It is said that knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible, and now Zhang Chu wants to participate in that Sherlock Holmes fandom essay competition, and the first thing to do is to understand the level of his opponent.

He is not strictly a lover of mystery detective novels, and he has never read many books of this genre.

It's an extremely niche existence, nine out of ten people haven't seen it, and one has just heard of it.

Mystery detective novels are certainly niche, but the character of Sherlock Holmes, or the image of this character, could not be more popular!

This character is a gold mine, and it is an IP of its own.

Even if people don't know that Sherlock Holmes has solved those unsolved cases, they also know that he is a detective and an extremely intelligent person.

Now "Sherlock Holmes", which has spent a lot of money to build, wants to use the name Sherlock Holmes to set off a suspenseful reasoning frenzy around the world.

After all, Conan Doyle has been dead for many years, but Sherlock Holmes has been widely active in films, TV series, and literature.

It takes money to go out after the college entrance examination and go to college later, and as a person with a mental age of more than 30, it is very embarrassing to ask your parents for money.

Let's not talk about the bonus of hundreds of thousands of yuan, just say that the manuscript fee of a thousand words and a few hundred yuan can be published in the magazine "Time Reasoning" is enough.

After Zhang Chu searched for the Sherlock Holmes fandom essay contest on the Internet, he entered the official website, where there is a special voting channel.

Those who can vote here have all passed the primary election of "Time Reasoning" magazine, and the reference significance is relatively large.

"The Testament of Sherlock Holmes?" is the first novel. ”

He said to himself as he clicked on the article to see how good it was!

Set in London in 1898, the protagonist Sherlock Holmes is trying to clear his name, and all the evidence points to Sherlock Holmes as the prime suspect in a theft and security fraud.

Sherlock Holmes, who had no clear innocence, soon lost his newcomer to the London authorities, and even his good partner, Dr. Watson, began to waver.

Although the number of words in this novel is not much, it has extremely difficult and complex elements, and each puzzle is a challenge to insight and wit, investigating forensic clues, integrating important information, and foreshadowing!

"It's the first, it's really good-looking. ”

This is by no means something that can be made by swiping tickets, but ranking first with real talent and learning.

There are a lot of content reversals in tens of thousands of words, and he is addicted to it!

There are also many excellent works in the top 10 on the list, such as "Sherlock Holmes: The Curse of the Baskervilles", "Crime and Punishment", "Awakening", etc., most of which have very exciting plots.

It is not easy to stand out among so many excellent works, and Zhang Chu put away his underestimation.

Before starting to write, Zhang Chu decided to care about his old man's thoughts, "After reading excellent works, and then looking at the level of rejection by magazines, it is easier to grasp the scale." ”

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Walking from the house on the second floor to the bookstore on the first floor, Zhang Chu found that his father Zhang Bowen was sitting intently on the side of the bar and typing on the keyboard, looking like a spring of thought.

"Dad, what kind of story are you writing? I just read the novels that got the most votes, and they are really well written. ”

Zhang Bowen glanced at Zhang Chu very vigilantly, "You kid can't write, and you want to learn from and plagiarize my book, right?"

Zhang Chu couldn't help but roll his eyes, and shot back directly: "Old man, where is a person like you who has been rejected countless times worthy of my plagiarism." I'm just concerned about you, worried that you'll be rejected again. ”

The father and son had no concept of family when they had a verbal fight, and the scar was directly revealed.

"You don't understand Sherlock Holmes, when I was a child, I told you the story of Sherlock Holmes every day, but I didn't like it, don't come to join in the fun. When Zhang Bowen saw Zhang Chu like this, an idea suddenly emerged, "You don't want to go out to play and have no money, right? I'm also very poor, and the hole of more than 1,000 yuan yesterday hasn't been filled yet." ”

"Whose father would tell his child in the middle of the night about such scary things as broken corpses and cases, no wonder my mother wants to scold you. I was only five or six years old at the time, and you could bear it!"

Zhang Bowen defended, "It's obviously seven years old, and the manly husband is afraid of this." ”

"Just show me what you're writing, I'll try to write better than you, so that I can be admitted to the magazine "Time Reasoning". ”

Zhang Chu said with a dead face, he was sure of his father's character anyway, and he was able to say good things more.

"Well, the title I wrote was 'Basic Deduction Method'. Zhang Bowen moved the chair to the side, leaving room for Zhang Chu to drag a stool to sit on.

"Basic deduction, that's good. Isn't this the kind of method that Sherlock Holmes used to solve the case?" "Even if Zhang Chu is not a lover of suspense detective novels, he knows the basic deduction method under Zhang Bowen's ears.

The so-called basic deductive method is to analyze, conjecture, and work backwards to seek more clues according to the clues in hand, until all the clues can form a complete logic.

"Did you notice, most of the fanfiction stories are set in late 19th century London in the original work. In this "Basic Deduction Method", I want to talk about a modern context of Sherlock Holmes, who and Watson can handle cases in London, Los Angeles, Paris, New York, and Beijing. ”

When Zhang Chu heard this, he couldn't help but admire his father, according to the picture described, he directly remembered an American drama "Sherlock Holmes: Basic Deduction" that he had watched!

This American drama is set in modern New York, telling the story of Sherlock Holmes, a former Scottish Yard consultant who is good at deduction, who comes to the rehabilitation center in New York City because of drug addiction, and serves as a consultant to the local police, and solves many difficult cases with a nursing partner named Jon Watson.

Zhang Bowen's fanworks are actually very similar to this American drama, and the idea is very unique, so Zhang Chu tried to suggest and said: "Dad, since the background of the times has changed, just set John Watson as a woman, anyway, this is a fanwork." ”

On the original earth, the biggest groove of the American drama "Basic Deduction" may be that Watson has become a woman, but in the process of watching the play, Zhang Chu did not feel the slightest disobedience, but felt that the interaction between these two characters was very tense, Watson, as an independent female image, is not a gentle vine, but a kapok that can experience wind and rain!

"It's a unique idea, but isn't it too bold and ahead of its time?"

Zhang Bowen dragged his cheeks and thought about it, he also felt that his son's proposal was very interesting, but could the rest of the people accept it?

Seeing this, Zhang Chu continued to persuade: "There are so many works in the world that participate in the Sherlock Holmes fandom essay, how can you stand out if you don't have a sense of innovation? I think Dad, your biggest problem is to seek stability, and you can't be too conservative at this time!"

The older generation of children Watson can play the leading role in American dramas, which must be recognized by many audiences, otherwise it would not be possible to shoot so many seasons in a row without being cut.

"Then I'll try, I hope it's okay this time. ”

Zhang Chu praised himself in his heart, he also wanted to help his father fulfill his little dream, it may not be realistic to be a writer, but it should still be okay to publish an article occasionally!