The Goddess Shines on America

"Weiwei, when did you send the manuscript? Why don't I know?"

At the dinner table in the early morning, after learning that her daughter had sent the Japanese novel "After School" to Kodansha, Sophie was very surprised: "And your father and I haven't read it yet!"

James tore the deep-fried dough sticks slowly. Today's breakfast is a typical tofu fried dough stick with eggs, all of which are dishes made by Sophie after a long time of hard work: "You can see it after it's on the market. I'm not bad at that time. Time, what do you say, Oscar?"

Oscar gulped down the tofu nao: "Well... I'll do whatever I want!"

"I'm not casual! I'm very angry! Weiwei actually writes novels in a language I don't know, isn't she just bullying me!"

"Oh oh ~ woo woo ~!"

Hannah, who was sitting at the end of the table, raised her fork in protest, while Caesar, who was wearing a three-year-old's short-sleeved shirt and trousers, was posing in the same pose.

Now, half of the summer vacation has passed, and the two of them who still have homework requirements at home have already completed their homework. It's a pity that although Hannah just entered middle school at the age of twelve, she didn't have the skills to study at Eton College, and Oscar didn't want to leave the lively city of Los Angeles at all. Fortunately, the age difference between the three siblings of the Wang family is not greater. If everyone wants to be busy with their different stages of life at the same time, the two parents will have to be busy to death.

Alice had almost finished her breakfast, she wiped her mouth and said, "Speaking of which, it's been four days since I sent the manuscript, Mom, please keep an eye on the phone for me at any time, maybe the other party may hang up at any time."

Sophie naturally agreed, and handed Alice a glass of water by the way. At this time, Oscar also drank the tofu brains, wiped his mouth with satisfaction and said, "I definitely won't hang up here. Alice has always written European and American novels. Suddenly, she wrote a Japanese mystery novel. The editor must be working on it right now." Cursing, what kind of rubbish is this, but you still have the nerve to..."

Before the voice finished, the phone rang, and Alice smiled: "Brother, do you want to make a bet that this call is for me?"

The whole family watched this scene with great interest.

Oscar seemed to be obsessed with the final exam, and pursed his lips worriedly: "...No gambling!"

Ah That's good.

Alice triumphantly came to the phone: "Hello, this is the Wang family, who are you looking for?"

On the other side of the phone was Pengya Yamamoto, a senior editor at Kodansha headquarters in Bunkyo District, Tokyo, Japan.

In the past four days, after he and the editor-in-chief Tsukamoto have read the entire "After School", they have been completely shocked by the author's unexpected thinking. The ending of the whole story is beyond everyone's expectations, and in the course of the plot, some long-term potential problems in Japanese campuses are revealed, and they are portrayed extremely deeply.

It is really incredible that such an absolutely Japanese novel was written by a Chinese girl who grew up in the United States. Yamamoto thought and thought, but he didn't think there was any reason for Alice to understand the Japanese society so well, even if she knew other Japanese people in the United States.

And this novel is so wonderful, even though Tsukamoto gave the feedback by the end of the weekend, everyone just finished reading the whole book that night. All the senior editors of Kodansha's editorial department unanimously recommend this book, and this book must be included in the nomination list for this year's Edogawa Ranpo Award!

Therefore, whether it is to inform the author of the news, or to further establish contact with her, and many other matters, as the most prestigious editor in the mystery fiction world, Yamamoto must hang up this overseas call.

"Ah... hello, is Miss Alice Wang in?"

The man had a special accent. Although the sentence structure was very simple, as a veteran driver, Alice recognized it at a glance. It was definitely English that only Japanese could speak.

"I am Alice, may I ask who you are?"

Hearing that the person who answered the phone was the real master, Yamamoto said happily: "Hello, Alice-san...you can call you that, my lord, Kodansha editor Yamamoto, may I ask if you have submitted a mystery novel to us?" manuscript?"

To be honest, the English pronunciation of these sentences is really awkward.

Alice plucked her ears, but she didn't expose this point, and then said in English: "It seems that you have finished reading "After School". How is it? How do you feel?"

"vely-excellent!"

Perfectly pronouncing the pronunciation of "very" in the Japanese way, Yamamoto was overjoyed: "This is a very wonderful novel, and we are very grateful for your contribution. Please ask Alice-san, if you are interested in visiting us in person Kodansha, our editor-in-chief Tsukamoto will be honored to meet you."

Alice plucked her ears more vigorously, and some words were really... harsh.

"I'm afraid this is really embarrassing, Yamamoto-san, I'm very busy here."

