Chapter 658: Become a disciple of Academician Tong! Master!

"Have you heard that Dr. Xu was sent by the higher-ups to crack down on illegal activities!"

"..."

"It's all over the Internet that Dr. Xu is actually a member of the Commission for Discipline Inspection. Wherever he goes, many leaders have to step down. He is using academic lectures to warn those who have bad intentions!"

"..."

"They say Dr. Xu is the boss of the Commission for Discipline Inspection. He has the final say over the entire Commission!"

"..."

Lin Yi.

Director's Office.

Looking at the increasingly outrageous rumors on the Internet, Xu Qiu didn't know what to say.

He really just reported it casually. He is indeed just an ordinary doctor. Why are there so many twists and turns? These netizens' imaginations are a bit too rich...

Shi Lian bit her lip and held back her laughter, saying, "Teacher, in the eyes of netizens, you are almost the highest law enforcer."

Xu Qiu was speechless.

Ordinary people really can't make the academic giant HowNet be punished within four days. With its scale, volume, and fines, it can be said to be the largest since the founding of the country.

Even if Academician Tong were to take action, theoretically, it would be impossible to achieve such a speed.

The higher-ups must be extremely cautious in dealing with HowNet.

HowNet is too large, and any slight change may affect the entire academic community.

And the higher-ups were still able to complete the investigation so quickly and provide a solution. It is obvious that the State Administration for Market Regulation has long noticed HowNet's behavior.

Netizens are not wrong about this point - HowNet is too arrogant, harvesting the national academic community without restraint, enjoying monopoly profits unscrupulously, but not providing commensurate contributions and value.

Then the higher-ups will not allow it to grow.

It is only a matter of time before the butcher knife falls, and the anti-monopoly alliance initiated by Xu Qiu and Academician Tong just provides such an opportunity.

It can punish HowNet and give the academic community a clear sky.

It can also show the importance of Academician Tong, a veteran leader, and let countless people see the country's concern and care for the older generation of talents.

At the same time, it is also an encouragement and attention to Xu Qiu, a new generation of talents!

Kill three birds with one stone!

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With the implementation of the punishment on CNKI, the academic circle also ushered in a huge shock.

Platforms such as Baidu and Alibaba took the opportunity to promote their own academic search engines. The free journal library created by Tiandu University also covers more than 60 million academic documents and was opened to the whole country on the same day.

At the same time, a large number of university libraries have also successively established free academic resource libraries, paper libraries, etc. Many academic document websites that originally signed agreements with CNKI and operated on a fee-based basis have also begun to move towards free.

After the hundred flowers bloomed, CNKI, which was only a middleman and carrier of academic papers, lost its support in an instant.

In addition, with the Anti-Monopoly Law hanging over its head, CNKI immediately issued a rectification notice the next day.

There are mainly three aspects.

The first is price reduction.

This is also the top priority.

HowNet promised that within three years, the actual transaction price of academic document database services would be reduced by more than 30%, and it would guarantee that the service quality would not be reduced. It would also further expand the scope of free services and simultaneously open the "off-campus access system for university users".

HowNet can no longer use its monopoly position to arbitrarily set prices for the huge profits, such as the duplicate checking business, and the price will not be higher than the average price of mainstream products in the market.

The second point is to get rid of exclusivity.

HowNet announced that it would voluntarily give up the exclusive authorization rights, stop signing or renewing new exclusive cooperation agreements, and share the access rights of major journals with major academic websites across the country.

This rectification is actually optional.

In fact, on the morning of the day when HowNet issued the notice, there were very few exclusive journals under its name.

As for the last point, it is to protect the rights and interests of authors.

In the future, the problems of incomplete and non-standard authorization chains will be completely solved, and the authorization of copyright holders will be obtained in accordance with the law. At the same time, the payment method of royalties will be improved, and a sitting service platform will be developed to protect the legitimate rights and interests of authors...

With this heavy hammer, the case of HowNet monopolizing the academic circle has finally come to an end.

All the papers that were banned and removed from the shelves by professors such as Linde and Chen Song have been able to see the light of day again.

Similar websites that have been eyeing the Internet for a long time, such as Wanfang, Weipu, Chaoxing, and even emerging Internet giants such as Baidu Academic and Ali Library, have quickly invested a lot of funds to try to integrate countless academic resources that have escaped the monopoly of CNKI and regain their position on the throne.

Profits of more than 50% are enough to make any businessman crazy!

"Students and researchers in recent years should be the happiest." Academician Tong said with a smile.

If CNKI falls, the huge profit pie will be redistributed.

In order to grab the market, major platforms will desperately make concessions, just for the top spot.

In the next few years, the threshold for using the paper database should be very low, and the once sky-high cost of checking for plagiarism will be reduced again and again.

Xu Qiu said: "With CNKI in the lead, even if the situation stabilizes, there shouldn't be another monopoly giant."

Academician Tong snorted coldly and said: "If those old friends knew that CNKI has come to this point today, I'm afraid they would all be disappointed... Fortunately, I still have a chance to save it, otherwise wouldn't students all over the world point fingers at us and scold us?"

CNKI was supported by Academician Tong's generation, and now it has fallen into Academician Tong's hands, which can be regarded as the end of the cause and effect.

Academician Tong suddenly changed the subject and said: "Xu Qiu, it's been almost a week, have you thought about it?"

"Considering it?"

"Well, has someone chosen a doctoral supervisor?" Academician Tong sat up a little straighter.

Xu Qiu stood up with a smile, and his back became straight.

For this incident, he originally just wanted to see Academician Tong's attitude.

If he could show support, even if he didn't provide help, it would mean that Academician Tong was at least a senior with conscience.

But he didn't expect that this veteran would be willing to come out again for the sake of students all over the world and completely break up with the academic giant HowNet.

Just for the sentence "HowNet should not only be provided to those who can pay", Academician Tong is a person of the same path as Xu Qiu.

The wise are the teachers, even if it is Xu Qiu in the previous life, facing the current Academician Tong, it is not an exaggeration to call him a senior and a teacher.

"Teacher Tong." Xu Qiu bowed slightly to show respect.

Academician Tong stood up excitedly, opened his arms and said: "Good, good apprentice, it's worth it for me to have you as my apprentice in this life!"

Xu Qiu is very talented. Although his current achievements and status are not as good as his own, if he is given ten or twenty years, he will definitely be a famous person in the medical community, and even bring major changes to the entire human medicine!

"You and I should take saving the dying and healing the wounded as our responsibility!" Academician Tong's expression was serious. In the tone of a teacher, he gave Xu Qiu his first warning, and even more expectations.