For Fang Zheng, dealing with Fenghu Kyosuke was just a piece of cake. After that, he returned to his work - after all, business was very busy recently.

“You’re doing great.”

Looking at the contract and report in his hands, Fang Zheng nodded with satisfaction and looked at Mingmei in front of him.

"Thanks a lot."

"It's OK. As you said, Mr. Fang Zheng, any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem... But I originally wanted to acquire a few American companies..."

"Don't worry about their life or death."

Fang Zheng certainly knew why Ming Mei specifically mentioned this to him. Ever since he issued that declaration in front of the world, the US stock market has fallen directly, and the Nasdaq is even more miserable. Not only that, although the US government said that they would do everything in their power to fight those evil terrorists, the guerrilla warfare supported by Fang Zheng still made them exhausted. Apart from anything else, I can blow up your trucks and railways, which is enough to stagnate your economic circulation. Once the economic circulation stagnates, your America will not be far from being finished.

Therefore, many companies now have plans to withdraw from the United States, and many multinational companies are planning to move their headquarters to Asia or Europe.

After all, no one wants the cruise ship or plane they are on to be suddenly blown up one day, right?

Although the US government had sent people to various channels to try to find the mysterious Fang Zheng, Fang Zheng did not respond at all. His attitude was simple: no negotiation, no compromise, and he would not stop until he killed you. If you have the ability, then drop a nuclear bomb. If you can get a nuclear bomb out of North America, I will lose.

Anyway, I have burned more than one, two, three, or four North Americas, so why should I be afraid of N+1? I want to be the final boss of this world, and no one can stop me.

Because of this, people and capital are fleeing the United States. Although the United States has increased security checks at airports, it is useless. Fang Zheng directly arranged for those people to use ground-to-air rockets to bombard passenger planes. And they only hit domestic flights. After all, the United States is half paralyzed without planes, and then bombing railways and destroying trucks.

This also made the US representative furious and he denounced these terrorists at the UN General Assembly for having no bottom line and no respect for human rights. However, Fang Zheng turned a deaf ear to this and said, "I don't care about human rights. It's as if you respected some conventions when you invaded other countries, and now you are asking for human rights conventions when it hits you?"

Dream on.

Besides, in Fang Zheng’s eyes, Americans are not considered human beings and are not worthy of enjoying the treatment of the Human Rights Convention.

“Our main business will be in Asia next, and then Europe.”

Fang Zheng pointed at the contract in his hand and looked at Mingmei.

"The focus should be on real estate. We should control more plots of land, with good locations, but also the bad ones. We should take over those suburban areas if we can. Even if American companies move here, their choices are limited. It would be more convenient to trade with them if we have some land."

"Okay, any questions?"

"Let's find some assistants."

"assistant?"

"That's right."

Seeing Mingmei looking at him in surprise, Fang Zheng shrugged.

"You can't do everything yourself. Xiao Ai has protested to me many times, saying that you are too busy to go home. Besides, these are just ordinary business processes. It doesn't matter who does it."

"Is it really okay? Doesn't it need to be kept secret?"

Hearing this, Mingmei was more or less surprised. After all, she came from the Black Organization, so she was used to the confidentiality of the organization. So after coming to Fangzheng, Mingmei subconsciously felt that this place might also need to be kept confidential like the Black Organization, so she basically did everything herself.

"Of course not. You see, we have two maids at home. What is there to keep secret? You don't need to keep secrets. For now, you just need to live your own lives. Look how much Ai enjoys her elementary school life. You should also relax. Let's go out some other time. Although it's not easy to go abroad now, we can go to the mountains and forests, or hot spring hotels, or isolated islands on the beach... Oh, yes, you remind me. Let's buy a private island. We can go to the island for vacation in the future, and we don't have to worry about running into some elementary school student who will ruin our mood."

"no problem."

