Chapter 73 Can’t get through

"Mr. Mao Sanning, when will the new series start?"

"There may be some time left, some logistical issues to smooth over."

“The logic of detective fiction is the soul of the novel.”

“Have you thought of the ending for “Tower of the Sun”? I am particularly looking forward to the concluding chapter. Many authors are not good at endings, but Mr. Zhong Xiu is a rare writer whose writing becomes more and more exciting towards the end.”

"I've thought about it. There are probably two more issues to be completed, and the plot content will advance in an orderly manner."

Editor-in-Chief Gao was in a high position in terms of social status and seniority in the mystery novel circle. Therefore, the conversation at their table was controlled by Editor-in-Chief Gao.

Then, Chief Editor Gao brought up a topic that everyone at the round table could participate in, "What do you think will be the future development trend of mystery novels?"

"It will be more professional," Mao Sanning said. "The detective is a forensic doctor, or the detective is a policeman. This type of thing has certain advantages in terms of approval and fun. I think it is the future of mystery novels."

"I haven't thought about it." Zhong Xiu replied a beat late.

She felt a slight sense of disappointment as her "idol was shattered", and felt depressed for a while, suppressing her desire to express herself.

"What does Teacher Gu think?" Chief Editor Gao said, "Han Linsen has told everyone in our editorial department that although Teacher Gu is young, he has a lot of ideas about the mystery novel industry."

Why did you call out names? Gu Lu, who was eating squirrel mandarin fish, put down his chopsticks and hadn't eaten a few pieces yet.

Before coming here, Gu Lu actually prepared some content. At such a young age, he would definitely be the focus of discussion. At the same time, it was also a good opportunity to show off his "genius" while he was still ahead in height.

Mao Sanning, Zhong Xiu, Editor-in-Chief Gao and the other eight people at the round table all looked at the youngest contracted writer.

"I haven't read the reasoning for a long time, so I'll just say it casually. If there is anything wrong, please feel free to point it out to me, brother and sister." Gu Lu first stacked his armor, "In my personal opinion, the development of reasoning may move towards the setting school in the future."

Setting faction? A new term emerged, and everyone listened attentively.

"Criminal tricks are always written out, so people will work hard on the motives for murder. This is one of the reasons for the rise of the social school. For example, the most basic locked room tricks have been played out in a variety of ways." Gu Lu said, "So I think that mystery novels with new settings will be the future development trend."

"Let me give you an example. There is a drug that can split into parallel worlds. But if A in a parallel world dies, A in all worlds will die as well. So we can create a scheme to create multiple parallel worlds."

Gu Lu also concluded based on his future memories that Japan has always been a leader in the mystery novel circle, but Japan's award-winning works since 19 have rarely been pure orthodox mystery works.

"It doesn't have to be a sci-fi setting. You can also throw out a setting with a trap. It seems that there is a god in the world. The god can directly say the name of the murderer. After verification, the god is always right." Gu Lu said, "But this time the god said a name that can't be the murderer. Is it the god's fault? Or did this person commit an impossible crime?"

"Just a humble opinion." Gu Lu said.

After these words were spoken, everyone present fell into deep thought.

Being one step ahead is a genius, being ten steps ahead is a madman. Chen Tianqiao, the former boss of Qidian, explained this sentence very well. In 05, when there was no sign of smart phones in China, he promoted pan-entertainment, so he failed.

Gu Lu carefully observed the expressions of the crowd. He couldn't figure out how many versions ahead of the others he had said, and he wanted to avoid being treated as a madman.

"The intervention of strong settings can diversify the scope of tricks. Teacher Xiao Gu's suggestions for mystery novels are very insightful." Editor-in-Chief Gao said with emotion, "The current homogeneity of mystery is indeed very serious. Expanding the scope is indeed the best solution to break the homogeneity."

The editor and the author have different perspectives. For example, Mao Sanning is thinking about whether the example given by the other party can really be put into practice. The result is that the other party keeps silent.

Everything can be developed along with the examples. Mao Sanning first agreed very much with Gu Lu's imagination.

"Smart kids are like this, their imaginations run wild." Mao Sanning thought to himself.

"So is writing traditional mystery a sure death? For example, like Grandma." Han Zang asked.

This is the offline gathering of the tenth anniversary of the Ami Forum. Can I answer that I will definitely die? Gu Lu brainstormed. At this moment, the advantage of reading a lot of books in his previous life was revealed.

"Not really. Grandma has a famous work called The Mystery of Roger, which is the first to use narrative tricks, and the murderer is 'I'." Gu Lu said. This is equivalent to the Sherlock Holmes collection, where the murderer is Watson, the main narrative perspective.

"Let's be bolder and assume that Poirot's reasoning is wrong, then who is the real murderer?" Gu Lu has read a book called "Who Killed Roger Ackroyd", which is a secondary creation novel.

"Hearing you say that, I have aroused a great interest in reading. No wonder you can write..." Han Zang suddenly hid the voice behind him, and then said, "Teacher Xiao Gu's new work is the sequel to Sherlock Holmes. So far, it is the best sequel to Sherlock Holmes. It is worth looking forward to."

A sequel to Sherlock Holmes? How brave!
But Mao Sanning thought again and felt that such a talented writer with quick thinking should be fearless.

Judging from his words and deeds, he has indeed read a lot of books and has an open mind. The three short stories in the Mingzhi series may really have been written by him, Zhong Xiu thought.

But it is impossible to describe the human heart without experience, so what did this high school student go through? Zhong Xiu was very careful. She observed Gu Lu and found many problems.

First of all, as a high school student, he is sixteen years old but still rather thin.

Secondly, judging from the clothes she was wearing, she didn’t live with her mother. If her mother was paying attention to her, she wouldn’t be unaware of the weather in the ice city and not prepare thick clothes.

Finally, the maturity of words and deeds beyond age, maturity is not equal to politeness. But maturity can be equated with family environment. The weaker the protection of parents, the more mature they will be, because there is no one around to rely on, so they can only mature.

Zhong Xiu actually guessed most of Gu Lu's family. He is worthy of being a detective novel writer.

Gu Lu spent two days in the Ice City. He was not in the Fog City, but his legend was still circulating in the Fog City...

Mainly the Young Pioneers. Earlier, reporter Wang interviewed Gu Lu because of his breakthrough in the provincial first prize of the Ye Cup. Now, the higher-ups have given him another task, the national first prize of the Ye Cup, so he has to interview him even more.

However, this time reporter Wang is not going to interview Gu Lu himself, but Gu's father and mother to ask them to share their parenting experiences.

For experienced reporter Wang, it was not a big deal, but he soon encountered the first problem... he couldn't get in touch.

There was no other way, reporter Wang could only find Gu Lu’s former class teacher, Mr. Li.

"I'm sorry to bother you, Teacher Li. This is what happened," said reporter Wang. "We at Pioneer Newspaper got the phone numbers of Gu Lu's parents from your school, but one of them went through but no one answered, and the other one is no longer on. Teacher Li, is there any way you can help me get in touch with them?"

"It's like this, Gu Lu's family is divorced, so his mother changed her phone number and our school didn't register it." Teacher Li explained.

The one that was out of service was because the phone was changed, so what about the other one? Reporter Wang waited for the teacher to continue.

"As for why no one answered the call...our teacher has never been able to contact Gu Lu's father either." Teacher Li said.

(End of this chapter)

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