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A Splendid Family Chapter 6

2nd of January, 1967

Teppei-kun, what has actually happened?

And we can't contact Sales Section Chief Rogers!

It will be alright, we have the contract certificate!

I'll go to Chicago now to have a talk with the Bearing Company Headquarter.

Director...

Even if you go to Chicago, it's useless!

What? Bearing Company was merged?

Perhaps the wave of enterprise merging is coming on an international scope.

Zenidaka-kun said that he, together with Teppei-kun,

wanted to see you

over the matter of the additional funds...

Are we in the situation to help them on that matter?!

If we don't hurry with the merging of the small eating the big,

our bank will also be swallowed by the merging of the five banks!

Convey this to Zenidaka-kun too!

4h of January

The purchase of American Bearing Company, announcing the arrival of enterprise merging on an international scope

was greatly reported in the news.

Because of this,

Hanshin Tokushu Seiko's stock price,

which was directly hit by the cancellation of the contract,

declined at once from 250 yen to 150 yen,

and the company was forced to take measures against the lack of funds.

If this situation did not improve, the blast furnace construction would suffer a setback.

In order to overcome this crisis,

Teppei went to Hanshin Bank where Daisuke was working,

despite the rift between them since the New Year.

Excuse me!

Teppei-Sama came to see you.

The situation has turned to this point,

for which I really apologize.

If this matter is that important,

you should have reported it to me straight away, shouldn't you?

Whatever happened between you and me,

business is a separate matter.

Regarding the additional funds,

I'll think about it for a while.

Then...

what did President Manpyo say concerning the leak about Okawa Sensei?

He said that it was done by a Director of The Board on his own accord.

Teppei-kun.

Hai.

May I...

try to talk to President Manpyo?

The deterioration of your company's relationship

with the main bank is a source of worry for us who will cooperate in the financing;

and besides, in order to make the opposing group in Daido Bank agree with the additional fund,

the funds from the main bank is necessary and indispensable.

It's okay, isn't it?

Hai.

Please.

From this talk between President Mikumo and my father,

the tragedy of my father and me...

was accelerated at once.

Concerning my son's biggest contributor

Okawa Sensei, *Hanshin Bank Headquarter*

naturally I mean to settle the matter properly.

In that case,

may I take it that from now on your support for Hanshin Tokushu Seiko has not changed?

Of course.

But..

why did President Mikumo support Teppei to that extent?

Teppei-kun has...

a strong will and talent.

As a leader,

he also has an excellent natural gift to move people.

I am..

betting on Teppei-kun's potentialities.

Betting?

You said something interesting, but...

usually if there is even only 1% of risk,

a bank will avoid giving funds....

It means that Teppei-kun...

has that much worth!

What is it?

No....

Teppei does not deserve such words.

Thank you.

Itadakimasu. (= said before eating/drinking )

Teppei-kun has that much worth!

I am betting on Teppei-kun's potentialities.

Teppei-kun has that much worth!

He also has an excellent natural gift to move people.

Teppei-kun has that much worth!

President Mikumo,

Concerning this emergency situation,

our bank is considering to lend the additional funds of 2 billions yen.

Therefore you too,

please do not abandon my son.

I beg you.

President Manpyo, please lift up your head.

I feel relieved to hear the words you said just now.

I will also help Teppei-kun with all my power.

Thank you.

- Ogame-kun. - Hai!

Please investigate Daido bank's state of internal affairs.

Did something happen between you and President Mikumo?

Nothing. I just want to grasp the present situation of Hanshin Tokushu Seiko's sub bank.

- And then, Akutagawa-kun. - Hai!

I want you to bear the responsibility

for leaking the report on Okawa Sensei's illicit money,

and transfer to Manpyo Warehouse.

Are you saying that I must quit Hanshin Bank??

That's right.

But that article was by President's order...

Father!

You said that you didn't do it!!

In order to protect a precious thing,

there are times when a man has to lie.

After the merger succeeds, I will call you back.

Until then, for Hanshin Bank's sake, please put up with it.

Wakarimashita. ( = I got it )

I will obey President's command.

You sacked Manager Akutagawa?

That is my way of settling the matter over Okawa Sensei's incident.

For causing you two to suffer grievance,

let me apologize.

From now on, I mean to support Teppei, including Okawa Sensei's portion too.

I decided to lend you the additional 2 billions fund.

I want you to wash away any ill-feelings between father and son.

Teppei-san!

If Father is willing to say to that extent.....

I'll also admit that perhaps I was too emotional at that time...

Great...

So with this, you made up with each other, right?

Today I prepared our dinner.

