Conan's self-cultivation of fake wine

Chapter 448 Unpredictable
  Lu Ren and the others didn't have any objections to the Tokyo police, they deliberately teased them.

He actually has a very good relationship with the Tokyo police, and some of the police even left a good impression on him.

The Tokyo police just...simply have limited abilities. In addition, homicides are too frequent, one or even two a day. So many cases need to be solved, leaving them with a serious shortage of police personnel.

But even so, exposing someone's behind is not something worth boasting about. After a brief chat, Lu Ren casually dismissed the topic.

"Please use your sushi slowly."

The chef, who was busy in the kitchen earlier, personally brought Lu Ren's sushi. This is a treatment that no other table has.

The reason why the chef did this was definitely not because of him. Lu Ren looked at Bei Dao who was smiling and talking to the chef, and secretly admired him. No matter how many times he saw it, he would always say that Bei Dao's communication skills were really strong.

After a few brief chats, the chef brought the topic to Lu Ren.

"I wonder who this is?" The sushi chef first smiled politely at Lu Ren, and then moved his eyes back to Bei Dao's face. He pursed his lips to show his seriousness, but he couldn't hide the narrow-mindedness in his eyes. , and even crow’s feet formed in the corners of his eyes.

"He is my senior."

"Huh?" The sushi chef was confused by this expression.

Although there is nothing wrong with this relationship, Lu Ren always feels something is weird when expressed in this way. He took over the topic, briefly introduced himself and exchanged business cards with the master.

The sushi chef's name is Mizushima Tetsuo, who is also the owner of this treasure sushi restaurant. After Mizushima learned that Lu Ren was a colleague of the same newspaper as Bei Dao, he became more enthusiastic and said that he would get a 10% discount for future visits.

After watching the owner return to the kitchen, Lu Ren sighed: "This Mr. Mizushima is really enthusiastic."

He has never been good at dealing with overly enthusiastic people. He always felt that after being treated warmly by someone, he had to respond accordingly.

But this will be very tiring.

"Mr. Mizushima has always been like this. He also often says that as long as you eat the sushi he makes, you can write good articles."

"..." After Lu Ren finished the game in silence, he finally couldn't help but ask, "Is this true?"

"Who knows? But there is indeed a great author who is a regular customer of his store. He writes mystery novels, but I can't remember his name."

First excluding Kudo Yusaku, Riku Ren thought for a moment, "New name Kaho Ri?"

He only knew a few authors.

"No, it is indeed a female author, but she is already quite old. Ask Mr. Mizushima later."

After Bei Dao finished the sushi on the plate, Mizushima happened to run over again, and she took advantage of the situation to ask the previous question.

"You are talking about Ms. Qichuan, she used to be a frequent visitor to my store, and she is a very good mystery novelist. It is just that she has not been in good health in the past two years and has to recuperate at home, so she comes less often. But even so , and she often orders takeout from my house.”

After a few more brief conversations, Lu Ren and the others moved on to the pork chop rice restaurant next to them. This time I only ordered one portion, and Bei Dao said he was full.

"Why don't you order some fried vegetables? If you can't eat them, I'll eat them." Lu Ren asked.

Bei Dao shook his head and refused. Seeing this, Lu Ren stopped insisting.

This time the pork chop rice came out very quickly, and everything was ready-made, except for the fried chicken cutlet, which had to wait a little longer.

The restaurant I ordered from Bei Dao is also interesting. Their chicken chops are not marinated and semi-finished, but freshly fried. This takes more work, but it ensures the freshness of the ingredients.

Precisely because the chicken chops were not ready yet, Lu Ren deliberately controlled the speed of eating, wanting to wait for the chicken chops to come up and eat them with the pork chops. Anyway, he had just eaten a plate of sushi to fill his stomach.

In addition, Bei Dao was basically watching him eat, sitting here. He must also devote some of his energy to chatting with Bei Dao, so as not to make her feel bored or left out. The two talked about the follow-up to the Wanda case and the results of the original posthumous work.

"Brother Ren, do you want to polish it?"

"Yes." Lu Ren nodded, "He is no longer here, so it is a good thing to let his works and ideas be passed down. But I have never written novels before, and I have no experience with these things."

"Brother Ren, there is nothing wrong with your writing. As for experience, you can ask the author we talked about tonight. She also writes mystery novels."

"That's not good, I don't know them either."

Bei Dao: "I will contact you tomorrow and we will go there together. We will get to know each other when we go there."

Ah...this.

"Actually, this is also a good thing for her." Seeing that Lu Ren was still hesitant, Bei Dao simply said it.

"It's true that Ms. Qi Chuan is an excellent mystery novelist, but she has stopped writing for many years and has not participated in activities. Basically no one knows her anymore."

"After we go there, if she can really help your writing, Brother Ren, then we can add her in the follow-up report on the original incident."

"With the help of Ms. Murako Saikawa, a well-known author of mystery novels, we successfully made this book available. Then we will briefly introduce her achievements and works as an advertisement for her."

"Win-win." Lu Ren understood now. If I had just said that this was a has-been author, it would have been over. If a new-generation writer is as popular as Kahori Niina, it would be really troublesome to beg her.

Now it's not about asking for help, but about exchanging benefits.

"Okay, then I'll finish writing the manuscript on Wanda's case tonight. Let's go visit Ms. Qichuan together tomorrow."

"Yes." Bei Dao nodded and continued, "Brother Ren, you have to write a book during this period of time, so please stop writing the manuscript first."

"It's okay. I also have time to write the manuscript. Besides, I'm not helping for free. The old man will give me 5% of the total income as a reward."

Kitajima: "5% is not too little. But considering your level, Brother Ren, President Sato also has to give you this much."

"5%...how much?"

Seeing that Lu Ren was really puzzled, Bei Dao immediately understood that he really didn't know much about the author's industry, so he explained it to him in detail.

Generally speaking, after a book is published, the author's remuneration is 6%-8% of the total income, and 10% for major authors. The publisher's profit is 10%, and the retailer's profit is 45%-50%.

"In this case, that 5% is indeed a lot."

After dinner, Lu Ren sent Bei Dao back first, and when he got home, he started writing at his desk. Thanks to the blessing of the sushi god, his writing speed this time was indeed a little faster than before.

After writing it, I faxed it to the newspaper. The next step is to wait for tomorrow to visit Ms. Qichuan with Bei Dao.

But when the call came tomorrow, Lu Ren was caught off guard by the news on Bei Dao's phone.

"Brother Ren, Ms. Qichuan was killed."

ps: The publisher and author's remuneration are based on domestic information. It’s unclear whether the same is true in Japan. Readers who know more about this can post it in this chapter.

　This chapter was accidentally posted as a VIP chapter, and I will add another chapter for free in the future.

　　
  　
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