The Planet of Humans and dolphins

Chapter 3 The man in the high tower

When I returned to my office from a regular meeting on Monday morning, I found a paperweight on the documents at my desk.It was placed by secretary Christina.The crystal paperweight has a thin metal rod extending at the top, and a clip can be used to clip the memo at the tip.The memo said, "they'd like you to approve the draft of the new product by 3:00 pm."Christina isn't standing on a break, she's sitting at the secretary's desk in the next room.Instead of telling it verbally, she put it on purpose.If I pointed out that point, "It's an important requirement, so I'd inform it."Such an excuse will come back.But that's a lie. She likes doing it in a roundabout way.I woke my note PC from sleep and checked the inbox.The mail which she mentioned says, They want me to was asked for approval to attach a currency hedge to newly launched derivative products as standard.I replied to the approval by only just reading the attached document of the mail.Another department should be coordinated the materialization/correction of new productsThe reason why this e-mail came was that there was no prior information sharing.Once, there was confusion in the handling of products, and confusion occurred in some departments.I wonder, why don't the staff in the development department get fired?They keep making crappy products every time.I also feel annoyed by the leaders who overlook it.I also opened my private account with a different tag and checked my inbox.Originally, the head office instructed us to avoid sending and receiving private e-mails on our office PC.If the general department gets to know the affairs, in that time I'll think about excuses.I noticed a reply from the Gowadi law firm on the list.I sent a question mail two days ago. I don't like the late answer, I didn't like the content more."We will answer your questions. The" investigation fee" in the item is the conduct of research on past precedents."It's the answer I expected, and I hate it.To change my mood, I stood up and walked to the coffee server by the side of the room, then pushed the drip button. This machine is for this room only and me only.After the extraction is finished, I grab the cup and look at the road below.Both the cars and the persons look like dots, and I'm observing the movement of ants.Nothing is offensive to my ears except the car horn sound which got at times.Before I moved here, I was in the partition-separated plot space of a large office.Although I was in the upper square because I was a manager, I was dissatisfied.In that respect, this new office was perfect.Except for the secretary who can get under my skin, the height of the floor, location, and luxury of the interior, greatly satisfied my self-esteem.I was bothered by the others When I was in the large office.It was half a year ago that I was appointed as the district supervisor.Due to the transfer, I moved to the eastern end of this country where my current office, is located and renewed my life.Yes, I have renewed my life.Put a hand on the collar of the jacket.After all, it seems that the touch is a little bit rough.I once made a complaint to the laundry about this matter. If the finish is the same next time, I will have to change the store.The transfer was because my skill was evaluated. Not wrong at all.However, my performance in the new post was not good at all.A few years ago, a major securities firm went bankrupt, and the industry is still in a tunnel with no visible exit.In addition, existing companies continue to lose their territory due to the rise of emerging companies that utilize IT fintech.The financial business is a licensing system.The business territory of existing may be protected for the time being.Still, it is commonplace for the law to be rewritten to suit the majority side.The possibility that securities companies and banks will be relics of the past is not zero.When I went to the head office, I heard from a colleague that the acquisition of an online financial venture was underway and that the negotiation is not going well.Unlike e-mails and messengers, there is also firsthand information that we can only hear when we meet.Rather than gathering and nurturing human resources from scratch as in Japan, we will acquire them and incorporate them as a division fast and snappy.I don't hate such a real country way of doing matter-of-fact.Rather, I think it suits me, and that rationality is probably the strength of this country.Come to think of it, that is the Japanese way, and I returned the approved permission e-mail.Isn't it just the positive influences that each other has?Rationality...For a moment, the unpleasant imagination that I was a sacrificial pawn.Shook my head, thinking that it was too much thought.Many wall-mounted monitors constantly show trends in the market as a whole and the trading details that our treader does...After checking the traders' movements and giving some timed instructions, started to write the report.Falsifying his true intentions, I quickly wrote a document with a slightly rising level of content, saying, "This measure can achieve the goal."The customers do not allow their profits to diminish.They're only going to hear the news of achieving the target profit and setting higher targets.However, is there even no person in this world who knows how to deal with the market?I can see that there are a lot of depression and suicides in this industry, and there are also a lot of people who are involved in insider trading and adorn the numbers.I finished the decorated report especially quickly today.I saw some subjects in my private e-mail inbox that I was interested in and wanted to take time there.The first concern is the announcement of credit card withdrawals.The amount is not stated in the e-mail, but since I had kept saving this month, it