Chapter 160 It seems that the reasoning circle is really a niche
"Aren't you going to make money soon?" Li Ruofei's smooth response startled Li Yan.

He only knew that Li Yan’s online articles could be put online later and could make money—but he had no idea how much.

As for the Golden Alliance, Li Ruofei knew about it, but he didn't know the details and thought it was a reward item.

"It's okay." Li Yan replied perfunctorily. She found that there was only Chen Fan in the dormitory, wearing headphones and shaking his head.

“Is it stressful to update novels?”

"Not really," Li Yan stretched, "Now it seems that I can only earn some living expenses from this channel."

"Your family is rich, so why should you worry about living expenses?" Li Ruofei smiled and returned to his seat. "Your parents must want you to study hard."

"Indeed." Li Yan opened the high school teaching supplementary book and immediately started solving the questions.

No, you can open the book as you like? No need to preheat?

"Basketball team matters..."

"Don't think too much." Li Yan said, "Just practice hard when it's time to practice, and don't think about it at other times. Everyone's focus must be on the final exam. This month, let everyone realize that playing in a team is real and get a feel for what a basketball is. That's enough."

"You?"

"We are twin stars. I will have special training during the winter vacation and come back to challenge you one-on-one. Where are the others?"

"Everyone went out to play with classmates. After New Year's Day, it's time to review for the final exams, so everyone wants to have fun during this time."

"Why don't you go?"

"Write an article," Li Ruofei showed his notes, "I also want to publish an article in Linjiang Literature and Art Weekly."

Although Li Ruofei is very gossipy about interpersonal relationships, he doesn't seem to care much about "material things". He didn't even ask when Li Yan came back with three bags of things.

Even when Li Yan stuffed clothes and shoes into her suitcase, Li Ruofei just glanced at it and acted as if nothing had happened.

Very good. Just focus on reading the books of sages. Li Yan smiled and devoted herself to studying.

With the resources provided by the school, the world that Li Yan can access will become wider.

Before that, he must have the corresponding ability to drive these resources.

When you first get the system, you can improve at everything you do. You have some specific goals, and you just need to practice hard to achieve them.

Now that his level has improved, every improvement requires more and more energy. Seeing that the title of the best junior high school student in Linjiang Province is within his grasp, Li Yan’s improvement must have a direction.

Of course he insists on having both, but the key is what he wants and when.

Improving in every aspect is a dream that will be destroyed by limited time.

He used the rare and specific goal of "cultural performance" to achieve a surge in music, which broadened a path for his wonderful life, but such passive goals will become less and less in the future.

You have to build the stage yourself and find the problems yourself.

His inner ambitions were growing rapidly. Within a single semester, he went from taking the initiative to become a sports student to being regarded as a top-notch talent by New Taipei First High School, all thanks to his solid strength.

If you want to have the same free and superior position as you do in Yucai Primary School, you have to produce more shocking results.

The first thing is to make a sprint to add points to each subject.

"Old Yan has been a little scary these days..." On December 08, 12, in a study room during a lunch break in New Taipei City, Lin Heng whispered to Zhu Qinglun.

"Isn't this good?" Zhu Qinglun answered in a lower voice, "It would be scary if he didn't review and got first place in the exam."

"After all, the final exam is related to scholarships and commendation meetings. Li Yan will not miss it." Chen Fan bit the tip of the pen and looked at the extremely messy draft paper. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he began to write frantically.

"All of these..." Liang Tiancheng and Li Ruofei were concentrating so much that their brows were slightly furrowed. Li Yan had no reaction to their discussion. Lin Heng shook his head, "Qinglun, everyone is holding back. I heard that the final exam of New Taipei No. 1 Middle School is very difficult. We don't have to think about getting the first place in the grade. Don't let my politics and your geography fall by the wayside."

Zhu Qinglun has also immersed himself in the world of learning.

Lin Heng sighed, "Tomorrow is a holiday, forget about these guys, it's not bad to welcome 2009 by studying."

After all, New Year's Day holiday is only three days, and there are make-up classes on Sunday. Except for Chen Fan, who has no trouble going back home, everyone else chose to stay in the dormitory.

Under the leadership of Li Yan, although there was no night self-study on the last night of 08, the 403 brothers group still turned the dormitory into a study room.

As soon as they got back to the dormitory after school, everyone started reading and doing exercises, which made Chen Fan, who was packing up to go home, very nervous.