Please eat together.

Please go ahead...

Thank you, Mother.

9th of January

So in other words, in Daido Bank

there is a deep-rooted enmity

between President Mikumo's group transfering from The Bank of Japan,

and Director Watanuki's group originally coming from Daido Bank?

Yes. *The previous day*

Especially the leader of the original group,

Director Watanuki,

his son-in-law who's managing Asahi Sekken

can't even receive any funds.

The important post is being occupied by someone appointed from the The Bank of Japan,

therefore he seems to be very full with pent-up feeling of resentment.

On top of that, the funding of Hanshin Tokushu Seiko seems to inconvenience them..

Can you invite Director Watanuki for a dinner soon?

Yes I will.

10th of January

Director!

What is it?

Director, Hanshin Bank transfered the 2 billions yen additional fund to our bank account!

Eh??

Is it true?

Yes, it's true!

Please take a look, this is the account book!

What's wrong, Director?

This money transfer is so fast....

Isn't it good?

- Right, Manager? - Sure!

The next day... *11th of January*

Teppei went to see President Mikumo. Thank you!

He reported the fact that Hanshin Bank had transfered the additional fund of 2 billions yen,

and on that occasion, he secured a promise that two days later Daido Bank would

also transfer the 2 billions yen additional fund.

After that, Teppei went to *Keiji University Hospital*

visit the place he had been wanting to go but unable to.

This..

How is she?

Really..

Oh I seem to have woken you up, I'm sorry, Okami-san.

Keisuke...san?

Keisuke-san??

Why?

Why...

Keisuke-san?

Mother..

Mother!

I'm sorry, Teppei-san...

It's okay, don't worry about it.

Beacuse you really look like him..

So Okami-san's condition is that bad?

Yes..

Recently she's becoming rapidly weaker and weaker...

What did the doctor say?

They recommended an operation...

but possibly she won't live much longer.

Okay?

If there's anything I can do,

whatever it is, can you please rely on me?

Okay, Fukko?

Please don't be so gentle to me,

Tetchan.

See you.

*Kineian, Shinbashi, Tokyo*

That is Asahi Sekken! (= Asahi Soap )

- Had your son-in-law been the President.... - I see...

It might be a bother to you,

but I have an interest in Asahi Sekken, so I made an investigation.

I was surprised!

It's a very excellent enterprise!

Yes, it's exactly as you said!

But President Mikumo doesn't understand the importance of it as a basic industry,

and keeps on saying that personal consideration in funding my son-in-law won't do.

You have my sympathy.

What about this...

if your son-in-law is in trouble, shall our bank give Asahi Sekken the fund?

If it's a bad idea for you, I apologize.

I can't ask for a better chance than this.

Can I understand it ..

as a trade-off with your funding of Hanshin Tokushu Seiko?

I leave the interpretation to you.

By the way, Director Watanuki...

lately, there are a lot of rumors about bank mergers,

may I know what you think is the most important thing in a merger?

It's the post in the company.

Just like in my case, with the appointment of

the Bank of Japan group, to be repeatedly robbed of my promotion to be the Vice President,

it is quite painful.

Really....so it is the post...

Arranged marriage with PM Sahashi's nephew? *Early February*

Of course I refused!

He's an employee of Teikoku Seitetsu, you know!

In spite of that, Aiko-san is so persistent pushing me to meet him!

So that's why you escaped from home and came here...

Whenever I think of Okawa Sensei's mortification,

my chest also feels pain.

The one who leaks the report to the newspaper....is Hanshin Bank!

It couldn't be!

I decided to lend you the additional fund of 2 billions yen.

Hanshin Bank transferred the 2 billions yen additional fund to our bank account!

It's okay, right, Director?

Teppei Onisama? - Huh?

What's wrong with you?

Oh, sorry.

Umm..

That my father agrees with the additional fund...

is hard to believe.

When the son's company is having difficulties,

isn't it natural that the father will come to the rescue?

Right?

Manager..

Zenidaka-san!

What is it?

Director..

After Okawa Sensei passed away,

a most dreadful thing has happened!

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What do you mean by this?

Is Wajima-san telling our company to go bankrupt?

Until the end of June, our company will supply you with pig iron according to our contract,

but we won't renew the contract, that's all we said.

The completion of the blast furnace is in October.

If the the pig iron supply stops in June,

we will end up in a situation where we can't produce our products for 3 months.

If your company can't do anything

to obtain only 3 months of pig iron,

then you do have a problem as a business company. *Teikoku Seitetsu, Factory Chief Wajima*

There's nothing we can do, Director.

