A healing writer? No, it's a depressing writer!

Chapter 307: One book makes a god! The real influence of Chinese writers! This is the real cultural output! 5k
The Boulevard, Baker Street, United Kingdom.

Baker Street was designed in the 18th century and named after the architect William Baker. The street was made famous by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional television series Sherlock Holmes.

In the TV series Sherlock Holmes, detective Sherlock Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street, and although this address has never existed, you can still visit museums, cafes and bars named after this "fictional detective" on Baker Street.

This street used to be a residential area, but thanks to the worldwide popularity of "Sherlock Holmes", the street has gradually begun to develop into a commercial and residential area. In order to facilitate tourists' visits, a Sherlock Holmes Museum and a subway station of the same name have been specially set up on the street so that tourists can easily reach it.

"We have arrived at the Sherlock Holmes Museum stop. Please pack your luggage and get off from the back door."

Coming out of the subway station, the glaring sunlight made Jiang Hai unable to open his eyes.

When Jiang Hai stepped out of the subway station with his left foot, he could see the original appearance of the entire Baker Street.

It was similar to the street shown in the TV series, except that address 221B did not exist. The rest of the place was——

All I can say is that it is exactly the same as the residence of detective Sherlock in "Sherlock Holmes".

A classic literary work is
Although, the characters are virtual.

The plot is made up.

But even so, as long as you write well, as long as your words can resonate with readers, no matter how fictitious your work is——

Readers will also try their best to turn it into reality.

"This is the filming location of Sherlock Holmes." Walking on Baker Street, Chen Hanying looked around with curiosity. "Over there, that museum exhibits the trench coat that Watson, the assistant, wore, right?"

"Why do I feel like I've traveled from a book to reality?"

“This is all so magical.”

The charm of Sherlock Holmes is that you can’t tell whether it is reality or fiction. Although this person has never appeared in reality, everyone here——

Everyone can feel the charm coming from this character.

To be honest, this was also Jiang Hai's first time to come to the UK, and his first time to come to the famous Baker Street, looking at the surrounding scenery that was both strange and familiar.

Even Jiang Hai couldn't help but sigh:
“I hope that one day my work can be like Sherlock Holmes, and bring all the fiction in the book to reality.”

“That’s really a death without regrets.”

Walking from the east to the west of Baker Street, Jiang Hai and Chen Hanying saw many newspaper offices, book kiosks, and bookstores along the way.
Almost every newspaper has a copy of Arthur Conan Doyle's world-famous novel.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

In addition, Chen Hanying also found that Jiang Hai's new works "Murder on the Orient Express" and "And Then There Were None" were displayed in the most prominent positions in various bookstores and newspapers, and were specially marked with the words "Most Popular Mystery Literature Work of the Year"
Especially And Then There Were None!
As soon as you enter the bookstore display case, you will find Arthur Conan Doyle's world-famous novel "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" on the left side of the display case.

On the right side of the display case——

It was Jiang Hai's masterpiece of the Blizzard Villa murder mode written in thirty days. It is also praised as a medium-length mystery novel "And Then There Were None" which pioneered the nursery rhyme murder method!
You have to know what kind of concept "Sherlock Holmes" holds in the minds of the British.
That is comparable to the Bible!

It is such a world-famous masterpiece that is well-known to all in the hearts of these British readers.
How can And Then There Were None be on par with it?

It can actually be placed next to "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"?

“The most popular mystery novel among young readers this year?”

Looking at these bookstores, who were doing voluntary promotion for And Then There Were None, Chen Hanying suddenly felt puzzled.
"This year just passed not long ago"

"How did it suddenly become the most popular work of the year?"

At this moment, in the Sacred Relic Bookshop in Edinburgh.

Professor Aldrich from Cambridge was sitting under a parasol, flipping through And Then There Were None with a look of shock on his face, and he sighed incessantly:

"This is simply incredible"

“This is really within 30 days.”

"What kind of mystery novels can be created???"

In fact, when Professor Aldridge first came to the bookstore, he did not want to read Jiang Hai's And Then There Were None. He came for Murder on the Orient Express. After all, the book Murder on the Orient Express that Jiang Hai wrote at the Round Table Reasoning Competition had been officially certified.

Queen Elizabeth called it the work that best represents the level of this year's Round Table Reasoning Competition!

Murder on the Orient Express is not very long. The entire book is only about 100,000 words. However, it took Professor Aldrich a whole day to write these short 100,000 words.

I have absorbed all the contents of this book.

"Whether it's the whole idea, the plot, or the ending, this book"

“They are definitely the pinnacle of contemporary literature!”

"This book seems to be telling a complicated crime story, but in fact, through this series of complicated crimes, it conveys to readers a viewpoint that is completely different from the contemporary detective reasoning world—"

"Justice is always greater than law!"

