Xueba Fengyun

Zhang Meiqing's words made Liu Miao smile wryly. She never expected that "The Collection of Sherlock Holmes", which is regarded as the three masterpieces of mystery novels by British literature and even English literature, would be repeatedly rejected by European and American publishing houses in this time and space. It's not scientific anymore.However, Liu Miao hesitated for a while and let it go. After all, "The Collection of Sherlock Holmes" has completed the first batch of detective stories headed by "The Four Signatures".

The original version of Sherlock Holmes became popular throughout Britain and Europe after the first batch of detective stories, and then the second series of "History of Adventure" brought Sherlock Holmes to the altar; in the third series of "Memoirs", Sherlock Holmes has become a detective and reasoning synonymous with fiction.After the third series, Conan Doyle finally wrote the novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles" after a period of rest, which hinted at the imminent return of Sherlock Holmes.This novel really ignited the expectations of all British people for Sherlock Holmes, and Conan Doyle also launched the fourth series of novels "The Return" headed by "The Empty House".

Then came "Uncanny Valley" and the fifth series "The Last Salute". This novel and a set of short stories raised the status of Sherlock Holmes, who was originally very popular, to a position that future generations must look up to.In Conan Doyle's later years, he created the sixth series "New Detective Collection" again.The story of Sherlock Holmes officially ends here because of the author's death.It can be said that "The Collection of Sherlock Holmes" has made Conan Doyle and also limited Conan Doyle.

Fortunately, Liu Miao doesn't need to care about this. Now that the first series of "Detective Collection" has been completed, Liu Miao plans to serialize the series "Adventure History" in both Chinese and English.At the same time, Liu Miao also entrusted the translation of the first two novels in the Sherlock Holmes series "A Study in Scarlet" and "Four Signatures" into English and French, and then entrusted them to Yahoo UK and Yahoo France after being proofread by Liu Miao blog channel for serialization.

The reason for translating novels is because in Liu Miao's opinion, most of Holmes' short stories are too fast food novels, and they look very cool when they are serialized.But once settled, the achievements of these short stories are far inferior to the long version of Sherlock Holmes.After all, as a mystery novel, the longer the length, the more traps the author can set, and the higher the level can be created.There are more tides.The reason why Liu Miao chose Yahoo as his partner was that Yahoo is currently the world's largest web portal, and Liu Miao also entrusted Citigroup to invest in Yahoo for a short-term shareholding, so Liu Miao chose Yahoo.

But what Liu Miao didn't expect was that Yahoo's prosperity cycle was actually prolonged after he suggested that Yahoo launch a blog channel.Later generations of Yahoo relied on the three major services of news, search and mailbox to attract the first batch of Internet users. However, with the rise of professional search engines such as Google, Yahoo’s search function became more and more useless; After opening a website and refusing new media to cite its content, Yahoo’s news has no advantage; finally, the cost of email service is getting lower and lower, and the free advantage of Yahoo Mail is also disappearing.Originally, Yahoo would lose its title as the No. [-] portal of the Internet in the following two years, and it has been in a slump ever since.

However, under Liu Miao's suggestion, Yahoo introduced a blogging service. With the original accumulated user base, Yahoo actually had a second spring through blogging.In particular, many political commentators have settled in blogs one after another, making Yahoo's blog channel a more lively place than the news programs of major TV stations.In the end, professional news channels, including CNN, had to quote the content of Yahoo's blog, which also led to the bankruptcy of traditional media's practice of blocking new media news sources.

Isabelle is a blog user of Yahoo UK. From the day when the blog first appeared, Isabel found the blog interesting.Isabel is a girl who doesn't think she is weaker than boys, but boys seem to have talent on the Internet, so Isabel can only watch those stupid boys set up their own personal homepages one by one and show off to others with envy.

But when Yahoo launched its blogging service, Isabel found that with a little follow-through, she could easily have a personal site with a more functional and beautiful homepage for those boys.So Isabel became the first users of Yahoo blog by virtue of her half-baked web technology and the high customization of Yahoo blog.Isabel is very enthusiastic about sharing her life and some insights on the blog, so she also became one of the few grassroots blogs recommended by the editors of the Yahoo blog channel.

Now Isabel is not only a celebrity in the school, but also a famous figure in the community where she lives.The last time Isabelle blogged about the lack of traffic lights at a certain intersection where she went to school, it would be a safety hazard.Her blog was quickly discovered by BBC reporters, and it was broadcast on BBC local radio programs, so local MPs and government officials came out to express their views.On the day the traffic light was built, Isabel also received an honorary member award from the local council.

Isabel flipped through the blog channels a little bored. To Isabel’s taste, the British blog channels are actually a bit dull, which probably has something to do with the living habits of the British themselves.The British love to tell bad jokes, especially the kind that have no scale.You must know that the British dare to tell content such as racism and sexism as a joke. This is OK in the UK, but it is an uproar outside the UK.Therefore, the blog editors assigned by Yahoo in the UK are very cautious. Any outrageous jokes will cause the content of the blog to be hidden, and if it goes too far, the account will be banned directly.One after another, the only joke players in the UK who can get it have shifted their positions one after another.

