It is said that you know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. Now that Zhang Chu wants to participate in the fan essay competition of Sherlock Holmes, the first thing he needs to do is to understand his opponent's level.

Strictly speaking, he is not a fan of mystery detective novels. He has never read a few books of this type.

This is an extremely niche existence. Nine out of ten people have never seen it, and one of them has only heard of it.

Although the mystery detective novel is niche, the character Sherlock Holmes, or the character image, is so popular!

This character is a gold mine, with its own IP.

Even though people don't know that Holmes has solved the unsolved cases, they also know that he is a detective and an extremely smart person.

"Detective Sherlock Holmes", which has been invested heavily in creating a huge amount of money, wants to use the name Sherlock Holmes to set off a suspense and reasoning frenzy around the world.

This unique publicity method has caused a huge response on the Internet. After all, Conan Doyle has passed away for many years, but Sherlock Holmes has always been widely active in movies, TV series and literary works, emitting a different kind of vitality.

You need to spend money when going out for fun after the college entrance examination and going to college later. As a person over 30 years old, it is embarrassing to spread his hands and ask his parents for money.

Let’s not talk about the bonus of hundreds of thousands of yuan, but it is enough to be included in the magazine "Time Reasoning" with a manuscript fee of several hundred words and hundreds of words.

After Zhang Chu searched for the Holmes fan essay contest online, he entered the official website, where there was a special voting channel.

Those who can vote here have passed the primary election of the magazine "Time Reasoning" and have a relatively high reference significance.

"The Will of Sherlock Holmes? This novel actually ranks first."

He said to himself, and at the same time clicked on the article, wanting to see how beautiful it is!

The story is set in London in 1898. The protagonist Sherlock Holmes is working hard to clear his criminal suspect. All the evidence points to Sherlock Holmes being the main suspect in a theft fraud security check.

The indelible Holmes soon lost the trust of the London authorities, and even his good partner, Dr. Watson, began to shake.

Although this novel does not have many words, it has extremely prominent and complicated elements. Each puzzle is a challenge to insight and wit, investigating and collecting evidence clues, integrating important information, and there are many foreshadowings!

"It's worthy of being the first, it's really good."

This is definitely not something you can do by browsing your votes, but is ranked first with real talent and knowledge.

The content of tens of thousands of words has been reversed a lot, which made him excited!

There are many excellent works in the top ten list, such as "Shelmes: The Curse of Baskerville", "Sin and Punishment", "Awakening", etc. Most of these works have very exciting plots.

It is not easy to stand out among so many excellent works, and Zhang Chu put away his underestimation.

Before starting writing, Zhang Chu decided to care about his old man's thoughts, "After reading excellent works, then looking at the level of rejected manuscripts by magazines, it is easier to grasp the standards."

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Walking from the second floor house to the first floor bookstore, Zhang Chu found that his father Zhang Bowen was sitting at the bar with concentration and typing on the keyboard, looking like a spring of thoughts.

"Dad, what story are you writing? I just read the novels that received the most votes, and they are very well written."

Zhang Bowen looked at Zhang Chu very vigilantly, "Can you not be able to write it out? You want to learn from it and plagiarize my book, right?"

Zhang Chu couldn't help rolling his eyes and directly responded: "Old man, you are no one who has been rejected countless times like this. I just care about you, and I'm worried that you will be rejected again."

The father and son had no idea of ​​family when they started a fight, and the scar was revealed directly.

"You don't understand Sherlock Holmes. When I was a child, I told you about Sherlock Holmes' story every day, but you didn't like it. Don't join in the fun." Zhang Bowen saw Zhang Chu like this, and an idea suddenly emerged, "You don't want to go out and have no money, right? I'm also very poor. The pit of more than 1,000 yuan yesterday has not been filled up."

"Who's dad would tell the child about shattering and corpses and cases in the middle of the night? No wonder my mom wanted to scold you. I was only five or six years old at that time, and you actually had the heart to bear it!"

Zhang Bowen defended, "It's obvious that he's seven years old, and a man is afraid of these."

"Let me show me what you are writing. I will try to write better than you, so that I can be accepted by the magazine "Time Reasoning".

Zhang Chu said silly. He was sure of his father's personality anyway, so he could say more good things.

"Okay, the title I wrote was "Basic Deduction Method". Zhang Bowen moved the chair aside, leaving space for Zhang Chu to drag a stool to sit over.

"The basic deduction method is good. Isn't this the method that Sherlock Holmes used to solve the case?" Even if Zhang Chu is not a fan of suspense detective novels, he knows the basic deduction method under the influence of Zhang Bowen.

The so-called basic deduction method is to analyze, guess, and reverse the clues you have in your hand to seek more clues until all clues can form a complete logic.

"Did you notice that most of the story backgrounds of those fan novels are in the late 19th century London in the original work. My "Basic Deduction" is about telling a modern context. He and Watson can handle cases in cities such as London, Los Angeles, Paris, New York, and East Beijing."

When Zhang Chu heard this, he couldn't help but admire his father. Based on the scene described, he directly remembered an American drama "Solmes: Basic Performing Method" that he had watched!

This American drama is about transferring the story to modern New York, telling the story of Sherlock Holmes, a former Scotland Yard consultant who is good at reasoning and interpreting. Because of drug addiction, he came to the Kangjie Center in New York to recuperate, and served as a local police consultant, and solved many difficult cases with a nursing partner named Jon Watson.

Zhang Bowen's fan works are actually very similar to this American drama to a large extent, and his ideas are very unique, so Zhang Chu tried to suggest, "Dad, since the background of the times has changed, just set John Watson as a woman. Anyway, this is a fan work."

On the original earth, the biggest complaint of the American drama "Basic Representation Method" may be that Watson became a woman, but during the watching of the drama, Zhang Chu did not feel any inconsistency. Instead, he felt that the interaction between the two characters was very tense. As an independent female image, Watson was not a gentle vine, but a kapok that could experience wind and rain!

"This idea is very unique, but is it too bold and advanced?"

Zhang Bowen dragged his cheeks and thought about it. He also thought his son’s proposal was very interesting, but can the rest accept it?

Seeing this, Zhang Chu continued to persuade: "There are so many works in the world that have participated in the fan essay contest of Sherlock Holmes. How can you stand out if you don't have any sense of innovation? I think your biggest problem is to seek stability, and you can't be too conservative at this time!"

Watson, a woman who was able to play the protagonist of American dramas in her previous life, must have been recognized by many viewers, otherwise it would be impossible for her to film so many seasons without being cut off.

"Then I'll try it, I hope it's OK this time."
Chapter completed!