The article has actually been approved by the editor-in-chief but has not yet been published.
He Danchang was still waiting for news from the National Science Foundation.
He had already agreed with Ma Yufei that he would inform him once there was news.
No matter the final decision on whether to let Qiao Ze serve as a member of the expert committee, he would choose that time to release the article.
It was simply a matter of slightly modifying the beginning and the end of the article according to the results; in fact, he had already prepared both versions of the article.
If Qiao Ze ultimately became an expert, then he would publish the anticipatory article.
If the application was ultimately rejected, then he would publish the encouraging piece.
However, as there was still no news from the National Science Foundation, he could only wait.
He was even somewhat anxious.