Chapter 17 Are There Such Smart People in the World?

The next day, Yangcheng Daily and Zhao Xiangtang stared at the very strong pressure and printed a revised version of the newspaper. That is, today's "Sherlock Holmes Detective Collection" is officially serialized in this shijie.

"Boss comes to a Yangcheng Daily" Li Dao is an ordinary white-collar worker, but he has a habit of reading a newspaper every morning, generally he reads the morning talk newspaper, because he is a reader of "Green Coffin", but because of the revision of Yangcheng Daily, and the fact that a 14-year-old writer writes a mystery novel has recently caused a stir.

Moreover, in the previous publicity, Li Dao wanted to see what it meant to be absolutely calm and robot-like with a mind, so Li Dao unexpectedly chose Yangcheng Daily today.

First of all, I watched it while walking according to the usual practice, and watched all the news in Yangcheng today, big and small, and after reading it, the bus also came, and it was naturally very crowded to get on the bus and go to work in the morning, but fortunately, this was the initial battle, so Li Dao grabbed the position. At this time, I read the novel published in the newspaper, and after reading it, I arrived at the station and got off at just the right time.

"I hope it's not too bad," Li Dao muttered, what he said was not too bad, that is, he had already decided that a mystery novel written by a fourteen-year-old author was very bad, so he just prayed that it was not too bad.

"The redhead club, it's really a strange name, it seems that the newcomer is the newcomer and you can see it even by taking the name, look at how good the name "Green Coffin" is, there is suspense at first glance, not this redhead club, I don't know I thought it was a novel about a barbershop."

[One day last fall, I went to visit my friend Sherlock Holmes.

When I met him, he was having a deep conversation with a short, stocky, ruddy-faced, red-haired old gentleman. I apologize for being abrupt.

Just as I was about to withdraw, Holmes grabbed me, pulled me into the room, and closed the door with his hand.

He said kindly, "My dear Watson, it is wonderful that you are here at this time. ”

"I'm afraid you're busy."

……】

"It's the first person, it's a complete novice." Li Dao was dissatisfied, but he didn't look at the waste when he bought it, so he had to continue to watch it patiently, while watching it again and muttering that this place is not as good as "Green Coffin", and where is it not as good as "Green Coffin".

"Huh? The protagonist of the story turns out to be another person, Sherlock Holmes, which is really interesting, written in the first person, but the main character is not in the first person. The more I looked down, the smaller the underestimated voice in my mouth became, and Zuihou was silent, just concentrating on looking at the newspaper in his hand and watching it seriously.

After reading it once, there was still some unfinished business, so I started from the beginning again, read it again, and knew that after reading it for the second time, Li Dao put down Yangcheng Daily.

"Narrating the story of the protagonist Sherlock Holmes in the first person, although there are some weird ways of writing, the story is still very good, and a story with such twists and turns can be written in just 20,000 words." Li Dao was amazed, and originally thought that it would be good as long as the writing was not too bad, but after reading it, Zuihou found that the writing was not only not bad, but also very good.

The story of "Red Hair Club" is actually very simple, after all, there are only more than 20,000 words, but the ending is very subversive, you don't see the ending, you will never guess, but whether the author is trying to make a fool of himself, although the ending is unexpected and unbelievable, but it is reasonable, which is not easy.

Because of the strange narrative technique of "Red Hair Club", many people are discouraged, but because the unexpected plot has attracted a group of readers, in general, the sales of Yangcheng Daily have increased this day.

"Is there really such a smart person as Sherlock Holmes on this shijie, Dad?" Lin You's twelve-year-old son suddenly asked him a question.

"Who is Sherlock Holmes?" Lin You is relieved to have the morning talk newspaper in his hand, he is a loyal reader of "The Green Coffin", as for Yangcheng Daily, the novels written by fourteen-year-old genius writers, which are cool, how can a fourteen-year-old child write a rigorous reasoning novel, so it is difficult for him to read it at all.

"It's Sherlock Holmes in "The Redheads", he's amazing, you can tell what a person does just by what he wears." As he spoke, he took out the Yangcheng Daily and read it to Lin You

["He had done manual work for a while, smoked snuff, was a Freemason, had been to China, and had written quite a bit lately. I can't deduce anything other than these obvious. ”

Mr. Jebaz Wilson straightened up suddenly in his chair, his index finger still pressed against the newspaper, but his eyes turned to look at my companion.

He asked, "My God! Mr. Holmes, how do you know so much about me? Like, how do you know I've done manual work? That's as true as the gospel, I started out as a carpenter on a ship. ”

"My dear sir, look at your hands, your right hand is more than your left. You work with your right hand, so the muscles of your right hand are more developed than your left hand. ”

"Well, what about snuff and Freemasonry?"

"I won't tell you how I saw it, because I don't want to underestimate your understanding, especially if you brought a pin in the shape of a bow compass despite the strict rules of your group."

