As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 11 Nature and Synthetic Endorphins
"Wow! I'm rich!" After all the students left the classroom, Li Miaomiao couldn't hide her excitement.

Zheng Li: "Calm down, it's only 70,000 yuan, small money."

Li Miaomiao felt that Zheng Li was pretending: "Stop pretending, we are still friends. You made 100 yuan in half an hour before, but now you directly took 70,000 and you are still pretending to be calm."

Zheng Li: "I need money for resources that money can buy, not a bunch of numbers."

Li Miaomiao snorted coldly: "You said 82% before, I'll give you the change of 500. I'll give you 20% of the 70,000 yuan, which is 14,000 yuan."

"I originally thought it was just a sales job, but I ended up doing what my class teacher said. It wasn't as easy as I thought to make over 10,000 yuan."

Zheng Li: "Yes, you deserve this 14,000."

Li Miaomiao: "You are kind enough to have a conscience. If you work hard with this money, you won't have to worry about money during your entire college years or even until you graduate."

"After graduation, if you specialize in math training for postgraduate entrance exams, you can easily make 400,000 to 500,000 yuan a year."

"Jiangcheng doesn't have much else, but it has a lot of college students."

"By the way, expand the training of Mathematics 1 and Mathematics 2, you can make a lot of money."

As a student of the School of Economics and Management, he has a lot to say about the commercial prospects.

Zheng Li replied: "I can only do it this year. I have more important things to do next year."

Li Miaomiao asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

Deep down, she was happy about Zheng Li's decision, because if Zheng Li was really addicted to tutoring to make money, she would look down on him.

Making money is one thing, but people cannot live only for money. Especially in her opinion, Zheng Li has an extraordinary talent in scientific research.

Zheng Li kept it a secret and said, "You will know next year."

The first semester of the freshman year passed in a flash, and there were only four days left for the ACM competition. Except for the weekends when he gave tutoring lessons, Zheng Li spent the rest of his time traveling between the laboratory, dormitory, and library.

"I heard from my dad that you have done some outstanding work and are going to publish it in Nature?"

After a semester of getting along, Li Miaomiao had already revealed everything about her family background to Zheng Li.

When she first heard the news, even Li Miaomiao, who was very optimistic about Zheng Li, couldn't believe it. What is the value of Nature?

Let’s put it this way. An article of this level is enough for Zheng Li to graduate with a doctorate in three years. After graduation, he can start as a professor at Jiangcheng University directly without having to do a postdoctoral study.

Jiangcheng University published its first Nature paper three years ago.

Things like the Thousand Young Talents Program and the Yangtze River Scholars Program are no problem at all.

"It was just a small job." Zheng Li replied.

Li Miaomiao asked: "Be more specific!"

Zheng Li: "Artificially synthesized endorphins are endogenous (secreted by the pituitary gland) morphine-like biochemical synthetic hormones."

Li Miaomiao said helplessly: "Speak human language, don't be like my dad, saying things that others can't understand every day."

Zheng Li explained in detail: "In simple terms, endorphins are a type of peptide substance produced by the human body that has a similar effect to morphine. They can make people feel happy physically and mentally and strengthen the immune system."

"Previously, humans could only extract this type of long-chain organic compound containing a large number of amide bonds from mammals and could not synthesize it artificially."

"This compound is automatically secreted when you feel pain."

"My work is to find a way to artificially produce endorphins."

"If it can be industrialized in the future, it will be equivalent to morphine."

"But morphine is highly addictive, and since there has been no example of large-scale production of endorphins, it is impossible to judge whether their addictiveness is weaker than morphine."

"But its analgesic effect is definitely not weaker than morphine." Zheng Li knew very well that endorphins were much stronger than morphine. Endorphins were not as addictive as morphine, and their analgesic effect was even stronger than morphine.

What’s more important is that when endorphins and enkephalins are combined, not only will they not make people excited, but instead will make people enter the sage mode and lose desire for everything.

Li Miaomiao looked at Zheng Li with admiration: "Wow!"

“It sounds amazing.”

"God Zheng is indeed God Zheng."

"By the way, did my dad tell you about changing your major?"

"He might not have pushed you before, but ever since you went to their lab, he's been talking about asking you to change your major."

"Before, he might have waited until you graduated from college to transfer you to the School of Biology."

“Have you submitted your paper yet?”

Zheng Li nodded: "It has been voted out."

Li Miaomiao asked: "Has the experiment of artificial endorphins been replicated?"

After nearly half a year on Blue Star, Zheng Li's human side became more and more obvious. He rolled his eyes helplessly after hearing this:
"What are you thinking? If you can't reproduce it, you can't even publish it in a Cell journal."

“Of course it can be reproduced.”

Li Miaomiao showed a look of enlightenment: "According to the fastest calculation, Nature will take at least three months from reviewing the manuscript to reproducing the experiment and then publishing it."

"This is only possible if the academician goes to say hello. If the paper is published within three months, the School of Life Sciences from top to bottom will definitely want to transfer your student status to the School of Life Sciences before the paper is published."

"Otherwise, if Nature publishes it, the headlines of major media will be "The most powerful math genius in history publishes a paper in Nature as a freshman"

"Where will the School of Biology put its face then?"

"A freshman from the School of Mathematics published a paper in Nature that no one from the School of Biology has ever published before."

Interesting fact: The School of Life Sciences of Jiangcheng University had previously only published articles in Nature’s sub-journals.

As for whether there will be a phenomenon of people snatching papers, we can only say that it is impossible, because in the eyes of the professors in the School of Life Sciences, Zheng Li is a genius among geniuses.

His thesis was stolen, and then he dropped out of school and went abroad to study for a doctorate, where he might do better than in China. When he becomes a big shot, the truth will be exposed, and his academic career will end immediately.

He was able to publish in Nature at the age of 19. He went abroad to work with foreign academic giants, achieved results, and then took revenge through them. The fastest time was only two years.

There is really no need to end your academic career just to enjoy two years of publishing an article in Nature.

In addition to Li Miaomiao's connections, the professors at the School of Life Sciences were most concerned about how to transfer Zheng Li's student status.

Zheng Li was still not sensitive enough to these social conventions. He nodded and said:

"No wonder your dad told me that he would take care of my academic status and other things, as long as I nodded in agreement."

Li Miaomiao asked: "Do you agree?"

Zheng Li: "I told him I didn't care, and it would be best if I could be transferred to the School of Computer Science."

Li Miaomiao smiled and said, "Then my dad will definitely help you get your enrollment. To be honest, the College of Biology is not as good as the College of Mathematics in terms of employment, guaranteed admission to graduate school, and guaranteed admission to graduate school."

"The advantage of the School of Life Sciences over the School of Mathematics is that the recommendation letters for studying abroad are more valuable abroad, and the schools you can apply to are half a level to one level better than the School of Mathematics."

"But it doesn't matter to you. Once you publish in Nature, you can choose any prestigious university in the world."

(End of this chapter)