"Don't think that you are the only one who has friends in the police station. Your embarrassment has been spread all over the place. They are all laughing at you!"
Pippen was still there, not wanting to be outdone and taunting him. This unscrupulous argument finally made the host impatient.
Dutch covered his mouth and coughed lightly, and the ebony cane hit the floor twice. The dull sound made everyone else here finally realize that they had ignored the most important boss.
Pippen and Tom quickly apologized, returned to their seats and sat down, waiting for the host to speak.
"I invite you here not to provide you with a place to quarrel."
"Sorry sir..."
Tom apologized repeatedly, but Dutch's eyes clearly showed disappointment.
Immediately afterwards, he said: "So, everyone, are you ready to hear me tell you the details of this commission?"
"Of course sir!" Tom continued to reply with a smile on his face.
Seeing that the situation was under control, Daqi stopped talking and took some time to tell the four people present the ins and outs of the matter in detail.
Roughly speaking, Dutch's wife gave birth to their child two years ago, but the child died not long ago due to an accident. As a result, his wife suffered from mental illness. Dutch hopes that the detectives
Investigate whether the child's death was really an accident, or whether someone committed murder.
After listening to his retelling, the detectives invariably closed their mouths and pondered.
Seeing that none of them spoke, Dutch continued: "I think everyone knows the importance of the Berkeley family in Renekton. I hope you can handle this commission in a low-key manner, and you must not publicize it everywhere."
The three of them all understood what Dutch meant. After all, for a predator like him, if an heir in the family died young, a series of inheritance issues would definitely arise, not to mention that he still had a bunch of messy titles from the Western Continent on his head. "You are the first private detectives I contacted, but to be honest, I don't have a good impression of the four of them, so I have to state that the fee for this commission is high, but only the one who can really find out the truth can
Only then can you get it..."
These words made it clear that the threshold for accepting commissions was set and the detectives were required to compete with each other.
Although the Berkeley family is not short of money, Keqi's time is precious, and they will never allow a third-rate detective who fishes in troubled waters to use "labor fees".
Even if the detectives here have achieved brilliant "records" in the past, he still will not tolerate such people coming over to cheat on food and drink.
If this group of detectives does not come up with effective clues after a certain period of time, then Dutch will definitely kick them away and then invite the next group.
His words instantly revived the flame of competition that had just been extinguished.
Tom stood up and confidently said to Dutch: "You can completely trust my ability. To be honest, I have cracked cases that are ten times more complicated than this."
"Then I will be twenty times!" Pippen assured Dach with a smile.
De Gaulle frowned. He was about to speak when Pippen suddenly turned to look at him and said sarcastically: "Since you are the first private detective to be invited, Mr. Dutch, I suggest you change to another one, our De Gaulle."
My husband can’t even pay the rent now. Who would believe him if he didn’t come here to earn labor wages?”
De Gaulle chuckled and shrugged at Victor beside him, without refuting him.
Who knows, Dach's next words made Pippen swallow his sarcasm.
"If I am to be honest, I actually want to replace all four of them... What you have shown in front of me is only the intrigues and arguments of villains, without the composure and thinking mode of a real detective."<
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……
The owner of the villa did not trust the professional abilities of several detectives, which made Pippin and Tom particularly embarrassed. Neither of them wanted to be kicked out of the house by the owner just because of their first impression.
At this time, Victor, who had not spoken for a long time, finally spoke.
"How about we test your reasoning ability? Mr. Dutch will personally witness it. If you are dissatisfied with anyone, then that person can leave now."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then Dutch turned his attention to this person who had never spoken much.
"Your name is..."
"Vladimir Judler Watson," Victor kept smiling, "I just introduced myself."
Dutch frowned and suddenly recalled that he should not have invited a detective named Vladimir Judler Watson.
"I am Mr. de Gaulle's assistant..." Victor winked at de Gaulle beside him.
De Gaulle nodded in approval of his words, but it aroused the contempt of Tom and Pippen.
"A poor guy who can't even pay the rent still has money to hire an assistant?"
"Mr. Vladimir, I advise you to leave as soon as possible. This guy can't afford the salary at all."
"After completing this commission, won't there be money?" De Gaulle looked at Dach without caring at all, "Then Mr. Dach, can you try my assistant's suggestion?"
The scene fell silent, and Dutch paused for two minutes before finally responding: "Mr. Vladimir's suggestion is not impossible, but I can formulate the test questions."
"Of course!" De Gaulle said confidently.
Dutch's eyes looked toward the corridor to one side.
"Do you still remember the servant just now? He was the one who took away Mr. de Gaulle's pipe."
The detectives nodded at varying speeds.
Dutch hummed, and then said: "Before he comes back, I would like to ask you what profession my servant was engaged in in the past."
As soon as this test question was uttered, the four people immediately looked at each other.
Dutch reminded again: "You will not have the opportunity to continue to observe him. Give your answer now! Let me see your professional level."
……
Who would have thought that the problem would be this?
Anyway, Tom and Pippen couldn't have imagined it. Looking at their confused eyes, Victor could guess it.
However, this kind of thing is definitely what De Gaulle is best at, because he is observing and thinking all the time, and the accuracy of deductive reasoning is basically above 70%.
Looking at his confident look, Victor knew that this guy already had a plan in mind.
Tom and Pippen racked their brains and finally gave their answers after ten minutes.
"Soldier, Army soldier!" Tom was the first to answer.
"How did you judge it?" Dutch sat firmly in the chair, waiting for the other party's explanation.
"His body is straight and his posture is standard! He must have served in the army and was a ruthless character who participated in the expulsion war against the aborigines. I can feel the killing intent in him!"
"You guessed it wrong, my friend!"
Unexpectedly, Pippen was the first to stand up and tear down Tom.
"The soldier is indeed good, but he is not accurate enough. In my opinion, the opponent should be a naval officer. Didn't you notice the way he looked when he scolded De Gaulle just now? He was full of domineering. He must have been used to giving orders in the past, and he walked with his head held high.
He was waving his staff with a high air...and the most important thing you didn't see was that he had a blue anchor tattoo on the back of his hand. Who in the army would get that tattoo?"
A retired non-commissioned officer comes to work as a domestic servant, and I am afraid that only the Berkeley family's generous treatment can make him fancy him.
Pippen's reasoning logic was stronger, and then, people's attention was focused on de Gaulle.
De Gaulle shook the coffee in his cup, stared at the gorgeous crystal chandelier on the ceiling, and said one word: "Pirates..."