After last night's update, the title of this chapter is very philosophical ♂, and I wish you all a happy Chinese New Year's Eve

Originally, the editor-in-chief of Thornton thought that "Murder on the Eastern Train" would end up with the same dismal attention as "A Study in Scarlet Letters", but what surprised him was that this article has been receiving a high degree of attention from readers since the beginning, not only before the advertisement, but also the intensive serialization that satisfies the reader's taste and satisfies their impatient reading needs.

Russell, the editor-in-chief of The Times, even published a special article claiming that on the fourth day after the publication of the article "Murder on the Eastern Train", the sales of the Times increased slightly, and received letters from readers. This invisibly made a propaganda for the name "Agassa".

Russell's editor-in-chief was also a master of publicity, claiming that Agatha was a talented and beautiful authoress.

As a result, readers began to wonder about this speculation, who she really was, and invisibly, Madame Balanchi had a small group of fans and fans in London circles.

Even Garion couldn't help but say sourly, "I knew that pretending to be a female author was so popular, and I should have used a female pen name." ”

Under the publicity of the "Times" serial combination, the most embarrassing thing for the editor-in-chief Thornton appeared, as the originator of the detective, "A Study in the Blood Letter" did not become popular, but made the work "Murder on the Eastern Train", which is considered to be a follow-up, become a topic of conversation among readers.

Although there are also book friends of "Conan Doyle" who said that their author is the originator, but because they are outnumbered, they have not formed combat effectiveness at all.

As the plot progresses, there are two topics of speculation that everyone is talking about, the murderer of the murder, and who it really is.

In this way, the "Daily Telegraph" could not sit still, and if the name of "The Times" Agatha was the first to be launched, then the "Daily Telegraph's Conan Doyle", the signboard of the originator of reasoning, would be nullified, and his own efforts would be in vain.

This is not just a contest between the two authors, but also a war between The Times and The Telegraph.

Thornton's editor-in-chief realized that he had to invest more in the detective's publicity, and he called Garian into his office.

When Garion saw the other man's serious expression, he knew that his plan to bet on both sides had succeeded. But he still deliberately asked, "Editor-in-chief Thornton, what's wrong?" ”

"There's a very tricky thing I'd like to talk to you about."

Sure enough, the editor-in-chief of Thornton said earnestly, "The Times has also recently begun to publish detective themes, and the response is good, to be honest, the original response to "The Study of Blood Letters" was mediocre, we wanted to withdraw the serialization of this piece, but now it is being made popular by the other party, which we have already discussed, and we will increase the support in the future, and make your detective a golden signboard." I don't believe that Conan Doyle's work will not be as good as their Agatha. ”

"Agatha, ......"

Garian presumably repeated the name, and the Thornton editor-in-chief looked up and asked, "Huh?" Trotsky, do you know this man? ”

"No, I don't know."

Garion shook his head, deliberately misleading the editor-in-chief Thornton's guessed thinking, and analyzed, "Being able to become popular in a short period of time shows that the author is not a newcomer." It is very likely that in order to form a competitive position, the Times specially found the old author who had worked with him before and asked him to change his pen name to write follow-up works. ”

Thornton's editor-in-chief took a deep breath and felt that The Times was pushing itself to death.

"Well, quite possibly. I would like to publish your next work, "Four Signatures", as soon as possible, and this time the Daily Telegraph will also start this war without gunpowder. ”

"his Agatha!"

The editor-in-chief of Thornton, who was holding his breath, said angrily, "I, Conan Doyle, am the orthodox detective!" ”

In order to be competitive, the Daily Telegraph began to fight back, such as placing advertisements in newspapers other than The Times to vigorously promote Conan Doyle's new, in an attempt to suppress the arrogance of "Murder on the Eastern Train". There was even a raffle that gave a prize to anyone who could guess who was the murderer before the end of the author's serialization.

Under this fierce propaganda offensive, Parisian readers who had not paid much attention to the name Conan Doyle also began to read his previous "Study in Scarlet Letters".

Russell's editor-in-chief couldn't help but smile wryly and shake his head when he saw the Daily Telegraph so vigorously promoting Trotsky's work, only he knew that "Conan Doyle" and "Agatha" were actually a couple, and the author himself bet on both sides, so no matter how hard they fought for it, in the end both husband and wife were in a winning situation.

"Oh, now I can't even hold on to each other, the Trotskys are worthy of the literati from Paris, and now the Times and the Daily Telegraph have to step up their propaganda, and everyone is in charge, and in the end it is the two of them who have the upper hand, oh no, maybe only His Excellency Trotsky is in power, who knows if these are the works of his wife."

The bustle of London sets off the coldness of Paris, and it has been a long time since there have been eye-catching works in the literary and artistic world. Although the major newspapers tried their best to dig up new people or new works that could be comparable to Garion, they were not ready to buy it after all, and readers were not willing to buy it.

Although Garion left Paris, the legends about him in Paris only increased.

Some revolutionaries began to spread rumors, saying that Garion had actually been secretly executed because he had offended the royal family of Bonaparte, otherwise the royal family of Bonaparte had been looking for so long, why had it not been whereabouts?

The Paris government presented part of the letter about Galian, proving that they did not do such stupid things.

It is also heard that he met Garion in Dunkirk, where he fled to London with a strange woman, and his whereabouts are unknown. There is even speculation that he is now hiding in a mansion in Paris, watching the situation go by with a cold eye.

Whatever the speculation from the outside world, it is the Parisian government that wants to calm the rumors the most, and they do not want to be saddled with any stigma for persecuting the republican literati. The tension between the government and the republicans began to deteriorate, and Princess Mathilde was not even a big headache.

Even the official literary salons of the government were not interested in participating, and it was only during a tryst with Flaubert that he poured out his troubles.

Flaubert sighed, shocked by Galian's farewell, and the literati in Paris were also shocked. They believe that the other party just fled abroad to avoid the limelight, and they will never believe that he is gone forever. Every time Baudelaire held a salon party, he reserved an empty seat for Galian.

Unconsciously, this maverick rising star in the literary world has become the object of everyone's attention.

Flaubert took her hand and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, my dear." Garion is not a simple character. He'll be back. Paris, after all, is the mecca of literature and art in Europe! ”

Princess Mathilde leaned on Flaubert's shoulder, listened to his white lies, sighed, and asked hesitantly, "The man who symbolizes freedom, will he ever come back?" ”