Chapter 310: The Highest Level of Writing!
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"Ye Yu, I think I should tell you good afternoon. I'm calling you this time to ask you a Sherlock Holmes ...... Does it really exist? On the phone, Prince Harry went straight to the point.
"Huh?!" Ye Yu was surprised and said, "Why do you ask this question?" What's there to ask about this? ”
Seeing that Ye Yu was puzzled, Prince Harry simply explained the front-page article in the London Daily this morning.
Hearing this, Ye Yu was surprised, but couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.
In a past life, Conan? When Doyle wrote Sherlock Holmes, because the background of the novel was quite well integrated with the political and economic situation and social environment at the time, many British people firmly believed that Sherlock Holmes was real, and even those cases were real.
It's just that what I didn't expect was that in this life, because of the bold inference of a history buff, this phenomenon was born again!
Or, in this world, it's likely to be even better.
After all, Conan? Doyle wrote it at that time so that the British believed it to be true, let alone Ye Yu one hundred and thirty-eight years later?
Nearly a hundred and forty years have blocked too many things.
When people now take the "Sherlock Holmes Detective Book" and look up and compare the historical materials and social environment records of Britain more than a hundred years ago, and now even some subtle points are matched, the shock in their hearts can be imagined.
And the more Sherlock Holmes is serialized, the more shocked and suspicious the British will be, because this phenomenon will become more and more.
Thousands of thoughts turned in his mind, and Ye Yu stretched his voice and said, "Well, this."
Hearing that the breathing on the other end of the phone seemed to pause at this moment, Ye Yucai shook his head and smiled: "Of course it doesn't exist~"
Hearing this, Prince Harry on the other end of the phone was obviously relieved.
After all. It would have been surprising if there had been such a figure in England more than a hundred years ago, but he had no idea as a prince of England.
At the same time, though. Prince Harry also had some disappointment and regret in his heart, Ye Yu made it clear that there was no such person as Sherlock Holmes in British history. If they existed, such people would be the pride of Britain!
"Then Ye Yu, did you have a character prototype when you wrote?" Prince Harry asked.
"Nope." Ye Yu replied without hesitation.
In a previous life, Sherlock Holmes had a prototype, Conan? Doyle once said in The Real Sherlock Holmes that Sherlock Holmes was based on his medical school mentor, Dr. Be11 (Professor Bell). He even mentioned this in an interview in his later years.
Moreover, the prototype of Sherlock Holmes is not only him.
Henry-1ITT1Ejohn, a renowned Edinburgh forensic scientist, public health examiner, and anatomist of the human body, also injected a part of Holmes into his own personality.
But. The political and economic situation of Britain in this world is basically the same as in the previous life, but these two archetypal characters are probably absent.
Even if there were, Ye Yu didn't think it was necessary to mention them, because they didn't make any contribution to the birth of Sherlock Holmes in this world.
"I consulted a lot of information about British history and the social situation at the time before I wrote it, so I wrote more truthfully." Ye Yu explained simply.
Hearing Ye Yu's explanation, Prince Harry was deeply impressed.
To write about the authenticity and detail of "Sherlock Holmes", it is not enough to understand the history of Britain, but also to understand the big and small events in the city of London at that time. From the political situation, to the economic situation, to climate change. From where the slums are, to what kind of carriages they are, to what kind of furniture and costumes are in vogue, and so on.
To understand the social conditions of 140 years ago to a degree that is no different from that of the people who lived at that time, is it necessary to consult more than a "massive" amount of information?
This is simply not comparable to the amount of work that can be compared to the data compared to the Sherlock Holmes Detective Collection!
Because the latter already has a clear goal, it is completely different from Ye Yu's extensive involvement.
What's more, after consulting it, you still need to sort out the selection and use. That's another piece of hard work.
Although according to the news obtained from Huaxia, Ye Yu's memory can be called unforgettable. But Prince Harry felt that this should be very hard and time-consuming work. Especially Ye Yu is still participating in the king competition at the moment!
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"Harry, did you just call your friend in Huaxia?" Seeing Prince Harry hang up, Queen Elizabeth asked.
Although she didn't know much Mandarin and could only speak a few words of everyday language, she still heard Prince Harry's name Ye Yu to the other party, so she guessed it.
"Yes, Mother." Prince Harry replied, "I just asked him about Sherlock Holmes. ”
"Is it this front-page story in the London Daily today?" Queen Elizabeth asked, gesturing to the newspaper in front of her.
"Yes, Mother."
"Harry, what did ye say?" The queen asked, a little curious.
Of course, what she is curious about is not whether there is such a person as Sherlock Holmes, as the queen, she naturally knows that there is no Sherlock Holmes in British history.
She wondered if Sherlock Holmes had a prototype.
He said that there is no such person as Sherlock Holmes in our British history, and there is no character archetype. Sherlock Holmes is just a fictional character he created after consulting a lot of information. As he spoke, Prince Harry showed a very regretful expression.
The Queen nodded.
This was exactly what she expected.
"Ye must have consulted a lot of information in order to write "Sherlock Holmes", he must have consulted a lot of information."
"Yes." Prince Harry said, "In China, he once published a book about tomb robbing, which was obviously about gods and monsters, but it was written very truthfully, and many Chinese people knew that it was fake, but they still couldn't help but have doubts, doubting whether it was true." ”
"That's pretty remarkable." The queen exclaimed.
Hearing the queen's admiration, Prince Harry showed a somewhat smug smile and said, "This is nothing, Ye is now serializing a novel about the Three Kingdoms period in China, called "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". That novel...... That novel...... If it weren't for the original characters used in ye, I'm afraid most people would read it as the history of the Three Kingdoms.
In Huaxia, many netizens believe that ye is worried that this book is too convincing, so they deliberately use original characters.
But even so, there are many people who are comparing the content of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" one by one to find the prototypes of the characters in the Three Kingdoms period in China, and most of the characters in the novels, they have indeed found the prototypes.
It could be argued that Ye could have written this novel with historical figures, but he didn't.
Therefore, many people say that he did it on purpose. Because "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is too realistic.
However, in China, there are still many people who don't understand history and regard it as history. ”
This time, even the queen's face was full of astonishment!
Because I was worried that the novel I wrote was too real, it would make people believe it and disturb people's understanding of real history, so I had to use original characters?!!
Jesus, I heard you right?!
This...... Isn't this the highest level of writing?!!
(To be continued)