On Thursday, I dropped by Higashi's to find out how things are going with securities. The murderer of an unfaithful wife worked in the head office of Shidotemoru, in an office specially reserved for him. When I went to see him, he was sprawled in an office chair, with his feet on the table next to the printer and holding a pencil between his nose and upper lip.
"Ahem," I said to the man who was carefully watching some graphs on the monitor.
—Just a minute," they waved their hand at me without even turning around. Well, I'll wait a minute.
—Ha-ha! Joban exclaimed exactly fifty—nine seconds later and began to quickly scribble on the keyboard. Then he grabbed one of the folders from the table and began to scribble there with a new pencil, since the old one was lying on the floor. — Boku! — he called someone, turning in my direction. — Uh... Sakurai-san... — he paused for a second. — Uh... just a couple more minutes. Boku! — Then he ran out of the office, almost knocking me down on the way.
Well, I'm not proud in such matters, I'll wait a little longer.
Running five minutes later, Joban again buried himself in the computer and only after another ten minutes, happily pressing "Enter", he turned in his chair to face me.
—Another three hundred million yen," he said, smiling.
Thirty lam rubles. Not bad.
— Well, it's been a little less than a week. Tell me, Higashi-san. Only briefly and for morons. I don't understand anything in your kitchen.
— Hmm, briefly? - he asked. Then, apparently, the working fumes all came out, and the man began to be a little shy. — Um ... so, where do we have here ... — he began sorting through the folders on the table. "Here," he handed me one of them. But, apparently remembering that I wouldn't understand anything anyway, I got completely lost. — Well, yes... I'm sorry… I'm this..." he threw the papers back on the table. — Hmm, briefly. Uh... in general... mm... ahem," he tried to pull himself together. — At the moment, we have already earned about two hundred... uh... three hundred and ten million rubles. But this is the cream. In the next two weeks, I expect to increase the amount by about... uh... fifty million. I allowed myself to allocate about a hundred million more for long-term investments. If you give the go-ahead, then I will add all the profits there, and in the next year the amount will grow... somewhere up to a billion.
Damn, and I don't even know if it's a lot or average. Hardly enough. Oh well. Now we need to decide what to do with the resulting profit. Either forget about it for a year and get three times more, or use it now. Actually, there are no problems with money at the moment, but when were they superfluous? I dealt with Kasai, and I knocked out money for the security service of Shidotemor — read, my personal army. He handed over his ancestral lands and received something on his personal account. Shidotemoru herself doesn't seem to have any financial problems. And then soon the money will go from Yamashita Corp. However, before that you will have to spend money, but Kasai seems to have taken this into account.
— And we will be able to withdraw this money quickly?
— Uh... hardly, — Joban answered cautiously.
— Well, then the answer is obvious. Call Kasai and solve this issue with him. But my opinion is that you need to invest. And more. Before you call, allocate... well, say, five million each to yourself, Tanaka, that greedy Kasai, me and Taro. Remember him?
— Ahem, of course. I understood everything and will do as you said. Only I'd like your bill.
Smart boy. He could have asked Kasai, but he saw the chip and asks right away. Although, of course, I am chasing this... Japanese Jew, he is a very competent head of the department and rightfully takes his place. That's just, despite this, once again I don't feel like discussing our finances with him.
— Ask Taro, he knows him. For the future, by the way, keep in mind — he is my... jack of all trades. Do you know how to contact him?
— Yes, I have his phone number.
— That's great. Okay, figs with them, with these cases. Tell me, are you satisfied with everything here?
"Oh, yes, Sakurai-san. More than.
— Great again… What are you going to do now?
— Excuse me? Uh... what do you say...
— You don't seem to have been told. Fucking Tarot. Give him a thousand rubles less. You see, Higashi-san, you are technically a member of Shidotemoru, but in fact... how should I say this...
— I am not needed here? Joban asked with a frozen face.
— A specialist of that level, as I was told? Are you kidding me? Such people are always needed. — After my words, the guy relaxed a little and even smiled timidly. — The fact is that in fact you work specifically for me. Shidotemoru is a resource, and not the only one, just the largest. Kasai is the head of the financial department of Shidotemoru and works only with her assets, but you are standing ... in a slightly different plane… Although we will not pile up verbal locks. You are on probation specifically with me. And you will have to work not only with this company. You will have to manage the financial flows of ALL my resources. To be honest, I thought Tarot brought you up to speed. By the way, do you mind if we switch to "you"?
— Of course, Sakurai-san.
— Mm... okay. I will still address you as "you".
— Excuse me, Sakurai... san. Excuse me.