should be much less than last month.Over the last few months, my spending has continued to exceed $ 3,000 at the casino site.I refrained this month, in the number of logins and betting money.Just in case, I thought I would log in to the site to check the billing amount, but I didn't.Anyway, the billing amount does not change.For mental health reasons, it is best not to look directly at it.The credit card payment account is separated from the salary transfer account.The former also serves as a withdrawal account to the auction site.Using online banking from a PC, I deposited a sufficient amount for withdrawal to the payment accounts.Recently, I'm addicted to Calvados brandy.Until a while ago, I bought it from a mail-order site, but nowadays I get it exclusively from auction market sites where individual users sell cheaper than that.Calvados is a special taste that only I know, no one is drinking around.I opened an e-mail from my younger brother, which is the second concern.I rarely get contacted with my younger brother.I keep my distance from my parents' house, including my brother.Since I left my house when I entered university, I have hardly been able to contact them. Even more so since I left Japan.The e-mail says, with a recent report that his son was selected as a regular on the football team to which he belongs.It's a typical doting parent's behavior to be happy to report such a trivial matter.I didn't tell him the address of the mobile phone mail.I don't make phone calls to him unless I have particular something, and we only exchange emails on my PC."Well, my nephew is also excellent in its way," I muttered unconsciously.The e-mail from my younger brother also described the state of my parents' house in Japan.My mother fell and fractured, albeit slightly.The story of land acquisition is coming, who want to buy a part of the land that our father owns.It wasn't written in characters, but it felt like he was complaining that you should return to Japan once.It was six years ago that I changed my place of employment to foreign capital, and two years later I was working in America.Until the bankruptcy of that company one year ago, my company's performance appraisals were excellent.I glanced at the clock on the wall.Considering the time difference, it's 10 o'clock in Japan now.It was around the time my father was receiving a sleep-inducing agent from the hands of a helper.It's been three years since my father in Japan suffered from dementia and was bedridden soon.That bullish person is now to be worn diapers.Excessive assets allow full-time helpers to be hired.Thanks to that, no one in the family has to take care of it.Did the mother who had a fractured ever take care of her husband?Thinking is just a waste of time.I haven't seen the couple talking properly, since as far back as I can rememberDid they get along well in the old days?My father was an authority in the Japan Neurological Society.In the operating room, he had dominated the patient's skull with the scalpels and forceps.Also, He had dominated the board of directors.And at home...His bossy attitude was the same for his spouse and sons.Still, I couldn't help admitting that my father was an excellent person.His names often appeared in magazines and TV.During the gift seasons, a large amount of cargo arrived, which made it difficult to place it.The number of people visiting the house to greet was also unusual.It was even easier to count the days of the week when no one visited.Now there isn't any dignity in him.He is the man, who can't get out of bed, and can't even understand the face of his children and spouse.It is only just a wreck.I realized that I couldn't be a doctor like my father when I was in my second year of high school.My grades were out of reach of medical college.At the almost same term, I realized that I didn't want to get into the same field where my father had an influence.In other fields, I needed to be top-notch somehow.I'd like to outwit the man.that's why I have to cling to my current position at any cost.Clear results must be achieved so that next season's contracts can be renewed without delay.Leave my seat and head to the smoking area on the first floorI'm already used to line of sight from Christina's "again...?".Indeed, she wouldn't count either, for a report to the general department.There is a guy who sometimes meets and accosts me in the smoking areaProbably, the man from another floor or another company.He mentioned to me, that he goes up to the smoking area by using the stairs for exercise, not only downhill but also uphill.How curious and crazy that man is!I put a hand on my right flank.Ever since I was diagnosed with the ALT value exceeding the standard at a medical check three months ago, I've been worried about it touching my right flank.Told myself, "All in my mind, it's the same as before."I can't go to the smoking area on the first floor many times a day, and I'm getting Irritation.I also tried an anti-smoking paste that I got from a smoking cessation clinic, but it has no effect.Fortunately, no one was there when I arrived at the smoking booth.It's unbearable to get along with the crappy small talk of the crappy guys.Recently, my memory has declined as rolling downhill, and mistakes that I can't even realize myself are becoming more noticeable.I spent a lot of time searching for lost files on my PC and ended up recreating them from scratch.The file was found the next day in a completely different folder.Last week I was about to overlook one promise with my client.As I remembered in the end, I wasn't ready for it, so the content of the incomplete meeting made them person suspicious.When I returned to my office, I felt like my secretary Christina, was also looking at me suspiciously.It might be to have a harmful result that I was managing the schedule myself, I want to avoid that