After studying until eight o'clock, Li Yan suddenly stretched, went to bed and turned on the computer.

As a result, others studied more enthusiastically: that pervert stopped studying for the time being, and overtook, overtook!
Damn it, it’s on fire!

Li Yan was concerned about the novel. He could stay as Kaiyuan Editor, but he had to reply to this Mr. Kidney Deficiency.

Kaiyuan: Are you polite?

As a result, when he logged into QQ, Mr. Shenxu didn't find him, but Kaiyuan did. He said that he had originally planned to put the book on the shelves when Wenkui Pavilion was launched, but because of the frequent updates in the past two days in order to put it on the shelves, the data showed a surge. It happened to be the New Year's Day holiday, so it would be better to accumulate more collections, and put it on the shelves after the holiday with a small recommendation.

Li Yan agreed unconditionally.

Led by Mr. Shenxu, the comment section is flourishing.

Some criticize, some praise, some refute those who criticize the book, some criticize those who praise the book, some pursue Mr. Shenxu, some support Mr. Shenxu and Li Yan as a couple...

These are all traffic, which brought a lot of popularity to Li Yan's book.

Although Li Yan was not very happy about this, fortunately, the comments discussing the plot were gradually increasing. More and more readers were curious about the slowly unfolding picture of the Kaitian territory and how the young Nangong boy created by Li Yan would fight against various forces.

This is a good thing. If all the readers really came to join in the fun just to see the irritable and kidney-deficient young master of the Golden Alliance, Li Yan would be very sad.

At the same time, the verification message on the lower right corner of the computer kept flashing, and the verification message clearly read:

"I am the editor of The King of Mystery, welcome to communicate."

Li Yan didn't react at first. Who added whom?
He knew that "The King of Mystery" was a name full of flaws, but it was the most authoritative, powerful and top-level mystery magazine in China. In the category of mystery magazines, it was a leader.

The annual sales volume reached one ten-thousandth of Garden Digest, which is terrifying.

There is no other reason. The reasoning circle is really too small - this is still including suspense. If "suspense" works are released according to the requirements of the reasoning circle, it will be even more niche. Li Yan did submit a short story to "The King of Reasoning". In the context of China, it basically talks about criminal investigation cases. Different tissue blocks belonging to the same victim were found in various places in the city. How the murderer arranged the body parts in various places in the city in a short time and how to complete the iron-clad alibi is the biggest highlight.

Although it is a good work, can the editor of the physical magazine directly add him as a friend?

The editor's QQ nickname is "江清月近人66". Li Yan thought about it and greeted him through a friend:

Hello, Editor Jiang Qingyue.

Editor’s reply: Call me 66.

……6.

After several household registration-style inquiries, the editor was surprised to accept the fact that he was just a junior high school student, and he praised Li Yan for his clever alibi.

Li Yan quickly understood the editor's excitement. There is a curve in reading mystery novels:

Readers outside the mystery circle only care about novels and not mystery, those in the foundation-building stage only care about reasoning and not novels, and those in the golden elixir stage have seen a lot of mystery routines and begin to pursue the completeness of the story. At this time, they judge mystery novels from more dimensions, not just pursuing a technique, but also things like character motivation, story arrangement, and even writing style and theme.

Basically, anyone who starts to read the works of the three masters of the Golden Age can be classified into this level.

Those in the Yuanying stage are no longer satisfied with puzzles and interesting stories. They have read too much and begin to pursue the pleasure of their brains exploding. At this stage, they often start to read a lot of Sakura-style mystery novels, just to think "What the hell?" after reading them.

When one reaches the state of spiritual transformation, his taste has become extremely picky. Things that are already insane to ordinary people can hardly hit the G-spot of their brain.

So they start to transform themselves into curiosity hunters. A book can have a disgusting theme and rubbish writing, and the characters' motivations can be completely messed up. As long as the puzzle design is shocking, they will be thrilled.

Otherwise, why would you say this circle is small?
This 66th editor must be someone who has read a lot of mystery novels, and he must be a powerful person in the Nascent Soul stage at the very least.

If we look at most of the novels in "The King of Reasoning", they are basically horror suspense novels, and the setting and solving of puzzles all play on information gaps.

It's already considered decent of me to give you a secret passage that is not mentioned in the whole article.

