Professor Felix has been in a bit of a high-spirited mood lately.

Not only because not long ago, he was nominated for the American Physical Society Prize for his research on the origin of neutrino mass, but also because of the invitation from the IMCRC's "Centennial Physics" conference some time ago.

The invitation was not as simple as inviting him to a meeting.

Six physicists recommended his name to the IMCRC in the hope that he would summarize the most prominent, if not crucial, issues in the proposition of the origin of neutrino mass.

In a sense, this invitation is even more valuable than an award from a physical association.

Because it means that the subject he is working on has been recognized by his peers.

It means that his influence in this field of research has been recognized by the mainstream opinion of the academic community!

Even in a place as strong as MIT, this is something to brag about.

Although asking questions is not as exciting as solving problems, he is thrilled to think that in the coming century, the questions he raised will be regarded as classics and studied by tens or even hundreds of thousands of people.

It can even be said that this is even more exciting than winning a medal from the American Physical Society! So much so that during the time he handed in his paper, he even walked with the wind.

One day at noon.

Professor Felix returned to his office after class, and just as he was about to ask his assistant to pour him a cup of coffee, the phone in the corner of his desk suddenly rang.

Picking up the phone, he cleared his throat and spoke.

"Hello??"

"Hello, we are the office of the IMCRC Conference Organization Department."

Hearing that it was the IMCRC's call, the expression on Felix's face was suddenly happy, but he did not reveal the joy in his heart, but leaned back on the office chair, and said lightly.

"Is there anything wrong?"

In Professor Felix's view, the problem he provided was selected as the question of the century at the Centennial Physics Conference.

Not to mention that the mass origin of neutrinos is one of the frontier research hotspots in the field of physics today, just the research ideas summarized in the paper he submitted and the problems faced in the current research are key research bottlenecks.

He couldn't think of any reason for the IMCRC to brush the puzzle he had asked out of the hundred.

However, just when he was confidently thinking so, the voice on the other end of the phone made his confidence fall from the clouds to the bottom in an instant.

"I'm so sorry, Professor Felix...... We regret to inform you that your paper did not make it through the preliminary selection. ”

It was as if he had been hit by a petrification technique, and the whole person was stunned for a moment.

With his mouth open and closed, it took Professor Felix a moment to recover from his bewilderment. Like a frightened lion, he roared into the telephone receiver in a tone of disbelief and exasperation.

"Failed to pass...... Primary? Wait a minute! What does it mean to fail the primary? Did you get something wrong? ”

"I'm sorry, Mr. Felix, this is the opinion of the judging committee......"

To the angry Professor Felix, the staff on the other end of the phone tried to calm his emotions in a sincere and regretful tone as much as possible, and said, "According to the voting results after the primary meeting, your proposition on 'how to introduce heavy Fermi field triplet states in the Standard Model' does not meet our criteria for setting the century question of the Centennial Physics Conference, which is very regrettable."

"I'm not here to hear you sorry!" A roar interrupted the staff member's speech, and Professor Felix, who had almost lost his mind, said in an angry tone, "It's unbelievable! But any scholar who knows something about physics will not deny the place of the question of the origin of neutrino masses in the whole study of high-energy physics! ”

The staff member on the other end of the phone asked weakly.

"Maybe it's because the proposition you're proposing itself ......"

"Impossible! Do you know my research direction? Angry, his beard trembled, and Professor Felix continued aggressively, "I have been studying in this direction for twenty years! No one knows better than me what the most critical issue on this subject is! Even Professor Lu can't do it! ”

In the face of the menacing Professor Felix, the staff on the phone didn't know what to say.

He was just an intern, and although his major was indeed high-energy physics, it was obvious that none of the bigwigs working here would regard him as a serious physicist, so he did not express any position of his own opinion at all.

If you have to ask him what he thinks......

Which of the 2,000 physics puzzles was not seriously conceived by the invitees?

If you had to pick the 100 most representative questions, 1,900 would have to be brushed off......

Essentially, this is no different from the exam used to qualify for an IMCRC intern.

"This ...... I'm very sorry, I don't know if Academician Lu himself is optimistic about your research, but the review results are the opinions of the vast majority of scholars in the review delegation, and I hope you can understand."

"Fack!"

Angrily hanging up the phone, Professor Felix's chest heaved violently.

He has been working in the physics community for so long, and he has never been so wronged.

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he slammed himself up from his office chair.

Looking at Professor Felix, who stood up angrily, and the assistant who stood next to the desk with a cup of coffee in his hand, he whispered a little nervously.

“…… Professor? ”

"Buy me a ticket to Shanghai now! To the nearest flight! The closer the better! ”

Ignoring the worried look on his assistant's face, Professor Felix reached down and removed his coat from the hanger and draped it over his shoulders, swearing as he walked towards the door.

"Not up to par? I'm going to see what counts as standard! ”

Looking at the slammed office door, the assistant who was standing there opened his mouth.

Although I don't know what happened......

But looking at the professor's angry look, it could only be an accident on the IMCRC's side......

Regardless of his assistant's thoughts, Professor Felix, who had left the office, drove back to his apartment and packed his belongings in the shortest possible time.

Without a minute's delay, after receiving the assistant's text message that the booking was successful, he immediately went downstairs and returned to his car, drove to the airport as fast as he could, and took the latest flight to Shanghai through the security channel.

Although he felt a little distressed about the temporary purchase of a first-class ticket, the feeling of distress was suddenly diluted by the anger and grief he felt when he thought of the "unfair treatment" he had received in the IMCRC review.

He needs an explanation!

If the IMCRC review team can't explain it to him, he will go to Lu Zhou to reason in person and ask him why he brushed off his paper!

He swore that if the IMCRC or the chairman of the IMCRC could not give him a reasonable explanation, he would not give up!