The Annals of the Flame Kingdom (WN)

"Welcome aboard, Lord Matsuyo."

"I'm out of time, Mr. Lotte. And I'm sorry I'm late."

Within the Royal Castle of Larchia, the Chancellor's Office. Lotte smiled at Kota, who visited her room as soon as she returned to Larchia - with that eyebrow root.

"What is it, Lord Matsuyoshi?

"What is it?

"Lotte," Mr. "? I thought it might have been" Your Excellency "? Plus, the expression is pretty good. When I came to Larchia the other day, I almost died... in a sense, they looked 'awful', didn't they?

Kota responds to Lotte with a slightly mean grin by clapping her shoulders.

"Shall I return you to 'Your Excellency'?

"If you like. Was it Terra, or was it some kind of mood change?

"Yeah, just a little bit. Interested?

"No, you're not interested at all"

Both ways. Kouta snorted a little at Lotte, who was to be cut off.

"If you're not interested," was it also a change of heart? I wish I hadn't asked. "

It's a social code.

Please, and Kota sinks himself into the chair by lowering one head to Lotte indicating the desk in the center of the office. Seeing that appearance, Lotte also sat down in the chair opposite him, as did Kota.

"Looks like Theon took care of you. I was supposed to put it on as a caretaker."

"Oh? I heard you were an eyewitness?

"It's a similar thing. Anyway, I apologize for that. Hi, sorry."

To Lotte, who says so and bows his head, Kota shakes his neck vertically to try to be just a little mean to him.

"- If you really want to say so, I'm going to do more of a tight job."

"Fine! Because I don't need any more treatment than that!

He shook his head left and right in a great panic. Yi grownups cry and say, "Oben no! I won't do it anymore! It won't happen again! 'And it won't be sneaky to see you keep apologizing... or to show you. Kota is not a ghost either.

"Really? That's a shame. It wasn't enough."

"... leave only the array 'punished' and which mouth says it's not enough yet? That's... Sure, Mr. Scion is some unfortunate people, but he still says, 'Grandpa Lotte! Forgive me! Forgive me! He didn't cry like a child."

"Theon is always like that. There are places where you think you can be forgiven if you cry. Little bit, that was a bad education. I grew up with my daughter like that... she must have spoiled me too much, including me."

"... Huh? You tell me you're still spoiling it, just doing it for me? Because..."

"Well, we don't have to talk about Scion. I didn't bother to ask Lord Matsuyoshi to do something like that."

That said, he gently controlled Kota trying to keep talking and lifted his hips from the chair where he sat. Lotte, who is an old body, taps his hips two or three times with a ton and walks to his desk to remove and squeeze the 'sole' from the drawer.

"... Well, Lord Matsuyoshi. You've naturally seen Flame White Gold, haven't you?

"Yeah, sure."

"Written flame white gold coin beside the majestic Alex Emperor. When it comes to design, I think it's the best in Orkena."

There's only one thing I don't care about, and Lotte, who sat face to face with Hota again, showed me the 'sole' in her hand - a few squeezed white gold coins open.

"I don't mind telling you that it's a commercial federation, not a" king's palace. "

"... Wangdu Commercial Federation, is it?

"Yes."

Lotte turns her gaze to Kota as she hand-plays flame white gold coins placed on her desk. I put one white gold coin squeaking in my hand, one more on my desk.

"The Wang capital, named, is actually not just the Wang capital Larchia, but many chambers of commerce present in this kingdom of Flame join… it's a kind of mutual aid union. While sharing information, purchasing and selling mutual assistance, and taking charge of the end of the proper flame economy, the title is fine, but what we're doing is mostly at the extreme of the economy."

"That's a hard way to put it."

"It's true. And there's a reason this commercial federation is particularly powerful."

That's what I said, and I put a piece of white gold coin on my desk, and I put it up in front of Kota.

"- It's a casting right for flame coins."

……

"Not just white gold coins, but gold, silver and copper coins. Currently, the 'currency' in circulation in the kingdoms of Flame and Larchia is cast by the 'King's Capital Commercial Federation' in this king's capital, Larchia, which is responsible for its distribution. The Federation, a gathering of merchants, manufactures and distributes widely distributed currency on the continent."

Surprised? Kota shook his head to the side thinking only a little to ask Lotte.

"No, it's not unusual. In" The World I Was In. "

- Bank of Japan, there is an organization called

It is the central bank and the only issuing bank in Japan known as the 'bank of the bank', the 'bank of the government' or the 'last lender'. Although the Bank of Japan is an authorized corporation that is extremely close to the public sector, it is not a government agency in the pure sense. As surprising as it may be, shares - precisely "companies" that list invested securities on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The security code is 8301, and if you want, you can become one of the owners of the Bank of Japan.

