The Goddess Shines on America

"Weiwei, when did you post the manuscript? Why didn't I know?"

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

James slowly tore the fried dough sticks. Today’s breakfast is a typical tofu and brain fried dough sticks with eggs. They are all dishes that Sophie made hard for a long time: “It’s okay to wait until it’s on the market and see it again. I’m not bad at that time. Time, what do you say, Oscar?"

Oscar slurped tofu nao: "Um...I just want it!"

"I'm not casual! I'm very angry! Weiwei actually writes a novel in a language I don't know. Isn't she bullying me!"

"Oh oh oh oh oh!"

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

Now, half of the summer vacation has passed, and the two people who still have schoolwork requirements at home have already completed their homework. It is a pity that although Hannah entered middle school at the age of twelve, she didn't have the ability to go to Eton College. Oscar didn't want to leave the bustling city of Los Angeles. Fortunately, the age difference between the three siblings of the Wang family is not greater. If everyone wants to be busy at different stages of their lives at the same time, the two parents must be very busy.

Alice has already eaten up the breakfast base ◆Chang ◆Wind ◆Wen ◆Ww⌒wc≤fwx.ne△t. She wiped her mouth and said, "Speaking of which, it has been four days since I sent the manuscript, Mom, Please help me to stare at the phone 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 brain and wiped his mouth with satisfaction: "I will definitely not hang up. Alice has always written European and American novels. She suddenly wrote a Japanese mystery, and the editor must be working now. Swearing, what kind of rubbish, I am embarrassed to face..."

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

The whole family watched this scene enthusiastically.

As if struggling with the final exam, Oscar pursed his mouth very worriedly: "...Don't bet!"

that's OK.

Alice came to the phone in a beautiful way: "Hello, this is Wang's house, who do you call?"

On the other side of the phone, it was Toshiya Yamamoto, a senior editor at the Kodansha headquarters in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

In the past four days, after he and the editor-in-chief Tsukamoto read the entire book After School, they were 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 in-depth.

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

And this novel is so wonderful. Although Tsukamoto gave his thoughts as of the end of the weekend, everyone read the whole book directly that night. All senior editors of the entire Kodansha editorial department unanimously recommended that this book must be included in the nomination list of this year's Edogawa Ranbu Award!

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

"Ah...Hello, is Miss Alice Wang here?"

The man has a special accent. Although the sentence structure is very simple, as an old driver, Alice recognizes it at a glance. This is definitely English that can only be spoken by the Japanese.

"I am Alice, are you who?"

Hearing that the person answering the phone is the master directly, Yamamoto said happily: "Hello, Alice San...you can call it that way, I am the editor of Japan Kodansha Yamamoto, did you vote for us a mystery novel? Manuscript?"

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

Alice pulled out her ears, but didn't reveal this point, and then said in English: "It seems that you have finished reading "After School". How do you feel? How do you feel?"

"Velyexcellent!"

Perfectly pronounced "very" in the Japanese way, Yamamoto was overjoyed: "This is a very wonderful novel, and we thank you very much for your contribution. I would like to ask Alice San if you are interested in coming to us in person Kodansha, our editor-in-chief Tsukamoto will be honored to meet you."

Alice dug out her ears harder, some words were really...piercing by him.

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

Seeing that the other party actually hung up the phone not far away, Alice knew that the matter was in order, and it was okay to play around by herself. After all, Japan is now at a time of high economic development, and every citizen is full of national pride and can't wait to take his country as the center of the world. Under such a circumstance, they can still make such an overseas phone call, but Keigo Higashino's work is well-deserved.

Talking nonsense with her eyes open, Alice leaned against the corner with contentment, watching the contemptuous eyes that Hannah and Oscar threw at her: "In a while, I'm going to study in the UK. 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, Rao Yamamoto had been mentally prepared and couldn't help but sigh.

It really is like this.

From the second day of the draft, Tsukamoto and he started investigating Alice. The results proved that the man who published two best-selling books in the United States had not even held a signing event. There is no portrait of himself on the cover of the work. Had it not been for the excessive adult plots in "Blood Fairy Tales", and in order to avoid the suspicion of fans and the public, she would show up in a talk show.

Should she say that she is low-key, or should she say that she has no interest in career?

If only a simple writer, Tsukamoto and he would not be as caring as they are now, but after all, this girl is...

"Alice-san, since you submitted your mystery to us, you must know the Edogawa Ranbu Prize, right?"

Alice thought that of course, if it weren’t for Keigo Higashino’s name on the list, she wouldn’t have copied his debut work and threw it over: "Of course I know, is there a problem?"

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

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

Yamamoto began to feel a little bit big when he heard his long list of speeches and only ushered in such a reply.

Habits made him forget about Alice's identity. Regardless of the girl's achievements in other fields, it is impossible for him to regard her as a real fledgling mystery novelist just by her fame in the American literary world.

The New York Times best-seller list accounts for a few months, will you care about a list of nominees for the Edogawa Ranbu Award?

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

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

"Hmm."

"Do you have any plans for further development in the field of reasoning literature in Japan?"

Oh, such a problem.

Alice thought for a while, it seemed like this was a great idea.

Keigo Higashino is a prolific writer. By the time of the Rio Olympics, there were nearly sixty Chinese translations of his works alone. At the rate of one book per year, it would be enough for Alice to reach the 100th anniversary of the founding of New China. Up!

It looks like a really good idea.

Isn’t it cool to be a literary girl and a mystery writer?

"Yes, Yamamoto-san."

After thinking about it, Alice gave an affirmative answer: "So you don’t have to rush this moment. I will generally submit articles to you at the rate of one book per year. If there are more opportunities for cooperation in the future, let me be promoted first. Get ready for high school, and school will start in one month."

In this way, Takashi Yamamoto also hung up the phone with a satisfied answer.

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

"What's the matter, brother?"

Oscar has been waiting for a long time~www.readwn.com~ Seeing his sister’s brilliant smile, he immediately opened his mouth and said: "What the **** did you say in this book? After school? The teacher was assassinated? Is the murderer really a student? What was 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: "Let's go, man, let's do something else. How about going to the yard and playing pitching?"

Oscar did not answer, but silently pointed to the telephone.

Almost synchronously, the phone rang again.

"Hey, what's the matter?"

Alice walked back dissatisfiedly: "Don't you know I'm about to exchange feelings with my brother? Who hates it so much?"

The phone picked up, but the sound that rang was that of Ashley who was staying in the laboratory.

"Alice, come here, we have a big discovery!" (To be continued.)