Tokyo Literary Godfather

But Minakami Yukie had to admit that this man had his own abilities. The sales volume of "White Night Journey" has reached nearly 800,000, and he also won the Naoki Award. He is a super dark horse.

Whether he likes it or not, there will definitely be a place for this person in the publishing world from now on.

As for the book "White Night Journey", he also read it. It was indeed a touching story, but as a mystery novel, he didn't appreciate it.

The reason is that this book lacks the most important puzzle-solving link in mystery novels. The truth is revealed to the readers almost from the beginning. And this book calls itself a mystery novel, which is really disgusting!

Creating conspiracies is the hardest part of writing mystery novels. Many writers go to great lengths to avoid the difficulty of creating conspiracies. For example, in the Transformation School, someone initially introduced the concept of "hypnotism to kill" in order to reduce the difficulty of creating tricks, and this school gradually became popular.

But even the Transformers still put conspiracy in a very important position.

The Socialists, on the other hand, simply put trickery in a dispensable position.

The more Mizuki Xingjiang thought about it, the angrier he became. In fact, there were traces of this anger. His work was actually released at the same time as "White Night Walk", and they even held a book signing on the same day.

At that time, Fujiwara Kei went to the wrong floor, and the two of them exchanged a few words. Since the book wasn't selling well, the autograph session was deserted, and I initially developed a somewhat sympathetic impression of this guy.

Unexpectedly, a few minutes later, the staff would lead the man upstairs. Not long after, Minakami Yukie heard huge cheers and applause from the empty second floor.

Damn it! So angry!

But Yukie Minakami still had some qualities of a scholar, so before going home, he also bought a copy of "White Night Journey" and planned to taste it. After reading it, I finally found an outlet for my anger.

A mystery novel that is not a mystery novel, but a piece of fiction that is trying to sell someone else's meat. How can it still have the nerve to receive such high praise?

This guy named Sima Keita has no ability to create tricks at all!

A reasoning writer who can't devise tricks, this guy should also be nailed to the pillar of shame in the reasoning literary world.

Even if it is nailed to the pillar of shame, it is still the shame of the pillar of shame!

To this end, Yukie Minakami, as a columnist, wrote several critical articles, pointing out that socialist writers headed by Shima Keita might destroy mystery literature. At the same time, it also made a bitter satire on Sima Guitai himself.

"A mystery novel without wonderful plots. An author who cannot design a murder method can be publicized as a mystery writer. This is a shame for all writers. This book even won the highest award for popular literature, I would like to ask the judges of the Naoki Award, do you encourage such fraudulent behavior?"

"The reason why this book has been recognized by the market is mostly due to luck. Perhaps it is the public's curiosity for novelty, or perhaps it is unique in shaping emotions. But in any case, this book cannot be concealed. The fact that the author Sima Keita is actually just a poor third-rate reasoning writer."

"Here, I also want to say something to this Sima Jun: If you really can't design a good trick, just write a love novel! It's important to do what you are good at. You know, even third-rate reasoning It is easy for a novel writer to become a first-class romance novel author. After all, people who read romance novels do not like to use their brains. The hero does not need a motive to fall in love with the heroine. He only needs to bump into each other on the street corner with a piece of bread in his mouth. It’ll be fine in just one moment.”

This article was published in the entertainment section of "Fanxing News", and it quickly caused a great sensation in the literary world.

People from all sides left the field and joined the melee. Some romance novel authors protested against Minakusa's discriminatory remarks; others agreed with the article's views; there were also those who satirized Minakusa because he couldn't write a best-selling work, so he only knew how to find fault; and some said that he was just a quarrel. Bully newcomers with the status of seniors.

Although the views of this article have caused controversy, there are still many voices of criticism. But for the author of any article, he is not afraid of controversy, but he is afraid of lack of water.

Yukie Minakami is little known as a mystery writer, but he has become popular as a critic. His novel last year even sold thousands more copies because of it.

