Wenhao: This child has been smart since he was young

Chapter 166 Neon’s first battle!

"Oh? There's more to the interview?"

Old readers buy "Floating Literature" but only read the first two-thirds. The interviews with writers in the back are nothing and do not contain any useful information.

Many readers who subscribe to the book just flip through it casually, after all, they paid for it.

But no one expected that today's publication would contain an unexpected surprise - three foreign novels in series.

Gu Lu felt that the serialized content was placed too late, and that was why it was ranked behind the interview with few words.

[Gu Lu, the genius writer of 30 million people! The flower of evil blossoming from human nature lures people into the abyss. Only the detective Akechi Kogoro who has walked out of the abyss can remove it!]
"A genius writer? Si Guoyi! There are only 1.2 million people in Japan. A genius writer is one quarter of the population of Japan?"

"A detective who walked out of the abyss? I'm looking forward to it."

"Luring people into the abyss? How do you lure them?"

The nickname given by Neon editor Shiko Ota has some scientific basis. In 2012, the population of the Fog City was 2975 million, so it is not wrong to round it up to million.

Regardless of whether they are readers who are interested and surprised, or readers who are not interested at all, they all hold the mentality of "I have already bought it, so I must take a look at it."

The Incredible Crime of Dr. Muro

"Great - a unique method of committing a crime, where the victim imitates the victim out of curiosity. It's both reasonable and unique."

D-Sakagawa Murder Case

"The justice of wise and traditional detectives - he doesn't even pursue the truth, he pursues fun. Although Holmes also pursues fun, it comes down to the complexity of the case, and he enjoys the adventure and brainstorming when solving the case. Wise cares more about the murderer's reaction, and it doesn't even matter whether it's the real murderer or not!"

"They actually mentioned the Marquis de Sade. The boss lady's cause of death was actually because of this! Is this such a perverted thing to do? But I like it."

"If the murderer doesn't turn himself in? I don't even think Mingzhi would report it."

The Marquis de Sade is very famous, he is known as the originator of erotic novels, representing S. Together with the Austrian writer Masoch, they are called "S-M", masochism and sadism come from this.

"Walker on the Ceiling"

After reading the story, many readers looked up at their own ceilings. Their first reaction was that they wanted to imitate the murderer. Their second reaction was - damn, their home was a single-family house.

Even if it is not a single-family house, it is separated from the neighboring houses and the ceiling cannot be passed...

Neon's voyeurism and candid photography data are far ahead in the world, and in the true sense of the word, so it seems really interesting to peek into other people's lives through the ceiling.

The three short stories, especially the second and third, are particularly in line with the aesthetic tastes of Japanese readers!

Everyone knows that Japan attaches great importance to the readers' evaluation of each issue. No matter whether it is a comic or a novel series, it will be cancelled at any time if the readers' evaluation is not right.

[It has been a long time since I have seen such a perverted and attractive article. Please continue to serialize it.] [4.1]

[I think the title of a genius writer among 4.0 million people is wrong, because even among our country’s million people, no writer of this style has been born!] []

[A writer from China who describes human nature (crossed out), a heavy-tasting writer from China, Gu Lu, please increase your efforts.] [4.0]

The following is the reader rating. The score of Fuwenzhi is 4.6 points. It is said that this strange score comes from the mystery novel evaluation system created by the editor: "1.2 points for tricks, 1.2 points for logic, 1.2 points for foreshadowing, and 1 point for storytelling".

The idea is good, but readers basically do not follow this standard. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and everyone has his or her own standards. Generally speaking, a score of more than four points is already a high score.

Haven’t you seen that the serialized works of the Faust Five Tigers are only in the range of 3.8-4.2?

There were even readers who mentioned it on [The Edge of Reasoning], even though there were no responses from visitors.

Gu Lu fought beautifully in his first battle abroad!

Although it did not cause widespread discussion among Japanese mystery readers, it did leave a unique impression in the hearts of Fuwenzhi readers.

Chief Editor Gao of "Years of Reasoning" received a phone call in the midst of his busy schedule. His brows were furrowed at first, but then his brows relaxed along with the corners of his mouth. After hanging up, his face was full of smiles.

"Xiao Han," Chief Editor Gao called out as he walked out of the office.

The leader called, and Han Zang immediately trotted over, "Editor-in-chief, what are you so happy about?"

"Just now, Japan's Fuwenzhi called," said Chief Editor Gao. Although the caller spoke poor Chinese, he understood what he said.

Han Zang immediately understood what was going on, "Mr. Gu's novel received good feedback?"

