Chapter 8 "The Devotion of Suspect X"
Keigo Higashino's "The Devotion of Suspect X" is only 130,000 words, which is pitifully fewer than later online novels.
That night, Li Zhetian stayed up late and wrote the outline.
For the next time, Li Zhetian stayed at home to write novels.
During this period, Polykin Records called and asked whether Li Zhetian had written other songs. Following the last plagiarism incident, Polykin Records checked Li Zhetian's identity and learned that Li Zhetian had been admitted to the Music Department of Harvard University, so he couldn't help but pay more attention to Li Zhetian. Such a musical talent must have written more than just the song "Men Should Be Self-Strength", but must have written other songs!
Li Zhetian refused. Last time it was a special situation, so Polykin Records gave it very favorable conditions. This time, when I came to buy songs, the price was not higher than HK$1,000 according to the standards of ordinary newcomers. The songs that Li Zhetian could remember completely were basically some familiar and very famous songs. Almost every song can be regarded as a famous song for a singer, and it has great commercial value!
After 20 days, Li Zhetian completed the first draft of "The Devotion of Suspect X". After three days of revisions, the text became more concise and concise.
"Well... it's almost done, you can show it to my father!"
Li Zhetian bound a stack of manuscripts into one, placed it on the desk, then lay on the bed, and fell asleep.
He has been so busy these days!
In the evening, when Li Chengzhi returned home, Li Zhetian couldn't wait to bring the "Suspect X's Dedication" he wrote in front of him. Li Chengzhi looked at a thick stack of manuscripts and was shocked.
"Is this a novel you wrote?" he asked at Li Zhatian.
"Yes, a mystery novel!" Li Zhatian raised his eyebrows and said proudly.
Although his writing style is very different from Keigo Higashino and his content has been adapted drasticly, as far as the work itself is concerned, Li Zhetian thinks it is also an extremely outstanding mystery novel!
"Dad, as a professional editor, please see how the novel I wrote is like, so how is it? It's a guide!"
Li Chengzhi nodded and smiled, "Okay! After reading it, I will guide you to see if there are any places that need to be modified! Your dad has been in this industry for more than ten years, and his level is still very good!"
"Haha, that's certain!" Li Zhetian complimented, then returned to his room for a short time.
Li Chengzhi started to open the book and read it. However, after just a few pages, as a senior editor, he was completely fascinated by the ups and downs of the book. It can be said that he was deeply trapped in it and could not extricate himself. He couldn't help but finish reading it in one breath!
At this moment, Li Chengzhi was completely shocked!!!
Xiao Zhixuan, who was sitting beside him, pushed his shoulder while eating melon seeds and asked, "Is your son's novel written well?"
"Written well! No, no, no, it should be said that it is unparalleled! He wrote the scam to the extreme!!! I dare say that as soon as this book was released, our son could compete with world-renowned mystery novel writers such as Agatha Christie and Elery Quinn!!!"
"It's true, our son still has this kind of writing talent?!"
"If you don't believe it, you can read it yourself!" Li Chengzhi handed the manuscript to Xiao Zhixuan.
Xiao Zhixuan took the book, looked at the title, and said, "The Dedication of Suspect X, has the heroine given her body in the book?"
Upon hearing this, a black thread appeared on Li Chengzhi's forehead!
"You can see it yourself, I'll talk to my son!"
Li Chengzhi said, stood up from the sofa and walked straight towards Li Zhetian's room.
The door of the room was not closed, half open.
Li Chengzhi pushed open the door and walked in.
When Li Zhetian heard the steps, he woke up.
"Dad, have you finished reading the book?"
Li Zhetian turned over and sat on the bed.
"Um!"
“Is there anything that needs to be modified?”
"I think the writing is very good, almost perfect, and there is no need to modify it!" Li Chengzhi paused and asked, "Did you write this book after hearing about me in the newspaper?"
"Yes!" Li Zhetian nodded, "You were originally responsible for the mystery novel column, but just because another person in the newspaper is familiar with several mystery novel writers, the senior executives of the newspaper ignore your efforts and efforts, which makes people feel extremely angry!!!"
Li Zhetian paused for a moment and continued, "What's so great about knowing a few mystery novel writers?! It doesn't matter if my dad doesn't know even a mystery novel writer. As long as you know me, it's enough!! I'm better than them combined!!!"
"Dad, you will take the manuscript of "Suspect X's Dedication" to the newspaper tomorrow to see what the faces of those people will look like! Bullying my dad is like bullying me!!!"
Li Chengzhi shook his head and said, "I don't plan to bring such a good work. Such a good work will definitely be sold all over the world. How can I give it to this newspaper?!"
For Li Zhatian, his future goal is to be the richest man in the world. The value of a book is actually nothing. As long as he can vent his anger for his father, there is nothing wrong with it. But when he thinks back, venting his anger is only a temporary one, but it is cheaper for this newspaper. His father himself was not happy to work in this newspaper and was always excluded. This incident is one of them.
"Dad, do you want to set up a newspaper or magazine yourself?" Li Zhetian asked.
Li Chengzhi nodded and said, "I have this idea. Since your writing talent is so outstanding, I plan to set up a novel magazine to make a name for this "Suspect X's Dedication", then make some money, and then invite some new writers to join!!!"
"How much does it cost to run a magazine?" Li Zhetian asked. He didn't know much about this industry.
Li Chengzhi thought for a while and said, "First of all, you must have a registered capital of more than 300,000 Hong Kong dollars. However, this condition is not the most difficult. The most difficult thing is to apply for an issue number... As a tongue and tongue, magazines are generally not easily run by the private sector. Most magazines are run by government agencies. Some people have applied for an issue number for several years, but they still haven't completed it!" Li Chengzhi shook his head and sighed, "Not to mention that we don't have 300,000 Hong Kong dollars at all. Even if there is, we don't know powerful friends in Hong Kong and we can't build our own magazine at all!"
When Li Zhetian heard this, he couldn't help but frown. Suddenly, he felt that his power was still too weak. Facing reality, he was very helpless!
"Dad, since that's the case, then let's start a magazine in the future!"
"Well, that's all! Okay, you have a rest, I'm out."
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The next day, Li Zhetian began to pack up his own things and was going to study at Harvard University in the United States in a few days. When dusk fell, Li Chengzhi returned home more than an hour in advance. Usually he usually came back at 6 o'clock.
As soon as he entered the door, he walked to Li Zhetian with an excited look on his face. "Son, I have a good news to tell you!" He said excitedly to Li Zhetian, who was sitting on the sofa watching TV news.
Li Zhetian smiled calmly and asked, "What good news?"
"We found your uncle and made a phone call with him!"
"Uncle? Are you talking about the rich uncle in Taiwan?!"
"Yes, it's him!!!"
"Well... it's good to have a rich relative." Li Zhetian nodded, but in fact he didn't value this. So what if his relatives are rich? What does it have to do with him? In the future, his family will be the largest wealthy family in the world!!!
At this time, Li Chengzhi continued: "I introduced the situation of our family of three to him, and also briefly talked about the "Suspect X's Dedication". Your uncle said that if we go to Taiwan to join him, he will introduce us to a better job! He also said that there is a magazine under his name that has been losing money for many years and is about to change the editor-in-chief. If I go to Taiwan, I plan to let me be the editor-in-chief and manage the magazine. If I do well, I can still get shares!"
"Okay, then go!"
Li Zhetian said, he could see that his father was moved in the face of such a great temptation. Besides, if he went to the United States in the future, he would not be able to take care of them. Perhaps going to Taiwan would be a good choice.
Chapter completed!