Conan's self-cultivation of fake wine

Chapter 495
  The next day, Maori Detective Agency.

As usual, Lu Ren came to the detective agency after finishing writing the manuscript in the cafe.

He is no longer responsible for the FBI's tracking and subsequent related work.

It's not that he quit on his own initiative. In fact, Toru Amuro was the first to mention this before Riku Ren expressed his intention to quit.

His reason was that it was important to investigate the death of Akai Shuichi, but there was no need to use three drunken cadres for this purpose.

This is a huge waste of valuable human resources. Therefore, Toru Amuro believed that he and Belmore should be responsible for this matter.

Let Lu Ren be free to do what he wants to do.

This reason barely makes sense. Only Toru Amuro knows what is actually going on.

Lu Ren was also happy to do so and directly followed Amuro Toru's wishes.

Before leaving, he left the keys to his Lexus with Belmode.

At this point, he has resumed his previous stable three-point-one-line life. However, after coming to the office today, Lu Ren heard some shocking news.

""24 Hours Following Mouri Kogoro"?" Lu Ren couldn't help but sigh, "Is the situation already so bad?"

The current downturn in the industry has forced many amateurs to go to work. But Mouri Kogoro's life should be pretty good, right?

Could it be because he owed a huge gambling debt outside? This time Fei Yingli gave up completely?

But he remembered that this line of work didn't seem to make much money. Especially men.

"Huh? What?" Mao Li didn't understand what Lu Ren meant.

"Nothing, I just want to ask, this plan...is it serious?"

"It should be serious, right?" Mao Li was confused by Lu Ren's words and became alert. He put down the beer in his hand and said seriously: "They can't be liars, right?"

"That's not the case." Lu Ren shook his head.

Japan has quite a few restrictions on this industry. Unscrupulous scam companies are there to add performance to the police.

"I can only say that... they are more courageous."

"That's right. Not only did they invite me, they also invited Miss Yoko." Upon hearing that there was no problem with the company, Maori returned to his previous behavior, "With me, a famous detective, and Miss Yoko joining forces, this show will definitely be a big hit." be successful."

"Yoko Okino?"

It turns out this is really a serious program...

That's boring.

Lu Ren lost interest for a moment, "When will the filming start?"

"I don't know about this. It will probably take a few days." Maori himself is not sure about this. "I haven't officially communicated with the producer yet, and I still have to coordinate Miss Yoko's schedule."

"That's true." Due to professional reasons, Lu Ren also has a certain understanding of the situation at the TV station.

Although the name of this project sounds very informal, the things produced will definitely be very serious.

But the more this happens, the more boring it becomes.

"His project is about 24-hour follow-up shooting, and those private scenes..."

"Don't worry about this." Maoli waved his hand, "The person in charge of the production company promised me that the photographer can turn off the camera at that time. I will also be responsible for reviewing the final film. If there is anything inappropriate, I can request They just deleted it."

"Yeah. This condition is quite generous."

Lu Ren was not surprised by this. After all, the Japanese TV station existed like his own back garden.

The employees there all know that Mouri Kogoro is one of his people. Under such circumstances, if they dare to offend Moori Kogoro without any discernment, they probably really don’t want to continue in this industry.

"That's okay. Brother, just call me when you're filming, and I'll drive you to Rimai TV Station."

"Japanese sales? You misunderstood." Mao Li smiled and waved his hand, "This time I am not going to the Japanese market, but to Dongdu TV station."

"Dongdu TV Station? What the hell is this?"

"Brother Ren, don't you know? Their TV station should be quite famous." Mao Lilan, who had just finished cleaning and was resting and listening, said in surprise, "They have a TV series that is particularly popular, called "Love Gossip: Fighting Hard" "Fight My Love" has been serialized for more than ten years."

"..."

This kind of TV series with the same name as Guanyin can be serialized for more than ten years...

Japan is really hopeless...

"Well, I really don't know much about this. But now it seems that there is indeed something wrong with this plan."

"Huh? How do you say it?"

"Miss Yoko is a member of Nippon TV, and this project will be shown on Toto TV. Don't you think it's strange?"

