Chapter 20: The Pseudonym 'Onigo'
"Si Guoyi, Si Guoyi ......" Hiagi continued to admire.
What a perfect plan.
How can you think of it if you are not a genius!
When Mr. Higashino was admitted to Tokyo University, he was admitted to the top university of RB as a boy from a small village in Okinawa, which shows that he is a genius.
I could write a novel like this before I was sixteen.
I'm hiding my identity only because I don't want to hurt the pride of you mortals.
I was admitted from such a bad place as Okinawa, and whoever said that it was difficult to take the entrance examination to the east is just stupid.
Hisagi unconsciously helped Mr. Higashino think a lot.
As for whether you can be admitted to the University of Tokyo...... No!
With Higashino-sensei being such a genius, what is it to be admitted to Todai.
If he had the opportunity, he would have gone to Harvard, Cambridge and Oxford.
Hisagi was more confident than Higashino-sensei at this time.
Higashino Qiang looked at Hisagi's expression changing, as if he was out of the world.
It's a little weird, but it shouldn't be anything, and then there's another thing to say.
"As for the pen name, I want to use 'Keigo Higashino', I remember seeing the name of this gentleman on a commemorative plaque in Naha, it was all Higashino, and it seems that he had written novels before......"
Using the name of an author who has died and failed to become famous as a pen name is completely in line with the setting of a mystery novelist.
But at this time, Hiagi's face showed a difficult look, "This, I'm afraid this won't work!"
"Why!"
Hisagi didn't react at all.
It's not Higashino who said it.
There was a resentful spirit, who had been in this room from the beginning, and had just watched Higashino Qianghu Chogi Edit.
All the previous things, the resentful spirits were very happy.
When he got to the pen name here, he was looking forward to it very much,
But something went wrong, how not to roar?
It was Mr. Keigo.
He played a huge role in this incident.
The arrival of Hisagi, and even Hisaki as the editor, was a favor from Mr. Keigo.
I said yes before, Higashino Qiang writes novels, and Mr. Keigo assists him, and his pen name should be 'Higashino Keigo'.
This was the greatest hope of this resentful spirit.
What went wrong?
"Saikyo! Higashino Qiang! You must get this pen name right!"
Higashino Qiang was troubled by the ghost in front of him, and he was about to break his work this day.
Hisashi looked at the unhappy look on Mr. Higashino's face, and couldn't help but feel worried in his heart, so he explained:
"Higashino-sensei, I'm sorry, but that's what happened. I understand Higashino-sensei's feelings, and it's really good to use the pen name Keigo Higashino. However, the teacher didn't know that Mr. Keigo Higashino had indeed passed away, but he had a wife, so what about him before......
Ahem, I was originally his editor, but a lot of things still have to be left to his widow, and Mrs. Higashino advocated the publication of the book "Magic Ball" after the death of Mr. Keigo Higashino.
At that time, Mr. Keigo told me that he wanted to publish this book when he won the Ranbu prize, and at that time Mr. Keigo had his own job and wrote books as a hobby. ”
Hirogi told the story eloquently, and he made this matter clear.
"How can you fix !!?"
This sound can still only be heard by Higashino Qiang, and beads of sweat the size of beans appear on his forehead.
Mr. Keigo, went on a rampage.
"I knew it! That woman was terrible! That woman was against me writing a novel! She said that I had no future in writing a novel! I had no future in writing a novel! I had only a dead end in writing a novel! For this reason, I had come to Okinawa to relax, and in this way, I had died in an accident! In the final analysis, she was the real murderer! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh......h
Higashino Qiang was really speechless.
Ever seen a ghost scratching his hair there?
Now it's it.
It's still hard work.
Hisagi's perception was completely different, he saw that Mr. Higashino's face was getting worse and worse, couldn't he be angry?
"According to the law, the inheritance of copyright is to listen to Mrs. Higashino. Mr. Higashino doesn't know about this situation, it's normal, this "Magic Ball" didn't win an award, yes, the sales situation is relatively average. ”
Hisagi was really afraid of upsetting Mr. Higashino, so he told everything.
In fact, the reason why Higashino Qiang chose Higashino Qiang for this submission is because Higashino Keigo, Mr. Keigo's old editor, and counting the age, this Higashiki has a mid-life crisis, so many things are easy to control.
I really didn't expect this accident.
What to do?
When it comes to pen names, this is very important.
A pen name can often determine whether a work can sell well.
Let's talk about the "Sakura Correspondence" mentioned by Higashino Qiang before, this is the peak of the eighteen bans, a work that has been serialized for six years and has now been published in 19 volumes.
The author is a tourist, of course, this is a pen name, don't underestimate this pen name.
The kanji is written as a tourist, but in fact, when written in romanization, it is U-JIN.
JIN, THIS PRONUNCIATION, AHEM......
If you understand, you will understand, and if you contact the U in front, you will understand the beauty of this pen name.
This shape is really suitable for this kind of comics.
Not only this tourist, Higashino Qiang still remembers that there will be a more famous eighteen forbidden cartoonist in the future, called Kobayashi Takumi.
Ordinary people would never have imagined where the highlight of this pen name was.
It's too ordinary, Xiaolin, this is not a common surname of RB, and, Tuoji, at most, is to broaden himself, which should be the meaning of making one's knowledge richer and life more exciting.
However, Takumi Kobayashi is a female cartoonist.
If you don't understand this, you can't help it.
Obviously, this is a richer posture and a more ...... life meaning.
So, what kind of pen name does the genius mystery novelist Higashino Sensei need?
