Conan: Developing business in Kexue World

Chapter 129 Xiaolan's Intuition

A day in mid-February.

It was a sunny day, and Kenta came to the headquarters of the Future Group, the Future Twin Towers.

Secretary Mizutani Sakura has returned to work after her vacation. She has already taken over the new energy vehicle project and is in contact with several car companies that are interested in selling it.

Kenta walked to the window and looked at the scenery below.His office is located on the top floor on the left side of the Twin Towers, and has the best view, where he can see the whole of Tokyo.

The future twin towers, starting from the 33rd floor, are divided into two twin towers upwards, extending to the 48th floor.

The 45th floor is the sightseeing floor, and the 46th, 47th, and 48th floors are vacant, preparing to set up offices for the presidents of various branches.

In addition to these, the various subsidiaries of Future Bazaar on other floors are busy relocating.Of course, the relocation is not a one-time move, and it will also take into account daily operations.

Mizutani Sakura reported the relocation situation, "The Niconico Video Branch, SAO Game Branch, Line Instant Messaging Branch, Robot Research Institute, Bionic Human Laboratory, Server Research Subsidiary, and Risheng Animation have moved into the headquarters this time. The game branch and the bionic lab are expected to be relocated within a month, and other subsidiaries can also be relocated in early August."

With Kenta's consent, the server research subsidiary will serve as the president and CTO (technical director) in the future, mainly to solve the dependence on other foreign server manufacturers.As the future group grows, the various subsidiaries have various requirements for server performance.

Kenta returned to his desk, and said to Mizutani: "I understand. By the way, how is the new production of Risheng Animation going?"

Mizutani Sakura was taken aback, she had no right to know about the operation of Risheng Animation before.

In fact, Risheng Animation has always been separated from the Future Group, and it is regarded as the industry of Kenta's parents, but Kenta's parents are both hands-off shopkeepers, and they don't care about Risheng Animation at all.This time, Risheng Animation moved into the future twin buildings, which was also proposed by the housekeeper Yuji Kobayashi. At the same time, this also means that the actual speaker of Risheng Animation has become Kenta.

Mizutani Sakura said: "After I go down, I will understand immediately."

Kenta nodded, he knew the situation and didn't blame her.

At this time, Kenta's cell phone rang, and he waved his hand to indicate that Mizutani could step back.

"Hello, Sonoko. What's the matter?"

"Kenta, Xiaolan invited me to the home of a big sister I just met yesterday, do you want to go together?"

Kenta looked at it, and he had nothing to do, so he agreed.

1 pm.

On the way, Sonoko had already told Kenta how they met.

It turned out that yesterday, Xiaolan and Yuanzi made an appointment to go to the Red Prince Restaurant to have a light meal together and take a swim.

On the road, a car suddenly drove towards the two of them. The driver was in a daze. Fortunately, at the last moment, the driver was sober and turned the steering wheel to avoid hitting the two of them.Afterwards, the driver invited the two of them to have a cup of coffee as an apology.

The driver's name was Chie Yoshino, she was a lecturer at the flower art design school, and she was also the hostess of the house that came here today.

Come to Yoshinoya.

"Wow, it's so beautiful, it's so beautiful!" Yuanzi sighed as he looked at the beautiful flowers decorated around the house.

Xiaolan faced the garden and said, "Yes, there are many flower arrangements in the yard."

It seemed that she had arrived a little earlier and had already seen it.Uh, Kenta saw the follower behind Xiaolan, he was speechless, why is Conan here?
The two followed Xiaolan into the house and met the big sister.

Mrs. Yoshino, with short curly chestnut hair and an apron, was cleaning the cups at the bar in the living room. It seemed that she was going to prepare drinks for everyone.

Kenta came forward to say hello, and after some subtlety, they got to know each other.

Xiaolan Yuanzi and the others went to the courtyard to enjoy the floral design.

Kenta called Conan and asked him why he came here. If Conan hadn't smelled the case, he probably wouldn't be interested in running here indiscriminately. In contrast, reading mystery novels at home is the most interesting for him.

Conan whispered: "It's Xiaolan. After she went back yesterday, she had some doubts about Yoshino's husband, so she came to find out the reason."

Kenta was confused, and Conan saw that he didn't understand the cause and effect at all, so he briefly introduced it.

Yesterday, Yoshino Chie almost bumped into Xiaolan and the two because Yoshino Chie was either dizzy or had a headache recently, and the doctor didn't find anything when he went to the hospital. He just said that it might be affected by the weather and fatigue.

However, Xiaolan noticed something unusual.When they finished drinking coffee and left, Yoshino's husband had obviously tripped over the steps of the restaurant, but he didn't remind his wife who was often dizzy at all.Xiaolan felt that there must be something hidden in it, so she came to investigate the cause of Mrs. Yoshino's dizziness and headache.

Kenta nodded, probably understood.

At this time, Yuanzi and Yuanzi returned to the house after admiring the flowers in the courtyard.

Xiaolan said to Mrs. Yoshida: "Your house is really beautiful."

Mrs. Yoshida poured her drink and said, "Thank you. Actually, this house was just built half a month ago."