While Minakami Yukie continued to write articles mocking Keita Shiba, he was also preparing a new novel. The general design of this new novel was also told to the screenwriter. After reading it, the screenwriter found it very interesting and has confirmed that it can be serialized.

When the new novel comes out, it will definitely be a big seller... Then let fans of Keita Sima take a good look at what is the charm of mystery novels!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help humming a song.

At this moment, a young man's face appeared on the TV, and Mizukami Xinge's eyebrows instantly twisted into taiko knots.

Seeing Kei Fujiwara giving lectures in the seminar, Xinge Minakami let out a cold snort of disdain.

I am just a writer who has just debuted, so how can I find the courage to teach others!

Mizukami Xingjiang became more and more upset, planning to write an article to criticize him after a while, and beat this newcomer author.

"Nowadays, there is a saying that in socialist mystery novels, trickery is dispensable, and even trickery can be abandoned. This is an unwise statement..."

This statement has become very popular recently, and many authors and critics, including Yukie Minakami, are refuting it. But I didn't expect that as the young leader of the Socialist Faction, he would also stand up and oppose this statement.

Yukie Minakami suddenly smiled and thought to himself: You have probably seen my article, and are you afraid that you will be deprived of your identity as a mystery writer? Well, what kind of mystery author is an author who cannot write reasoning tricks?

Hum hum, you are quite sensible. Although you can't write a trick, as long as you stay humble and don't be self-righteous in front of us seniors, I can still praise you in the article.

At this time, Kei Fujiwara talked about the Ten Commandments of mystery novels again, claiming that these were the rules that writers in the classical mystery era abided by.

Yukie Minakami looked down one by one and made a swallowing motion. He also had a certain understanding of classical mystery literature. Fujiwara Kei's statement was indeed true. Mystery novels originated in the West. In the era when classical mystery literature was prevalent, many works followed these rules tacitly.

This guy actually summed it up. I have to say that his observation skills are really strong...

Yukie Minakami felt a little disappointed, and not long after, the young man on the TV said again: "But I also understand that for new writers, the design of tricks is the most difficult part of writing mystery novels. So I will give it a try. List some types of tricks for your reference."

As soon as the words came out, Minakami Yukie almost spit out a mouthful of wine without laughing.

This ignorant person, who can't even come up with any good tricks himself, comes here to teach students!

"Identity trick...twin trick..."

"Time's trick..."

"Secret room conspiracy..."

"Poison weapon trick..."

"Legal ruse..."

"Visual trick..."

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Yukie Minakami had a sarcastic smile on his face, and he thought about writing an article later, so he criticized Keita Shima's performance and ridiculous speech in this documentary. An author who can't write a murder plot himself actually shamelessly teaches others how to write? I laughed so hard!

But gradually, he stopped laughing.

He originally thought that Sima Guitai was just picking on people's wisdom, but he didn't expect that what he said was very novel. Some types of tricks were even unheard of and could be called original.

Not only that, but he gave an example of each type of trick he recounted. Minakami Yukie thought he would talk about some tricks that appeared in other people's novels, but what he didn't expect was that he had never heard of the examples mentioned by Kei Fujiwara.

Yukie Minakami's face became increasingly ugly. Could it be that all the examples he picked up at his fingertips were his own creations?

No, it's impossible...

Yukie Minakami shook his head subconsciously, but then, Kei Fujiwara's words on the TV seemed to give him a head-on blow. Yukie Minakami's face turned pale in an instant, and the beer can in his hand fell to the ground, leaving white foam on the floor.

"Locked room trick... This type of trick is very common, and it is also a form of trick that readers love very much. Locked room trick is mainly divided into two types: psychological secret room and mechanical secret room, but it can also be combined into one. For example, the psychological secret room is disguised as a secret room. It becomes a mechanical secret room... Let me give you an example..."

"Asshole! Shut up!" Yukie Minakami lost his temper and yelled. Whether it was because of alcohol or anger, his whole face turned red.