Fang Yuan was always short of money.
Although he had a bit more leeway after receiving the prize money from the Little Phoenix King Cup, money was the kind of thing there was never enough of.
A mere 10w yuan wasn't even enough for Eevee's own expenses.
If Fang Yuan was to tame new Pokemon in the future, with his current financial level, he definitely wouldn't be able to afford their training.
However, the good thing was Fang Yuan had already found a suitable method to make money.
That was, as previously mentioned, publishing papers and earning publication fees!
Of course, the premise was that the content of the paper had to be appropriate.
He definitely couldn't touch topics like Eevee's evolutions with his current lack of evidence to support his views, so no matter how tempted he was by the reward, he wouldn't do such an ungrateful task.
In the end, not only would he not get the money, but he would also bring trouble upon himself.
However, Fang Yuan felt he could try his hand at other types of papers.
Publishing papers as a high school student wasn't something rare.
Others mainly did it for independent college admissions.
But Fang Yuan was more mundane; his goal was the publication fee.
If he could incidentally gain some reputation, allowing those prestigious schools to admit him exceptionally, all the better.
Unlike the Earth from before, due to the appearance of secret locations here, papers related to Pokemon were extremely popular and brought substantial benefits.
Because Pokemon had been integrated into people's lives for a short time and held such important status, scholars working in Pokemon studies far surpassed those in other subjects.
Besides, another critical point was that the state had many supporting policies for papers on Pokemon.
Especially in terms of publication fees, papers from other subjects might not make money or even require paying out of pocket, but for academic papers on Pokemon, even if the value was negligible, as long as it passed review, one could receive a decent reward.
Fang Yuan planned to publish a trial paper on Eevee's Dangerous Premonition special ability.
Abilities like Overgrow and Blaze that were quite common and easy to analyze saw more extensive research, but research on other abilities wasn't very broad.
A massive number of Pokemon abilities remained unexplored, such as Eevee's Dangerous Premonition ability—most likely, no one saw it as a special ability but rather thought of Eevee as naturally timid.
If Fang Yuan could publish a paper and provide ample evidence that Eevee possessed the special ability of Dangerous Premonition, he could net a large sum of publication money.
Take the most renowned Home of Elves journal in the country as an example.
Based on the rates from past issues, involving Pokemon's new abilities, the publication fee would vary based on actual value, but even the lowest was 50,000 yuan.
The earnings from one or two papers could equal the prize money from a Little Phoenix King Cup.
"If this path is viable, then I can earn resources through my own abilities."
"While my primary occupation is as a Pokemon Trainer, having a side job as a Pokemon Researcher would allow me to fully leverage the information gap in my mind. Keeping information in my head all the time, one day I'll forget it all. And as the world's research on Pokemon deepens, the value of this information will decrease. It's better to start from what's around me and turn the information I can into cold hard cash."
"Some trivial information, even if kept hidden in my head, has no practical value to me."
This was exactly Fang Yuan's plan. Initially, he didn't know how to monetize the information gap. Still, after encountering several Pokemon journals and reading a few papers published by university students, high school students, and even independent Trainers, Fang Yuan had an epiphany.
These papers were all kinds of strange, some studying Pokemon growls, others studying Pokemon sleeping habits—such niche papers could earn a publication fee. Thus, he was fully capable of earning such fees as well.
As long as he selectively chose topics he could access and could write a complete substantiation process for, he wouldn't have to worry about the source of information being questioned.
Take Pokemon abilities and evolution methods, for example.
Others would explore first, then summarize the results for publication.
Fang Yuan, on the other hand, already knew the results and then went on to explore and summarize them.
Two completely different processes would save Fang Yuan a lot of detours. Compared to a Pokemon Trainer, he was more suited to be a Pokemon Researcher.
Fang Yuan had started preparing the research paper on Eevee's Dangerous Premonition ability since returning from the Little Phoenix King Cup.
He was concerned that because of Eevee's performance at the Cup, some observant people might take notice.
After all, it was too unusual for an Eevee just two months old to have such fast reflexes.
If someone else published relevant papers before him, Fang Yuan would have nowhere to cry, essentially losing at least 50,000 yuan for nothing.
Moreover, there was no need to hide Eevee's ability as a secret; because after evolution, Eevee's ability would change.
Unless, he let Eevee evolve into Solar Spirit, in which case the ability to foresee danger might retain some of its strength.
Because a Pokemon like Solar Spirit also possesses innate Predictive Ability.
In the games, there is a description: Solar Spirits are extremely loyal to the Trainers they acknowledge, and to protect the safety of their Trainers, their Predictive Ability becomes very developed. So if he doesn't want to discard the predictive ability Eevee has honed, Solar Spirit is definitely Fang Yuan's first choice.
In reality, as the Eevee evolution form of Solar Spirit hasn't been discovered, the special ability of Dangerous Premonition wouldn't cause too much of a stir.
Since it isn't considered particularly valuable information, it's better to convert it into substantial benefits.
Fang Yuan didn't believe that hiding a Dangerous Premonition ability would enable Eevee to remain unbeatable.
However, since it was Fang Yuan's first time dealing with papers, and he was unfamiliar with the specific writing format and methods of proof, he started learning everything from scratch.
Moreover, he needed to test some data with Eevee, and it took him about a week just to get something that vaguely resembled a decent shape.
But official submission... probably had to wait a few more days, he still needed to perfect it a bit more.
Mainly because the review period for papers was too lengthy, short ones taking a few days, longer ones a few months, he couldn't afford to go through that ordeal.
...
The next day.
Fang Yuan, who needed to write both papers and homework, arrived at the classroom drowsy.
He barely rested after going to sleep around midnight the previous day.
He thought of catching up on sleep in the clubroom during the morning run...
Fang Yuan yawned and randomly pulled out a textbook, planning to start morning reading, but at that moment, he suddenly heard someone outside calling for him.
Looking out, he saw it was Liu Le.
"Boss, someone asked me for help."
After Fang Yuan came out, Liu Le excitedly said.
"What do you mean?"
"The Psychology Club, you know. After I followed your instruction and posted the club's promotional poster yesterday, this morning a girl from my class came looking for help from our club..."
Someone was seeking help from the Psychology Club on just the second day of school?!
Fang Yuan looked interested and asked, "What's the matter?"