"Weiwei, when did you send the manuscript over? I don't know?"

At the dinner table in the early morning, Sophie was surprised to learn that her daughter had sent the Japanese novel "After School" to Kodansha: "And your father and I haven't read it yet!"

James tore the fritters slowly, today's breakfast is a typical tofu brain fritters with eggs, all of which are dishes made by Sophie for a long time: "It's okay to see it after it is listed, I'm not bad for that time, what do you say, Oscar?"

Oscar gulped down the tofu brain: "Hmm...... I'm whatever!"

"I'm not casual! I'm angry! Vivi is actually writing novels in a language I don't know, isn't she just bullying me!"

"Oh oh ~ woo woo ~!"

Hannah, who sat at the end of the table, raised her fork demonstratively, and Caesar posed in the same pose, dressed in a three-year-old's short-sleeved shirt and trousers. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Now, halfway through the summer vacation, the two who still have schoolwork requirements at home have already completed their homework. Unfortunately, although Hannah is just 12 years old to enter middle school, she does not have the ability to go to Eton College, and Oscar does not want to leave the lively city of Los Angeles at all. Fortunately, the age difference between the three sisters and brothers of the Wang family is not greater, if everyone wants to be busy for their different life stages at the same time, the two parents must be busy to death.

Alice had basically eaten breakfast, wiped her mouth and said, "Speaking of which, it's been four days since I sent the manuscript, Mom, feel free to help me keep an eye on the phone, maybe the other party may hang up at any time." ”

Sophie naturally agreed, and handed Alice a glass of water by the way. At this time, Oscar also drank the tofu brain, wiped his mouth with satisfaction, and said: "Definitely won't hang up, Alice has always written European and American novels, and Leng Buding suddenly wrote a Japanese mystery novel, and the editor must be scolding it now, what kind of garbage is this, ...... embarrassed to "

Before the words fell, the phone rang, and Alice smiled: "Brother, do you want to make a bet, this call is for me?"

The whole family watched with great interest.

Oscar pursed his mouth in worry as if he was struggling with the final exam: "...... Don't bet!"

Well, that's good.

Alice came to the telephone triumphantly: "Hello, this is the Wang family, who are you looking for?"

On the other side of the phone, it was none other than Kenya Yamamoto, a senior editor at Kodansha headquarters in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

In the past four days, he and the editor-in-chief Tsukamoto have read through the entire book "After School" and have been completely shocked by the author's unexpected train of thought. The ending of the whole story is beyond everyone's expectations, and in the course of the plot, some long-term potential problems in Japanese schools are revealed, and they are portrayed in great depth.

It is incredible that such an absolutely Japanese-style novel was written by a Chinese girl who grew up in the United States. Yamamoto thought about it again and again, and didn't think that Alice could have any reason to know so much about Japanese society, even if she met other Japanese people in the United States.

And this novel is so wonderful, although Tsukamoto gave a feeling after reading it by the end of the week, everyone read the whole book directly that night. All the senior editors of the entire Kodansha editorial department unanimously recommended that this book must be included in the list of nominees for this year's Edogawa Ranpo Prize!

Therefore, whether it is to inform the author of this news, or to establish contact with her further, and many other matters, as the most prestigious editor in the mystery novel industry, Yamamoto must hang up this transatlantic call.

"Ah...... Hello, is Miss Alice-Wang here?"

The man has a special accent, and although the sentence structure is simple, as an old driver, Alice recognizes it at a glance, and this is definitely English that only Japanese people can speak.

"I'm Alice, may I ask who you are?"

Hearing that the person who answered the phone was directly the main one, Yamamoto said happily, "Hello, Alice-san...... You can call it that, Yamamoto, editor of Kodansha, and may I ask if you have submitted us a manuscript of a mystery novel?"

To be honest, the pronunciation of these sentences in English is really awkward.

Alice plucked her ears, but she didn't expose it, and then said in English: "It seems that you have finished reading "After School", how is it, how do you feel?"

“vely-excellent！”

Perfectly pronounced "very" in the Japanese way, Yamamoto was overjoyed: "This is a very wonderful novel, and we thank you very much for your submission. Would you like to ask Alice-san if you would like to visit Kodansha in person, as our editor-in-chief, Tsukamotokai, would be honored to meet you. ”

Alice plucked her ears harder, and some of the words were really ...... by him Cacophony.

