Writer mines the riches of an ancient dynasty
Ten years ago, when Tang Yin was a computer programmer in Shanghai, the TV series Amazing Detective Di Renjie was extremely popular in China.
Tang, a big fan of detective novels such as Judge Dee Mysteries by Robert van Gulik, was fascinated by the TV plays. After watching all of them, she went on an online forum and found that some people were posting fan fiction there.
She was unimpressed by the standard of writing, and after reading all of it, decided to write something herself, she says.
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