Chapter 166 Neon’s first battle!
"Oh? There is actually content after the interview?"
Old readers who bought "Floating Wen Zhi" only read the first two-thirds, and the interviews with the writers in the back were nothing, not a single A little bit of good stuff.
Many readers who ordered it browsed it casually, after all, they paid for it.
But no one expected that there would be an unexpected surprise in today's publication - the serialization of three foreign novels.
Gu Lu felt that the content of the serialization was too late, and it was precisely because of this that it was ranked behind interviews with a low number of words.
[Gu Lu, a genius writer with 30 million people! The flower of evil bloomed by human nature lures people towards the abyss. Only the detective Akechi Kogoro who emerges from the abyss can remove it! ]
"Genius writer? Si Guoyi! Our Neon only has 120 million people, a quarter of the Neon population is a genius writer?"
"A detective who stepped out of the abyss? There is a sense of expectation. "
"How to lure people into the abyss?"
The nickname given by Neon editor Shike Ohta has some scientific basis. The population of the foggy city in 2012 was 29.75 million, so there is nothing wrong with rounding it to 30 million.
No matter whether they are readers who are interested in being surprised or readers whose interest is waning, they all have the mentality of "I have bought it all, I must take a look".
"The Incredible Crime of Dr. Muro"
"Good - the unique criminal method allows the victim to imitate it out of curiosity, which is reasonable and special."
< br>"D Banpo Murder Case"
"The justice of Akechi and the traditional detective - he doesn't even pursue the truth, he pursues fun. Although Holmes also pursues fun, in the final analysis, it is the complexity of the case, and enjoys the adventure and brainstorming when solving the case. Akechi is more concerned about the reaction of the murderer, and even It doesn’t matter whether it’s the real murderer or not!”
“The reason for the death of the Marquis de Sade is actually this! Is it so perverted?”
“ If the murderer doesn’t surrender? I don’t even think Akechi will report it.”
The Marquis de Sade is famous, and is known as the originator of erotic novels, representing S. Together with the Austrian writer Masoch, they are also called "S-M". This is where masochism and sadism come from.
"Wanderer on the Ceiling"
After reading the book, many readers looked up at the ceiling of their homes. Their first reaction was to imitate the murderer, and their second reaction was - damn, the house is a single-family bungalow.
Even if it is not a single-family house, it is separated from the neighboring houses, and the ceiling cannot pass through...
Neon peeping and candid photography data are far ahead in the world, and they are still leading in the true sense, so in the ceiling It seems really interesting to peek into other people's lives online.
The three short stories, especially the second and third, are particularly in line with the aesthetics of Neon readers!
We all know that Neon attaches great importance to the readers' evaluation of each issue. Whether it is a comic or a serialized novel, if the readers' evaluation is not right, it will be cut in half at any time.
[I haven’t seen such a perverted and attractive article for a long time. Please continue to serialize it. ][4.1]
[Thirty million talented writers, I think there is something wrong with this title, because there are no writers of this style among the 100 million people in our country! ][4.0]
[A writer from China who describes human nature (crossed out), Gu Lu, a heavy-flavor writer from China, please ask the magazine to increase its efforts. ]【4.0】
Wait for comments. The following is the reader score. "Floating Wenzhi" is a 4.6-point scale. It is said that this strange score comes from the mystery novel evaluation system created by the editor: "1.2 points for trickery, 1.2 points for logic, 1.2 points for foreshadowing, and 1 point for storytelling."
The idea is very good. Readers will basically not follow this standard. Everyone has their own standards. Generally speaking, a score of more than four points is already a high score.
Did you know that the series of Faust Five Tigers is in the range of 3.8-4.2.
There are even readers mentioning it [on the edge of reasoning], even if there are no visitors replying.
Gu Lu fought beautifully in his first battle abroad!
Although it did not cause a large-scale discussion in the neon mystery reader circle, it did leave a unique impression in the minds of Fuwenzhi readers.
Editor-in-chief Gao of "Times Reasoning" received a phone call during his busy schedule. He frowned at first, then his eyebrows widened along with the corners of his mouth. After hanging up, his face was filled with smiles.
"Xiao Han," Editor Gao called out as he walked out of the office.
The leader called, and Han Zang trotted over immediately, "Editor-in-Chief, what are you so happy about?"
"I just got a call from Neon "Fu Wenzhi"," Editor Gao said, although he called The person on the phone spoke very poor Chinese, but he understood.
