Chapter 28 Chapter 26 "Fishing" Techniques

Around eleven o'clock the next morning, Doi received a call from Mukoshima Bank in his office. "I'm Sen, and I often receive your care, thank you very much." Mori is the deputy head of the Mukojima Bank branch.When Doi followed Waipu to the safe rental room to handle agency procedures, he came to the cutscene. "Where, we got your help." Doi had a premonition that something was wrong. "It is said that Mr. Waipu died in Chile..." Sen's voice stagnated. "Yes, passed away." "About Mr. Uaipu's entrusting Mr. Doi as the agent's safe..." Mori seemed reluctant to continue.

"Oh, if that's the case, I'm thinking of going to you in these three or four days." "Thank you, I'll wait for you then." "Hello, hello," Doi interrupted Sen. "How do you know that Mr. Waipu died in Chile?" The news was not disclosed in the newspaper, nor was there an obituary. "The day before yesterday, when Waipu's wife came to our place, she found out that such a misfortune had happened." Doi held his breath nervously. "Mr. Waipu has fixed deposits in our bank, and Mrs. Waipu is here to terminate the contract."

It's not about renting out safes, Doi heaved a sigh of relief. "Mr. Gaipu's safe, which you act as an agent, is a personal matter, so we didn't mention it when Madam came here the day before yesterday. But I want to get Mr. Doi's guidance on the final handling of this issue." The deputy minister continued. The words of Vice-Officer Mori revealed: Now that Ueura is no longer alive, I can no longer let him go. The rights of an "agent" are limited, so the agent should return the key to the safe to the widow. "For this matter, I will go to your place in a few days." Doi then told the vice-officer. "During this period of time, please don't tell Mrs. Waipu about the safe, because it was entrusted by Waipu before his death, so please put it away for now."

The deputy said he knew. Doi thought, Gaipu was dead, and it was the duty of an "agent" to tell Setsuko Gaiura about the bank safe, but she couldn't show her the contents of the safe.Now there is no need to let her know about her late husband's "extramarital love", especially knowing that the woman is Mrs. Sixi, what a blow she will receive!Mrs. Wenzi wrote in a note to Waipu: "For the sake of my husband's peace of mind, please bring your wife to my house to have fun." Waipu also took Jiezi to the Sixi mansion according to Wenzi's intention. Doi thought, before handing over the key of personal safe No. 2674 to Setsuko Gaiura, he must take out this love letter.The question is, after taking out the love letter, what to replace it with.You can't hand over the empty safe to her. Doing so will inevitably make the "agent" suspicious.Because there is no need to set up an "agent" for empty safes.Doi didn't know what hobbies Waipu Zhuolang had, and he had never talked with him about it before his death, nor had he been to his home.

Generally speaking, important secret documents, tickets and stocks, and valuables such as precious metals are kept in the personal safe of the bank.But now Doi is unable to exchange any of them for this love letter.As for things like antiques, Doi didn't know his hobbies, so he couldn't stuff them casually.What's more, antiques or ancient works of art are expensive, and I can't afford them, so what should I do... Just stuff them with substitutes, and things will easily be exposed.Doi felt embarrassed, and had to think of a replacement within three or four days. Doi unconsciously increased his desire to get this love letter while thinking about it.This strong possessive desire excited him, prompting him to hold it in his own hands.He felt that if he just owned it and put it there, it would show its usefulness.Thinking about its use now, Doi felt a little scared, he was afraid of being a Waipu premeditated heir.

That night and the next day, Doi was still thinking about what kind of replacement to put in No. 2674.The day when the key to the safe is handed over to Setsuko Gaiura is approaching.I thought about it when I was riding the train, walking, in the hotel office, or dictating to Masako Saeki.Doi was very anxious, and the dictation was not as smooth as usual. Sometimes he repeated, and sometimes his thoughts were exhausted, and he could not speak a word. Doi forced himself to narrate according to the original points.When the dictation was interrupted, Masako Saeki put down his pencil and peeked at Doi's face with curious eyes.

Then the phone rang and she picked up the receiver. "Mr. Kawamura's secretary, Nabeya, is calling." When thinking about a problem for a long time, the phone can also be a tool to change emotions. "Hello, I'm Nabeya, long time no see!" Nabeya Kenzo's rough voice came from the microphone.Just a few sentences also brought out the Kyushu dialect. "It's been a long time, I'm busy!" Doi recalled the news reports that Kawamura Masaaki, who belonged to the "Reform Club" of Itakura School, joined the Gui School. "You already know about Kawamura's participation in the Gui faction?"

