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

Sonori Seiba.

The first case in the original work appears to involve just an ordinary wealthy man.

However, the later revised version confirms that this person is already considered to be among the zaibatsu (financial conglomerates). After all, someone who can be a guest in the Suzuki family and be personally received by the Suzuki couple is enough to show that his status is not low.

Perhaps far inferior to the Suzuki family, but at least a third-rate conglomerate!

So...

What we need to determine now is: where is the plot at?

If the day of the incident is still far off, then I need to plan carefully how to gain as much benefit as possible from it while completing the organization's mission.

money?

That's so low-class!

Now that he has joined the dark organization, he will likely not lack money in the future, so what he values ​​most now is how to build his own power.

If this mission is planned well, taking over some of the Seiba family's businesses and developing some of their own manpower is what Lin Mo really wants to do.

At this moment, Lin Mo was sitting on the tatami mat, eating breakfast while constantly thinking.

Ten minutes later.

After Lin Mo finished eating the bread and drinking the last sip of milk, he finally had a preliminary idea.

In this island nation, people who have just moved into a new house will buy small gifts to visit their neighbors.

Before Conan shrinks and the timeline gets messed up, I should first confirm the timeline.

Followed by.

He opened the file folder that Vodka had given him, intending to familiarize himself with his new identity.

Ono Mo, a native of Sapporo, Hokkaido!

It just so happens that the original owner's mother was a Chinese woman, and her surname happened to be Lin. Vodka did something for him and thoughtfully changed the original owner's surname to his mother's.

therefore……

When introducing someone to the public, Lin Mo's name does not need to be changed.

Yes, that's great!

It seems that Vodka really put a lot of effort into preparing this file.

After briefly reviewing this rather bland file, it was discovered that besides a university professor with whom the original owner had a slightly better relationship, there was only a childhood friend and a former colleague.

There are probably a dozen or so other people I'm acquainted with!

But they were almost all former colleagues and casual acquaintances, the kind of people you could just say hello to when you meet them, which actually made Lin Mo feel a little relieved.

only.

For some reason, Lin Mo felt that the names of these three people who were on good terms with the original owner were somewhat familiar.

Although not a member of the main cast, they are most likely just minor characters in the story.

But never mind!

They would most likely never cross paths in this lifetime, so Lin Mo simply memorized the information and then took out his identity documents.

Driver's license, health insurance certificate, resident certificate, household registration transcript, company seal, and employee ID.

Haha, that's quite a complete set!

He didn't know whether the original owner was alive or dead, and of course he didn't care, because he knew the organization would definitely handle it cleanly.

After memorizing the information, he took out five stacks of banknotes from the file folder.

They were all 10,000 yen notes, one stack of which contained 100 notes, totaling 5 million yen.

Lin Mo casually tossed the four stacks of paper into his bedside table, took the million yuan with him, went out, bought some small gifts in the surrounding area, and then began visiting his neighbors one by one.

Finally, carrying two bottles of sake, he went straight to the Mori family's house!

Lin Mo knocked on the door, and Xiao Lan opened it.

"Who are you?"

"I'm a new neighbor who moved in right next door. I just happened to have some time to visit you today."

Seeing Xiaolan's puzzled expression, Lin Mo smiled and explained his purpose: "When I visited other neighbors, I heard that Mr. Mori likes alcohol, so this is just a small gift."

Upon learning Lin Mo's purpose, Xiao Lan quickly invited him inside.

"Dad, we have guests!"

After Xiaolan briefly explained the situation, Kogoro Mouri coughed, came out from behind his desk, and exchanged a few pleasantries with Lin Mo.

Especially after seeing the sake Lin Mo brought, their gaze towards Lin Mo became even more amiable.

Only Xiaolan was not very willing.

After all, she had already started to control how often her father drank, and now Kogoro Mouri had clearly caught him again. However, she certainly couldn't say these things now, since Lin Mo's visit was well-intentioned, and she was too embarrassed to talk to Lin Mo about these things.

Followed by.

After Xiaolan brought the tea, they started chatting.

Relying on his experience as a salesperson in his previous life, Lin Mo finally learned that Xiao Lan would be participating in the Kanto National High School Karate Tournament three days later; in the original work, Shinichi Kudo received the case on that day and solved it that same night.

