The Great Power of Times

Chapter 8: The Devotion of Suspect X

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Keigo Higashino's "The Devotion of Suspect X" has only 130,000 words, which is pitifully small compared to later online novels.

That night, Li Zhetian stayed up late to write the outline.

For the next time, Li Zhetian stayed at home and wrote novels.

During the period, Polygram Records called and asked if Li Zhetian had written other songs. After the last plagiarism incident, Polygram Records checked Li Zhetian's identity to the bottom, and learned that Li Zhetian was admitted to the Harvard Music Department, and could not help but pay more attention to Li Zhetian. Such a musical genius must have written not only the song "Men Be Self-improvement", but also other songs!

Li Zhetian refused. The last time was a special case, so the conditions given by Polygon Records were very favorable. This time I came to buy a song, but according to the standard of ordinary newcomers, the price will not be higher than 1,000 Hong Kong dollars. The songs that Li Zhetian can completely remember in his mind are basically some familiar and extremely famous songs. Almost every song can be regarded as a singer's famous song, which has great commercial value!

Twenty days later, Li Zhetian completed the first draft of "The Devotion of Suspect X". After three days of revision, the text became more concise and concise.

"Well... that's almost it, you can show it to my father!"

Li Zhetian bound a stack of manuscripts into a book, placed it on the desk, then lay on the bed and fell asleep.

He's been so busy these days!

In the evening, when Li Chengzhi returned home, Li Zhetian couldn't wait to bring the "Devotion of Suspect X" he had written to him. Li Chengzhi looked at the thick stack of manuscripts and couldn't help being surprised.

"Is this a novel you wrote?" He looked at Li Zhetian and asked.

"Yes, a mystery novel!" Li Zhetian raised his eyebrows and said quite proudly.

Although his writing style is very different from that of Keigo Higashino, and the content has also undergone drastic adaptations, as far as the work itself is concerned, Li Zhetian feels that it is also an excellent mystery novel!

"Dad, as a professional editor, take a look at how this novel I wrote is a guide!"

Li Chengzhi nodded and smiled: "Okay! After reading it, I will guide you to see if there is anything you need to modify! Your father, I have worked in this industry for more than ten years, and the level is still very good!"

"Hehe, that's for sure!" Li Zhetian complimented, then returned to his room and squinted for a while.

Li Chengzhi began to open the book at this moment and read it. However, after only a few pages, as a senior editor, he was completely fascinated by the ups and downs of the book. Watch it in one go!

At this moment, Li Chengzhi was completely stunned! ! !

Sitting beside him, Xiao Zhixuan nibbled melon seeds, pushed his shoulders and asked, "Is your son's novel well written?"

"Well written!! No no no, it should be said to be unparalleled! He has written the deception to the extreme!!! I dare to say that as soon as this book comes out, our son can talk to Agatha Christie and Elle. World-renowned mystery novelists like Lee Quinn stand shoulder to shoulder!!!"

"Really or not, 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, read the title of the book, and said, "The Devotion of Suspect X, did the heroine in the book sacrifice her body?"

When Li Chengzhi heard this, a black line appeared on his forehead!

"See for yourself, I'll go talk to my son!"

Li Chengzhi said, stood up from the sofa, and walked straight to Li Zhetian's room.

The door to the room was not closed, it was half open.

Li Chengzhi pushed open the door and walked in.

Hearing the footsteps door, Li Zhetian woke up.

"Dad, are you finished reading the book?"

Li Zhetian turned over and sat on the bed.

"Um!"

"Is there anything that needs to be changed?"

"I think the writing is very good, almost perfect, no need to revise!" Li Chengzhi paused and asked, "Did you hear about my work at the newspaper, and that's why you wrote this book?"

"Yes!" Li Zhetian nodded and said, "You were originally in charge of the mystery novel column, but just because another person in the newspaper was familiar with several mystery novel writers, the newspaper executives ignored your efforts and hard work. It's just so frustrating!!!"

Li Zhetian paused 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 he knows me, it's enough!!! I'm better than them combined! Be strong!!!"

"Dad, you will take the manuscript of "The Devotion of Suspect X" to the newspaper tomorrow and see what those people's faces will look like! Bullying my dad is like bullying me!!!"

Li Chengzhi shook his head and said, "I don't plan to take it with me. Such a good work will surely sell well all over the world. How can I give it to this newspaper?!"

For Li Zhetian, the goal in the future 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 to his father, nothing is impossible. But looking back, it was only a momentary anger, but the newspaper was cheap. My father himself was not happy working in this newspaper, and was always excluded. This incident was one of them.

"Dad, do you want to build a newspaper or magazine by 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. First, I made a name for this "The Devotion of Suspect X", and then made some money. Invite some cutting-edge writers to join us!!!”

"How much does it cost to run a magazine?" Li Zhetian asked, he didn't know much about this business.

Li Chengzhi thought for a moment 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 a publication number... As a mouthpiece, a magazine is generally not easy to let Most of the magazines are run by the private sector, and most of the magazines are run by government agencies. Some people have applied for the issue for several years, but they still haven't done 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, but we don't know any powerful friends in Hong Kong, and we can't build our own magazine at all!"

Hearing this, Li Zhetian couldn't help frowning, and suddenly felt that his strength was still too weak. Facing the reality, he was very helpless!

"Dad, since that's the case, let's open a magazine in the future!"

"Well, that's the only way it can be! Well, you can rest, I'm going out."

The next day, Li Zhetian began to pack his things, and in a few days he was going to study at Harvard University in the United States. When dusk fell, Li Chengzhi returned home more than an hour earlier, and he usually came back at 6 o'clock.

As soon as he entered the door, he walked in front of Li Zhetian with a look of excitement. "Son, I have good news to tell you!" He excitedly said 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 contacted him by phone!"

"Uncle? Are you talking about the rich uncle in Taiwan?!"

"That's right, it's him!!!"

"Well... It's good to have a wealthy relative." Li Zhetian nodded, but in fact he didn't care about this. What if the relative was a wealthy family? What do you do with yourself? From now on, your own family will be the biggest wealthy family in the world! ! !

At this time, Li Chengzhi continued: "I introduced the situation of our family of three to him, and also said a little about the "Devotion of Suspect X" you wrote. Your uncle said, let's go to Taiwan to seek refuge with him, he He will introduce us to a better job! He also said that he has a magazine under his name that has been losing money over the years, and is about to change its editor-in-chief. If I go to Taiwan, I plan to make me the editor-in-chief and manage the magazine. Well, you can also get shares!"

"Okay, let's go then!"

Li Zhetian said that he could see that in the face of such a big temptation, his father was moved. Besides, when I go to the United States in the future, I can't take care of them separately. Maybe going to Taiwan is a good choice.

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