Reborn great writer

Chapter 17 Are there such smart people in the world?

The next day, Yangcheng Daily and Zhao Dandan printed a revised version of the newspaper under great pressure.That is, today "The Collection of Sherlock Holmes" is officially serialized in this world.

"Boss, here is a copy of Yangcheng Daily." Li Dao is an ordinary white-collar worker, but he has a habit of reading a newspaper every morning. "Readers, but there has been a lot of trouble recently because of the revision of Yangcheng Daily and the fact that a 14-year-old author wrote a mystery novel.

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

First, I walked and watched as usual, and read all the news in Yangcheng today, big and small. After reading it, the bus also came. Naturally, it was crowded to get on the bus and go to work in the morning, but fortunately this was the initial battle, so Li Dao He took the position.At this time, read the novel published in the newspaper, and get off at the station just in time after reading it.

"I hope it's not too bad," Li Dao murmured. What he said was not too bad, that is to say, he had already determined that a mystery novel written by a 14-year-old author was very bad, so he just prayed that it would not be too bad.

"Red Hair Club, what a strange name. Hey, it seems that the newcomer is the newcomer. Even the name can be seen from the name. Look how good the name "Green Coffin" is. It has a suspenseful atmosphere at first glance, not this redhead. Yes, those who didn’t know thought it was a novel about a barbershop.”

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

When I saw him, he was having a deep conversation with a stocky old gentleman with a ruddy complexion and fiery hair.I apologize for my abruptness.

Just as I was about to withdraw, Holmes grabbed me unexpectedly, pulled me into the room, and closed the door behind him.

He said kindly: "My dear Watson, it is a very good time for you to come."

"I was afraid you were busy."

...]

"It turned out to be No.1, really a complete novice." Li Dao was dissatisfied, but he bought everything and didn't see it as a waste, so he could only continue to read it patiently, muttering that this place is not as good as "Green Coffin" while watching it again. , it is not as good as "Green Coffin".

"Huh? The protagonist of the story turned out to be another person - Sherlock Holmes. What an interesting way of writing it. It is called No. 1, but the protagonist is not No. 1." The more you look down, the whispering voice in your mouth becomes quieter. In the end, I fell silent, and just concentrated on looking at the newspaper in my hand, watching it seriously.

After reading it once, he still had some unfinished thoughts, so he started from the beginning and read it again. Li Dao didn't put down Yangcheng Daily until he finished it for the second time.

"Using No.1 to describe the story of the protagonist Sherlock Holmes, although there are some weird writing styles, the story is still very beautiful. Such a twists and turns story can be written in just [-] words." Li Dao was amazed again and again. I thought that as long as the writing is not too bad, it will be fine, but after reading it, I found that the writing is not only not bad, but also very good.

The story of "The Red Hair Club" is actually very simple. After all, it only has more than 2 words, but the ending is very subversive. You will never guess it if you don't see the ending, but this is not the author's tricks. Although the ending is unexpected, Unbelievable, but reasonable, which is not easy.

Because of the strange narrative technique of "The Red Hair Club", many people were discouraged, but because of the unexpected plot, it attracted a group of readers, so in general, the sales volume of Yangcheng Daily still increased today.

"Dad, is there really someone as smart as Sherlock Holmes in this world?" Lin You's 12-year-old son suddenly asked him a question.

"Who is Sherlock Holmes?" Lin You put down the newspaper in his hand. He is a loyal reader of "Green Coffin". How could a 14-year-old child write a rigorous mystery novel, so he didn't even bother to read it.

"It's Sherlock Holmes in "The Red Hair Club". He is amazing. You can tell what a person does just by his clothes." He took out the Yangcheng Daily and read it to Lin You

["He worked for a while, smoked snuff, was a Freemason, had been to China, and had written quite a bit lately. I couldn't deduce anything other than the obvious."]

Mr. Jabez Wilson straightened up suddenly in his chair, his forefinger still pressed against the newspaper, but his eyes turned to my companion.

"My God!" he asked, "Mr. Holmes, how do you know so much about me? How do you know, for example, that I have worked as a manual laborer? It is as true as the Gospel. I was originally a carpenter on board ships. "

"My dear sir, look at your hands. Your right hand is much larger than your left. You work with your right hand, so your right hand is more muscular than your left."

"Well, what about snuff and Freemasonry?"

"I won't tell you how I figured it out, because I don't want to underestimate your understanding, not to mention the fact that you're carrying a pin that looks like a bow compass in spite of your group's strict regulations."

"Oh, yes, I forgot that. But what about writing?"

"Is there anything else that is more telling? That is: your right sleeve is shiny for a good five inches, and your left sleeve is neatly patched near the place where your wrist usually rests on the table."

