November 2nd.
For many people in island countries, today is a very special day, and it is also a day that everyone has been waiting for for a long time.
Because today, in the "Evergreen Cup" Mystery Fiction Grand Prix, all entries will meet with readers. This is a feast for mystery fiction.
In the early morning, the entrances of bookstores and newsstands were already crowded with readers who went to buy the "Evergreen Cup" Mystery Fiction Grand Prix Works Collection.
They talked a lot while waiting to buy the book.
"I don't know how many authors will participate? Let's say there should be dozens of people. That means you can see dozens of inference works at once. I really look forward to it!"
"The most anticipated items are the works of Mr. Ichiro Suzuki and Mr. Kenta Yamano. And the Chinese Li Fan, if he also participates in the competition, you can still look forward to it."
"We will know the answer soon. In addition, today the Changqing Publishing House will announce the names and titles of participating authors, and will open a voting channel for us to vote on the works we like."
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As the readers said, Evergreen Publishing House, as the organizer of this competition, officially announced to the outside world at 8 o'clock this morning, the names of all participating authors and works of the competition.
At the same time, a voting channel was opened on the official website, where the names of all participating authors and works are displayed.
From now on, readers can vote for the works they like.
Each registered account is limited to two votes per day. The voting channel will be opened for five days and will be closed on time at 12 o'clock in the evening on November 6.
After the official news was announced, many readers who did not go to the bookstore to buy books for the time being, went to the crowd for the first time.
They are not in a hurry to buy books. Anyway, the quantity must be sufficient. They should be able to buy them anytime they go.
However, which authors are they participating in? But I can't wait to know.
According to the announcement, a total of 48 authors participated in the contest. Everyone is looking for the name of the author they like on the announcement.
Suzuki Ichiro is naturally the most anticipated author, followed by authors such as Kenta Yamano.
The names of the other authors are basically familiar to everyone, and most of them are small well-known authors.
There are only a few authors whose names are relatively unfamiliar, and they should be new authors.
Suddenly, a name jumped into everyone's eyes, and everyone was taken aback.
Li Fan, the work "Devotion of Suspect X".
"Li Fan? It should be Li Fan of China. I really still participated in the competition. It seems that those people's guesses yesterday were indeed correct." Everyone thought in their hearts.
Because of the special status of Li Fan, when the news of Li Fan's competition was uploaded on the Internet, it quickly aroused heated discussion among readers.
Its hot agenda even surpasses that of Suzuki Ichiro, Yamano Kenta and others.
"Li Fan really entered the competition, "The Devotion of Suspect X", how does the title of this book feel weird."
"Hey! Good for participating, so that Mr. Ichiro Suzuki will be able to defeat Li Fan upright."
"I also think that Mr. Ichiro Suzuki can beat Li Fan, but let's talk about their works after reading them. I will go to the bookstore to buy books."
"I also bought the book, let's discuss it after reading it."
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At the same time, readers who have bought books in front of bookstores and newsstands also know that Li Fan has participated in the competition.
After they got the book, they were the first to browse the catalog.
In the catalog, they saw the names of Suzuki Ichiro, Yamano Kenta and others, as well as the name of Li Fan.
In front of a bookstore.
Several readers who bought the book were talking to each other as they walked outside.
"Hua Guo Li Fan really entered the competition, whose work are you going to see first?"
"Naturally it is Mr. Ichiro Suzuki's "Two Cups of Water". If nothing else, this should be the champion work. Naturally, I have to watch it first."
"I also watch "Two Glasses of Water" first, and then watch "The Promenade Under Night" by Mr. Yamano Kenta."
"I decided to watch Li Fan's "Devotion of Suspect x" first. I am quite curious about his work."
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More and more readers have opened it, and they have just bought a collection of works recently, and they are excited and looking forward to start a road of reasoning.
The first work that most readers choose to read is Ichiro Suzuki's "Two Cups of Water" or "The Promenade in the Night" by Kenta Yamano.
This is normal, because the works of the two of them are the works most anticipated by readers.
Of course, there are also some readers who are used to keeping good works until the end, so they choose to read other people's works first.
Some people chose Li Fan's "Devotion of Suspect x", and they were very curious about Li Fan's work.
They were slightly surprised after not watching it for a while. Li Fan chose the background of their island country in the 1990s instead of the ancient background of China, which he is best at.
"Will Li Fan write mystery novels in a modern context, will it look good?" They couldn't help but wonder, and thought again, "Doesn't this mean that Li Fan attaches great importance to this Grand Prix?" In their hearts And a little proud.
Continue to look down. After reading the first two chapters, their expressions and thoughts are different.
Someone shook his head regretfully and regretfully, "Li Fan is really not good at writing mystery novels in the modern context. It is a taboo to write mystery novels in this way. At the very beginning, the truth of the whole case was made clear. How good is it? Oh! Forget it, let's go see other people's works. This "Suspect X's Devotion" does not matter if you don't read it."
They feel sorry and regret for Li Fan, so why choose a modern background? Isn't it good to choose the ancient Chinese background that you are good at?
In that case, even if it is not better than Suzuki Ichiro, Yamano Kenta and others, it will not be worse!
Others laughed happily. Not only do they laugh by themselves, they also laugh online.
"Haha! Who has seen Li Fan's "The Devotion of Suspect x"? It really laughs at me. That guy is obviously not good at modern mystery novels. This time I want to write modern mystery novels. This is a shame. Lost too much."
"I also read it, but I only read the first two chapters, so I don’t want to read it. I just made the whole case clarify the truth about it. Is it the moment when the truth comes to light? Friends who haven’t watched it yet, don’t watch it, so as not to waste time."
"Oh! I still have some expectations for Li Fan's works. The first thing I chose was his works. I didn't expect it to be like this. But fortunately, I just read two chapters and didn't waste much time."
"Mystery novels in the modern context are really good at our country's mystery writers!"
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No matter how different the readers' minds are, their choices are the same, that is, after reading the first two chapters, they did not continue to read the back.
This is also normal, and there are dozens of works waiting for them to read. If I can't read this one, I naturally won't read it.
After all, they don't have the vision of the editors of Evergreen Publishing House, who think this is a weird work.
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