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Chapter 39 The perfect modus operandi

After sending Dong Yuqi home, it was already noon, Ye Chen returned to his home, and immediately took out his mobile phone to dial a number.

"Hello, is that Aunt Wang?"

"It's Xiaochen. I haven't seen you for a few days and I'm finally willing to call Aunt Wang?" Wang Jing joked on the other end of the phone.

Ye Chen was a little embarrassed when he heard the words, but thinking of the upcoming "The Da Vinci Code", Ye Chen still said cheekily:
"Where can it be! I have been preparing for the National Youth Literature Writing Competition these days, otherwise I would have called Aunt Wang early in the morning. No, I just finished the exam this morning, and I will call Aunt Wang as soon as I get home." phone."

"Xiao Chen is so good? These two days are the semi-finals in the province. Those who can participate are the top ten in the city's preliminary competition. Tell Aunt Wang, what do you write in the preliminary competition, and our magazine will also report on it. When the time comes, I will climb up for you." Wang Jing was a little surprised, and then asked curiously.

When Ye Chen heard it, he felt a little happy. Although it was only the first place in the preliminary competition in the city, and the gold content was not very high, it was a good choice to be published in the magazine of Chaoyang Magazine. At any rate, it could leave an impression on the readers and accumulate a lot of money. Call for fame, and what Ye Chen lacks most at this stage is fame!
What's more, the value of the article "Necklace" is far higher than this fame, but because Ye Chen is only an unknown author at this stage, so he has to use his talents for nothing. Ye Chen decided to write this article in the examination room When writing the article, I even felt a little guilty. I used a sledgehammer to kill chickens, and used the famous stories of the three kings of short stories in my previous life in a preliminary competition.

Fortunately, "The Necklace" lived up to expectations and won No.1, otherwise Ye Chen would be ashamed to death!

"Then Xiaochen would like to thank Aunt Wang. The article I wrote is called "The Necklace", and it is a short story." Ye Chen thanked.

"You, you are really bold. You actually broke into the top ten with short stories in this kind of competition. Aunt Wang also has to admire your courage. Okay, Aunt Wang will write it down, and Aunt Wang will read it when she has time." Jing said with a smile.

"Aunt Wang, you underestimated me this time. My "Necklace" won No.1 in the preliminary competition in the city. I believe you will not be disappointed." Ye Chen said lightly.

"First? As expected of our great talent, okay, then Aunt Wang will wait to see what shocking novel our great talent has written this time." Wang Jing was very surprised, but also had some expectations, and then seemed to have Thinking of something, when Wang Jing chatted with Ye Chen two days ago, she knew that although Ye Chen was a genius in liberal arts, he was not very good in science, and now it is mid-April, and the college entrance examination is coming soon. Extra points.

Wang Jing has a good impression of Ye Chen, and hopes that Ye Chen can get into a good university.

"Xiaochen, you said that you just participated in the semi-finals in the province today, how did you do?"

Hearing the concern in Wang Jing's words, Ye Chen felt a little warmth in his heart.

"Don't worry, Aunt Wang, if there is no accident, you have to leave me an extra seat in the magazine."

Wang Jing was taken aback for a moment, then she came to her senses, and said with a light smile, "That's good, then Aunt Wang will wait for your good news, that's all, let's stop the gossip, but Aunt Wang knows that you won't tell Aunt Wang if you're fine. Call, tell me, what's the matter?"

After hearing Wang Jing's words, Ye Chen felt a little embarrassed. This time, calling Wang Jing really had something to do, but Ye Chen still said cheekily:
"Hey, Aunt Wang is really good at predicting things. I called this time to ask, how is the serialization of my "Devotion of Suspect X" going?"

Wang Jing on the other end of the phone also had a smile on the corner of her mouth after hearing Ye Chen finish speaking, and said, "Well, well, it's hard to say."

After Ye Chen heard it, he was startled, "It's hard to say? What does it mean that it's hard to say? Could it be that the reader's response is unsatisfactory?"

Ye Chen couldn't believe it. You must know that this is one of the representative works of Keigo Higashino, the king of mystery novels in the island country in the previous life. Could it be that the mystery novels that shined in literature in the previous life are not popular in this world at all?
If this is the case, wouldn't "The Da Vinci Code" have a disastrous end after its publication, and I would also be reduced to a laughing stock?

Ye Chen thought a lot in a flash, and even broke out in cold sweat, "Aunt Wang Wang, what do you mean by hard to say? Is it because the readers don't like it?" Ye Chen forced a smile.

Wang Jing could also hear Ye Chen's guilty conscience, thinking that Ye Chen, who was always full of confidence in front of her, was actually stuttered by her fright at this time, Wang Jing couldn't help but burst out laughing with a 'puchi'.