Mingmei also smiled and nodded. In fact, she thought about it carefully and found that it was true. Although her job was important, it was only important within the general business scope. Fang Zheng had never asked her to do work like she did in the Black Organization that could not be known to outsiders.

Like robbing a bank or something...

"Ding-ling-ling..."

At this moment, Fang Zheng's cell phone rang. He glanced at the phone and then gestured to Ming Mei, who nodded and left the office. Then Fang Zheng picked up the phone.

"Hello? Xiaolan? It's so rare for you to call me. What's the matter?"

"Um... Mr. Fang Zheng, excuse me, do you have time? I have something I want to discuss with you..."

"Of course."

It was rare for Xiaolan to call him, so Fang Zheng naturally accepted the invitation. When he arrived at the agreed coffee shop, he found that not only Xiaolan, but also Conan and Sonoko were there...

After that, Fang Zheng also learned the situation from them. Yesterday, Xiaolan and Yuanzi almost had a car accident on the way, and the driver was a lady named Yoshino Chie. She said that she was not feeling well, so she drove improperly and almost got into an accident. Of course, these are not important. The important thing is that Xiaolan heard from Ms. Yoshino Chie that she recently bought a 100 million yuan insurance, and although her husband seemed to be very kind and caring to Ms. Yoshino Chie on the surface, some details made Xiaolan feel that the husband did not seem to like Ms. Yoshino Chie as much as he showed.

"I see."

Fang Zheng put down the coffee in his hand and looked at Xiaolan.

"So you suspect that the other party is trying to kill Ms. Chie Yoshino in order to defraud insurance, right?"

"Um……"

Hearing Fang Zheng's answer, Xiaolan nodded somewhat depressed, and Yuanzi also spoke hurriedly.

"It could also be due to shoddy workmanship during the renovation. I also said I would ask someone I know to come and inspect it."

"You want to cut corners, right?"

However, what Fang Zheng said next surprised Conan and Sonoko, while Xiaolan nodded.

"Well, as Mr. Fang Zheng said, if it's cutting corners... then it's fine, but if it's not..."

"That means Mr. Yoshino wanted to kill his wife, and he persuaded his wife to buy 100 million yuan in accident insurance. His motive is clear. In the eyes of outsiders, Mr. Yoshino's love for his wife may be just an illusion. In this way, even if Mrs. Yoshino died accidentally, no one would suspect that her husband killed her."

Hearing this, Conan also became excited.

"But we haven't figured out how he committed the crime yet. Although Xiaolan thinks that Mr. Yoshino deliberately used polluting materials to build the house, I think..."

"But you don't care about such trivial matters, right?"

However, Fang Zheng didn't care about Conan's words at all, but stared at Xiaolan.

"It doesn't matter what the modus operandi was. That's not what you're worried about, right?"

"Um……"

Hearing this, Xiaolan nodded again.

"I'm really scared. What if... my guess is correct? I don't know how to tell Mrs. Yoshino... She really loves her husband and hopes to live a happy life with her husband, and she is working hard for it. But if I tell her that her husband just wants to use her and try to kill her to get compensation, I don't know how sad Mrs. Yoshino will be..."

“…”

Hearing this, Conan opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. He originally thought that Xiaolan was worried about not being able to see through the criminal's criminal methods, but in fact... that was not the case.

This is the difference between men and women. Learn from it, kid.

Fang Zheng glanced at Conan. Women are emotional creatures after all, especially a kind-hearted girl like Xiaolan. She is not the same as you, a heartless reasoning geek.

"You have experienced many cases before, why do you have such thoughts?"

"Though I did follow Shinichi and Dad..."

Having said that, Xiaolan glanced at Conan quickly.

"I've been through a lot of cases, but how can I put it at that time... I felt like I was just a bystander. Indeed, I sometimes felt pain for the fate of those murderers, and I felt sorry and sad for the conflicts and misunderstandings between them, but I never knew that when I really stood in this position, the pressure would be so great..."

