"The murderer turned out to be him!"
At the same time, in Lin Yuan’s studio, Jin Mu, who had just finished reading the novel, suddenly let out a huge exclamation!
At this time, Luo Wei had already gotten off work.
Lin Yuan was about to go home when he suddenly heard Jin Mu's exclamation and stopped.
He felt that Kaneki had something to say.
This is indeed the case. Kaneki really has something to say, and he has a lot of ideas in mind, but in the end he simplified it to this essential question:
"Boss, this mystery novel is so amazing. The murderer is actually Shepard from a first-person perspective. It's incredible! How did you come up with this creative method..."
"It's a strange story." Lin Yuan said.
"What the hell?" Jinmu was confused.
Lin Yuan explained: "The trick of trickery - narrative trickery, this is the creative technique used in The Mystery of Roger Affair."
Kaneki opened his mouth.
After a long while, he murmured, "Narrative trick... Narrative trick. Because of the narrative style of the novel, it is easy for readers to fall into this textual trap at the beginning. But this is not just a pure word game. It is worthy of being called Chu Kuang..."
Some of the narrative reasoning is purely a game of words.
But "The Mystery of Roger Affair" is not like that. As one of the earliest mystery novels, this work simply takes advantage of the readers' misconceptions, but the clues are not hidden, so some readers can guess the murderer in advance.
certainly.
If someone has never been exposed to narrative tricks, the possibility of guessing the murderer based solely on the clues provided in the novel is very slim.
Unless he had received a strong hint at the beginning, such as "You will never guess the murderer in this case."
"Understood."
After Lin Yuan left, Jin Mu stood up excitedly and contacted Silver Blue Books to discuss the publication of the new novel.
As Kaneki and the Blue and Silver Library negotiated, they also began to study the publicity strategy for "The Mystery of Roger Affair" that evening.
Without a doubt.
As one of the pillars of the Silver Blue Library, the new mystery work by the great writer Chu Kuang naturally has to be arranged at the highest level of publicity and promotion.
This is the lineup!
The next day, the promotion of Silver Blue Library kicked off!
On the gorgeous official website headline, the topic title is very consistent with Chu Kuang's style of opening a new book. The tone is as arrogant as ever, and it is simply the standard language used by Chu Kuang to promote his new book:
In the name of reasoning, Chu Kuang declares war on readers with his new book "The Mystery of Roger", creating a new genre again!
Click into the topic, and each line of content ends with an exclamation mark:
"Chu Kuang's new mystery book is released!"
"The ending of the novel will blow your mind!"
"Completely subvert your understanding of reasoning!"
"Create a new creative method of reasoning!"
“Chu Kuang: Always imitated, never surpassed!”
Look, “pioneering”, “shocking”, “explosive”, “subversive”, “always imitated but never surpassed”…
Which of these descriptions is not arrogant
Especially the last sentence, "always imitated but never surpassed", is a true reflection of Chu Kuang's status in the industry.
Because he created and pioneered several novel genres, allowing more people to make a living.
so…
Even though the language used was a bit arrogant, and even though the tone of promotion was loud, readers did not find it inappropriate in the face of the overwhelming new book advertisements.
On the contrary.
Many people have high expectations for this book.
"Chu Kuang is going to attack the reasoning? Stop talking, I'll buy it."
"I'm not interested in reasoning, but I'm interested in Chu Kuang. I don't have time to say more, the new book will be released soon~"
"As a Chu person, I just finished reading A Bowl of Yangchun Noodles recently. Even if it's just for this novel, I should also read Chu Kuang's new book. Besides, I'm a senior mystery enthusiast. We Chu people like to read mystery novels the most!"
"Mystery novel? Go away, I don't want to read it... Oh, it was written by Chu Kuang, then it's okay."
"Hahahaha, that's true. Chu Kuang has completely broken the restrictions of genres. No matter what he writes, people will pay for it."
"The main reason is that, although the genre keeps changing, Chu Kuang's strength lies in the fact that he writes every type of novel very brilliantly!"
"Wow, this sentence is so domineering, it has been imitated all the time but never surpassed. The old thief Chu Kuang is so majestic!"
"… "
The readers don’t know.
On another distant planet, the mystery world’s evaluation of Grandma is exactly this: “Always imitated but never surpassed.”
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle made a cake called reasoning and created Sherlock Holmes, the first person in the world of reasoning!
And Agatha Christie’s works sold well all over the world, allowing more people to have a piece of the pie, and created the second person in the mystery world, Poirot!
This can be seen from the fact that many works of famous mystery writers were influenced by A-Po's works.
Jazz and Granny are the true pioneers in the mystery world.
If the former is the king, the latter is the well-deserved queen.
However, in the circle of reasoning, many readers are skeptical about this.
Chu Kuang is extremely famous, and everyone naturally knows that he is very good at creating new genres, and there are many facts in front of him.
But because readers in the mystery world have their own understanding of reasoning, it is difficult for them to imagine how reasoning can create new genres
Even Carter and other top names in the mystery circle don’t dare to say that they can write a work that creates a new type of mystery, right
The same doubts also arise in the minds of some writers in the mystery world.
