President Nozaki Shuhei (Nozaki Shuhei Auditor of Bank / Kansayaku Nozaki Shuhei / 監査役 野崎修平)

If you can't follow my policy, you should just quit.

I'm not going to quit just like this.

If the two of them won't reconcile their thoughts,

this would be a big problem for the management.

You're going to decide during the board meeting, right?

The merger partner has been decided.

I can't approve this kind of proposal.

Please be sure to record the president's remarks now.

Apparently, it has been rejected.

There is an interesting report.

Charged for environmental pollution.

If this plan fails, Higumo Shoji will definitely collapse.

We're in a fatal situation while dealing the processing of that matter.

It's the processing of non-performing loans.

I understood.

Please wait for a while here.

We must have bothered the two of you.

From what I heard about here,

you must have been busy.

A large-scale business called APP is in progress, right?

Thanks to you, we were progressing smoothly.

Is it likely expected for us to get the return?

That's a given.

It's a project that bets the company's future.

Is that so?

That's good to know.

President Egashira,

actually, we came to see you today...

...as managing director Tachikawa here...

...becomes the chief executive for the NPL processing.

We want to give our greetings.

I'm looking forward to work with you.

Regarding our company,

is there a possibility that it will undergo bankruptcy?

Hori-kun.

Well, if the APP goes well,

it will solve all kinds of problems.

It has 7 office buildings, 4 residential buildings,

moreover, it has a 60th floor with a building tower.

It is the large-scale development in Japan.

If this will be completed in the next fiscal year, as planned,

it will generate significant profits.

Tachikawa-san.

Tachikawa-san,

what do you think of Higumo Shoji's future?

Their president somehow feels confident,

but to be honest, it's difficult to maintain this system.

If in case...

...unprofitable departments are truncated,

will they be able to survive as a trading company specializing on this field?

In any case,

I think it's better to look further with those.

You're right.

Then, do you want someone to proceed with it?

The marked day for the credit investigation is decided.

When is that?

Veteran chief inspectors will be deployed early next month.

I understood.

Thank you for informing me.

Credit investigation?

It's the season at this time.

Yes.

The authorities may have thought of a plan.

Either way, am I in-charge of it?

There must be someone who'll face the FSA.

Then, I'm asking you.

Well, there's nothing to be hidden from our company.

Please correspond to what they ask.

I understood.

By the way, there's something I want to ask you.

What is it?

Despite of that coup,

you didn't fired Tachikawa from her job...

...because of this, right?

Why ask about that?

If an issue occurs during the inspection,

if you take her in charge of NPL, such as Higumo Shoji,

she can be held liable in case of emergency.

I'm not thinking about that.

NPL processing is the most important issue now.

I was just asking Tachikawa and expect with her abilities.

In addition…

You have done the coup too, haven't you?

Please tell me the consequences.

I... didn't stand at that time.

Indeed.

He expected with my abilities?

How true would that be?

Looking at him, he's making me surprised.

Well, in any case, Nozaki will not stay long either.

I'm forced to do a thorough inspection and resign after.

What will happen to me?

If you get caught up in the inspection, you can't make any excuses to him.

It's just fine that you have just came,

but three years before Nozaki-san came,

I was actually the one who manage Ozora.

And now, I'm being asked for my responsibility.

I'll try to ask the FSA to prevent that from happening.

Do you think that they'll just accept it without questioning?

You must not trust me.

Let's reciprocate each other.

The coup we made has failed and we have no enough time.

Now, it's better to do the inspection and end this safely.

What will happen to our cooperative alliance?

Well, that's on case-by-case basis.

I see.

Would you like...

...to be transferred at Higumo Shoji?

To be transferred?

Me?

Yes.

But, if it's a big company like Higumo Shoji,

their office staff class is...

It's quite a big role for you.

Are you willing to work there?

By all means,

please let me do it.

Soil contamination?

Everything is above the minimum required value.

If this is announced, it will be tough for us.

If the redevelopment area is covered with toxic substances,

we'll surely receive a serious blow.

Who would like to live in offices, buildings, or apartments on that state?

Why you didn't made the ground free from pollution?

Of course, we have done soil amelioration!

But,

we're not sure if the method was inadequate or bad.

Anyway, as it is, it was definitely contaminated.

The APP is our lifeline.

We have to avoid it being known publicly,

in order not to lose our reputation.

That's definitely a given.

Are there any objections?

Then,

we will not publish this matter at all.

We're going to resolve this alone.

However,

Kaito demands 4.8 billion yen from us.

Can that amount be lowered?

I bet Kaito is trying to overcharge us.

It must be finally settled at half of the price.

No.

I think it can be lowered to one-third of that.

And still, 1.6 billion is...

When this will be announced,

given the economic losses that our company incurs,

I don't think that's a reckless amount he asked from us.

I understood.

We're going to settle this at 1.6 billion.

And then,

as this matter can only be handled by the Strategic Management Office,

only a few of people from there must be involved here.

But...

we only have one from our department.

And there's someone who'll be transferred from Ozora.

Oh, speaking of that,

I was asked by President Nozaki to place one employee here.

Anyways,

this matter must not be known to the bank, no matter what.

Absolutely.

I understood.

Excuse me.

You're calling for me?

Let me introduce him. He is Sakamoto-kun.

He's the person in-charge of that Amazawa Constructions.

He's Ishihara, who'll be the one to do the inspection.

Oh, really?

I'm Sakamoto.

I'm Ishihara.

- I look forward to work with you. - I look forward to work with you.

He will be transferred to Higumo Shoji.

He'll be transferred there?

He has to get there in order to obtain raw information.

And then,

you'll support him from the outside.

From the outside?

I'll be ordering you...

...to transfer to the head office's planning department.

Please be mainly responsible for Higumo Shoji.

Get accurate information...

..on what kind of situation they are in day by day...

...from the inside and outside the premises.

Please report to me about director Tachikawa.

Yes, sir.

I understood.

Managing director.

Just keep working

Sakamoto-san, can I see you for a moment?

You're in charge of Higumo Shoji, right?

Yes, I am.

Regarding Higumo Shoji's evaluation,

I wonder if there's a way to let that bankruptcy concern turn into its normalcy.

We're going to have a credit investigation soon.

Yes.

I'll try to make some simulations.

I'm asking you.

The one with the iron mask is here.

Iron mask?

You've worked hard.

I'm managing director, Tachikawa.