Conan: Detectives and Dogs Are Not Allowed

"Manager Tiaoye, your coffee is amazing! Excuse me, how did you come up with these creative special blends?" A man in a suit asked with a smile, his eyes full of curiosity.

Taro Tiaoye glanced at the slightly pretentious customer and answered casually: "Actually, there is nothing special. I just tinkered with it and thought the taste was okay, so I sold it."

Through Xiaobai's hint, Taro Tiaoye already knew that the man in the suit was a peripheral member of a certain organization.

But he was not worried that his coffee formula would be cracked by the organization. After all, if it could be easily analyzed, he would just give up.

Seeing that the man in the suit seemed not satisfied with the answer, Taro Tiaoye took the initiative to suggest: "If you are really interested, you can buy some coffee beans and try it yourself. Even if you make it according to the standard method, the taste is similar to our special blend."

"Really?" The man in the suit's eyes lit up and asked quickly, "How much is the price?"

"5,000 yen per pound." Taro Tiaoye raised a sly smile at the corner of his mouth.

"So expensive?!" The man in the suit was shocked. This price was far beyond his expectations. You know, most coffee beans on the market are below 1,000 yen. After all, the cost of a cup of coffee mainly lies in rent and equipment.

"Haha, you will know after buying it and tasting it. Haven't you already tasted the taste of our coffee?" Jyouno Taro continued his sales pitch.

The man in the suit bargained to no avail, and tried to reduce the purchase amount: "That's right, then give me some, can I buy half a pound?"

Taro Jouno shook his head and said firmly: "No, I have packed them by pound, and the minimum purchase is one pound."

The man in the suit hesitated for a moment, and then thought of Gin's order, and finally took out 5,000 yen from his wallet, "Give me one pound, Manager Jouno. Can you tell me the purchase price of these coffee beans?"

Taro Jouno rejected the question without hesitation, "Purchase price? That's my business secret, I can't tell you."

"Okay." The man in the suit handed over the money and asked casually, "Manager Jouno, do you know why Detective Maori upstairs is not here today? I wanted to ask him for something, but no one answered the door after knocking for a long time."

Taro Jouno blinked, thinking that now the members of the organization are so direct when asking for information? However, he still told the other party the information he knew, "I don't know much about it. The uncle likes to play ping-pong, bet on horses, etc., and his whereabouts are uncertain. If you have a commission, it's best to call the office in advance to make an appointment."

"So that's how it is. Thank you, Manager Tiaoye." After thanking him, the man in the suit saw Tiaoye Taro take out three bags of coffee beans, and a puzzled expression appeared on his face, "What is this?"

Tiaoye Taro smiled slightly, "These three bags are used to make bitter black coffee, hypnotic latte and lonely caramel latte. Which one do you want?"

The man in the suit looked at Tiaoye Taro's smile and always felt that this guy was like a cunning old fox, "Do you have to separate them?"

"Of course, after all, these are coffee beans that can produce such a unique flavor. If you confuse the method and can't make that unique flavor, don't come to me~" Tiaoye Taro smiled very brightly.

After some entanglement, the man in the suit thought that the money was paid by the organization anyway, so it should be reimbursed. So, he took out another 10,000 yen and bought all three kinds of coffee beans.

After sending the man in the suit away with a smile, Taro Jouno found that Azusa Enomoto was looking at him with strange eyes.

"What's wrong?" Taro Jouno asked with a puzzled look.

"Manager, you are too cunning. You sell coffee beans so expensively and don't allow them to be sold in bulk." Azusa Enomoto looked at Taro Jouno with the eyes of a profiteer, and his impression of him changed.

Before, I thought that this young manager was useless except for providing unique coffee beans, and he couldn't even make coffee well. Now it seems that he has a good business mind.

Taro Jouno laughed and explained, "It's called 'three years of no business, three years of profit after opening'. How many people would spend so much money on coffee beans? I think he must have other purposes."

Azusa Enomoto nodded and was a little confused by the behavior of the man in the suit: "That man is indeed a bit strange."

"Don't worry about him," Taro Jouno waved his hand, "I guess he wants to find our supplier by studying coffee beans, and then open his own coffee shop. Someone has ordered 500 kilograms of coffee beans from me before, and the price is also 5,000 yen per kilogram. I don't have to worry about the turnover for half a year."

"Ah?" Azusa Enomoto was stunned for a moment, and quickly calculated in her mind and came up with a result of 2.5 million. This is her 10-month salary! Someone would actually spend so much money on coffee beans?In addition to being surprised, Azusa Enomoto was more relieved. After all, a customer had died in the store before, which had a significant impact on the business. Until today, the business has gradually returned to its former bustle, and she was worried that the store would go bankrupt.

With this large order, coupled with the gradually recovering customer flow, the coffee shop should be able to operate stably.

Taro Jouno noticed the rich changes in the expression on Azusa Enomoto's face and probably guessed her thoughts. So he joked: "Don't be too happy too early, I used the money to make the same doll as Xiaobai. The store still depends on Miss Xiaozi's hard work."

Azusa Enomoto was shocked when she heard this and complained: "Manager, you are too messy! How many dolls did you order?"

"Not many, just 1,000." Taro Jouno responded with a smile.

"So many! How can we sell them all?" Azusa Enomoto exclaimed. She almost took back her previous evaluation that Taro Jouno had a business mind.

"Don't worry, I have a good plan." Taro Jouno said confidently.

...

After leaving the Poirot Coffee Shop, the man in the suit did not leave immediately, but continued to explore information about Taro Jouno and Kogoro Mori nearby. After some collection, he edited a text message and sent it out.

At the same time, Gin was learning disguise techniques with Vermouth, mainly how to cleverly stick on fake eyebrows.

Suddenly, his mobile phone vibrated, and he picked up the phone and looked at it, and his face instantly became more gloomy.

After a little thought, he replied to a message.

"What's wrong?" Vermouth asked curiously.

Gin didn't want to explain more, but considering that he was currently asking for help from Vermouth, he still explained briefly with a dark face: "It's nothing serious, it's just that an external member I sent out actually asked me to reimburse 15,000 yen, saying that he bought three pounds of coffee beans to get information." Vermouth heard this and couldn't help but feel a little funny, "You agree?" "Well, after all, he works for the organization." Gin nodded, but then showed a hint of a grin, "But I don't like this person very much, find a time to get rid of him." Vermouth didn't want to continue this topic, so he shifted his attention: "What are the results of the investigation?" "I suspect I got the wrong target. That guy has been in the horse racing field today, not where I originally thought." Gin said unhappily. "Ah Qiu~" Maori Kogoro, who was reviewing why he lost so badly in horse racing today, sneezed, completely unaware that he had escaped.