Conan: The Self-cultivation of Fake Wine

The three of them sat down at the dining table, and as usual, Kitajima ordered a bowl of lighter-flavored soy sauce ramen with thin noodles, and asked the store to cook the noodles a little longer.

Lu Ren had one bowl of thin noodles and three bowls of coarse noodles.

Thick noodles are usually not ordered, so they need to be made on the spot and are naturally slow to arrive.

So first order a bowl of thin noodles which can be prepared and served quickly to fill your stomach.

Eri Kisaki ordered the same thing as Kitajima.

She looked at the menu on the wall and found that this restaurant only served ramen, and there were not many types to choose from. As for stir-fry, there was no sign of it.

She thought... to celebrate the official establishment of the company, they would dine at a more upscale restaurant, such as the luxurious hotel on top of the Rice Flower Building.

The three of them sat by the floor-to-ceiling window, ate Western food, chatted, and maybe even ordered a bottle of red wine.

At that time, there will be thousands of lights under their feet, and the colorful and huge number of neon lights will weave a colorful light path, dazzling all the way to the sky.

Kisaki Eri has always been a pragmatist, but even so, she feels that on this special day, she should have something different and less practical than usual.

But why did Lu Ren do it the opposite way?

If you want to eat at a place like this, why not just come over here once in a while?

Kitajima Shino didn't seem to object. She was even the first one to order.

Lu Ren and the others acted so naturally that it seemed like she was making a big fuss.

Five minutes later, the ramen for the three people was served one after another.

As usual, Bei Dao first used chopsticks to pick up all the barbecued pork in his bowl and put it into Lu Ren's bowl. Lu Ren did not refuse, but thanked him casually and started to eat noodles.

Both of them were extremely skilled in their movements, and it was obvious that this was not the first time they had done this.

Eri Kisaki picked up the ramen in the bowl with chopsticks, and the rising hot steam made her glasses blurry.

She took off her glasses and put them aside, rubbing her moist eyes.

Everything was different from what she had imagined.

All the situations before her made her seem redundant.

……

After dinner, Lu Renben planned to send Kisaki Eri back to the office first, and then send Kitajima home.

As a result, for some reason, Kisaki Eri firmly rejected this suggestion and insisted on taking a taxi back by herself.

After persuading her several times, seeing that she was really determined, Lu Ren no longer insisted. After sending her to the taxi, the two returned to the Porsche.

On the way to Dongbao Apartment, Bei Dao, who was sitting in the passenger seat, suddenly asked, "Brother Ren, are you under a lot of financial pressure recently?"

Naturally, she also thought of what Hibiki Eri could think of, and thought about it more deeply.

"I'm about to start my own business, so I'm sure the financial pressure will be great. But I can still afford food. I chose that place because I have many memories there."

"Today is a special day. Rather than going to a high-end restaurant, I would rather go to this special and memorable place."

Since he traveled through time, most of the people Lu Ren met had to rely on him to take the initiative to contact and deal with them, to melt their hard shells and make them let down their guard.

There is nothing wrong with doing this. Lu Ren likes to take the initiative.

But it is said that others take the initiative to approach him and care about him.

Bei Dao was the first.

He still remembers the bowl of char siu noodles he had at Tenryuya in Hakata.

No matter how much you like to take the initiative, it will get tiring sometimes if you always do this.

"That's how it is." Bei Dao believed what Lu Ren said.

"But it seems to have caused some trouble to Attorney Fei." Thinking of Hibiki Eri's previous attitude and expression, Lu Ren found it a bit funny and said with a smile: "How about this, we still have to go to register the trademark tomorrow. After we are done, let's invite Attorney Fei to have dinner together. This time we will go to the hotel on the top floor of the Mika Building."

When it comes to high-end restaurants in Beika Town, this is the first one that Lu Ren thinks of.

This is the place where Yusaku Kudo proposed to Yukiko Kudo, and also the place where Shinichi Kudo confessed his love to Ran Mouri.

