Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 98 The Dedication of Suspect x

Fang Xingkai was already a little embarrassed to tell the next "good news".

His so-called good news was to talk to Zhang Zhong about the publication of "Murder on the Orient Express", and their publishing house signed the copyright of this book under very favorable conditions.

But what should be said still needs to be said, Fang Xingkai gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Zhang, we have drawn up a contract here, which is about the publication of "Murder on the Orient Express". Would you like to read it?"

It was originally "good news", but now that it is said, it becomes "do you want to take a look".

In fact, Fang Xingkai's original plan was to tell Zhang Zhong the "good news" after he told Zhang Zhong about the film and television adaptation when he was happy, so that Zhang Zhong might agree to the matter as soon as he was happy. up.

But now it seems that things are not that simple.

"Okay, you send the electronic version of the contract and I'll take a look."

Sure enough, Zhang Zhong's indifferent attitude made Fang Xingkai feel a little bad.

"Mr. Zhang, our conditions this time are very sincere..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Zhong smiled and said, "Since the contract has been drawn up, the conditions on it must be written in great detail. I'll just take a look at that time. Don't worry, Editor Fang. I haven't written the book yet." It's updated."

The corner of Fang Xingkai's mouth twitched, are you in a hurry?How can we not be in a hurry, when the book is updated, the day lily will be cold.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhong's contact information is only available on their Surging Literature side, otherwise, Zhang Zhong's mobile phone would probably be blown up for calls to talk about copyright.

But Zhang Zhong can't be contacted by others, but Zhang Zhong can contact others at any time. As long as Zhang Zhong has this kind of thought, he will find one more competitor.

Of course, Surging Literature wants to cut the mess quickly. When the book was just updated with a chapter, they said they would sign a copyright agreement, but Zhang Zhong didn't agree to it at the time, and they had nothing to do.

But now I can't afford it anymore.

"Then I'll send the electronic version to your email. Mr. Zhang, remember to read it. If you have any doubts, please contact me quickly."

"it is good."

Not long after hanging up on Fang Xingkai's phone, the email came. Zhang Zhong opened it and glanced at it, then put it down and ignored it.

The conditions offered by Surging Literature are indeed good, but they have not met his expectations. He does not have high requirements for royalties, and he just wants to win more benefits for himself in terms of film and television adaptation rights.

Now, he is fully capable of selling film and television copyrights at a good price, why should he give priority to film and television adaptations to Surging Literature, and let them get a share of the pie?

Sitting in the living room and drinking tea for a while, Zhang Zhong remembered that the system seemed to have come out before going to bed last night.

[Hey, system. 】

【Please advise. 】

The system comes and goes as soon as you call it, which is very convenient.

[Let's draw a lottery. 】

[The lottery draw begins...]

[The lottery draw is completed, and the work "The Devotion of Suspect x" will be awarded]

Zhang Chong felt a little regretful, what he actually wanted were other books in the Poirot series.

There are many books in the Poirot series, and it is only through so many books that a complete Poirot is created.

There is no particularly influential detective character in this world. If the Poirot series can be produced, then Poirot will become the most influential detective, and there will be no guy named Sherlock Holmes competing with him.

"The Devotion of Suspect X" is actually a good book, and it is also a book by Keigo Higashino. I don't know if the lottery in this system is regular. Otherwise, two of the four books will not have the same author .

Like the previous three books, this book has also been adapted into film and television works.

The story tells the story of a math genius who used his superb IQ to create a scam in order to help a mother and daughter hide the crime of killing their ex-husband.

This is a good book, but Zhang Zhong has some concerns, because the cold tone of this book is completely different from "Murder on the Orient Express" and "Ten Little Indian Boys".

Different from Agatha's extensive psychological descriptions and vivid environmental descriptions, Keigo Higashino's psychological descriptions in this book tend to be flat, with no intense scenes at all.

Can an author's style be so varied?

The answer is, of course.

Zhou Shuren is one, and Dickens is one, but although their styles have changed, their writing techniques will definitely not change so much in a short period of time.

If Zhang Zhong released the original version of "The Devotion of Suspect X" after "Murder on the Orient Express", it would definitely cause controversy.

So Zhang Zhong decided to put this book on the shelf first. If possible, he wanted to sinicize this book first, and then "go to Keigo Higashino" to make this work closer to Agatha.

If it doesn't work, he will consider whether to give up the book.

There is no regulation, the books drawn by the system must be sent out.

It would be great if it was "White Night Journey". Although the story of "White Night Journey" is darker, the tone of the writing is not as cold as this book.

Moreover, Keigo Higashino subverted the usual methods of mystery novels at the beginning of this book. The highlights of ordinary mystery novels lie in the reasoning of "who is the criminal", "criminal process", and "criminal result".

But the book presents all three of these to the reader from the very beginning.

But this is just Keigo Higashino's trick. When readers think they already know the answer, Keigo Higashino's goal will be achieved. Then when the real answer is revealed later, the shock will be doubled .

Zhang Zhong was once deceived by Keigo Higashino, no way, no matter how clever the readers are, they will be played by clever authors, because the answer will always be in their hands.

Just imagine, if when you guess the riddle, the answers given to you by others are all fake, can you still guess the answer?

Although thinking about not sending out the book for the time being, Zhang Zhong decided to type the book on the computer first, and study it when he has nothing to do, maybe he can find a solution.

Just as Zhang Zhong was trying to type, his phone vibrated. It was a message from Wen Jinjiang.

Wen Jinjiang sent a number, without saying anything else, Zhang Chong knew that this should be the number of his friend at Nanhuai Film Academy that he mentioned earlier.

It was only then that Zhang Zhong remembered that he still had one thing to do, let alone the matter of learning screenwriting, he definitely wanted to meet the friend Wen Jinjiang introduced.

After all, Wen Jinjiang took the trouble to introduce, and Zhang Zhong didn't want to disappoint others' kindness, and he himself wanted to communicate with some people of higher level.

If it wasn't for time considerations, he would actually like to see how the screenwriter was doing. His thirst for knowledge has always been higher than that of others.

　Thanks to [Darkness Xingyao] for another 3000 rewards, add one update today and one update tomorrow

　　
　
(End of this chapter)