Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 34 32. Gross Profit, There is a Big Business, Will You Make Money?
"Mr. Mori!"

"President Lin! Hahaha, long time no see!"

In the work area of the Mouri Detective Agency, Hayashi Ryoma greeted Mouri Kogoro enthusiastically, and the two men shook hands cordially as if they were the closest of partners.

That's really like meeting a soulmate in the mountains and rivers.

After a brief greeting, Hayashi Ryoma was invited by Maori Kogoro to sit on the sofa. After they both sat down, Hayashi Ryoma asked curiously, "Mr. Maori, isn't your daughter in the office?"

"Lan, she went to the mountains to party with her friends. Young people are always more lively during holidays."

"Oh? In that case, let's just do it tonight." Hayashi Ryoma smiled and made a toast gesture. When Maori Kogoro saw this gesture, his eyes lit up.

"As I said, President Lin and I get along really well. Let's get drunk tonight!"

"Okay, that's decided!" Lin Ryoma signaled Kaneda to book a restaurant first, and then explained his purpose to Maori Kogoro.

Lin Longma said mysteriously to Maori Kogoro: "Mr. Maori, I came here to make a big deal. I wonder if you are interested."

"Who wouldn't be interested in big business? But this so-called big business."

Kogoro Mori seemed to be hesitant to speak, and looked at Hayashi Ryoma with a hint of vigilance in his eyes.

After all, this man was originally a criminal policeman, and he knew that there is no such thing as a free lunch. If someone who you have just met and is familiar but not really familiar with comes up to you and says he wants to help you do big business and make a lot of money.

People like this really need to be more careful.

Hayashi Ryoma saw Maori Kogoro's vigilance and explained, "Don't worry, Mr. Maori, it's a similar business to last time.

Do you know the high school detective Kudo Shinichi? "

"Kudo Shinichi?!" Kogoro Mori was stunned when he heard this, and then looked at Hayashi Ryoma in confusion.

He didn't quite understand why Lin Longma would bring up this unlucky thing.

"Someone wants to find the whereabouts of Kudo Shinichi, and it would be great if they could contact him. For this purpose, he bought a consulting and investigation package from me, and it cost a lot of money. He was willing to spend it."

Kogoro Mori had some idea about the size of Hayashi Ryoma's company, which could be seen from the car and entourage that Hayashi Ryoma used when he traveled.

Mercedes-Benz S680, driver, secretary, the driver is even armed with a gun, his skills and marksmanship are impeccable.

When he went to the Metropolitan Police Department to pick up Conan that day, he learned some things about the Investigation Division.

Originally, Kogoro Mouri wanted to personally thank Hayashi Ryoma for his help, but since Conan was brought back, he encountered various murders for many days in a row.

This resulted in Kogoro Mouri being always busy, traveling back and forth between the crime scene, the Metropolitan Police Department, and the office, and never having a moment of leisure.

Naturally, the thanks to Lin Longma were postponed.

But I didn't expect that Lin Longma would suddenly come to my house today and specifically asked for Kudo Shinichi. You know what, isn't this a perfect match for my major?

Kogoro Mori probably never thought in his life that he could make a lot of money from Shinichi Kudo.

Although the big business was very tempting, Maori Kogoro was still hesitant. He was originally a detective, so he knew the risks involved.

"President Lin, our family is quite familiar with the Kudo family. Tell me the truth, this guy spent a lot of money to find Kudo Shinichi, it's impossible..."

Kogoro Mori was afraid that this man spent a huge sum of money to find Kudo Shinichi in order to seek revenge. If so, and he told others about Kudo Shinichi, wouldn't that be putting the Kudo family in trouble?

Although Kudo Shinichi is not a good person, Kudo Yukiko is a high school classmate of Maori Kogoro. This is the daughter of an old friend.

The most important thing is that Maori Kogoro knows nothing about Kudo Shinichi. He usually hides from her, so if he really wants to find out, he has to find Xiaolan.

"Well," Lin Longma hesitated for a moment and then said frankly, "I don't really understand why they want to find Kudo Shinichi.

We open a company to do business, if customers have requests, we will accept them if we can meet them, and if we cannot handle them, we will just tell them directly.

Asking questions here and there is not in line with our company’s principles.”

"But I can reveal something to you, brother." Lin Longma took the opportunity to strike back and called him brother directly.

"The person who issued this commission is none other than Teiji Moriya."

"Oh! It's Moriya Teiji." Maori Kogoro looked as if he had suddenly realized something, and then he looked confused again:
"Is this Moriya Teiji also a celebrity?"

"You don't even know Moriya Teiji, the famous architect! Let me think about it.
The municipal building in Beika Town was designed by Professor Teiji Moriya. He comes from a family of architects and studied abroad in the UK.

"Oh, so that's it, so that's it!" Kogoro Mouri finally realized it.

Of course, he didn't necessarily know who Moritani Teiji was. He just made sure that it wasn't some dangerous person looking for Kudo Shinichi.

How could a professor who designed the Beika Municipal Building become an enemy of a little brat like Kudo Shinichi?
That's obviously impossible!

But this is strange. The more Kogoro Mori thought about it, the more confused he became, since Professor Moritani couldn't possibly have a grudge against Kudo Shinichi.

Then why did he spend so much money to hire him?
Maori Kogoro's doubts were clearly written on his face. Lin Ryoma saw this and thought:
"Perhaps this professor is a fan of Kudo Shinichi? Perhaps he has a more difficult case and wants Kudo Shinichi's help to investigate?"

Kogoro Maori nodded hesitantly. You know what? This guess is quite reasonable.

He, Kogoro Mori, has many wealthy fans, and some people even specifically ask him to spend a lot of money just to help find their lost pet dogs.

For rich people, nothing they do is strange.

Seeing that his doubts were almost resolved, Hayashi Ryoma took out the check and handed it to Maori Kogoro.

"This is?"

"This is the deposit. There is a balance of 200 million yen due after the investigation is completed."

"One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, one hundred thousand, one million, a total of three million yen?!"

Kogoro Mouri opened his mouth wide and looked at Hayashi Ryoma in shock.

Lin Longma just smiled calmly and said, "I told you that Professor Moritani is willing to spend money."

"I never expected that brat would be worth so much money? I spent three million yen just to see him?!"

No, Maori Kogoro realized. The three million yen was just money given to him. It was impossible for Lin Ryoma to work for nothing, right?

Maori Kogoro probably didn't expect that Hayashi Ryoma was the one who got the most out of this deal. The 300 million yen given to him was...
Well, it's just a hair on the body of a cow.

"Hurry up and investigate, Mr. Maori. Professor Moritani is in a hurry, and the balance needs to be in your pocket as soon as possible, right?"

(End of this chapter)