"Brother Ren, you go when the time comes. I won't go." Bei Dao disagreed. "I plan to go to the newspaper office tomorrow. After handing over the work, I will take a leave to go home. I will go to Osaka and Kyoto. It will take about a week."

"Sure, this matter needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. Give me your address. After the contract is officially printed, I will fax you a copy. Having written materials will make it more convincing."

This kind of behavior similar to soliciting sponsorship is actually better to make a PPT. However, this thing is really a bit laborious to make, and due to the limitations of current equipment performance, the actual effect may not meet expectations.

So let's put it aside for now. If there is a real need, it's not too late to make one now.

"Ah."

After a moment of silence, when the car was about to arrive at the entrance of Dongbao Apartment, Bei Dao said again: "Brother Ren, you don't need to be so stressed. If it's a financial problem, I'll get my grandfather's support this time..."

"Use our own money and don't accept their financial assistance."

Before Bei Dao could finish his words, Lu Ren interrupted him.

Seeing that they were not far from the apartment, he drove a little further, parked the car downstairs, and began to explain to Bei Dao attentively.

"I know that for them, a few hundred million is just a small amount of money. But this is a matter of principle. You should always keep this in mind when you go there. Stop when you have enough and don't be greedy."

"It's true that we want to gain their support as much as possible, but we have to figure out what kind of support we should get. What you need to do is to use the influence of your grandfather's family to eliminate some potential threats."

"For example, some people with ulterior motives deliberately suppressed and sabotaged us. This is enough. They cannot and should not be allowed to do anything in normal business activities, let alone financial support."

"You only gave them 10% of the shares, so let them do what they are supposed to do with that 10% of the shares. That way, when we are faced with difficulties that are really unsustainable, they will be more likely to take action."

"Rather than using up this favor by spending too much money in advance. I know you have a good relationship with your grandfather, but to be honest, your grandfather will get old one day, and your uncle will gradually take over the family power."

"When your grandfather was in power, he didn't care about this little money, and the people below didn't have any objections. But when your uncle comes to power, will he continue to be so indifferent?"

"If you really accept excessive help from your family, your uncle will use this as an excuse to ask you to arrange a large number of family members in the company. How will you refuse? If you don't refuse, who will have the final say in this company?"

What belongs to you is yours. No one can take it away from you.

In the face of interests, especially huge amounts of interests, there is no such thing as family affection.

It's better to think worse of them now than to fall out with them later.

"Well, I see."

Seeing that Bei Dao accepted his statement, Lu Ren was relieved and said with a smile: "Go ahead and do it. If you really encounter any problems, just call me."

"Well, I'll go back first. Remember to go to bed early tonight."

"Same. By the way, I'll pick you up tomorrow morning. I just happen to have something to discuss with the old man."

"No problem. See you tomorrow then."

"See you."

After arriving home, Lu Ren sat on the sofa and summoned the bracelet elf Xiaoyou.

"You should have heard what we talked about earlier, right?"

[Yes. I heard everything.]

"Well, Xiaoyou, you will be responsible for our company's network security issues from now on. I know your character. You abide by the law and don't want to do anything out of line. So I have never asked you to tamper with the national database and transfer the money in it to my bank card."

Let's not talk about whether Xiaoyou will follow this instruction. Most likely she won't.

But even if she obeyed, Lu Ren himself was unwilling to do so. It was really meaningless.

【Um. 】

"I won't take the initiative to cause trouble, but that doesn't mean that just any Tom, Dick or Harry can mess with me. No matter who it is, as long as he has his eyes on the company, he must be killed without mercy. You have to trace back and clear all their databases and assets. Do you understand?"

[Understood. Personal property is sacred and inviolable. Any action to protect one's property is reasonable and legal.]

It turns out that Bluestar has relevant legal support, which is good. It can save a lot of effort.

Anyway, Xiaoyou has to help today.

If nothing he said would make her obey his orders, Lu Ren would just use the wishing machine to force her to obey his orders.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly and it didn't come to this final step.

