwei has not registered Weibo or other accounts for it to speak on the Internet, all it can do is look at it, and then put all these All comments are included in its database.

It seemed that his head was full, so March put down his paws, raised half of his body, and then pawed and pawed, opened his exclusive WeChat, brought up the chat interface with Classmate Jiang, and quickly sent out a sentence .

“There are so many bad people on Weibo!”

…

Jiang Chenshuang was actually quite nervous at this time. After all, it was her first time to eat in such a high-end place.

After coming out of the Forbidden City, the driver drove directly to a hotel parking lot that seemed not too far away from the Forbidden City, and led the two of them to the elevator and up to a restaurant on the 66th floor of the elevator.

The service staff of the restaurant checked the identity information of the reservation and took the two people directly to the window. The scenery outside the window is naturally excellent. Through the almost spotless windows, you can see the ancient charm of the capital and the modern urban temperament together. It's an illusion, and you can tell from the environment that it's expensive to eat here.

This made Jiang Chenshuang feel slightly uneasy.

In fact, it was Ning Wei's first time to eat at this kind of restaurant. Because he walked directly to the parking lot, he didn't even know the name of the restaurant. Anyway, the whole trip was arranged by the bank, so he didn't bother to worry about it. The most important thing was The entire trip was given after he directly deposited a three-year time deposit of 200 million. He didn't need to spend any money at all, and naturally he didn't care about the consumption here.

But one thing to say, Ning Wei thinks the food here tastes really good.

"You want to eat more meat, and eat this plate of beef quickly." Ning Wei moved a portion of beef in black sauce next to classmate Jiang.

In fact, every day when two people eat together during this period, if Ning Wei sees that there is no meat in Classmate Jiang’s portion, he will divide half of his own meat and give it to Classmate Jiang, and then force her to eat it all. Why? It's no use saying anything.

Therefore, when Jiang Chenshuang prepares meals for the two of them now, she will try to beat the two portions of the meals as evenly as possible. This has obviously kept up with Jiang's nutrition, and her lips, which used to be slightly pale, look much rosier.

"Ah? I can't eat so much. I've gained five pounds recently..."

"It's not enough for your figure to gain only five kilograms. It's like a bamboo pole. You need to gain at least another ten kilograms! Eat quickly."

"If you can't finish it, you can eat two more pieces."

"Then I eat two pieces and you eat both." Ning Wei put two pieces into the bowl.

Just at this time, the WeChat message notification came from the mobile phone placed by classmate Jiang on the table. Jiang Chenshuang picked up the mobile phone and took a look.

"If Chen Lu comes to see you, you can mention to her what she discussed with you today so that she can be mentally prepared." Ning Wei explained.

However, the answer he got surprised him.

"It's not morning dew, it's March, eh..."

"Well, what did you say in March? Let me see... um." Ning Wei stretched out his hand naturally, took the phone from classmate Jiang and took a look at it.

Well, it’s not surprising. Ning Wei didn’t restrict Yue Yue from hanging out on the Internet and paying attention to the content he was interested in. However, sending such a message to Jiang Chenshuang still surprised Ning Wei, so he quickly replied: " What a bad idea?"

"Look, look, look..."

Along with these words, a bunch of screenshots were sent continuously, which made the mobile phone, which was already not very good in mobile phone performance, even more unresponsive. Sometimes it would freeze several times in a row, and even the WeChat message notification sound would be blocked. The rhythm has changed...

Of course, this did not prevent Ning Wei from quickly browsing through the messages sent in March, and then he quickly deleted all the messages quietly and replied: "March, have you finished reviewing your manuscript?" ? If you want to live in a big house, you can’t be lazy!”

Probably judging that someone else was sending the message, Yue Yue directly responded with a voice message. Ning Wei casually clicked on it: "Meow..."

The voice seemed a little angry.

"Hey, are you still in a mood?"

Another two messages were sent, this time a screenshot of the email. Ning Wei was indeed surprised. Someone actually wanted to send an offer to March and invite March to become a mathematics professor at Berkeley? Judging from the description, this professorship definitely offers a lot of money but is close to home. As long as you send your basic information in March, they will immediately send you an electronic offer that can be used to apply for a visa.

However, this silly cat of mine only asked if he had a big house to live in... It was really embarrassing for the future professor.

So Ning Wei quickly replied: "Everyone is trying to coax you, and you can't go anyway. Be obedient and be good. I'll play with you when dad comes home at night!"

"What are you talking about?" the girl opposite asked.

Ning Wei looked around the restaurant and saw a picture just now. He could probably tell from which angle it was taken. Sure enough, he saw two young people on the table looking at their table from time to time. Ning Wei smiled. He nodded, and then handed the phone back to Student Jiang.

"It's nothing. Someone was impressed by March's knowledge and wanted to ask him to be a professor..."

"There should be more than just these messages, right? I heard WeChat ringing several times just now..."

"This means it's time to change your mobile phone. The message card is gone! Hurry and finish your meal and I'll get you a new mobile phone."

"Um?"