Chapter 112 I Want to Recklessly
Chapter 112 I Want to Take a Risk
"Mystery World" and "Years of Mystery" are sister works, and they often advertise each other. The editors-in-charge and chief editors of both sides are familiar with each other.
The reasoning of time is the base camp of grandma, the reasoning world is the eternal blessing, and the two sides love each other.
However, with the serialization of "Mr. Holmes", the defense of the reasoning world was broken, and a series of things were done to take advantage of the popularity and pull down the enemy. The editor-in-chief Li of "The Reasoning World" quietly deleted the post, which was very embarrassing...
Even so, it has become a topic of conversation among mystery fans after dinner.
"Just to tell you a joke, the Best Second Creation Article on Sherlock Holmes has nothing to do with the essay contest in the mystery world."
"I bought the October issue of "Years of Mystery" because of its reputation. I read both issues. Fu Sheng (Mr. Holmes) is more like a humanistic novel disguised as a mystery novel. The tricks and decryption skills of the first three works in the essay contest are far better than Fu Sheng. I don't understand why Conan Doyle's copyright owner recognized Fu Sheng."
"Why don't you understand? Secondary works are created based on the original work. What's more important is to ensure that the characters are not broken. The three stories about Watson and Lao Fu that you collected have too much Chinese flavor. If you look at Fu Sheng again, just kill him in the description part, okay?"
"...In fact, the author of Fu Sheng is very cunning. Let's think about it carefully. What characters did he create? Watson, Mycroft, Lestrade, all the familiar people are dead, and old Fu is also the old age version after several decades, so what characters did he create? Why do we feel that the author is very consistent with the original work? Because the writing style is Europeanized, even with a translation tone. The foreign comments are correct. I can't believe that this is the work of a Chinese writer. Is the author Gu Lu a British student?"
The smaller the circle, the purer the discussion. It's like the CP of the Single-Shot Pea Shooter and the Double-Shot Pea Shooter, which is simply Boya and Ziqi.
The reasoning was indeed not popular, so the discussion was very rational. Editor-in-Chief Gao added fuel to the fire and released a second update that afternoon.
Time Reasoning Highlights: [Mr. Tommy Lee of the Conan Doyle Property Rights Association curiously asked me why Chinese people would pour wine on the ground when they were offering sacrifices. I responded that wine offerings have been a Chinese custom since ancient times, and there is a special Chinese character "酹" that represents the action of pouring wine on the ground. It writes the story of Sherlock Holmes, but it can spread Chinese culture. Mr. Tommy Lee said that he hopes that one day, "Mr. Holmes" can be translated into English. @咕噜大王_Hope there will be new works.]
These two consecutive updates made Gu Lu truly famous in the mystery novel circle, and the number of fans of King Guru’s account exceeded 3.5.
Having one's works translated into English is an extremely rare achievement for a mystery writer, mainly because modern mystery novels originated in Europe and the United States, and were first introduced to Japan.
So it is similar to the situation with science fiction novels, both foreign works are highly sought after in the country.
Therefore, even though they knew that it might be just polite words said by the foreigner Li Tommy, the colleagues who paid attention to Gu Lu were very jealous.
Gu Lu found out about what happened on the Internet that evening. As a person involved in the incident, he couldn't even catch up with the news.
Suddenly, hundreds of messages appeared, and Gu Lu read them one by one.
"Oh? Is this Brother Mao?" Gu Lu saw a private message.
It's Mao Sanning: [The style is completely different from the Mingzhi series. Is this the advantage of being young and having an undecided writing style? In addition, I see that there are many descriptions of alcohol in your novels. Minors should drink less.]
After they parted at the AC Forum’s 10th anniversary offline gathering, the two didn’t say anything again.
Even though Gu Lu showed great talent, he was only in his teens after all, and Mao Sanning was already an adult, so he would definitely not take the initiative to communicate with him.
The original story of "Mr. Holmes" was about a trip to Hiroshima, where he learned from the families of the atomic bomb victims how to use three stones to mourn the dead.
Gu Lu changed his plan to go to China to look for Acorus calamus. The plot was changed at the end. The old Holmes poured a glass of Burgundy white wine and spilled it on the ground to mourn Watson, McCoff and other deceased people.
The Burgundy white wine comes from "The Veiled Visitor". It is always available in Holmes's cupboard. When he encounters something happy, he will take it out and drink it with Watson. This little detail was added by Gu Lu. As I said, he is serious about plagiarism. [I don't drink, but I just have the advantage of the environment. Thank you for your concern, Brother Cat] Gu Lu replied.
He was concerned, but Mao Sanning's purpose was not just that. He said, "Just don't drink. I almost forgot that the second volume of my book "The Missing Element" is on the market. The first print run was 20,000 copies, which accidentally broke the record of the first print run of our "Time Reasoning". I'm sorry. Give me your address. With our relationship, I will definitely send you two copies."
If, if Gu Lu remembered correctly, the first print run of Mr. Holmes was 30,000. But he didn't agree because of the royalties.
Gu Lu gave an address. Being kindhearted, he decided to help this show-off. [Brother Cat is really good, maybe he can go even further in the third volume!]
The novel is completed in two volumes, with each volume containing more than 100,000 to 250,000 words. It is rare for a mystery work to exceed 300,000 words.
Originally, he had no intention of showing off in front of Gu Lu. There was nothing to show off in front of a student. But when Mao Sanning saw what Gu Lu had achieved... he couldn't wait to come and show off.
After reading all the messages on the Internet, Gu Lu called Editor-in-Chief Gao to thank him because it was the editor-in-chief who helped him with the application.
"Xinxing Publishing House is willing to pay 8% royalties, which is a good opportunity." Chief Editor Gao also brought good news. He also added that writers such as Mao Sanning and Zhong Xiu, who came out of the time mystery, only received % royalties for their first book.
As early as when he published "The Little Prince", Gu Lu learned the tricks of online novels and wanted to make a bet agreement that the royalties would increase by a certain amount if xx million copies were sold.
In fact, it is possible in the film industry, but it is not a problem with book copyrights.
"Thank you, Editor-in-Chief Gao, but I have a fairy tale novel to be put on the shelves in November, so I would like to wait until then." Gu Lu said.
Editor-in-Chief Gao on the other end of the phone was silent for a few seconds before saying, "Xiao Gu, I have been in the publishing industry for more than ten years, so I should have some experience."
"Of course, of course. Editor-in-Chief Gao, please let me know if you have any questions." Gu Lu said.
“Fairy tales have great staying power and may suddenly become popular a few years after you publish them, but in the month of release, most fairy tales have low sales.” Editor-in-Chief Gao said, “November is next month, and sales are not good at the beginning of next month. Xinxing Publishing House is likely to lower the price again.”
To be honest, Editor-in-Chief Gao’s words are very clear: if there are high royalties, take them first.
"Thank you, Editor-in-Chief Gao - but I am very confident about it," said Gu Lu.
A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. Editor Gao understood. This kind of impulse and courage is like a student.
Before at the meeting, he felt that Gu Lu was too mature and didn't look like a student at all.
"Okay, since you have the confidence, let's give it a try." Editor-in-Chief Gao said, "I will also try my best to keep the royalty rate of 8% for you. Feel free to give it a try!"
Gu Lu thanked him, saying that the editor-in-chief and the president he met were both very nice.
From an ideal perspective, seniors are willing to help newcomers; from a practical perspective, who doesn’t like people who can bring benefits?
(End of this chapter)