Chapter 29 Chapter 27: Looking for a place to hide secret documents

Doi agreed to Nabeya's request out of sympathy, but considering that next year's senate election is still far away, it is hard to predict what will happen to Nabeya's situation at that time. "Thank you!" Nabeya's eyes were red, and he rubbed his hands back and forth happily. "Mr. Nabeya, have you told Mr. Maruyama's secretary, Mr. Arikawa, about this situation?" "Is that Arikawa-kun?" Nabeya frowned. "I haven't seen him for a long time." There was a bored tone in his tone. "In order to help solve difficulties like yours, the Diet Secretary Association was established, and Arikawa was elected as the chairman, right?"

"That's right, but..." "Did you not contact Mr. Arikawa about this matter?" "No!" Nabeya looked at Doi's slightly puzzled face, "Although the so-called Councilor Secretary Alliance has a signboard, it is actually an organization in name only." "why?" Doi had expected it.Because I have never heard of the activities of the League of Representatives and Secretaries. "How should I put it? The secretaries are still afraid of the councilors. Although they agree with its purpose, they dare not participate in activities. To the councilors, it is a union beyond factions, and they are afraid that the old men will not be happy."

"Then, organization doesn't promote unity?" "Yes, the secretaries talk well, but they are actually worthless people. They still dare not deviate from the secretarial meeting of their faction." "What is Chairman Arikawa's plan for this situation?" "There have been strange rumors about Arikawa recently." Nabeya frowned. "What do you mean there are strange rumors about Mr. Arikawa?" Doi asked. "This man has gone bad recently. He suddenly became rich and elegant, spending money like water, as if something good happened."

"Oh, does he have a lot of extra income?" "It seems that he is abusing his title of chairman of the Congressional Secretary Alliance, which can blackmail some money. People who don't know the details think he has a lot of power, and many people think that the secretary is more powerful than the congressman!" In many cases, capable secretaries can handle petitions better than congressmen. Therefore, companies that provide donations often consult with the secretary first, and the secretary can also earn a little extra money in the process.At this time, Doi was inspired by Nabeya's speech and came up with a substitute for what to put in the bank safe...

"Arikawa seems to have a lover." Nabeya continued without noticing Doi's intentions. "It was a long time ago. I saw that guy buy a million-dollar crocodile leather handbag for a woman in the specialty department store. He also took out the secretary of the congressman and the chairman of the league. The business card is there to boast." Nabeya sensed that Doi was restless, and quickly put the cigarette case on the table into his pocket. "I'm sorry to disturb you for a long time while I was busy." Nabeya bowed politely. "Mr. Nabeya, please cheer up!" Doi encouraged Nabeya as he walked to the door.

"Thank you, please take care of me in the future!" Nabeya, who is preparing to be the secretary of the next new female parliamentarian, is not as proud as before. About ten minutes after Nabeya Kenzo left, Saeki Masako came back. "Miss Saeki." Doi called to stop her. "Your shorthand method is Zhonggen, right?" "yes." "The shorthand notation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" that you helped me interpret not long ago is the Kumazaki style, right? Can you imitate it and write the Kumazaki style shorthand?" This is an idea inspired by the conversation with Guoya.

Masako Saeki didn't seem to understand what Doi meant. "Are Mr. Doi's dictation recorded in the Kumazaki style?" There was a look of surprise on her face. "Not dictation, please rewrite the original manuscript I wrote into Kumazaki-style shorthand notation." "Is it enough to rewrite it into shorthand symbols?" Changzi felt puzzled. "Yes, this is not a long article, but a list of companies and groups with numbers." "There are only a few of them, and I won't be unable to write them. I learned the Kumazaki style when I interpreted "A Midsummer Night's Dream". If I imitate it, I can make it out."

"Then I will write the manuscript now, please help." "Write in the notation of A Midsummer Night's Dream?" "It's the Kumazaki style." "That's not what I mean. In the same Kumazaki style, each stenographer has his own habits and characteristics when taking notes. Remember quickly, everyone has developed his own notation. The manuscript is written by the man who wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream, and I shall imitate his habit." Saeki Masako is considerate and has already noticed that Doi's intention is to make fakes. "It had to be done for some reason. The reason cannot be explained to you."

"Understood, please show me "A Midsummer Night's Dream" again. This time I want to learn how to write it." Saeki Masako took "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as a textbook and began to learn Kumazaki-style shorthand. Doi began to write a manuscript, which was a list of donations. For a big man like Masayoshi Teranishi, generally speaking, larger companies would provide him with donations, and Secretary Waipu would transfer the accepted donations to Teranishi.In order to avoid Tera Nishi's suspicion of him, the secretary made a "memorandum" and kept it secretly, mainly for self-defense.