"I read the report." "About this matter and my personal problems, I want to say a few words to you. I'm downstairs in the lounge now, and I only have ten minutes or a quarter of an hour, is that okay?" What he wanted to talk about was not only about Kawamura's "transfer", but also about Nabeya's personal problems, which made Doi feel novel.Doi thought, just when he couldn't think of a good solution for the "substitute", anyway, it's better to listen to what he said first! "I'll be back in twenty or thirty minutes. Please restore what you dictated."

After Doi told Saeki Masako, he walked out of the room. The big body of the chubby Kenzo Nabeya stood in the middle of the lounge.Although it was only a moment, Doi felt that the Nabeya standing there was different from the past. He did not have the good spirit of the past and became listless.However, when he approached Doi with a loud greeting, "Ah, Mr. Doi," he restored Nabeya to its original appearance. "I'm sorry to disturb you during your busy schedule!" Nabeya stretched out his hand. "Is there a place to talk here?" Nabeya said, looking around the lounge with vigilant eyes.

"There's a coffee shop over there." Doi replied. It was at that place that I talked with Setsuko Gaiura two days ago. "It's better not to be in this restaurant. Members of Congress and their secretaries often come to this restaurant." Nabeya said. "Mr. Nabeya doesn't want to be discovered by these people?" "Yes, now. But Mr. Doi is busy, so he can't go outside?" "It's a bit difficult to handle now. How about going to my office? No one can see you when you enter there. There is no appointment for a visit today." "Is the secretary there?"

