"Viagra, hurry up, if you wait any longer, it might be gone."
On the road, two teenagers rode bicycles vigorously.
The little fat man walking in front looked very energetic, and occasionally he would turn around and wave to his companions behind him.
Yang Wei glanced at the fat man's back and curled his lips secretly. In the past, when the two of them went to the bookstore, they would hold each other tightly, but now it's better. This guy is more active than him. I don't know how his body exploded.
With such energy, I have been pedaling very hard, but I just can't catch up.
Of course he also wants to read the new book as soon as possible. He is a die-hard fan of the Poirot series and has been thinking about "Tragedy on the Nile" for a long time. During this period, he has been counting the days every day, just waiting for this day.
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But he also knows that bookstores will basically not be out of stock now.
In the past, when Zhang Zhong first became famous, some bookstores might have misjudged the sales situation, but now that Zhang Zhong is so famous, the bookstores will definitely have all the goods in stock, and no matter what happens, they can still survive in a day.
There is a large poster at the door of the bookstore, which you can see before you even enter.
"The Poirot series continues with another masterpiece!"
"Take you into the strange love affair of the Nile."
"Created with love by the master detective!"
“A must-see for the new year!”
Yang Wei looked up at the door frame and found that not only were posters of new books everywhere in the bookstore, there was also a banner hanging above the door that read: Congratulations to Zhang Zhong for being nominated for four Nebula Awards!
There is a card!
"Let's go, why are you standing there in a daze? This banner came out a few days ago." The fat man took Yang Wei's hand and walked into the bookstore.
As soon as you enter the door, there is a scene of rubbing shoulders. After all, it is the twelfth day of the first lunar month, and there are already many people in the bookstore. And because Zhang Zhong is releasing new books today, the flow of people in the bookstore has reached a higher level.
After entering the door, the two of them couldn't see the new bookshelf because it was surrounded by people and there was no gap at all.
"Viagra, follow me, I'll take you in."
The little fat man was gearing up and looking like he was going to do something big. It seemed that in his eyes, this was not a bookstore, but a battlefield where he could use his skills.
But Yang Wei stopped him and said, "Don't worry."
Then he nodded at a sign next to him and said, "There are more over there."
The little fat man turned around and looked at the sign. It said: If you want to buy a new book, you can go inside.
"I'll go, is there anything else inside?"
No need for Yang Wei to say, Xiaopang took the lead and walked in the direction pointed by the sign.
The two came to a large bookshelf. Although there were many people surrounding it, it was far less exaggerated than outside. At least there were gaps for them to get through.
The classification sign on this bookshelf says "Zhang Zhong's Special Area", and the books on the shelf are all Zhang Zhong's books.
Yang Wei glanced at it, "Dune", "I, Robot", "Wandering Sea Ball", "Murder on the Orient Express"... Zhang Zhong's books are all there, and not just single volumes, there are even Zhang Zhong's articles in them
There are also magazines.
For example, the previous "Agitation Literature" and the later "Zero Zero One" also included "Poetry". In fact, except for some die-hard fans, no one will buy "Agitation Literature" because of Zhang Zhong.
Or "Poetry". After all, Zhang Zhong's works in "Agitation Literature" and "Poetry" have actually been published in single volumes or collections.
And people like Yang Wei will not buy it again because they have already bought it before.
On the contrary, the sales of "Zero and One" are quite good, because "Harry Potter" can only be seen on "Zero and One" now.
There is also Yu Dongyu’s Thousand Doors series, a large part of which can only be seen in magazines.
Looking at the big bookshelf in front of him, Yang Wei couldn't help but sigh. More than a year ago, who would have thought that Zhang Zhong would be so popular. Even if they could have imagined that he would be so popular, they probably wouldn't have thought that the bookstore would have a dedicated bookshelf just over a year ago.
Putting his books on display requires quantity to support it.
Just as he was sighing, the fat man had already slipped through the cracks among the people and brought out two copies of "Tragedy on the Nile".
"Viagra, I'll give you one."
Yang Wei took the book and looked at the cover. There were two women and one man on it, which seemed to imply that the book was about love.
"Let's go, pay the bill first."
Books are packaged. If you want to read them, you have to either grab a trial copy or check out first. Now they can only choose the latter. Besides, Yang Wei will buy books no matter what, no matter whether the book is exciting or not.
, this is the difference between fans and ordinary readers.
After taking the book and walking to the counter to pay the bill, the two of them opened the book cover with peace of mind and found a random place to sit down in the bookstore.
Can't wait to open the book.
The story begins with a beautiful woman who has everything.
God seemed unfair. When he created Linette, he gave her everything that others could only dream of. Even people who didn't know her would express jealousy when they saw her.
She is to marry the Earl of Winterham.
When Yang Wei saw this, he vaguely felt that something was wrong. Zhang Zhong created such a perfect character, which always made him feel that this too lucky woman would eventually have a tragic ending.
In fact, he was not wrong.
As the story continued, Linnet actually announced her marriage to her best friend's boyfriend, and then went on their honeymoon together.
Then, she died.
Yang Wei's first reaction was that the murderers were Simon and Jackie, because he always felt that these two people would be the murderers. He couldn't say why, it was just an intuition.
But when Linnet died, Simon was seriously injured and unable to commit the crime, and Jackie also had a sufficient alibi.
In the next plot, Poirot began to solve the case, and finally found that everyone present had a motive for murder.
"If I go, it won't be like the Orient Express murder case, where everyone is a murderer." As soon as this idea came into Yang Wei's mind, he shook his head and shook it away.
It's not that he saw anything, but he felt that Zhang Zhong would definitely not use the same killing method again. If that were the case, it would be too boring and irresponsible to the readers.
The process of investigating the case has the consistent style of the Poirot series, with clues appearing one after another, but clues being eliminated one after another.
There was no progress in the case, but another person died, Linnet's maid Louise. The body was found on the floor of the cabin. The murder weapon may have been a scalpel, and some people suspected that it was the doctor Besner.
However, this suspicion could not be confirmed. Later, Mrs. Otterbourne said that she saw the murderer, but was shot to death before she could name him.
Until the end, when Yang Wei saw Tim admitting to stealing the necklace, he thought the murderer had been identified, but when he saw so many words behind it, he knew that the matter was not simple.
Sure enough, when the truth finally came out, Yang Wei was stunned because his initial intuition was right, the murderers were Simon and Jackie.
Simon was not injured at first, but used the red potion to deceive everyone. When others were looking for a doctor, he returned to the room and killed Linnet, and then severely injured his own leg, pretending that he was unable to commit the crime.
Look.
As for the other two people, Jackie killed them.
At the end of the story, Jackie took out a pistol from her stocking and shot Simon to death, then committed suicide, which made people sigh.
"Love is really a scary thing."
Mrs. Allerton's words have also become the key to summarizing the main line of this book.
Yang Wei closed the book and smiled. The reasoning was still charming, but the difference was that this time Zhang added the element of love.