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Chapter 14: Publishing the Holmes Detective Collection!

  A white apron, hair tied back with a simple hairband, not a hint of the strong woman from the publishing house, only the gentle virtues of a good wife and mother remained, who would have thought that Wang had the potential to become a good wife and mother.

  "Wait a little while and the food will be ready." As it turned out, Aunt Wangs cooking was much better than Zhao Jies. They had a happy and enjoyable meal.

  "Auntie, the deputy editor-in-chief of Yangcheng Daily, Zhao DanDan, is a classmates mother. I went to her house yesterday and she said that Yangcheng Daily wants to open up a new section, so she asked me to contribute an article. Coincidentally, Ive also written a new book recently, so I thought Id give it a try. What do you think, Auntie?"

  "What is suitable for publication?" Wang Ni.

  "Ive also brought the draft, Auntie, take a look." Su Xichen handed the draft of "The Red-Headed League" to Wang Ni.

  "The Red-Headed League" is translated as "Hong Fa Hui" in China.

  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

  "Reasoning?"

  "The Red-Haired Assembly" is not a long piece of writing, with only over 20,000 words in total, so Wang Ni finished reading it quickly according to her proofreading speed.

  "In recent years, due to the broadcast of some detective movies and TV dramas, reasoning has become extremely popular, and many authors have taken up their pens to create their own reasoning works. However, because of the logicality and intense thinking required for reasoning, countless newcomers have fallen by the wayside, earning the genre the nickname new authors graveyard. At least among the one hundred reasoning manuscripts submitted to our publishing house, not a single one is guaranteed to be published."

  "The reasoning short story is even more so, due to the length of the article, it must be described in extremely concise language, and most importantly, it also needs to lay down the groundwork. Therefore, writing a good short reasoning story is very difficult. However, Xiaochens reasoning story is written very well, using the first-person narrative voice of Huasheng to describe the case-breaking, this kind of writing is very novel, and finally as the protagonist of the case, Holmes reasoning is also very reasonable. Overall, its a very good reasoning story." Wang Nis review is very professional.

  "Xiao Chen, are you planning to write a series, a Sherlock Holmes-style detective series, right?" As expected, the editor-in-chief hit the nail on the head.

  "Im planning to write a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, Ive already finished two short stories and one medium-length story. Can these be published in the Yangcheng Evening News, Auntie?" Wang Ni hesitated for a moment "Its enough, although the protagonist and background are British, it may lack some sense of substitution, but the high quality of the work can completely make up for this flaw."

  Upon hearing Wang Nis words, Su Rui Chen let out a big sigh of relief. Although he had thought so too in his heart, but hearing it from Wang Ni, a professional publishing house editor-in-chief, was even more reassuring.

  "If Xiaochen, your subsequent articles can maintain this level, then this reasoning collection will absolutely become a bestseller, and the results will be far beyond Journey to the West, it may even become your magnum opus." - Wang Ni.

  "Alright, Ill submit the manuscript to the newspaper tomorrow."

  "Xiao Chen, are you going to discuss this matter with the deputy editor-in-chief of Yangcheng Evening News tomorrow?"

  "Wang Nis fingers pinched her chin, lost in thought, he didnt dare disturb her and could only quietly stay by her side."

  "Xiao Chen, tomorrow Auntie will go with you to discuss the contract."

  "Huh? Oh"

  Reasoning is different from the rest, each case is independent and its not that it cant be published in a book just because it was published in a newspaper. Plus, the sales of Yangcheng Evening News in Yangcheng are not low, which will help to accumulate reputation for this new book. After reaching a certain level, the short stories published in the newspaper can be collected and published together, which is the best way. Wang Ni is worried that Su Rui Chen will lose out and sell all the copyrights to the newspaper, so she asked them to go together.

  On Saturday, he stayed at home and wrote frantically. In one day, he actually wrote 30,000 words. Of course, this is nothing compared to those great gods, but for Su Shifang, it has to be considered a remarkable miracle.