Doi didn't know whether Waipu's secretary also made this kind of "memorandum", but it was reasonable for him to keep this kind of record, and exchange the "donation record" with Waipu for the love letter... This is the trick that Doi came up with.He wanted to keep a record of donations in the safe, more a politician's secretary than gems, curios, and gold nuggets.Relevant people will also admit that in order to avoid the suspicion of bribery and donations, Waipu puts records that can prove his innocence at any time in the safe.Maybe sometimes it's a little tricky, but it's done behind Kaipu's back, and Setsuko won't take the initiative to reveal her husband's "donation record" to Teranishi.Gaiura also knows the Kumazaki-style shorthand, so in order to prevent others from understanding it, it makes sense to write the "donation record" in shorthand symbols.There are even people in the society who use shorthand symbols to write diaries!Thinking of this, Doi felt that this was the best way, and felt that this kind of thinking was an inspiration from heaven!

Although Doi couldn't figure out how much donations those enterprises and groups had provided to Teraishi, he could roughly estimate it.The actual records of "political donations" published by the autonomous province can be used as the main basis.The public donation is only a fraction of the secret donation, and both kinds of donations are provided by the same company, so the amount of the secret donation and the provider can be roughly calculated. Doi drew up a draft, and arranged the name of the company and the amount of donation while calculating.Of course it won't be exact.Setsuko will never publish this Waipu record in the safe, and no one will know what company name and donation amount is written on it. The description is written in shorthand symbols, the handwriting cannot be recognized, and the rare Kumazaki-style shorthand method is used, so it will be recognized as Gaiura's handwriting.In short, choosing such materials can make people look like the stuff of the politician's secretary Wai Pu without being found to be a forgery, which is the biggest advantage. What kind of paper do you use?Because it is a record, it is more appropriate to use a large notebook, and just like the record, it is good to write in scribbles.How much to write?Waipu has worked as Sixi's secretary for three years, and there must be at least two years of records.It is quite troublesome to write these.However, there will not be donations every day, and it is okay to arrange the date appropriately, which is different from the diary after all. Still, it took Doi two hours to write the two-and-a-half-year donation record. After Doi finished writing, he called Masako Saeki who was next door. "Miss Saeki, I'm sorry, please go to the street and help me buy a large notebook, a thinner one. Ah, and also, try to buy old notebooks that have not been sold out in the past, and the color of the paper has faded better." "understood." Before Saeki Masako came back, Doi carefully thought over the finished draft and made some changes. Masako is back. "Is this okay? I found it at a stationery store that was in a slump." It was a large, well-worn notebook with a dirty, faded surface.Doi brought Masako Saeki's large notebook filled with shorthand symbols back to his apartment.The apartment is on the high ground in Minami Azabu, the house is dilapidated, and the room furnishings are also old-fashioned. Doi moved here five years ago after breaking up with his lover.An old-fashioned three-room suite is fine for a bachelor.A lover is someone you met while participating in "All Together".At that time, she was a student at a private university named Yasuko.Although thin, she was a vigorous activist.He has high cheekbones, a pointed chin, wears a pair of high-profile glasses, and speaks quickly.Is a German student, can speak German.She is often excited by her own speech.She was the one who wooed Doi on her own initiative, and the cohabitation lasted for three years anyway.After the student struggle ended, she still had illusions and always believed that the climax of the student movement would definitely come. She loves to read, but she can't do the housework that a wife should be able to do.She is lazy and doesn't know how to clean up. There are often a pile of unwashed dishes in the kitchen.The closet is also piled up with changed shirts and socks.Every ten days, she took the clothes to the laundromat, and the kitchen and closet became a dumpster.Doi often had to pack up and then go shopping for food, but she still watched calmly from the sidelines.It is her established policy not to have children, so she underwent two induced abortions in the obstetrics and gynecology hospital, and then simply underwent sterilization. Doi became a reporter for the "Yin Nei Bao" with only a meager salary.Yasuko also wants to be an amateur training class teacher, but few people care about German.Her level of mathematics and Mandarin is not enough to be a teacher of other subjects. At first she strongly criticized Doi's behavior of leaving the struggle, but soon knowing that he would not change his mind, she often went outside by herself to attend the gatherings of the ultra-leftists known as the "China faction".Her pocket money was presumably given by her boyfriend there. Doi often came home very late after a day's work, but Yasuko came back later than him, and sometimes he simply stayed out overnight and came back in the morning without explaining anything to Doi.There seems to be more than one man with her.Not long after, she left a letter on the table and left, in which she violently attacked the "traitor" Doi.This was before Doi started his "ghostwriting career". Doi opened the notebook