Detective Conan: Becoming a Zaibatsu - Starting with Joining the Winery

Lin Mo spoke, his tone low and somber.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Suzuki Shiro.

Having read the original work, he naturally knew that Suzuki Shiro wanted to join forces with the Tomizawa family, although in the original work Ayako and Tomizawa Yuzo were only engaged and did not actually hold a wedding ceremony or anything like that...

But what's the reason?

Looking at the chaotic Tomizawa family, Lin Mo really couldn't understand what the Suzuki family valued about them.

Is it really as some netizens imagine, that the Suzuki family wants to quietly swallow up the Tomizawa family?

amount.

It's unlikely!

Unlike other conglomerates, the Suzuki family's rise to power was relatively recent.

He had also seen the basic structure of the Suzuki family on the organization's internal network. The Suzuki family had only risen to prominence in the last fifty or sixty years. In other words, the Suzuki family only began to emerge slowly after the Karasuma Zaibatsu retired...

Shiro Suzuki's generation had five siblings.

The one who truly held power was indeed Shiro Suzuki, contrary to some netizens' speculations that Tomoko Suzuki held power and Shiro Suzuki was a son-in-law.

While Tomoko Suzuki does control the internal management of the conglomerate, Shiro Suzuki actually holds all the real major decisions, future development directions, and even the Suzuki family's hidden influence in his own hands.

The Suzuki family...

Besides Shiro Suzuki, Jikichiro Suzuki, the so-called advisor, is actually a core member of the Suzuki family, even though he is outwardly enthusiastic about traveling the world.

According to internal information from the Black Organization, Suzuki Jikichiro was a vanguard general who directly controlled the Suzuki family's underground forces and was responsible for developing overseas power for the Suzuki family.

no way!

Island nations are too small.

It's difficult for the Suzuki family to expand further in Japan, since there are so many high-level positions available.

and so.

In recent years, the core of the Suzuki family's development has actually been in other overseas regions. In order to prevent the Suzuki family's investments from going down the drain, Suzuki Jikichiro would go there in advance to scout out the potential investments before making any actual decisions.

Only after ensuring political stability, smoothing things over with key figures, and establishing a certain amount of covert support will the Suzuki family's real investment proceed!

The other two brothers and one sister of the Suzuki family, although they did not appear in the original work, are also the true core of the Suzuki family in the real world today.

One of the three is in the Cabinet Personnel Office, and the other two are in the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and they hold quite high positions!

Yes.

If the Tomizawa family relied on the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to build their current industry, then the Suzuki family's true reliance was on the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and their brother who was admitted to the Cabinet Personnel Department.

Although the position they achieved in the Personnel Department wasn't very high, the foundation laid by these three individuals still shaped the Suzuki family into what it is today!

Strictly speaking...

The Suzuki family's heritage is rather weak these days!

The core reason is that there are too few people, especially the young people of Sonoko's generation. The main branch, Suzuki Shiro, only has two daughters, and his other siblings also have few children. Suzuki Tsuyoshiro doesn't even have a child.

Given the Suzuki family's current situation, their concern isn't about development, but rather how to solidify their current power and position. There's absolutely no need for them to swallow up the so-called Tomizawa family.

Even if we manage to take it down, we won't be able to eat it!

In this respect, he is actually the same as Lin Mo.

Although Lin Mo's business is booming, it has actually reached its limit, and he still has too few trustworthy people.

Even if the Tomizawa family were given to him now, he wouldn't have any trusted confidants to take over!

We can't exactly hire a professional manager, can we?

You can't trust me, okay?

If they really try to implement professional management, it might not be long before they just swallow it up themselves.

and so.

The problem hindering Lin Mo's development is not a lack of ability, but rather a lack of manpower to take over the industries. If he tries to swallow too many industries and can't digest them all, he will eventually burst his own belly.

This is why Lin Mo has to marry many women and have each of them have children.

To preserve these industries, the next generation must have a larger population!

Even if these heirs fight amongst themselves, it's still much better than having their hard-earned businesses swallowed up by outsiders.

The Suzuki family is the same!

The family business had already expanded considerably, but the next generation was not large enough; it would be good enough if they could maintain the current size of the Suzuki family.

If we were to forcibly take over the Tomizawa family, but there were no people willing to take over, it wouldn't really make much sense!

When a person's strength is exhausted...

This world is too big for anyone to have all of it!

It's not that I lack ability, but that my belly is too small.

If they forcibly swallow too many industries and can't digest them, then problems will definitely arise when the next generation takes over. This may be why the organization's boss doesn't care about the industries and is willing to support these senior cadres.

Yes!

Since you can't eat that much yourself, why not share it with your allies?

Make a good sale.

From now on, we can all become allies in offense and defense!

So, now...

Lin Mo didn't believe that Suzuki Shiro had any intention of taking over the Tomizawa family. On the contrary, he believed that Suzuki Shiro genuinely wanted to find a good husband for Ayako.

After all, on the surface, Tomizawa Yuzo is indeed quite good!

Although she has a somewhat soft and mild personality, overall, Ayako is indeed able to live a good life after marrying into the family.

But, unfortunately.

Tomizawa Yuzo's appearance is a facade; in reality, he is a cold and venomous snake. Ayako might not have a good life if she married him!

in contrast.

Lin Mo felt that if Ayako married into the Suzuki family, the Suzuki family wouldn't have any objections, but Tomizawa Yuzo would most likely have his eyes on the Suzuki family!

"The Tomizawa family..."

"Tomizawa Tetsuji is still following the same path as the Koizumi family."

"Logically speaking, the Tomizawa family has quite a lot of assets, and with three children plus an illegitimate child, it should be more than enough for them to divide among themselves."

"On the contrary, it is only through mutual support and assistance among brothers that the Tomizawa family can remain stable."

"But even if we win this internal strife, what good will it do?"

"It was foreseeable that the Tomizawa family, which had been embroiled in internal strife, would fall from grace."

"If other zaibatsu get involved, it's uncertain how much business the Tomizawa family will have left, and they might even fall from the zaibatsu level."

"What a pity!"

Kogoro Mouri put down the intelligence report in his hand and couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

Shiro Suzuki nodded.

Yes!

Situations like the Tomizawa family's may be common in movies and TV dramas, but in reality, they are not very common.

Take the Suzuki family for example. Sonoko inherited the Suzuki family, and Ayako wouldn't even try to take it over.

The other brothers' children wouldn't fight over it either, because everyone has their own share.

The eldest brother's position at the Personnel Institute will be inherited by his children in the future, and his younger sister's position at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare will also eventually be inherited by someone else's children.

Ayako has high aspirations, while the Suzuki family is too stable.

She wanted to find a husband with a gentle personality so she could start over and prove her abilities and courage.

Sonoko has a gentle and easygoing personality, which is why she chose to inherit the Suzuki family business.

It was for this reason that he chose Tomizawa Yuzo.

But, unexpectedly.

Lin Mo's intelligence report disrupted his plans.

Shiro Suzuki sighed.

"What a pity, what a pity!"

"How could Tomizawa Yuzo be such a person?"

"Why!"