Is Lu accountable to Dr. Doyle?

"Hiss......"

Scott gasped, and his eyes changed when he looked at Lu.

!

10,000 grass and mud horses galloped through Lu Shi's heart.

He coughed lightly and said to the clerk, "You go and ask Dr. Doyle to come in." ”

The clerk left as ordered.

Not long after,

Squeak –

The door to the editor-in-chief's room was pushed open,

Doyle burst in in a rage and looked at Lu Shi with eyes that were so hot that they almost breathed fire.

Scott's gaze wandered between the two, suspicious.

Lu Shi was also confused,

"Doctor Doyle, long time no see."

Although he competed with Doyle a lot, he hadn't met for more than a year.

The relationship is also peculiar.

Doyle shook hands with Lu Shi,

"Sir Lu, I'm ...... Earlier, you pointed out a lot of irrationalities in the Sherlock Holmes series, and I was dismissive. Looking back now, I really sat in a well and watched the sky at that time, and I didn't know how thick the sky was. ”

With Lu Shi's current status in the European literary world, the offensive and defensive trends of the two are also different.

Lu Shi waved his hand, not wanting to say more about this,

"You may be seated."

He poured tea for the other party and said curiously, "Dr. Doyle, you said that I am responsible for you, could it be that my book has affected the sales of Sherlock Holmes?" ”

Doyle was stunned, and then laughed,

"That's called 'influence'? It was clearly pressed to the ground and beaten violently by you. ”

This is half joke, half fact.

Lu Shi also joked: "That was more than a year ago. You're not going to come to me right now to ask you about your guilt, are you? ”

Doyle shook his head,

"Don't worry, I'm not so ungentlemanly."

In other words, he is not a person who cannot afford to lose.

Lu Shi is noncommittal,

According to history, Doyle's character is average,

He is now able to accept defeat calmly, nothing more than because the two works "No One Survived" and "Roger's Mystery" were too successful and convinced him.

However, the gentleman's deeds do not care,

Lu Shi stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling man, and changed the topic: "In this case, why do you want to call me responsible?" ”

Doyle sighed,

"Look."

He took out the original manuscript of "Gradient" and handed it over, and at the same time said: "Today's book review edition of "The Mirror" has completely stripped me of this reasoning trick. ”

Lu Shi was curious,

"You're talking about "Looking at Humanity from the Perspective"?"

When Doyle heard the name of this article, he immediately withered, and the whole person fell into the chair, and his essence, energy, and spirit seemed to be drained away.

Lu Shi probably guessed what was going on,

To put it simply, it's a bit like planing work in a cross talk show,

Because the suspense or baggage is told to the audience in advance, it greatly weakens the appeal or effect of the work.

This is different from spoilers,

After all, the current "Gradient" has not been published yet, where is the spoiler claim?

Lu Shi began to read the original manuscript.

On the other side, Scott also approached curiously.

The story of "Gradient" is very complete,

Moreover, it is organically combined with the previous Sherlock Holmes series, and the adventure elements complement each other with reasoning.

It's a pity that the narrative trick is used very mediocre,

Halfway through the book, Scott said, "I'm the murderer, right?" 'I' am color blind? ”

Doyle: "! @*#￥%……”

I can't help but spit out gibberish.

When he looked at Lu,

"That's why I said, you have to be responsible for me! So many people read that book review, how can mine be published? Readers will know it all halfway through the book. ”

This kind of narrative is better than not using it.

Lu Shi coughed lightly,

"Doctor Doyle, frankly, you've made a lot of factual mistakes."

"Ah......h

Doyle depressed,

"Sir Lu, Sir Lu, if it weren't for that article "Looking at Human Beings from the Perspective", where would I have so many factual mistakes?"

Lu Shi waved his hand again and again,

"No, no, no, it's different."

He flipped out the book review page of the Mirror and said, "Dr. Doyle, the paradox of color blindness that Mr. Bergson mentions is philosophical, not biological. Even, from a biological and pathological point of view, this paradox is extremely absurd. ”

Doyle pondered for a moment, and slapped his forehead suddenly,

"I'm an ophthalmologist to make such a mistake!"