— Come on, treat it as you want. So. Hmm. Money. With this operation, all the money will go to Shidotemora. Still, I robbed her for this is not enough. And then, in fact, your probation period begins. Initially, I was going to allocate you a certain amount from what you can earn on securities, but then the other day I formed a new project for which I... scratched money from Kasai. That's what you're going to work with. Fortunately, the project itself will require less than I... got. Anyway, at first... no, well, asshole, you have to beat out your own money with a fight. S-s-slaughterhouse. Don't pay attention, I remembered my head. I paused, gathering my thoughts. — You will discuss the details with Taro, he has now given up everything he was doing and is working on this case. You'll show your best side and you'll be in charge of ALL my finances. If you make a mistake, you'll come back here. Unless, of course, you want to quit. By the way, keep in mind, if you manage and decide to stay with me, there will be no turning back. The conditions will be the best, but you won't be able to leave. Because you have to learn a lot of secrets. And not all of them will be legal. I'm warning you now, in advance. I have huge plans, and you will be able to climb a little, but I will not allow you to move to another office. You're a smart man and you should understand how it is there, at high altitudes. I'm not pushing you, Higashi. While you're on probation, you're free to leave, I won't keep you. But then you have to make your choice once and for all. I think you understand everything yourself.
—That's right, Sakurai-san," Joben replied very seriously. — It's always like that. Rest assured, Sakurai-san, whatever choice I make, I will be fully aware of the consequences.
— Well, that's great. In this case, work, and as soon as there is time, immediately contact Taro. He will need the help of a good financier there. Anyway, finish with the current case. Talk to Kasai, he will find someone to replace you. — He will spend the night here himself, if necessary.
— Understood, Sakurai-san. Will do.
— Then be there. And I'll go, heh, continue to work hard.
After leaving the building and getting into the car, I took out my diary. Flipping through it, he stared at one of the entries. M-yes. What a day I forget, but it's nothing. But the clothes for the reception have not yet been selected. Oh, The Tire, The Tire. Well, okay, at the same time I'll talk to her relatives, otherwise I'll forget again.
—We're going home," I said to Goro. Today it was he who got the honorable duty to be my driver. — By the way, what's up with your candidates?
"Sixty—eight people, boss," he replied, pulling into the roadway.
— How much… And what, you vouch for everyone?
— They are all decent people, but if you need special confidants, I'll show you about ten people.
— Have you scheduled a meeting for tomorrow?
—Like you said, boss.
— Clearly…
By the time I got back, Sheena and Mizuki had just come from school. And after that, someone else says that school clubs are useful. I was waiting for Sheena to clean up and change clothes, I was with Akeno. Over a game of chess.
— Have you decided to arrange a reception on Saturday after all? I asked, moving the pawn.
Now I no longer know how it is in my world, but in this school students study on Saturdays only once a month. In this connection, Mizuki spent half a day yesterday groaning so that the reception would be arranged on Friday. She really didn't want to meet guests. Quoting Shin: "This red-haired monster has completely lost the fear of God." Shintoists suck.
—Well, yes," Akeno replied, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. — Together with my father, we were able to fight off the "red monster".
— And the Tire, then, as if not in business? I said, watching the enemy horse go on the attack.
— She worked as a tug, taking away the defeated enemy, — the man said.
— By the way, Akeno-san. Do you know if you can rent a house here in the neighborhood of the block?
"That's unlikely," Akeno said thoughtfully, carefully watching the board. — And why do you need it? he raised his head.
— For the car. Well, the driver to the pile, — I went as a rook, giving the pawn to the knight to be torn to pieces.
- hm. Talk to Kagami. She's got a couple of houses hidden in the neighborhood anyway.
It was obvious that he did not dare to eat a pawn, looking for a trick.
"Is Kagami-san in charge of your neighborhood?"
— Mm... huh? No, of course not. Everything connected with the quarter and its surroundings rests on the shoulders of Uesugi. This is the head of the security of the quarter.
— And you don't know at all what's going on under your nose? I was surprised.
— Shinji! Akeno snapped. — Do you think I should know everything about everything? Everyone has their own area of responsibility. No one person can know everything. Why would I go to a place where they do a good job without me?
—And Kagami-san?"
— When we first got married, she was outraged that the clan was locked up in the quarter and surrounded by government officials, and we didn't have a single house in the neighborhood. Well, knowing her, we can assume that by now we definitely have something in the neighborhood.
— That's right. — He still ate the pawn and was now carefully watching what I would do next.
— Well, I'll have to talk to your wife, — I covered the rook with the bishop.
— Talk-talk… Who are you going to the reception with? — he attacked my bishop with his queen.