To summarize the story of "Four Signatures" in one sentence, it is this case that tells the story of Schulto, a greedy officer who perfidiously wants to monopolize the treasure, and who has been in fear for many years, and finally invites the family disaster.

One chest of treasures, four signatures.

After this, the book is written about the test of human nature.

This kind of plot and emotion, in this modern society, is easy to be understood by readers, whether it is family, friendship or love.

In the face of great wealth, human greed will be exposed!

……

"Fantastic......

"It's amazing."

The length of this "Four Signatures" is also not long, and Li Liyue couldn't stop admiring it in her heart as she read it.

"Four Signatures" has many similarities with "A Study of Blood Letters", the first is the overall structure.

The first half tells the story of solving the case, and the second half tells the story of many criminals.

Second, that is, the motives of each murderer can be written as "pathetic" emotions that earn sympathy points, which is the style of the old thief's logo.

Not to mention far, let's just say that "Demon Slayer Blade", which exploded in Kyushu, the upper and lower ghosts in this work all have their own tragic stories.

Maybe they are not forgiven for doing a lot of evil, but the audience can empathize.

This empathy is not sympathy, and to understand why the character in the work behaves like this, once empathy, the emotions of the characters in the book should be able to be said to be all established.

Compared to "A Study of Scarlet Letters", the reason why "Four Signatures" can be praised by Li Liyue is because the story of this work is very attractive, and from the moment Mrs. Merry finds Sherlock Holmes, readers gradually understand the whole picture from a perspective that knows nothing.

In the end, the old thief will reveal all the truth.

This kind of pleasure is difficult to bring in "The Study of the Blood Words", and the feeling that "The Study of the Blood Words" gives the reader the feeling that he is being cool, and then it ends so abruptly and leaks!

The reader is confused.

"That's it?"

There was too little ink on the case, and Sherlock Holmes solved it too easily.

But "Four Signatures" is different, although it still does not put all the pen and ink on "suspenseful reasoning", and focuses more on the description of the crime story itself of "Four Signatures".

But the excitement of the storyline still makes the audience ignore this.

There is a plot in it, which is the part where the murderer is chased on the Thames, and thousands of readers are bloody!

"The sense of picture is so strong!!"

"This is the advantage of the old thief, and it is the ...... of the picture that is difficult for the suspense author to write"

This description made Li Liyue a little smacked, and from this aspect alone, she was ashamed of herself.

The old thief is from the Internet Article, and the most important thing in online writing is the sense of picture, racking his brains to describe it from all aspects.

But the writing method of physical books is different, and the focus of the writing of its own suspenseful reasoning works has not been here.

……

When Shota Kosho finished turning the last page of "Four Signatures".

There was a sudden silence.

This is not because Xiao Xiang Zhengtai thinks how "godly" the book "Four Signatures" is, but because the old thief continues the writing mode and writing style of "The Study of Blood Letters"!

The overall structure has not changed in the slightest, but the plot is much more exciting, and the sense of substitution is deeper.

Even Shota Kosho has to praise it, this is a wonderful work.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao Xiang Zhengtai has a feeling of being slapped in the face, because just a few days ago, Xiao Xiang Zhengtai said in an interview with Yingzhou that this kind of writing method is difficult to work in reasoning works.

Can ...... now

"Am I too narrow-minded?"

"That's why my work is a little bit worse?"

Xiao Xiang Shota muttered.

This "narrow-mindedness" does not mean that he openly expressed his dislike for "The Study of Scarlet Letters".

It's about thinking about your own way of writing, whether your writing is too narrow.

The story serves the reasoning, or the reasoning serves the story, these two writing modes will present two completely different works, but before Kosho Shota has always believed in one style and has not tried the other.

"Four Signatures" can be regarded as providing a new idea, which made Xiao Xiang Zhengtai suddenly wake up.

People are like this, when something that is contrary to your concept appears, the first thing will be rejection, until a certain moment realizes that this thing may have some truth, and then will you think carefully.

More stories, less reasoning.

Less story, more reasoning.

It's all ideas.

And obviously the old thief in this book not only wants to write a thin story, but also a discussion of human nature, as well as a reflection of the colonial plundering of India!

The final ending is also meaningful in the eyes of Shota Kosho.

In this book, all those who try to possess this treasure, this wealth, will either die or be arrested.

Fortune, however, was scattered in the Thames about 5 miles long when Small found himself on the verge of being overtaken by the police and cornered.

The treasure ended up scattered in the River Thames and could not be found.

From another point of view, there is a truth, that is, greed for ill-gotten gains will eventually bring misfortune to oneself, and even if you get ill-gotten gains, you will live in fear and have no peace for the rest of your life.

If people live in the world, if they are not at peace and are ashamed, then it is really too sad.

"Hey......"

"Wonderful."

Xiao Xiang Zhengtai sighed slightly.

Although he still doesn't think that the two works of "Sherlock Holmes" are "god" works, Xiao Xiang Zhengtai felt from these two books the reason why the author of the old thief exploded in Kyushu!

The existence of any phenomenon is traceable and reasonable.

Even if a bad movie is popular, everyone should still think independently and delve into why this phenomenon occurs.

……

“666666！ "Four Signatures" is so exciting! ”

"I'm blanching! Damn, Watson actually married a wife? ”

"The work of the old thief, you must guard against it, maybe Watson's wife will die later, and I have a shadow!"

"Four Signatures is so hard! It's still the same way to write! No change! ”

"Watson and Merry are going to get married soon, but it's a pity that Holmes is addicted to cocaine bottles because he doesn't have a case......"