It seems that Nabeya wanted to say something confidential on a personal matter. "It's not the secretary, but the stenographer who recorded the dictation for me. She is a tight-lipped person. If you are still worried, you can ask her to go out temporarily." "Really? Let's go to your room then, sorry." Entering the office, Doi asked Nabeya to sit down.Masako Saeki prepared tea in the next room. "Kawamura got a lot of help from you this time." Doi felt, why bother to bring up what happened so long ago?In fact, Doi never saw Nabeya after the incident. "Where, it didn't work much." "In any case, the evaluation is very high. Thanks to you, the reputation of Kawamura, who has never seen the world, has been greatly improved. Not only the audience who attended the meeting were moved, but Mr. Itakura and Mr. Ueyama were also satisfied." That being the case, why did Masaaki Kawamura betray Itakura Tuigui and the "comrade" Shangshanzhuang Pingping of the "Renovation Club" to join the Gui faction?It seems that Kawamura's secretary, Nabeya, will now defend him. Masako Saeki brought black tea to the two of them.Doi asked Saeki to avoid him for thirty minutes. Nabeya looked up at Masako who nodded, and said with a kind smile: "Sorry!" "Where is it...then go out for a walk and come back." Saeki Masako nodded and saluted. In order to see whether the female stenographer had come out of the door, Nabeya stood up from the cushion of the big man, and then made a formal deep bow to Doi. "Mr. Doi, this time I have decided to resign as Masaaki Kawamura's secretary. I have always had a lot of help from you." Doi Mitsuru thought that Nabeya came to explain Kawamura Masaaki's turning to the Katsura faction, but he was surprised when he heard the unexpected words about Nabeya's "personal problems". "What? What's going on here!" He stared at Nabe House. Nabeya frowned, drinking tea intermittently. "Kawamura turned to the Katsura faction. I objected to him doing so because it was too immoral. I said that this would lose everyone's trust. Mr. Kawamura was a person with firm beliefs and never bowed in front of money. I I have persuaded him in this way many times." After taking a sip of black tea, Nabeya suddenly made a generous statement. "I told him repeatedly that the people are looking forward to the 'reform club' to purify the polluted constitutional party and become a new force to reform conservative politics. The draft of the speech at the meeting was written by Mr. Doi. That time you strongly condemned the ills of the constitutional party dominated by the elderly and the evils of money politics, and you were warmly welcomed. Everyone understands that this is an attack on Gui I believe in the prime minister and its faction. But now you took Gui’s money and joined the Gui faction wagging your tail. Isn’t this a big scandal? As your secretary, I don’t have the face to leave Nagatacho in the daytime. I I told him so earnestly. Guess what nonsense he is talking about? He even told me that if you feel ashamed that even Nagata-cho is not easy to leave, then you should resign from my post as secretary!" "..." "Based on the deep relationship between Kawamura and me, he shouldn't have said these things! How much pains I have put in for that stupid guy! I was so mad at the time. I shouted at him, okay! Then resign .” Nabeya said, splashing saliva. Nabeya was fired after a quarrel with Masaaki Kawamura.This is what he calls a "personal issue." "Mr. Nabeya!" Doi felt the same about Nabeya's exhortation to Kawamura, so he comforted him. "Mr. Nabeya's words are correct and justified." "Do you think so?" Nabeya said, narrowing his eyes. "Of course. I think anyone will agree with me." "Thank you!" Nabeya said with tears in his eyes somehow. "How much did Mr. Kawamura get from the Gui Pai to support them? Is it seven million yuan or ten million yuan?" Doi blurted out what he thought of while reading the newspaper. "Everyone thinks this way, even me. In fact, Kawamura didn't even get a penny from Gui Shigenobu." "What? Didn't get a penny?" This is Masaaki Kawamura's excuse.There will be no such stupid things. How could Kawamura transfer to Guipai without getting the money?Gui is famous for spending a lot of money.Members of Congress are baited by money.One by one, the Gui faction was caught, and the Gui faction increased its number and expanded its strength.The same is true of public opinion. "Kawamura didn't actually get any money from the Katsura faction. This is what I found out from Kawamura's first secretary after I had a quarrel with Kawamura and broke up. I was also taken aback by Katsura's cunning and treachery." "..." "You still don't understand Gui's methods. Gui's confidant Shuji Koyamada, the current chairman of the party's general affairs. A month ago, this Koyamada patted Kawamura's shoulder in the corridor of the National Assembly Hall and said: 'Kawamura-kun! In the next election, we had to send a new person from us to your electoral district to run for election. We try not to do this, but we have our own difficulties, and it is difficult to adjust in other electoral districts. Doing so may give Please forgive me for causing trouble. In fact, you are a powerful person. Even if our party has three candidates, there is no problem with your election. Don't worry. Hahaha!" "It is said that the chairman of the General Affairs Committee left there laughing like this. Kawamura standing in the corridor suddenly turned pale and trembled there! Kawamura's electoral district now has two constitutional parties and two opposition parties. Kawamura's first time In the election, he was elected second, and in the fourth election, he was the last. Under such circumstances, the Gui faction proposed a new candidate and mobilized all the forces of the faction to support it. Isn’t it doomed for Kawamura to lose the election?” It is not surprising that Masaaki Kawamura shuddered after hearing what President Oyamada said.Whenever elections are held, not only do they not hesitate to spend bundles of banknotes, but they also mobilize all Guipai MPs with different voices - current ministers, former ministers and famous people to come to support.Under such circumstances, it is obvious that Masaaki Kawamura, the last elected second-generation member of the Diet, lost the election.Whether Kawamura begged Itakura to withdraw from the referral, or relying