"I'm afraid I'm really embarrassed, Yamamoto-san, I'm very busy here. ”

Seeing that the other party actually hung up the phone from thousands of miles away, Alice knew that there was a spectrum in this matter, and it was no problem to play by herself. After all, Japan is now at a time of high economic development, and every citizen is full of national self-esteem, and he is eager to take his own country as the center of the world. In such a situation, they can still hang up such a transatlantic phone call, and it is assumed that Keigo Higashino's work is worthy of its name.

With her eyes open and talking nonsense, Alice leaned against the corner of the wall comfortably, looking at the contemptuous eyes that Hannah and Oscar threw at her together: "In a while, I will go to England to study, and now is the time to prepare, go all the way to Japan or something, I am afraid that I will not be able to spare that energy." ”

Hearing this answer, Rao is Yamamoto was mentally prepared, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Sure enough, that's the case.

From the day after the submission, Tsukamoto and he began to investigate Alice, and it turned out that the man who had published two bestsellers in the United States in a row had not even held a book signing, and did not even have his own portrait on the cover of the work. If it weren't for the fact that there were too many adult plots in "Scarlet Fairy Tale", in order to avoid suspicion from fans and the public, she appeared on a talk show, and I don't know how long this girl would have been hidden.

Should I say that she is low-key, or should I say that she is not interested in her career?

If he was just a simple writer, Tsukamoto and he wouldn't be as interested as they are now, but this girl is a ...... after all

"Alice-san, since you submitted us a manuscript for a mystery novel, you must know about the Edogawa Ranpo Award, right?"

Alice thought to herself, of course, if she hadn't seen Keigo Higashino's name on the list, how could she copy his debut novel and throw it over: "Of course you know, is there a problem?"

"After discussion by our editorial team, your work has been included in the list of nominees for this year's award. It's already August, Alice-Sand, and as is customary, the list is basically finalized by this time, and being able to add the book at this time shows that your work is of great value!"

Alice nodded: "Uh-huh, uh-huh." ”

Hearing that his long list of speeches only ushered in such a reply, Yamamoto began to feel a little bigger.

Habit made him forget Alice's identity a little again. Not to mention this girl's achievements in other fields, just judging by the fame she has already made in the American literary world, it is impossible for him to regard the other party as a real fledgling mystery novelist.

The New York Times bestseller list, who has been on the list for months, cares about a list of Edogawa Ranpo Award nominees?

In an instant, just as Yamamoto was racking his brains for the next sentence, Alice spoke: "Actually, it's not so troublesome, I know how good my book is, you just run as usual." "Jurassic Park" and "Scarlet Fairy Tale" were also directly handed over to Bantam to operate on their own, I didn't care about anything, do you see that the results were delayed?"

Yamamoto knows, it seems that the other party also knows, Kodansha will definitely investigate his identity thoroughly: "That's good, that's good, then Alice San, can I ask you a question on behalf of Kodansha?"

"Uh-huh. ”

"Do you have any plans to further develop in the world of Japanese mystery literature?"

Oh, that's such a question.

Alice thought about it, and it seemed like it was a brilliant idea.

Keigo Higashino is a prolific writer, as of the Rio Olympics, his works have nearly sixty Chinese translations alone, if the rate of one book a year, it is enough for Alice to play until the centenary of the founding of New China!

Seems like a good idea.

Isn't it cool to be a literary girl and a mystery novelist?

"Yes, Yamamoto-san. ”

After thinking for a while, Alice replied in the affirmative: "So you don't have to rush at this time, I will generally submit articles to you at the rate of one book a year, and there will be more opportunities for cooperation in the future, so let me prepare for entering high school first, and school will start in a month." ”

In this way, Yamamoto Peng also hung up the phone with a satisfactory answer.

Alice also put down the phone and looked up to see that Oscar was standing against the wall.

"Is there something wrong, brother?"

Oscar had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw his sister's bright smile, he immediately opened his mouth and said, "What is your book about? After school? The teacher was assassinated? Is the murderer really a student? What is his motive for committing the crime? How did you come up with such a ......?"

"How do I answer so many questions in one breath? ”

Alice pressed his shoulder hard: "Let's go, man, let's do something else, how about going to the yard and playing pitching?"

Oscar didn't answer, but silently pointed to the telephone.

Almost simultaneously, the phone rang again.

"Hey, what's going on?"

Alice walked back dissatisfied: "Don't you know that I am about to exchange feelings with my brother?

The phone picked up, and the voice rang from Ashley, who was staying in the lab.

"Alice, come here, we've got a big discovery!" (To be continued.) )