Scott was stunned,

"What's wrong?"

Doyle explains: "Quite simply, color blindness in reality is not color vision cognitive reversal, but color vision blurring. ”

Scott:???

I still don't understand it.

Doyle thought for a moment, took a piece of paper from the side, and said, "This is what normal people see. ”

As he spoke, he wrote down two words on a piece of paper:

Red丨Green.

Doyle continues,

"That's what you think color blindness sees."

And on the paper he wrote:

Green丨Red.

Scott let out an "um" and said, "That's right, in the eye of color blindness, shouldn't red be green and green be red?" ”

"Nope."

Doyle wrote on the paper again,

"You misunderstood."

Scott cast his gaze,

I saw that the two new words written by Doyle on the paper were:

Gray丨Gray.

Scott: "Huh? He asked, "Is that so?" ”

Doyle nodded,

"In the 18th century, chemist and physicist John Dalton bought a pair of 'brownish-grey' socks for his mother on Christmas Eve. When his mother saw it, she thought that the cherry red was too bright for the elderly. As a result, Dalton became the first person in the world to discover color blindness. Later, in his honor, color blindness was called Dalton's disease. ”

Scott groaned,

"Brownish-gray and cherry-red...... That's true. ”

He understood, and looked at Lu Shi curiously,

"Lu, even if you know history and literature, how can you even know these things?"

As a liberal arts student, Lu Shi knew this because of a-

The Mystery of the Greek Coffin.

Author Ellery Quinn makes the mistake of thinking that people with color blindness will make the opposite of red and green.

This is pointed out in many book reviews,

As a liberal arts student, Lu Shi also accumulated science knowledge.

Interestingly, because Quinn has a high status in speculative literature and has influenced countless later generations,

Even in modern times, there are still many people who use this false trick.

"However, this incident also speaks volumes about the existence of the paradox of color blindness," Doyle said. After all, Dalton was not young at that time, and he didn't find any problems after decades of wandering around with normal people. ”

Lu Shi shook his head,

"You still think of it as biology or pathology. The colorblindness paradox is a matter of cognition, 'red' and 'green' are abstract, just two code names, which can also be replaced with 'banana' and 'apple', 'A' and 'B'......"

A word to wake up the dreamer,

Doyle suddenly,

"Yes, I did think about it."

As a result, as soon as his voice fell, Scott next to him said: "No, no, Dr. Doyle is not complicated, but Lu, you think too much." ”

Lu Shi: "Huh? "With a bang,

"What do you mean?"

"Would Mirror readers think the colorblindness paradox is philosophical? ”

Lu Shi was stunned for a moment,

"Most people don't."

As a tabloid, the Mirror is mainly entertaining.

Readers are not experts or scholars, how can they understand such a profound proposition?

Scott Stall,

“Bingo！ They can't think so deeply, when they see the paradox of color blindness, they think of color blindness. Naturally, Mr. Bergson's review of the book would influence the core ruse of The Gradient. So, you're still responsible to Dr. Doyle. ”

"Ah......h

Lu Shi was speechless.

There is a saying in China that the highest state of life is "to see the mountains are still mountains, and to see the water is still water".

Presumably also the colorblindness paradox?

Doyle also reacted,

"Editor-in-Chief Scott is right, Sir Lu, you still have to be responsible for me!"

Lu Shi was speechless,

“……”

Scott hippie smiley,

"Lu, you just said that Dr. Daoer made a few factual mistakes. What else is there besides color blindness? ”

Lu Shi said: "The remaining problem is not in the facts, but in the techniques. ”

Doyle was surprised,

"Technique, you say? You published "A Brief Discussion of Narrative Tricks and Reasoning Works", and I created it according to what was said in the article. ”

"Tsk......"

Lu Shi couldn't help but be speechless,

"That's the problem. You should understand what 'talk' means. ”

He has already classified the narrative in the article,

However, a year on, the use of narrative reasoning has sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, but nothing new has been written.

They are all still imitating "The Mystery of Roger",

Including Doyle's "Gradient".

