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Chapter 20 Works
After running, Forrest and Jenny went to school together.

Payton went to a building next to the police station.

Because of Peyton's special situation, plus he didn't want to stay at school.

So after becoming famous, Peyton went through the home teaching process with the school early.

He rarely goes to school unless there are some special circumstances.

It is undoubtedly a high cost for ordinary families to hire a separate tutor, but for Peyton, it is not a problem.

It's just a small bill outlay.

And this way, he also has more time to deal with his own affairs.

A three-story office building next to the police station, which is also Payton's studio, where he usually attends classes and handles other things.

"boss!"

"Ivone, you've worked hard!"

Manager Iwoni had a warm smile on his face, and the two embraced slightly, and then sat on the sofa and started talking.

"The sales volume of "Devil Personality" in Japan has accumulated to 500 million. Shueisha is contacting me, preparing to translate and publish "Death Note" and "The Poet's Secret", including "Undocumented Crime". They want the entire Asian market, and they are very happy. with honesty……"

"At the same time, according to European publishers, the sales volume of "Devil Personality" has accumulated to 400 million copies, and they also want the publishing rights of several subsequent books."

Peyton nodded: "Then talk to them, as long as there is sincerity, there is nothing that cannot be discussed.

"Death Note", "The Poet's Secret" and "Undocumented Crime", which is currently on sale in the United States, are Paton's creations in recent years.

These three works are all long-form works, more than three times the length of "Devil Personality", and the sales volume is as hot as ever.

One full-length work a year, this speed, whether it is a publisher, an agent or a reader is very satisfied.

As for Payton, he was also very satisfied when he saw the account numbers in the bank.

Although life is hard and he can't learn to bend over, for the sake of readers, Peyton has forced himself after all.

Peyton won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Debut Novel for The Devil's Personality.

As for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, he was only nominated, not awarded.

This is the result of the publisher's full public relations, otherwise they would definitely not be willing to nominate a seven-year-old child.

Notice!They represent the orthodoxy of the federal literary world!

On the contrary, although the Edgar Allan Poe Award is an orthodox award on the platform of the Federal Association of Reasoning Writers, it has not been established for a long time. It was officially established in 1946 and lacks popularity.

So he is also willing to use the aura of "genius reasoning writer" to hype his popularity.

Also in the popular field, the Association of Reasoning Writers is happy to watch the rise of a genius reasoning writer.

Of course, although "Devil Personality" has received a lot of praise, traditional detective readers actually do not accept it as a detective work.

That voice didn't die off, either, after Peyton won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best debut novel.

It is still the time when traditional detective works are popular in the world. Although "Devil Personality" has elements of reasoning, it does not have detectives!
For this point, Peyton had expected it a long time ago. When he wrote it, he had expected it.

However, he still has no hesitation. After all, only in this way can he overtake in a corner and compete with those well-known writers of traditional detective works.

However, having won the Edgar Allan Poe Award, Peyton also successfully joined the Federal Association of Reasoning Writers, which can be regarded as a direct descendant.

Afterwards, Peyton also borrowed flowers to present Buddha, and began to write a detective novel based on this style, which moved closer to the traditional reasoning circle.

"Death Note" is such a work, telling the story of the murderer killing people in various ways of accidental death.

Regarding the list of the dead, the murderer had already sent the police in notes. Before the murder, telling the police the list was full of provocation.

However, even if the police knew the next deceased, they couldn't catch the murderer, and every deceased person looked like an accidental death just by looking at the cause of death.

In this novel, Peyton chose to show off his skills. The nine people who died, nine bizarre ways of death, and nine inexplicable ways all seemed to have died of natural causes.

In the final setting, the murderer is a detective, a detective who shows off his skills in real life.

In the end, the detective committed suicide and left a note recording his method of killing - the Death Note.

Here Payton's inspiration comes from "Death is Coming" and "Legend of Chu Liuxiang"

The protagonist is crazy and gentlemanly, ideal and contradictory, and the design is very complicated, and even Peyton incorporates some "clown" elements.

As for the various methods, Peyton adapted the text based on the natural death phenomenon provided by various police stations, making it full of operability.

When writing this novel, Peyton really hoped that someone would test his methods in real life.

Although there are some sins, it is also very fulfilling, isn't it?
Even, there is a wave of publicity.

Oh, what a sin.

And "The Poet's Secret" is an epic love work.

Although the work is still full of reasoning elements, the main line of the story tells the story of two generations of master and apprentice poets, with more emotional lines.

During that time, his dearest physical education teacher was transferred away, and Payton felt regretful and had a lot of inspiration.

The teacher-student relationship between teachers and students is full of discussions on many social phenomena, including thinking about human nature...

The story begins with the suicide of the second-generation poet, followed by her unpublished poems one after another, and these poems introduce the past of the previous generation of poets, thus recording an unethical love.

The teacher fell in love with the student, it was an elf-like girl.

It's just that he has his own family and he has his own responsibilities, so he didn't tell anyone, he just guarded the students carefully, and he watched the students get married and have daughters step by step.

The student's husband is not a good man, he has various shortcomings, domestic violence, gambling...

Later the student accidentally killed her husband.

The teacher arranged to cover up the guilt, left evidence in his poems to guide the police, let them confirm his suspicion, and then voluntarily surrendered himself.

Of course, this is just the main line, and the hidden line is that the student has long been in love with the teacher, but she can't disturb the teacher's family.

The choice of the current husband is only because the husband has the shadow of a teacher.

Although she and her teacher admired each other, they were constrained by the society and no one told anyone.

These unpublished works are evidence of her mental derailment.

Of course, it's just the spirit. She and the teacher silently guarded a bottom line...

As time passed, the second generation of poets had brought up their daughter. She chose to commit suicide and left her unpublished poems to the police, so that the truth of the murder would be revealed, and in exchange for the teacher's innocence.

The secret of two generations of poets thoroughly reveals the relationship between the two generations of poets through their poems.

In this novel, Peyton borrowed many elements, among which the elements of teacher-student romance and extramarital affairs mainly come from "The Bridge of Madison County".

These things are very appetizing for experts, and relevant shadows can be found in works such as "The Devotion of Suspect X", "Love Letter", "Snow Country" and "Love in the Time of Cholera".

To be honest, he went for this book with the hope of winning the prize, and even wrote something specifically to cater to the tastes of the judges.

He was not reconciled to not being able to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction before!
And after the work was finished, he deliberately chose the "New York Times" to publicize and distribute it, to build momentum in advance and express his desire.

It is legitimate public relations, handing in protection fees.

However, no matter how catering to the tastes of the judges, his age is still flawed.

According to the results of behind-the-scenes public relations, he was clearly told that his age and qualifications were not enough to win the award.

Just wait!

It's fucking outrageous!

Payton swore he would never play any public relations again, this award is not rare for me!
Payton also gave up the idea of ​​winning the "Undocumented Crime" that is currently being serialized.

Well told a traditional detective case about a perfect alibi.

The main story is about a father who created a perfect crime in order to protect his daughter, created an alibi through the timeline, and then created social influence through public opinion, and was acquitted.

Peyton referenced "National Witness", "Manslaughter", "Mysterious Chess Game Murder"

Payton didn't put much thought into this book. It's just a work above the pass line. It may be called a good work, but it's far from Payton's satisfaction.

He is preparing his next novel, a series of novels.

That would be Payton's ambitious work.

(End of this chapter)