Let's go to Daiichi Seiko to consult about this.

I think it's useless.

It seems that they will also stop the pig iron supply at the end of June.

Ogame-kun.

Tonight come to my house.

Mima-kun is going to come too.

Is it to tell us that you have decided on which bank to merge with?

Do you know which bank, already?

Yes.

Our bank has just managed to achieve our target to be number 9th in deposit ranking last year,

now in order to merge with that Daido Bank which is number 5th in deposit ranking,

how are you going to carry it out?

President!

There's a call from Teikoku Seitetsu.

Director!

This way our company will go bankrupt!

What should we do?

Director!

If the pig iron supply is stopped, our company will collapse!!

My dream won't collapse.

But..

My dream won't collapse.

Welcome home.

I've been waiting for you.

Otsukaresama deshita. ( = Thank you for working hard )

Hanshin Tokushu Seiko Research Laboratory for Technology Development

Your mother did that again?

Then you must work properly, heh?!

Gen-san, look, that youngster..

What are you looking at?!

This break time is OURS!!

What? Oi! *Aratake Gen* (Dock worker)

Shall we have a fight? Oi!

Yossya! Let's continue our fight last time!!

- Sorry to interrupt your break... - Ow, ow, ow...

Whoops, sorry, sorry...

I want to increase the workers at the blast furnace site, don't you know any connection for this?

Huh?

No...

I want to increase the number of the workers.

Even if you told me this,

this is not my line, and besides,

this is the time when workers are most scarce, so it's impossible!

Really..

What is it? Are you in such a big trouble?

Director! Something bad happened!

One of the workers aboard the ship was blown away by a gust of wind and fell into the sea!

And then?

He's not found yet!

Inoue-san! Inoue-san!

How is it?

We don't know where he is!

- Who was it? - It's Inoue-san.

Inoue-san!!

Inoue-san!!!

He's there! He's there!!

Director, don't! It's too dangerous!!

It's safer than steel!

Director!

What kind of person is he?

That is The Ministry of Finance's document on Daido Bank as you requested,

the original group is outnumbering the group transfering from The Bank of Japan.

In other words...

if we can use these original group from Daido Bank,

it means that it's not impossible to manipulate Daido Bank's Board of Directors as well....

What are you thinking, actually?

I'm going to eat up Daido Bank.

What are you saying?

The 9th-ranked Hanshin Bank is going to eat up the 5th-ranked Daido Bank??

That's right.

That's too dangerous!

Behind Daido Bank's back, there is The Bank of Japan!

If you make a mistake, the one to be eaten up would be Hanshin Bank!

If we have a backing shield who can keep The Bank of Japan under control,

there won't be any problem, right?

But.....

for that matter,

unless that person is a very powerful figure...

I see!

So that was why Mrs. Aiko is so ardent about the marriage between Tsugiko and

Prime Minister Sahashi's nephew, eh?

So you went drinking, Ginpei?

I told you to return home straight away.

Father.

President Mikumo is Niisan's benefactor.

You know how much he has helped him.

That feeling of gratitude will be a pitfall.

Hanshin Tokushu Seiko's blast furnace construction is....

the Achilles' heel of Daido Bank. ( = weak point )

The President intends....

to make Hanshin Tokushu Seiko go bankrupt, right?

In short...

by making Hanshin Tokushu Seiko go bankrupt,

you'll take advantage of the original group led by Director Watanuki

with the purpose of getting rid of President Mikumo and

his people who came from The Bank of Japan, right?

Then taking advantage of the bankruptcy, you'll

push the responsibility on President Mikumo, who's invested a huge sum of money on the blast furnace construction,

and at the same time you'll be able to get rid of his group from The Bank of Japan,

and soon after, our company will eat them up!

That's the plot's outline, isn't it?

What a thoroughly scary person,

to crush the company for which your own son is staking his whole life,

and to eat up Daido Bank, the bank of President Mikumo, who's the benefactor of your son.

When the blast furnace construction is completed,

Hanshin Tokushu Seiko will develop into a world-prominent special steel maker,

how on earth do you intend to make it go bankrupt?

Hanshin Tokushu Seiko's Achilles heel is...

.... pig iron.

Even if they have an excellent technology they can boast to the world,

yet as long as they don't have pig iron before the blast furnace is completed,

they'll collapse.

But if you do that....

No.

President already made a deal with Teikoku Seitetsu.

In June, they will stop the supply of pig iron.

When that happens,

Hanshin Tokushu Seiko will go bankrupt.

Father.

How far do you mean to make Niisan suffer?!

If Hanshin Bank is eaten up,

our whole business groups will be finished!