Especially if you become the 'owner' of the Bank of Japan. Voting rights like the usual KK, which means, 'Let's print more money!' or 'Interest rates, let's give you more!' I have no right to speak. The advantages of obtaining BOJ funded securities are the dividend of the sparrow's tears and the degree of self-satisfaction of the "investor of the Bank of Japan".

"Well, you don't care about my world story"

"It's a very interesting story, but it will be another opportunity, it is. Let's get back to it. Since the founding emperor Alex, the right to issue currency has been vested in the Wangdu Commercial Federation. It will remain unclear how far Emperor Alex thought it would have gone... but you must be right to grant him the right to issue currency as a thank you to Saint Yumeria, the founder of the country."

With that said, Kota smiled bitterly in his chest at Lotte, who gave a rarely 'out of sight' answer.

"Maybe the Emperor Alex didn't like finance or finances, did he?" Later, Yumeria, do it cleverly! I don't know if it felt that way. "

The summoned high school student, "Takatsujin Makoto", would have had no small difficult knowledge of finance, finance, etc. The right material, in the sense of it, delegates full powers to Yumeria, the vault number - not surprisingly, to put it more slowly, 'round toss'.

"Is Alex there? I don't think so."

By giving an ambiguous reply to Lotte, who laughs and shows it with her nose, Kota breaks off this topic. Which way, the truth is in the dark.

"Anyway, the currency issue rights that Emperor Alex gave to the Wang Metropolitan Commercial Federation are giving them a big 'chicara'. There are chikaras that are a step or two taller than any other similar union of commerce and industry -"

- And there's too much.

"... I am Lord Matsuyoshi. I'd like to take it from this trade union."

"Take it away? Do you want 'Chicara'?

To such a question of Kota, slowly shake your head to the left and right to show it.

"the right to issue currency - it makes the commercial union 'special', the 'sole'"

That's how I want to pull it down.

"Bring the commercial federation to just a 'union', huh?

Showing a good grin, Lotte chuckled.

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As time stops, heavy air flows through the office. It was Lotte who broke that equilibrium between the two staring at each other in silence.

"… it is true that the Wang Du Commercial Federation is' cleverly 'turning the flame economy by having the right to issue currency. They don't do so-called' unscrupulous'. Just because you're issuing your own currency, you don't imitate anything unusual like issuing a less pure currency. The merchant is savvy to the 'interest'. It gives me a good idea of which of these will gain from" flavor "through the issuance of currency or" flavor "through the issuance of currency in vain. I know very well that if bad money drives away good money, it will eventually strangle itself. Commercial" federation "also works for good salt plums."

"If you're a merchant, even if you're unscrupulous, the form of the 'League' is a deterrent," he said?

"Yes."

"So why don't you just stay where you are? You don't have to imitate the right to issue currency from the Wangdu Commercial Federation."

Independence of central banks, there is the word.

National central banks have aspects as issuing banks - yen in Japan and dollar in the United States. "Ticketing" literally refers to the role of printing banknotes and releasing them to the city. If you think about it, you can't go wrong with Osamu. And often this "central bank" is an institution that is "independent" of the government because of the difference in degree.

Let me give you an example. Suppose a country's economy is in recession and things don't sell. To say that we have to lower prices than things cannot sell naturally means that the company's performance will drop and the salaries of its employees will drop. Naturally, when salaries go down, consumption cools down more, and when it cools down, I want you to think that prices - and below - have fallen into an endless recession.

Whether it's "selling things so that they sell, but taxes are uniform" or "collecting taxes based on profits from profits" like Terra's in every city on the continent of Orkena, I think we can expect this phenomenon to reduce tax revenues. The former is bankruptcy and delinquency, while the latter is a pure decline.

The government will think. How can we regenerate a cold economy? You can lower taxes and retain profits for the Chamber of Commerce, and you can subsidize people who shop. But basically that tends to be a 'backwards' policy and cannot be a radical solution. So, what do we do?

It is the fastest and fastest way to make sales for the Chamber of Commerce.

All you have to do is buy wasted wheat with government money, wasted gems, wasted art. Chambers of commerce can increase their salaries if sales are made, and so can individual shopping. Personal shopping has led to more Chamber of Commerce sales and more salary increases - hereinafter referred to as Endless. Ultimately, this phenomenon, where more 'money' runs around the city than the money spent, is called a multiplier effect. Fine formulas are omitted, but the economy literally recovers to the multiplication formula.

