Hearing Haibara's answer, Fang Zheng was already mentally prepared for someone to die.
So when they returned to the company after dinner and saw a figure fall from the sky and crash to the ground in front of them, Fang Zheng remained calm. Very calm.
Well, Yoko Okino, Shimabukuro Kimi, Kousaka Natsumi, and Ran's four-part screaming chorus was certainly a headache.
Come on, none of you were seeing a corpse for the first time. Ran especially—could she not scream quite so loudly?
After Fang Zheng returned to the company, he learned the details of the incident.
There were two victims. One was the film crew's cameraman, Mr. Uetada. The other was Mari Mita, an actress who had come to audition for the second female lead. Mr. Uetada had apparently grown depressed over his unsatisfying life and chosen suicide, while Mari Mita had been murdered in the restroom. Judging from the scene, it seemed to be a robbery gone wrong.
Of course, that was only if Conan was not around.
Since Conan was here, it definitely was not an ordinary accident.
According to Haibara, there were suspects. One was Mr. Uetada's girlfriend, Miss Nakahara, and the other was Mari Mita's husband, Mr. Yoshino. Earlier, Haibara and Conan had seen Mr. Uetada's little circle tearing into one another, exposing the fact that although the cameraman already had a girlfriend, he had improper relationships with quite a few women. Not only that, he spent money recklessly and had squandered all of Miss Nakahara's savings as well.
As for Mari Mita... the reason was simple. She relied on her status as a popular actress and did not treat her husband like a husband at all. On set, she barked orders at him as if he were not her husband, but her slave.
Although both