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"The second half of A Chinese Odyssey? I've watched it many times."
It's not that "A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella"... never mind, that's probably just another movie that only exists in my imagination.
"I'm sure she's the kind of woman who cheats people out of their feelings and then cheats them out of their money."
Gao Kui recited a line from "Just Another Pandora's Box," paused, and then said, "But she was very convincingly fake."
The strangeness revealed by Mai Shude was obvious to everyone, and Gao Kui could naturally see it too. The taxi driver thing was all a lie. This woman probably didn't have any malicious intent in contacting him, but she definitely had ulterior motives.
But so what?
The Dictionary of Evil states that evil is a necessary element of human evolution. This implies that hypocrisy is inherent in civilizations and societies composed of humans.
The hypocrisy of Jiu De Mai is completely different from that of Chen Mo Tong.
The former's "hypocrisy" still exists within the world. Gao Kui can clearly know that she is lying. Her falsehood is also part of civilization, society, and reality, just as chaos is also a kind of order.
Chen Motong's pretense is completely detached from the world, so illusory that Gao Kui cannot tell whether she is lying. She is an elusive part that is completely independent of reality and order.
Chapter 62 Fall
"Have you seen Stephen Chow's 'From Beijing with Love'? I really like a certain scene where Ling Lingqi comes to Hong Kong from the mainland and walks towards the Regent Hotel's front desk with a stylish and modern woman, seemingly chatting and laughing together."
When they finally reached the front desk, the fashionable woman greeted someone else instead. It turned out they had just happened to be walking together. Ling Lingqi's situation then took a dramatic turn, moving him from the Regent Hotel to the Regent Grand Hotel…
Don't we look like Ling Lingqi and Modern Girl from the movie right now?
Carrying a large number of Metersbonwe shopping bags, Gao Kui and Chen Motong walked through the revolving door into the most luxurious hotel in FZ City.
The dome is towering, at least seven or eight meters above the ground, and the crystal chandelier is blown into millions of crystal-clear scales, layered and pieced together to form the shape of a jellyfish.
The light emanating from within is cut and refracted by countless facets, like invisible waves surging, casting tiny, shimmering spots of light on the magnificent golden walls.
luxurious.
"How is that similar? The modern girl who flashed by in the movie, walked to the front with Stephen Chow, and that was the end of the scene. We still have a lot of scenes to film."
Transferring all the shopping bags to her other hand, Chen Motong naturally took Gao Kui's arm and headed straight for the hotel front desk: "We're looking for Mr. Raymond in room 666 on the 26th floor. He should have told you we'd be coming. Check the records."
If not, please inform Mr. Raymond now that a student from the Kassel Psychological Research Center is looking for him.
"Okay, I'll check the records for you..."
The receptionist greeted Chen Motong with a smile and used the computer to check the memo.
Bored, Gao Kui leaned against the counter and looked around, admiring the big-breasted, big-butt beauties coming and going in the hall. When he saw a blonde, blue-eyed foreign woman passing by, he immediately winked at her and said "Hi".
The blonde, blue-eyed foreign lady probably thought Gao Kui was quite handsome, so she gave him a flirty wink and replied "Hi." Just as she was about to walk up to Gao Kui and experience the exotic charm of the oriental boy, she saw Chen Motong, who was next to Gao Kui, turn around expressionlessly.
The older sister's face stiffened, probably out of shame, and she quickly pretended nothing had happened and hurriedly left.
"Am I interfering with your womanizing?"
Oh, considering your age and your face, you should be the one being hunted. If you go upstairs with her, you'll definitely be the one who suffers. She's not even as good as the taxi driver from before; at least that woman had long legs.
In anime/manga terms, how would you say it? "Legs to admire for years, right?"
Chen Motong still couldn't forget Jiu De Mai. Anyone who saw Jiu De Mai's beauty and hot figure would find it hard to forget her.
Except for Gao Kui.
"I just wanted to find the feeling of Ling Lingqi from the movie."
Gao Kui immediately forgot about Jiu De Mai and the blonde older sister and asked, "So, are you saying we can go up or not?"
Luxury hotels offer excellent protection for guests' privacy and security; some floors are off-limits without permission.
"Commissioner Raymond said he would come down immediately to pick us up."
Chen Motong pointed to the deserted private elevator on the right side of the lobby and said, "That should be the elevator. He will come out from that elevator later."