Han Zang immediately understood what was going on, "The feedback on Teacher Xiao Gu's novel is very good?"
"It's better than expected. The magazine only went on sale in Neon for two or three times. Days later, the other party called us to continue the appointment and asked Gu Lu by name." Editor Gao's words were filled with excitement.
He is not happy because of how much money he can earn. In fact, when a short story is published overseas, regardless of the cost of translation, the profit of the editorial department is not as much as that of the author himself.
Editor Gao is happy that in the past, neon mystery works have been successfully exported to China, but exports from home have always been blocked.
Now, finally there is a successful example!
“Yes!” Han Zang clenched his fists upon hearing this and wanted to wave twice, but realized that the leader was in front of him and suppressed his excitement.
“I knew that Teacher Xiao Gu’s work might be good, the style is weird.” Han Zang said.
"It's one thing to have a paradoxical style, but what's more important is that he learned a skill in stabbing corruption and cruelty in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", and described the darkness of human nature deeply. This is also Neon's favorite style." Chief Editor Gao said, "Junichi Watanabe's works use a cold scalpel to dissect the lust between men and women, while Gu Lu dissects the psychology of criminals."
"Mystery works are the three W's, and what Gu Lu values is "why, the murderer's motive." Editor Gao said, "Motive has always been the banner of social reasoning, but Gu Lu's works never delve into the social reasons, but only explore themselves. There are too few mystery novel writers who can write like this." br>
In fact, it is reasonable. In Editor Gao's opinion, even though Gu Lu has learned a few things about Liaozhai, he is still young and does not have such a deep understanding of society.
"So is this why, editor-in-chief, you signed the contract immediately after reading these three articles?" Han Zang suddenly realized, "No wonder the editor-in-chief is the editor-in-chief. The level of appreciation is high, and I still have to learn. ”
This flattery is quite comfortable. Editor Gao could hardly hold back his lips and pretended to be serious, "Okay, let's go and tell Gu Lu clearly that there are no mystery writers in China who are popular abroad."
"Make sure to complete the task." Han Zang also wants to become a famous mystery writer and editor overseas!
......
Gu Lu, who unknowingly opened up the track, was thinking about a question -
Is it late or early!
This question is as serious and difficult to choose as the Danish prince's thinking about life and death.
For Gu Lu, without having to study at night, he can have more time to code and "work".
For example, for the upcoming autograph signing of "The Little Prince", he has to choose posters, admission certificates, and small gifts.
Although it can be completely handed over to the publishing house, Gu Lu still wants to participate more in the first book signing event and the importance he attaches to books.
The benefits of not attending self-study early are more obvious. Which one should I choose? Suddenly, Gu Lu’s difficulty in choosing was interrupted by a classmate’s words:
"Brother Zhulu, can you be my dad for the time being!"
"..."
Gu Lu used to read harem stories, and they were all about the heroine asking him to help pretend to be her boyfriend. How did he get there? His trick here is to pretend to be a father?
“You want my help, imitate a parent’s signature or something?” Gu Lu speculated.
Winter is coming, oh no, it’s the end of the term - it’s the same for students, the courses they should learn are basically finished, and they start writing papers.
Just do it if you want to, and take a formal class test every week. No matter what the score is, you must take it back and sign it to your parents.
"Hey, you know everything," Tian Xiao also said his reason, "Everyone knows that Teacher Gao has studied calligraphy or something, and is very good at handwriting identification. Many students in our class have revealed their secrets when they signed their own names. "
"Brother Zhulu, you are the only one who doesn't hand in homework. The teacher is relatively unfamiliar with you," Tian Xiao said.
“Wouldn’t it be better if you just find a foreigner to sign it?” Gu Lu discovered Hua Dian.
“You can’t trust people from outside the class.” Tian Xiao whispered, “To do these things, you still need to form a group of acquaintances.”
What a gang, how ugly it sounds, this is called a team! Gu Lu has signed many long-term contracts with magazines, and his guardian signatures are imitated by him, so he is quite experienced.
The next class is the class teacher's class.
Teacher Gao walked into the classroom cleanly and threw the paper in his hand on the table with a scratch. It also fell into the hearts of the students, and they were instantly silenced.
"Tian Xiao, how many times have I told you, there are typos, typos, typos, please pay attention to typos!" Teacher Gao's cold tone was mixed with hatred that iron cannot be made into steel.
