The discovery of a new chemical element that had something to with energy ore was bound to spark heated discussion in many fields.
Articles and pieces in the mainstream press on the naming of the new element listed about a dozen people with naming rights.
As the person who discovered the power ore, Fang Zhao had first naming rights and was ranked first. Members of the Academy of Science team that had just arrived on Baiji had made an offer to buy his naming rights, which Fang Zhao had rejected, but he had agreed to adding a list of advisors to the naming document. In accordance with Academy of Science guidelines, their personnel files would be marked with the honor of having contributed to the naming of the element "Zh."