Lu Shi said: "Doctor Doyle, there are many kinds of narratives. The most primitive is "The Mystery of Roger", in which the narrator narrates the events in the first person, but hides something from the reader. Or worse, the narrator is the murderer. ”

Scott nodded in agreement,

"Yes, the narrator deceives the reader~"

Doyle couldn't help but complain: "Sir Lu, you say this is still primitive? "Roger's Mystery Case" is an earth-shattering work, and countless writers can't even think of it if they want to break their heads! ”

Lu Shi is embarrassed,

That's Sha Po is powerful, and it has little to do with herself.

He shook his head,

"Don't flatter me, let's talk about business~"

Doyle asked, "What other types are there besides the narrator of events to deceive the reader?" ”

Lu Shi counted with his fingers,

"That's a lot. For example, the narrator deceives the reader by telling the story in the first person, and the characters in the book conceal that first person. That is, to deceive the reader by deceiving the narrator. ”

Doyle's eyes lit up,

"This kind of good! The first person could be a detective, but he was also deceived. ”

Lu Shi continued: "For another example, the narrator narrates in the first person, and there are some things that the reader and the characters in the book know, but the first person does not. This style of writing is unique in that it does not deceive the characters in the book, but the narrator without deceiving the reader. ”

Doyle:???

Scott:???

Both of them were stunned and looked at each other.

Doyle asked, "Sir Lu, can you give an example?" ”

Lu Shi nodded,

"Simple. Let's take ...... Hmmm......"

He searched the room for a while, and suddenly thought of a book,

"Let's give you an example. The narrator narrates in the first person, i.e. 'I'. 'My' friend saw a body and called me to call the police, but 'I' didn't see anything where he was pointing. Later, another friend of 'my' did some reasoning, and I actually saw the corpse. The reason is that 'I' have been traumatized before, and when I see something, I will deceive myself that that it does not exist, and the murderer has taken advantage of this to complete the crime. ”

This plot is from the reasoning "Summer of the Bird" created by Kyogoku Natsuhiko,

The thing about Niu X is that this turned out to be the first work of Kyogoku Natsuhiko,

The first part has such a level, which is very outrageous.

Doyle groaned,

"The other characters have already told 'me' that it was a corpse, and the reader knows that there was a corpse there for a long time, but 'I' turned a blind eye. It is indeed possible to deceive the characters in the book without deceiving the reader, but deceiving 'me'. ”

When he looked at Lu, his eyes were full of reverence,

"Sir Lu, how did you come up with that?"

Lu Shi shook his head,

"It doesn't matter. The important thing is that what I said has no impact on your work. ”

Doyle didn't pick up.

Frankly speaking, after talking to Lu Shi, he realized that the reasoning was broad and profound,

Looking back at the original manuscript of "Gradient", it is simply a lump.

He sank into his chair a little slumped again.

Scott leaned over,

"Lu, I think you should help him."

Lu Shi glanced at the other party,

"Help him? Big brother, I didn't write that book review, and you still want me to be responsible for him? ”

Scott shook his head and whispered in Lu Shi's ear.

When Lu Shi heard this, he was skeptical,

"Will this work?"

Scott said: "You're also in the media, isn't the best thing you can do is divert attention? ”

He gestured out the window again,

"Besides, it's like this outside, and you don't want to add more, so you can only use some off-the-plate tricks."

Lu Shi looked out the window,

The readers who asked for the Harry Potter update have not dispersed,

"Plus more!"

"Plus more!"

"Plus more!"

……

The momentum is getting louder and louder.

If this continues, I am afraid that someone will shout "gun in hand, follow me", and they will rush in and capture Lu Shi alive.

Lu Shi thought about it and patted Scott's shoulder,

"You're so right. If you are a media, you will not be ashamed to use off-board moves. ”

Scott said, "Come on~ I didn't teach you. If you talk about black hearts, you are blacker than me. ”

Lu Shi coughed lightly, pretending not to hear.

He turned to Doyle,

"Dr. Doyle, what are you going to do about Gradient?"

