Chapter 159 Before school starts, after school (Part 2)
When Lu Yichou received the article "After School", he was in the work group to talk to everyone about Gu Yongsheng's recruitment of Tokutian.
"He has a wide range of acting, and maybe he can turn the situation around this time."
"Actually, every time I encounter such a thing, I feel quite complicated. On the one hand, I am eager to see him uneasy, and on the other hand, I am curious about where his limit is."
"I am afraid that it is difficult to see the uneasy state at present, and I need to continue waiting where the limit is."
"The key is that every time the plot develops, I won't say this. If he hadn't left, I wouldn't have said that. To be honest, sometimes I even expect him to fall and keep going smoothly is it a reason for the decision to leave?"
This sentence resonated with many editors. The news that Gu Yongsheng did not renew his contract with Qianhong quickly spread in the editorial department and even in the industry. When Qianhong editor talked about this young best-selling writer, his tone was filled with a tinge of gunpowder.
Lu Yichou originally wanted to stop this conversation trend, but then he thought about it and deleted the "Don't talk too much" that had been made from behind to front, and then replied, "This can also be kept looking forward to it, but I can only look forward to it in my heart. The unified caliber for the external situation is 'the contract expires, the contract is terminated peacefully, and blessing him, looking forward to the next cooperation'. If I know who says something inappropriate in public, I will definitely be severely punished."
Everyone lined up to answer "received".
Like Mo Zhiyu, Lu Yichou is not optimistic about Gu Yongsheng's self-esteem, either because he is not famous enough, but on the contrary, because he is at the forefront of the storm, he is restrained everywhere. No one, including Qianhong, really wants another competitor like Xue Muliang.
"He will definitely fall when he leaves. Although writing comes from life, it is not real life after all. He can claim to be king in the virtual world, but he may not be able to smooth sailing in the real world. The only question now is when and where will he fall." Wei Wuzhi said in a summary.
Also sitting in front of the computer, facing the chat box, Yi Shuian obviously couldn't participate in this topic. She sighed softly, picked up her pen and wrote a line of words on her notebook: "The country where she is located is heavy, and the country where she goes is light."
As soon as the eight words were finished, Mr. Lu replied: "The manuscript of Gu Yongsheng is here, Lao Wei is watching the private chat."
Then, General Lu and Editor Wei disappeared together, and Lu Yichou did not say in the group until before get off work: "At least this time, he won again!"
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One week after "After School" was released, Qianhong and his editors deeply understood the true meaning of their boss's so-called "he won again".
It is understandable that Japan was the first to react to this book. After all, mystery novels in China have never produced any representative works. Naturally, attention cannot be compared. Even if some Chinese readers find out that this novel is good and promote it on the "maze", the largest forum of mystery novels, it is still regarded as a merchant's navy and cannot attract widespread attention.
In Japan, it is a completely different scene. As the novel is dressed in the guise of "Provocation Book from China", once it was launched, it immediately attracted the attention of those fanatical patriots. They bought the book as soon as possible, preparing to criticize and attack them one by one, and finally made these conclusions public to the world through social networks and international forums, which made the ignorant Chinese author ashamed.
Aikawa, who just went to college this year, is one of the first readers to buy "After School". He is a loyal mystery novel fan. Like many of his peers, he believes that Japanese reasoning is the best in the universe. Not long ago, he saw his idol Jiro Tokuda publicly mocking their country for having no reason on a famous Chinese TV station. He was very excited and deeply agreed.
When I heard that the Chinese writer criticized by Tokuda Jun not only did not reflect on himself, but instead made a blatant attack, I couldn't help but secretly complain: "Why should I bring shame to myself?"
With this mood, he bought "After School" and prepared a whole night to complete the reading and related comments of the book.
He read the beginning very seriously and almost never missed every word. His purpose was to guess the ending in the shortest time.
An hour passed, not only did he not find the ending, but he was also unfortunately trapped in the story. The disdain in his heart disappeared little by little, and replaced by surprise and confusion. Until the ending was finished, this surprise and confusion turned into a clear shock.
This is simply a masterpiece that is comparable to any local excellent mystery novel!
Aikawa's painful conclusion made him even more uneasy. What made him even more uneasy was that this novel not only completed a wonderful mystery story, but also presented his familiar high school life, travel, arrow club and hazy youth throbbing. This writing style and layout can almost compete for the Spring and Autumn Reasoning Awards.
Aikawa's eyes were fixed on the last paragraph of the novel: [It feels like it is about to start taking a long-term vacation.]