Many people are discussing privately:
"Chu Kuang's new book is about mystery, and he claims to create a new genre of mystery novels. What do you think?"
Mystery and fantasy are completely different themes and fields of fiction, but Chu Kuang’s sales are incredible!
This person is so well-known that many writers in the mystery world are familiar with him!
"If it was someone else who said something like this, I would probably give him a slap in the face, but if it was Chu Kuang, I would reserve my opinion."
Someone spoke uncertainly.
Someone immediately said, "Let's wait and see. If he can really create a new type of reasoning, then Chu Kuang's contribution to reasoning will be enormous."
“It should be some innovation.”
A mystery writer's judgment is more objective:
“It may not be the first to create a new genre, but it is indeed innovative to a certain extent. Otherwise, they wouldn’t dare to advertise it so loudly. After all, they have to consider the possibility of being slapped in the face later.”
According to the nature of novel promotion, there is nothing wrong with making some small innovations and then shouting the slogan of "creating a new genre".
After all, it is a fact recognized by the industry that...
Publicity is a certain amount of bragging based on the quality of the work.
Now everyone is curious about how much of this propaganda is true and how much is false.
It is also a consensus in the industry that as long as a certain level of innovation is achieved, no one will seize on the big words in the publicity.
Otherwise it would be tantamount to destroying everyone's jobs.
After all, all writers will engage in self-beautification to a certain extent when doing publicity, which is what we commonly call bragging.
Just don't overdo it.
What if I don’t let you brag a little today and you don’t let me brag in the future
There is a phenomenon of intellectuals looking down on each other.
There is also the commercial phenomenon of mutual flattery among people who carry a sedan chair.
Therefore, anyone who is a little smart knows that we should not draw conclusions too early at this time.
No way!
There is always a shortage of people in this world who jump to conclusions before even watching a work, which is why there are so many face-slapping situations.
The same is true this time.
When the news that Chu Kuang was going to write a mystery came out from the Silver Blue Library, and most people in the circle were taking a wait-and-see attitude, some people began to habitually draw conclusions in advance—
Don't get me wrong.
This time it’s not stepping, but blowing!
"Today I went online and learned that Mr. Chu Kuang was going to write a mystery novel. Then I saw someone say that Chu Kuang had never written a mystery novel before, and there had never been any mystery elements in his works. So I wondered if the publicity for Chu Kuang's new mystery book was too exaggerated. Then I felt that I had to stand up and say that Chu Kuang's new mystery book would definitely not be bad!"
“The reason is simple.”
"Those who still have doubts about Chu Kuang must not understand him. I am not talented, but I just finished reading all of Chu Kuang's works recently. After reading them all, I just want to say that Chu Kuang's last long story "Ghost Blowing Out the Light" has certain elements of reasoning. In fact, the novel contains so many kinds of knowledge and writing elements that I can list more than seven or eight!"
“Some people would also say that even if Chu Kuang’s previous books had some mystery elements, it doesn’t mean that he is good at writing mystery.”
"That's totally wrong! Looking at all of Chu Kuang's works since his debut, regardless of whether he has written that genre before, as long as he is willing to write, all of them have been successful! How can someone who knows about tomb robbing not understand reasoning?"
"Chu Kuang is the best in the world! Those who understand will understand!"
This long article was posted in the tribe, and the person who posted it was named Shen Jiarui.
A very famous short story writer!
Short story writers may lack the right to speak on this matter, but Shen Jiarui does not lack this right to speak, because his short stories are all mystery!
So, Shen Jiarui is actually a mystery writer who excels in short stories!
He has a certain status in the industry.
As a result, his speech was dominated by one word: "blow"!
As for why Shen Jiarui boasted so much, it was because he had previously lost to Chu Kuang's "A Bowl of Yangchun Noodles" in a short story competition.
After losing, Shen Jiarui read all of Chu Kuang's works, and the more he read, the more he liked them, and the more amazed he was!
Especially after watching "Ghost Blows Out the Light", Shen Jiarui was directly shocked by Chu Kuang!
"A truly talented writer, perhaps there is no type of novel in the world that Chu Kuang cannot write!"
This is the conclusion Shen Jiarui came to after reading all of Chu Kuang's works.
This person is a monster!
So now, Shen Jiarui has become a die-hard fan of Chu Kuang, or to be more exact, a brainless fan!
In the eyes of these crazy fans, they cannot tolerate even the slightest doubt about Chu Kuang, hence this long article.
After the long article was published, Shen Jiarui's comment section completely exploded:
"I would like to call you the number one Chuchu!"
"Hahahahahaha number one Chu Chui is online again?"
"Shen Jiarui: I'm not targeting anyone. I'm saying that everyone here except Chu Kuang is xx."
"Are you Chu Kuang's number one fanboy?"
"I was like, wow, Mr. Shen is a big shot in the mystery circle anyway, how can you just praise a newcomer in the mystery circle like that?"
"… "
Shen Jiarui's reputation as the number one Chu fan has been confirmed, but it is also because of Shen Jiarui's praise that the mystery circle's attention to Chu Kuang's new book has directly reached a new level!