"Oh, it's Law, I forgot about that. But what about writing? ”

"Is there anything more telling about it? That is: you have a five-inch length of your right sleeve that glistens, and your left sleeve has a neat patch near your wrist where it is often attached to the table. ”

"And what about China?"

"A little above your right wrist can only be dried in China. I've done some research on tattoos, and I've even written about them. The trick of coloring fish of different sizes with delicate pink is only available in China. Besides, I see a Chinese coin hanging from your bracelet, wouldn't that be more obvious? ”】

"Dad, do you think this Buddha and Moss can see what this person is looking at just from a person's appearance, where has he been, it's too powerful, is there such a powerful person on this shijie?"

Lin You was a little stunned, which fragment his son read just now, just talking about this dialogue has already described a detective character with little observation, and this inference is very reasonable.

But "The Red-Haired Club" Sherlock Holmes is so familiar with the name, it seems that he has heard it somewhere.

"Son, you read this article, what newspaper is it, and it is also a mystery novel?" Listening to the fragment that my son read just now became interested.

"It's the Yangcheng Daily that has been boiling recently, and the article in "Red Hair Club" was written by Su Shichen, who is known as a genius writer."

Yangcheng Daily, is it written by the fourteen-year-old genius writer Su Shichen?

Lin You took the Yangcheng Daily in his son's hand and read it, the first impression was that the penmanship was capable, and there were no superfluous words, which was very rare for a novice, and then the second impression was that the narrative method was strange.

Lin You's education level is good, and he has also heard of some foreign masterpieces, Su Shichen's writing style is completely like the narrative method that foreign novelists like to use, the first person, and the first perspective narrates the protagonist, but few people in China use this method, because of the surprise of the culture, readers will not buy it, and Su Shichen, a novice, has the courage to use this narrative technique, the most important thing is that it is well written.

Although the narrative method is strange, but the solid writing skills and wonderful content have earned a lot of reputation for "The Red Hair Club", Lin You compared "The Red Hair Club" with Fang Mi's "Green Coffin", but found that "The Red Hair Club" is not inferior to "The Green Coffin".

Although the number of words in "The Red Hair Club" is still small, and there is nothing to be seen, according to this level, Lin You dares to say that after writing it, Su Shichen can definitely become a first-class author who is about the same as Fang Mi.

There are many people like Lin You, who don't quite believe that a fourteen-year-old student can write a good mystery novel, but because of some accidents, they were attracted to it.

The accumulation of popularity turned out to be a small explosion in the afternoon, which increased the sales of Yangcheng Daily by five points. This is already a very remarkable achievement, but those who are ready to watch the failure of Yangcheng Daily and the failure of Su Shichen are shocked. The newspaper industry, which had fallen into the trap the day before, had all shut up, and although the addition of five percentage points was not a great success, it was very good.

"Morning Talk", which originally wanted to insert a foot, also put down this idea, and it may miss at this time.

"Teacher Fang, you are a professional, how about you read this mystery novel at a professional level?" Lewinology.

"Wonderful, if you don't look at the end of this novel, you can never guess how the ending is, which many old authors can't do, the most feared thing about writing mystery novels or suspense novels is that readers can guess the end when they see the beginning, so there are many authors who seem to reverse at the end, but this will become a big loophole."

"The ending of 'The Red Hair Club' is unpredictable, but it is very reasonable, and with the sophisticated writing, this is definitely a rare mystery short story, if not a fourteen-year-old student." Fang Mi's evaluation of "Red Hair Club" is very high.

Li Wenxue, the editor-in-chief of the morning talk newspaper, hesitated for a long time before asking, "Teacher Fang, are there any shortcomings in this article?" ”

"If you have to say for sure, it is this narrative method, which is the narrative method of this novel that is more Westernized."

"Westernization"

The morning talk newspaper can be said to be the sworn enemy of the Yangcheng Daily, and the Yangcheng Daily is on fire, which is naturally what the morning talk newspaper does not want to see, Li Wenxue's eyes flickered, and he thought of an idea.

"Red Hair Club" was published in Yangcheng Daily, and the full text was 21,000 words, 1,000 words, and another 2,100 yuan was earned. Now publish a few short stories in the press to accumulate popularity, and then publish a novella.

Zhao Xiangtang opened up the novel section, and Jihua can also be said to be successful, and the excitement of "Sherlock Holmes Detective Collection", the sales of Yangcheng Daily will only gradually increase.

Zhao Tangtang also called Su Shichen to celebrate, saying that he had made a table of good dishes waiting for him, but Su Shichen decisively refused, one was because of Aunt Wang's advice, and the other was that Zhao Tang's Western food was really not very delicious.

Since the last time he ate at Zhao Tangyu's house, he has always had a doubt in his heart, how did Tang Lingyu survive with Zhao Tang's cooking skills?

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