"I told you to check carefully after the exam. If you don't listen, this fill-in-the-blank question and this one all deserve points." Teacher Gao said, "Invite your parents to come to school tomorrow and let me see what you think. It’s not about studying.”
"Guan Xiaoli, what's the matter with you?"
He named five classmates in a row.
Teacher Gao was particularly dissatisfied with this week’s test results, as many students had significantly regressed.
“These questions are all in the designated test points. Why are you doing it wrong?” Teacher Gao looked around the classroom.
Because they did something wrong, Zeng Jie subconsciously wanted to answer the question, but it was obvious that he could still pay attention to the direction of the wind. For example, he did not speak out under the high pressure of the head teacher.
Among the students named by the boss, only Tian Xiao was so troubled that he asked his parents.
This is because Tian Xiao’s typo problem cannot be corrected even after being told many times. The key is not that he lacks pens and lacks drawings, but that he actually writes "look" instead of "moxian". Teacher Gao has said it many times. Today’s invitation to parents.
"Since we have to invite the parents..." Gu Lu thought repeatedly, I'm sorry, I can't save him and I'll wait to die.
The bell rang for the second to last class in the morning, and King Gulu rushed to Director Hu’s office.
Choose not to study in the evening!
I have been busy recently, so Gu Lu told Director Hu about the publicity.
Director Hu was looking back and forth at "Floating Magazine". The magazine had many "real names (Chinese characters)" and by combining the context, he could understand it even though he didn't speak Japanese at all.
“Okay, because taking into account the lack of creative time of Mr. Gu Lu, and because Mr. Gu Lu has participated in composition competitions many times and achieved excellent results, our school pursues teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. Mr. Gu Lu, you can study by yourself in the evening. I stayed at home to create.”
After talking a lot as usual, Gu Lu felt that Mandarin was quite necessary for the first time.
At least the above paragraph sounds much more acceptable to the students than "If he gets good grades, he doesn't have to study at night".
"The Academic Affairs Office will send you a note soon. To ensure the safety of students, parents only need to sign the note to prove that the students are indeed staying at home." Director Hu said.
"Parent 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 evening self-study, the school will be responsible." Director Hu said, "Anyway, it is You need to see the signature.”
Okay, Director Hu’s last paragraph made Gu Lu understand what he meant.
Sign your own name. If you don’t tell me, I won’t tell you. As long as nothing happens, no one will have a problem.
Gu Lu was about to leave when he was stopped by Director Hu.
"Here - Specialty Scholarship 2,000 yuan." Director Hu took out a brown envelope and handed it to Gu Lu.
Huh? Why else? Gu Lu was quite confused. He looked at Director Hu in front of him.
According to the rules of No. 8 Middle School, specialty scholarships are awarded once a year, and he received it when he entered the school.
“The No. 8 Middle School has established a super specialty scholarship.” Director Hu said.
Super Specialty Scholarship - such a perfunctory name, it's not 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 relatively difficult, I didn't write them down. The last trigger was for Ma Dongfang in 2006." Director Hu explained: "If you achieve excellent results in your specialty, there will be additional rewards."< br>
Oh Ma Dongfang, this name Gu Lu knows, the name written on 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 Song and Dance Troupe before graduation.
The work was published in a foreign magazine and placed in the same position as the first place in the Taoli Cup. Gu Lu probably understood.
In addition, in the brochure of No. 37 Middle School, Gu Lu's name is also at the top of the list of outstanding graduates.
Since it was a real school award, Gu Lu got it!
Today is the last time for evening self-study.
I went home in the evening and had a meeting directly on my computer via QQ video. Gu Lu’s opinion was needed for the selection of the artist 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've never worn a deerstalker hat or smoked a big pipe like that. I guess it's just something the writer added to make me stand out and sell more books. In writing I don’t have much say in this aspect.”]
Besides, there is no deerstalker hat in the original work of Sherlock Holmes. Even the three-piece set of deerstalker hat, round collar short cloak and big pipe all belong to the same illustrator. drawn.
Definitely the earliest fan-fic forced to death. Later Sherlock Holmes shootings and subsequent illustrations all followed this setting, including when "The Sherlock Holmes" was published.
This is the importance of a great illustrator. He even turned outdoor hats such as deerstalkers into "detective hats".
“The painter is here.” Han Zang’s voice came from the video.
(End of this chapter)