"So, what about China?"

"The fish tattooed on the upper part of your right wrist can only be tattooed in China. I have done some research on tattoo patterns, and even wrote a manuscript on this subject. Use delicate pink for different sizes. The unique skill of fish coloring can only be found in China. Besides, I saw a Chinese coin hanging on your watch chain, wouldn’t that be more obvious?”]

"Father, do you think that Sherlock Holmes can tell what a person does and where he has been just from his appearance? It's amazing. Is there such a powerful person in this world?"

Lin You was a little stunned. In the passage his son read just now, just talking about this dialogue has already described the role of a detective with little observation, and this inference is very reasonable.

But the name of Sherlock Holmes in "The Redheads" is so familiar, I seem to have heard it somewhere.

"Son, what newspaper did you see this article in? It's also a speculative novel?" Hearing the clip his son read just now, he became interested.

"It's the Yangcheng Daily that has been making a lot of noise recently. The article "Red Hair Club" was written by Su Shichen, who is known as a genius writer."

Yangcheng Daily was written by the 14-year-old genius writer Su Shichen?

Lin You took the Yangcheng Daily in his son's hand and looked at it. The first impression was that the writing style was capable and there were no redundant words, which is very rare for a novice. Then the second impression was that the narrative method was strange.

Lin You has a good level of education, and has heard of some foreign masterpieces. Su Shichen's writing style is exactly like the narrative method that foreign novelists like to use. No.1 said that the protagonist is described from the first perspective. But few people use this method, because of cultural differences, readers will not buy it, and Su Shichen, a novice, is so brave enough to use this kind of narrative technique, the most important thing is that he also writes it well.

Although the narrative method is strange, the solid writing skills and wonderful content have earned a lot of word-of-mouth 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" "Fair Meeting" is not inferior to "Green Coffin".

Although the number of words in "Red Hair Club" is still small, and you can't see much, but according to this level, Lin You dare to say that Su Shichen can definitely become a first-class author similar to Fang Mi after writing it.

There are quite a few people like Lin You, who don’t really believe that a 14-year-old student can write a good mystery novel, but because of some accidents, they saw it, and then they were attracted.

The accumulation of popularity unexpectedly exploded in the afternoon, which increased the sales volume of Yangcheng Daily by five points.This is already a very remarkable achievement, but those who were about to see Yangcheng Daily's failure and Su Shichen's failure were shocked.All the newspapers and periodicals, which had fallen into trouble the day before, had all shut up. Although an increase of five percentage points is not a great success, it is still very good.

The "Zao Tan Bao", which originally wanted to intervene, also let go of this idea. At this time, intervening may make a mistake.

"Mr. Fang, you are a professional, so how about you read this mystery novel at a professional level?" Li Wenxue.

"Wonderful, if you don't read the ending of this novel, you will never be able to guess the ending. This is something that many old authors can't do. The most fearful thing about writing mystery novels or suspense novels is that readers will guess the ending after seeing the beginning. So many authors want to reverse the ending, but this will be a big loophole."

"The ending of "The Red-haired Club" is unpredictable but very reasonable. Coupled with the sophisticated writing, this is definitely a rare reasoning short story. If it is not written by a 14-year-old student, I would I will definitely think that this is a veteran who has been immersed in writing for several years." Fang Mi spoke very highly of "The Red Hair Society".

Li Wenxue, editor-in-chief of Zaotan, hesitated for a long time before finally asking, "Mr. Fang, are there any shortcomings in this article?"

"If I insist on a shortcoming, it is this narrative method. The narrative method of this novel is more westernized."

"Westernization"

Zao Tan Bao can be said to be the mortal enemy of Yangcheng Daily, and the fire in Yangcheng Daily is naturally Zao Tan Bao's unwillingness to see it. Li Wenxue's eyes flickered, and he thought of an idea.

"Red Hair Club" was published on the Yangcheng Daily, and the full text was 100 words, a thousand words worth a hundred yuan, and another [-] yuan was earned.Now several short stories are published in newspapers and magazines to accumulate popularity, and then the novella will be published.

Zhao Dandan's plan to open up the novel section can be said to be a success. The "Sherlock Holmes Collection" is wonderful, and the sales of Yangcheng Daily will only gradually increase.

Zhao Dandan also called Su Shichen to celebrate, saying that he had prepared a table of good dishes for him, but Su Shichen refused decisively, firstly because of Aunt Wang's advice, and secondly because Zhao Dandan's western food was really not very good tasty.

Ever since he had a meal at Zhao Dandan's house last time, he has always had a doubt in his heart, how did Tang Lingyu survive with Zhao Dandan's level of cooking skills?

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