Chapter 321 The First Year of Chinese Contemporary Mystery Novels
Shaoyuan, International Students Dormitory Building, Yenching University.
Suzuki Yoko stretched and turned to look at Hashimoto Yui: "How is the translation of the news reports?"
"Just the last article."
< br>Hashimoto Yui shook her slightly sore wrist.
"Two days faster than we expected."
Suzuki Yoko was sorting out and translating the Japanese media's comments on "The Ring" when suddenly there were knocks on the door one after another.
"Yoko! Yui!"
Bai Ruoxue stood outside the house and was quickly invited into the dormitory.
"Is this?"
Seeing the "October" magazine she handed over, Hashimoto Yui blinked.
When Suzuki Yoko heard that Teacher Fang's novel was in the magazine, she couldn't help but be moved and immediately turned to the front page where "Malicious" was located.
The editor's note at the beginning clearly states that this is another new round of attempts in the narrow zone between popular literature and serious literature after "The Great Master Huang Feihong". A mystery novel with realism as its core, with a turbulent plot and strict logic. What is complicated is not the case, but the human heart.
Pure kindness can easily lead to pure malice.
"Mystery novel!?"
Hashimoto Yui was surprised and delighted, "Teacher Fang finally writes a mystery novel! Is it the original style school, the new original style school, the changed style school, or the socialist school?"
"Of course it is the socialist school, look at Fang The teacher made it very clear, realism!”
Suzuki! Yoko raised her head, "Really, Ruoxue-chan?"
Bai Ruoxue smiled: "Do you need me to reveal it?"
"Dah! Read mystery novels, if you know the murderer in advance Who is that? It’s boring.”
Hashimoto Yui couldn't wait to turn over it.
The first thing I saw was that Li Feiyu visited his old classmate Han Li. Han Li treated him warmly with spicy meat hotpot.
Suzuki Yoko asked: "Ruoxue-chan, what kind of meat is fragrant meat?"
"It's dog meat." Bai Ruoxue said, "Isn't it written about Thirteen in "The Grandmaster Huang Feihong" "I forgot about it."
Yoko Suzuki stuck out her tongue, and Yui Hashimoto said, "Dogs are so cute, why do you eat them?"
"Not only do you eat dog meat, but you also kill cats later."
Bai Ruoxue blurted out, and immediately realized that she had revealed a spoiler, and quickly covered her mouth.
"Kill the cat? This Han Li is too cruel!"
Suzuki Yoko and Hashimoto Yui looked at each other, and then looked down with anger.
Unexpectedly, he thought the victim would be Li Feiyu, who was harmless to humans and animals, but unexpectedly it was Han Li, who "eats dogs and kills cats".
In this criminal case, since Han Li is a well-known writer in the country, the criminal police captain "Fang Yan" personally took action to investigate the case.
"Wakayuki-chan, is the detective captain the police chief?"
Suzuki Yoko cast an inquiring look.
Bai Ruoxue said that last year the Ministry of Public Security separated criminal investigation work from the Public Security Bureau and established a special Criminal Case Investigation Bureau.
"Isn't that equivalent to the Criminal Division of the Metropolitan Police Department?"
Suzuki Yoko suddenly realized it and chuckled, "Teacher Fang is really, he wrote himself as a police chief to solve the case."
Bridge Ben Yui said: "This case seems to be It’s not difficult to get here. The murderer should be this Li Feiyu.”
“It’s not that simple. If it’s just like this, it would be too boring. Teacher Fang would not write such a boring story.”
Suzuki Yoko shook his head.
Hashimoto Yui also believed it. When she saw Li Feiyu confessing to the facts of the crime and admitting that the killing was impromptu, but kept silent about the motive of the crime, she was just like "Fang Yan" in the novel, full of curiosity.
However, when the motive for the murder was revealed, instead of finding Li Feiyu hateful, he felt a little pitiful.
A talented man was caught by Han Li cheating on his wife, and had to swallow his humiliation as a "trumpet" and ghostwrite for him. This is simply sanctimonious Han Tianzun, no, Korean writer , pure love warrior Li Feiyu.
Although the love triangle between Li Feiyu, Nangong Wan and Han Li is brilliantly written, but is this it?
This socialist reasoning is too simple!
"Yui, look back."
Bai Ruoxue, as a person who has come before, showed a shrewd smile: "Don't forget the opening sentence, what is complicated is not the case, but the people's hearts."
Hashimoto Yui continued to look at it doubtfully, her face suddenly changed, and she couldn't help but take a breath of air.
I actually fell into Li Feiyu’s trap. To be precise, I fell into the trap set by Fang Yan.
Perfectly explains what "the greatest malice is not to kill you, but to destroy you."
"Hiss~" After reading it again, Suzuki Yoko felt a chill running down her spine: "It's so evil. This Li Feiyu is really too vicious and sinister!"