Having said that, Xiaolan clenched her fists and placed them on her chest.

"I'm so scared. If my reasoning is correct, then I will have ruined Mrs. Yoshino's happiness. But if I turn a blind eye to this, Mrs. Yoshino might also die. This kind of pressure is really great. I don't know what kind of mood Shinichi and the others are in when they solve the case... But I'm really scared. Should I tell Mrs. Yoshino? Should I call the police? Maybe I can talk to Mr. Yoshino and tell him that I have seen through his conspiracy and ask him to stop? I... I don't know what to do..."

"orchid……"

Looking at the troubled Xiaolan, Sonoko and Conan stopped talking at this time.

"very good."

However, Fang Zheng's answer surprised the three of them.

"very good?"

"That's right, Xiaolan, this shows that you have considered the problem from this perspective. The only question left is your belief."

"belief……?"

"That's right. In fact, detectives do have to see the truth, but they may not say it out loud. You have also experienced many cases, and you should know that many murderers have reasons to commit crimes. For example, the law cannot punish them, so they can only rely on themselves to take revenge... But what do you think? Do you think these people deserve it, or should they be let off?"

"I……"

"This is your belief, and it involves the question of what you want to protect. The police are the enforcers of the law, so they have to enforce the law regardless of right or wrong. Therefore, even if the murderer has many difficulties, as long as he breaks the law, he must be arrested. This has nothing to do with their own ideas. This is the duty of the police. However, the detective is not like this. As you said, you can hide it from Mrs. Yoshino, and then threaten Mr. Yoshino that you have seen through his tricks and ask him to stop. But is this really useful? Can this save Mrs. Yoshino's family and life?"

“…”

"Only you can find the answer to this question, but as for the method of committing the crime, I can tell you now."

"Eh? Really?"

Conan was shocked to hear this, because he knew Fang Zheng didn't like reasoning very much.

"Of course, this is actually very simple. You see, according to what you said, Mrs. Yoshino bought 100 million yuan in accident insurance. As for the insurance company, it is very enthusiastic when you pay the money, but it denies everything when you ask for the money. So according to what you said, Xiaolan, it is not only time-consuming and laborious, but also difficult for the insurance company to determine that it is within the compensation range. Since Mr. Yoshino is a salesperson of the insurance company, he must know this better than anyone else. So Xiaolan, the method you mentioned is actually very risky, and the insurance company is likely to refuse to pay on the grounds that it was not an accident."

"this……"

Hearing this, Conan was also stunned. He had originally thought that Fang Zheng would look for the crime from a different angle, but he didn't expect it to be from a business perspective - well, they really couldn't think of this angle.

After all, they are still students.

"So the simplest and most convenient way is a car accident. Considering that you said Mrs. Yoshino often feels dizzy and uncomfortable, and she needs to drive from here to Shizuoka for work, and the weather is hot... the probability of an accident is very high. I think it is very likely that the other party did something to the car."

"I see!"

Hearing this, Conan's eyes lit up.

"Xiaolan... Sister! Do you remember what Mrs. Yoshino said when we first met?"

"Well, she said that the weather has been hot and cold lately, and it's fine as long as you don't go to school or the weather is cool..."

Speaking of this, Xiaolan was also stunned for a moment.

"Could it be... the air conditioner?"

"Yes, he must have sprayed some toxic substance on the car's air conditioner, which is why Mrs. Yoshino felt uncomfortable."

Conan nodded vigorously.

"Mrs. Yoshino also said that it's fine when she doesn't go to school or when the weather is cool, and she usually doesn't turn on the air conditioner in this kind of weather, so there won't be any problem. But when the weather is hot, she has to turn on the air conditioner, and then she will feel uncomfortable! Moreover, even if something unexpected happens, it will be difficult to detect the problem!"

"It looks like you've got your answer."

Looking at the expressions of the two people, Fang Zheng chuckled.

Next, let him see the result of the first collaboration between this pair of famous detectives.