Mu Suxing is not surprised that the popularity of the Sherlock Holmes series and "Taking Las Vegas" on the Internet is declining.
In order to ensure the sales of physical books and periodicals, except for academic research journals, the model followed by most publications is highly similar to that of movies, that is, the electronic version of the weekly magazine can only be uploaded to the Internet by the copyright owner one month after its publication.
Because of this, when readers in Xingning Province finally waited for the fifth chapter of the Sherlock Holmes series, the physical weekly magazine of "Huaying Comics" had been updated to the eighth chapter.
In other words, when readers finally see the sequel to the fourth episode, it will be a month later.
One month is not a long time, but it is enough to wear down the enthusiasm of some readers for the Conquer and Sherlock Holmes series. As other comic magazines also launched similar mystery comics, except for a few readers who have to read Weekly Graphics, more people turned their attention to other equally interesting magazines of the same type.
Just as more and more readers were attracted by other comics and almost forgot the existence of "Huaying Comics", the sales and popularity of "Huaying Comics", which was only distributed to other provinces, were growing at a moderate pace.
Fifth issue, 980,000.
The sixth issue: 1.12 million.
The seventh issue: 1.31 million.
The eighth issue: 1.49 million.
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Sales volume finally settled at around 1.5 million.
For a non-local comics magazine, the achievements of Huaying Comics can be said to be quite good. Compared with local comics magazines, the sales of 1.5 million are not particularly high, but at least they can squeeze into the middle. The name of Huaying Comics has gradually been mentioned more frequently by comics lovers and mystery lovers.
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Collins had originally planned to do his homework first.
It was now six o'clock in the afternoon, and there was still an hour until the dinner time set by his parents - enough time for him to finish his homework for the day in a relatively relaxed manner.
but-
Just as Collins put down his schoolbag and lined up his textbooks and stationery on the desk, the eighth chapter of "Huaying Comics" that he had just bought today suddenly fell out from the dazzling textbooks.
Collins sat in a chair at the desk.
At this moment, he had already turned to the page that needed to be completed in his homework book, and had taken off the cap of the pen that was ready to be used. Everything was ready, but his mind was uncontrollably drifting to another dimension -
Speaking of which, in the last episode of "The Sign of Sherlock Holmes", where was the story going
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but turn his head and take a look at the "Huaying Comics" neatly placed on the other side.
The cover of the weekly magazine fell into his eyes with that brief glance. The name of the eighth chapter was "The Clue Is Interrupted". Maybe Holmes finally encountered a little trouble, but he would definitely be able to solve this problem. Collins firmly believed in this - the only difference was how Holmes would solve it.
Then he glanced at the comics on the table again.
Collins: …
"You can't blame me for this," Collins said to himself, "It was the comic that fell out first and showed it to me. It was the comic that did it first!" As if to strengthen the credibility of this statement, he nodded to himself, "Yes, it was the comic that did it first!"
Anyway, there aren't many homework assignments this time. It's okay to finish reading this episode of Sherlock Holmes first and then do the homework, right
Thinking of this, Collins put down the homework in front of him without hesitation, grabbed the comic that had been silently tempting him from the beginning, and quickly turned to the page belonging to Sherlock Holmes -
He had just opened the comic book in his hand and had no time to take a closer look. The next second, another hand passed through his arm from behind and took the comic book away. Collins secretly cried out that something was wrong. He turned his head and saw his mother casually flipping through the comic book in her hand, then closed it with a "snap" and looked at him with a half-smile.
"Honey, have you finished your homework for today?"
Collins answered honestly: "No."
Emily smiled. "What did you promise me last week?"
“… I have to finish my homework every day before I can play games or read comics qaq.”
"Be good," Emily gave her son a gentle smile, but she mercilessly took the comic book away with her hands: "I'll take the comic book first. I'll give it to you when you finish your homework."
After saying this, Emily ignored her son's pitiful look and coldly closed the door when she left the room.
Throwing the comic into a corner of the study, Emily turned on her computer and started her work for the day.
As a university history professor, Emily's so-called work is actually to prepare for tomorrow's history class in advance. Fortunately, she had prepared a rough outline during the day, and the rest of the content was just a simple summary of the day's preparations, which was basically completed in less than half an hour.
