Lan country, a certain city.

Li Fan, Su Qing, Qin Yulin, Tang Ying, and the little girl arrived in front of the largest bookstore in the city.

Today is the first day of the release of "Sherlock Holmes", Li Fan is going to take a look at the printing quality of the book?

After all, this is the first time he has collaborated with the Wisford Press, and he still has to take a look at it before he can rest assured.

As soon as I walked into the door of the bookstore, I saw Tris's "Scarlet Sun" in the most conspicuous booth, and there were many book lovers around the booth.

At the counter, in the queue waiting for checkout, there are also several people holding "Scarlet Sun" in their hands.

Qin Yulin grinned in Li Fan's ear: "Brother-in-law, it seems that other people's books sell much better than yours!"

Li Fan said disapprerovingly: "It's just the beginning now, and it won't be long before the situation will be reversed." ”

Qin Yulin naturally believed this, twisted his head and looked around, and said, "Brother-in-law, I saw your book, let's go over and take a look." ”

After speaking, he took the lead and walked towards a bookshelf.

Li Fan smiled, and together with Su Qing, Tang Ying, and the little girl, he also walked towards the bookshelf that Qin Yulin was referring to.

The bookshelf is an exclusive bookshelf for new books on the shelves, and the location is still good, with more than a dozen brand-new "Sherlock Holmes Detective Collections" neatly placed on it.

It's just a pity that there are no book lovers in front of the bookshelf to choose from.

For this situation, Li Fan also expected it, he was not surprised, nor was he in a hurry, he knew that it was only temporary.

Li Fan took a book from the shelf, carefully read the writing, the back, and the spine, and briefly flipped through the inner pages of the book.

Then he nodded secretly, and the printing quality of the book was completely fine.

Then I deliberately looked at the illustrations on the cover.

The illustration is of Sherlock Holmes, sitting on a wicker chair, with a very thin face, a hooked nose, a square and protruding jaw, and a pipe in his left hand, as if he was in some kind of contemplation.

This illustration was drawn by Li Fan himself, and sent to the mailbox of Ai Duo with the manuscript, and the illustration is based on the old man Jarvis, which is seven or eight points similar to the old man.

Of course, it is also in line with the portrayal of Holmes's appearance in the original book.

After reading it, Li Fan was about to put the book back on the shelf, but suddenly heard a voice that seemed to be a little surprised, "Oh! It's really good, it seems that I am not the only one who is ready to buy this new work by Mr. Li Fan." ”

Obviously, it was a customer who was about to come over to buy "Sherlock Holmes", and when he saw the book in Li Fan's hand, he regarded Li Fan as a book lover who bought books.

Li Fan was happy in his heart, turned his head to look, and saw that the person who spoke was a young man in his 20s.

The young man saw Li Fan turn his head to look at him, and said a little apologetically: "Oh, I'm sorry sir, I bothered you." ”

Li Fan smiled and said, "It's okay, you didn't bother me, are you here to buy this book?"

As he spoke, Li Fan raised the "Sherlock Holmes Detective Collection" in his hand.

The young man nodded and said, "Yes, sir, I came here specifically to buy this new work by Mr. Li Fan." Mr. is also from China, right? No wonder you want to buy Mr. Li Fan's new book. ”

Li Fan did not deny the young man's statement, but asked with great interest: "Everyone else doesn't seem to be optimistic about this book, and there are no other customers here except you and me, which also shows this, why do you want to buy this book? Aren't you worried that it won't look good?"

The young man shook his head and said, "No, I'm not worried, on the contrary, I also think that Mr. Li Fan's new book will be very good." Many people are not optimistic about this book, just because they think that the quality of the book created by Mr. Li Fan in a few days must not be very good. But they seem to have forgotten that it was widely believed that Mr. Li Fan's "Scarborough Market" was just an ordinary good song, but what was the result? So, I think, the reason why Mr. Li Fan decided to write a new book in only a few days was because he only needed a few days to create the perfect "Scarborough Market" in just as he only needed two hours to create the most perfect "Scarborough Market". ”

After Li Fan heard this, he agreed with the young man's words very much, and said with a smile: "I think, your idea is correct, and this book should not disappoint you." ”

The young man nodded, "Of course, I'm very sure of that. ”

After speaking, the young man took out a copy of "Sherlock Holmes Detective Book" from the bookshelf, said goodbye to Li Fan, and took the book to the counter to check out.

After the young man left, Li Fan and the others also left the bookstore.

Li Fan entered the store mainly to confirm the printing quality of the book, and after confirming it, he naturally left.

As for the sales situation, Li Fan has never been worried, don't look at the current sales that don't seem to be very good, but it will definitely not take too long for book fans to buy them.

Out of the bookstore, Li Fan and the others continued to play, today is the 27th, in two days, they have to go back to China.

......

Although the current sales of "Sherlock Holmes Detective Collection" are not very good, it is not unpopular, and there are always some detective fans who will choose to buy it for various reasons, just like the young man Li Fan met in the bookstore before.

After they got the book, they first looked carefully at the character illustrations on the cover, and only felt an inexplicable throbbing in their hearts.

Then turn the cover to the first story, "A Study of Scarlet Letters".

"Could it be that this is still a series of stories?" The question flashed in their minds, and then they began to read the text.

"In 1878 I received my M.D. degree from the University of Langton, and then I went to Netley to study the compulsory courses of military medicine.

Immediately after completing my course there, I was assigned to Northumberland 5th Musket Regiment as a medical assistant.

......”

The story is set in 1878, and it is not surprising to book lovers that many detectives will choose the last century as the background.

It's just that this work seems to be written in the first person with "I" as the main character, which makes fans frown a little, and they still prefer to read third-person works.

Of course, although they frowned a little, they did not give up because of this, but chose to continue to look down.

Looking at it, they couldn't help but light up their eyes, and they found that the writing angle of this work seemed to be a little special, and the "I" called Watson didn't seem to be the protagonist, and the protagonist seemed to be someone else.

"Interesting. Book lovers said that they had read a lot of works, and it was the first time they had seen such a writing angle.

The story begins by saying that Watson worked as a medic in an army in the land after completing his course as a military doctor, and he was wounded in a war, and then contracted typhoid fever, and his body became very weak.

Soon after, Watson returned to Languo to recuperate, and his financial situation was somewhat poor, so he decided to find a less luxurious place to live.

One day, in front of a bar called Cletilian, he ran into his former assistant, little Stanford.

Watson told little Stanford that he was looking for a less expensive and more comfortable place to live.

Stanford Jr. said that another guy had also told him that he was also looking for a less expensive and more comfortable place to live.

The guy was called Sherlock Holmes, and in the mouth of little Stanford, Holmes was a somewhat eccentric guy.

"Sherlock Holmes?" the fans nodded, and it was clear that Sherlock Holmes was the main character.

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