written by Masako Saeki in shorthand symbols on the table. Arrived at Toyo Steel Corporation at X o'clock in the afternoon on XX, X, and received 15 million yuan from General Affairs Minister Takeichi Kawasoe At X o'clock in the afternoon on X, X, received 20 million yuan from Daqiao Shengzao, the secretary office of the president of Yucang Construction Co., Ltd. At XX am on XX, X, I went to the Tokyo branch of the Kinai Electric Railway, and received 2.5 million yuan from Laijing's executive Xiaotong Masao Saeki Masako rewrote Doi's draft into cursive-like symbols. Doi found that although the notebook was old and its skin had been faded by the sun, the paper inside was still white with no stains.So he opened the closet, got the dust on his hands, and dusted every page of the notebook, making it look like a well-worn notebook. At 10:30 the next day, Doi arrived at Mukoshima Bank, and there were many people at the counter.The vice president inside saw Doi carrying his briefcase, so he stood up and walked around the counter.Aware of Doi's intention, he prepared to invite him to the reception room, and Doi walked towards the entrance of the underground stairs by himself. "I want to resign as Mr. Gaipu's agent, and I'm here to go through the formalities." When the two walked into the narrow stairs together, Doi said to the vice president. "I'm sorry you came here on purpose!" The vice president seemed to understand his purpose. "I didn't expect Mr. Waipu, who was so full of energy, to pass away. What a surprise!" said the vice president. "It's a regrettable thing... how to write it?" Doi asked him with the declaration form spread out in front of him. "Write your name in this column, stamp your registered seal, and that's it." Doi signed and sealed next to the printed words "Now I resign as the agent of Mr. Waipu Takuro, I hereby declare".Doi felt that the relationship with Waipu was completely severed from then on. "The bank, please inform Mr. Waipu's wife about this matter. I'm not going to notify her specifically." Doi said to the vice president. "understood." "Then I will confirm the materials stored in the safe before handing over the key." Doi carried his briefcase and walked into the safe room with the female pilot.Doi went into the secret room and put the drawer on the table.Ballpoint pens, ink pads, and sticky notes are neatly placed on the table. In the steel drawer, those "files" are placed safely.Doi opened the paper packets and counted them. There were more than a dozen pieces in total, and the number was correct. Doi couldn't help picking up the letter and rereading it. Doi originally wanted to read a few by the way, but he couldn't help rereading many of them.After knowing the truth and rereading these letters, Doi got a new interpretation of the metaphors in them.Judging from Mrs. Teranishi's tone, it can be concluded that Waipu had already had symptoms of cancer at that time. Doi took out the "donation record book" recorded in shorthand from the briefcase, put it in the steel safe, closed the lid, put the "terrible love letter" in the briefcase, walked out of the "secret room", and greeted female pilot. "Is it finished?" "yes." When opening the safe, the keys of both the bank and the customer are required, and when closing, the lock will be locked automatically as long as the customer dials out the key. "sorry to bother you." Doi's words of thanks to the female pilot contained the meaning of interrupting for the last time. After leaving the safe room, he saw the vice president waiting for him at the desk.Doi handed over the key No. 2674 to the vice president. "I have indeed received it!" The vice president took the key respectfully. All the procedures for "dismissing" the agent are over. "Can the bank notify Mrs. Waipu?" Doi asked. "Yes, we have informed Mr. Waipu's wife of this matter." "Then goodbye!" "Thank you for your hard work!" This is a compliment to the agent Doi. Doi took a briefcase with the love letter and took a taxi back to the Adam Hotel.The janitor in a red uniform with a gold sash on his shoulders greeted him with a smile. "You seem to be very busy." He looked at the briefcase Doi was carrying and said. Doi walked through the hall and felt that people standing there talking, people sitting on the sofa, and people passing by seemed to be paying attention to his bag.He stepped into the elevator, stashing the black boxy briefcase behind his back. "I'm back!" Saeki Masako wanted to take the briefcase. "No need!" Doi put it on his desk. "No phone?" "Yes." Changzi brought the telephone records, which were in very correct handwriting. There are three things.Two are urging him to write the works of the parliamentarians, and one is written on the record: "Mr. Hachiro Nishida called at eleven o'clock in the morning and said he would call again in the afternoon." Doi wondered, what would the reporter from "Yinnei Bao" call for?Doi showed little interest in his visit. "Mr. Yamada's thesis can be finished on Monday, and the deadline for submission of the magazine is about to expire, so I was kicked out here first. Mr. Hirai's work will not be completed until next weekend." Masako reported the progress of the work. She was already familiar with the work, and could reasonably arrange the work according to the priorities of the tasks without Doi's instructions.Doi doesn't care much about these things now.All I can think about is which bank's safe to rent on Monday. Doi opened the metropolitan district atlas.On the opposite side of Mukojima are Shinagawa, Meguro, Suginami, Setagaya, and Minato.Each district map is marked with the name of each bank branch. "They probably all have the business of renting safes, and they can be rented without much effort!" Doi said to himself.