Dinner is held in the garden, with independent pavilions built on the green lawn, and solid wood tables full of Italian specialties. The pizza covered with thick cheese naturally does not need to say much. The traditional meat sauce and seafood black pepper pasta are filled with large iron plates. The Black Forest cake is not ready to serve, but as a pre-dinner snack, grilled chicken wings and The aroma of soft French fries is also extremely charming. Not to mention that there are various thick soups constantly being served, and the table is full of milky flavors.

"Ashley, you have to learn more from Alice, whether it's the "Jurassic Park" or this "Ghost Record", see how talented she is! Alice, forgive me, no Speaking of the box office revenue of the movie, just the publication of this science fiction novel, I am afraid that it will already make you millions of contributions, right?"

Alice blinked, facing the eyes of the whole table, she smiled embarrassedly: "Actually, I didn't pay much attention, because I have been busy with other things for a while, but the million-level must be here. Not long ago, short feet The chicken sent me an email saying that the total sales volume in the United States has exceeded 500,000 copies. In overseas markets, the Japanese version was released first, and German, French, and Italian versions are also being produced."

Ashley’s father, Olaer’s father said to his wife: “I see it, Japan’s current strength is really getting more and more terrifying. From this perspective, we can see that the first batch of overseas editions were translated for the group of Japanese people. . However, people of their ethnic group really love reading, and it is a very large market."

　　 At this point, Alice's heart suddenly moved, and she opened her mouth and said: "Speaking of the Japanese book market, they have fully promoted the mystery that originated in Britain. Mr. Oller, do you have any knowledge of the current Japanese mystery writers?"

Mr. Oller pondered briefly and said: "Of course the originator of Japanese mystery literature is Edogawa Ranbu. The industry’s highest award for mystery novels, the Edogawa Ranbu Award, was established in his name. Then, well, Those in the 1950s and 1960s are all quaint to you, the current mystery writers..."

　　 This seems to be a difficult question. Mr. Oller thought about it carefully, but he still said: "I can't think of anything, there is nothing that can attract my attention..."

　　 Ashley’s mother is the real goal of Alice’s trip. As a design consultant for the three top brands in the world, of course she is not only beautifully dressed, but also well-maintained. Sitting next to her fourteen-year-old daughter, she looked like a pair of sisters, and even mother and daughter flowers were not enough.

When the last words of her husband fell, she sipped the seafood butterscotch and laughed softly: "My husband is very interested in reasoning literature. He has collections of works by Sherlock Holmes, Agatha, and Edgar Lumpo. ."

　　So, Alice's eyes drooped and said, "Looking at it that way...Which newcomers have won this award last year and this year?"

　　 At this point, he deserves to be someone who loves inferential literature. Mr. Oller opened his mouth and said two names.

　　 "This way..."

　　So, after hearing two completely unfamiliar names, Alice's eyes rolled silently.

　　 Edogawa Ranbu Prize...

　　 This award was established in 1954 to celebrate the 60th birthday of the originator of Japanese mystery novels, Edogawa Ranho. It was the first award in 1955 and will be held every year thereafter. The first two awards were for thematic research on mystery novels. Starting from the third in 1957, it has become an award dedicated to encouraging newcomers.

　　From the standpoint of status, it is the highest honor for Japanese mystery novels, and it is also famous for its awards, as well as the Yokozo Masamune Award and the Japan Reasoning Association Award.

　　 As for the submissions for the Edogawa Ranbu Prize, the number of submissions is limited to those that have not been published. Each time the judges are composed of five people, and they are re-hired every year, and some people have been repeatedly recruited. As a winner, his work was published by Tanshe, a famous large-scale publishing house in China.

　　 The greatest value of this award is that most of the newcomer writers who won the award later grew up to become masters of mystery fiction.

　　 And this question of Alice is concerned about a certain newcomer who should receive an award in 1985.

　　 Keigo Higashino.

Of course, as a Japanese mystery novelist, one cannot expect the mainland people in the 21st century to know him well. After all, people at that time tended to focus on successful learning and teaching supplementary materials, and those who could read reasoning literature with a mood. Relatively speaking, it is very few.

　　 But Alice happens to know him very well. In fact, all the inferential literature lovers of the 21st century, and even more macroscopically, it is impossible for all literature lovers to have never heard of Higashino Keigo.

　　 Keigo Higashino was born in Osaka in 1958. His birthday is only ten days away from Valentine's Day. He studied electrical engineering at university, and then worked as a production engineer for a famous auto parts supplier and wrote mystery novels. Then in 1985, he won the Edogawa Ranbu Prize for his debut work "After School", and started his professional writing career.

　　 Most of his early works are ingenious and detailed reasoning, just like every episode of "Detective Conan". In the later period, the writing style became more and more old-fashioned, the text was freshly crafted, the narrative was concise and fierce, the plot was ups and downs, and the story structure was almost unbelievable. He was good at writing extremely reasonable stories from extremely unreasonable places, and his style gradually surpassed traditional mystery novels. The framework began to transform to socialism, focusing on describing the case while paying attention to the good and evil of society and human nature.

　　As such a newcomer in the literary world, his books inevitably entered the mainland market, and even with millions of yuan in royalties, he was listed in the mainland's "Rich Foreign Writers List" and ranked in the forefront. With the subject matter of mystery novels and the identity of a Japanese writer, he can achieve this level in the Chinese mainland market, and I can imagine how powerful he is.

　　 But now, for the 33rd Edogawa Ranpo Awards that should have allowed Keigo Higashino to rise, Mr. Olaer has said a completely unfamiliar name?

　　 And there was no part of Keigo Higashino last year.

　　 "Is it because the butterfly effect caused him to write the book late, or did he stop writing at all? Or is there simply no such person in the world?"

　　 It was night. After dinner, Alice wandered alone in the Olaer Manor~lightnovelpub.net~ Although you could see the maid busy everywhere, she didn't care at all, just thinking about her own problems.

"Yes, after all, at the beginning, he was writing while working in an auto parts factory. Maybe someone suddenly fell in love with the job of an engineer, and maybe he was too lazy to write a book. So, wouldn't I have a chance to take his Copy the book again, make some extra money in Japan?"

God knows that Alice bought the complete works of Keigo Higashino in her previous life, but she is still a prolific writer. There are only fifty or sixty works in Chinese translation alone. Buying a complete set would cost thousands of dollars. of!

"Making money is secondary. People are talented to my level, and the pursuit should be higher. Anyway, copying a few books doesn't take much physical effort, mixing with the identity of a god-level best-selling author and matching it. The title of the world’s richest man without any suspense...Oh, how will the future Baidu Encyclopedia be compiled? Oops, it’s really worrying~"

　　 Just as Alice's saliva was about to drain, Ashley ran into the garden and recruited her: "Hey, Alice, go to the living room, it's time to talk about business after dinner!"

Alice looks at her watch. It’s nine o’clock at night. Although Hannah has slipped into the bedroom in a daze, this time is just the beginning of a struggle with many homework even for students in private high schools. Although Alice’s age It's not too big, and a simple meeting is nothing.

　　So, Alice took Ashley's arm, walked towards the house, smiled and said, "Would you like to be in a bed with me tonight?"

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