Doyle was extremely frustrated,

"Change? I don't want to write about this anymore. ”

Lu Shi smiled: "That's not it." You can completely change the way you use the narrative~ Don't play the same old routine and let the first-person 'me' be the murderer. ”

Doyle couldn't help but ponder,

"You mean, let 'me' be the one to be taken advantage of?"

After speaking, he shook his head again and again,

"However, with that book review, everyone will think that 'I' am colorblind halfway through it."

Lu Shi shook his head,

"Then you're going to change the structure! Let 'me' be wrongfully imprisoned for color blindness before the story is halfway through the story. In this way, when the reader thinks that the book is another cliché narrative, they turn to the next chapter and are immediately slapped in the face. ”

Doyle was stunned, then became excited,

"Feasible! It works! In other words, to use the kind of narrative you talked about at the end – without deceiving the reader, without deceiving the characters in the book, but deceiving the narrator. ”

After saying that, he wilted again,

"But it's hard. I just can't figure out how to do it...... Alas......"

His brows were about to wrinkle into the word "Chuan".

Scott laughed, "It's okay, Dr. Doyle, Lu will do it anyway." ”

When Doyle looked at Lu,

"Sir Lu?"

Lu Shi glared at Scott, and then said, "I'll give you an example, you can see if it inspires you." ”

As a result, Doyle nodded like pounded garlic,

"Inspired!"

Lu Shi: "......"

I haven't said anything yet~

He asked, "Dr. Doyle, are there more people with color blindness who can't tell the difference between blue and green than red-green color blindness?" ”

Doyle said, "That's right. Because the wavelengths of blue light and green light are inherently close, it is difficult to distinguish between them in the eyes of most people. In particular, if a person likes to cry and stay up late when he is a teenager, which leads to changes in his visual cells, he will be less sensitive to blue and green. ”

The changes in visual cells he is talking about are actually the ratio of cones to rods.

Moreover, because of cultural factors, many people have misunderstandings about these two colors even if they are not color blind.

For example,

"Green Grass" and "Blue Sky",

The two "cyan" are actually not the same color at all.

Even in modern times, general color vision tests do not test for abnormal blue and green vision.

If it is really tested, there must be a lot of unqualified ones.

Lu Shi asked, "Doctor Doyle, a light green carriage, why can people with abnormal color vision see it?" ”

Doyle thought for a moment and replied, "It's simple, contrast." ”

He walked to the window and pointed out,

"Color blindness knows that the sky is blue and the grass is green, and finding a closer color is the way to go."

Lu Shi spreads his hands,

"But the day in London, 300 out of 365 days a year is gray~"

"The sky is gray and it is really troublesome to lack the contrast of blue," Doyle said. But anyone has life experience, and people with abnormal color vision can analyze the color of the carriage through experience~ It's just that he needs to work hard when he looks at it, and he may have to squint...... Hmmm......"

As if thinking of something, Doyle repeated:

Squinting...... Squinted ......"

This seems to be an easy application to the narrative!

In the same way that a left-handed character wears a watch in their right hand, there is no need to explicitly tell the reader that the character is left-handed.

Lu Shi smiled and said, "It seems that you have understood." ”

Doyle groaned,

"But what should I ......?"

He couldn't find the right words.

Lu Shi continued to prompt: "The carriage can be repainted. Today it's green, tomorrow it's blue because of something, plus it's a foggy day in London, and the color blindness stands with others talking about the color of the carriage, and eighty percent of it will be exposed. ”

Doyle's eyes narrowed, lost in thought.

Time passes slowly,

Suddenly, he stood up,

"Sir Lu, you are really a responsible person!"

After saying that, he walked to the door,

"I'm going back today to revise "Gradient", and I estimate that I can finish it in three or five days. Since you prompted the core ruse, I will sign you as a co-author, and you don't shirk! ”

didn't give Lu Shi a chance to refuse, and pushed the door out directly.

Lu Chang let out a sigh of relief,

With this kind of news to attract firepower, there should be fewer readers who ask for more updates.

He said, "I wish Dr. Doyle was moving faster." ”

(End of chapter)