Hashimoto Yui sighed: "Yes, it's really abominable. What cheating, ghostwriting, even that cat was not killed by Han Li, but by Li Feiyu. He just wanted to take it away. All the good things about Han Li were almost deceived by him.”
Suzuki Yoko slowly thought about it: “Maybe we fell into Teacher Fang’s narrative trick from the beginning.”
< br>“There is also a narrative trap between the first person and the third person, which makes it easy for people to take on the role of Li Feiyu and sympathize with him.”
Bai Ruoxue smiled.
"Let's go find Teacher Fang!"
Hashimoto Yui can't wait to find Fang Yan and talk about her experience and thoughts about "Malicious" in person.
"Then I'll call Katsuo and Xiaoya, they also have this intention."
Bai Ruoxue had this intention, and she and Suzuki Yoko walked out of the dormitory and walked through the Yan Garden.
Along the way, many students discussed "Malicious":
"Is Li Feiyu's reason for killing Han Li too far-fetched? Is it simply 'the deadline is approaching and he is unhappy'?"
“I think it’s quite reasonable to be jealous of others’ goodness and hate others’ If a person is not as good as others, he would like to kill others and replace him."
"And it's not for no reason. There are no old classmates of Li Feiyu talking about his life of being disliked."
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At this moment, it was freezing cold, and although there were not many people coming and going on campus, the members of the May Fourth Literary Club appeared at the Weiming Lake as usual, holding the first party of the new year as usual, and the protagonists of the discussion "Malice" is still in dialect.
Bai Ruoxue called out Su Ya and Tang Shengnan, and the group headed towards Shichahai's house.
What caught my eye was Gong Qie, who had returned from studying at Nortel.
"Mrs. Gong..."
"Don't shout like that, just call me by my name, or call me 'Sister Gongjie'."
"Sister Gong Qie!"
Everyone shouted in unison.
Gong Qian covered his mouth and chuckled, then responded: "You guys go find Yanzi, he is in the study."
All of a sudden, a crowd of people poured into the study.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Fang Yan pointed to the rosewood chair, "Look, don't be anxious, sit down and chat slowly."
"Teacher Fang, I have never read a mystery novel like "Malevolence"."
Hashimoto Yui was impatient: "There are no whimsical modus operandi of the Benge school, and there is no change of style. He sent those cruel and perverted killing methods, but after reading it, it made me feel scared."
Fang Yan said with a smile: "That's because of the goodness and beauty, ugliness and beauty in the world. There is nothing more evil than the human heart.”
“Yes, it’s easy to guess the murderer, but I can’t guess the motive. I guessed the motive, but I didn’t expect it was a trick. After seeing through the trick, it turned out to be so deep. Malice." Suzuki Yoko asked curiously, "But Teacher Fang, isn't this motivation a bit too..."
"Too simple?"
Fang Yan waved his hand, "Some people's hatred has no reason. They hate themselves for being mediocre, talentless, and mediocre, so the excellence, talent, kindness, and happiness of others become original sins. What's more, Li Feiyu has a terminal illness, and he I don’t want to be disliked and unknown for the rest of my life. There is a saying in China, ‘If you can’t be famous for a hundred years, you should be infamy. Ten thousand years'. "
He paused and said: "If this thing is done, he can take away all the honors from Han Li and become famous for a while. Even if he fails, it can be passed down as a classic criminal case. , notorious."
"Si Guoyi!"
Hashimoto Yui felt that it made sense and couldn't help but say it.
"Teacher Fang, I think the first half of Li Feiyu's life in the novel is a bit fragmented and not specific enough."
Suzuki Yoko said: "If I could write out all the things he disliked throughout his life, it would definitely be a good realistic work!"
Fang Yan was greatly surprised, you are so accurate at reading people!
Compared with Higashino Keigo's "Malevolence", I not only localized the treatment, but also made the murderer's motivations more rounded, just like "Three Evils", " It’s not that I’m afraid of death, it’s that I’m afraid that no one will remember me even if I die.”
The first and second eldest brothers on the list thought they were seeking revenge or offering a reward, but they didn’t expect that it was the third on the list who was playing in the rankings. You really don’t want to mess with the slaves!
In addition, "The Life of the Disliked Matsuko" was also applied to the murderer, and the whole character became fuller.
Hateful people must be pitiful!
"Teacher Fang, can you leave the translation work of "Malicious" to me and Yoko!"
Hashimoto Yui's tone was full of expectation.
"Even if you don't say it, I will do it."
Fang Yan said: "I think Mr. Morimura should also be willing to write a preface, right?"
"Of course!"
Suzuki Yoko, Bai Ruoxue and others were convinced.
After all, "Malice" is not only a masterpiece of contemporary socialist reasoning, but also the beginning of modern Chinese mystery novels!
If nothing unexpected happens, it will set off a small climax of mystery novels like "Hawthorn Love" and "Operation Sword".
“It’s not enough, it would be best to have a magazine that specializes in mystery novels,”
Fang Yan took a sip of tea and already had a new plan in mind.
(End of this chapter)