British writer

The two from Oxford and Cambridge left,

The room was quiet, only the two cups of black tea on the table showed that they had been here before.

Lu Shi sat there, resting his chin in one hand and meditating deeply.

After a while, he took out a pen and paper, and slowly wrote down a few titles:

"A Song of Ice and Fire\

,""Harry Potter"

"Hobbit\

,"Lord of the Rings,

...

These books will undoubtedly be well received and sold well.

First, A Song of Ice and Fire,

Just look at the popularity of the TV series Game of Thrones on social media to see how good this book is.

Second, Harry Potter,

This is one of the best-selling and most valuable IPs in the world. In some contexts, "one" can even be removed.

As for "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings", let alone, they are absolute fantasy epics, masterpieces in the entire fantasy genre,

With these two books, you can be invincible.

Lu Shi stared at those names,

No one dared to disturb him.

After two minutes like this, Natsume Soseki cleared his throat, leaned forward, and said in a low voice: "Lu, your "Roger Mystery" has obviously been completed, why did you abolish yourself... oh... it's really unnecessary ah."

Lu Shi understood,

He knew that Natsume Soseki felt that he was good at writing detective novels, and that he should use his own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses,

Gambling with fantasy novels, isn't it asking for trouble?

But Lu Shi also had his own ideas.

He said, "Natsume, what do you think of that "Roger's Mystery"?"

Natsume Soseki did not hesitate,

"A pioneering work! I can make a conclusion now that "Roger's Mystery" will definitely be recorded in the annals of history, and it will be repeatedly studied, paid tribute to, and used for reference by future writers of suspense and mystery novels. They will all become Lu's disciples."

Lu Shi chuckled,

"Later...well, hereafter."

What Natsume Soseki said is right, "Roger's Mystery" is indeed worshiped as a god by writers of mystery novels,

Especially the birthplace of Xinbenge——

Japan.

There, the writing method of narrative tricks has been unprecedentedly developed.

But these are things for later.

At the beginning of the birth of "Roger Mystery", there were many doubts,

Because mystery novels centered on narrative tricks have inherent shortcomings,

Since the focus of the trick is not on the reasoning of the case, it is often easy to narrate the text in a straightforward manner, which is a bit dull to read and makes readers abandon the book before the end.

So, is this kind of reasoning work suitable for serialization in newspapers?

This is a question mark in itself.

Lu Shi's solution is to imitate Keigo Higashino's "Who Killed Her", and mobilize readers to actively participate while serializing it. Using questionnaires, let everyone guess who the murderer is and what the trick is, which can increase reader stickiness.

But looking at it now, it seems unnecessary.

Lu Shi had already figured it out, "Roger's Mysterious Case" would no longer be published in serial form, but would be published directly as a whole volume.

He said: "The Scotsman's serialization, I want to change to fantasy novels."

Hearing what Lu Shi said, Natsume Soseki felt a little regretful,

But he knew Lu Shi's uncompromising character, and since he had already made a decision, it would be difficult for anyone to persuade him.

Natsume Soseki pushed the boat along the river,

"Well, that's fine too."

Lu Shi smiled and asked, "Why did you suddenly change your tune?"

Natsume Soseki scratched his head,

"You talked about the common problems of suspense novels before, and the same is true for "Roger's Mystery". Some unreasonable things cannot be avoided."

It is inevitable,

It is difficult for any mystery novel to be seamless.

But Lu Shi was curious about what Natsume Soseki thought was unreasonable, and said, "Tell me."

Natsume Soseki was embarrassed, and even wanted to slap himself,

He felt that "Roger's Mystery" is a great work, and there may be small mistakes and omissions, but the flaws are not concealed, and it is really impossible to criticize it.

But this is the end of the story, I have to say it.

Natsume Soseki bit the bullet and said: "At the beginning of the novel, Detective Polo stated that Master Roger invited him to live in the village to retire. Is that so?"

Lu Shi nodded,

"Well, it makes sense to think so."

Natsume Soseki continued: "In this case, why didn't Roger go to a great detective for help when he encountered a blackmail problem, instead he went to a doctor?"

Lu Shi laughed loudly,

"If Roger had turned to Polo as soon as he came up, he would have settled everything and he would not have died. How can I write this story? However, it is not inexplicable. After all, the British only hide one thing, and that is love." (gay love."

Natsume Soseki didn't understand.

On the contrary, Phyllis next to him couldn't help but sneered, like a silver bell, crisp and raw.

It was only then that Lu Shi remembered that Dale and his daughter were still in the house.

He said apologetically: "Mr. Dale, Miss Phyllis, I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen today, I made you laugh."

Dale shook his head,

He was calm on the surface, but his heart was full of turmoil.

At the same time being competed by Oxford and Cambridge, how high is Lu Shi's level?

OK……

He looked at Phyllis beside him and winked.

Phyllis couldn't help but "Huh?"

"Do you really want to do that?"

Lu Shi was surprised,

"What kind?"

As a result, Phyllis glared at him and said, "Don't talk yet."

After speaking, he turned to Dale,

"Father~Dear~~~~~~"

The ending sound is very long, full of coquettish meaning.

Dell's heart softened, and he was almost "charmed" by Phyllis.

But he quickly regained his senses and said, "Phyllis, haven't you always wanted to make progress in acting? Professor Lu is here, why don't you go quickly?"

Phyllis lowered her head, playing with her fingers unconsciously,

"But……"

He was interrupted by Dale before he finished speaking: "There is no such thing as a 'but'. You have also seen that in order to win over Professor Lu, Sir Cavendish and Vice-Principal West even lost their gentlemanly demeanor, which shows Professor Lu's ability .”

Lu Shi was stunned, not knowing what the father and daughter were talking about.

He said, "That...is this..."

Before the words finished, Phyllis bit his lips tightly and took a step forward suddenly.

Immediately afterwards,

thump--

The little girl actually knelt down in front of Lu Shi!

Lu Shi:? ? ?

He was stunned for half a second before he realized it, and quickly turned to avoid the front of Felice.

Phyllis said, "Professor Lu, please guide my performance."

Lu Shi was dumbfounded.

"What are you doing? Kneel to me if you disagree with me. Who did you learn this from!?"

As he spoke, his eyes swept to Natsume Soseki.

Natsume Soseki quickly waved his hands, and explained in order to remove the suspicion: "Lu, don't blame me, I only kneel when 'causing your private race'. Besides, Miss Phyllis's kneeling is not standard. "

Lu Shi said, "You still want people to kneel in a standard way?"

Natsume Soseki smiled and looked out the window,

"Today's weather is really nice."

Lu Shi couldn't complain.

He turned to Dale,

"Mr. Dale, what is this for?"

Dale replied: "I heard that this is the way to apprentice in China."

Lu Shi hurriedly waved his hands,

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no need.'

As soon as he finished speaking, Natsume Soseki on the side asked curiously: "Isn't the six rituals of Shuxiu the teacher's apprenticeship ceremony given by young children when they are enlightened? Ah...no, it should be said that it is Confucianism that teaches the six rituals of Shuxiu. Kneel down and worship tea."

Lu Shi gave Natsume Soseki a hard look,

"Natsume, if you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb!"

"Cough! Cough cough cough..."

Natsume Soseki coughed violently, looked out of the window again, and murmured: "As expected of winter in London, today's wind is very noisy."