When they arrived at the editorial office, the three of them got out of the car and found the editor whose new name was Rentaro.
The editor sighed a little helplessly when he saw the new name Xiang Baori. But after all, this was the daughter of his family's cash cow, and she was beautiful, so he finally collected himself and went to meet her.
"Mr. Xinming's manuscript?" The editor glanced at the calendar and said with a smile, "Then it's a coincidence that you are here. Today happens to be Saturday. Every Saturday morning, Mr. Xinming will fax the manuscript over - otherwise
You guys go for a walk around the area first and come back in the evening?"
Jiang Xia nodded: "We'll talk about it in the morning. Do you have the fax he sent before?"
"Yes, let me look for it." The editor began to rummage through the boxes. At the same time, he turned and glanced at the new name Xiang Baori.
Thinking of the young woman's insistence on her father's disappearance, he tactfully advised: "Although the manuscripts sent were all machine-typed, the fonts on them were exactly the same as those used by Mr. Shinming in the past. And every time, Mr. Shinming
They will always write their own signatures next to the title.”
"Ah, here it is."
He quickly took out several manuscripts fixed with pins and handed them to Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia took the manuscript and looked at it. The novel being serialized is called "The Peak of 1/2", and as expected, the word "Rentaro" is handwritten next to the title.
He handed the manuscript to Shinname Kahori: "Is this your father's handwriting?"
Shinname Kahoori nodded.
The editor comforted: "Miss Xinming, don't worry too much. Your father must be obsessed with writing and doesn't want to be disturbed by the outside world, so he refuses to contact other people. I have seen many such authors. I will wait until I finish writing this novel."
, he must have come back on his own."
Conan: "But Mr. Shinname disappeared together with his wife. Even if Mr. Shinname wants to go into seclusion, his wife will not lose contact with him."
The editor scratched his head: "This is indeed a bit strange..."
Jiang Xia: "I heard that Mr. Xinming has always been reclusive. Apart from his family, he probably has the most contact with you - in your opinion, has there been anything unusual about him recently?"
"This..." The editor racked his brains and thought for a while, and finally remembered one thing:
"If I have to say it, it should be time to restart the "Detective Zuomonji" series - as you know, in the last story 10 years ago, Detective Zuomonji and the real culprit behind the scenes died together and were buried in a sea of fire.
“But our editorial department didn’t want this story to end here, so from a very early stage, we have been wanting to ask Mr. Shinname to resurrect Detective Zuomonji.
"But Mr. Shinname is a very principled writer who regards money as dirt. No matter how many times we ask, his answer always has only one sentence - 'Zuo Wenming is already dead, and even I can't let him
Raise the dead.'"
The editor sighed: "Everyone has said so, we can't push his head and let him continue writing. So we gave up this plan and focused on cultivating other excellent manuscripts.
"But who would have expected that two months ago, Mr. Shinmei actually took the initiative to call and said that he wanted to continue writing the story of Detective Zuo Wenzi and asked if there was still space in our magazine.
"Of course it does! It has to be there even if it doesn't exist. We immediately cleared up the best space and started to re-serialize the story of the Detective Zuojimo series - which is the "1/2 Summit" you see."
Conan touched his chin: Two months ago...it happened to be the time when the writer disappeared. Could it be that his disappearance was because some outlaw gangsters coerced him and forced him to continue writing the Detective Zuo Wenwen series?
"By the way!" The editor remembered another thing, "Speaking of the new serialization, Mr. Shinname wrote this paragraph at the very beginning of this novel——"
[To famous detectives across the country:
If you want to prove that you are smarter than me, please try to solve the real mystery behind this incident.]
Shinname Kahori looked down at the words on the manuscript, a little embarrassed: This is simply a provocation to all the famous detectives in the country... What on earth is his father thinking?
She glanced at Jiang Xia secretly, worried that the detective would be angry. Fortunately, Jiang Xia's mood did not seem to fluctuate. On the contrary, the corner of the primary school student next to him twitched, seeming to complain about these provocative words.
The editor did not pay attention to the emotions of the two real and fake detectives and indulged in telling this interesting story: "At first we didn't understand Mr. Shinname's intention, so we just published this paragraph in accordance with his request. Who knew that the first issue of the new issue would be published?
Days later, we received so many calls and letters that we almost overwhelmed the editorial department - the last time readers were so enthusiastic was when a well-known author wrote a popular character to death."
Thinking of those anxious detectives, big and small, the editor became happy.
Halfway through his enjoyment, his smile froze slightly, and he suddenly remembered that there was a famous detective sitting opposite him.
"...Well, from the editorial department's point of view, this kind of response makes us quite happy, but it's really a bit abnormal for Mr. Shinmei to make such offensive remarks." The editor said sternly:
"In addition, when it comes to aggression, some of Shinmei-sensei's fans are also very powerful - we received a call half a year ago, saying that if "Detective Zuomonji" did not resume serialization, he would set fire to the editorial department."
Jiang Xia nodded and suddenly pointed to a place on the manuscript: "Mr. Xinming himself is also in this novel?"
"Huh? You read it too quickly." The editor nodded, "Yes, Teacher Shinmei appears in the book as an old friend of the protagonist, but it is different from reality. In that story, he is a man living in France.
, how to become a hit novelist.
"The "Detective Zuomonji" series has more than 40 stories in total, and this is the first time that Shinmei-sensei has made a guest appearance - I guess at the end of this series, Shinmei-sensei will use his guest appearance to "all the stories told before"
That’s what I heard from Zuo Wenwen to end it.”
Jiang Xia: "It sounds somewhat similar to Sherlock Holmes."
Conan also discovered this, but had no time to complain. At this time, the detective who was shot by the new name Ren Tailang's ultimate move was busy solving the mystery in front of him. He looked into Jiang Xia's hand and looked at it: "The author's guest appearance
Where?"
Jiang Xia handed it to him and pointed at it.
"When Detective Zuo Wenwen was solving the case, he encountered a problem, so he called France to consult the novelist's reasoning and opinions..." Conan was silent for a moment, "This is completely different from Holmes and Watson."
"Huh?" He suddenly discovered something and pointed to one of the paragraphs. "They are all on the same page. Why does it say '12 o'clock' here and '1 o'clock' here? Aren't Chinese characters and numbers generally unified?