"how do you know?"
I've stayed at this hotel.
The Regent Hotel has a total of 28 floors. In addition to a lobby on the first floor, there is another lobby on the 20th floor specifically for guests staying in executive suites and above.
Residents of standard executive apartments who wish to access floors 26 and above need to take the elevator from the first floor to the 20th floor and transfer there. However, residents of floors 25 and above can use the dedicated elevator.
"This must be what they call a private elevator service. I've only ever heard of this in 'The Ultimate Playboy,' but now I've actually seen it for myself."
Gao Kui and Chen Motong walked side by side toward the private elevator, sighing with emotion: "Kassel College is really luxurious. A specialist can stay in a luxury suite in a five-star hotel while on a mission. I wonder if I will ever have such treatment in the future."
"Strictly speaking, Regent is not a true top-tier luxury hotel brand..."
Just as Chen Motong was about to explain the difference between the Regent and those top luxury hotels to Gao Kui, she thought about it and realized that Gao Kui probably wouldn't listen anyway, so she wisely stopped in time and nodded: "Kassel is indeed very wealthy."
Speaking of wealth, the Chen family is quite rich, but Chinese people believe in keeping their wealth hidden, even though the Chen family is considered a nouveau riche by many mixed-race families.
But no matter what, the Chen family's style of doing things is different from that of mixed-race families in the Western world, and they are far from being as extravagant and ostentatious as those families.
Among all the mixed-race forces in the Western world, Kassel certainly gives the impression of being the most wealthy and powerful, after all, Kassel has the support of the Secret Service, and its principal is the notorious old slut Angers.
The young men and women walked toward the private elevator, chatting and laughing.
While chatting casually with Chen Motong, Gao Kui stared at the floor number displayed at the elevator entrance, but his mind wandered off somewhere else, dreaming about the wonderful life after starting school.
Professor Guderian was right; the treatment of Kassel graduates is indeed comparable to that of the European Commissioner.
When the time comes, I'll definitely be like a fat, bloated pig, fiercely rooting into the trough in Kassel. Professor Guderian even said that Principal Angers led the way, pushing his front hooves right in.
26, 25, 24...
The numbers on the LCD screen change approximately every two or three seconds, which is the normal elevator speed. It only takes about one minute to go from the 26th floor to the 1st floor.
Starting from 19, the speed at which the numbers jumped suddenly increased by tens or even hundreds of times, from one jump every two or three seconds to three or four, or even five or six jumps per second, and then the speed at which the numbers jumped slowed down again starting from 7.
6, 5, 4...
The final number was -4.
A loud roar and alarm sounded from the elevator shaft, and everyone in the lobby panicked, even those who had no idea what was happening.
The front desk manager turned pale; his bonus for the year was definitely gone.
The malfunction and fall of the VIP elevator, even with the activation of safety devices such as speed limiters, brakes, and contactors, is still a huge scandal for Regent Hotel. Its competitors will certainly not miss the opportunity to kick it while it's down.
"The stairs, where are the stairs?"
Coming to their senses, Gao Kui and Chen Motong hurriedly searched their surroundings, then rushed towards the emergency staircase, carrying large bags and small packages, and ran downstairs.
This kind of sudden unexpected situation definitely needed to be reported. Chen Motong called Professor Guderian while running, feeling quite uneasy.
Is it because Mercury is in retrograde today?
You can take a shortcut through a small alley and end up in Nibelungen; you can take a taxi and encounter a female driver who almost outshines you; and when you finally arrive at the hotel, the person you meet there continues the elevator fall incident.
Chapter 63 Commissioner, you're not dead!
Fully armed hotel staff rushed to the bottom of the elevator shaft at a speed not much slower than Gao Kui and Chen Motong to rescue Commissioner Raymond, who had unfortunately crashed.
Several burly men in uniform surrounded the railing, carrying crowbars, hydraulic shears, and other tools that Gao Kui couldn't understand. They quickly pried open the elevator door and found that the car had fallen into a pit more than two meters lower than the bottom floor, and the car was deformed to some extent. They rushed down into the pit to rescue the people.
The hotel manager and other leaders gathered together, explaining the situation to the two with serious expressions. The hotel staff responsible for elevator maintenance were even more dizzy.
