After dreaming of getting rich, I dressed up as a collapsed idol

The murder method is not feasible in reality.

Weak motivation.

Poor writing!

With the opening of social media accounts and the establishment of a fan club on the Fuso side, the problem of only being able to contact the "Novel Gem" magazine through a single line and having a single source of information was solved.

With the official release of "Astrology Murder Magic", news about the book's performance in the Fuso market continued to come back here.

"The main reason is that the Japanese literary community has a lot of controversy about this book. The readership has given it very high praise. Now the situation is that more and more people are criticizing it, but the book's sales are getting better and better."

Yang Xiuxiu on the video call talked about the current situation.

"It's similar to the situation in China."

The novel was released in Japan on February 14th and less than a week later it was also released in China for sale.

Because this novel began serialization during the event in August last year, it has accumulated a larger readership, and coupled with the stimulation of hot sales abroad, the first sales were even better than those in Japan.

"What's wrong? You don't look happy."

Lu Qingfeng looked at the message on the computer with a frown.

"Ah."

He nodded, turned his computer chair around, and looked at the girl next door on the screen.

"Although sales are good now, if these Japanese writers continue to mess things up, it will easily ruin the market and may even cause a sharp drop in sales."

It is difficult to judge the quality of literary and artistic works objectively. If you read and appreciate them without being disturbed by external information, you can also judge for yourself whether they are to your liking.

If you haven't seen the product yourself, and hear a lot of criticism from people you think are professionals, you will subconsciously refuse to pay for such a product.

Even if you go to see it, you will still appreciate it with a bias. When you see some places that don’t have too many problems, you will generate the thought that "it’s really so bad" because you have been psychologically influenced by external factors.

This is most evident in movies.

There's nothing you can do about some truly terrible movies, but there are also some movies that have obvious strengths but also quite a few weaknesses, and they can easily be ruined by bad reviews.

"The Astrology Murder Magic" is a film that has extremely outstanding advantages and some shortcomings, but the merits outweigh the flaws.

As a work that breaks through the existing framework of mystery novels and creates a new type of orthodox mystery with "grand puzzles + scientific decryption", it is of milestone significance.

"Besides, the reputation of the first book has been ruined. It will be even more difficult for other works to sell well in the Japanese market."

"That's true, but there's nothing we can do about it."

Yang Xiuxiu also became distressed.

Lu Qing took another look at the three points that were criticized.

The killing method is not feasible, which is the core of the new orthodox style. When weaving such a complicated trick, it is necessary to abandon realistic factors to a certain extent.

There is no need to think too much about this.

After all, it is a new orthodox novel, which should be distinguished from other mystery novels.

As for the other two points.

Lu Qingfeng tapped the table with his five fingers in turn, back and forth several times, and suddenly he was sure.

"Sister Xiuxiu, I'm going to hang up first. I'll talk to you later."

"what?"

As soon as the words fell, the video call was disconnected.

Yang Xiuxiu blinked, feeling that this scene was very familiar.

I remembered that when I was an editor at Children's Literature, when I talked with writers about their creative works, those who had inspiration all looked like this.

"A new book? Or have you figured out a solution?"

She shook her head, unable to guess what the boy was thinking, so she could only go about her own business.

I was busy until almost midnight. When I was about to go to bed, I received an email from Lu Qingfeng, which contained a document plug-in.

Before I had time to download it, I received his WeChat message.

[Contact the international student we're working with and ask him to help find a better translator.]

Yang Xiuxiu was stunned. Just as she was about to reply, she saw a new message coming in.

[I'm so sleepy, I'm going to sleep first.]

Followed by a 'sleepy' emoji.

She immediately realized that the boy next door must have been writing something since the phone call was disconnected, and sent it to him after he finished writing.

After sending an 'OK' gesture, I downloaded the document and opened it out of curiosity.

What caught my eye was the title.

A Platycodon Flower

[The corpse lies prone on the ground, its right arm extended toward the ditch, as if trying to scoop up something floating on the surface...]

……

Yang Xiuxiu studied classical literature appreciation in college and later worked as a literary editor for a period of time, so she is naturally professional in appreciating texts.

She spent more than an hour reading this short story of only 20,000 words. After finishing it, she didn't sleep for a long night, trying to digest the overly strong emotions contained in the text.

As the first literary editor who came into contact with Lu Qingfeng, and even a guide on his literary path, she had read every article written by the young man.

In her heart, the most artistic and literary work is "Mountain Moon Records", the best writing style belongs to "Warm a Pot of Moonlight for Drinking", and the most profound theme is "The Blue Shore".

She felt that this article might not be as good as the other three in any one aspect, but it was indeed the best article when combined.

Although this is a mystery novel.

But she had never seen anyone write a mystery novel to this level.

There are no complicated tricks and methods of killing that people talk about, and there are no detectives and their assistants in the fixed routine and their amazing reasoning level.

Only the gentle and exquisite brushstrokes can describe the purity of love, and then transform it into complex emotions, stuffing it into the reader's heart, becoming an unspeakable bitterness.

Why did you suddenly write such a story?

Yang Xiuxiu, lying on the boat with her eyes wide open, suddenly thought of something, and then remembered what she had discussed with Lu Qingfeng during the day. So that's how it was.

It is indeed something he would do, and it is no wonder that he needs to find a good translator. An ordinary translator cannot convey the beauty of the text in such an article.

I tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep. The next morning, with dark circles under my eyes, I contacted the head of the fan club in Fuso.

……

Shen Chuan has been living a comfortable life in Fuso recently. After becoming the idol's operation manager in Fuso, he successfully implemented his previous ideas and became the biggest fan leader here.

He was not surprised when he received the message from Yang Xiuxiu, but the request made him a little confused.

【For translation matters, wouldn't it be better to contact the publisher?】

[Publishers are primarily concerned with profit and may not be willing to spend money on finding a good translator. It's better for us to do it ourselves, and we won't publish it through their channels, but directly on our Twitter account.]

There was a response from the other side.

Shen Chuan seemed to be lost in thought.

Of course he knew about the controversy in Fuso these days. The publisher hadn't made any move on this matter, but had simply stepped up publicity and used this controversy as a motivating factor for buying the book.

It's a bit like exhausting the resources

The studio naturally doesn't want this to happen, so when faced with pressure, the two sides are actually not on the same page.

He got it.