"It's better than I thought. The magazine has only been on sale in Neon for two or three days, but the other party called us to ask for more articles, and specifically asked for Gu Lu." Editor-in-Chief Gao's pronunciation of each word was relaxed and excited.

He is not happy because of how much money he can make. In fact, after leaving aside the translation costs, the editorial department makes less profit than the author himself when short stories are published overseas.

Editor-in-Chief Gao is happy because Japanese mystery works have been successfully exported to China in the past, but there has always been a barrier for exporting Chinese works to the outside world.

Now, there is finally a successful example!

"Yes!" Han Zang clenched his fists upon hearing that and wanted to wave them a few times, but when he realized his leader was in front of him, he suppressed his excitement.

"I knew that Teacher Gu's work might be good. Its style is weird," said Han Zang.

"The strange style is one thing, but more importantly, he learned a skill in criticizing corruption and cruelty from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, and described the darkness of human nature incisively, which is also the style that Japan loves the most." Editor-in-Chief Gao said, "Watanabe Jun'ichi's works use a cold scalpel to dissect the lust between men and women, while Gu Lu dissects the psychology of criminals."

"Mystery works have three Ws, and what Gu Lu values ​​is why, the murderer's motive." Editor-in-Chief Gao said, "Motive has always been the banner of social reasoning, but Gu Lu's works never dig deep into social reasons, but simply dig into the self. There are very few mystery writers who write in this way."

In fact, it is reasonable. In Chief Editor Gao's opinion, even if Gu Lu has learned some things from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, he is still young after all and does not have such a deep understanding of society.

"So this is why you signed the contract immediately after reading these three articles?" Han Zang suddenly realized, "No wonder you are the editor-in-chief. You have a high level of appreciation. I still have a lot to learn."

This flattery is surprisingly comfortable. Editor-in-Chief Gao could hardly suppress his smile, but he had to pretend to be serious, "Okay, go and explain to Gu Lu that there are no mystery writers in China who are popular abroad."

"I will make sure to complete the task." Han Zang also wants to become a mystery writer and editor with a reputation overseas!

……

Gu Lu, who had unknowingly opened up a track, was thinking about a question -

Is it late or early?
This question, like the Danish prince's thoughts on life and death, is as serious and difficult as the choice.

For Gu Lu, not having to attend evening self-study classes means he can have more time to write and "work".

For example, for the upcoming book signing event for "The Little Prince", he needs to choose posters, admission tickets, and small gifts.

Although he could leave it entirely to the publishing house, Gu Lu still wanted to participate more in the first book signing event and because of the importance he attached to the book.

The benefits of not attending morning self-study are even more obvious. Which one should I choose? Suddenly, a classmate interrupted Gu Lu's dilemma:

"Brother Gulu, can you be my dad for a while?"

"..."

When Gu Lu read harem novels before, they all wrote about the heroine asking him to help pretend to be her boyfriend. Why is it that in his novel, the routine is to pretend to be a father?

"You want me to help you imitate a parent's signature or something?" Gu Lu speculated.

Winter is coming, oh no, it’s the end of the semester - it’s the same for students, the courses they need to study are basically finished, and it’s time to start preparing for the exams.

Just do it. There is a formal class test every week and no matter what the result is, you have to take it back for your parents to sign.

"Hehe, very observant," Tian Xiao also explained his own reasons, "Everyone knows that Teacher Gao has studied calligraphy or something, and is very good at handwriting identification. Many students in our class signed their own names, and all of them were exposed."

"Brother Gulu, you are the only one who doesn't hand in your homework. The teacher is relatively unfamiliar with you." Tian Xiao said.

"Wouldn't it be better if you just find someone from another class to sign for you?" Gu Lu discovered Huadian.

"People from other classes can't be trusted." Tian Xiao whispered, "To do these things, you still need to form a group with acquaintances."

What gang? That's so ugly. This is called a team! Gu Lu had signed many long-term contracts with magazines, and he imitated the guardian's signature, so he was quite experienced.

The next class is the homeroom teacher's class.

Teacher Gao walked into the classroom neatly and swiftly, and threw the test paper in his hand onto the table with a thud. The test paper also fell into the students' hearts, and they were instantly silent.

"Tian Xiao, I've told you so many times, typos, typos, pay attention to the typos!" Teacher Gao's tone was cold and mixed with disappointment.

"I told you to check after the test, but you didn't listen. You deserved points for this fill-in-the-blank question and this one," Teacher Gao said. "I'll ask your parents to come to school tomorrow. I can see that you're not concentrating on your studies."

"Guan Xiaoli, what's wrong with you?"