Only theoretically, but at first glance, it looks like a great policy. But there's one big problem with this. As you can imagine, you can't even run out without the first part of the multiplier, or the government, having 'money'. Whatever you multiply by zero, it's only zero.

Let's say that the central bank, the issuing bank, was an institution subordinated to the government. The government, which has no money at its disposal, orders the central bank to imprint the money and send it all over the city. The economy will certainly recover. The Chamber of Commerce sales have gone up, the salaries of its employees have increased, and it seems to be exhausting... but there is also a problem with this. Prices go up.

I wouldn't dare sell a book for a hundred yen that someone wants to buy for five hundred yen unless I'm also a Shinjitsu for the rest of my life. The price drops because it can't be sold, and selling at a higher price than it can be sold is customary, not to mention five hundred yen, but a thousand yen! would sell it to that person if there was one who This phenomenon is called inflation, and this phenomenon of accelerating inflation is called 'bubble'.

"Though I think the Wangdu Commercial Federation is turning the economy of this country by keeping a certain distance from Wangfu?

I don't deny it.

Turning back to the aforementioned 'Independence of Central Banks'. Even if the government tells you, 'Money, more imprint,' if the central bank is not subordinate to the government, 'Ya. If I imprinted the money now, it would be a bubble. Patience, patience'. If you return the back, the 'economy' turns beautifully because there is a battle to scatter the sparks between a government that wants to restore the economy and a central bank that doesn't want to cause a bubble. We can't just get used to each other.

For the record, Germany hates this' inflation 'almost as much as its parents' enemies. A slightly older type of financial official says he remembers German Marc rather than direct mail when he says' DM ', but this German Marc, had record hyperinflation after World War I. There was a joke-like story in reality about "It's cheaper to burn marc banknotes than to buy firewood" or "I needed a trunk of banknotes to drink coffee, but I needed two trunks when I finished drinking and accounting for them". As you can see from this story alone, excessive inflation inhibits legitimate economic activity, but Germany does not like inflation to the point where it is almost pathological from this lesson, and the European Central Bank, the central bank of the' German-coloured 'euro area, also has a relatively strong trend.

"With the Wang Metropolitan Commercial Federation taking effect as a" stare ", Wang Fu does not adopt a wild economic policy..." I can't take it "is accurate. I can't take it. I'm aware of that, too."

"So why? Why 'take up' the right to issue currency from a commercial federation?

To Kota's doubts, Lotte slowly took up a piece of white gold coin on his desk and showed it to him.

"How much do you think this coin will take to issue?

"Amount of one issue, is it? That's..."

"Materials, processing, labor. Including this, it will generally cost four sheets in flame silver coins, or not. In other words, every time a commercial federation issues a flame white gold coin, it makes six profits with flame silver coins."

In addition to the issuance of the "currency", which is supposed to be the "business" of the state, it grips the flame white gold coin in its hands.

"... the finances of the Kingdom of Flame are never easy, and the economy is never good. Debt has gone up the right shoulder and tax revenues are down the right shoulder. Let's get this straight, instead of being easy, it's a fire car. In the future, an explosive increase in tax revenues is also, in the end, undesirable. Zilli poverty as it is, our country, which does not have a new source of income, will eventually perish. If so."

"Fiscal Reconstruction through Currency Issuance 'Gains', is it?"

"That's a quick and helpful story. Exactly."

Lotte's gaze and Kota's gaze meet in the center of the desk. Hota opened her mouth with her gaze fixed on Lotte as to how long she had done so.

"You can't have an endless currency issue. Or would you also issue it in an extradition deed?

"The extradition deed would honestly be a 'clever' idea. However, the" Deed "that collects and issues white gold coins is, in the end," Debt ". That doesn't make any sense, Lord Matsuyoshi."

"So, what do you want me to do?

"White gold coins before casting, this as collateral...... that is, keep the minerals collateral and issue them. Flame white gold coin issued by Wang Fu...... No, issue of 'Flame white gold coin banknote'. This is my ultimate aim, Lord Matsuyoshi. And"

I want you to take charge of that "one stick," as if it's nothing, like talking about tomorrow's weather.

"It is cheaper than Flame White Gold, a coin, and can be easily manufactured. Thank you, Lord Matsuyoshi. Your anti-counterfeiting techniques will help. The amount of the issue will need to be taken into account, but it will nevertheless be useful enough given the convenience. So..."

One moment, please.

"- What is it?

Glad to see Lotte talking about her future prospects. To Lotte twisting her neck in such a heartfelt wonder at Hota's trick.

"Who told you I'd help?

The words themselves are quiet, but like slapping.

