I don’t know what you are using it for? Students publish papers only for scholarships or graduation defense. If you want to get a scholarship, you can ask the counselor how many points this journal will add, and then consider it comprehensively. If it is for graduation defense, ask your tutor if the journal recognizes it? In addition, some schools reimburse the page fees, so ask if you can reimburse them.

If you want to switch to another journal, you can. You can also send an email to the magazine to explain it out of courtesy. Since he has asked you for the page fee, the magazine will not publish it as long as you do not pay the page fee. Therefore, there will be no controversy over multiple submissions for one manuscript caused by simultaneous publication by other magazines.

By the way, it is very difficult for students to publish in Chinese Core, even for PhD students. Masters and undergraduates have the first signature and almost no chance to publish in Chinese Core.

In addition, the page fee can be negotiated, haha. You can tell the magazine editor that it is a bit high and burdensome. See if you can get some discounts.