Called the names of five students in a row.

This week’s exam results made Teacher Gao particularly unhappy, as many students had made significant progress.

"These are the questions, and they are all within the designated test points. Why did you get them wrong?" Teacher Gao looked around the classroom.

Because they did something wrong, Zeng Jie subconsciously wanted to respond, but it was obvious that he was still paying attention to the direction of the wind. For example, under the high pressure from the head teacher, he didn't say it out loud.

Among the students named by the boss, only Tian Xiao made a fuss to the point where his parents had to be called in.

Because Tian Xiao's spelling problem cannot be corrected after many times of being told. The key point is that his spelling mistake is not missing a stroke, but he really writes "的样子" as "ｍｏｄｅ". Teacher Gao has mentioned it many times, so today's parents are invited.

“Since we have to invite the parents…” Gu Lu thought to himself, I’m sorry, there’s no hope, just wait to die.

As the bell rang for the second-to-last class in the morning, King Guru ran to Director Hu's office.

Choose not to attend evening self-study!
As he has been quite busy recently, Gu Lu told Director Hu about the publicity.

Director Hu was reading "Fuwenzhi" back and forth. The magazine had many "real names (Chinese characters)". Combining the context, he could understand a little bit even though he didn't know Japanese at all.

"Okay, considering that Gu Lu doesn't have enough time to write, and because he has won excellent results in many essay competitions, our school adheres to the principle of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. Gu Lu, you can stay at home and write in the evening."

After saying a lot as usual, Gu Lu felt for the first time that official language was quite necessary.

At least the above statement sounds much more acceptable to students than "He doesn't have to attend evening self-study because he has good grades."

"The Academic Affairs Office will give you a note in a while. To ensure the safety of the students, all you need to do is for the parents to sign the note to prove that the students are indeed staying at home," said Director Hu.

"Parents' signature?" Gu Lu hesitated.

"This is also a measure taken by the school to ensure the safety of students. After all, if anything happens to Gu Lu during the evening self-study period, the school will be responsible." Director Hu said, "Anyway, they want to see the signature."

Okay, Director Hu’s last emphasis made Gu Lu understand the underlying meaning.

Just sign it yourself. If you don't say anything and I don't say anything, as long as nothing goes wrong, no one will have a problem.

Gu Lu, who was about to leave, was stopped by Director Hu.

"Here - a 2000 yuan special talent scholarship." Director Hu took out a brown envelope and handed it to Gu Lu.

Huh? Why is there still one? Gu Lu was quite confused. He looked at Director Hu in front of him.

According to the rules of No. 8 Middle School, special talent scholarships are awarded once a year, and he received it when he entered the school.

"No. 8 Middle School has established a super talent scholarship," said Director Hu.

Super Talent Scholarship—what a perfunctory name, it’s not even on the school’s official website. Gu Lu thought, could it be that the teacher paid for it out of his own pocket?
"Because the triggering conditions are difficult, they are not written down. The last time it was triggered was in 2006 by Ma Dongfang." Director Hu explained: "If you achieve very outstanding results in your specialty, there will be extra rewards."

Oh Ma Dongfang, Gu Lu knew this name, which was written in the brochure of No. 8 Middle School. As an outstanding student, she won the first place in the Taoli Cup Ballet Youth Group A, and was selected by the Sichuan Provincial Song and Dance Troupe before graduation.

The work was published in a foreign magazine and placed on the same level as the first place in the Taoli Cup. Gu Lu roughly understood what was going on.

In addition, in the brochure of No. 37 Middle School, Gu Lu’s name was also listed first among the outstanding graduates.

Since it was a real reward from the school, Gu Lu took it!

Today is the last time for evening self-study.

When I got home in the evening, I had a video conference on QQ on my computer. I needed Gu Lu’s opinion on the selection of the illustrator for the book "Mr. Holmes".

The image of Sherlock Holmes in this novel is completely different from the traditional one.

There is a passage in the book——

[“I’m afraid I never wore a deerstalker hat or smoked a big pipe. I guess that’s just something the writers did to make me stand out and sell more books. I had no say in the writing.”]
Moreover, the deerstalker hat never appeared in the original Sherlock Holmes works. Even the deerstalker hat, round-necked short cape and big pipe were all drawn by the same illustrator.

This was definitely the earliest fan fiction that forced the official to death. All subsequent Sherlock Holmes films and illustrations used this setting, including when "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" was published.

This is the importance of a great illustrator, who can even turn a deerstalker, an outdoor hat used for hunting, into a "detective hat".

"The painter is here." Han Zang's voice came from the video.

(End of this chapter)