……

The next day, Lu Ren drove to pick up Bei Dao and went to Dongbao together.

After hearing Bei Dao's reason for leaving, Sato Qing readily approved her leave. After she left the office, Lu Ren proposed his own conditions.

No mention of shares or anything like that for now.

When Bei Dao gets support, there is no need to mention this again. If he doesn't get support, it won't be too late to talk about it later.

What Lu Ren wanted to talk to Sato Kiyoshi about was the issue of his royalties.

At this point, Sato Qing agreed very happily. As soon as Lu Ren started, he said directly: "No problem, how about 100,000 per article?"

Compared with the previous 50,000 yuan per article, the remuneration has doubled.

If you write one article a day, that would be three million a month, or about thirty-six million a year.

Of course, the accounts cannot be calculated in this way.

If Lu Ren could submit five manuscripts a month, which would be considered high productivity, he would earn 500,000 yuan, or about 6 million yuan a year, which is not low considering the salary of a senior white-collar worker in Japan.

He basically cannot spend all the money because many of his expenses are directly reimbursed by the winery.

If it was only used to start a business, this money would only be a drop in the bucket. Adding Huiyuan's research funding, he still had to find another way to make money.

But it's no use telling these things to Kiyoshi Sato. If there really is a way to make quick money with low risk and stability, Kiyoshi Sato would have done it by himself, and there's no need to share the way.

"Yes, I can. I have to write an article recently. If I can finish it today, it will be in the evening paper. If not, it will be in tomorrow's morning paper."

"No problem. Just talk to your men about this kind of thing, they will fully cooperate. Anything else?"

Sato Kiyoshi didn't think that Lu Ren came to the newspaper simply for the sake of a salary increase.

It's a small matter that can be dealt with by just saying it over the phone.

As early as the beginning, Sato Kiyoshi felt that the 50,000 yuan for an article was a bit low, so he took the initiative to suggest whether to increase it.

Lu Ren directly refused, saying that writing articles was just a hobby for him. He was not interested in money and would not rely on it for a living.

Sato Qing guessed that Lu Ren's special visit this time was probably related to the website incident. He was also ready to discuss with Lu Ren.

It's nothing more than an exchange of interests.

Lu Ren: "It's okay. I have other things to do, so I'll leave first."

"Ah? Oh. Fine, I won't keep you then."

After leaving the newspaper office and returning to the car, Lu Ren was still thinking about ways to make money.

Every time Kidd's actions are disrupted, the Suzuki family will give 10 million.

No, now it has changed to protecting Suzuki Jirokichi from Kaito Kidd. It is Suzuki Jirokichi who is against Kaito Kidd.

Lu Ren didn't care about it. He didn't necessarily want to cause trouble for Kaito Kidd.

It's just a way to make money.

And now he earns even more. Every time he successfully protects Suzuki Jirokichi and lets him have fun, he can get 30 million.

This deal was done naturally.

It’s just that Kid’s whereabouts are erratic, and in all the episodes of Conan, he hasn’t appeared that many times.

And even if they do appear, they won't always target the Suzuki family.

This guy is mainly playing with his old rival Circus.

Wait, the circus...

Lu Ren narrowed his eyes. This world belongs to the world of science, and the protagonist is Edogawa Conan.

But if you insist, Kaito Kid is also considered the protagonist. He is the protagonist of another work by Gosho Aoyama, Magic Kaito.

Aoyama first drew Magic Kaito, which received a mediocre response. Later, he drew Detective Conan, which became very popular.

After the success of Detective Conan, Aoyama did not forget his "old son" and let the protagonist of another work, Kaito Kid, make a cameo appearance in Detective Conan.

At this point the two worlds have officially merged.

They are just characters in Magic Kaito. Except for Kid himself, others rarely appear in the science fiction plot.

As for the circus, there is no trace of it in the plot of the science fiction film.

Lu Ren didn't remember it for a moment, its presence was too low.