"Sherlock Holmes is so charismatic, my God, I've never liked a character in an old thief's book so much."

"The rhythm of "Four Signatures" is brighter, and I can't get enough of it! Part 3! Part 3! It's still three weeks, right? ”

"Four Signatures" is also not very long, and just three hours after its release in the morning, the entire forum and blog are full of readers' high praise for "Four Signatures"!

Male readers, immersed in the case story of the "Four Signatures", female readers, are also attracted by Watson's love line!

All the doubts about the old thief on the Internet have evolved into a discussion of the writing style of "Sherlock Holmes", and the meaning of reading "Four Signatures" is still unfinished!

Even the readers of online articles who used to chase more old thieves are also very satisfied with the speed of the old thief's update and release of new books!

If you want to say that public opinion on the Internet can't represent anything, just look at the real sales......

When the first day sales of "Four Signatures" were finally presented in front of everyone in Kyushu, there were many people who were shocked and dumbfounded!

Xiazhou Local ......

20,000,000 copies......

The total sales volume in Kyushu exceeded 50 million copies, according to incomplete statistics......

"Nima!"

"What kind of horrible sales is this? Even Harry Potter didn't reach this kind of sales, right? ”

"Compared with "The Study of Blood Letters", the sales have increased three or four times?!"

……

Seeing this sales, people inside and outside the circle are a little breathless!

When will the works of suspense and reasoning be able to have the level and sales of world bestsellers?

Not to mention other people, even an author like Li Liyue, who has a very positive mentality, is extremely envious......

The first-day sales of more than 50 million copies are almost comparable to the total sales of "The Housekeeper" in Kyushu in nearly a month after its release!

And it is conceivable that in the next few days, the sales of "Four Signatures" will continue to grow along with word of mouth!

"How the hell did the old thief do it?!"

"It's too good!"

In the home of another well-known suspense author in Xiazhou, his son Sun Xiao couldn't help but exclaim when he saw the official sales.

Just yesterday, he and his father Sun Xuan finished reading "Four Signatures" together, and after reading it, his father kept himself locked in the study, and seemed to get a lot of inspiration from it.

"A lot of factors."

Sun Xuan sighed and said that it was false not to envy.

"The first is the popularity brought about by the explosion of Harry Potter in Kyushu, and the starting point of this work is very high."

"The second is the heated discussion and discussion after the release of the first "Study of Scarlet Letters", which brought more attention to "Sherlock Holmes".

"Third ......"

"It's just that the work itself is outstanding."

"Even if it's not the traditional ontological reasoning that many mystery fans expect, the image of Sherlock Holmes is really fantastic."

These words are not difficult to understand, but Sun Xiao still asked:

"Dad."

"What is so powerful about Sherlock Holmes's character creation?"

Sun Xuan pulled out a chair, sat down, and said carefully to his son:

"I've been thinking about this since I watched it yesterday, why is Sherlock Holmes ...... No, it should be said that in all the works of the old thief, the character creation and charm will be so attractive. ”

"In the case of Sherlock Holmes alone, the most attractive thing about this character is not his subtle reasoning, but his inner spirit and innate free temperament."

Sun Xiao was puzzled:

"Inner spirit?"

Sun Xuan nodded, "Yes, inner spirit." ”

"Holmes's mind, his demeanor, his career, his era, and even his story are all accessories."

"This character setting is destined to be brilliant, not created by the times, you take the light of Holmes's humanity to the modern background to write, and it will still shine."

Seeing his son's confused expression, Sun Xuan hurriedly added:

"This represents a superego, you know?"

Sun Xiao shook his head blankly.

Sun Xuan scratched his head, "How do you explain it?" ”

"Realm! That's right, it's the realm! ”

"A lot of similar, so-called geniuses are geniuses with mortal cores, but they are dressed as mortals, but Sherlock Holmes is not, the old thief used this incomprehensible act of injecting cocaine to create this character."

"It can even be said that Sherlock Holmes represents the supreme inner realm that people seek, and bears some sustenance, and on the surface, Watson does bring readers in, but it is a kind of substitution of reality."

"Sherlock Holmes is different, it's an idealized substitution!"

"Be true to yourself and follow through!"

"It can be said that this "Sherlock Holmes" has won the reader's rational and emotional identity at the same time."

"Under this premise, in fact, it is difficult for readers to abandon this emotion and achieve an objective evaluation of the book, or in other words, these feelings of substitution are themselves part of the book."

"And ......"

……

Sun Xuan's words made Sun Xiao a little confused, because Dad used a lot of more philosophical and idealized words.

But the general meaning can still be understood.

As an author, what to look at is definitely more comprehensive.

In his previous life, the famous reasoner Bullock put forward three requirements for shaping the character in his "School".

Reliability.

Readers agree.

and originality.

How credible is this Sherlock Holmes?

Just in a past life, there was a BBC feature documentary on Sherlock Holmes.

This documentary is all about going to Baker Street and randomly asking passers-by, "Did Sherlock Holmes live at 221B Baker Street?" ”

Many of these passers-by have never read the original Sherlock Holmes, but amazingly, more than sixty percent of passers-by nodded their heads and said yes, Sherlock Holmes lived here!

A character is written to the point that many people wonder if this person really exists, but you can imagine what kind of situation it has reached.

The main thing is the background, the era is too real, even if it is 221B Baker Street, this location is real, and it has begun to be punched in!

The British state even wanted to contact the old thief and obtain the copyright to build some museums or other related facilities related to "Sherlock Holmes", but so far there has been no positive response.

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(End of chapter)