Christina cut in.I also considered asking the head office to replace her with a more suitable secretary.I don't want to be evaluated as selfish, so I've refrained now.But why did everything go wrong about me?I must have been an excellent man, an elite.Even if not as much as my father, my name is sometimes featured in the media.Even if it's a Web secondary article.I can't forget a word from the president at the board meeting at the head office last month."Are only baseball players active in Japan?"The reason why the hands placed on my shoulders felt heavy was not only because of the president's huge body over 190 cm.I think about it now, It started to rain on my parade when I got married to that woman.I wonder why I chose such a woman.I intended to choose my partner carefully so as not to repeat my parents' mistakes.I must have chosen a woman who was progressive, and economically independent, unlike the mother of a full-time housewife.Did I not have enough insight because of youthfulness?No, there are probably few men who can see the false appearance of a woman in advance.When I first heard the estimated amount from the law firm, It had opened my eyes widely, because the amount exceeded my annual income."Why is it so expensive to just regain custody of my son!"Gowadi was calm as if he didn't see me excited."Regain custody. That's why it's this amount."He was faced with his glare eyes that shoot through a person, which is peculiar to Indian descent, and then he got me outspoken words."You don't know how desperate a mother will take back a child.""Your ex-wife had a high income. she'll hire a first-class lawyer and will make a strong complaint.""In that case, we also have to ambush by the best lineup."He noticed that the sharpness of his gaze puts pressure on the opponent who will be his customer.So Gowadi closed his eyes once and sank deep into the seat.When I told him that I was still unconvinced, I got a reply from Gowadi, who opened his eyes thinly and kept to seeing below."Do you know how much the hourly wages of our lawyers, if their work cost convert into hourly?""If you don't like it, hit the other door"I realized so, what he said without his words.It's lawyer heaven in America...After smoking the second cigarette, I thought it was time to return to the office.I returned to my office and opened one image file saved on my PC.The attached image of the e-mail two months ago is the face of my newest boy.Earlier, when I consulted with another law firm, I was advised that "you should avoid 'knowing only the face of a child over a year ago at the mediation table."The agent of the firm transferred the photo file of the son that got from his ex-wife.In the end, the office didn't reach a contract and gave only a consultation fee.I stared at my son's face in the image. He seems to have his nose pointing up since the last time we met.The arrangements of divorce guarantee the right to visit.Gowadi also advises that managing as many visits as possible will appeal to judges and mediators.Should I do that?Something whispered in my head, "Don't be stupid."Yes, kids are troublesome.Not only women but also children have such a keen intuition."Watch out for women and child, you must not give the occasion, that they realize you're not a real man"Yes, I have to keep a distance.Maybe it's convenient,That woman took the effort to move to the opposite side of the continent.I can trick either way courts and mediators."I'm so busy with work that I can't adjust the schedule", "Long-distance travel is a burden both physically and temporally", "That woman is reluctant to see him", etc...Must not be seen through what kind of person I amA man who can handle both work and life tough, and an elite who gets high-paying, I installed the image with much effortI have to control everything from a distance...Anyway, I'm angry at the reply e-mail.Just to pick through past precedents, what is $ 800 in the name of <investigation expenses>!Hyenas! who only think to snatch a lot of things from a client!If they interview my son even once, they'll know immediately that the boy and the woman have a bad relationship.I don't know how it happened, but recently she lost her job.I don't like everything.Greedy lawyers who prey, Company leaders who are not responsible for their steering mistakes, The secretary who overestimates her abilities, Part-time parking inspectors, my younger brother, that woman.But the one I don't like the most is that man who keeping asleep in the bed.Anyway, I have to triumph over those who despised me.I stood by the window and looked down at the ground again.The view from a height fills my self-esteemI'm a special person who has climbed top.I'm different from people on the ground.I can't afford to lose this.During this period, no matter who takes the lead no big deal can be achieved in this industry.Even so, managers with poor performance are always subject to replacement.Neither the current post nor this high-rise office is a safe castle.Continue to produce results. That is the only imperative of this industry in this country. No matter how much money I make, it's not enough.No matter how hard I try at the company, not reach the required evaluation.What the hell those are?Is it a downhill life? Will I continue to decline?No, that shouldn't be the case. The economy will soon recover, and chances for success will come around.Who made the highest profit while all the other companies lost money?Who received both the Best Achievement Award and the President's Award of the year?That must have happened two years ago.I should be the best and the strongest.I am birthed of a prestigious family, and I am not a man who should be used by others.Someday even the president will drop his knee.Yes, lineage is...That child will regain my life.Son also had excellent school grades. I'm sure he's still the case.Well, I