Seeing that the other party actually hung up the phone from a long distance away, Alice knew that there was something wrong with it, and it was fine to play around by herself. After all, Japan is now at a time of high economic development, and every citizen is full of national self-esteem, wishing to put their own country as the center of the world. Under such circumstances, they can still make such an overseas call, but Keigo Higashino's works are well-deserved.

Opening her eyes and talking nonsense, Alice leaned against the corner contentedly, looking at the contemptuous looks that Hannah and Oscar threw at her together: "I'm going to study in England in a while, and now is the time to prepare. Going all the way to Japan or something, I'm afraid I won't be able to spare that energy."

Knowing this answer, even though Yamamoto had already prepared himself mentally, he couldn't help but sigh.

That's right.

From the second day after the manuscript was published, Tsukamoto and he began to investigate Alice, and the results proved that the person who published two best-selling books in the United States had never even held a book signing event. There is no portrait of myself on the cover of the work. If it weren't for the fact that "Blood Fairy Tale" has too many adult plots, in order to avoid the suspicion of fans and the public, she appeared on a talk show, who knows how long this girl would have been hiding.

Should it be said that she is low-key, or should it be said that she does not care about her career?

If it was just a simple writer, Tsukamoto and he wouldn't be as concerned as they are now, but this girl is after all...

"Alice-san, since you submitted a mystery novel manuscript to us, you must know about the Edogawa Ranpo Award, right?"

Alice thought, of course, if Keigo Higashino's name hadn't been seen on the list, how could she just copy his debut novel and throw it over: "Of course I know, is there a problem?"

"After discussion by our editorial department, this work of yours has been included in the nomination list for this year's awards. It's already August, Alice Sang. According to the usual practice, the list has basically been finalized by this time. Adding the book at this time shows that your work is of great value!"

Alice nodded: "Uh-huh, uh-huh."

Hearing that he received only this reply after a long series of speeches, Yamamoto began to feel a little dizzy.

The habit made him forget Alice's identity a little bit. Not to mention the girl's achievements in other fields, just judging from the fame she has achieved in the American literary world, it is impossible for him to regard her as a really fledgling mystery novelist.

People who have been on the New York Times bestseller list for several months, would they care about a list of nominations for the Edogawa Ranpo Award?

In an instant, when Yamamoto was racking his brains for the next sentence, Alice said: "Actually, it doesn't need to be so troublesome. I know how good my book is. You can just operate as usual. "Jurassic Park" and "Blood Fairy Tale" is also directly handed over to Bantam to operate on its own, I don't care about anything, do you see that the results are delayed?"

Yamamoto is clear, it seems that the other party also knows, Kodansha will definitely check his identity thoroughly: "That's good, that's good, then Alice-san, can I ask you a question on behalf of Kodansha?"

"uh-huh."

"Do you have any plans to further develop in the Japanese reasoning literature circle?"

Oh, such a question.

Alice thought about it, and it seemed that this was an excellent idea.

Keigo Higashino is a prolific writer. By the time of the Rio Olympics, there were nearly 60 Chinese translations of his works. If the rate of one book a year was followed, it would be enough for Alice to play until the 100th anniversary of the founding of New China. up!

Seems like a really good idea.

Isn't it cool to be a literary girl and mystery novelist?

"Yes, Yamamoto-san."

After thinking for a while, Alice gave an affirmative answer: "So you don't need to be in a hurry, I will generally submit articles to you at the rate of one book a year, and there will be more opportunities for cooperation in the future, so let me be the first Get ready for high school, school will start in one month."

In this way, Shan Benpeng also hung up the phone with a satisfactory answer.

Alice also put down the phone, and looked up, Oscar was standing not far away against the wall.

"Is there something wrong, brother?"

Oscar had been waiting for a long time. Seeing his sister's bright smile, he immediately opened his mouth and said, "What is your book about? After school? The teacher was assassinated? Is the murderer really a student? What is his motive for committing the crime? ? How did you come up with such a..."

"How can I answer so many questions in one breath?"

Alice pressed his shoulders hard: "Come on man, let's do something else, how about going to the yard to play pitching?"

Oscar didn't answer, but silently pointed to the phone.

Almost simultaneously, the phone rang again.

"Hey, what's going on?"

Alice walked back dissatisfied: "Don't you know that I am going to exchange feelings with my brother? Who is so annoying?"

When the phone was answered, the voice that rang was Ashley who was staying in the laboratory.

"Alice, come here quickly, we have a big discovery!"

Chapter 241 has been written as 240, that is, there are two 240s, and the title cannot be corrected, but fortunately, the plot was not delayed.

Well, we don't want a double watch this month.

At least today is the third watch~