In order to protect our groups,

even if we have to sacrifice a few things, we have to win through the end!

FATHER!!!

Ginpei!

Our bank will swallow Daido Bank!

It is the sole way to survive,

and it's also for you, who'll inherit them later.

Concerning Tsugiko-san's arranged marriage,

I will definitely make it happen.

Yes.

Inoue-san!

Director..

Oi! Can you see me?

He regains his consciousness!

- Oh good! - He's conscious!

- Let's carry him to the hospital! - OK!

Welcome home.

What a great dinner!

Because I'm thinking of celebrating it.

Huh?

I'm pregnant...

with your child.

Did you tell anyone about it?

No, not yet.

Get an abortion.

What did you say??

Aren't you happy?

Is there any reason for me to be happy?

Why should we increase the number of unhappy human beings

descended from the Manpyo Family?

You too??

This is a mad house!!

I saw it...

the secret of the Manpyo Family..

the bedroom with 3 beds side by side....

three persons in one bedroom....

Father, Aiko-san,

and even the elegant and gentle Mother....

STOP TALKING BAD ABOUT MY MOTHER!

My mother is a victim!

Brought up in a noble family and not knowing how to fight with other people,

she married into such a house like this....

If that's the case..

what about Ginpei-san doing something for her sake?

In this family,

whatever Father does, nobody can oppose it.

I'm not in the mood for sleeping.

I'll go out.

Director, Gen-san said that he wanted to thank you, so I brought him here.

Gen-san?

Oh!

Earlier you had..had...sa..sa..saved..

the life of one..of..of..my men

so..

tha...tha....tha...tha...tha...tha...thank...

Hahaha, it doesn't suit you...umm, Gen-san.

Let me treat you a cup as a sign of my gratitude. Let's go drinking!

Thanks, but I have to go now to gather more workers.

Eh? From now?

Are you really in such a big trouble?

No.

But I have to complete the blast furnace in June.

The blast furnace.....in June??

Are you stupid?!!

How can you possibly do it! It's impossible!

We can do it!

If I increase the workers,

and begin a speed work using

a two-groups system of night group and day group from next month,

we can do it!

I see.

OK then...

do your best, Youngster!

Youngster?

Oops..nono....

See you later.

Ah!

I'll be expecting you to treat me that drink.

Even 10 persons or 20 persons are fine.

Our company's fate is at stake.

Please help. Please.

What happened was...

the general workers were all

taken by the International Expo construction, so we cannot gather them at all!!

We also want to help with your speed work,

but what's impossible is impossible.

Please.

Sorry, really sorry, sorry!

Speed work?

*Labor Agency*

Speed work, you said?

Ginpei!

Did you drink again?

Niisan, so you intend to finish the blast furnace before the pig iron supply is stopped?

Yes.

What's wrong with you?

Why are you able to live in that way, Niisan?

Just when I thought you were defying Father,

this time it is Teikoku Seitetsu!

The opponent is too powerful for you!

Well, however powerful the opponent is,

however small it is, as long as there is desire, I don't mean to give up.

Rather than that, what do you intend to do?

Staying as it is now, doing what Father cs tells you, or...

Please leave that alone.

I'm not strong like Niisan.

After things settled down,

let's go to have a drink.

Are you alright?

See you.

The additional fund ..

of 2 billions yen which was transfered to Hanshin Tokushu Seiko on the 10th of January

was in fact..

refunded to Hanshin Bank temporarily on the 31st of January

due to Hanshin Bank's circumstances.

Teppei did not know yet about this fact.

Then Zenidaka came to visit Daisuke.

The time we need the money has come near,

so I'd like to request for the retransfering of the money.

The money..

won't return to your company anymore.

Eh??

But at that time..

you said that the fund was only needed for an emergency

and that it would be returned quickly.

The money was only flash money, used to

to make Daido Bank feel secure in lending the fund.

So the fund was only a pretense fund??

About that...

I want you to keep it a secret under your sole responsibility.

But..

if we cannot use the 2 billions yen from Hanshin Bank,

then are you are telling us to borrow money with high interest?

Oh no..

That way, our debt will inflate larger and larger in snowball effect,

even if our speed work is over, in the end we'll go bankrupt all the same...

What?

Speed work?

Hai.

Because the supply of pig iron will end in June,

Director has set up a speed work project

to complete the blast furnace by June.

With this, it means that Father's Achilles heel has turned into the form of Niisan.

If Niisan can't complete the blast furnace by June,

Daido Bank will be in your hand, and Father will be the winner.