"Impossible. It's impossible for a VIP elevator to fall. I just had it inspected and maintained last week. The steel cables and traction wheels are in good condition. We just replaced them with new ones before the Lunar New Year."
Even if the steel cable breaks, there are still safety systems such as the brake system and speed governor. At this point, the elevator should be heading towards the top rather than falling. Even if it is falling, it should not fall all the way to the bottom; it should be stopped halfway down…
The staff member, sweating profusely, explained, "This is impossible, absolutely impossible! The Regent Hotel is not some unknown little brand."
As a top-tier international chain hotel, the Regent boasts top-notch security facilities in all aspects, especially considering that the hotel was only recently built.
On the one hand, this hotel uses the latest security technology. On the other hand, the wear and tear on those facilities is only just beginning, practically brand new.
Most safety systems failed to function, and the elevator was almost certain to plummet to the bottom, a possibility that was virtually zero.
Chen Motong handed the shopping bag to Gao Kui and, ignoring the staff's attempts to stop her, went to the elevator shaft to observe a section of the steel cable on the elevator car.
The wire rope is very new, clearly having been put into use recently. The break is not clean, and the wires are broken crookedly like bergamot, with each wire showing signs of being stretched.
"This steel wire rope has a more obvious broken wire phenomenon. The breaks are very fresh, and most of the wires just broke suddenly in succession."
Under normal circumstances, this wire breakage phenomenon only occurs in steel wire ropes that have been overloaded for a long time, resulting in wear and metal fatigue. The internal stress balance of such steel wire ropes is broken, and their load-bearing capacity is greatly reduced.
But you say that these facilities are basically brand new and have just been maintained, so there's only one answer..."
Chen Motong pushed up his glasses, which weren't even on his straight nose, and suddenly pointed at the hotel leader who looked like the highest-ranking official: "That's your hotel, which used substandard building materials that didn't meet safety standards when it was first built!"
The leaders of the Regent Hotel were speechless, inwardly cursing the contractor and the inspection personnel. They had some basic physics knowledge; the shape of the broken end of the steel cable had already explained everything.
Even assuming the steel cable is fine, what about the braking system and speed limiter? With all safety devices failing and the car body falling to the bottom, the responsibility is not so easy to shirk.
This is a five-star hotel! This is a private elevator that only top-tier members of a five-star hotel can use! How dare you cut corners on this thing?
"Ta-da!"
Gao Kui's lips moved rapidly, his "mouth" movements perfectly matching the background music from each episode of the "Dead Elementary School Student" solving a case, instantly immersing Chen Motong in the role of Inspector Megure.
"As expected of the sleeping Kogoro, he only glanced at the broken wire rope and judged that this was an accidental incident caused by the construction company cutting corners."
Gao Kui realized Chen Motong's value; this was a task he himself couldn't handle. Shilan Middle School's reputation as the perennial last place was well-deserved.
"That's basic reasoning, my friend."
Chen Motong was humble, but his delicate chin was slightly raised, and he cosplayed Sherlock Holmes again.
Gao Kui's eyes instantly became incredibly sharp, like the giant sword in the hand of Archangel Michael, piercing straight into the chests of the Regent Hotel managers present.
"The contractor used substandard building materials, the inspection party ignored the risks during the inspection, and the management party, as the real manager, still failed to discover the defects in the facilities after they were officially put into use."
It's truly a complex and unpredictable situation. Beneath this magnificent, world-class hotel brand, there must be some shady and corrupt interest groups lurking and spreading.
"Brother Mori, would you be interested in uprooting all the corrupt officials and thieves at the Regent Hotel?"
The Regent Hotel's management staff immediately felt nervous, avoiding eye contact with Gao Kui, and cold sweat beaded on their foreheads.
"I'm very pleased that you used so many idioms and even pronounced the uncommon character '蠹' correctly. It shows that your Chinese language skills are quite good..."
Chen Motong paused for a moment, then complained, "But Kogoro Mouri, Conan, and Inspector Megure are mainly involved in murder and violence-related cases. The corruption within the Regent Hotel should be classified as an economic crime."
In Tokyo, this would fall under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Police Department's Second Investigative Division, while Conan and Inspector Megure are from the First Investigative Division..."
The conversation was quickly steered away by Gao Kui, going from the cause of the steel cable breaking to corporate corruption, and then to Conan and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department...