Looking at the world's detective literature, including "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", after a tragedy occurs, we will find that the detective team created by the author often represents the side of the [protagonist], and they often stand on the side of the deceased -

No matter what wrong the deceased did during his lifetime.

No matter what terrible disaster the deceased had committed.

As long as you kill someone, you are wrong!
As long as you commit a crime, you are blaspheming and insulting the law!
It is precisely because you have blasphemed the law that no matter what reason you kill the dead, you must be punished!

The task of the detectives is to clear the fog and find the perpetrators:
"You are the murderer!"

"You killed someone, so you must be severely punished!"

However, the viewpoint that Jiang Hai wants to express in "Murder on the Orient Train" is completely opposite to that of ordinary writers.

"I don't stand on the side of law, I only care about justice."

in a sense
Can the main detective in charge of investigating this case also be considered half an accomplice?

even.
You could just call him a murderer?
"Have you ever seen a detective who helps the perpetrator escape legal punishment?"

"The real murderer had been found, but when faced with the police's questioning, the protagonist chose to conceal the truth and even used his own tight logical thinking."

"To exonerate these 'murderers'?"

For the protagonist Poirot, he doesn't care about the so-called legal principles, he only cares about the justice and fairness he believes in. If the deceased is a person who has committed many crimes, and the law cannot punish him, the bystanders will choose to use lynching to end the life of this person who has committed many crimes.
Why not?

You have to know that this wealthy man who died tragically on the train with twelve knife wounds on his body looked miserable, but he was secretly
In fact, he is an extremely perverted child sadist!
He caused the destruction of other people's families and the death of their loved ones, so he should have been punished with a life for a life, but now he is taking advantage of legal loopholes and is at large.

When the law is unable to punish such evil people.

The famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot did not think that the twelve passengers on the bus who participated in the murder were at fault.

Instead, he took the initiative to conceal his crime.

Help them escape the punishment of the law.
This is also what the famous detective Poirot has always believed in and insisted on.

It was precisely because of Jiang Hai's completely different imagination from the ordinary mystery literature that Queen Elizabeth and the writers' jury saw the novelty of this novel and immediately made a conclusion:
"This is definitely the most innovative work that represents the level of the Round Table Reasoning Competition this year."

After reading the entire story of "The Orient Train Murder Case".

Professor Aldrich was extremely shocked and said:
“It’s well-deserved.”

“It really lives up to its reputation.”

Just as he began to frantically recommend this mystery book to his friends, alumni groups, and private media:
"Orient Express Murder is definitely the most impressive work I have ever read."

Below the circle of friends, students and teachers immediately recommended it to him:

"'Murder on the Orient Express' is certainly good, but Jiang Hai's 'And Then There Were None' is truly a masterpiece in the mystery literature world!"

“Queen Elizabeth was right. From the perspective of a short story, And Then There Were None is definitely a great work that surpasses The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.”

So far, a whole week has passed since the World Round Table Mystery Masters Competition went on sale.

Thanks to the recommendations of Queen Elizabeth and the writers' jury, "Orient Express" topped the sales charts with an astonishing single-day sales of 223 million copies.

Another mystery novel under Jiang Hai's name, "And Then There Were None", ranked second on the list with first-day sales of 187 million copies.

I thought that the sales of "The Orient Express Murder Case" would grow rapidly in an extremely rapid manner.

Who would have thought that starting from the third day, Jiang Hai's "And Then There Were None" began to make an all-round comeback and surpass the competition from word of mouth to sales?
The third day of sale——

And Then There Were None sold 327 million copies in a single day.

"Orient Express" sold 289 million copies in a single day.

Fifth day of sale——

And Then There Were None sold 368 million copies in a single day.

"Orient Express" sold 278 million copies in a single day.

Seventh day of release——

And Then There Were None sold 478 million copies in a single day.

"Orient Express" sold 304 million copies in a single day.

Almost everyone was attracted by Jiang Hai's "Murder on the Eastern Train", and then began to praise Jiang Hai's "And Then There Were None", and then began to worship him:

"This is definitely a masterpiece that deserves to be called a masterpiece in the field of mystery literature!"

“I have never seen a detective novel that can combine the cunning of atypical mystery literature and the logic of orthodox reasoning so perfectly.”

"I can't imagine how he, as an earthling, could have imagined a crime method that could be called stream-of-consciousness, such as murder with nursery rhymes."

"The counselor has joined the game himself?"

"Using your own life to commit a perfect crime?"

"Jiang Hai's imagination is really lamentable and frightening."

Only after you have watched "Orient Express" can you feel the book "And Then There Were None" -

How shocking it is!
In stark contrast to the happy ending of "Orient Express" where everyone survived, "And Then There Were None" focuses on the other extreme -

All must die!

