An old man storms into an office, looking furious. He spots a younger man in a pale-blue worker's uniform — actually, the new president of a small auto-parts factory in Tokyo's Ota Ward — and confronts him.
"So I've heard you will stop doing business with us from next month. Is that true?"
The man in the blue uniform, avoiding the old man's piercing eyes, retorts: "One thing that has become clear to me since my father fell sick is that this company is on the brink of bankruptcy.