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Although I have been busy writing traditional literary works in the second half of the year, I also published "Astrological Murder".

Is this work still not shortlisted?

Shinta Kawai seemed to have seen Hiroto Akihara's thoughts, and explained: "The judges for this time have already been selected, and there are no judges of the new school."

There are no judges of Xinbengepai?

When Akihara Hiroto heard this explanation, he suddenly realized.

All the entries of the Uemura Award must be recommended by the judges to be shortlisted, but generally speaking, all the judges tend to recommend works of this genre.

So if the writers of the New Benge school serve as judges, then the new Benge "Astrological Murder Incident" will naturally not be selected.

He just turned his mind for two seconds, and suddenly asked another question: "What happened?"

According to the usual practice, there are usually one or two writers of the Neo-Benge School as the judges of the Uemura Award, but this time there is no one, which is too strange.

Could it be that something unexpected happened?

Kawai Shinta continued: "Akihara, after the publication of your "Astrology", the relationship between the new school and the traditional book has undergone some changes. The selection of the judges this time is also because of the differences between the two factions. caused by the conflict."

Hiroto Akihara said puzzledly: "But regardless of the new version or the traditional version, don't they all adhere to the concept of trick priority?"

Could it be that his own "Astrological Murder Incident" was the root of the conflict between the two.

Kawai Shinta shook his head, "Akihara, the traditional book insists on realism, while the new book focuses on innovation. There are irreconcilable contradictions between the two, and the ideological dispute triggered by your "Astrological Murder Case" Just a little fuse.

Even without you, sooner or later there will be disputes between them over who is the orthodox of the Benge faction. "

After listening to the explanation, Akihara Hiroto nodded subconsciously.

But if this is the case, do I really have to wait until next year?

Soon, Kawai Shinta gave him a solution.

"Akihara, if you want to be shortlisted, I hope you can write a social reasoning work."

[309.3 Chapter [-] Socialist Big Three]

Socialist reasoning?

Hiroto Akihara raised his head in surprise, and looked at Shinta Kawai who was smiling.

The latter waved his hand and explained.

"Although there are no writers from the new style among the judges this time, there are quite a few writers from other factions. In addition to the 3 writers from the style style, there are also 2 writers from the social style, 1 writer from the change style style and 1 from the court style. writer.

So Akihara, if you can write a suitable social work, it is still not a problem to be shortlisted. "

Hiroto Akihara thought for a while when he heard it, and then asked in a serious voice: "What about the possibility of winning?"

If Xin Benge is excluded, the possibility of him winning the award will undoubtedly be much less.

But he didn't intend to be the same as last time, simply being shortlisted and playing soy sauce again.

If this is the only way to go, he might as well wait until next year to participate.

Kawai Shinta laughed, "Who do you think is more suitable to win the award than you among the current mystery writers?"

After a pause, he said in a strange tone.

"Qiuhara, even if the traditional Benedicts don't like you, they still have to admit your contribution to the development of reasoning. If you continue to accompany you this time, the public opinion may question the jury."

Like Jing Fanshe, Kawai Shinta, as the vice president of the Reasoning Writers Association, is very familiar with the situation of the reasoning publication market.

Looking at the market in the first half of this year, for every 2 inference books sold, 1 is the work of Hiroto Akihara.

Therefore, if the Uemura Award jury awards awards to others, it will undoubtedly offend the huge readership in the market, and may even affect the credibility of the Uemura Award.

In his opinion, no matter how stubborn the people in traditional Benge are, they will not be so stubborn that they lose their minds.

Hearing these words, Akihara Hiroto also thought deeply.

He found that what Kawai Shinta said was reasonable, and the greatest use of the Uemura Award is undoubtedly to help the development of reasoning, so we must pay attention to readers,

But the sales volume of his current works has reached the results of his previous life Matsumoto Seicho or Henggou Masashi.

If you are shortlisted but can't win the award, you can't say no, right?

It seems that this time, I only need to come up with a good work, and then follow the trend to accept the award.

After sorting out the cause and effect, he laughed and said goodbye to Shinta Kawai.

"President Kawai, then I will take my leave first."

Kawai Shinta didn't mean to send him off, but just nodded, "I'm waiting for your new work."

He is not at all worried about whether Hiroto Akihara can write a work before being shortlisted.

He believes from the bottom of his heart that Hiroto Akihara's talent is like water in a sponge, if you squeeze it, there will always be some.

……

After leaving Kawai Shinta's house, Akihara Hiroto took a special car back home.

Along the way, he looked at the receding scenery outside the window and thought about a question.

For social works, who should I write, at least, it can't be worse than the "Suspect X" I wrote before.

Keigo Higashino?

There are many works of his, but besides "The Devotion of Suspect X", his works that are most recognized by the public are "White Night Journey", "The Grocery Store of Jieyou" and "Maliciousness".

Other works are more or less less recognized.

But none of these three works seems to have won any reasoning awards.

Because "Jieyou Grocery Store" describes the laws of time and space, it is not so much reasoning as it is science fiction.

Although "White Night Walk" and "Maliciousness" are well-known, the main highlight is the complexity of human nature, which is much inferior to the inferior "Suspect X" in terms of trick design.

Such works may sell better, but they may not necessarily be more literary.

Kiyoshi Matsumoto?

Hiroto Akihara thought for a while, then shook his head again.

Although Seicho Matsumoto, Agatha, and Conan Doyle are listed as the three great masters of reasoning.

But his works are more groundbreaking in content and subject matter, as well as contributions to the spread of reasoning in society.