"Before today's autograph session begins, I have a surprising news to tell you."
"As I have previously announced to you, the third part of the detective series, which is also the last part of the series, will be released at the same time next month."
At the autograph session, Jiang Yuan also directly announced the news to the fans.
Hearing Jiang Yuan announce the release date of his new work in person was a bit different from seeing the news on the Internet.
The sense of surprise will obviously be much stronger, but after the surprise is over and I realize that this will be the last story, I feel a bit disappointed.
After all, after reading two "Sherlock Holmes" stories in succession, I already have feelings for the characters in the novels.
I originally thought that a short to medium-length story like this would continue to be serialized for a long time.
I didn't expect that the final chapter would come so soon, and it was inevitable that I would feel a little bit reluctant.
But at the scene, the fans' reluctance and disappointment were quickly diluted by Jiang Yuan's next paragraph.
"The release of the full version of the work will have to wait until one month later. Although the time is quite close, there should still be many fans who feel that this period of time is very long."
"So, in order to allow everyone to read the new story earlier, we will also launch a trial reading activity on the Internet before the new book is officially published."
"Several of the short stories will be released to everyone in advance. Of course, everyone should pay attention to the publisher's news about the specific release time." Before the official start of the book signing, Jiang Yuan finally announced the surprise news to the fans at the scene.
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On the Internet, the official announcement of the third volume of "Sherlock Holmes" also caused quite a stir.
The accounts of major popular bookstores and e-commerce platforms also reposted and spread the news, and many authors also helped repost and promote it.
Carl and others who had previously come to Jiang Yuan's autograph signing event and provided cosplay support also appeared on the popular list of reposts.
Among readers at home and abroad, the news spread very quickly.
Domestic mystery novel forums also forwarded the promotional poster of the new book immediately, and directly put the word "BEST" at the beginning of the title, which attracted a lot of attention.
[Breaking news! The final volume of Sherlock Holmes has been officially announced!]
For new posts with this kind of title, many surfing netizens also clicked into the post.
The promotional poster for the new book is in black and white, and the main body of the picture uses the silhouette of Sherlock Holmes.
The classic hat and pipe look very high-quality.
And for just such a poster, a dynamic version of the warm-up video was even specially produced.
The BGM used in the video also attracted a lot of attention immediately.
When the last volume of the book was about to be released, Jiang Yuan finally took out the classic soundtrack of "Sherlock Holmes".
And in the first wave of promotional videos, a short section was revealed, and the subsequent full version of BGM will also continue to be used as material during the promotional period.
Yang Chao and publishing houses at home and abroad obviously put all their efforts into promoting the last volume in the series. They promoted this volume as the biggest project of the year and attached great importance to it.
While fans were studying the poster and BGM carefully, the comments under the relevant posts in the forum immediately exploded.
[Ah? Didn’t Jiang Yuan just win the Grammy Award? 】
[Ah? Isn’t Jiang Yuan on tour? 】
[Holy crap, is this the last volume? 】
[With such efficiency, I thought this series would last a long time.]
[It always feels like there is a lot of inventory. Based on this efficiency, is it possible that another book will be released by the end of the year? 】
[Is this guy preparing to compete for the Golden Dagger Award in two years' time? 】
【Oh ho, I’m going to be happy again.】
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Yang Chao also watched live discussions on the forum online in real time. After recording some of the responses, Yang Chao immediately moved to other platforms to observe and record the warm-up effect of the first wave of publicity.
At the same time, many readers abroad also expressed their love for Omega's efficiency.
After all, when everyone talks about famous series, whether they are novels, movies, or TV series.
If you want to wait until the series is completed, you can basically call it a lifetime series.
Or it has been completed for many years and has successfully sent away a group of people's works.
It is indeed rare for a series like Omega to reach its final chapter just after it has been popular for a while.
As a result, readers had just expressed their anticipation for the arrival of the new book, and soon began to look forward to the film and television version of the series.
The main reason is "The Invisible Guest", which successfully broke out of the industry and allowed everyone to see the team's film-making level and Jiang Yuan's own acting skills.
So much so that there are many calls for Jiang Yuan to personally participate in the adaptation of the series, or even to star in it.
Such calls arise during the promotion of a new book because fans have made some surprising new discoveries after studying the new book promotion posters and poster animation videos.
The first is the BGM of just ten seconds in the video. It is obvious that this is not a piece of music lasting only ten seconds.
Rather, you must have a complete performance version, which has also been certified by the replies from some official blog accounts such as the publishing house.
Let me tell you that this music is indeed composed by Jiang Yuan.
Realizing this, fans all believed that since Jiang Yuan had already produced the BGM, it must not have been prepared just for the promotion of the novel.
This is mainly based on the fans' judgment based on Jiang Yuan's habit of preheating works long in advance.
After having this conjecture, fans looked at the silhouettes of the characters on the posters and felt that they looked familiar.
The first two films also used silhouette posters with a similar style, but they were basically produced in the form of special effects paintings.
But this time it was in the form of real shots. At the same time, fans took Jiang Yuan's profile photo and compared it with the silhouette's facial contour by adjusting the angle, and they were shocked to find that the two were exactly the same.
Only then did speculation begin to circulate that the work would be adapted into a film.
So much so that Jiang Yuan was asked this question when he was signing autographs and interacting with fans at the book signing event, "Is Sherlock Holmes planning to make a movie or TV series?"
"Why do you ask?" Jiang Yuan was not online at the book signing, so he didn't understand that the pre-publicity had already reached this stage.
"Did you take this poster yourself?" The fan who asked the question shared the poster and related speculation posts with Jiang Yuan and continued to ask.
"Oh, this." Jiang Yuan suddenly realized.
