MTLNOVEL Chapter 519: 495. Sir, times have changed_1
Chapter 519: 495. Sir, times have changed_1
This day.
Despite whatever initial feelings they had, many people indeed purchased “The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes,” even though for many people, the words “The Great Detective” in the title were somewhat distasteful.
Eight o’clock.
On the internet.
A considerable portion of people were still voicing their resistance to Sherlock Holmes, even though a lot of them had also bought the latest edition of “The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes.” Some were even reading it while griping online –
“The old rascal’s book is not up to par.”
“This Holmes is so perverted. He starts off by thrashing a dead body. Although it’s for the case, his character still comes off as unlikeable. Our Poirot would never be so rude.”
“Too violent.”
“The more I read, the more I feel annoyed. This Holmes is too arrogant and he is just like a clone of the old rascal. Holmes even dared to say that Blue Star’s Poirot is the only one in the detective field who can be compared with him!”
“What?”
Some audiences who hadn’t bought the book at all, hearing this, were instantly livid: “He dares to mention Poirot, he really stops at nothing to promote Sherlock Holmes to a higher position, this only makes me more determined in boycotting Holmes!”
“What does Holmes have?”
“Is he worthy to be spoken of in the same breath as Poirot?”
“The issue is that you guys are clearly also boycotting Holmes, so why did you buy this book and are now reading it? Isn’t this just playing into the old rascal’s hands, and contributing to the sales of his new book!”
“…”
The group of people who didn’t buy the book were very dissatisfied.
We agreed to boycott Chu Kuang together.
You guys actually went and secretly bought the new book.
Is there no overall perspective anymore? Chu Kuang – the old rascal – is our unanimous enemy right now. Everyone has a duty to boycott Holmes. You guys know that you’re supporting the enemy, right?
“We need to read it to criticize it!”
Those who bought “The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes” were still reading into it at this time, occasionally interacting with these online friends who haven’t read the book: “If we don’t buy the book, how will you all know just how outrageous the old rascal is, daring to profit from our Poirot?”
“Exactly!”
“I’ve noticed a problem, the old rascal clearly wants Holmes to become the new Poirot, he arranged for Holmes to have an assistant named Watson. This Watson is simply a clone of Hastings!”
“Yes.”
“Also, the story of Holmes is told from the first-person perspective of assistant Watson, just like how the Poirot series is told from the first-person perspective of the assistant. It’s the same pattern!”
“I knew it.”
“The old rascal Chu Kuang just wants to change Poirot’s name, since it’s still the same great detective mode, a detective and assistant collaboration, why did he end the Poirot series!”
Everyone was united in their hatred.
But something strange was:
The group of people who were reading and criticizing “The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes” were quite active in the beginning, immediately criticizing any loophole they found with the other netizens. But as time slowly passed, their post frequency seemed to gradually decrease, and they hardly even complained towards the end.
Speak up!
Why aren’t you saying anything?
Those netizens who didn’t buy the book were somewhat puzzled after noticing this. Didn’t you guys say that buying the book gives you the right to speak? So where are your comments now, what happened to banding together for criticism?
This is strange.
The people have decreased.
When it was past nine o’clock, we don’t know from when, but the group of people who were watching and criticizing “The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes” with netizens simply disappeared altogether!
It was as if they had vanished collectively.
The remaining netizens who didn’t buy the book were left disoriented, some were desperately mentioning those who were reading the book. This managed to summon a few of them, but the condition of these few seemed a little strange:
“Reading.”
“Don’t mention.”
“No time.”
Why are they so engrossed in the book?
Weren’t you guys talking quite eagerly just now? The netizens who didn’t buy the book were all discontented. Then another person who was reading the book appeared: “You all go buy a copy of the book and read it yourselves. Why do you keep asking us?”
Something is off!
Something is really off!
Those netizens who hadn’t bought the book and thus had no book to read all frowned, but they didn’t know where the problem lay. They just felt an unexplained feeling welling up inside them – should we also go and buy a copy to read?
The other side.
Lin Yuan didn’t pay attention to the online commotion, he was at the set of “Spiderman” watching the filming. At this moment, with the end of a difficult scene, the director Yi Chenggong suddenly broke into a smile:
“That’s a wrap.”
After saying that, Yi Chenggong looked at Lin Yuan. The rest of the crew also turned to look at Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan understood Yi Chenggong and everyone’s intention. He went up to look at the scene that was just filmed, then he slightly nodded:
“That’s a wrap!”
The crew immediately fell into an ocean of cheers. “Spiderman” finally finished filming. The actor Jian Yi beside him took off his Spiderman suit, held it in his hand and swung it around in excitement. He had finally finished filming his first movie in his life!
“Next is post-production.”
Yi Chenggong smiled and looked at Lin Yuan: “If there are no surprises, we should be able to finish this film in less than two months. At that time, we can plan the release. Perhaps, Mr. Lin, you can now consider the issue of release dates.”
Lin Yuan nodded.
He was also very happy. This was the fourth movie of his life, a very interesting commercial film. Lin Yuan was not sure if he would shoot similar themes in the future, but this attempt was quite fascinating for him.
He celebrated with the crew for a while.
Lin Yuan opened his phone, ready to check the reviews of “The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes” online. He calculated the time, it was 4:30 pm and the first batch of readers should have finished.
He logged into Tribe.
Lin Yuan was about to search for related topics to Holmes, but then he saw a recommended post on Tribe displayed right in front of him. It was a post made by Leng Guang, an author of detective novels from Blue Star. This so-called big critic, who had once engaged in a literary duel with Chu Kuang and ended up in a devastating defeat, surprising praised the book: “I thought Holmes would be the last vestige of the post-Poirot era created by Chu Kuang, but it turns out to be the beginning of a new era for the great detective series.”
Following this.
Another author with a bigger name than Leng Guang, Carter, who once wrote the preface for “Murder on the Orient Express”, astonishingly shared Leng Guang’s post, and added: “Welcome to the Holmes era!”
Meanwhile.
Someone closed “The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes” slowly before a group of stunned friends, and then looked up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle: “This era will not prevent Poirot from shining, but it will also not overshadow others’ brilliance!”
“I get it.”
A friend was astonished: “But didn’t you say before that you bought ‘The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes’ to prevent more people from buying it?”
“Did I?”
“Didn’t you?”
“Someone once said that at each stage of life, he only spoke what he believed in, what do you want him to do, he didn’t do anything wrong.”
“…”
So now the morning and afternoon can be divided into two stages of life? Why don’t you just say:
Grown-ups!
The times have changed!
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PS: Thanks to the second alliance of the innocent fatty, caught a fan of Sun Yao Huo alive. The first draft is done. I was a bit out of it today, so the update was a bit late. I’ll continue writing, those who have monthly tickets can also vote, the double-event only has a few hours left.