Three days?

Although time is a bit tight, as long as the plan is good enough, I can still squeeze out some benefits.

An hour later, Lin Mo said goodbye and left.

After all, we've only just met, and frankly, we're strangers, so it's not appropriate to stay together for too long.

"Mr. Lin Mo, are you really free in three days?"

"Don't worry, I usually work from home, so my schedule is quite flexible. I'll definitely be there to cheer you on!"

The Mori Detective Agency, downstairs.

Xiao Lan couldn't help but ask, and Lin Mo gave her an accurate answer.

Then.

After saying goodbye, Lin Mo immediately returned home and used his access to the Dark Organization to investigate the Seiyu family's information.

Three real estate companies, one foreign trade company, two large amusement parks, nineteen luxury apartment buildings, one electronics company, one financial investment company, and one private museum.

The family's total assets amount to approximately 137 billion green dollars!

Converted to Japanese yen, that's about 1.42 trillion!

Intelligence from within the dark organization revealed that this was merely a third-rate conglomerate that had just entered the ranks of chaebols. Yet, Lin Mo was already envious of its enormous assets.

Holy crap...

If a mere third-rate zaibatsu can amass such enormous assets, what about the truly top-tier zaibatsu in Japan?

Lin Mo subconsciously checked the organization's internal intelligence system. Second-tier zaibatsu such as Suzuki, Yotsubi, and Tomizawa might only be three to five times wealthier than the Seiba family, but what was terrifying was that their core businesses were all in vital industries such as energy, food import and export, and heavy machinery.

The methods and influence of truly top-tier conglomerates are even more terrifying.

In these types of conglomerates, commerce is merely an auxiliary component; the core assets of the family are various positions and the power in core departments that can be inherited.

Like the Odagiri family in Tokyo, Toshiro Odagiri is the head of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police Department, holding the rank of Superintendent General.

He is the clan chief!

He also has seven or eight brothers and sisters, who occupy key positions in the courts, prosecutors' offices, and administrative offices.

More importantly, unlike positions such as members of parliament and prime minister who are elected, these positions are almost all hereditary!

The Ooka and Hattori families in Kansai, the Hakuba family in Kanto, and so on, are almost all among the top financial groups.

This only includes the National Police Agency; in addition, there are the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and other sectors, almost all of which are occupied by three to five top-tier conglomerates.

The standard for identifying a top-tier conglomerate is the ability to wield real power in a particular department.

The truly top-tier conglomerates need to start by occupying more than 40% of key positions in three or more crucial departments to be considered truly powerful.

As for characters like Shiratori Ninzaburo from the original work, the official explanation for his choice to become a policeman was that he liked the profession. In reality, it was because the Shiratori family had accumulated enough wealth that they were arranging for the next generation to strive for advancement.

Lin Mo was dumbfounded by this way of doing things in the island nation!

Take the Metropolitan Police Department, which is most familiar to the Conan world, for example. If you join the non-professional group, you start as a patrol officer and your highest career goal is to become a patrol chief. If you take the national civil service exam to become a patrol chief, your highest career goal is to become a police inspector.

Only by participating in the Category 1 national examination can one be hired as a police inspector and have the opportunity to continue moving up the ranks.

But, similarly.

Reaching the rank of Inspector is the pinnacle of one's career. As for the higher rank of Inspector, only those with family support and a willingness to exchange resources, like Shiratori, have a chance to rise to that position.

Of course.

If you can join a faction, there's a chance someone will be willing to support you.

But no matter which path you choose, the superintendent rank is the highest.

From the superintendent of police upwards, almost all promotions are predetermined.

Unless a family runs into trouble, if there are no vacancies, even if you are a genius, it won't make a difference.

Just like Conan's good friend Heiji Hattori, he doesn't need to make any effort at all. As long as he graduates from university and takes the national civil service exam, he can pass even if he does poorly. After joining the Osaka Police Department, he doesn't need to make any effort either.

Once he reaches his forties and his father retires, he is the shoo-in for the next Osaka Prefectural Police Chief and Superintendent.

"Oh well, never mind!"

"There's no point in looking at this; let's get down to business first."

"Teru Yamazaki, I've found you!"