"Is that a veritable new residence?" Yuanzi said.

Several people sat on the sofa in the living room, and Mrs. Yoshida came over with a juice drink.

"Yes, but we have a loan of 4 million yuan to pay, and the pressure is not small. If we don't rely on the husband and wife to work hard together, I'm afraid the money will not be so easy to pay."

Mrs. Yoshida distributed the juice to everyone, "Come on, please use it."

"Thank you."*4
Several people thanked Mrs. Yoshino.

Xiao Lan said: "I'm really sorry, you finally took a vacation, and we came to disturb you."

Mrs. Yoshino: "Don't say that. It's a pity that my husband went out early in the morning and is not at home."

Yuanzi said: "Last time I saw your husband, he was so gentle to you."

Mrs. Yoshino smiled: "Yes. But his greatest interest is playing with cars, but now he has no chance to drive, which makes him complain a lot. That's why he goes out every day recently, taking a walk to relieve his mood. My job is Take advantage of this time to make breakfast."

Xiaolan looked at the happy Mrs. Yoshino, and asked embarrassedly: "Sister Qianhui, it may feel a little strange to ask such a question, but why did you travel all the way to Shizuoka to work?"

Mrs. Yoshino: "It's all for the sake of paying the loan. In fact, I have been teaching in the urban flower art school before. However, my husband's friend introduced me to the school in Shizuoka mainly because the salary is much better than before. too much."

"So it's like this." Xiao Lan said, "But it's going to be hard for you. You have to drive such a long distance to work every day."

Yuanzi said: "That is to say, if you take the tram, you can still doze off on the tram."

Mrs. Yoshino said with a smile: "But I really like driving. It is quite close to the interchange from here. If you want to bring large textbooks or luggage, it is more convenient to drive."

"En." Xiaolan nodded, still frowning worriedly.

"By the way, do you have insurance..." Mrs. Yoshino suddenly realized at this moment, "Oh, you are still in high school, right? I'm really sorry, because my husband works in an insurance company, so I saw people I’m also used to getting insurance.”

Well, Kenta is in a cold sweat, it's so insured, even if you are a guest, you have to buy insurance.

Yuanzi said: "This is the so-called, 'A successful man always has a good woman behind him', right?"

Mrs. Yoshino covered her face, "No. However, if I just persuade others to buy insurance, it won't be convincing. Take me as an example, I just bought a 1 million yen insurance recently."

"One or one hundred million yen?" Sonoko was surprised.

Kenta suddenly became alert. The couple had a loan of 4 million yen, and now they have insured another 1 million yen. He looked at Mrs. Yoshino, why did he feel that there was a big death written on her face.

Conan also narrowed his eyes, watching Mrs. Yoshino.

Mrs. Yoshino continued: "My husband asked me to do it. Anyway, it is not a waste to pay the insurance premium. After the insurance has reached a certain number of years, you can terminate the contract with the company and get a refund of the premium. If you can help my husband, do some performance. good."

Yuanzi looked at Mrs. Yoshino, who was Mrs. Xiu's husband, and raised an eyebrow at her, "Miss Qianhui, aren't you too proud?"

"Haha, you found out." Mrs. Yoshino laughed.

Sonoko and Mrs. Yoshino were still happy, but Xiaolan at the side was thinking wildly.

[-] million yen insurance?Could it be...but...

Kenta asked, "Who is the beneficiary of the insurance?"

Mrs. Yoshino said: "Of course it's my husband, but I don't need it anyway, so don't worry about it."

Conan glanced at Xiaolan who was worried and tangled, and asked Mrs. Yoshino: "Auntie, when did you start to feel dizzy or have a severe headache?"

Mrs. Yoshino thought for a while, "I think it should have started a month ago."

A month ago, so to speak, was half a month before the house was built.Conan asked again: "Could this be the so-called sick house syndrome?"

"What is this?" Yuanzi was puzzled.

Conan explained: "Sick house syndrome is a symptom of discomfort to the body caused by the materials and paints used when building a house."

Sonoko still didn't quite understand, Kenta said: "It's formaldehyde or something like that. A few days ago, our company moved, didn't we invite a doctor's friend to make some formaldehyde cleaner?"

"Oh, that's it." Sonoko nodded.

It is also embarrassing for the eldest lady, she never has to think about formaldehyde and the like.

Mrs. Yoshino denied the conjecture of sick house syndrome, saying: "I don't think so."

Xiaolan asked, "Why?"

Mrs. Yoshino: "Because the one who helped us build this house is an engineering company that my husband knows, and he will definitely tell that company not to use any uncomfortable materials."

Xiaolan: "However, I still think it's better to ask someone to test it. Maybe the engineering company may cut corners. Yuanzi, do you know someone who specializes in testing pollutants?"

Kenta said: "Don't bother, Dr. Ali has professional equipment. I'll make a call~"

Xiaolan said: "Sister Qianhui, let's check it."

Mrs. Yoshino was taken aback, then slowly nodded: "Okay."

Xiaolan breathed a sigh of relief, as if she was relieved.Yuanzi glanced at Xiaolan immediately.

(End of this chapter)