Vol 2 Chapter 12: Drummond's visit

Vol 2 Chapter 12: Drummond's visit

The evaluation result of another audit committee member in the illusion field, Zenny, is much more concise: "This paper confirms the existence of human self-generated currents and electromagnetic waves in the brain and is related to hallucinations. It is a pioneering and breakthrough achievement in this field. It cannot be strictly deduced to other illusion areas, and lacks decisive and logical multi-faceted evidence. It is highly controversial and discussed, and it is difficult to judge the importance. It is recommended to award 25 arcane points and 300 arcane points. . "

"Combined with the results of the two committees’ consistent assessments, Lucian? Evans ’evaluation of this thesis is: It is a groundbreaking and breakthrough achievement in the field of brainwaves, human alchemy substances, hallucinations, and is highly descriptive. The degree of importance cannot be universally derived to other illusion areas for the time being. The entire paper is clear in logic, rigorous experimental design, and accurate magic analysis, but it is ambiguous in many important places, rewarding 28 arcane points and 300 arcane points. . "

Seeing such a review conclusion, Lucian couldn't help showing a smile. Although members of the illusion field didn't seem to like such a paper and gave a low reward for arcane points, his first semi-original paper was able to Getting three second-level evaluations is pretty good. However, strictly speaking, this is the right direction, and the groundbreaking and highly discussional nature will naturally be possessed. The breakthrough is to connect the application of brain waves in illusion to the specific magic structure, and to partially part of illusion from Strictly incorporated arcane system.

Eric shook his head when he saw Lucian's smile disappeared, "The members of the illusion field are too conservative and don't like papers like you and Ms. Isabella. The points reward is also the lowest in the range. Normally, you can get at least forty to fifty arcane points in this paper, and Ms. Isabella's article is at least eighty. "

"How many arcane points did Ms. Isabella get in the end?" Lucian was mentally prepared for this, but she was not angry. The personal preferences of the members caused the deviation of the point reward to be almost constant, as long as the evaluation words at different levels did not "Confusion" is fine, anyway, arcane points come mainly from references.

Eric has deep connections in the Magician's Management Department, knows a lot of things, and keeps his solemn expressions, while lowering his voice: "Fifty, it is too much. If Ms. Isabella is not a high-level magician, they are very May give a minimum of forty. "

Isabella belongs to the tower. She is a sixth-level arcanist and seven-ring magician. She is good at astrology and illusion. She has been unable to become a core member of the tower with voting rights without the highest honor in the corresponding field. Failing to be elected to the Arcane Audit Committee, her student was Rachel, who Lucien had met.

"It seems that it is difficult for Ms. Isabella to get the wizard's crown." Lucian commented casually.

Eric stared at Lucian with light gray eyes and realized that he really had no idea about the Wizard ’s Laureate: “So the winner of the Wizard ’s Laureate has always been less than several other awards, and most of them are from the Wizarding House Members. Their award-winning achievements are basically small-scale innovations or applications that follow the three major factions of the ancient magic empire. "

"However, this time Ms. Isabella's experiment is very rigorous, with all aspects of evidence and magical evidence, and logical derivation is strict and without errors. If the Wizard's House does not give her and Rachel the Laureate, I am afraid that this is the highest honor of the Wizard's Laureate It will be a joke and will never be taken seriously by other arcanists. "

Sometimes, awarding is also a kind of "political" consideration. Lucian shook his head funnyly. Afterwards, if he wants to win the laurel, what should he do? It is best not to deviate from your current research direction.

I have always been a wealth lover and collector of Lucian, and occasionally think of similar issues with divergent thinking, but not too serious.

Uh ...

When I returned home, Lucian had just handed the top hat to the housekeeper Leo and hung it on the coat rack, and a visitor came.

"Mr. Drummond?" Lucian was a little confused when he heard the servant's report. He didn't know any Mr. Drummond.

Xi Lei hurriedly whispered: "Master, is the editor-in-chief of Arcane."

Yeah, the editor-in-chief of Arcane! Lucian clasped his hands together, remembering who Drummond was. For every arcanist who is interested in publishing a paper in the journal Arcane, he is a big man who must keep in mind. Only Lucien, who is now worried about nowhere to publish the paper, will forget.

"What did he come to me for? Leo, how do you know him?" Lucian asked in confusion. Drummond is a seventh-level arcanist, an eight-ring magician, and the editor-in-chief of the journal Arcane. Distance, he actually came in person?

Leo replied meticulously like most housekeepers: "Master, when I help Ivanovsky, the most important thing to remember is the complex network of relationships in each place. Therefore, when I got to Arlinge, Mr. Lazar inquired about two hundred big men who need attention, and he can provide you with answers at any time. "

"Very good." Lucian praised with satisfaction, this is a good housekeeper, and then stood up to meet Drummond outside the door.

Drummond was wearing a dark waistcoat and suit, wearing a top hat of the same color, and holding a black cane. The whole man was clear and serious, with black eyes sharp like an eagle.

"The Lord Lord of the Storm has instructed me on the field of force. It is a rare lord who has achieved in many arcane fields. Ivans you can become his student. I am very happy for you." As soon as they meet, the relationship dominated by the storm-dominated thing.

Kulu Xien saluted, and answered humorously: "Every morning I have to experience a storm of teacher thinking, and the time always seems long."

Drummond froze, but immediately understood what the strange phrase "thought storm" meant, and smiled softly: "Not many people are willing to stay with your Lord when the storm discusses arcane and magic issues."

