On this day, Muxuxing spent almost all his time on field investigations.
The Sherlock Holmes Museum must be built, not only for the fans who love Sherlock Holmes, but also Muxuxing’s own wish.
Firstly, when Huaying Animation was first established, Muxuxing had the idea of building a second-dimensional holy land belonging to Huaying. Since it is the holy land of Huaying, the famous 221b Baker Street is naturally indispensable. Secondly, Muxuxing's love for Sherlock Holmes is no less than any other reader. As the author of the Sherlock Holmes series of comics, he also looks forward to visiting the legendary 221b Baker Street in reality.
Imagine that you are in Sherlock Holmes's former residence.
On the round wooden coffee table, the iconic briar pipe, deerstalker hat and magnifying glass are quietly placed there. Next to the coffee table is a large armchair. Perhaps on a rainy and boring day, Holmes once sat on it nonchalantly and played a piece of music on the violin that challenged Watson's patience.
Opposite the seat should be a wall decorated with bullets, a folding knife for opening letters may be stuck on the wooden fireplace, and various chemical instruments are scattered on the black-spotted desk not far away. Not only that, this small room may also have traces left by countless cases in the past, perhaps the tools used to commit crimes, or some souvenirs...
It's like a dream coming true.
What Muxuxing needs to do is to transform this illusory dream into the reality that actually exists.
Thinking of this, Mu Suxing moved his gaze back to the map on the table. While he was thinking, he circled all the addresses that he thought were reliable.
In "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", the house that the detective shared with Watson was actually not very big. In other words, the Sherlock Holmes Museum did not require a particularly large area, which made it much easier for Muxuxing to choose a site.
In fact, what bothered Muxuxing was not the location of the museum, but the issue of the subsequent theme park development of Huaying.
In his vision, 221b Baker Street is only a part of the theme park that will belong to Huaying in the future. In addition, there will be special sections related to Huaying's animations that have been produced or are to be produced: for example, corresponding to the infinite flow animation, there is a real-life horror escape room with NPCs and storylines, and there are Hogwarts Castle, Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley belonging to the wizarding world section.
It is not an easy task to acquire a large piece of land in a metropolis like Rocha County to build a super-large theme park.
As he was worrying, the cell phone that was casually thrown on the desk suddenly rang.
"Hello, Mr. Mu. I am Yu Haoguang, the editor-in-chief of the editorial department of Luocha County Publishing House. May I ask if you have any idea of publishing a single volume of the Sherlock Holmes series?"
Just as Muxuxing was discussing the plan for the Sherlock Holmes series of single volumes with the editor of the publishing house, a post about the Sherlock Holmes series also appeared on the front page of the largest spam forum on Blue Star.
Title: Oh my god, I'm so excited, it seems that Xingxing is planning to build Sherlock Holmes' former residence in real life!
Content: As the title says. The poster is a real estate agent. I found out tonight when my colleague came back that he had accepted Xingxing’s order. The requirements he mentioned are basically the same as the rental requirements of Holmes and Watson in the comics. Now I have the urge to run around downstairs. Wow, I actually have the opportunity to visit the male god’s house in my lifetime!!!
1st floor: Holy crap! Is this true
2nd floor: I clicked in excitedly after seeing the title, and I was so excited! He really always knows what we want, I am so happy! I hope it can be built soon, I can't wait!
3F: Stop talking, I'm already regretting knowing it so early. Even if the construction is short, it will take at least a year, right? When I think about the fact that I might have to wait for a whole year... It's painful and happy at the same time [crying]
Floor 4: Wait, a question suddenly occurred to me, where is the house where the stars can be seen
5th floor:…
6th floor:…
7th floor:…
Floor 8: I clicked on the poster’s homepage and took a look. If this information is true, even if the poster is not a native of Rocha County, he should be working in Rocha County. In other words, the location where Xingxing plans to build Sherlock Holmes’ former residence... is Rocha County
9th floor: So if I want to enter the man's house in the future, do I have to travel thousands of miles to Rocha County? Jealousy makes me unrecognizable.jpg
Floor 10: I’m so confused. Isn’t this a derivative building under the Xingning Provincial Company? Why should it be built in Luocha County
11th Floor: I understand the logic, but "Huaying Comics" was originally published in our Rocha County, and the background address of Sherlock Holmes is Rocha County. I think there is nothing wrong with this location choice.
Strictly speaking, the statement on the 11th floor is not without reason, but netizens in Xingning Province are angry at the moment: reading comics already takes a full month later than in the neighboring Rocha County, and now they are finally going to build the former residence of Sherlock Holmes, and the location is also in Rocha County, how can they not be angry
If it weren't for the Xingning Provincial Press and Publication Bureau's outrageous actions, would they be so miserable
Fortunately, although the fans of Xingning Province were angry, they did not intend to vent their anger on the fans of the West District. At most, they were envious and jealous. Most fans turned their anger to the culprit -
In the following dozens of days, protests and calls from the public in an office under the General Administration of Press and Publication never stopped.
"Can you please do some serious work instead of giving orders blindly all day long? Once the Sherlock Holmes House is built, I wonder how much revenue it will bring to Xingning City's tourism industry. It should also be a political achievement for you, right? You are giving up such a good opportunity to the West District. Are you all idiots?"
