Being in Detective Conan, being officially part of the organization is just too awesome!

"Hi! Hi! I got it!"

Yuichi Kijima nodded repeatedly as he listened to the voice on the other end of the phone.

He didn't hang up the phone, but instead cautiously handed it to the tequila.

"Mr. Long, um, our village chief would like to speak with Mr. Richard personally..."

"Ok?"

Tequila frowned and turned to look at Lin Jiayou, who had a European face.

Chianti, dressed as a bodyguard, leaned close to Lin Jiayou's ear and whispered something.

Lin Jiayou's expression remained unchanged, but he frowned slightly and extended his free right hand, beckoning towards the agave.

Seeing this, Tequila nodded and gestured for Kijima Yuichi to hand over the phone.

Kijima Yuichi smiled obsequiously, jogged up to Lin Jiayou, and presented the cell phone with both hands.

Lin Jiayou picked up the phone and continued speaking calmly into the other end of the line in somewhat broken Japanese.

"Village Chief Heiyan?"

"...Hahaha, Richard, you're a total heartbreaker! Hello, hello, I've heard so much about you!"

The person on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, then burst into hearty laughter and greeted Lin Jiayou in very Japanese-accented English.

"I am Kuroiwa Tatsuji, the village chief of Tsukikage Island. On behalf of the villagers of Tsukikage Island, I would like to express our sincere respect for your willingness to invest and build on our island."

"What does Village Chief Heiyan mean?"

Lin Jiayou then switched back to his standard British accent and spoke to Hei Yan Chenji in English.

Kuroiwa Tatsuji laughed again and said,

"Haha, Mr. Richard, you also know about that... oh, the fishing village redevelopment project."

"Well, the fishing village renovation plan is a very, uh, very large plan. We need some time to prepare, and we also need to obtain the consent of many villagers..."

Lin Jiayou raised an eyebrow and silently translated Kuroiwa Tatsuji's words.

A large-scale project means a lot of goods are needed, and the time required for preparation means time is needed to raise funds. Obtaining the villagers' consent means that this isn't a decision he can make alone; the opinions of other partners also need to be sought...

These words were exactly what he wanted to hear.

However, I can't just agree like that to save face...

"Village Chief Heiyan,"

Lin Jiayou's voice became a little heavier, and he spoke English a few seconds faster.

“You have to understand that with the current economic downturn, it’s very difficult to find a partner like me who is willing to invest in the transformation of fishing villages.”

"I understand, I understand,"

Kuroiwa Tatsuji wiped the sweat from his brow on the other end of the phone and quickly said...

"We are also very grateful to Mr. Richard for investing in our Moonshadow Island... well, the fishing village revitalization project. That's why we feel responsible to you and to the villagers..."

"Give me a timeframe, when?"

Lin Jiayou calmly interrupted Hei Yan Chenji and said directly.

Kuroiwa Tatsuji paused for a moment, then tentatively said,

"tomorrow morning?"

"no,"

Lin Jiayou decisively refused.

"At the latest, tonight."

He said to Kuroiwa Tatsuji, with a hint of reminder,

"Mr. Kuroiwa, you need to understand that this is not a delivery."

Lin Chia-yu's subtext was that tonight's meeting was just a simple price negotiation, not a delivery, so why did they need so much time to prepare?

Doing this on our first meeting is really putting me, the British boss, in a difficult position.

"At night...?"

Kuroiwa Tatsuji pondered for a moment, seemingly calculating and thinking about something.

After a long pause, his voice rang out again.

"Alright, then it'll be nine o'clock tonight."

"We would like to invite Mr. Richard to the community center this evening so that we can discuss the fishing village renovation plan together."

"it is good."

Lin Jiayou replied calmly.

Then, he tossed the phone to Yuichi Kijima, who took it and bowed repeatedly with a smile.

After everything was settled, Yuichi Kijima breathed a huge sigh of relief; the other party's pressure was simply too strong.

After politely asking if he needed help finding a hotel, which was refused by Lin Jiayou and the other two, he quickly slipped away.

After he left, Lin Jiayou and the other two exchanged glances, and in each of them saw the same two words in the other two's eyes—"Done!"

.........................

Meanwhile, in the village chief's office at the community center...

Kuroiwa Tatsuji put down the landline phone and rubbed the muscles around his mouth.

Damn, I haven't spoken English in ages. I was almost falling apart from what I just said, especially that fishing village redevelopment plan...

Damn, just thinking about it makes my tongue feel uncomfortable.

"father!"

On the office sofa, Kuroiwa Reiko, dressed in a black tuxedo and sporting a perm, saw her father hang up the phone and immediately asked,

"So, how is it? Is the other party trustworthy?"

"It's hard to say,"

Kuroiwa Tatsuji frowned and shook his head.

He stroked his chin and analyzed,

“That Mr. Richard must be a true Englishman. His accent is very accurate. When I went to England with that guy Aso, the people there had about the same accent.”

As he spoke, he patted a small television set on the table.

"Judging from the images and sounds coming from over there, although there are only three people on the other side, they are all very powerful."

"Those two bodyguards are no ordinary people, and Richard is far beyond what our usual partners could handle."

"What are the chances that the other party is a police officer?"

Another young man in the room, wearing a long sweater and a knitted hat, squinted and asked.

He is Shuichi Murasawa, Reiko Kuroiwa's fiancé.

This time, Kuroiwa Tatsuji didn't hesitate and spoke directly.

"No, the other party isn't a police officer..."

"Then what are you hesitating for, Dad!"

Reiko Kuroiwa couldn't help but speak up.

"They're not police officers, Richard's identity should be fine, and they seem capable. So what are we waiting for? Tomorrow or tonight? Let's have them come over right away and finalize things quickly!"

"This is a big deal!"

"Once we sell this batch of goods, we won't have to worry about money for the next six months!"

"Hmph! You think I don't want to?!"

Kuroiwa Tatsuji snorted coldly, pointed at Kuroiwa Reiko, and said with disappointment, "You're such a disappointment."

"In our line of work, the most important thing is to be cautious! Cautious!"

"I'm not afraid of the other party being a police officer at all!"

"What I'm most worried about is them double-crossing us, you understand!"