  The next day was Sunday, which was also the day when Su Shicen had agreed to review the script with Zhao Dan. Su Shicen hitched a ride with Wang Ni and arrived at Tang Lingyus home together.

  "Morning has finally arrived, Zhao sister has waited for a long time." Zhaos gaze turned to Wang Ni "Who is this?"

  "Wang Ni, deputy editor-in-chief of De Yun Publishing House, is in charge of negotiating Xiao Chens new book this time." After a pause, he continued, "Xiao Chens new book this time is a detective story, and several short stories and medium-length stories have already been written, with a total word count of over 200,000 words, which is even more than the total word count of Journey to the West. Therefore, in order to show our publishing houses importance attached to Xiao Chen, I am acting as an agent for this negotiation."

  Su Xizhen, who was standing beside him, couldnt help but break out in a cold sweat. As the chief editor of the publishing house, he really didnt bat an eye when it came to spouting nonsense - several short stories, several medium-length ones, and over 2 million words, making him feel like Mount Tai was crushing him.

  "As you are the editor-in-chief of De Yun Publishing House, Madam Wang Ni, you naturally know that mystery is called the graveyard of new authors. Although Mornings first book The Legend of Wukong did quite well, there is no common ground between The Legend of Wukong and mystery."

  Those who can become editors-in-chief are not simple people, Fang Cai Wang Nis words actually meant that Su Xian Chen is a writer highly valued by the publishing house, dont even think about poaching him, and certainly dont think that you can get his new work serialized in newspapers with just any price.

  Zhaos words also had a clear implication: reasoning is an extremely difficult subject, and Su Xianchen, although his first book "Wukong Biography" sold well, after all, he was still a newcomer, and "Wukong Biography" was far from being a reasoning novel, so it wasnt certain that it would sell well.

  "The quality of Xiao Chens work is really how good? Editor Zhao you can see for yourself, this is one of his short stories."

  It only took a few minutes for the Red Hair Club to review it, and its undeniable that the quality of this article is really good. When Zhao heard that Su Xichens new book was a reasoning one, he had some resistance in his heart, thinking that Su Xichen had become arrogant due to his success.

  But now it seems that this mature narrative approach, as well as the tight logic, all demonstrate that Su Xichens reasoning is a masterpiece, even more brilliant than the one being serialized by Fang Mi in "Morning Talk" at great expense. It has to be said that Su Xichen is indeed a true genius young writer.

  The Red-Headed League: In the autumn of 1890, Dr. Watson visits Sherlock Holmes and learns about a strange event involving Jabez Wilson, a pawnbroker with striking red hair.

  Two months ago, Jabezs pawnshop partner Vincent Spaulding told him about the Red-Headed League, according to Vincent, the Red-Headed League was established in accordance with the will of a red-haired American millionaire, using the interest on his estate to give red-headed men a comfortable job.

  So as long as he was elected, he could do very little work and get a weekly salary of 4 pounds. However, two months later, he suddenly learned that the Red Hair would go bankrupt, so he sought help from Holmes.

  Holmes at once suspected that the man who was getting half pay had a sinister motive. By reasoning and verification, with the bank manager near the pawnshop and Inspector Jones of Scotland Yard, he lay in wait for Vincent (actually habitual criminal John Clay) in the underground vault of the bank at midnight when Vincent emerged from the tunnel between the pawnshop and the bank, and caught him and his red-haired accomplice, namely the leader of the Red-Headed League.

  The purpose of Holmes reasoning about the Red-Headed League was just to get the boss out of the store for a few hours, so as to dig through the tunnel to the banks underground chamber. The investigation with Watson in the morning supported this reasoning, and thus caught the criminal.

  The story is novel and breaks away from the conventional framework of murder cases, with a clever ending.

  "Ms. Zhao Dan, as the deputy editor-in-chief of Yangcheng Evening News, your vision is naturally not low, and I believe that Xiao Chen has a certain understanding of reasoning insights and levels." - Wang Ni.

  "Wow, Morning didnt expect you to be so great at writing reasoning, why dont you tell Zhao Jie." Zhao Dan.

