Conan: The winner is justice

When I returned to my villa, it was almost evening.

The housekeeper Aso Makoto said to the two of them and went to prepare today's dinner.

Gu Meimen, on the other hand, was sitting in the living room, sorting out the intelligence data collected so far.

"So, how was it today?"

Xiao Ai's questioning voice came from the side.

She did not go out with Gu Meimen today.

"Everything is going smooth."

Gu Mei goalkeeper briefly talked about how he went to the Mori office.

"Xiaolan actually got so angry."

After listening, Xiao Ai suddenly looked regretful.

This girl Lan's character is obvious to all, this is a rare thing, she regrets not going out with Gu Meimen.

"Unexpectedly, she has even changed her name now."

Xiao Ai sighed.

"Well, there is no future with her father. This is a new beginning. Maybe there will be a new concubine lawyer in the legal profession in the future."

"I think there will be a new disaster for the legal profession."

Gu Meimen said casually.

After a pause, he looked towards Xiao Ai.

"What have you been doing lately? Why do you seem so busy?"

At this time, Xiao Ai was sitting at the desk in the living room, tapping her laptop with her slender hands.

Xiao Ai rarely goes out with him recently. Apart from going to court with him, she just stays at home all day and night, not knowing what she is doing.

"Oh, didn't we come across a novel plagiarism case recently?"

Xiao Ai never looked away from the computer screen or raised her head.

She said while typing the text: "During this period, in order to help you collect information, I have been researching novels written by others online. As time went by, my own interest also developed, so I wrote a new book myself."

"oh?"

Gu Meimen walked over curiously and stuck her head in front of the computer desk.

A word interface was displayed on the computer screen, which was densely packed with text.

Gu Meimen glanced at it a few times, and at a glance, she was really writing some kind of novel, and it looked quite decent.

"How can you, a nerd like you, still write novels?"

"Why, do you look down on me?" Xiao Ai rolled her eyes at him, "When I was in the organization laboratory, I was bored a lot of the time, so I tried to write something, but at that time, in order to prevent intelligence leaks, the organization did not allow me to Just published.”

"That's right." Gu Meimen raised an eyebrow, "Japanese light novels already have enough toilet paper, why do you want to add two more toilet paper?"

Xiao Ai also raised her eyebrows: "I noticed over and over again that you seem to be very prejudiced against Japanese light novels."

"It's not a prejudice, it's just that I think it's rubbish."

Gu Meimen made no secret and made her comments directly.

"This kind of nonsense is all marketed. The author creates a few bad street heroine designs, and the illustrator draws a few two-dimensional cute girls. First, he recruits a bunch of insiders, and after gaining some popularity, he starts making animations. , the animation is purely for advertising. Outsiders will read the original novel after watching the animation and think it's okay, and they will find that the novel is bullshit. This light novel shouldn't be called a 'novel', the expressiveness of the text alone is completely It’s just a piece of shit. Rather than selling novels, light novels are more about selling characters and illustrations.”

Xiao Ai narrowed her eyes: "I can see that you are very resentful."

"Oh, I've been deceived before. There was a peripheral game that was very good. After playing it for a while, I read the original novel and almost threw up."

Ancient beauty.

"To be honest, with regard to the structural system of the Japanese language, unless the author is really very high in literary attainments and can speak all kinds of borrowed words and idioms, otherwise he can only write in vernacular like light novels. A pile of toilet paper without a few illustrated characters will really not attract people to look at it.”

"Really? Are you saying this a bit absolutely?"

"Isn't there a ready-made example of the case we are handling now?"

Gu Meimen took out the information that Xiao Ai had collected before——

Comparison of the marketing tree diagrams of the two novels "The Adventures of the Shield Black Cat" and "The Wandering Cat".

"The book Daisuke Tokura is a hit, and the other book is so popular that there are almost no comments. However, both books are written by the same author. The writing styles are so similar, but the results are so different. Think about it. What’s the reason for this?”

"Um, okay."

Xiao Ai thought for a while and nodded.

The book written by Toshiya Tadokoro himself didn’t even have an illustration, let alone a marketing promotion.

Without illustrations, it inherently lacks a highlight that attracts clicks compared to other similar works.

I can't even get started, let alone want people to watch the subsequent plot.

Komemon is right about one thing. Japanese light novels are all marketed, and many people read the novels after watching the adapted animations.

To be precise, Japanese animation does advertise the original work. Japan's marketing model for light novels is not to modify the animation after the original work becomes a hit, but to adapt the animation to make the original work popular after it becomes a small hit. This will further enhance the influence of the original work and pave the way for more peripheral products to be produced in the future.

"Why is Japanese light novel called toilet paper? Because the marketing model determines that it is an assembly line."

Like a critic, Gu Meimen continued to criticize.

"And the authors can only write the same routine. The male protagonist is mediocre and slow in love, and the female protagonist has various personalities. These plots are all bad and there is nothing new. ."

Xiao Ai always keeps her eyes on the screen.

After hearing Gu Meimen's words, she raised her head and looked at him with interest.

"So what type of subject matter do you think I am writing about now?"

Gu Meimen held her chin.

"Well, let me guess, design a bad guy male protagonist who is emotionally insensitive, and then assign him a sister who is not related by blood and hates him very much. One day the male protagonist accidentally discovers that this sister is drawing erotic comics, and the protagonist is him This brother—what you’re writing now isn’t this kind of bullshit, is it?”

"Oh? Do you think I am writing this kind of thing?" Xiao Ai smiled half-heartedly.

"Even if it's not like this, it's almost the same. Don't tell me that what you're writing now is based on me."

Gu Meimen's rant just now made him a little thirsty. He picked up the cup on the table, poured some water into it, and started drinking.

But Xiao Ai's words immediately caused the water in his mouth to spurt out.

"You are right, my book is really based on you."

"..."

Gu Meimen took a piece of cloth and wiped the remaining water from the corner of her mouth.

Then, he stared at Xiao Ai's face expressionlessly.

"Are you kidding me?"