No one can survive this attack!

If we say that the protagonists of "The Orient Express Murder Case" are all good people with blood on their hands.

Then the protagonists of And Then There Were None can all be understood as.
Wolf with goat's skin!

They are all guilty people!

On the surface -

The dandy [Marlston] seemed to have accidentally killed two children while racing, but in fact he was knowingly guilty and unrepentant. Not only did he not think he had committed a crime, but he pushed the responsibility of revoking his driver's license for one year onto the deceased, and continued to race after escaping legal punishment. He is a potentially dangerous person.
The housekeepers [Mr. and Mrs. Rogers] seemed to have accidentally caused the death of their employer because the rescue time was too short. In fact, they deliberately delayed the rescue because they coveted their master's inheritance, and eventually became blackmailers who killed their master.
Doctor Armstrong seemed to be just unlucky to encounter a terminally ill patient and ultimately failed to save him, but he was actually a negligent person who was drunk and violated medical ethics.
The ten people who were invited to this deserted island all seemed to be law-abiding on the surface, but were actually dangerous elements who had committed many crimes.

In order to let these perpetrators who escaped legal punishment receive due punishment, and also to avenge those who died unjustly, Judge Lawrence John Wargrave, who was hidden among the ten people,

Get involved!

He paid the price of his own life and used the nursery rhyme murder as a medium to commit what can be called a perfect crime no matter from which angle it is judged!

In order to realize the theme of "No One Survives" and ensure the authenticity of the nursery rhyme murder, the instigator of this incident, Judge Wargrave -

They all died tragically on this deserted island!
It was precisely because of this nearly perfect crime that Professor Aldrich was shocked and amazed:

"How could a novel be able to combine the weirdness of the unconventional style with the reasoning of the orthodox style, almost perfectly?"

“If the author didn’t reveal the final ending in an envelope at the end of the story”

"I can't even guess who the murderer is???"

"This Jianghai is really terrible"

And Then There Were None continues Jiang Hai's consistent creative philosophy, which is also the biggest difference between him and other mystery writers:
"If the law cannot give the perpetrator the punishment he deserves, then I will use my own way—"

"Give these scum an end."

At this moment, Baker Street, which is famous for the Sherlock Holmes stories, is now...

Almost everyone has a copy of Jiang Hai's "And Then There Were None"!
Who could have imagined that a hundred years later?

Baker Street, which decreed Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as God, is the world-famous detective novel street with Sherlock Holmes.

It was actually occupied by a work from a Chinese writer?
"Look, someone is reading And Then There Were None in that bookstore." Chen Hanying was walking on the street, looking around curiously, "Over there, there is a cake shop named after the castle in the book And Then There Were None"

“And over there.”

All over the street, people were either reading books or discussing the plot of "And Then There Were None".

"The judge Wargrave at the end really gave me a sense of divinity. He is a judge himself and knows that the law cannot punish these evil people who are at large, so he brazenly uses his own way to uphold justice in his heart?"

“Such a person deserves respect”

“I would like to call And Then There Were None a classic among the mystery genres at Blizzard Hill.”

Not only Baker Street, major universities in the UK——

Cambridge University, Oxford University, Imperial College London, University of London, London School of Economics and Political Science, these universities are collectively known as the "G5 Super Elite", based on the influence of the Round Table Reasoning Competition in the UK and the special authorization of Queen Elizabeth
The entire British academic community began to conduct a careful and serious study of Jiang Hai's And Then There Were None on campus.
When I learned that Jiang Hai's mystery works had entered thousands of households and were even widely praised as examples by top universities in the UK, I was amazed.

At this moment, the voice of Tie Ning, Chairman of the China Writers Association, was trembling with excitement:

“This is the real cultural output.”

"Long face!"

"Jiang Hai, you really bring honor to us Chinese writers."

Baker Street neighborhood.

Chen Hanying, who was walking on the street, received the latest notification from the organizing committee. She immediately waved her mobile phone and looked at Jiang Hai.

There are countless cheers and joy in the words:
"Jiang Hai, the statistics are out!"

"And Then There Were None ranked first with sales of 1965 million copies in one week!"

"The first in the fault!"

"Jiang Hai, we won, we will definitely win"

"Hey Jiang Hai, Jiang Hai, where have you been?"

Just when Chen Hanying wanted to tell Jiang Hai the good news, she was looking for Jiang Hai on the street.

this moment.

Jiang Hai was alone in a remote neighborhood.

He was staring at a poster on a telephone pole that read "Paying a large sum of money to have a child" and immediately fell into deep thought:
"If sperm donation is really legal, why can't I just donate it to those in need?"

"If I really did this, would it be considered practicing medicine without a license?"

(End of this chapter)