on the loyalty of the "Reform Club" Ueyama Zohei, for Itakura, who only occupies the third place in the party's factional forces, and Ueyama, who has only a small number of forces, he will resist it anyway. If you can't live with Gui, you can't save Kawamura. Doi imagined the scene where President Oyamada threatened Masaaki Kawamura with his vicious eyes. "What happened afterwards?" Doi asked Nabeya. "The next day, Deputy Secretary-General Eiichi Kutani found Kawamura. Kutani is the second confidant of Katsura Shigenobu that everyone is familiar with. Kawamura was bullied by Oyamada the day before, so he came to the congressman's cafeteria of the first congressman's hall listlessly. Kubotani was waiting for him alone." Nabeya went on to describe what he had heard from First Secretary Kawamura. "What? In the councilor's cafeteria?" "After three o'clock in the afternoon, the National Assembly opened committees, so the cafeteria was empty. There was no one there, only the Deputy Director-General Kutaya. With his usual smiling face, Kuwamura invited Kawamura to the seat next to him and patted him on the shoulder and said. I said something: "Kawamura-kun, I heard that Koyamada said something that hurt your feelings yesterday, I'm sorry! However, there are too many people in our faction who will stand for election in the next election, and it is also a fact that it is difficult to adjust the electoral district. Now the The situation is that you have to put forward a candidate from your constituency. I tried to avoid it because I thought it would affect you, but I am really incapable. I am very sorry! ... However, the problem is still negotiable. If you just join Our faction can solve such a troublesome matter. If so, of course no new candidate will be mentioned in your constituency. Not only will we not do this, but we will support you with all of our faction, so that you may be the second elected." "Kawamura listened to his nonsense and was completely fascinated. He shook Guan Gu's hand, nodded and bowed and said, 'I will join the Katsura School from tomorrow, please take care of Mr. Guan Gu!' These are the actual situation... But , Kawamura did not get any money from the Guipai, and Kawamura rolled to the Guipai obsessively under the tactics of threats and persuasion." Nabeya Ken's words had a strong impact on Doi.Doi has always believed that the Gui faction used money and influence to lure members of Congress into their faction one by one.Not only Doi thinks this way, but everyone else sees it this way too.But according to what Guoya said, Guipai can catch a "fish" without spending a penny.This is more in line with the facts. Doi recalled that most of the councilors "fished away" by the Katsura faction so far were "centrists" who were depressed after the death of the leaders of the old Muzu faction, the old Funabashi faction, and the old Shiga faction.To such MPs who are in the "weak faction", the Director of General Affairs of the Gui faction, Oyamada, will also say "I'm sorry, I decided to propose our candidate in your constituency in the next election, please understand", and threaten the other party with vicious eyes , and then the Gui Pai's treasurer, Guan Gu, Deputy Director-General, went to say "You can join my Pai and everything will be auspicious" and so on, smiling with squirrel-like eyes and saying some compliments.When confronted with such duplicitous tactics, middle-of-the-road MPs who are usually in a weak position will often give in and compromise, and some even say a few words, "Please take care of the deputy director-general" and bow to them. Isn't that how Kawamura Masaaki of the "Innovation Club" was defeated!When it was founded, the "Innovation Club", a young force that once prided itself on unity, has now been disintegrated in the face of the powerful Gui faction's separatist operations that use personal interests as bait and take individual defeats. There is an inference circulating among politicians and newspaper reporters that Katsura Shigenobu no longer has that much money.Even Gui is not an all-powerful "alchemy magician".It is said that his large coffers are already quite scarce.Nevertheless, his "fishing" magic weapon is still money.Neither the political circles nor the Austrian circles have seriously thought about this kind of contradictory phenomenon.What Nabeya said just now seemed to be a blow to the insensitive Doi, and it cleared his mind. "Thank you, Mr. Nabeya, I understand. Because of your inspiration, it seems that I have removed the things that are in front of me, and I feel refreshed." Doi inadvertently bowed his head and thanked him. "I don't say such things to others, but Mr. Doi wrote a speech for Kawamura and got a lot of help, so he confessed the whole thing with a sense of apology." Nabeya said honestly. "No, I was just entrusted to do some work. No matter what action Mr. Kawamura takes, I have no opinion." He did not say that the ghostwriting was nothing more than a transaction. "I'm so sorry, what a shame!" As Kawamura's secretary, Nabeya shrank his fat body there as if thanking Doi for the last time. Members' secretaries rely on their gold badges to bluff people. They often seem to be flattering but contemptuous of others. Their humility reveals arrogance from time to time, and this person in Guoya also loves to play tricks.But now Guoya Yi in front of Doi is really listless and can't lift his spirits.Judging from the situation that people like Nabeya were forced to resign as congressmen's secretaries, they are still very depressed mentally.The MP's secretary is the most worthless person.Most people can neither write articles nor do clerical work. They have been in the officialdom for a long time, and it is difficult to get along well with the people around them.Some of them were lucky enough to get their own husband's territory and became members of the council. They were the luckiest people. Secondly, they were the second luckiest to be members of the county council. Most of the rest did not know where to sink.Doi was not aware of the activities of the "Assembly Secretary Alliance", but judging from Nabeya's slumped appearance, this "alliance" had no effect on him.Doi couldn't ask directly, so he had to beat around the bush and say: "It's a blow to Mr. Kawamura that you left him!" "Kawamura doesn't care." Nabeya said after taking Doi's words. "Is it