Gu Yuanzhen said confidently: "Because he is looking for revisions."
"Sometimes the writers would adjust the words and phrases of the previous edition, and sometimes they would even modify the plot," Gu Yuanzhen said. "He was looking to see if there were any plot changes in these books, so he bought a lot of different versions at once to compare."
"Nonsense." He Shiying immediately retorted.
Gu Yuanzhen looked at her unconvincedly: "Where did I talk nonsense?"
He Shiying pointed at the books on the ground and said, "Most of these books are unopened. It's obvious that they haven't been read. How could they be looking for comparisons?"
Gu Yuanzhen said guiltily, "Maybe after he bought it, he found the workload too heavy and was too lazy to look at it?"
"If you didn't bother to read it once, you should have learned your lesson. Why are there so many versions of every book? Are you being fooled over and over again?"
Gu Yuanzhen also found that his reasoning was a bit untenable.
However, he immediately counterattacked: "Then tell me, what is he writing about? Why did he buy so many versions?"
He Shiying was stunned and said, "I don't know..."
"Look, you can't explain it, can't you?"
He Shiying was a little unconvinced and said, "My intuition tells me that Chen Ya probably doesn't write martial arts novels."
"Why?" Qin Yunchu asked.
He Shiying said: "He bought a lot of martial arts books but didn't read them. This shows that he couldn't stand martial arts, so he switched to writing something else."
Gu Yuanzhen retorted, "Then why did he buy so many books? Did he repeat what you said and fall for it again and again?"
He Shiying blushed, then said seriously, "He bought it all at once, and only realized he was cheated after he bought it. Why? Is that not okay?"
Gu Yuanzhen picked up two of the books and said, "Look at the material of these two books. One is so new, and the other is so old. It's obvious that they were not bought at the same time. Besides, if you just want to learn to write martial arts novels, is it necessary to buy so many different versions?"
"Then why do you buy so much?"
"Yeah, why?"
“…”
Both of them fell silent.
After a long silence, the two looked at each other.
"Maybe Chen Ya is a big fool."
Qin Yunchu pressed his forehead.
This conclusion is so outrageous.
At this time, Liu Ruyan said quietly from the back: "Every time there is a new edition, the publishing house will send a few sample copies..."
Gu Yuanzhen and He Shiying were stunned.
"You mean, these books were written by Chen Ya?"
"Um."
After a moment of silence, the two said in unison:
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
He Shiying picked up Jin Yong's book on the ground and said, "Not only do we have every edition of Gu Long's book, we also have every edition of Jin Yong's book."
"Could it be that Gu Long and Jin Yong are both him?"
"That's impossible no matter how you think about it."
Liu Ruyan fell silent. But judging by her expression, she seemed to think, "That's nothing surprising."
Qin Yunchu picked up a copy of "Happy Heroes" on the ground and said, "I think this is easy to explain. Chen Ya is a big fan of Jin Yong and Gu Long, so he bought every book."
Gu Yuanzhen's eyes lit up: "Yes, why didn't we think of it?"
He Shiying said, "Then why are some books unopened?"
"Because he bought it to collect it, to use it, to collect it, and to preach it. The most dedicated fans would buy three sets at a time."
Qin Yunchu opened the first page of "Happy Heroes" and a piece of letter fell out from it.
She picked up the paper, saw the handwritten words on it, and read aloud:
"Mr. Gu Long: 'Huan' has been published, and I'm giving away 10 sample copies. I hope you will continue to support our company. If you have new books, please give us your priority. - Gu Ci Publishing House, Xi Wendian."
After reading it out loud, everyone looked at each other in surprise.
A thought came to their minds at the same time:
Maybe Chen Ya is really Gu Long...
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Gu Yuanzhen clenched his fists and stood up.
Liu Ruyan seemed to be awakened: "What's impossible?"
"Chen Ya can't be Gu Long."
Qin Yunchu pinched the paper with his slender white fingers and said, "This paper doesn't look like it was specially forged..."
"I have sufficient evidence," said Gu Yuanzhen.
Everyone looked at him, waiting for him to produce evidence.
"Do you know when 'The Sentimental Swordsman and the Ruthless Sword' was published?"
Qin Yunchu and He Shiying looked at each other and shook their heads.
"have no idea."
Gu Yuanzhen said: "The first edition of The Sentimental Swordsman was published in 2007. When was 2007? 15 years ago."
He turned around and asked Qin Yunchu, "How old is Chen Ya this year?"
Qin Yunchu replied: "28 years old."
She had read Chen Ya's file, so she remembered it very clearly.
"28 years old, 15 years ago." Gu Yuanzhen repeated, then said loudly, "You tell me, Chen Ya wrote 'The Sentimental Swordsman' when he was 13?!"
After hearing what he said, Qin Yunchu and He Shiying understood a little.
13 years old. What were they doing when they were 13 years old?
Practice piano, learn ballet, and attend various dances and cocktail parties.
For most people, this is already very precocious.
Even as talented as they are, they feel that writing a novel of more than 700,000 words at this age is like a fairy tale.
He Shiying asked, "Yun Chu, is it possible that Chen Ya's file was forged?"
Qin Yunchu shook his head.
"His ID card, household registration booklet, and various resume records all match up, so it's unlikely they were fake. Furthermore, he looks very young, not even 28. He looks more like 22 or 23."
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