  Then, Wang Ni, the deputy editor-in-chief of Yangcheng Evening News, and Wang Ni, the chief editor of DeYun Press, had a heated discussion, mainly about the serialization price of his new work "Sherlock Holmes" on Yangcheng Evening News.

  Su Xuan felt a little relieved in her heart, fortunately she had brought Wang Ni, otherwise she would have been completely defeated by Zhao Dan.

  Wang Ni doesnt need to be mentioned, the iceberg-like editor-in-chief is extremely powerful both at work and in life. Zhao Dan, on the other hand, is not lagging behind at all. Dont think that Zhao Dan is just a cute and innocent-looking young woman, someone who can serve as deputy editor-in-chief of Yangcheng Daily, a top-notch newspaper, is definitely not a simple person.

  She was a cute young wife at dinner earlier, but now shes completely transformed into a strong woman. Women are indeed unpredictable.

  Its unknown how long they discussed, but Zhao Dan and Wang Ni stood up and shook hands, indicating that an agreement had been reached.

  "Shall we have a simple meal at Zhao Jies place to celebrate our pleasant cooperation?" Zhao Dan dan warmly pulled Su Xuan Chens hand.

  Eating, just thinking about it makes him shudder, and just as he was about to open his mouth to refuse, Wang Ni spoke up first.

  "Thank you for Editor Zhaos kind intentions, but today is my birthday and Xiao Chen has promised to come to my home to celebrate it, so sorry."

  Is it Wangs birthday? Is today Wangs birthday? And when was it agreed upon?

  Su Cheng looked at Wang Ni with a puzzled gaze, but was ignored by Wang Ni.

  "Today is actually Chief Editor Wangs birthday, happy birthday."

  "Next time you come to Zhao Jies house, Zhao Jie will cook French food for you." As she spoke, Zhao Dan Dan winked at Su Rui Chen.

  Got it! The negotiations have ended and Ive turned back into a loli housewife again.

  "Today is Aunties birthday, why didnt you tell me earlier? I havent prepared a gift yet."

  "No, Auntie remembered wrong, today is not Aunties birthday."

  Did I remember wrong? Whats going on here?

  Aunt Wang did this completely because she didnt want him to be a guest at Tang Lingyus house, but why didnt she want to? Could it be that Aunt Wang and Zhao Jie had a grudge? It shouldnt be according to the scene of the two meeting today should be the first time they met, could it be that Zhao Jie called me Chenchen extremely affectionate, and Aunt Wang was jealous?

  Su Zhe also got a fright from this absurd idea of his own.

  How could that be? Although he had a heart, this body was only fourteen years old. Wangs aunt also said that she was the same age as her daughter, how could she eat his vinegar?

  Xiao Chen

  "Whats up, Auntie?"

  "Editor Zhao is very astute, its best not to contact him unless its official business. If theres something official, tell Auntie and shell accompany you." Is it really that I shouldnt contact him unless its official? Has Wang Auntie really become jealous?

  At 2 pm, arrived at the Ba Da Shan Ren training institution on time. The first painting training was not easy, and the first class lasted more than three hours. He only learned how to hold a pen and some basic sketching knowledge. There is still a long way to go before he can draw comics by himself, but this is already a good start.

  The next day, which was Monday.

  On Mondays flag-raising ceremony, Experimental Junior High School has an interesting habit. Generally speaking, the opening ceremony of most schools is held on the first day of school, but Experimental Junior High School is not like this. The opening ceremony of each semester is held on the first Monday of the semester with the flag-raising ceremony. It is said that the purpose of doing so is to let students attend classes for a few days and then hold the opening ceremony, which has a better effect.

  The experimental junior high school in Yangcheng is also one of the best among several junior high schools, so every opening ceremony will invite officials from the Education Bureau, and this time it was Vice Director Feng Xilan who was invited.

  "Teachers and students, as the principal of Experimental Junior High School, I am delighted to stand on this stage again to address everyone. In the past year, our schools promotion rate has ranked among the top three in Yang City, which is a very good achievement. Yang City has so many excellent junior high schools, but we can rank among the top three..."