The next day, Yangcheng Evening News and Zhao Dandans were under tremendous pressure to print the revised newspaper. It was also today that "Sherlock Holmes" officially started serialization in this world.

  "Boss, Ill have a copy of Yangcheng Evening News." Li Dao is just an ordinary white-collar worker, but he has a habit of reading a newspaper every morning. Generally speaking, he reads the Morning Post because he is a reader of "Qing Ke Gui". However, due to the revamp of Yangcheng Evening News and the recent hype surrounding the 14-year-old authors mystery novel.

  Furthermore, previously Li Dao had been promoting that he really wanted to see what it means by absolute calmness, a robot-like mind, which is why Li Dao unexpectedly chose Yangcheng Evening News today.

  First, as usual, he walked and looked around, reading all the big and small news of Yangcheng today. After finishing reading, the bus arrived, and it was naturally crowded to get on the bus for work in the morning, but fortunately, this was the initial battle, so Li Dao managed to grab a position. At this time, take a look at whats published in the newspaper, finish reading and arrive at the station just in time to get off the bus.

  "I hope its not too bad" Li Daokou muttered to himself, saying that he hoped it was not too bad, which means he had already assumed that the reasoning of a 14-year-old author would be very poor, and was merely praying that it wouldnt be too bad.

  "Red Hair Club, what a strange name. Well, it seems that newcomers are really newcomers, even the name can be seen as such. Look at "Green Coffin", what a great name, it has a suspenseful atmosphere at first glance, unlike this Red Hair Club, I dont know about you but I thought it was about a barber shop."

  One autumn day last year, I went to visit my friend Sherlock Holmes.

  When I saw him, he was in deep conversation with a short, stout old gentleman, whose face was rubicund and whose hair was of a fiery red. I apologized for my intrusion.

  Just as I was thinking of getting out, Holmes suddenly pulled me back and dragged me into the room, slamming the door shut behind us.

  "He said cordially: My dear Watson, you are just in time."

  "Im afraid youre busy."

  ……】

  "Its actually in first person, what a complete newbie." Li Dao was dissatisfied, but since he had already bought it, he didnt want to waste his money, so he could only grit his teeth and continue reading. As he read, he muttered to himself that this part wasnt as good as "Qing Guan Gui", and that part wasnt as good as "Qing Guan Gui" either.

  "Huh? The protagonist of the story is actually someone else - Holmes, what an interesting way of writing, in first person but the main character isnt in first person." As he read on, the muttering sound from his mouth grew smaller and smaller, until it was gone, replaced by a focused gaze at the newspaper in his hand, reading intently.

  After finishing reading it once, there were still some lingering thoughts, so he started from the beginning again and read it a second time. Only after finishing reading it for the second time did Li Dao put down the Yangcheng Evening News.

  "The story, told in the first person from Holmes perspective, is quite good to read despite some unusual writing styles. The plot is so twisty and turny that its amazing it was all packed into just 20,000 words." Li Dao exclaimed repeatedly, originally thinking that as long as it wasnt written too badly it would be fine, but after finishing it he found that not only was it not bad, but it was actually quite good.

  The story of "Hong Fa Hui" is actually very simple, after all, it only has more than 20,000 words, but the ending is extremely subversive. You cant guess it if you dont see the end, but this isnt the author trying to be mysterious for its own sake. The ending is unexpected and unbelievable, yet its also reasonable and makes sense, which is quite difficult to achieve.

  Due to the strange narrative technique of "Red Hair Club", many people were deterred, but the unexpected plot attracted a batch of readers, so overall, the daily sales of Yangcheng Evening News still increased.

  "Is there really a Holmes as clever as that in this world?" Lin Yous twelve-year-old son suddenly asked him.

  "Who is Holmes?" Lin You put down the morning newspaper in his hand, he was a loyal reader of "Qing Guan Gui", as for Yangcheng Daily, it was written by a 14-year-old prodigy, which one was cooler and which one was stupid, how could a 14-year-old kid possibly write a rigorous reasoning novel, so he didnt even bother to read it.

  "Its just like Holmes in The Red-Headed League, hes really formidable, just by looking at what someone wears, he can tell what they do." He then took out the Yangcheng Evening News and read it to Lin You.

  "He had done manual labor for a time, used snuff, was a Freemason, had been in China, and written not a little. Beyond these obvious facts I could deduce nothing else."

  Mr. Jabez Wilson suddenly sat up straight in his chair, his finger still pressed upon the newspaper, but his eyes turned across to my companion.

  "He exclaimed, Good heavens! Mr. Holmes, how do you know so much about me? For instance, how did you know I had been a manual laborer? Its gospel truth that I started as a carpenter on the ships."

  "My dear sir, look at your hands. Your right hand is much larger than your left hand. You use your right hand to work, so the muscles in your right hand are more developed."

  "What about snuff-taking and freemasons then?"