When the story that makes people suddenly realize but shocks the soul, ending with such a "idle writing" not only makes people feel light but also adds to the timeless meaning of the article.
Aikawa has a full sense of pride and superiority in his nationality, but he is still a serious mystery novel fan after all. He really has no way to open his eyes and tell lies to criticize this "After School".
The essence of this mystery novel is to challenge and confuse readers. They must not only keep their own foreshadowings, but also lead their thinking in a completely wrong direction, so that when revealing the truth, they give readers the feeling of excitement and surprise of "Oh, so that's it, I was wrong."
"After School" obviously did this. The story focused the contradictions on the protagonist at the beginning, which was confusing and audio-visual. What was even more unexpected was that the protagonist did carry another story, and it was related to the story on the main line, which was linked to one link, so that after seeing the ending and knowing the truth, he was still silent in the author's situation for a long time.
Because, one of the original intentions of the author's design in this way was to provoke readers.
Aikawa had to keep a depressed silence for the time being. Praise is impossible, and there is no position to attack. Except for the "killing intention" that does not hide the merits, it is worth questioning. Other parts really do not constitute effective points of complaint.
Facts proved that Aikawa was right. After the first group of readers read the novel, the expected large-scale confrontation did not appear. Instead, a small group of people expressed their surprise and "not bad". The attackers indeed seized the "murder motive" point and "crazy beating", but the momentum seemed difficult.
Then more and more readers got into the trap, so that some well-known mystery novelists took the initiative to stand up and expressed their admiration for this story from China.
"The author is well versed in our reasoning, and the author has a detailed understanding of our daily life. This story reflects the problems of our country in this era from a certain perspective."
"This is a work that is different from other campus mystery stories. It is a novel that adults can read. The author never tires about writing about certain life details, which is nothing more than to construct a real world, which provides a good idea for works of the same type."
"The description of the teacher-student relationship in the article is very precise and appropriate, which undoubtedly increases the charm of the whole book. It is rare that the author also incorporates the foreshadowing into those seemingly ordinary dialogues, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone."
"The most amazing thing is that when solving puzzles in the end, the explanation of reasoning was not carried out under static dialogues, but while doing nervous actions, the puzzle was solved, so that the suspense of the whole book remained until the end, avoiding the monotony and boring feeling of lengthy explanations, and keeping the reader's emotions in a tense state. It is truly a masterpiece of "no cold-blooding".
"I can only say regretfully that this Mr. Gu Yongsheng from China defeated millions of readers with his outstanding ideas. I advise those readers who are careless to pay attention to every paragraph of the author, otherwise they will feel regretful when they are played with by the author at the end."
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Even if there are many hatreds and evils in this country of Japan, there is still a bit worthy of our vigilance. They are a famous family that can actively recognize their shortcomings and make improvements. They worship the strong and despise the weak.
It is precisely because of this idea that "After School" was not quickly banned, but was promoted widely. They reminded and even encouraged the younger generation of their country: "Never relax. The country that has become stronger is not ignorant of us. This ancient mediocre student must have studied our history and current situation in depth, and there must be many Chinese like him, so cheer up, young people!"
Then, this book began to set off a craze across Japan, and was successfully shortlisted for the Spring and Autumn Awards for ten foreign masterpieces, becoming the first Chinese novel to be selected for this award. The title of "Provocation from China" was completely confirmed.
This craze quickly crossed the ocean, blowing from island countries to Greater China, setting off a wave of sales and discussion again.
The long-term poverty and weakness of the mystery novel field has made readers instinctively prefer similar masterpieces and judgments abroad. This time, the novel created by the author of the country convinced the island country's mystery novel world, which has always been cold-eyed, and then its popularity in China is natural.
Everyone was buying this book with a shameful attitude. Needless to say, Gu Yongsheng's original readers were excited, and all kinds of exaggerated praise came one after another, while those Gao Shuishu who tried to use this to make Gu Yongsheng ugly were completely stunned.
"You are three hundred and sixty degrees without dead corners!"
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As one of the participants in this incident, Jiro Tokuda finally came forward to reply after nearly half a month of silence: "Although there are still many inappropriate books in the book "After School", it has given Gu Yongsheng the qualification to fight me. I will have a new book released in October, and I am willing to invite Gu Jun to fight again!"
He not only accepted the battle book brought by Qianhong by Gu Yongsheng, but also advertised his new book, which was also considered wise. However, this time the challenge was more blatant and without any room for room, which was quite meaningful to decide the outcome in one battle.
Chapter completed!