"This is indeed true, because I saw Carl at the previous book signing, and several well-known writers had dressed up similarly."
"So when I was making the poster, I asked if I could try cosplaying the same thing, and then I ended up shooting a version like this."
"It was originally meant as an easter egg, but I didn't expect everyone to discover it so quickly." After Jiang Yuan figured out what was going on, he also explained the promotional poster.
After all, the silhouette poster has been slightly processed in order to look more similar to the previously promoted version.
Jiang Yuan originally thought that it would take a long time for someone to discover it, but he didn't expect that just a few hours after the poster was released, fans would use a microscope to pick it out.
"Is there any hope that I can play this role in the future?" After listening to the explanation, the fans in front of me asked, still blinking their bright eyes.
"It's hard to say for sure. If there is a chance...it still depends on the specific situation..." Jiang Yuan answered using various inaccurate terms while signing.
After receiving such an answer, the fans ended the signing with satisfaction, and it seemed that there was a very certain result about Jiang Yuan's participation.
Finally, he expressed his encouragement and expectations for Jiang Yuan's performance, which left Jiang Yuan a little confused. He didn't know which sentence confirmed that he would star in person.
The fan who asked the question directly posted the relevant repo post on Yuan Universe.
And he interpreted Jiang Yuan's reaction as panic that he didn't expect that the film and television easter egg he had planted early would be guessed so quickly.
Because the fans waiting at the venue were surfing in real time, in the next autograph session, in addition to some procedures that the fans had already prepared.
Jiang Yuan was also asked a lot of questions, and a book signing gave him a sense of déjà vu at an information sharing meeting.
"When can you hear the full version of the promotional BGM?"
Often when Jiang Yuan is busy signing autographs, the fans in front of him will suddenly raise similar questions.
It was not a press conference, Jiang Yuan was not very defensive, and the confidentiality requirements were not that high, so he directly turned on the big colander mode.
"The full version of the BGM is actually available, but it has not been officially recorded yet."
"Everyone should be able to hear the full version when the new book is released."
"Want to hear this new song at the concert? I'll see if I can make arrangements later."
"Other movie soundtracks? What movie? I didn't say I wanted to make a movie. This is just for promoting the new book."
"What Easter egg has been revealed? That's not an Easter egg from a film or television show."
"Why am I being so stubborn? I really don't have that kind of project. My schedule this year is super busy, with tours and a new album..."
At an afternoon book signing, Jiang Yuan also answered a series of related questions.
What I didn't expect was that the news of film and television became more and more certain as it spread like wildfire.
Even Jiang Yuan's categorical denial was directly interpreted as a tough talk.
Once people already believe you have this plan, it's hard to get rid of that impression.
After a book signing ended, not only did the promotion of the new book become more popular, but after the news of the film and TV series was also spread, Jiang Yuan was also stunned for a moment. He really didn't expect it.
With such momentum, Jiang Yuan and his team subconsciously began to ponder the feasibility of this plan, but ultimately felt that it was absolutely impossible within the year.
However, Jiang Yuan did not continue to deny it, and decided to let the cake drawn by the fans themselves continue to be circulated. Anyway, it was also contributing to the promotion of the new book.
In the end, this was originally just a rumor among the fan community, but was even treated as gossip by some marketing accounts and even the media, and was published in a serious way.
The entire preheating and fermentation trend was something that Yang Chao and others did not expect. Fortunately, it is a good thing to pay more attention to it.
It successfully made a good start for the promotion of the third volume.
This is just the beginning. In the next month, a very rich amount of materials will be prepared almost every day.
When Jiang Yuan revealed a lot in colander mode at the book signing, Yang Chao and others took advantage of the situation and announced the plan for an early trial reading.
Several short stories will be selected from them and published in the monthly issues of some well-known mystery magazines.
Relevant cooperative magazines also came out to claim it as soon as possible.
The dates coincided with the publication of different magazines, that is, the time when the trial short story was released, and soon fans compiled a formal schedule.
Basically every other week, a short trial version will be online, which just fills the vacuum period before official publication.
"Do you have a sample copy of your new book? We'll give you a trial reading and give you some feedback."
After the book signing, while having dinner with the Blu-ray band, Paul asked Jiang Yuan as a representative, and his intention was very obvious.
"It seems not yet," Jiang Yuan thought for a moment and shook his head.
"It should have to wait until half a month later." Jiang Yuan recalled what he already knew and continued to answer.
"I thought I could read it in these two days." Paul sighed after hearing this.
"But there are some short stories that I want to send to the magazine. I can show them to you first." Jiang Yuan saw this, thought about it and said.
"Very good!" When Paul and others heard this, they immediately smiled.
Jiang Yuan also showed a smile, "You must watch it, you won't regret it."
Paul and others thought about it and felt that the short stories were complete stories and should not be completed, so they did not take Jiang Yuan's reminder to heart.
"Okay, I'll send it to you after the concert." Jiang Yuan nodded and said.
The day after the autograph session ended, Day 1 of the concert came, and there were many check-in activities set up around the venue as usual on the previous scale.
It still made many viewers experience this kind of concert mode for the first time, and it felt fresh. A few hours before the performance started, the surrounding area started to become lively.
Before the performance officially started, Jiang Yuan also checked the stage with Paul and others for the last time to ensure that nothing went wrong.
Even though it was the second time he came to Jiang Yuan's concert as a guest, he was still surprised by the beauty of the stage and expressed his love for her again.
At dusk, the audience gradually filled the empty seats.
The large cube screen was also activated in advance. The dynamic pictures of the sunset that Jiang Yuan had taken at the beach a few days ago were played alternately with the promotional pictures of the concert, attracting a lot of attention and taking photos on mobile phones.