The two greeted as they walked into the living room. Lucian asked politely, "Mr. Drummond, I am honored to visit you. Honestly, when I heard the name, I never thought it would be you. Visit you at the Arcane Journal headquarters. "

Drummond held the cane a little forward: "I got information from the audit committee that you have made a breakthrough in how to affect hormone secretion and introduced electromagnetic theory to the field of illusion, so your I took a look at the thesis, and it turned out to be an article of great discussion value, which is in harmony with the theme of the next issue of our "Arcane" journal. By the way, the hormone is Ms. Isabella's alchemical substance to the human body name."

"Originally I was going to send you a contract letter to Evans, but I remembered that the last time you were rejected by our journal staff beyond our authority, we just expressed our apologies through Lavindi and Gaston. Sincerity seems inadequate, so I came to visit you directly. One is to apologize for the matter, the staff member has been fired, and the other is to face the appointment for you. "

奥 "Arcane" is the most famous and authoritative periodical in the magic world. I am afraid that this kind of treatment cannot be enjoyed by ordinary reviewing committee members. This happens only when competing with the "Magic" periodical for thesis of the legendary magician and great arcanist. Of course, Drummond had to do something because of the impact of the last incident.

"I accepted the last apology, Mr. Drummond. You don't need to be so grand." Lucien and Drummond sat down in the living room, and asked in confusion: "The theme of the next issue?" What is the subject of Arcane?

没 Until he understood the situation, Lucien did not promise to be published because of "grateful tears", after all, Mr. Woods of "Ordinary Arcanist Monthly" is his old friend.

"After Isabella's paper passed the review, it caused a great deal of controversy. In the last week, many advanced arcanists wrote a paper on this, or did an experimental argument, or refuted it based on theory, so the next issue of" In Arcane, in addition to ten cutting-edge papers in other fields, the rest are allocated to this matter, which is the subject of this issue to achieve the best results. Evans Your article is for Isabelle La's most powerful supplement and proof, hope to be published in our Arcane. "Drummond said sincerely.

路 Since Lucien used the frontier to describe the latest results and directions of arcane research on some occasions, this term has gradually been widely used.

Achieve the best results? After hearing that Drummond hadn't covered up, Lucien soon understood what was going on.

It should be that most members of the highest jury are dissatisfied with the fact that illusions and other factions have been out of the arcane system for a long time, bringing the "witcher" of the wizard's house and the arcanes apart, so when Isabella's paper was confirmed Later, they intend to take this opportunity to create an atmosphere conducive to Isabella and put pressure on conservative wizards. As long as Isabella can get the laurel, it is a major victory in arcane art, which is equivalent to the disguise of the wizard's house that some illusion can be included in the arcane system.

Of course, the premise is that Isabella's thesis is rigorous and important enough, and she is qualified to win the wizard's laurel, otherwise the Arcanists will be ashamed.

Lucian crossed his hands together and said with a heavy voice: "Mr. Drummond, Mr. Woods of the Journal of the Ordinary Arcanist has helped me a lot, so I promised him that my paper would be published in their journal first. Commitment is a serious matter and I am in a difficult position. "

At this time, of course, Lucian has to take advantage of the opportunity, anyway, he has the storm as the backing.

"Evans, recently the Arcane Review Committee was discussing one thing. It was obviously a journal of different weights. The citation points obtained after the paper was published on it were the same. Such fairness in itself is a great unfairness. Therefore, they The intention is to introduce the concept of influence factor. Journals with different components correspond to different influence factors. Later papers published in journals will be multiplied by the influence factor of the journal and rounded.

Drummond had long expected: "The result of the preliminary discussion was to evaluate the impact factor once every five years, combined with the parameters of the average number of reward arcane points, citations, number of papers, etc. of all the papers published in the journal in the past five years ... … Not less than one and not more than three. "Ordinary Arcanist Monthly" has done a good job in recent years, and I think their impact factor will be higher. "

This algorithm is completely different from Lucien's familiarity. After all, there are more rewarding arcane points for reviewing each paper here But no matter what, the better journals will surely become more and more popular. This may be related to the increase in arcane points, and the increase in the level of arcane corresponds to the treatment and subsidies of the council.

Seeing Lucien pondering, Drummond continued: "I think Mr. Woods will definitely agree with Evans for you to submit this paper to us for publication. And in order to thank you for your support, we are going to give Evans a chance you can The number of papers to be published directly in Arcane is just a matter of our decision. "

This is a treatment that only members of the Arcane Audit Committee can get!

Balussian was unpretentious. After all, this matter is likely to be the will of the highest jury, so he smiled and said, "Since Mr. Woods will not object, I have no opinion."

A few more words, Drummond resigned with a pity: "If it wasn't for Isabella's thesis, if it wasn't for Evans, your research results are not rigorous enough, and there is no more evidence, I think The theme of this issue should be focused on your dissertation. This way you are likely to be the second Arcanist to win two awards before the advanced level in the past 100 years. "

不过 "However, you are still very young at Evans. There are opportunities, and there is still a long way to go before you reach this achievement. It is not impossible to achieve this achievement, especially if you are still following the storm to dominate your Excellency."

"Well, I'll leave first, there is still a lot of work to do in the Arcane Journal."

I sent Drummond away, Lucian shook his head and returned to the study to continue his efforts to analyze the magic of the five rings. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe and give rewards to the mobile network (), your support is my biggest motivation.)