"That ......" Hisaki was a little flustered, and Mr. Higashino was speechless for a while.
It's not that easy to come up with a name!
Higashino Qiang looked at Higashino at this time, and then saw the resentful spirit of Higashino Keigo.
Suddenly, he had an inspiration.
"Onigo, how about this pen name?"
Hisagi's eyes lit up, "What are you doing......?" It's a nice name, it's very mysterious. ”
However, Hirogi is an editor in the publishing industry, and he immediately thought of something that made people blush.
Writers with the word 'ghost' in their pen names, then, the most well-known should be 'Tuan Ghost Six'.
This teacher is the most famous functional fiction writer in the whole RB, and his representative work is "Flowers and Snakes".
And in front of him, another person who used 'ghost' as a pen name turned out to be a child under the age of sixteen.
Hiagi couldn't help but think of the phrase, 'Mt. Fuji is too far away, and Aso-sensei is too close.' ’
Also, what did the two just talk about?
Gui Zhenghe, tourists, especially "Sakura Communication", is really the most popular eighteen banned comics at the moment.
What a good work, but unfortunately, it will be over soon.
Hisagi knows very well that the 'Eighteen Forbidden' label on the book is simply a shopping guide for minors.
No, no, can't think so.
Mr. Higashino obviously got inspiration from the 'Eighteen Forbidden' works, and he was looking for materials!
What Hizuki thought, Higashino Qiang didn't know, there was no way, Mr. Keigo's change was too real.
"Ahh......h Ahaha...... Not bad!"
I'm happy, I was crazy just now, and I'm happy now.
As a spirit, there is no one who can switch moods freely.
Onigo.
Actually, written in kanji, keigo, onigo, it's really about the same.
However, the combination of the two kanji onigo cannot be turned into a single word in Japanese.
The pronunciation is 'ghost' and 'me'.
And the same is true of meaning.
Ghost and I.
What an image, just like the delicate relationship between Higashino Qiang and Mr. Keigo.
"Clever!haha...... Saikyo, you are indeed a genius. ”
Mr. Keigo is really drifting, yes, this spirit is happily drifting.
Higashino Qiang had no choice but to ignore him, "Then it's good to be ghostly." ”
"Okay!" Hyagi nodded heavily, and at this time, he thought of one more thing, "Higashino-sensei, if you want the latest and last volume of Sakura Correspondence, I can help." ”
Yes, helping novelists find material, which is also the responsibility of editors.
Higashino Qiang blushed a little after hearing this, he just borrowed a stalk, and now, he needs to maintain the tall image of Higashino Sensei, so he said: "Actually, I'm not very interested in comics, but I have a friend named Hirano, and he always tells me about comics, and that plot is what he told." ”
Hisaki nodded when he heard this, but the smile on his face was a little strange, "I see, I misunderstood Mr. Higashino." ”
At this time, Hirano in a corner of Dali Village sneezed while dribbling without the ball, which was so strange.
Higashino Qiang felt that it was almost over, so he said: "It's a little late, it's better to stay for dinner." ”
Such an invitation is a way of hospitality, in fact, the sun is still enough outside.
Hisaki was moved in his heart, Higashino-sensei is really approachable, but right now, he has more of a sense of responsibility in his heart.
"Thank you, but I think it's better to bring this manuscript back to Tokyo as soon as possible, and the company has arranged accommodation, but now I go to buy a plane ticket, and it should be in time." ”
Seeing that Hisaki was so solemn, Higashino Qiang naturally couldn't say anything.
Hisashi came to the first floor of Higashino's grocery store and met Higashino and his wife, and he made a point of emphasizing it.
As for the remuneration, please don't worry. ”
The meaning of this is very clear, that is, I am helping Mr. Higashino.
The father of the Higashino family was against Higashino-sensei writing novels.
In fact, this kind of father's mentality, Hiagi can also understand, he also has children.
He understands that if he can't give his child the greatest support, then this feeling of incompetence is too painful.
Sure enough, the face of the head of the Higashino family changed.
Until the Higashino family, I saw Hisagi get on the taxi, and the car disappeared around the corner. . .
"Really published?"
"Hmm. ”
"Ahh
"Dad, you were a little nervous before, a little pompous. ”
"Huh? I thought I was doing a good job. Wife, what do you think?"
"You're obviously not natural enough. ”
This is how the Higashino family looks at this time...... That's right, I was acting before.
Higashino Steel and Chiyo are two people, one sings with a white face and the other with a red face.
But the editor of Hisaki was stunned.
So far, it can be said that it is a big victory.
"Mom, let's make something delicious today and celebrate. ”
"I'm going to drink two more bottles!" haha......"
"Husband, why don't you say two?"
Family, happy can be.
......
Sitting in a taxi, the Hiagi editor thought a lot.
When I was at the grocery store before, Mr. Higashino was too good.
There is no problem with the manuscript.
However, I felt that something was wrong.
There is a feeling of being in a trap.
So, Hiagi thought that it would be better to ask the people on this island of Okinawa.
"Mr. Driver. The driver was just right, "Excuse me, do you know the strongest person in Higashino?"
When the driver heard this question, he immediately said directly, "Higashino is the strongest, of course I know, the strongest student in Dali Village, I heard, not only is he excellent in his studies, but he is also very good at playing games, and he defeated all the arcade masters not long ago, by the way, you can go to Takai Commercial Street and ask." ”
After hearing this, Hiagi unconsciously said, "Si Guoyi." ”
At this point, he had no doubts in his heart.
Higashino-sensei, what a genius!
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