"... help, you think I can't get it?

"I don't have an in-laws to help."

"... you're in trouble, it's"

You know, I shrug in my chest. Rarely does Kota have blood on his head, staring at Lotte.

"So... you're not going to miss Terra."

Raised blood, down to your feet.

"... what?

"If you're going to help me with my 'job', I'll 'miss' Terra's development, too, that's what I'm saying. You can just 'supply' Terra with profits. Right...... you could build a factory in Terra that manufactures banknotes. Regardless, we will pay the lease of the land to Terra. Still profitable enough."

So, please help me, please.

"No. 'Help'. You have a choice... not exactly, but you don't, do you?

Again, silence.

"... why?

Eventually, Hota's voice, squeezed to squeeze out, strikes Lotte in the ear. Lotte twisted her neck to show just a little wonder at the voice.

"Why, what?

"Why do you think you're going to help me?

In the gripped hand, the sweat seeps in tightly. Such a shoveling look at Hota's face, Lotte opened her mouth.

"There are two reasons."

"Professor."

"First, one. You have a proven track record of actually distributing extradition documents at Terra. It's not the right material, but it's more efficient to 'please' you than to use inexperienced objects."

"Please, is it? Which Mouth Says"

"That's this mouth. Second point. Issuance of banknotes by Wang Fu has many problems"

"So..."

"Oh, it's not. Not an economic problem."

Block Kota from what he said.

"- They resent you. From the Wang Du Commercial Federation,"

……

"There are more problems with 'taking up' vested interests from commercial federations than with the economic disadvantages caused by Wang Fu banknotes. Do you think the commercial federation will easily let go of the interests that once held it, which will also last a thousand years?

"Resistance must be imperative."

"On its arrow stands the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Flame. This is a little fear. I said I would be resented earlier, but I have nothing to say about resentment. The problem is, if the commercial federation bends Heso - and the 'kingdom' and the 'federation' come into conflict, the Flame economy is in disarray."

"Do the part where you resent me," he said?

"In a tangible way, yes. Haters would be perfect, Master 'Demon King'?

Lotte laughed just a little funny when she said that.

"... I've been thinking about it for a long time. How do we cut the power of the commercial federation? How can we improve the finances of the Kingdom of Flame? I've come up with several proposals, all for a long time or a short time. There were no performers to do 'it' to be exact. But now we have all the actors."

"... so, to me?

"Yes."

"But is that really okay?

"What?

"You told me, didn't you? 'I don't need a hero in this country'. 'People who are going to be heroes, don't do anything anymore'. Is that good? This proposal - such a magnificent national undertaking to deal with the commercial federation and change the framework of the 'Kingdom of Flame' - makes me - Kota Matsudai, a 'hero', right?

of the kingdom, destroying and regenerating the soil cultivated in its millennial history. "Demon King" and "Hero"... can I at least entrust you with that "special" task? and.

"Is the argument broken?

Show Kota how funny Lotte looks when she asks.

"The preconditions are different, Lord Matsuyoshi"

"Prerequisites?

"Yeah. So... shall I make a third point"

Hey, with Lord Matsuyoshi.

"You... are no longer 'scared'. Take it from me."

"- Scared, no?

"Once upon a time, I told you." You're definitely a brave man, "he said." You are a scary man, "he said. Yeah, you also said," You're a good, smart guy to give up. "

"Is that it?

"What do you think the brave man's best qualities are: 'Hero's Conditions'?

"... you don't know"

"The best thing about heroes is that they don't care about people."

……

"'Cause, right? What does a brave man defeat a demon king for? To save the princess? To keep the world at peace? Or do you seek your own honor?

"It... it would be. To protect people from evil demon kings, evil empires."

"And the brave man 'trumps' many people in the process."

"- trump? A brave man saving the world... a brave man saving so many people trump people, huh?

"The princess who will be saved will be good. A world to be saved would also be good. But what about the brave parents? Would it really please your own son, or daughter, to risk her life before heading to the Demon King?

"That's... but to keep the peace of the world, smile and drop it off -"

"What about the brave friend? Any childhood friends? Any lovers? Following those people's desire not to go, brave men embark on a crusade to the Demon King. Innocent, smile. Leave a wedge in people's minds with words that have no basis whatsoever, such as' Don't worry, I'll be back '. I'll smile and drop off anyone left behind, too, that's it. It's obvious, isn't it? Do you cry at the feet of a human on a journey to save the world, saying,' Please don't go '?' You can't possibly decide not to worry! 'Do you yell?' I'm sure, because someone else will! So I want you to stay by my side '? Do you want people who are going to fight for their lives to pull their hair back?