After finishing the lesson plan for tomorrow, Emily took out a blank notebook from the drawer and fell into deep thought.
Just a week ago, she agreed to write a research paper on the British Victorian era as commissioned by a friend who is now an editor at the World History Journal. She already had the general idea, but what bothered Emily was the specific idea of the paper. She had tried to write several versions these days, but the final result was not satisfactory.
No, it’s still not right.
Looking at the manuscript paper in front of her that was once again declared invalid, Emily rubbed her temples, a helpless look on her face.
Strictly speaking, her previous draft was not badly written, and it might have been accepted in other journals. But she was submitting it to World Literature and History, which had strict standards for publishing papers. It was a well-known and authoritative historical journal on the entire Blue Planet.
While twirling the pen in her hand, she casually glanced at the bookshelf behind her, trying to find some useful inspiration from it, but to no avail.
Just as she began to consider whether to put the paper in her hand aside, the comic weekly that she had casually thrown in the corner suddenly appeared in her sight.
Emily was stunned for a moment and was about to look away - she was not a comics fan, let alone the slightest interest in these things. However, at the same moment when she looked away, the scene that she had accidentally seen while flipping through the comics suddenly appeared in her mind without any warning.
Wait, that picture looks like...
Emily's heart moved.
She stood up from her seat and took the "Huaying Comics" in two or three steps. After roughly flipping through the entire comic weekly, she finally set her sights on the comic called "The Sign of Sherlock Holmes".
Emily is not a comic book fan.
Normally, Emily would not even look at such entertaining comic magazines. In her opinion, it would be better to read a few interesting academic papers instead of reading such meaningless comic magazines.
But the comic magazine in front of me seems a little different.
Emily had not read the previous content of this comic and only vaguely understood the plot of this comic, but this was not important. What she cared about was not the plot of the comic itself, but the vivid and Victorian details that were unconsciously revealed as the story developed naturally.
At first, Emily thought that the author of this comic only drew a few common details symbolically to highlight the era and atmosphere of the time when the story took place. However, when she ignored the plot and carefully read the pictures one by one, she was stunned.
As a professor of history, Emily's knowledge and cultural background in history are naturally impeccable, not to mention that the Victorian period is her favorite era.
Because of this, while Emily was attracted by the scenes of Victorian London in this comic, she was actually reading it with a critical mentality.
However, when Emily read the comic from beginning to end again, she was surprised to find that -
No.
There is not a single mistake or scene that is inconsistent with historical facts!
Not only that, apart from the vast majority of the images that Emily could quickly recognize, there were still a few details that she herself could not judge with certainty. If it were any other comic, Emily might have regarded it as something the cartoonist had casually drawn. However, with the 100% accuracy rate mentioned above, Emily did not dare to jump to conclusions.
Not only that…
Her eyes fell on the comic in front of her, and a thoughtful look appeared on Emily's face.
Although she currently had no evidence to prove whether these details were correct or not, some intuition in her heart told Emily that the Victorian London shown in this comic was the London in history that could not be more real.
Inside the room, Collins was still struggling with his homework.
He concentrated his attention, trying not to think about the plot in the comics, while working hard on the exercises in front of him. At this moment, the door to the room behind him opened again.
Collins was slightly stunned, not understanding why his mother had returned. Emily asked directly, "Where are the first seven issues of Huaying Comics?"
Collins didn't know how he had handed the first seven issues of "Huaying Comics" to his mother. When he finally came to his senses, his mother, who claimed to "never read comics", had already left in a hurry with a pile of comic magazines.
It was as if what she was holding was not some meaningless comic magazine, but some new and important treasure.
A week later.
It was already three o'clock in the afternoon when Ye Shulin finally finished reading the sixth episode of the Sherlock Holmes series, which he had been looking forward to for a long time, on the computer.
There is less than a day left until the professor's deadline for the paper.
It's too difficult.
Holmes, a reader from another province, has already read the ninth chapter, but he can only read the sixth chapter. Now, before he can fully enjoy the comic, he has to put it down and write his paper.
Life is so hard.
Ye Shulin thought resentfully while opening CNKI to look at other similar papers to find inspiration. But just as he opened CNKI, a completely unexpected name suddenly caught his eye -
Victorian Britain through Sherlock Holmes
By: Emily Smith
Ye Shulin:!!!