haven't seen him for over a year, but he's inherited my genes, I've earned and raised him, and I'm sending the money as child supportIn other words, it's my production, and it's a good investment project or promised stock.I have to get back from that woman as soon as possible.If he becomes a class act person in the future, even he doesn't have to be a doctor or a securities trader.No, he can be a surgeon even if he has a disability in his legThere was a man who securities trader was in a wheelchair.Also, there was a Japanese trader who swept the industry like Mr. Copper.If my son becomes such a person, the media will come to cover it.Of course, when my son becomes a person who attracts public attention, I will line up next to him.But what face I should make, when the cameraman presses the shutter?I can still put up with such an upturned nose.The problem is the legs.The woman made an excuse that the delay in discovering the illness is he as an Infant cannot express his intention.The doctor nodded to the word.Is that so really?It should be natural for the mother to be aware of the child's changes.At that term, I even hired a housekeeper for her.she should have just watched her son when she got home from work, without having to worry about housework.Above all, that child came out of her belly.Who would notice if the mother didn't aware?I'm sure the gene for the disease, and the upward nose must have been inherited from that woman.It's a big negative image. Annoying!If he hadn't had a leg handicap, he would have grown taller and could have become a regular in some sports club like my nephew.He wouldn't have been shy and introverted.In the future, he should have become a captain and even a representative of any college.Because of her carelessness, my future wealth has diminished.It should not be reduced any further.From now on, even if I get my boy back, he will not be in time for the junior high school exam.To enroll your son in a good school.If possible, enroll in a prestigious boarding school.I have to make him an elite.Children absorb as much knowledge as cotton sucks water.He should be able to do anything if I prepare from now on.I was forced to go on to an undesired school.So I should be in control of his life.If the man died, I should take over as head of the family.After all, I'm the eldest son.No matter how much my brother is in the same doctor as the man, don't let him go forward.If I will hand over the position of the head of the prestigious family to my son, he will be no complaints.Something whispered in my head."Let them praise you!"It takes glory to look back at those who looked down on me.Elite title, high income, and an excellent son.In the future, the son will increase my creditSomething else whispered in my ear."Isn't that child being bullied in America? you have to take care of something to him as a father?"No way!School refusal and home study are unsightly.Force him to go to school to earn a good report card. Children get used to the environment quickly.No matter what happens at school, he can solve it himself.If there is bullying, it is the mother's role to solve it.It's not a problem involving the father."Yes, you shouldn't be involved."Never show them my true colors as a pitiful person."What will it be the installed image, that you have impressed them."Yes, I am the person they prise me!Yes, for my kingdom, for proving my greatnessThat son needs to have a good career.Should I find another law firm?　I also tried some firms of success reward types.Any of them wasn't to be acknowledged to me.Gowadi's office was recommended by an acquaintance, which firm can get a win on custody issues.Certainly, even if you look it up on the net, it has a good reputation, and there is no falsehood in the winning record.I don't like Gowadi's irreverent attitude, but it seems to be a sign of self-confidence.In the firms of success reward type, I felt, their hidden thinking on their attitude, "we just want a request, want to conclude a contract".It's meaningless if we don't win.I told myself that the changing quarters is meaninglessI searched about Stem-cell therapy several times on the internet, they are expensive as expected.But that's an issue to worry about after getting him back."You just have to be satisfied with only football regular."After muttering so, I checked my stocked point balance on My Page on the auction site.I don't want to run out of Calvados.There must have been a figurine that could sell at home.It was a gift, but it didn't suit my taste, so I didn't decorate it and immediately put it in the closet.If I list it, an auction user may get it.If It is sold, to charge selling points to my account, I will need less money next month to purchase Calvados.Trying to bid for an additional Calvados, I thought it was a bad idea to use my work PC and stopped.Turn on the intercom and call secretary Christina.I instructed her, to call the Product Development Department and say, "You can proceed as they suggested."I already replied so by e-mail earlier.If I say to her, "It's an important requirement, so we'll be informed by phone.", Christina will be pleased that her turn has increased by one.She is a boring woman who has no education in a rural town.Still, she has self‐assertive desire.I sympathize with the development staff who received the call.The person will attend Christina's pointless talk.The cheesy crystal paperweight in front of me was a gift from her when I moved into this office.After all, it is not suitable for this room.Let's request to leave from my desk.By Mail boy or cleaner or someone took it out.Failure is not allowed on the job or the litigation.Yes, I'm a person who should be more respected.I have to show the world my greatness and be different from others.For that reason, I'll come up with the money and pay the amount as requested.That's the only way.