  "I wont tell you how I figured it out, because I dont want to underestimate your understanding, especially since youre also ignoring the strict rules of your group by wearing a bow-shaped badge."

  "Oh, I see, I forgot about this. But what about writing?"

  "Is there anything else that might explain things? There is: your right sleeve has a shiny spot about five inches long, while the left one near the wrist where it often touches the table has a neat patch."

  "What about China then?"

  "The tattoo of the fish on your right wrist can only be a Chinese tattoo. Ive done some research on tattoos and even written articles about them. The technique of coloring the fish in various sizes with delicate pink is unique to China. Moreover, I see that youre also wearing a Chinese coin pendant on your watch chain, isnt that even more obvious?"

  "Dad, look! Isnt it amazing that this Holmes can tell what a person does and where theyve been just by looking at their appearance? Its too incredible! Is there really such an amazing person in this world?"

  Lin You was taken aback, the passage his son had just read only described a detective character who observed minute details and made very reasonable inferences.

  But "The Red-Headed League" - Holmes familiar name seemed to have been heard somewhere.

  "Son, you see this article, which newspaper is it from? Is it also reasoning?" He became interested in the passage his son had just read.

  "Its that Yangcheng Evening News thats been making a big fuss recently, and the article Red Hair Club was written by Su Xincheng, who is known as a genius writer."

  Yangcheng Evening News, was it written by 14-year-old child prodigy author Su Ximu?

  Lin You took the Yangcheng Evening News from his sons hand and read it. The first impression was that the writing style was concise, with no unnecessary words, which is quite rare for a newcomer. However, the second impression was that the narrative method was strange.

  Lin Yous cultural level is not bad, and he has also heard of some famous foreign works. Su Xichens writing style is completely like the narrative method used by foreigners, first-person narration, and the first perspective narrates the protagonist. However, this method is rarely used domestically due to cultural differences, and readers will not buy it. But Su Xichen, a newcomer, dared to use this narrative technique, and most importantly, he wrote it well.

  Although the narrative method is strange, the solid writing skills and wonderful content have earned "Hong Fa Hui" a lot of word-of-mouth. Lin You compared "Hong Fa Hui" with Fang Mis "Qing Guan Gui", but found that "Hong Fa Hui" was not inferior to "Qing Guan Gui".

  Although the number of words in "Hong Fa Hui" is still small and not much can be seen, at this level, Lin You dares to say that after finishing writing, Su Rui Chen will definitely become a first-rate author similar to Fang Mi.

  There are many people like Lin You who dont quite believe that a 14-year-old student can write well-reasoned articles, but after accidentally reading some, they became attracted.

  The popularity accumulated, and in the afternoon, there was a small explosion, which increased the sales of Yangcheng Evening News by five points. This is already a very remarkable achievement. People who were waiting to see Yangcheng Evening News fail along with Su Zhiying were shocked. The newspaper industry, which had been piling on criticism the day before, fell silent. Adding five percentage points may not be considered a huge success, but its still quite good.

  The "Zao Tan Bao" which originally wanted to join in also gave up this idea, at this time joining in might cause a slip.

  "Teacher Fang, you are a professional, so use your professional level to evaluate this reasoning." said Li Wenxue.

  "Brilliant, without reading the ending, you absolutely cant guess how it ends. This is something that many veteran authors cant do. When writing detective or suspense stories, the biggest fear is that readers will guess the ending from the beginning. So many authors want to reverse the outcome at the end, but this would create huge plot holes."

  "The ending of The Red-Haired League is unpredictable, yet extremely reasonable. With its sophisticated writing style, this is absolutely a rare and precious detective short story. If I didnt know it was written by a 14-year-old student, I would have thought it was written by an old hand who has been immersed in writing for many years." Fang Mis evaluation of The Red-Haired League is extremely high.

  "Then, Mr. Fang, are there any shortcomings in this article?"

  "If I had to say a drawback, it would be this narrative method. The narrative method of this article is somewhat Westernized."

  Westernization

  Zao Tan Bao can be said to be the arch-nemesis of Yang Cheng Daily, and the fact that Yang Cheng Daily is on fire is naturally something that Zao Tan Bao would not want to see. Li Wenxues eyes sparkled as he thought of an idea.

  "The Red Hairpin" was published in the Yangcheng Evening News, with a total of 21,000 words. At a rate of 100 yuan per thousand words, I earned an additional 2,100 yuan. Now, publishing several short pieces in newspapers and magazines to build up momentum, then releasing a medium-length piece later.

  Zhaos plan can be said to have succeeded, the brilliance of "Sherlock Holmes" will only gradually increase the sales of Yangcheng Evening News.

  Zhaodan still called to invite Su Xichen to celebrate, saying that he had prepared a table of good dishes for him. Su Xichen bluntly refused, firstly because of Wangs advice, and secondly because Zhaodans Western food was really not very tasty.

  Ever since he had a meal at Zhao Mans house last time, he has been wondering how Tang Lingyu survived with Zhao Mans cooking skills.