Chapter 24 Chapter Six

Soon after Tanabe returned to the magazine, Watanabe and Suzuki also returned. "We got something interesting." Watanabe said excitedly when he saw Tanabe. "What did you find out on CCTV?" "No. The people on the TV station had a surprisingly good impression of Director Matsuo, and almost unanimously rejected our speculation. The program on April 23 was not fabricated." "Then what's the interesting thing you're talking about?" "It was said by the script writer who participated in the filming of the show. He just came out of the show two days ago. We met the writer."

"How about it?" "Guess who sent the matter of Yaeko Hayakawa to CCTV?" "How would I know?" "It's Ryotaro Takagi!" "Who?" "It's the sponsor of that program—the propaganda director of F Chemical Company!" "It's that guy!" Tanabe suddenly remembered.On television, that man has a bad reputation.Since F Chemical Company has always been a sponsor of the TV series, the publicity minister Takagi Ryotaro used this as a threat to force his own people into the TV series to play a certain role.The TV station and the director were very disgusted and helpless.

"What did the writer say?" "He knew two things when he went to S city to experience the scene. One is that, as you know, the story about Yaeko Hayakawa is fake. But he can't make his own claim. If he wrote it according to the director's intention, his conscience would not justify it, You will also be ridiculed by your peers." "What about the other thing?" "He heard about Takagi Ryotaro's name at the Matsuzaki House in S City. He also learned that he had an unusual relationship with Hayakawa Yaeko." "Hayakawa Yaeko is Takagi's woman?" Tanabe asked with a wry smile, "So the show she was on was completely made up?"

"It is very likely that Takagi used the conditions of his sponsor to force the TV station to do so." "But there's still something I don't understand." Tanabe clasped his wrists and said with a troubled face. "What?" Suzuki asked. "I still think it was Matsuo who killed Yaeko Hayakawa. He made up the show to increase the ratings. Since we started investigating the truth of the incident he had to kill her to silence her. His 'alibi' ’, I also think it’s a forgery. But what’s going on with Ryotaro Takagi now?” "Isn't Takagi also motivated? From now on, Takagi may force the TV station to let Hayakawa Yaeko play a role in the TV series."

"Yes." Tanabe frowned, looked at his watch and stood up, "I'll go to the mahjong room to have a look."