This is the radical and tough faction.
"Please allow me to take some time out of your busy schedule to express our grievances on behalf of the majority of Xingning citizens. Huaying Animation is the pride of Xingning City, but your bureau has repeatedly found fault with such a company and forced such an excellent company's subsidiary to move to another province."
"Now, the landmark building that should have belonged to Xingning Province has been lost in a foreign place because of your bureau. We deeply regret this and implore your bureau to take effective measures to resolve this regret. If the problem is not properly resolved, we will consider writing a joint letter of protest to your superior agency."
This is the calm and rational school.
Just as the fans in Xingning City interpreted the "Ten Thousand Blood Letter" with their actions and tried hard to fight for the "ownership" of Holmes, at the same time in Luocha County -
"Can."
The man agreed readily, without any hesitation in his words or expression, and it went so smoothly that even Mu Suxing, who had deliberately made high demands and was ready to bargain with the other party, was stunned.
The so-called contract, of course, has to put forward high requirements at the beginning, which is also to leave sufficient room for bargaining for both parties. What Mu Suxing never expected was that the other party not only had no intention of bargaining, but agreed very straightforwardly.
Mu Xuxing was not exaggerating. In all the years he had run Huaying, this was the first time he had met such an easy-to-talk-to partner.
As if he had guessed Muxuxing's thoughts, the middle-aged man on the other side smiled slightly and said solemnly: "In fact, we came here this time to ask Huaying for a favor. If Huaying can agree to our request, the Luocha County Government will meet all of Huaying's requests within its capacity."
The man looked very serious, not even a joking look in his eyes.
"What is it?"
The two men sitting opposite him looked at each other. It seemed that they had discussed it long ago. There was no ambiguity at this moment. They said bluntly: "We hope that no matter what happens, Huaying can build the 'Former Residence of Sherlock Holmes' in Rocha County."
At the beginning, as the editor-in-chief of Rocha County Publishing House, Yu Haoguang really just wanted to talk to Mu Suxing about the Sherlock Holmes monographs.
Unexpectedly, before he went to the appointment, his boss called him directly and conveyed the order from the Rocha County Publishing Bureau to him - no matter what the cost, they must keep Sherlock Holmes!
Mu Suxing did not answer this question immediately.
In fact, from the very beginning, he had no intention of building the Sherlock Holmes Museum in Xingning City, not because he was still resentful of the Xingning Provincial Publishing Bureau, but because, in his opinion, 221b Baker Street could only belong to the London of the past and the present Rocha County.
The feeling that Sherlock Holmes brings to people is inseparable from the temperament of London itself.
He thought so in his heart, but did not show it, and said: "I need a very large piece of real estate."
Yu Haoguang breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Mu Xiuxing did not explicitly agree or refuse, since he made the request, it was obvious that he was not opposed to his proposal, which meant that this condition could be achieved.
But… "Real estate? What do you want to do with it?"
Mu Xuxing smiled but said nothing.
This is what refusal to disclose means.
As if receiving some signal from the other man's face, Yu Haoguang hesitated for a moment and quickly said, "Okay, but you have to promise that you can't use them to do anything harmful to Rocha County—our laws are not vegetarian either."
"certainly."
A business negotiation that should have been filled with smoke of war ended in this weird, negotiable atmosphere.
Not only that—
The next day.
The Rochdale County City Council announced that in recognition of Mr. Sherlock Holmes' contribution to London's law and order, the city council has decided to award him the title of knight and the title of "Lifetime Honorary Citizen" of Rochdale County.
The news shocked the entire Blue Star.
Although in the now unified Blue Star, the title of knight is of no use, because today's Rocha County, like other cities, is governed by the local municipal government and there is no royal family. These words and actions seem to be representing the British royal family of the Victorian era, granting the honor that should have belonged to Holmes.
The problem is, Sherlock Holmes is a paper man! Have you ever seen a paper man get a title that most people can never get in their lifetime
Sherlock Holmes did it.
Just as the entire Blue Star was still stunned by the seemingly insane decision of the Rocha County Government, more people joined in -
A famous actor from Blue Star said: It is an honor for me to be from the same hometown as Sir Sherlock Holmes.
A representative of the Rochdale County Criminal Prosecution Service said: Thank you to Sir Sherlock Holmes for his experience and methods in solving cases, which are very useful to us.
Rocha County Press, which is responsible for publishing the Sherlock Holmes series of single volumes, is even more impressive. They took advantage of every opportunity to hold a theme event called "Write a Letter to Sir Sherlock Holmes", welcoming and calling on everyone to write a letter to Sir Sherlock Holmes...
On the forum.
Fans in Xingning Province are already stunned.
"Too rough..."
"Oh my god, Luo Chajun is just too good, isn't he? It's so good that it makes my scalp numb. Such speed, such efficiency, such awareness... Xingning Provincial Press and Publication Administration, my requirements are not high. I will be satisfied if you can learn one tenth of them."
"Don't say any more. I get angry just thinking about it. How many people called the General Administration and wrote letters? What was the result? The General Administration just pretended not to receive any of the letters. It's nothing like the city government next door, which did nothing and won the game. In comparison, we are just useless."
"Don't say anything, the Xingning Provincial Press and Publication Bureau should come out and get beaten!"