The detective as famous as Sherlock Holmes is undoubtedly Hercule Poirot.
He is shaped by Sabo and is a typical "Death Detective". He is very similar to the famous "Death Schoolboy" Edogawa Conan. He has the attribute of bringing death wherever he goes. He can touch it when traveling or taking a vacation. On the murder case,
"Murder on the Orient Express",
"Tragedy on the Nile",
"Roger's Mystery",
"ABC Murders",
…
Poirot has countless masterpieces.
Lu Shi said to Cooper: "I'll put the new work on hold in advance and wait until the serialization of "No One Survived" is over."
Cooper was itching in his heart, but he couldn't press the issue, so he could only do the next best thing and said: "I hope you will give priority to us, The Scotsman, when submitting articles."
Lu Shi was not ready to promise anything, so he changed the subject: "Let's go in first."
Cooper then remembered the business of coming here today, which was to discuss with Scott how to deal with the menacing Holmes.
The three of them entered the office door together and went straight to the editor's office.
Scott was so busy that his feet didn't touch the floor. He held a pencil in each hand and one in his mouth. Without raising his head, he said vaguely: "Here? I don't have time to greet you alone. You can go on your own." Pour some tea."
There are various news manuscripts piled on his desk:
"The Sherlock Holmes" may be republished;
221B Baker Street was photographed and will host a large-scale Sherlock Holmes themed exhibition;
Seaside Magazine is out of stock and Strand Street is packed with demonstrators;
…
A virtual character can make the newspaper office miserable, which shows how popular it is.
Cooper was speechless: "Tsk..."
Scott heard clearly from behind the desk and said, "I know you are in a hurry, but don't be anxious yet. It's useless to be anxious anyway."
Sherlock Holmes returned with great force, and all the novelists were in silence.
What's the use of writing well?
Even if it’s a dragon, you have to wrap it up for me;
Even if it’s a tiger, you have to lie down for me.
Scott turned to comfort Lu Shi: "Mr. Lu, Hong Yin Feng Fu, it is not a good time for "No Survival" to make a debut. Sigh... I didn't think carefully enough. I didn't expect Dr. Doyle to be here. It’s time to take action.”
At that time, he wanted to make a fuss about Lu Shi's identity, but now it was better, he didn't have to think about anything.
Lu Shi waved his hand,
"It's okay, it's okay, I've been mentally prepared for a long time."
With that said, he handed over the manuscript and asked: "Didn't you ask me to write an editorial before? Do you have time to take a look at it now?"
Scott's movements froze, he didn't expect Lu Shi to be so fast.
Will this work?
He muttered in his heart and reached out to take it with some hesitation.
"Mr. Lu, how many words did you write?"
Lu Shi said: "A dozen articles, less than 100,000 words."
Scott felt that he was at risk of being played like a child, but because he had worked with Lu Shi for a long time and knew the magic of Lu Shi, he did not lose his patience.
He looked through the manuscript and found that the titles of more than a dozen articles were consistent.
"Are you writing an editorial along the lines of writing a book?"
Lu Shi scratched his head,
I was just copying books.
Scott sighed and said: "Yes, you are good at writing English novels, but this kind of thing...well..."
His eyes narrowed slightly as he stared at the manuscript.
The manuscript begins with a story:
On November 16, 1532, the Spaniard Pizarro, leading 168 soldiers, met with Atahualpa, the indigenous Inca emperor of South America.
As a result, Pizarro led his troops to kill 7,000 of the opponent's 80,000 people and captured the emperor, without any Spanish casualties.
What's more, this story happened not just once, but several times.
In the process of Pizarro conquering the Inca Empire with a population of several million with less than 200 men, there were four major battles. Spain invested 80, 30, 110, and 40 troops respectively, and faced hundreds of enemies. Thousands of attempts and countless attempts were made, but every time was a complete victory.
Scott felt his blood surge and his temples pounding.
168 vs 80000,
What a difference in numbers! ?
Scott determined that the excitement when Pizarro led a small number of soldiers to face an enemy force four hundred and fifty times his own should be more exciting than the phase rush in his lover's bed, a hundred times, a thousand times more exciting. .
He raised his head and looked at Lu Shi,
"Isn't this made-up history?"
Lu Shi answered with certainty: "No. I used this story mainly to elicit the following questions, which are also the core questions I intend to answer in this series of articles."
Scott understood and continued reading,
He read out in a low voice:
"
What is the reason that allows a hundred Europeans to conquer a country?
Why did Europe conquer the Americas and not the other way around?
"
Scott couldn't help but raise his eyebrows,
"Mr. Lu, you really chose a difficult topic."
He does not mean that this question is difficult to answer, but that there are too many people studying this question. It is like a wasteland that has been dug countless times by gold diggers, and it is difficult to dig out any valuable treasures.
Of course Lu Shi also understood,
Humanities and social sciences are summary and inductive subjects, and such issues are inevitably cliché.
For example, the Needham Problem should be familiar to anyone who has attended junior high school.
Lu Shi said: "Mr. Scott, if you look back, my solution is significantly different from that of ordinary people."
Scott took out his glasses,
"Okay, I believe Mr. Lu."
He continued reading, but he never expected that the first point in the manuscript would give him a huge impact.
The Eurasian continent is vast and has many species. Among them, the quantity and quality of species that can be cultivated into food have absolute advantages over other continents;
The climate in Eurasia is stable and suitable for the cultivation of annual food crops;
The long horizontal distance between Eurasia and Eurasia allows food production to spread smoothly horizontally, while the American continent extends vertically, making it difficult for food to spread along latitudes;
…
Is this still the scope of social science research?
Scott was a little confused.
"Is this geography? Hmm... should it be ecology? No, it's geography..."
He was already a little incoherent and couldn't speak at all.
Lu Shi said: "Mr. Scott, even if you don't read what I have written, it is not difficult to find from the facts that the development level and civilization level of temperate regions are higher than those of tropical regions. Of course, there is a premise for this, which needs to be ruled out The impact of colonization and foreign domination.”
Scott thinks this is a bit consequentialist, a kind of inversion of cause and effect.
However, the arguments given by Lu Shi in the book were very sufficient and the reasoning was very rigorous, making him vaguely inclined to be convinced.
He looked away from the manuscript with difficulty,
"Mr. Lu, I had already concluded that you would never be able to write anything new, but who would have thought that your argument method is completely subversive. Compared with you, I am simply a child who is babbling and unworthy. Judge your essay.”
There is no hypocrisy in this statement, it is completely sincere.
Lu Shi was a little embarrassed, and thought to himself that it would be great if there was "Civilization 6". Let Scott play a few games, and he would definitely have a more thorough understanding of "Guns, Germs, and Steel."
He asked: "So am I over-drafting?"
Scott nodded,
"Of course! Of course it's overdue!"
Lu Shi's article was both popular and academic. It should have been published in a university journal, and it was even a waste of money to submit it to the Manchester Guardian.
Scott has decided to start serializing from tomorrow.
He couldn't help but read the reports about Holmes, and suddenly felt boring.