Of course, it’s not that there aren’t authors who are good at setting puzzles, but these authors themselves are often readers at the stage of divine transformation of reasoning, who have seen too many strange things and racked their brains to come up with a wonderful puzzle. Then the plot, writing style, and characters are no longer important. Who the hell would watch this?

The stuff you write should be called "mystery questions" rather than novels. This may make editors happy, but it cannot be published in newspapers and magazines - otherwise the sales will be even worse.

Therefore, novels like Li Yan's, which have a high level of writing, a smooth plot, vivid characterization, and eye-opening puzzles, are extremely precious.

Li Yan was thinking about these things in his mind, and 66 was actually talking to him about these things on QQ.

It is said that both Chinese science fiction and Chinese mystery lack a leading figure, but at least the current status of Chinese science fiction in the literary world is much higher than that of mystery.

Li Yan had also read science fiction magazines during her previous reading spree, and was deeply impressed by a long serial called "The Three-Body Problem".

The editor complained for a while, and suddenly changed the subject and began to talk about the future of reasoning. He said that in 08, China officially introduced and published the works of the three golden masters for the first time, and a group of pioneers led by Supernova Publishing House also introduced Sakura's excellent works into the country.

66: Therefore, mystery will become a force that cannot be underestimated in the literary world. With our profound cultural heritage, Chinese mystery will surely become a big hit around the world. There are so many things to write about, such as martial arts mystery, historical mystery, and criminal investigation!

Li Yan almost thought she was listening to a report and didn't even realize that the person sitting opposite her was an editor.

He thought for a moment and typed the following words: I don't think it's possible. Domestic reasoning has now gone to two extremes. Either it's just suspense, or it's not something for the general public to read at all. The greatest pleasure of reading a reasoning book comes from doing the questions together, but not many people are willing to use their brains for entertainment.

The editor accepted this statement very easily, and his high emotions instantly calmed down.

Li Yan: As you said, both science fiction and mystery lack a leading figure, but the country's development of high-end technology and humanity's exploration of future technology will definitely be the future themes. This person will definitely appear, and maybe he has already appeared.

Li Yan typed so fast that she didn't have time to write a response. Then she saw another message pop up in the dialog box:
As for reasoning, if no one can take on the responsibility in a year or two, I will do it.

66: What did I want to talk to you about?

The editor did not continue with this sentence, which made Li Yan feel a little embarrassed.

Li Yan: God knows.

66: Damn, you made me excited. Who knows what you will write next? Oh, right! I added you to ask you to write an article. I want to ask you if you have any other mystery novels besides this "Garbage"? Send them all to me.

Except for this piece of garbage...luckily it was typed, otherwise there would be misunderstandings if we met face to face.

Li Yan: No, but I can write.

66: That's great. Remember to send it to me when the time comes. I'll try to get you a higher fee. How long will it take you to finish writing a new work?

Li Yan: I can’t write for now.

66: Why?
Li Yan: Because the final exam is on January 1th, I will write to you when I get home.

66: Okay, good luck on the exam!

Li Yan was just about to say something to 66 like "You're really a junior high school student", but he took it over so smoothly.

That's good too. Li Yan wrote a novel for a while, looked at the manuscripts in reserve which became more abundant because of the postponement of the release date, silently turned off the computer, and slowly stretched out on the bed.

It seemed like many things were starting to get on track, and there would be plenty for him to do in the future... He sighed and got out of bed again.

It was almost half past nine and the roommates were tired from studying. They were relaxing and preparing to chat, but suddenly they saw Li Yan returning to her seat and starting to review again!
"Yan, didn't you take a rest?" Lin Heng couldn't help but ask.

"I just went upstairs to work, and now I'm coming down to rest."

"Liang Ban, please take care of him. Is this even human language?"

Liang Tiancheng shrugged.

"Healthy competition is a good thing," Li Yan waved her hand. "Just give each other motivation. Don't get stuck in a rut. Just review at your own pace. I'm reviewing now because I have to go out to do something on New Year's Day."

The dormitory was silent for three seconds, and the atmosphere suddenly became relaxed, and the casual chat that had just been stuck resumed.

"Ayan, where are you going on New Year's Day?"

"Option one, the beautiful senior sister; option two, the good friend of the Lin family; option three, go with both of them!" Lin Heng was very confident.

"Go find Chairman Yang Chengzhang." Li Yan gave a completely unexpected answer.

　Just a side question, do you like reading mystery novels?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)