Chapter 337 Drummond's Visit (Second Update)
Another member of the review committee in the field of illusion, Tseney, said that the evaluation result is much more concise: "This paper confirms the existence of the human body's self-generated electrical current and brain electromagnetic waves and is related to hallucinations, which is a pioneering and breakthrough achievement in this field.
"Combined with the relatively consistent evaluation results of the two committee members, Lucian Evans' evaluation of this paper is: it belongs to the field of brain waves, human alchemical substances, and hallucinations. The whole paper has clear logic, rigorous experimental design, and accurate magic analysis, but many important parts are ambiguous, rewarding 28 arcane points and 300 arcane points."
Seeing such a review conclusion, Lucian couldn't help but smile, although the committee members in the field of illusion didn't seem to like this kind of paper very much, and the arcane points reward they gave were low, but their first semi-original paper could get three second-level evaluations, which was very good. However, strictly speaking, this belongs to the right direction, and it is natural to have it pioneering and highly discussed, and the breakthrough is to link the application of brain waves in illusion with specific magical structures, and incorporate some illusions into the arcane system in a strict sense.
Eric saw that Lucian's smile was gone, so he shook his head and said, "The committee members of the illusion field are too old-fashioned and conservative, and they don't like papers like you and Ms. Isabella. Normally, you can get at least forty to fifty arcane points for this paper, and at least eighty for Ms. Isabella's paper."
"How many arcane points did Lady Isabella get in the end?" Lucian was mentally prepared for this, but he wasn't very angry, the committee's personal preferences caused the point reward to deviate almost certainly, as long as there is no "confusion" in the evaluation words of different levels, anyway, arcane points mainly come from quotes.
Eric had deep connections in the magician management department and knew a lot of things, and while maintaining a serious and old-fashioned expression, he lowered his voice and said: "Fifty, it's too much, if Ms. Isabella is not a high-level magician, they are likely to give the lowest forty."
Isabella belongs to the Tower, is a sixth-level arcanist, a seven-ring magician, good at astrology and illusion, but has been unable to become a core member of the Tower with voting rights due to the lack of the highest honor in the corresponding field, and has not been selected for the Arcane Review Committee.
"From this point of view, it is a bit difficult for Ms. Isabella to get the wizard crown." Lucian commented casually.
Eric's light gray eyes stared at Lucian seriously, and after realizing that he really didn't have any thoughts about the Wizard Laurels, he said: "So the winners of the Wizard Laurel have always been fewer than several other awards, and most of them are members of the Wizard House. The results of their awards are basically small-scale innovations or applications that follow the theories of the three major factions of the ancient magic empire."
"But this time Ms. Isabella's experiment is very rigorous, all aspects of evidence and magic are complete, and the logical deduction is also strict and error-free, if the Wizard's House does not award the laurels to her and Rachel, I am afraid that the highest honor of the Wizard's Laurel will become a joke and will never be taken seriously by other arcanists."
Sometimes, awarding awards is also a kind of "political" consideration, Lucian shook his head amusedly, if he wants to win the crown in the future, what should he start with? It is best not to deviate from your current research direction.
Lucian, who has always been a money fan and collector, occasionally thinks of similar problems with divergent thinking, but not too serious.
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Back home, Lucian had just handed his top hat to the housekeeper Leo to hang on the coat rack when a guest came to visit.
"Mr. Drummond?" Lucian heard the servant's report, and was a little confused for a moment, he didn't know Mr. Drummond.
Leo hurriedly whispered next to him: "Master, you are the editor-in-chief of the "Arcane" journal.
Yes, the editor-in-chief of the journal "Arcane"! Lucian clasped his palms 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 be remembered, and only a guy like Lucian, who is not worried about having nowhere to publish his paper, will forget it.
"What is he doing with me? Leo, how do you know about him?" Lucian asked suspiciously. Drummond is a seventh-level arcanist, an eight-ring magician, the editor-in-chief of the "Arcane" journal, who once won the Arcane Scepter Award, and he is far from himself in terms of arcane status and magical strength.
Leo replied meticulously like most housekeepers: "Sir, when I work as an assistant to Ivanovsky, the most important thing to remember is the complex connections in each place, so after arriving in Alinge, I have asked Mr. Lazar about two hundred big people who need attention, and I can provide you with answers at any time."
"Very good." Lucian praised with satisfaction, this is a good housekeeper, and then got up and went outside to greet Drumond.
Drummond was wearing a dark vest and suit, a top hat of the same color, and a black cane.
"Your Excellency the Storm Lord once guided me on the problem of force field, it is rare for you to have achievements in many arcane fields, Evans, I am very happy for you to become his student." Drummond didn't put on a show, and as soon as they met, he used the storm to bring the relationship between the two sides closer.
Lucian saluted and replied humorously: "I have to go through the teacher's thinking storm every morning, and the time always seems long."
Drummond was stunned, but immediately understood what the strange phrase "Thinking Storm" meant, so he chuckled softly, "Not many people want to stay with His Excellency the Storm Lord while discussing arcane and magical issues."
The two walked into the living room while exchanging pleasantries, and Lucian politely asked, "Mr. Drummond, it is an honor for you to visit. To be honest, when I heard the name, I didn't expect it to be you at all, I should have gone to the headquarters of the Arcane journal to visit you."
