Chapter 3162 3174 [See You Again]
But at the same time, Mayor Jincheng also knows that he must be more cautious: as an old man who can be considered successful and has rich social experience, he knows that public opinion is sometimes uncontrollable.
——This program may become a powerful tool to save the island, or it may kick it into the abyss, making this small island with so many cases never to recover.
So when signing the contract, he specifically wrote down his concerns in this regard: the production team must guide the direction of the program and whitewash the town's reputation, rather than just creating a topic and making the reputation of this place worse.
If such a thing really happened, the compensation he received would be enough to make up for some of his losses.
"That TV station has deep roots in Kyushu and extensive connections. Many lawyers in the industry have dealt with them."
Mayor Jincheng crossed his fingers and said to the "Lawyer Shirai" in front of him, "So I specially invited you from another place. I hope you can pretend to be my family's servant and help me see if they have fulfilled their promise. The terms and conditions are very detailed. If I just find someone randomly, I'm afraid he won't be able to do the job."
Curacao nodded, looking very professional and dedicated, but in her heart, she didn't care about this so-called program at all, let alone the future of the island.
She was concerned about only one thing - the "treasure" lost in the mayor's house.
When it was first lost, the organization sent people to look for it, but unfortunately nothing was found.
Originally, Rum was about to give up, but recently, new news suddenly came out from the island.
…
After a brief moment of distraction, Curacao raised her head again and looked at the mayor of Jincheng without revealing any flaws. She pushed up her glasses on the bridge of her nose like a reliable and serious lawyer, and asked in a gentle voice: "What kind of program is it? I also need to see the terms and conditions."
Mayor Jincheng took the folder that he had prepared long ago and handed it to her.
Curacao glanced at the thick stack of documents, secretly shook her head, and was speechless about the mayor's fuss - this old man was quite cautious. Not only did he hire a lawyer from another place, he also refused to tell her the details before Curacao arrived. He insisted on waiting until they signed a confidentiality agreement before he was willing to meet with her.
Fortunately, she is not a real lawyer. Otherwise, if she encountered such a client, things would be...
Um?
Looking at the opened documents, Curacao's wandering thoughts came to an abrupt halt.
The next moment, she blurted out: "A detective show?!"
"That's right." Mayor Jincheng laughed, with a sly smile. He twirled his civilized Western-style beard:
"Those tourists are afraid of corpses and crimes, so they are unwilling to travel to my island. Now is the information age, no matter how I cover it up, the news has already spread. As long as tourists search for travel guides before traveling, they will know that not only are crimes frequent on this island, but there has also been a shriveled and terrifying unidentified corpse, and the origin of this corpse is still unclear."
"So now that things have come to this, why not just change our thinking and target a different group? As long as we find those tourists who have an adventurous spirit, are not afraid of corpses, and are interested in various mysteries, wouldn't the various difficulties facing the island now be easily solved?"
"In addition, the police have not yet confirmed the identity of the newly discovered unidentified body, let alone found the murderer. This is actually a hidden danger - if the murderer is not caught, even those who like difficult cases may not dare to come for their own safety."
"At a time like this, inviting a few well-known detectives to participate in the show can not only use their fame to attract guests, but also allow them to solve this recent case and resolve a security risk - it's killing two birds with one stone."
Successful people always like to share their experiences of success, and sometimes they will talk endlessly when talking about similar topics.
Curacao was in no mood to listen to the old man's bragging. In the past, when things reached this point, she would have already been distracted while listening.
But this time, she heard it all, and couldn't help but feel her hair stand on end.
"'Find tourists who have an adventurous spirit, are not afraid of corpses, and are interested in various mysteries'... Oh, you stupid guy, do you know what you will attract by following this standard?"
Curacao sighed in his heart:
"Fortunately, the show hasn't aired yet and Uzo hasn't seen it, otherwise if he had been attracted to it..."
"Hmm? Wait."
Thinking of this, an innocent lawyer who often encountered the "famous detective Jiang Xia" suddenly felt a sharp shock in his heart: "This old man said he wanted to hire a detective to help him promote his program. Could it be that the person he invited was..."
She grabbed the stack of information, and with a flick of her fingertips, she flipped through the pages faster than loading a gun, and finally found the list of invitees.
When he unfolded it, Curacao's heart, which had been hanging in the air, fell back to the ground with a thud.
——A list of famous detectives’ names was displayed, but Jiang Xia’s name was not among them.
Curacao slowly let out a sigh of relief, leaned back in his chair somewhat exhausted, and gave up the idea of leaving on the spot: "I really scared myself..."
Mayor Jincheng looked at her with some confusion: Although Curacao managed his facial expressions quite well and his panic was not reflected too much in his actions, as an old man who had seen countless people, he still felt that the lawyer's behavior just now was a bit strange.
"What's wrong?" He glanced at the document in Curacao's hand, "Is there anyone you know in it?"
“No.” Curacao always felt that this conversation was familiar, but fortunately, this time, the ending was different from the past. That ghost-like Uzo finally…
"Ms. Shirai?"
A voice so familiar that it was engraved into one's DNA came from outside the door. Its gentleness carried a hint of joy and friendliness of meeting an acquaintance.
“?!”
The voice clearly did not have any offensive intent, but Curacao felt a numbing sensation all over her body as if an electric shock had passed through her. She widened her eyes as if she had seen a ghost, turned around quickly, and then discovered in despair that her hearing had not deceived her - the person who had just greeted her was indeed the face she least wanted to see.
Looking at Jiang Xia standing in the corridor and waving at her happily, Curacao was speechless for a moment, and turned around slowly like an old robot.
She held the information in her hand and looked at the mayor of Jincheng. It took her a lot of willpower to finally maintain a polite smile: "Isn't Jiang Xia on this list?"
Mayor Jincheng laughed and said, "That was indeed the case at the beginning, but who made me lucky?"
(End of this chapter)
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