"It finally calmed down."
When the department's phone stopped ringing and his editors no longer kept calling him "Editor-in-Chief," Cao Dezhi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He thought for a moment, then opened the Poirot Mysteries at hand and read the last paragraph.
Hastings suddenly saw a man.
The man must have been over 1.80 meters tall, holding a bowler hat in his left hand, and bowing to Poirot's tombstone.
Hastings had never seen this man before, and he could not help but go forward.
"Excuse me, are you..."
The man had a slicked-back haircut and an angular face like a polished diamond. His long, hooked nose made him look particularly alert and resolute. For some reason, Hastings sensed a sense of familiarity in the other person.
"Sherlock Holmes."
The man took off his bowler hat and introduced himself.
"Are you a friend of M. Poirot?"
"It's just that I have heard too many stories about him, and I am the only one who came from far away to pay my respects to him."
Said the man named Holmes.
As the man turned and left, Hastings looked at his back and finally understood where the familiar feeling came from.
His eyes are like Poirot's.
This is the last scene of "The Mysteries of Detective Poirot" written by Chu Kuang.
Cao Dezhi confirmed this with Chu Kuang.
This is the male protagonist of Chu Kuang's next mystery novel.
Cao Dezhi seemed to be thinking: "It's just that there is too little information, only a description of the appearance and the name of the protagonist."
In fact.
Cao Dezhi was not the only one who noticed this paragraph.
On the Internet.
As everyone began to accept Poirot's death, many people's attention gradually shifted to the characters that appeared at the end, which sparked a lot of speculation -
Obviously.
Poirot's death shocked everyone so much that at the beginning, everyone was talking about Poirot.
No one mentioned this new character.
Moreover, although this person appears at the end of "The Mysteries of Poirot", there is only a few brief descriptions of him.
Only when everyone calms down will they discover something unusual.
“Why does a character like this suddenly appear at the end?”
"Is it true that this man has no relation to Poirot?"
"Then what about Hastings's feelings? You have to know that this passage suddenly changes from Hastings' first-person perspective to the third-person perspective. To use the original text, Sherlock's eyes are like Poirot's."
"Is Chu Kuang implying that Poirot is not dead?"
"If that's the case, even though it's just a hint, I still have to praise you. The old thief also has a conscience."
"etc."
"I thought of a greater possibility. Could this person be the protagonist of Chu Kuang's next novel?"
"No way?"
"Similar to the second part of The Poirot Mysteries, Chu Kuang is going to replace Poirot with a new protagonist?"
"impossible."
"I only accept Poirot, no one else. Poirot is irreplaceable!"
"Plus one."
"My heart has died with Poirot. Chu Kuang, don't even think about replacing Poirot with a new character."
"… "
There is a small-scale discussion on the Internet around this point.
Because the signs are not obvious yet, many people cannot guess what the appearance of this man named Holmes means. Everyone just vaguely feels that there will be follow-up to this pit.
Because in terms of the characters' appearance, it has no meaning.
Unless there is some reason that makes this appearance meaningful, what could that reason be
…
The same question was also asked by Kaneki: "Who is this Sherlock?"
"The protagonist of the next book."
Lin Yuan did not hide it, he had told Cao Dezhi before.
Jinmu was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "Are you planning to write another detective protagonist like Poirot?"
"You're only half right."
Lin Yuan said: "Sherlock and Poirot are both detectives, but their personalities and methods of solving cases are very different in many aspects. The only thing they have in common is their unremitting pursuit of the truth."
"really."
Jinmu smiled bitterly and said, "So you are really not tired of writing Poirot's story, so you suddenly ended it?"
"no."
The story is indeed finished.
Moreover, Lin Yuan also knew that Poirot’s death would cause an uproar among readers.
But it was obvious that Lin Yuan still underestimated the scale of the riot and underestimated everyone's feelings towards Poirot.
Fortunately, everyone still has reason.
After comparing it with the previous text, everyone accepted Poirot's death.
Because Poirot is already very old.
It is difficult to imagine such a heroic character in his decline, so it is not too bad to let him live forever in the readers' hearts in this way.
"That's good."
Jin Mu said in fear: "You better be more careful in the future, don't hand out razor blades unexpectedly. When I finished reading the novel, even I wanted to go to your house and smash the glass."
"Antarctica will take care of the house."
Lin Yuan seemed to think carefully for a moment, and then gave a very sincere answer.
Kaneki: “…”
Of course he knew that Lin Yuan's family had a dog, and that Nan Ji had also starred in the movie "Hachiko: A Dog's Story".
He can be called a big star in the dog world.
He did not argue with Lin Yuan about this topic, but changed the subject:
"Will the protagonist of the next mystery also die?"
Lin Yuan paused for a few seconds before saying, "No."
Although Holmes was indeed killed at one point in the story, he was eventually resurrected.
Jinmu couldn't help but take a step back: "Boss, were you serious about your hesitation just now?"
"So were you serious about taking a half step back?"
"You can't do this. I am absolutely serious and sincerely advising you to be kind!"
"… "
Resurrection is not death.
Jinmu sighed: "Anyway, it's up to you to decide. But readers, everyone needs warmth and comfort. How about you say something?"
"OK."
Lin Yuan also felt that the readers needed to be appeased.
He logged into Chu Kuang's tribal account, confirmed that he had logged into the right account, and posted a message:
"New book preview, still a mystery novel, Sherlock Holmes."
The thing that can make readers happy is probably that I am going to publish a new book.
Lin Yuan could clearly feel that every time he released a new book, readers' mood would improve.
This was the best consolation he could think of.
I can’t follow Gen Urobuchi’s lead and say that I, Chu Kuang, am actually a “warrior of love” or that “my creative purpose is to bring everyone warm and healing stories”, right
However.
After Lin Yuan posted this update, Jin Mu suddenly changed color: "Boss, how could you do this? Do you know what your behavior is like now?"
"Like what?"
“Like a provocation.”
There is a reason why Prince Lanling is so hated!
You wrote about Poirot's death, and then you want to use a new character to replace Poirot's position in everyone's hearts
Do you mean that if the old doesn't go, the new won't come
Will readers accept it!
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