Rebirth of the God-level Xueba

"Yang Rui, this kind of thing should be done sooner rather than later." Dean Liu whispered in Yang Rui's ear, wishing to get into his head and directly manipulate him to agree.

Where can I find such a good thing that benefits the country and the people and benefits myself?

Even Professor Cai, who has always been as stable as Mount Tai, was anxious for Yang Rui at this time.

He himself is already a member (academician) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and still has no chance to publish monographs abroad. Colleagues who are also members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, even if they publish monographs abroad, most of them are sent to foreign publishers, and then The letter exchange was finalized, how many sleepless nights were revised during the period, and how many sleepless nights were spent, it is impossible to say.

Yang Rui's opportunity, or luck, in Professor Cai's opinion, is extremely rare. Two American publishing houses directly send people to China to discuss publishing. Such an opportunity is really rare.

Professor Cai couldn't help signaling Yang Rui with his eyes.

It's a pity that Professor Cai's acting skills are inversely proportional to his academic ability. His eyes are basically dumb, not only can't speak, he doesn't even have the ability to express that I am speaking.

Yang Rui neither listened to Dean Liu nor understood Professor Cai's expression, and only said to the two foreigners: "You should have corresponding plans or documents, can I have a look?"

"Oh, we have sales plans." Cecil of New York University Press hurriedly took out two pages. He took these things with him every time he went out, and used them to explain the same thing to different scholars.

Even scholars who have made invaluable contributions in this field are still lacking in coping with publishing houses for the first few times.

Normally, Cecil would be able to conquer most scholars with just two pages, but today's situation is a little different.

I saw Linden from Norton Publishing House open his handbag, took out a finger-thick document from it, handed it to Iwatani Ri, and said: "Here is not only our evaluation of your "Genomics", but also professors from other universities. We would like to invite you to take a look at the evaluation delivered.”

"Oh?" Yang Rui was really interested, and first took what Lin Deng was holding.

On the header of the bound document, there are impressively familiar and even famous names——Joyce, Kelly, Lev Lewis, Moses Morey...

The same is the title of the document, and the name of the institution is even more famous: Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Yale University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, San Francisco, University of California, San Diego, University of California, Davis, University of California UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, UC Riverside…

Yang Rui flipped through the pages, and Dean Liu and others behind him also stared wide-eyed.

Cecil's eyes were even more staring: it's a vicious competition for being so serious!

"Is this a commentary on Yang Rui's Genomics?" Dean Liu finally came to his senses. His English level was a little weak, and Yang Rui could translate it quickly. He could see what was written. It was not easy.

Lin Deng nodded triumphantly and said: "Yes, in addition to sending Mr. Yang Rui's monograph to Professor Leo, we also invited some scholars to evaluate Mr. Yang Rui's book. Generally speaking, these evaluations are mixed. , it is also very common to have more bad reviews than good ones, so normally, we don’t show the reviews to the author, lest something bad happen... But this time the situation is very unusual,

Everyone's evaluation is generally good or neutral, after our internal discussion, we decided to show it to Mr. Yang Rui..."

Lyndon laughed.

However, no one on the Chinese side laughed.

Some people nodded in agreement, some people still stretched their heads to read the comments in Yang Rui's hand, and some people simply asked curiously: "Why do you show mixed comments to the author? Bad things will happen. .”

"Because the author will be unhappy when he sees bad comments." Linden couldn't react, isn't this a matter of course? No author would be happy to see bad reviews, right? Why do you need a special person to screen those letters sent to the publishing house? Isn't it because bad reviews will affect the enthusiasm of the authors, and some unlucky authors will receive personal attacks and even death threats, which is naturally extremely painful.

It's a pity that his take for granted doesn't work in China.

Professor Wang Yong said: "Bad comments are also real comments. Although the author will be unhappy, he should also see real comments."

Several Chinese people nodded in unison.

Even the students in the outer circle nodded their heads. How can bad reviews hurt your mood? None of you have been scolded since childhood.

How can being scolded hurt your mood? Being scolded is a part of life!

