Eryumi heard Maijo Kyousuke say the name "The Mystery of the Death Row".
There was a very puzzling expression on his face.
Because according to the conventional naming pattern of mystery novels, most stories called "XXXX Mystery" revolve around this location, character, or object.
But a death row mystery? A story revolving around a death row inmate? It always feels a little weird.
Thinking of this, Jiang Liumei took a sip of milk and asked the question in her heart:
"The mystery of the death row prisoner? Teacher Wucheng, I didn't see "Summer of the Bird" last time because I'm not from the publishing department, but as the editor-in-chief of the magazine department, can you tell me, What kind of story is "The Mystery of the Death Row" about?"
Maijo Kyousuke raised his head and saw a layer of milk stains on Jiang Liu's beautiful upper lip. He smiled and pointed at Jiang Liu's beautiful mouth and handed over a tissue.
When Eryumi saw Maijo Keisuke pointing at her mouth and handing over a tissue, she naturally understood what Maijo Keisuke was laughing at.
Eryumi could only smile and wipe the milk stains on her mouth with a tissue while listening to Maijo Kyousuke tell the story of "The Mystery of the Death Row":
"The story of Death Row Mystery is very simple and pure. It is not like "Astrology Killing Magic", which has a grand conspiracy. It is not like "A Platycodon Flower", which has a poignant and twisted love. It is not like "The Tie". It uses whimsical ideas to bring a strong impact to people, and it is not like "The Summer of Birds", which uses psychology and brain science to bring a strange atmosphere to readers."
"The story of the Death Row Mystery can even be summed up in two simple sentences."
"To put it simply, a person named Ariake Shoji was sentenced to death for committing a series of crimes such as robbery, murder, and infringement on her person. However, before Ariake Shoji was hanged, Ariake Shoji But the second province died of poisoning!"
"There were a total of eighteen suspects at the scene. The famous detective Rintaro Hozuki and his father, who is a police officer, finally found the real murderer based on the physical evidence and confessions at the execution site and using rigorous logical reasoning!"
When Eryumei heard Maishiro Keisuke's brief description of "The Mystery of the Death Row", she immediately became extremely curious.
Because although this mystery is not as gorgeous as "Astrology Killing Magic", nor is it as brain-burning as "The Convergence", it does have a magical power that makes people know what is going on.
Because the death row inmate who was supposed to be hanged was poisoned before execution. No matter how you think about it, it is a very interesting mystery.
What is the murderer's purpose? What if you have to poison a condemned prisoner who is bound to die?
When Maijo Kyousuke saw the curiosity on Eryomemei's face, in order to prevent Eryumeimei from asking about the details of the story again, he stood up, walked to the bedside table, and took out a thick stack of manuscripts from the wall panel. He placed the manuscript in front of Jiang Liumei.
Jiang Liumeili looked at the stack of manuscripts, which was twice as thick as a normal mystery novel, and naturally knew that it was "The Summer of the Bird" that she had been thinking about for the past two days.
"Miss Jiangliu? You must have always wanted to see this, right?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Ushan has already read it the day before yesterday. Logically speaking, he should take the manuscript away."
"It's a pity that Mr. Yushan and I drank a lot that day. Maybe he was drunk too? He even forgot to take the manuscript back. I know you always wanted to see it, so I showed it to you... I think Let me hear your overall evaluation of this book.”
When Eryumi heard Maishiro Kyousuke's words, her lake-like almond eyes revealed a look of great expectation:
"What did Mr. Yushan say about "Summer of the Birds"?"
"Mr. Uyama, do you think "Summer of the Birds" is a novel that no one has ever seen, no one has ever heard of, and that no one else can write?"
When Maijo Kyousuke heard Eryumei's question, he was about to speak, but saw Eryumei shake his head vigorously:
"Teacher Wucheng, I'm sorry, but it's better not to tell me Mr. Ushan's opinion."
"After all, any external evaluation will change my thinking invisibly."
"Anyway, I have handed over the manuscript of "Conclusion" to my staff to start proofreading and typesetting."
"Today is just a reward for myself who has been busy in the magazine department. I want to read all of "The Summer of Birds" in one go!"