As for sharing food, please, is this the UK, where the world's dark cuisine is concentrated?So Isabel prefers to go to Yahoo France to see friends chatting about food and art, or go to Yahoo America to see friends chatting about current affairs.However, a novel was recommended on the blog channel today. Because of the popularity of blogs, people from all over the world write novels on blogs, so reading novels on blogs is also a popular trend.It is possible that Isabelle can't write novels, but she likes reading novels very much.Since this "Study in Scarlet" was recommended by the editor, there must be something to read, right?So Isabel clicked in...

Isabel looked out the window, it was already early in the morning.I seem to have been reading this novel since school at noon, right?How did you get addicted to it?Isabel just thinks this mystery novel is really great, especially the Victorian style in the novel makes people feel as if they are on the scene.

"Should I go to Baker Street? Maybe Mr. Holmes really lived there? By the way, there is also that old-fashioned and lovely Dr. Watson." Isabel thought to herself.

Later, Isabel mentioned the novel on her blog and said that she would go to Baker Street to read it.

In fact, Isabel is not the only one who read Liu Miao's "Study in Scarlet" and "Four Signatures".After all, this book was serialized simultaneously in Yahoo UK and Yahoo France, and it was also recommended by local blog channels, so the craze for this book quickly started.And what the London police did not expect was that the originally quiet Baker Street tended to become a new tourist attraction in London.Countless young people dressed in trendy clothes ran to Baker Street and asked where Holmes' home was.As a result, the most senior policeman was also at a loss. Mr. Holmes had never lived here.The newcomers then got rid of the police and went to find Holmes' home by themselves.

The most depressing thing for the residents of 221 Baker Street is that every day he can receive flowers and warm letters from the UK and many countries in continental Europe, and each letter is addressed to Mr. Holmes (of course, some of them are Dr. Watson) .But who is Sherlock Holmes?So they can only let the flowers piled up at the door of their own house, watching their door finally flooded with flowers, I don't know if it is romantic or painful.

Publishers are the most sensitive group of people on the planet to popular literature. When a novel becomes popular on the Internet, there are naturally countless people evaluating its commercial value.Soon, the commercial value assessment report on "The Collection of Sherlock Holmes" appeared on the desks of the bosses of the top ten publishers in the UK.The wording of these evaluation reports may not be consistent, but they all state without exception that ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" is not only a best-selling novel that can bring long-term sales, but also a classic novel that can be passed down for hundreds of years. Most Importantly, it will be a monumental epic novel in the detective or mystery genre. In our opinion, this novel is worth any price for its worldwide publishing rights and various derivatives. "

"HarperCollins? Macmillan? Pegmans? United Books? Thomson? Geez, the best-selling business book publishers in the UK are all here. Oh, Oxford University Press? Cambridge University Press? Langman Press This group of educational publishing institutions can’t bear to be lonely anymore? Heh! Even old monsters like the Royal Publishing House have been recruited, Liu Miao really played a big game?” Zhang Meiqing looked at the crowd of agents The quotation list of "The Collection of Sherlock Holmes", the smile on the face has never stopped.

By the way, even the little secretary who was in charge of delivering the quotation was also very happy. She heard from several senior editors that such a publishing house is in the top five levels of people, writers, education, business and Sanlian in China.Although the three major publishing groups monopolize nearly half of the domestic publishing business, all literati know that if they are not classics, they will not be favored by the five traditional publishing houses at all.

Business and Sanlian still have a relatively low threshold. The remaining People’s Publishing House is backed by the Ministry of Culture, Writers’ Publishing House is backed by the General Administration of Press and Publication, and Education Publishing House is backed by the Ministry of Education.Among the books that could be published by the five major publishing houses, which one did not end up in the history of literature?There is also the Royal Press, which is the oldest publishing house in the world and the only publishing house whose president is the Queen.By convention, the cover of the Royal Press is the only publishing house in the world that can use the coat of arms of the British royal family.The English literary works that can be published by the Royal Press are almost waiting to be included in the history of English literature, and the writer is estimated to be knighted soon.

After the little secretary listened to the gossip, she immediately admired the young boss.

"The Royal Publishing House owns the publishing rights in the UK, and HarperCollins owns the English publishing rights in regions other than the UK, but the US publishing rights and other language publishing rights are temporarily not for sale. Finally, the film and television adaptation rights and so on, Let them give up! By the way, tell them that "Sherlock Holmes" is only one-fifth completed, and the agency agreement for the next series will need to be re-signed at that time. In addition, our agency publishing agreement is signed every five years." Liu Miao I willfully say that I am a local tyrant.