Hanzawa Naoki (半沢直樹)

How much was the loss?

30 billion yen!?

What's going on here?

It's someone's doing!

No way...

Director Hanzawa...

...got embezzled worth 30 billion yen!?

Kosaka-san.

This is bad.

I can't gain control on it!

Hello. Is this the Information Systems department?

Sales Planning Department

Have you decided when will you correspond?

That's why the system runs too low.

You can't buy half of the amount that was settled.

Sales Planning Department Head, Hanzawa Naoki

Their trust from us went on a backlash.

Yes.

Yes. My apologies.

Information Systems Department

Excuse me, then.

Was it a complaint from the site?

Tokyo Central Stock Exchange, new employee Hamamura Hitomi

Yes. They said the system is too slow.

Tokyo Central Stock Exchange IS Department Head Katsuya Shirosaki

It can't be helped.

But with such troubles, after a while, it may be our goodbyes.

The IS Department, where I am working at,

deals with a significant system that supports stock transactions' sources...

...on every channel even at one second.

Everyone, listen first.

The introduction of a new trading system...

Tokyo Central Stock Exchange IS Department Assistant Head Yoshinori Fukawa

...has finally been approved by the board.

Okay.

This time, we decided to replace the system in order to cope up from the competition.

This project will be handled by SP head, Hanzawa.

Other traders from all sides will be also get involved.

The transaction speed, which we had been receiving complaints on this field,

will now finally get solved.

All right. Everyone at the IS Department...

Let's show to them our best system!

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

They didn't feel nervous at all. Amazing.

I wish I could work at a more comfortable workplace.

My modest enjoyment...

...is on Spiral's site, Lady K's fortune telling corner.

It struck me totally.

Gemini is...

[ You've never experienced it in your life before. It may be expected that you will be swallowed by the rough waves that you never had once. ]

You'll feel getting caught on a big storm...

Gosh...

A big storm...

Lucky items are those with color black while bad ones are those with color green.

What's this?

Spiral System Development Staff 4 Wakamoto Kento

Is this the outcome of your work?

But that fortune-telling is quite reputable and successful.

Nothing can beat AI from fortune-telling statistics in Japan.

It's just like your snitching stuff at a place with delicious foods.

That's just a scam, you know.

Scam...

The AI I've programmed is based from hundreds of predictions.

It is derived from Bayesian statistics.

From the probability theory's viewpoint...

Okay, fine.

You can just concentrate on that Lady K.

You're the one who's ridiculous.

Oh? What's this?

I guess I'm going to change jobs...

No.

First, I have to raise my luck,

so, for the lucky items...

Hamamura.

What are you doing? You're at work.

My apologies, sir.

Oh...?

Oh?

Our search engine is down.

- How 'bout the network traffic? - I'm checking it now.

- Hurry up and analyze it! - Yes, sir.

- Let's switch. - Please.

This is bad.

- Hey, call executive director Kano. - The board meeting is still ongoing!

This is a system integration business that started with the care of ED Kano,

Spiral's senior manager Kano Issei

and it doesn't seem to reach 30% of the targeted rate.

But, we're still new in the field...

Rather than expanding such a new business,

shouldn't we focus our abilities on the main search engines?

Right?

President Sena.

Where are you going to use it? You're just wasting money.

You're just wasting your time.

You can say that after you have the results.

ED Kano, can you please come right now?

Excuse me... Please move aside first.

We have no idea why it suddenly have a heavy traffic.

Complaints from users seem to be flooding the inquiry line.

Kosaka.

You'll deal with this.

If you'll let the newcomer do it, that's too much...

Never mind that!

Start right away!

Yes, sir.

Please switch the Kubernetes cluster. [ KUBERNETES, an open-source container-orchestration system for automating application deployment, scaling, and management. ]

What? What...? But...

Well, no need. I'll do that too.

Just by you?

Can you do it on time?

The service will be completely down in this state.

I have to stop it right away.

- Amazing... - What the...

Oh, it's fixed.

The lucky item is...

...a mouse or rat?

The service has been completely restored.

- Okay. Contact the various areas. - Yes, sir.

Amazing...

What is he?

Why have you insisted to let Kosaka do the work?

He dropped out of college and moved from one company to another.

I heard he was a student who can't keep up in school.

You know now that he still has the ability to do it?

Yes, sir. My apologies for being rude.

Well then, gather everyone from the Development department.

I have an important thing to say.

- What time will Director Hanzawa return? - He seems to be late today...

Speaking of which, sir,

Director Hanzawa, the leader of this project,

also seconded to this, right?

I heard he made a mistake at a bank and got removed.

Director Hanzawa was removed...

...as he was the one who managed it.

Pardon?

Uncover the misconduct of an executive.

He said that, "If it's done to you, do it back."

He couldn't forgive anything that doesn't make sense.

Well, one will still get removed even if one doesn't have any origin nor children.

You'll be transferred...

...to the Tokyo Central Stock Exchange.

He must be quite a difficult person to approach.

Shirosaki-san, is this a mouse?

Oh? Are you interested?

Yes, sir.

Director Hanzawa said it's for everyone.

These are his small gifts of USB...

...from Tokyo Central Bank. Here. This is for you.

Is it fine to have this?

- Are you happy with it? - Yes, I am.

Lately, as everyone uses the cloud, they don't use USB anymore.

I don't find it useless using this analog-like things. I guess I'm the only one left.

If you want it, please take as much as you like.

Thank you so much. Then...

- By the way, Hamamura. - Yes.

You will join the team starting from tomorrow.

What!?

Me?

Director Hanzawa said that he wants to focus on young people this time.

He said that?

Okay. I will support you.

Let's do our best together, Hamamura.

Based from the fortune-telling,

I will be caught in a big storm.

Is it this one?

In a competition?

But we don't have know-hows about a trading system.

That's why we're trying to learn it.

The other party is Tokyo Central Stock Exchange.

If the order is finally placed,

we may able to go towards their parent company, Tokyo Central Bank.

That's a big chance for us.

Let's do it, okay?

That's the spirit.

Well, a new project team...

...will be formed for the launching of this project.

The members are...

Sato.

Spiral System's Development staff Sato Kota

Yes, sir.

Spiral System Development staff Suzuki Rino

Suzuki.

Yes, sir.

And then the project leader will be...

...Kosaka.

What!? Please wait a second, sir.

- Why is it Kosaka? - He's still a newcomer.

But he has the sufficient ability.

Wakamoto, you are having your hands already full,

so you'll become the sub-leader.

Why won't Wakamoto-san be the leader?

- Wakamoto-san has always been... - A big storm...

Thus, the work for the Tokyo Central Stock Exchange has began.

A large-scale system replacement is going to be done.

But this project...

...jolts the entire Central Stock Exchange.

Who could imagine, that from the start,

a big incident is going to happen?

Of course... It won't be the culprit's concern.

Tokyo Central Stock Exchange Competition Briefing