After Jiang Liumei finished speaking, she reached out and grabbed the manuscript of "The Summer of Birds" and happily wanted to open the first page of the manuscript.
But at this time, Jiang Liu's beautiful hand stopped:
"Sorry, Teacher Wucheng? I was just a little too excited. Please forgive me for being rash."
"Excuse me? If I read here, will it affect Teacher Wucheng's creation?"
"If it will have an impact on Teacher Wucheng's creation, can I take "Summer of the Birds" home to watch?"
When Maijo Kyousuke saw Eryumei, she showed a rare and pitiful expression. Even if she was really affected, facing Eryumeimei's expression, it would be difficult to ask her to leave.
What's more, your creation is just taking out the story in your mind, and it will not be affected in any way.
"Miss Jiang Liu, please feel free to stay here and watch it if you like. If you don't like it, take it home to watch it."
"You being here has no impact on my creation at all."
Hearing Maishiro Keisuke's words, Jiang Liumei breathed a sigh of relief, opened the manuscript of "Summer of the Bird Bird" with anticipation on her face, and quickly fell into the story.
Maijo Kyousuke looked at Jiang Liumei's happy face, and a smile appeared on his face.
He took out a blanket from the closet on the side, covered one end on his own body, and the other end on Jiang Liu's beautiful body. He picked up the pen again and began to write the story of "The Mystery of the Death Row"...
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January 17, 1980 (Showa 55).
This is an important day that will go down in the history of reasoning.
"Astrological Killing Magic" written by Kyousuke Maijo successfully sold 200,000 copies in just three days!
Not only is this the first new mystery writer in the history of Japanese mystery to sell 200,000 copies of his work in three days, he is also the first person in the history of mystery in the world to have such a record!
You must know that in this era, there are only six mystery writers who can consistently sell 200,000 copies of their works in four days.
They are the sales king Jiro Akagawa who pioneered the "Japanese Youth Style Humorous Mystery".
Toshiyuki Nishimura is known as the "King of Cold-hearted Reasoning".
"The father of socialist reasoning" great master Matsumoto Seicho.
Tsutomu Minamizu and Seiichi Morimura are the "two giants of socialist reasoning".
And Tsumuo Awasaka, who is known as the "magician in the real reasoning world".
The president of Kodansha, Genjiro Noma, is originally a ruthless character who can turn anything into a weapon to attack the enemy!
Seeing that the sales of "Astrology Killing Magic" were many times better than what I expected, I naturally couldn't let go of this rare opportunity.
After all, Maijo Kyousuke is a special guest writer who signed a three-year contract with him!
As long as Maijo Keisuke becomes famous, it will pave the way for Kodansha to move forward into "Japan's strongest publishing house"!
So Genjiro Noma called his brother-in-law, Sales Director Yasunori Mikoshiba.
The two used all of Kodansha's resources and connections, and spent a large sum of money to buy news for Maijo Kyousuke!
It is bound to make Maijo Keisuke, a new writer who only debuted for six days, leave an impression like a best-selling author in the hearts of the public!
And that impression must not be interrupted this week!
Because starting from tomorrow’s Friday and the day after tomorrow’s Saturday, Kodansha will release 200,000 copies of the “Bunku Edition” of “Astrology Killing Magic”!
These "bunko editions" of "Astrological Killing Magic" are not intended to be sold to mystery readers who like Maijo Keisuke.
Rather, it is sold to those who want to understand mystery novels, or who want to read books at the lowest price.
To put it simply, the core selling point of the "Bunko version" is that it is cheap and easy to use, so that readers who know only a little about Maijo Kyousuke and have not yet made up their mind to buy "Astrology Killing Magic" can become a Maijo fan through the low-priced "Bunko version". A fan of Shiro Keisuke's books.
Paving the way for the next "Collector's Edition"!
The best way to attract this group of readers who are not fans of mystery is to have high popularity and overwhelming publicity!
Let me ask you, if you are walking in a dazzling bookstore and don’t know what book to buy and read.
Suddenly I saw a slogan on the stand of a book, "Refreshing the world historical record, the fastest and best selling mystery novel in the world!"
Anyone would want to buy a copy to see what's inside, right?
Not to mention, "Astrology Killing Magic" itself is a very high-quality, veritable mystery masterpiece!