Drummond nodded forward with the cane he was holding: "I got news from the review committee that you have made a breakthrough in how hormone secretion is affected, and that you have introduced electromagnetic theory to the field of illusion, so I borrowed your paper and read it. By the way, hormones are Ms. Isabella's name for human alchemical substances."
"I was originally going to send you a letter of appointment to Evans, but I remember that last time you were rejected by our journal staff beyond the scope of authority, we only apologized through Mr. Ravendi and Mr. Gaston, and the sincerity seemed insufficient, so I came to visit you directly, one is to apologize for that incident, that staff member has been fired, and the other is to ask you for a manuscript face-to-face."
"Arcane" is the most famous and authoritative journal in the wizarding world, and its editor-in-chief actually came directly to ask for manuscripts! This kind of treatment is probably not enjoyable by ordinary review committee members, and this only happens when competing with the journal "Magic" for the papers of legendary magicians and great arcanists. Of course, Drummond had to make a full gesture mainly because of the impact of the last incident.
"I have accepted the apology last time, Mr. Drummond, you don't need to be so grand." Lucian and Drummond sat down in the living room, and then asked suspiciously: "The theme of the next issue? Is there a topic in the Arcane journal?"
Before understanding the situation, Lucian did not agree to publish it because he was "grateful", after all, Mr. Woods of "Ordinary Arcanist Monthly" was his old friend.
"Isabella's thesis caused great controversy after it passed the review. In the past week, many high-level arcanists have written papers on this, or made experimental arguments, or refuted based on theory, so in the next issue of "Arcane", except for ten cutting-edge papers in other fields, the rest of the places are allocated to this matter, which is the topic of discussion in this issue to achieve the best results. Evans, your article is the most powerful addition and proof to Isabella, and I hope it can be published in our Arcane magazine." Drummond said sincerely.
Since Lucian used the frontier to describe the latest achievements and directions in arcane research on a certain occasion, this word has gradually become widely used.
To achieve the best results? After hearing Drummond's unabashed statement, Lucian quickly understood what was going on.
It should be that most of the members of the Supreme Council are dissatisfied with the long-term exile of illusions and other factions outside the arcane system, which has brought about the estrangement between the "wizards" of the Wizard House and the Arcanists, so when Isabella's thesis was confirmed, they planned to take this opportunity to create an atmosphere favorable to Isabella and put pressure on conservative wizards. As long as Isabella can get the crown, it will be a major victory for the arcane, which is equivalent to the House of Wizards' disguised admission that some illusions can be included in the arcane system.
Of course, the premise is that Isabella's thesis is rigorous and important enough to qualify for the wizard crown, otherwise the arcanists will be embarrassed.
Lucian folded his hands together and said in a heavy tone: "Mr. Drummond, Mr. Woods of the Ordinary Arcanist Journal has helped me a lot, so I promised him that my paper will be published in their journal first. Commitment is a serious matter, and I am embarrassed."
At this time, Lucian of course had to take the opportunity to knock on some advantages, anyway, he had the storm master as his backing.
"Evans, the Arcane Review Committee has been discussing something recently, obviously a journal of different weights, but the citation points obtained after the paper is published on it, which is a great unfairness in itself. Therefore, they intend to introduce the concept of impact factor, where journals with different weights correspond to different impact factors, and papers published in journals in the future will have to multiply the impact factor of that journal and round it when obtaining citation points."
Drummond predicted: "The result of the initial discussion is to evaluate the impact factor every five years, combined with the average number of awarded arcane points, the number of citations, the number of papers and other parameters of all papers published in this journal in the past five years...... Not less than one, not higher than three. "Ordinary Arcanist Monthly" has done very well in recent years, and I think their influence factor will be relatively high."
This algorithm is completely different from what Lucian is familiar with, after all, there are more arcane points for each paper review, but no matter what, the better the journal will definitely become more and more popular, which is related to the growth of arcane points, and the increase in arcane level corresponds to the treatment and subsidies of the council.
Seeing Lucian pondering, Drummond continued: "I think Mr. Woods will definitely agree with Evans, you handed us this paper for publication. And in order to thank you for your support, we are ready to give Evans a place where you can publish your paper directly in Arcane, but the arrangement of the issue needs to be decided by us."
This is a treatment that can only be received by at least members of the Arcane Review Committee!
Lucian was not hypocritical, after all, this matter was likely to be the will of the Supreme Council, so he smiled and said: "Since Mr. Woods will not object, then I have no objection."
After a few more pleasantries, Drummond said goodbye with a slight regret: "If it weren't for Isabella's paper, if it weren't for Evans, your research results were not rigorous enough and there was no more evidence, I think the theme of this issue should be your thesis. This way, you may become the second arcanist in the last hundred years to win two awards before the advanced level."
"But Evans, you are still very young, you have opportunities, and there is still some distance from the high-level, it is not impossible to achieve this achievement, especially since you are still learning from His Excellency the Storm Lord."
"Okay, I'll take my leave first, there are still many things to deal with in the Arcane journal."
After sending Drummond away, Lucian shook his head and returned to the study to continue his efforts to analyze the magic of the five rings.
(End of this chapter)