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Back on Brear Road, the two noticed the note on the door.

Lu Shi tore it off and glanced,

"The landlord paid for the gas fee, water fee, tsk... even the waste disposal costs money, there are so many bits and pieces."

He folded the note and put it away.

Natsume Soseki on the side rubbed his forehead and said, "I don't know if the London in the book is real London. For example, "Sherlock Holmes", the landlady in it will take care of the daily life of the two tenants, how come here... "

He was downcast.

Lu Shi explained: "The landlord shouldn't be discriminating against us. In the novel, Sherlock Holmes is messing around at home all day, doing chemical experiments and shooting live ammunition, and playing the violin in the middle of the night. How much rent do you think he will pay?"

The implication is that Holmes not only rented a house, but also paid a considerable part of the service fee.

He continued to add: "Also, don't forget Holmes' identity. He is the savior of Scotland Yard and the guest of many royal families in Europe. Anyone would like such a tenant."

Natsume Soseki nodded, then shook his head again,

"That's not right, Holmes is so powerful, why did he rent together? Is this reasonable?"

They chatted into the living room.

Lu Shi smiled,

"You see, novels are such fragile things that are prone to loopholes and cannot withstand scrutiny. So, don't ask, it's just for the plot. Besides, Doyle has already explained forcibly that Holmes doesn't care about money in the first place. , fortune is a later thing, so renting together is actually not too far-fetched."

This explanation is really forced, and Natsume Soseki is too lazy to answer,

After today's meeting with Doyle, he has already seen that the author of the novel dares to brag about the plot.

However, through the conversation just now, he believed more and more that Lu Shi, a roommate, could write good words. After all, he was so familiar with the customs and customs of London, it seemed as if he had lived here for a long time, like a person who knew it from birth.

Lu Shi lit the gas lamp and wrote three names in Chinese on the manuscript paper:

Seicho Matsumoto,

Arthur Conan Doyle,

Agatha Christie.

These three are the three masters of reasoning literature,

This statement comes from "A Brief History of World Detective Fiction", which was invented by the author Cao Zhengwen himself, so it is a unique concept in China.

Staring at their names, Lu Shi fell into deep thought.

Natsume Soseki was very curious, but when it came to Lu Shi's unpublished works, he naturally avoided suspicion.

After a while, he couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "What do you want to write?"

Lu Shi said, "Well, I'm still thinking about it."

Today, I had some disagreements with Doyle. If he wants to write a novel of the same type as Doyle’s masterpiece—a detective novel, he’d better save his energy and create it based on "The Collection of Sherlock Holmes".

That's why he listed those three names.

In fact, there is no need to hesitate too much, there is almost no second choice,

Lu Shi drew a circle on Agatha Christie's name, with a sinister smile on the corner of his mouth, and muttered to himself: "I admit that you are very strong, but if I take out Shapo, what will you do?" response?"

Natsume Soseki didn't understand, but he was so focused on watching Lu that he didn't want to disturb him.

Lu Shi pondered,

Shapo is a master of works, super masterpieces include: "Murder on the Orient Express", "Roger's Mystery", "ABC Murder", "Nile Tragedy", "And There Were None"...

Randomly picking out one of them is enough for later writers of mystery novels to benefit from their entire creative career.

For example, "Tragedy on the Nile" has a near-perfect alibi in the book, and its core trick has been copied at least 5 times in the first 300 episodes of "Detective Conan".

Which one should I use?

Lu Shi frowned.

Natsume Soseki, who was on the side, saw that he hadn't written for a long time, and asked in a low voice, "Have you thought about it yet?"

Lu Shi said: "Writing is like a fountain, there are too many subjects~"

This bullshit is outrageous.

Natsume Soseki pretended not to hear it, and continued: "Then you should choose the one with the widest audience. Didn't we discuss it just now? The novel can't stand up to scrutiny. If that's the case, why not choose a novel subject to write. "

That's right.

Lu Shi stopped thinking about it and wrote the title of "None Survived".

In his mind, this book is not a mystery novel at all, but more like a crime suspense novel.

But precisely because of this, the sales volume of this book is very high, with more than 100 million copies sold worldwide.

Because novels purely centered on logic and tricks are neither easy to write nor easy to read, and the audience is still small, while novels centered on plot are far more popular in the market.

Doyle's masterpiece "The Detective Cases of Sherlock Holmes" is the best example. This series can hardly even be called a mystery novel. It is more in the category of detective and adventure novels, but its global influence is unmatched.

Think about it too, the story is strong, the ending is reversed,

Moreover, the hero is handsome and smart,

Readers will definitely read it with gusto.

Lu Shi concentrated on recalling the original text of "None Survived" and found that the content of the novel seemed to be engraved in his mind, and his memory was particularly clear. He didn't know if it was a sequela left by time travel.

He took up his pen and wrote the beginning of the story:

Ten little Indian boys went out to dine;

Ten little Indian boys, running for food;

One choked his little self and then there were nine.

One can't be saved if he chokes to death, and only nine out of ten remain.

Nine little Indian boys sat up very late;

Nine little Indian boys, weary sleepless nights;

One overslept himself and then there were eight.

He fell asleep and died, and there were only eight of the nine.

...

Natsume Soseki watched from behind, goosebumps forming on his arms.

This begins...

This beginning is really...

He thought of countless words to describe it in his mind, but found that he still couldn't find the right one. He just felt that Lu Shi was writing something very new, so new that he didn't deserve to give an evaluation.

In an instant, under the light of the gas lamp, Lu Shi's figure seemed to be much taller.

Natsume Soseki tiptoed away from the table, took out the book to read,

As a result, he was so restless that he couldn't read it at all, and looked up at Lu Shi's direction from time to time.

Lu Shi seemed to have entered a state of ecstasy, writing like a god, the preface and the content of the first chapter were almost completed in one go, and it was only three hours after writing the last sentence of the first chapter, just after lunch Not long after.

He stretches,

"Xia Mu, come and take a look."

Natsume Soseki had been waiting for a long time, so he hurried forward and studied carefully.

The strange thing is that after that amazing opening, the first chapter seems a bit flat, not low level, but just not low.

"It's good, but not good enough," he said.

After giving this evaluation, I felt that I was overbearing, so I quickly bowed again and again,

“Sensational Mud Intimate Marseille!”

Lu Shi is full of black lines, ￣□￣｜｜

It can be regarded as seeing the traditional performing arts engraved in the bones of the Japanese.

He waved his hand,

"What is there to apologize for? You're right. The beginning of this book is really dull. After all, the dead haven't started yet~ It's okay. I'll write two more chapters today. When a lot of people die, it will naturally be fascinating."

The new book is on the road, and I hope you will support me a lot.