like that?" "That ignorant guy, he feels that he has squeezed into a big faction, and he is very proud! He is a fool, and he has made a lot of ugly things! He has caused me a lot of trouble when it comes to women, and I am fooling him for him. past." The secretary is well aware of the public and private life of the MPs.Because MPs have no qualms about using secretaries to run errands for them when it comes to money and women, especially women. Doi remained silent, and Nabeya continued. "Kawamura is quite pleasing to the eye. Ignorant women are seduced by his looks, and they don't think about what he is pretending to be! Kawamura is a proud and arrogant guy. He feels great and proud. He strikes Soon, there are many women who have been deceived by this. For these things, I was the one who wiped his ass." Doi nodded knowingly. The topic of Nabeya turned Doi's thoughts back to the relationship between Takuro Gaipura and Fumiko Teranishi. —What should be put in the bank's rental safe?The worries circling in Doi's mind rose again. "The female inn owner who fell in love with Kawamura died after being robbed of all her property by Kawamura," Nabeya said. "Ah! Is it suicide?" Doi was surprised. "It's not a suicide, it's a traffic accident, but it's equivalent to being murdered by Kawamura." "Traffic accident?" Doi became nervous. "Once such a thing is known, it will become a big scandal and cause a sensation. Not only will he be scolded by his wife, but his votes will be reduced immediately. So he begged me to help him deal with the aftermath. I hold it for this poor The boy wiped his ass again and cleaned up the mess. There are many things like this! He forgot my benefits to him, and he listened to the words of the secretary Gui sent me and dismissed me." "Can't you get along with Secretary Gui Pai?" "It's not compatible! They squeezed me out, they instigated Kawamura to dismiss me." After a member of parliament transfers to a new faction, the original secretary is squeezed out by the secretary of the new faction. This is a common occurrence.It seems that the pot house was squeezed out by the secretaries of the Gui faction for this reason.Although Doi felt sorry for Nabeya, he was not very close to him, and he was not someone who could change his situation. "Mr. Doi! I am visiting today, firstly to greet you, and also have a request." Nabeya said his intentions. Doi Shin believes that Nabeya's visit is to explain the resignation of Secretary Kawamura Masaaki, but it is not the case. "That is to say, with the advice and support of Mr. Itakura, I may become the secretary of the women members of the Senate next spring." "Ah, secretary to the Women's Assembly? Who is she?" Itakura Taisuke picked up the old Nabeya house that Masaaki Kawamura had resigned from. The "Reform Club" is equivalent to the Rangers sent by Sakakura. Because Kawamura betrayed Itakura, Itakura hated him to death and sympathized with Nabeya who was abandoned by Kawamura. During the conversation in Nabeya, Doi noticed that although he found a job, he was still depressed. "It hasn't been decided yet which female congressman it will be." Nabeya lost his energy when he spoke. "Oh, but the women congressmen who have been elected for several terms are very powerful, and they will be elected in the next election. The woman congressman whose secretary you will be serving as secretary probably already has a door!" "She is not the kind of veteran person, she is a newcomer." "New councilor? . . . is it?" "To be clear, this person may be from the literary and art circles. It is not yet known whether he will be elected, so my whereabouts are still undecided." "..." Doi understands why Nabeya is in a bad mood. "Because the new councilor didn't know much about things, so he put me in," Nabeya said. Somewhere in the headquarters of the Constitutional Party gathered a group of first-class secretaries with nothing to do.This place serves as a gathering point for congressional secretaries who are unemployed due to the death or reelection of a congressman, and also a place to find work.Nabeya is the "Secretary" who will be the newly elected women's congressman in the future.New MPs need top-notch secretaries.This is because the new congressmen do not understand the situation inside and outside the Congress, so it is up to these "Secretaries" to "point out" and "help".It sounds nice, but it is actually a countermeasure to solve unemployment.It is really a last resort for a "first-class secretary" like Nabeya who is over forty years old to follow an actress or singer who has no deep roots, so Nabeya's depression is understandable. "Women councilors are difficult to serve," Nabeya said in a sullen tone. "...they became self-willed after they got acquainted with the lives of members of parliament. I heard that they arbitrarily changed the plan that the secretary worked so hard to arrange for her. The support club organized by the secretary painstakingly seems to be set up by them on their own Yes, they get complacent, and don't attend the meetings that the secretary decides on. They are capricious, moody, and hysterical, and they often make a mess." Doi had also heard of such things. "Not only that, they rely on the secretary to support the situation, but they often hide themselves and spend most of their time outside messing around. When the secretary reminded them with fear, he raised his eyebrows and said: 'I am not hired by you, I hired you! If you don’t like me so much, just resign!’ The secretary could only swallow her tears and bear it. Thinking of serving such a female congressman in the future, I feel very depressed!” Nabeya became sad.His stocky frame brings a sad comicity to the onlookers. "Mr. Nabeya, the newly elected female congressmen you will help work after the next Senate election may not necessarily be such people! You should work hard with hope." Doi's comfort to Nabeya can only be this. "I said the same thing to myself." Nabeya suddenly raised his lowered head. "Mr. Doi! I still don't know what kind of women congressmen I will arrange for in the future. Anyway, please help me write speeches when the time comes!" "..." Doi remained silent. "This kind of member of Congress in the literary and art circles is simply a mindless person. His mind is empty and he doesn't read at all. All he cares about is dressing his face and courting the camera."