But if he can finish it,

not only Daido Bank will be out of your reach,

Hanshin Bank, having Hanshin Tokushu Seiko which has a promising future as one of its chain groups,

will be considered as an attractive target bank by higher-ranked banks,

and will be swallowed at one gulp.

In that case, Father will be the loser.

However, Ginpei-Sama...

even that Teikoku Seitetsu is...

very much behind the completion schedule in their new factory construction.

This shortage of workers is THAT serious.

Yes.

Whatever Teppei may try doing,

I won't let the blast furnace to be completed in June.

No way it can be completed!

Mid February

As I suspected, they can't provide us with workers.

If we were told that they couldn't gather even 10 workers, it's really bad.

But the next place we'll ask is one we've known since a long time ago,

so I think it will surely be okay.

Yes.

About the talk you mentioned earlier, is it about omiai? ( = meet the arranged marriage partner )

Yes.

I...

whenever I see him he gives me the creep!

When the day comes those chimneys won't emit smoke anymore,

Tsugiko-san will feel lonely too, won't you?

If you refuse having an omiai with a relative of the Prime Minsiter,

your father will be put in a difficult position,

and Teppei-san's blast furnace construction

might undergo a setback, you know.

Even if this omiai is just a form, it's enough.

Please don't cause the other party

to lose face.

Toshihiko-san, suppose the blast furnace construction fails,

and in case the company goes bankrupt, what will happen?

If that happens,

perhaps the energy to live will be lost as well...

But why did you suddenly ask such a thing?

Nothing. I'm just asking.

I'm sorry to disturb your work.

Please don't worry.

The blast furnace construction will certainly go well.

You're acting strange today.

Did something happen?

To gather more workers was an extremely difficult voyage. *Setoyama Construction*

Although somehow they succeeded in making the arrangements for some specialists

to treat the inside of the blast furnace,

the prospect of finding general workers was still far away,

while the day to start the speed work is approaching closer and closer.

- WAIT! - Ichinose-san!

Even if just 3 or 5 workers is fine!

Please! I beg you!

Ichinose-san...

I beg you!

I'm going to go to the President's room.

Yes.

The omiai meeting between Sahashi Kazuya and Tsugiko is fixed.

With this, our condition is met.

I heard that Teppei only managed to gather about 30% of the necessary workers.

I won.

Did you call me here just in order to say that?

You're the person who'll be sitting in this chair in the future.

This chair...

...this bank, it's necessary for you to really know how they work in order to protect them.

Father will lose to Niisan.

What are you saying?

Father of the present time does not possess any Conviction.

Since the very moment Father considered making Hanshin Tokushu Seiko go bankrupt,

you have lost the Conviction of a Bankman which is to nurture business.

I have the "Great Obligation" to protect Hanshin Bank.

Father is just using the term "Great Obligation"

to safeguard your scheme.

However Niisan always acts ..

while holding the Ideal of a Technology expert, and the Conviction of a Manager.

Father....

That one will be the last to ask. *Endo Construction*

...because of that people will follow Niisan,

just like they followed Grandfather.

Even if you win this time,

yet if Father does not change your way of thinking,

definitely some day in the future, Father will lose to Niisan.

Is that what you're thinking?

Didn't Grandfather often say it?

That there is no way a person with an Ideal and Conviction

can lose to person who only has scheme.

I don't want to hear about Grandfather.

Excuse me.

And then on the 1st of March...

The opening day of the speed work arrived.

Teppei-kun,

With just 100 workers,

we can't begin the speed work. *Hanshin Tokushu Seiko* President Ishikawa

Although we have arranged for those

specialists to work for us with great difficulties,

we'd better explain our situation and ask them to go home.

What are you saying?

If we do that, they will be taken by works from other companies!

However we can't let them keep on waiting!

Please wait for a little bit longer, Zenidaka-san!

There is still one construction company left, it might be able to help.

I was told by Ginpei...

that Teppei completely resembles Grandfather.

Didn't you make up with Teppei-san?

Nobody understands...

the weight of my battle.

Daisuke...

the skin of a woman from the noble family...

is like a marshmallow, so white and so soft...

I will win!

both over Teppei...

and over the ghost of my late Father.

Director!

Director...

There was a call from Endo Construction.

We can't obtain more workers from them.

There's nothing we can do.

Let's ask everybody to withdraw.

Director!

I'll ask them to go home, okay?

We are really sorry!

For today, please go home.

I will contact you again later. We are really very sorry!

- Director! - Director!

I won't give up!

YOUNGSTERRRR!

I TOOK THEM HERE WITH ME!!!

With this, our company...

begins the speed work!!

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