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Chapter 360: Chapter 339 Silver Blue Mini Theater_1

Bringing out “Death Note” now is just to let everyone in the manga studio get familiar with it in advance, after all, this is everyone’s future work.

And at this moment, the main focus of the studio is definitely on the existing manga.

No one slacked off on the work of “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma” because of Shadow’s new work.

Next, the studio is preparing for the final chapter of “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma”, and Lin Yuan, who is rarely idle, stays in the studio all day drawing.

Of course.

Before diving full-time into the final chapter of “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma,” Lin Yuan still found time to write a novel.

The novel is called “The Styles Manor Case”.

Don’t wonder why the title of the book didn’t change, Lin Yuan actually paid a lot of attention to avoiding typical Western names, but as he learned more about Blue Star culture, he gradually realized there was no need for it.

Styles is fine.

In this world, there are too many varied names, like the foreigners in his previous life, let alone names in novels.

There are names in novels that use characters like “Shang” (meaning death).

But there is no capricious use of characters like “Wang” (death) for names.

So now when Lin Yuan writes characters’ names in his novels, he begins to act capriciously.

Of course, a name like “Nikolai Ostrovsky” is definitely not usable.

Not to mention the habit of Blue Star people of not adding dots in the middle of their names.

Just to say, the longest name a Blue Starian can have is five characters, any more and it would lose the readers’ sense of immersion.

Anyway, that’s why “The Styles Manor Case” didn’t need a name change –

It’s the first story in the “Hercule Poirot Series”, and also Poirot’s earliest appearance chronologically. Poirot’s legendary life began with this story!

It sounds similar to Conan Doyle’s “Study in Scarlet”, where Watson meets Holmes in this case.

And Poirot’s assistant Hastings, also first met Poirot in The Styles Manor Case.

Likewise, both Hastings and Watson were injured in war and met their detective friends while recovering from their injuries.

As everyone knows, Holmes’s era precedes Poirot’s.

So it is generally believed that Agatha Christie was influenced by the relationship between Holmes and Watson to create the combination of Poirot and Hastings.

The truth doesn’t matter.

Because on Blue Star, both Poirot and Holmes probably belong to Chu Kuang.

After finishing this novel, Lin Yuan sent it to Silver Blue Books for publication.

For a long time to come, he will serialize Poirot detective stories. Since he got “Hercule Poirot Series”, he naturally wants to create his own Hercule Poirot series in the genre of detective novels!

Silver Blue Books.

After reading the new story “The Styles Manor Case” and getting the news that Chu Kuang is going to officially create a series of Poirot novels, the whole Mystery Department was ecstatic!

The editor-in-chief, Dezhi, was so excited that he was almost short of breath!

This was the first time he felt that he had firmly latched onto Chu Kuang’s coattails!

“I really like Poirot!”

“Master Chu Kuang is planning to create the Poirot series, which means we can see more stories about Poirot.”

“This seems to be a new approach to writing detective stories, with a fixed protagonist but changing cases. This can reduce the unfamiliarity for readers – people seeing the detective’s name will feel familiar.”

“Yes, ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’ introduced Poirot to many people.”

“Because people started to know Poirot, so when they saw ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ with Poirot appearing again, they quickly got into the mood. This is also somewhat related to the readers’ understanding of Poirot’s way of deduction.”

“I wonder how many stories Master Chu Kuang is going to write.”

“The more stories about Poirot, the better. It might depend on when Master Chu Kuang gets tired of writing about Poirot and arranges for his retirement again. After all, we all know that Poirot in ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’ was planning to retire, he just didn’t succeed.”

“…”

The Mystery Department passionately debates, while “The Styles Manor Case” also enters the publication and promotion phase.

Elsewhere.

The atmosphere in the Fantasy Department was gloomy.

The Editor-in-chief Ol’ Xiong’s face was so dark, it looked like it was about to rain.

They also received the news about Chu Kuang’s plan to create the “Poirot Series”.

Chu Kuang has surprisingly settled in the Mystery Department, but we, the Fantasy Department, were there before. Be it in terms of contract signing, improving treatment, or supporting his transition…

When Chu Kuang first wanted to write detective stories, many people in the department thought he was just playing around.

After all, Chu Kuang had already written several fantasy novels, and he liked to transition between genres as if he wanted to touch on everything. Given his past records, his desire to try his hand at detective fiction was not surprising.

But no one expected that Chu Kuang’s detective novels would be so popular!

And what’s more unexpected, Chu Kuang seemed to have become addicted to writing detective novels that he planned to continue and even develop a “Poirot” detective series.

So, this group of people had a mental breakdown.

You must know, Chu Kuang was indeed the walking performance of the department!

His readership influence, his book sales, his personal fame, all were too massive. The Fantasy Department didn’t want to let Chu Kuang go at all!

Chu Kuang could have been the darling of any department he ended up in!

To describe it in a way the Mystery Department would like to say:

“A pillar is always a pillar, wherever it goes!”

The situation of the Mystery Department is the best proof!

Before Chu Kuang joined the Mystery Department, the whole department was lifeless.

Every time the company held a meeting for all departments, Cao Dezhi would be scolded mercilessly by the Chief Editor.

As a department that has been lagging in performance for years, the editors from the Mystery Department always felt downcast when they were at work.

Now that Chu Kuang has arrived, the performance of the Mystery Department has gone up dramatically!

Simply put.

Chu Kuang single-handedly saved the Mystery Department!

His earliest release, “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd”, sold pretty well.

Not to mention the recent sales of “Murder on the Orient Express”. Even after a month, the sales didn’t drop too much, and there were still many people buying it continuously!

Plus, he’s just finished a new title, “The Styles Manor Case”, which is about to be published.

Now the Mystery Department has finally raised its head up!

Even Cao Dezhi, who could be lightly teased before, started to shake.

In the past, when the Chief Editor held a meeting, he would keep his head down, wish he could become invisible, and remain submissive. But now, he frequently speaks up, pounces on opportunities, fearing that others might not notice his presence.

“I, Dezhi, am Chu Kuang’s editor!”

Of course, Cao Dezhi didn’t say this directly, but it was crystal clear from his actions and words.

By comparison, the Fantasy Department seemed like a spurned ext-girlfriend of Chu Kuang’s, looking at the Mystery Department with resentment and jealousy.

What’s more terrifying is that this “ex-girlfriend” is still deeply in love with Chu Kuang…

Many people in the company were afraid that people from the Fantasy Department and Mystery Department would start fighting over Chu Kuang.

And the biggest fear.

If the Fantasy Department and the Mystery Department are considered as Chu Kuang’s ex and current partners, then the other departments could probably be seen as those little bitches jealous of their relationship and hoping for them to break up soon. Because other departments were also coveting Chu Kuang, wishing they could take his place!

Of course.

This was just a small drama inside Silver Blue Books.

Externally.

With the launch of “The Styles Manor Case”, Silver Blue Books also officially announced Chu Kuang’s upcoming Poirot series, and this story, would be the earliest timeline of the Poirot series—

The reader’s circle was buzzing.