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"No, you're just a newcomer, how can you publish a good article. And it doesn't fit the reader's audience, not necessarily. ”

After listening to Garion's thoughts, the old editor of the editorial department immediately questioned.

Garian's initiative caused the other editors in the office to cast questioning glances, no one believing that the newcomer was very capable, and even the editor-in-chief Thornton looked at each other with half-believing eyes.

"Your Excellency, Editor-in-Chief, we can't risk trying ...... right now"

"Wait."

After thinking for a while, he decided to give this newcomer a chance, after all, he had written in the big city of Paris, and he had a more accurate grasp of the expectations of readers, so he was more at ease.

The editor-in-chief of Thornton asked, "So did you bring your manuscript?" I want to see the work first. ”

"Yes, I brought it."

Garion hurriedly took out a stack of manuscript paper from the briefcase he was carrying with him and handed it to the editor-in-chief in front of him. At the top is a line of headings with a line of engraved text, "A Study of Scarlet Letters".

Thornton, the editor-in-chief, temporarily suspended the meeting, picked up the manuscript and began to slowly read the story at hand.

“…… After receiving my M.D. at the University of London in 1850, I went to Natley to study the compulsory courses of military medicine. Immediately after completing my course there, I was sent to serve as a medical assistant in the 8th Musket Regiment in Galenia, which had just been transferred from India and before I could reach the troops, the Crimean War broke out......"

Garion slightly modified the background of the article to make Holmes's detective story more contemporary. Even when reading the address to 221 Baker Street, the editor-in-chief of Thornton smiled knowingly.

To sum up, this is a story about revenge, Balzac such as the Count of Monte Cristo has written well enough, but this one no longer focuses on the plot and the psychological feelings of the characters, but allows the reader to relish, to discover the clues in the article, and to piece together all the clues into a complete crime process.

Engaging the reader in this interaction and guessing where the plot is going is the best part of this one.

Just like the opening sentence.

"Evil in Victoria's moonlight, a bloody opening."

"Mmmm, it's kind of interesting, not bad."

After reading the manuscript, the editor-in-chief of Thornton finally raised his head, he held his chin, recalled the plot in the book, and finally said thoughtfully, "This kind of detective genre seems to have been written by no one before, although it is risky." But we can try. ”

"But the editor-in-chief ......"

The unconvinced old editors questioned the decision, and they deliberately glanced at Garrian in an attempt to overpower people with their seniority.

"Shouldn't we pick a more secure subject? Like this, which requires readers to use their brains and dig up clues, will anyone read it? ”

Garion stood still, not refuting the other party's questioning, he was waiting for the editor-in-chief Thornton to make a final decision.

Thornton's editor-in-chief made a very enlightened decision against the crowd, saying, "There is a first time for everything, and the old subject we can think of, surely someone else is writing about it." Maybe the guys at The Times write better, and don't forget our newspaper's policy. It is essential to report the latest news and news, and definitely not to follow the trend of others. Therefore, we will take "The Study of Scarlet Letters" as a new attempt. As for the price, I offer £3 per thousand words, what do you think? ”

Although Garion's reputation in London is much more than the price. But in Paris, where he was unfamiliar with life, he had to agree temporarily. Anyway, after becoming famous, the other party will also consciously increase the manuscript fee and win over this lucky tree.

"I have no opinion."

Garion said very calmly, "Since the editor-in-chief of Thornton is willing, let's publish it at this price." ”

"Hmm."

Thornton's non-bargaining pleasure was very much appreciated by Thornton. He even jokingly said, "That's right." Recently, I heard that a very famous writer in France was **** and fled to Paris, and even a search advertisement was typed. Your Excellency Trotsky, you may not be the writer. ”

"Hahahaha."

Garion laughed awkwardly, an unnatural look flashing across his face, which he quickly disguised. Fortunately, he did not take the initiative to leave any photos, so London did not get any specific information about himself. He pretended to agree, "How is it possible, if I were him, I guess I would have recognized it a long time ago." ”

After deciding to begin writing A Study in Scarlet, the following section of the Daily Telegraph began to publish Garion's work, using the name Trotsky. The novella is divided into four issues and lasts for a total of three weeks.

Fast forward two weeks, but this reasoning did not appear to have exploded in Paris like "1984", and the Daily Telegraph's sales did not fluctuate too much, and the problem was still very honest.

It was such a frustrating fact that even the entire newspaper's newsroom began to question the article's excellence, but Thornton decided to finish the story.

The editor-in-chief had already given the order, and the others were not easy to object, so they had to obediently shut their mouths and finish publishing this serial.

Although the published reasoning serial, "A Study of Blood Letters", did not cause much reaction, it attracted the attention of another person.

At this time, Russell, the editor-in-chief of The Times, the largest newspaper in circulation in Paris and the biggest competitor of the Daily Telegraph, would buy a copy of a rival's newspaper in the newspaper as usual in order to keep up to date with their latest developments.

Standing on the crowded street, Russell stumbled upon a competitor's article while flipping through it, and he was immediately attracted to it.

"This one is kind of interesting."

Originally, he was going to buy the newspaper and leave, but after reading the beginning, Russell was intrigued. Then he asked the owner of the newspaper to dig out the last issue of the newspaper, and he wanted to read the full version of the story.

Although it was indecent to squat on the side of the road and read the newspaper, after reading half of the story, he was surprised to find that he had missed such a wonderful reasoning.

After reading it, the editor-in-chief Russell took a deep breath, and he realized that this article was very well written, and if it changed from four periodicals to a daily issue, the article would definitely pull up sales, but there was not enough exposure and advertising, which led to the lack of popularity of this article.

Editor-in-chief Russell had a bold idea in his heart, and it would definitely be better to draw the author of this article to The Times for publication!

Russell slowly stood up, rubbed his sore feet, and muttered to himself, "It's really brutal to stay in the Daily Telegraph, and if he is allowed to come to The Times, there will definitely be greater development!" ”

It is common for major newspapers to inquire about intelligence and dig corners, and when he sees a good author, Russell also thinks about how to dig him up.

"Let's find out who the author really is."

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