Lin Deng was stunned for a moment, and finally recalled that this is China. He giggled and said, "Anyway, among the comments we received before, there were a lot of rare comments, so I specially compiled and printed them to make Mr. Yang Rui happy. For a moment... Well, you won’t be unhappy when you see bad reviews, but at least you’ll be happy when you see good reviews.”

"Of course. I'm sure I'm happy to see good reviews. Besides, I'm not happy to see bad reviews." Yang Rui winked at Lin Deng.

Lin Deng understood instantly, laughed, and said, "In the future, if there are any good comments from readers, we will try our best to forward them to you."

"Just forward the good reviews to me." Yang Rui said with a smile, opened one of the pages, and read it.

Lu Yueping and the others also quickly lay down behind him and read together.

Most of the comments after the article are not long, and most of them are copies of the scribbled handwriting. However, the scribbled handwriting and the scribbled signature are particularly dazzling at this moment.

""Genomics" unifies the current genetic theory and plays a positive role in the study of genomes and the use of genes. The methods of gene mapping and sequencing are thought-provoking. The emergence of various new methods will inevitably push genetic research to a new level. The peak of the…”

"Analyzing the function of the genome as a unit is a brand-new concept compared to the current genetic research. Rui Yang has completed the design of the entire system and created a new methodology... I believe that "Genomics" will become a success The work..."

"The proposal of "Genomics" will greatly promote the development of genetics. It is foreseeable that the number of research topics using genomics will increase greatly in the future. Although it cannot be predicted that it is the credit of genomics, genomics The proposal is indeed refreshing and predictable, it will expand the research base of genetics, and then expand the research base of biology... If this book is published, I would like to set it as the fourth-year biology department of the University of Washington. A must-read textbook."

Americans have always liked to exaggerate, whether it is praise or criticism.

Still, the comments about Genomics are a bit of a stretch.

Professor Cai even showed such an expression.

Yang Rui flipped through the pages, and it was still very enjoyable to read.

Especially when seeing some familiar names, the mood is quite different.

Norton Press has been working in educational publishing for quite a long time, so they can properly find scholars in related fields to make comments.

Many of the people here, by the time Yang Rui was in graduate school, were already big names in the industry.

Yang Rui thought to himself: I'm putting away these comments now, and in 30 years, maybe I can be the president of some association to do it.

"Norton Press is very attentive." Yang Rui couldn't help but praise.

"Thank you, Mr. Yang Rui." Lin Deng said happily: "We really want to introduce Mr. Yang Rui's "Genomics" to the world. By the way, Professor Dalbecco has also read your book and has a very good opinion of it. Well, he said that he also has relevant research, and he will sort out the data and publish it later."

"That's great. I hope Professor Dalbecco can promote the development of genomics." Yang Rui is really happy. Establishing a theory is like building a city. At the beginning of the city's establishment, the more people it must attract The better, the higher the level of people attracted, the better.

For a Nobel laureate like Professor Dalbecco, which theory he participates in, or which research field he goes deep into, will definitely attract a large number of followers.

Of course, Nobel Prize winners are also particular about vision, and it is very dangerous to rashly enter an unfamiliar field. Dalbecco said that he would do related research because he had done similar work before, not because Yang Rui was deviating from the track.

Still, it's rare for Dalbecco to speak out.

Cecil stood by, speechless, his preparations were too insufficient, and his imagination was too simple, so that he couldn't speak at all now.

"I only have one request, please keep the price of the book as low as possible. If Norton can do it, we can cooperate happily." Yang Rui is also unsurprisingly inclined to Norton Press.

Linden hesitated for a moment, and said, ""Genomics" is a brand-new theory. We hope to configure more exquisite color pages. If we blindly lower the price of the book, I'm afraid we won't be able to get perfect results."

"How much are you going to price?" Yang Rui asked directly.

Linden thought about it and said, "The final price is still unknown."

"What is expected?"

"We think ... between $160 and $200 may be a more appropriate price point."

"US$160..." All the Chinese present gasped. They had never seen such an expensive book in China.

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