For artists of Yoko Okino's level, TV stations have special contracts. One of them is that you are not allowed to go to other TV stations to film programs.

Ratings are the lifeline of a TV station.

But there are only so many viewers, and you can only watch one TV station's program at the same time. Allowing the popular idol Okino Yoko to film programs on other TV stations will give up the ratings during this time period.

Even if it is a fatal friendship, it has to give in before the ratings.

"Miss Yoko sells so many programs on the TV station that she has to reject some of them. So why did she go to Toto TV to film this program?"

Maori replied: "Well. Actually, I was the only one filming this project from the beginning to the end. Miss Yoko is the narrator, so it should be okay? After all, she doesn't show her face. Maybe she has a good relationship with the producer."

"Then it's even more impossible."

Lu Ren and Okino Yoko didn't have much contact. But sometimes if you want to understand someone, you don’t need too much contact.

Okino Yoko loves her job and is extremely serious about her work.

People like her have good personal relationships with producers from other TV stations.

It is absolutely impossible to let others know, let alone agree to his invitation to film programs on other TV stations.

In addition, Lu Ren has never heard the name of Dongdu TV Station before, which means that this TV station is not from the East News faction.

Since it is not an affiliate, it is a competitor.

Going to a rival station to film a program, even if you don't show your face and only dub, this kind of behavior is really taboo.

"I still tend to believe that they lied to you, brother. They were worried that you would not agree to the filming project, so they spread the word and used Miss Yoko as bait."

Speaking of this, Lu Ren paused for a moment, "Of course, there is another possibility. They played a little trick. Miss Yoko will indeed be there to film the show, but the reason why she is there is because of you, brother."

"because I?"

After learning that the TV station was probably treating him like a monkey, Mouri Kogoro's face became very ugly for a time.

But another possibility Lu Ren threw out immediately succeeded in arousing Mao Li's curiosity, allowing him to temporarily suppress his anger.

"It's a very simple trick. For example, I am the producer, and I really want you and Ms. Yoko to film the show, especially when I know that you have a good personal relationship."

"Then I can first find you, brother, and say that Miss Yoko will come to film this show, and wait until you agree. Then I will go to Miss Yoko and say that Mr. Mori has agreed to film this project, and I hope that you, Miss Yoko, will be in charge. The voiceover of the narrator.”

"Is this really the case?" Mao Li laughed to himself for a while, immersed in what Lu Ren said, "He has a very good relationship with Okino Yoko."

After being intoxicated for a while, Maori suddenly turned solemn and said angrily, "They actually took advantage of Miss Yoko's kindness, these bastards!" "The latter possibility is not high, it should be that they deceived you, uncle."

Not to mention whether the producer could have thought of Lu Ren's cool move.

Even if he really thought about it, Conan also knew that Okino Yoko and Mouri Kogoro had a good personal relationship, but their friendship would never allow Okino Yoko to put all his acting career on the line.

"I checked the news related to that producer on the Internet. The latest one is that a reality show on Dongdu TV was exposed to be fake some time ago, and this Zhongmu producer is the person in charge of that show .”

Lu Ren took Conan's mobile phone from his hand, and after briefly browsing it, he continued: "That program has been canceled in half, and he himself is temporarily resting at home to adjust. I think he should be eager to prove himself again, That’s why I thought of this move.”

"I guess, forget it, never mind. Just know that these bastards are playing tricks on me." Maoli took out his cell phone with a dark face, "I'll call them right now to tell them that I won't take pictures."

"Is there any misunderstanding in this?" Mao Lilan suddenly stopped Mao Li from continuing to call. "I don't doubt what you mean, Brother Ren. I just think the two people who came yesterday are quite good. Is it possible that they are I didn’t make it clear, for example, this project was jointly produced by Rimai and Dongdu?”

"Sister Xiaolan, the two guests who came yesterday are from the production company, not employees of the TV station itself. Just because they are good people doesn't mean that the middle producer is also good. Maybe they were also kept in the dark. .”