This is because Wang Jing overestimated Ye Chen. Yes, Ye Chen has been full of confidence since he came to this world, but the reason is that this confidence is not Ye Chen's confidence in himself, but comes from the system. , from the literary classics in my mind.

After all, Ye Chen was not a great person in his previous life, and he was still a little far from the state where Mount Tai collapsed without changing his face, and the reason Ye Chen was frightened was not because he was worried that "The Devotion of Suspect X" would not be enough. Accepted by readers, what really worries Ye Chen is that the classics in his mind that he thought could conquer the literary world seem not to be accepted by readers in this world, and that is the real disaster.

Fortunately, this kind of "worry" has not become a reality at present, it is just Ye Chen's imagination, Wang Jing did not continue to scare Ye Chen, and explained:

"Okay, Aunt Wang won't scare you anymore. Judging from the sales volume of the magazine in the past few days, "The Devotion of Suspect X" has received a good response. You can find out when you go to our magazine's forum."

Ye Chen heard the words, the big stone in his heart was relieved, and he was speechless to the sudden playfulness of a little girl like Wang Jing, and thought, "Women are really vengeful creatures, no matter how old they are, I will benefit from dealing with them in the future." Be careful."

Afterwards, Ye Chen briefly chatted with Wang Jing, and then hung up the phone. Ye Chen came to his room, turned on the computer, and logged into the forum of Chaoyang Magazine.

The sharp-eyed Ye Chen saw the posts related to "Suspect X's Devotion" at a glance. Judging from the number of replies, there should be many people who followed this post. attention.

"Recently, I saw a novel titled "The Devotion of Suspect X" in a magazine. It seemed that the author was a third-year student of Qingshui High School, and my son is also a student of Qingshui High School, so I also opened it and read it. To be honest, At the beginning, I almost couldn’t read it for a few times, because the writing style of this book at the beginning is really not very good. To be honest, the writing style of the whole book is not very good, but thinking that it was written by a high school student, I still resisted to read it. Going on, now I am very glad that I made this choice at the beginning. Everyone who came to this post must be reading this book, and I know that the most attractive part of this book lies in the logical reasoning and rigorous logic in the book. Rational analysis, approaching the truth step by step, seems to make readers themselves become the police in the book, all the evidence is described in the book, at least so far, but there will be no hidden clues later I know, from my personal point of view, I still hope that the author will not be like this. Originally, I just wanted to read the book quietly, and then post to talk about my feelings after reading it, but after reading the serialization in the magazine today, I am really I can't stand this kind of suffering anymore, now I will list some clues and inferences I have seen from the book, and I hope all fellow Taoists can solve the case with me, thank you!"

Then, some clues were listed, such as the people described at the beginning. The person who posted the post believed that the case might be related to these people, and the reply below the post was also very interesting.

"The host is mighty. I was recommended by my colleagues to read this book the day before yesterday. I didn't expect to fall into a pit and couldn't get out. I read it several times, but I still can't figure out what method Ishigami used. Turning the police around, I think the author may have hidden the real clue behind."

"I don't think so. The author has explained a lot before. Although I can't find any connection between this and this case, I don't think the author will explain any decisive clues later. Even if there is, it should be random. Follow the clues slowly revealed by the police when they solve the case, rather than the kind of key evidence that is deliberately concealed suddenly.

"I think Shishen probably knew the policeman, and then the two of them disposed of the body together, otherwise the policeman would look too stupid."

"I really feel like my head is about to explode. Why did the corpse stay? Disfigurement, burning fingerprints, why is it better than burning all the corpses?"

"I have the same question as I said above. Ishigami has enough time to dispose of the corpse, but why does he have to keep the corpse? Can someone analyze the reason?"

It can be seen that the reader who posted the post should have read the book carefully. Although there are not many clues listed due to reasons that have not yet been completed, he has also noticed some details that others have not noticed, such as the book. Those people at the beginning, many readers may think that this is just to reflect the strong reasoning ability of Shishen. Although I don’t know whether the poster really analyzed it or just talked about it casually, this case is really related to these people at the beginning. .

The reply below the post is also interesting, reminding Ye Chen that when he read this novel for the first time, he racked his brains to solve the case. At that time, he behaved exactly like the current readers.

Thinking back to the way I didn't think about food and drink because of a book, should I give them some hints?

Of course, spoilers are impossible. The charm of mystery novels lies in the process of reasoning, but the most painful thing is also the process of reasoning. To a certain extent, mystery novels are a battle of wits and courage between the author and the reader.

The author tried his best to tell the readers the clues while not allowing the readers to think of a way to solve the case, while the readers racked their brains to solve the case from the clues given by the author.

So, it's better not to prompt!
As for the market prospect of "The Devotion of Suspect X", Ye Chen just wants to say:

"I'm relieved to see readers scolding me!"

The next thing is to wait for the recommendation on "Shading the Sky" in the afternoon.

(End of this chapter)