Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Chapter 54 A Young Man Arrives in Osaka (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

"Uncle, would you be interested in investing in my newspaper?"

"The Sumitomo Group already owned shares in the Mainichi Shimbun before World War II."

“But that’s just an investment after all; it’s not a lifeline exclusively for the Sumitomo Group,” Zheng Yi said.

Sumitomo Taro raised an eyebrow; he didn't believe that Shoichi's newspaper would become the throat of Sumitomo's newspaper.

After all, it's called the Justice Daily, not the Sumitomo Daily.

“Running a newspaper isn’t easy, but at the banquet, I can recommend someone from a newsstand to you. Whether you can get the newspapers spread out depends on you,” Sumitomo Taro said.

"No problem." Zheng Yi nodded.

As long as I can contact someone useful, that's fine.

Zheng Yi doesn't need his family to do anything for him; he can reach a consensus with his business partners based on his sincerity.

Ai followed closely behind Masakazu.

She didn't know anyone.

For no apparent reason, she ended up following Zheng Yi to his ancestral home and met many of Zheng Yi's elders.

My eldest and second uncles, my eldest and second aunts, and several cousins.

Zheng Yi is the youngest of the third generation.

Zheng Yi kept taking Ai to meet people, which made Ai dizzy and confused.

She had been in the organization for over a decade and had never met so many people.

Moreover, she was to attend Zheng Yi's uncle's birthday banquet, even though Zheng Yi's uncle had told her to dress simply.

But Zheng Yi wouldn't listen at all.

I dragged her to buy a whole bunch of clothes, and she picked out a black dress that looked very flamboyant.

On the day of the birthday banquet, Zheng Yi and his cousins ​​stood outside the door to greet the guests, with Xiao Ai closely following Zheng Yi's side.

She felt she didn't belong here.

She always felt lost and helpless when she was with those people; she had never relied on Zheng Yi like this before.

"I never expected you to come back to China."

“With Japan’s economy in such a slump, of course I have to come back to save Japan,” Masakazu said.

Ooka Momiji looked at Masakazu strangely.

You weren't like this when you were a child.

"Very ambitious," Hongye replied awkwardly.

Shoichi, holding Ai's hand, said, "This is Ooka Momiji, call her 'older sister'."

"Sister." Ai stepped forward and called out softly and sweetly.

"Who is she?" Hongye asked.

"Ai Haibara, my father's illegitimate daughter."

“If your uncle knew you were slandering him like this, he would definitely be angry,” Hongye said.

Zheng Yi was looking at the red leaves indifferently.

Anyway, he's still in jail, so he can slander us all he wants.

Even Zheng Yi himself is desperately slandering others, let alone his father.

"Shall we have a karuta tournament after the banquet?" Hongye asked.

Zheng Yi shook his head: "Never mind, I've forgotten most of the things I liked when I was a kid, but you can play with Ai."

"Ai, this is Sister Kureha, I used to hold her when I was little," Masakazu whispered to Ai.

However, even though it was done secretly, the sound was still a bit loud.

You're only two years older than me, okay? We're childhood sweethearts, but you've made it sound like a junior and an elder.

“I held you when you were little too,” Hongye snorted.

Seeing that other guests had arrived, Hongye did not disturb Zhengyi and turned to walk into the banquet hall.

"Mr. Hattori, welcome, welcome."

Hattori Heizo smiled and said to Shoichi, "You must be Shoichi, I've heard so much about you."

"Just a minor reputation," Zheng Yi said nonchalantly.

It seems that my reputation for treating people sincerely has spread to Osaka.

The black chicken behind Hattori Heizo had been secretly observing Shoichi, seemingly trying to see through his true heart. After a brief chat, Hattori Heizo left.

Heiji still seemed reluctant to part with Shoichi, and kept looking back.

It was only after Hattori Heizo slapped Heiji that Heiji calmed down a bit.

Ai gradually adapted to the atmosphere here, and even mischievously said to Masakazu, "Don't you feel that those people are looking at you strangely?"

"Do I?" Zheng Yi didn't have that feeling.

"Have."

"But when I was in Tokyo, people looked at me no differently than they did at these other places," Masakazu said, puzzled.

Xiao Ai choked, not knowing what to say.

They stood outside the door for a long time before Zheng Yi and the others finally went inside.

The banquet hadn't started yet, and everyone was chatting in small groups.

He pushed Ai towards Momiji so that Ai and Momiji could play together, and then he went with his uncle to discuss business matters.

The person Sumitomo Taro recommended to Masakazu was the manager of the largest newsstand in the Osaka area.

However, the way this person was looking at Yutaro was very strange.

They seemed reluctant to give face to this bigwig from the Sumitomo Group.

However, Zheng Yi didn't care.

When he conducts business, he never relies on his status as a member of the Sumitomo Group, but rather on his sincerity.

“Mr. Takahashi, I am Shoichi Sumitomo.”

Upon hearing the name Shoichi, Takahashi didn't even bother to give him a friendly look.

Good, good, good. We will not yield to the powerful and wealthy.

This is the kind of person I like the most.

Shoichi continued, "I've started a newspaper, and I'm planning to..."

"Forget about it. Not to mention that we have signed exclusive agency agreements with the Osaka Nichi Nichi Shimbun and several other major national newspapers."

"Even if it weren't for the fact that I don't own a newspaper from the Sumitomo Group," Hashimoto said angrily.

Not only did he not accept Zhengyi's sincerity, he also said maliciously, "And I will contact other news stores to make sure your news doesn't sell in Osaka!"

He placed a glass of juice on the table and looked at Takahashi with an unfriendly expression.

OK OK.

This is no longer as simple as refusing to submit to the powerful and wealthy.

This guy simply harbors malice towards the Sumitomo Group.

This left Zheng Yi somewhat confused.

Is this still Osaka?

It's insane that someone would dare say something like that in Osaka.

There was no need to talk to this guy anymore. Masakazu approached Sumitomo Taro and said, "Uncle, I have some friends in Osaka. Could you please invite them to your birthday banquet as well?"

“Of course,” Sumitomo Taro said.

It's a banquet, so a few more people won't matter.

As long as they're not here to cause trouble, that's fine.

"Okay." Zheng nodded.

After obtaining his uncle's permission, Zhengyi sent an email to Xiaolan.

[It's my uncle's birthday today, do you want to come over? My uncle really wants to see my friends in Tokyo. — Zheng Yi]

"But this is so sudden, we didn't prepare a gift. —Xiao Lan"

"It's alright, your arrival is the best gift. Give me your address, and I'll send a car to pick you up. —Zhengyi"

He put down his phone with a blank expression.

Even though he was so sincere, Takahashi remained unmoved.

Since you won't accept sincerity, then accept the truth.

　By the way, I'm reserving the guaranteed monthly tickets for the godfathers in August.

　　I can try to break into the new book charts next month.

　　Fanfiction needs more data to climb the new book charts than original works, I'm begging for your support, my godfather!!!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)