Chapter 110: Chapter 85 I enjoy having interesting interactions with this world (Additional chapter for monthly pass)

Germany, Kahn University, Mathematical Research Institute.

Having just finished reading an email, Ackerman Konietz called his most esteemed student, Kori Durant, to his office with a phone call.

"Kori, from the report you submitted last time, the tests are nearing success, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Konett, I have prepared the paper. I intended to send it to you a few days ago, but there is a problem I don't know how to deal with."

Kori Durant showed considerably more respect for his mentor's attitude.

"Oh? What problem? Why didn't you discuss it with me if you had a problem?" Ackerman Konietz asked, frowning.

At this moment, the mentor's mood was not good.

The email from "Pure and Applied Mathematics Communications", although phrased as a query, contained an air of condescension that he could feel between the lines.

Do those damn Americans really never learn how to spell the word 'respect'?

Kori Durant read his mentor's displeasure but didn't retort as usual, instead, he silently took out his phone, briskly brought up the completed paper, and sent it directly to his mentor's email.

"I've sent it to you, Mr. Konett."

"Alright, wait here for me." Ackerman Konietz said offhandedly as he downloaded the paper to his desktop and then put on his glasses to start reviewing it.

Confined to his mentor's office by a single sentence, Kori Durant, as always, poured himself a cup of coffee and then sat down on the sofa, silently starting to browse his phone.

Reading a paper takes time, and this was a good opportunity for him to relax.

Feeling the pressure from scholars across the ocean, he had rarely opened Facebook lately.

There was no helping it; the pressure was too great, especially from that QiaoZe. According to the paper, the author is just a student and the sole author at that.

This was something the always proud Kori Durant simply could not accept.

Because those two insensible Huaxia teacher and student refuse to compromise, that paper has not been published to this day.

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So the problem he faced now was, if he continued to hold up that Huaxia paper, then this paper could not be published either.

In the short term, it was practically impossible to bypass this proof process.

Sadly, both papers also could not be published in the same journal, since this paper referenced someone else's work; it must wait for the other's publication before it could reference it.

Even sadder was that if that were the case, the lesson he had previously taught Kori Durant would become a joke.

Not just that lesson, if he chose to give in, he himself would become a laughingstock in the mathematical community.

Ackerman could even imagine the expressions of the editorial staff of "Pure and Applied Mathematics Communications", from the chief editor to the ordinary editors, after they published that Huaxia paper and saw his paper. He could be ridiculed for a lifetime over this.

In the future, wherever he attended mathematical conferences, he might be pointed at and whispered about over this matter.

So after reading the paper, Ackerman Konietz didn't know what to say.

Furthermore, thinking about the content of that email from "Pure and Applied Mathematics Communications", he just wanted to swear!

Damn it, what are the odds of encountering two such disrespectful Huaxia people?!

At this moment, Kori Durant, who had been browsing his phone, also looked up, his face innocently facing his mentor.

As a student, he hadn't directly submitted the paper to Ackerman Konietz to save his mentor's face.

He was also waiting for the Huaxia researchers to decide to compromise, as his mentor had analyzed before, so he could publish his paper in due course.

But now, it seemed that waiting was the only option.

After a moment of silence, Ackerman Konietz finally broke the silence, "I understand, Kori. First, I must admit that this matter has caught me off guard. Our colleagues in Huaxia are adamant about retracting their paper. The editorial staff suggests that if they are to give up the Huaxia people's submission, they hope we can provide a paper of roughly equal quality so they can make a decision."