"Is this still an outsourced program?" Lu Ren asked.

"Yes. This is their business card." It felt like his daughter was right. Anyway, Maoli gave up the idea of ​​calling for the time being and handed Lu Ren the business card of the person from yesterday.

【Somei Planning】

[Chairman——Somei Shogo]

Hmm, never heard of it.

"interesting."

Lu Ren originally thought that the middle-level producer wanted to use Mouri Kogoro's reputation to prove himself again.

But now it seems that is no longer the case.

Nippon Television's prime-time programs, from filming to production, use employees trained by the television station itself.

This kind of outsourced program can only explain one point.

The TV station itself didn't pay much attention to this program and simply found an outsourcer to mess with it.

"Have they said when this program will be broadcast?"

"I don't know." Maoli shook his head, "I'll find out about this when I'm going to talk to the producer."

"so."

It probably won’t be during prime time, but probably late at night.

Of course, these are not important.

The real key is to find strong evidence to solve the questions raised by Mao Lilan.

If this is really a joint project, we can't really let him make it dirty with just a few words. Although this possibility is low.

"Okay, let me call Yoko and ask the person involved what he said."

"Ah?" Maoli's wavering and longing were visible to the naked eye.

Needless to say the reason for the desire. The reason for wavering is...

"Will this affect Miss Yoko's work?"

"It's okay. If she is really busy, the call will not get through. If she can get through, it means she is not busy yet."

Lu Ren has his own "wrong theory" about this.

And in a sense, it was a good thing for him to call Okino Yoko himself.

It can save them a lot of trouble that they should have.

Of course, there is no need to tell Brother Maori directly about this matter. While it will hurt Maori, it may also make people think that he is showing off.

After Lu Ren dialed Okino Yoko's number, he put the phone on the table and pressed the hands-free button.

"Mr. Lu Ren." Perhaps because he hadn't contacted him for a long time, the voice on the other end of the phone seemed a little reserved. Of course, you can still tell that this is Yoko Okino herself.

"I need to ask you something..."

Lu Ren told Okino Yoko the general story of the matter.

"Filming a program with Mr. Maori? I didn't receive such a notice? And it's a program from another TV station..."

"Okay, that's it."

Lu Ren hung up the phone. "It is now obvious that the producer lied."

"Yeah. I understand." Maoli took out his phone again.

"Brother, are you ready to reject them?" Lu Ren asked.

"Yeah. Such dishonest people are not worth cooperating with."

Hearing this, Mao Lilan looked unbearable, but did not object again.

The call was quickly answered, and Mauli made it clear what he meant.

Then he hung up the phone directly. After listening to Lu Ren's analysis, he no longer wanted to listen to these people's quibbles.

After turning down the show, Mao Li's face improved a lot. He looked at Lu Ren and said, "You can stay here for dinner tonight. Let's have a drink. Xiaolan, please stir-fry some dishes. Do you have enough ingredients at home?" ?If it’s not enough, go out and buy it.”

With that said, Maori took out his wallet.

"Yeah." Mao Lilan nodded and pulled Conan out of the office. She knew that her father was not in a good mood right now.

This is normal, and it is the same for anyone who is tricked.

As soon as they went out, Kogoro Mouri's cell phone rang again.

He glanced at the caller ID, and a look of boredom suddenly appeared on his face.

"Is it the production company calling again?"

"Yeah. Blocked. It's okay, don't worry about them." After Mao Li performed the operation, he put the phone away again.

Half an hour later, there was a knock on the door of the office.

"You came back so soon? Did you not get the key?"

"I guess so, I'll open the door."

"No, just sit down."

Mao Li walked to the door of the office. As soon as he opened the door, Lu Ren heard a very anxious male voice coming from the door, "Mr. Mao Li, I haven't been able to get through your phone, so I..."

"No need, I made it very clear on the phone." Maoli had no intention of letting him in, and was about to close the door again.

"Mr. Maori, please give us another chance. At least let us know the reason for your rejection of us." Another equally anxious female voice came from outside the door.

"Oh, that's fine, then come in."

(End of this chapter)