……

"That's the kind of race 'hero' is' brave '. You're going to cut off a really important human being by putting up the title' Peace in the World 'on your own. I didn't see anything - I didn't see it - to save the" majority that doesn't matter, "not the" one that really matters. "

No, let me see you shake your head left or right.

"Maybe that's not really the case. Maybe there's no one there to take it as a" hero "and really care about it. The parents who gave birth to themselves and raised them, the friends who cried and laughed together, the childhood friendliness that inspired them, and the humans who never lived on the edge of the continent. Fraternity, it sounds good, but it's a 'defect', such as a person who doesn't distinguish people."

……

"On a personal note, I think people discriminate and distinguish people. I think it should be harder and sadder for just one of my own important people to die than for thousands at the edge of Orkena."

So I hate 'heroes' that can't be taken for granted, add that.

"I felt the qualities of the 'hero' in you. I thought you were such a 'hero', seeing only 'numbers' and looking at the top of people's minds. You don't rely on people, you don't show yourself when people rely on you, and that's what I thought when there's no such thing as' important people 'on this continent of Orkena."

But what do we do? and.

"Your face when I said, 'Don't miss Terra'"

"Did you look that bad?

"'I hope you don't break an important place,' you were out of the ordinary. Yes, as if" ordinary people in Ichii "."

As for this one, it's convenient, but Lotte laughs.

"Thank you, Lord Matsuyoshi. You're weakened."

"... I didn't get weaker."

"Really? Now you are going to swallow this' proposal 'of mine. Never a good idea, politically or financially...... I'm trying to swallow a hard one to say. Why is that? Isn't it for Erica, Emily, and other people who live in Terra? You give up being a smart' hero '." Let Terra cry here. "You take the' majority ', not the less Terra people. So."

- 'Hero' is a pain in the ass, he said.

"When you can have someone important to protect, your judgment is dull. And such a person is not a hero or anything. If so, you are just a smarter person than a person. If you're just a person."

"Easy to see, is it?

"Yeah. I'm not scared anymore"

……

……

Silence. To the office, several silences fall today. How long have you been like that?

"Do you know what I'm thinking right now?

Unexpectedly, Kota laughed and showed his hard expression.

"Did you even touch it?

"No, you don't. No... as usual, that's rude"

"If you were with Theon, you'd know. Blood muscles."

"That's a lot of blood, is it? Deep business."

"You're probably rude, too. So, what the hell were you thinking?

Turn your grin into a bitter laugh to Lotte who says so.

"'This, if you sneak up on me in secret, don't ever let Erica piss you off'"

……

"Like you said, I may have only seen 'numbers'. If I could do anything on my own, I might have misunderstood that I could do it, turned away from what I couldn't do, and given up on getting over it if I had walls."

It's not really the same, but laughs in a self-derision.

"When someone is counting on you, if you can help them get over the insurmountable wall, when someone hits the wall, if you can help them... if you call it 'weak', I'm okay with what you call 'weak people'"

"Hmm."

"If you dare not to be afraid of misunderstandings, I have nothing to do with the happiness of the people of the Kingdom of Flame, nor with the peace of the continent of Orkena. I just want to have fun with Erica, Emily, Sonia, Ayano, and Maria. Whether you're not a hero or a demon king, just have fun living with everyone."

"What about our Scion?

"... oh, let's not be shy"

"That's terrible."

"Of course, you're kidding, right?

Turn the bitterness into another form of grin - a grin that includes just a little tea glare.

"- Okay. Let me help you."

Lotte changed the shape of her eyebrows only slightly to Kota, who said so with a grin.

"Hmm. I thought we'd have a little more time."

"I'm sorry. If I work hard, Terra will be happy - because we can all live happily ever after."

"... you've really changed, Lord Matsuyoshi"

"It's easy to use, isn't it?

"Yes. Exquisitely, please 'use'"

"Okay. But you'll get your profit back, won't you?

"Fully."

That said, the two of us laugh at each other with a nigga. For a moment, too, Lotte returns her expression.

"The issue of banknotes by the Wang Fu itself is separate and does not require permission from the Commercial Federation. Just."

"It's easier to keep it, right?

Nodding lightly at Hota's words, Lotte takes her seat and walks toward the concierge. I opened the second drawer and placed it on my desk when I took out a piece of paper.

"The Wangdu Commercial Federation has many chambers of commerce and merchants, but it is the nine chosen by mutual election who are entrusted with decision-making"

"Nine?

"Yeah. It's the Wangdu Commercial Federation Policy Conference, commonly known as the" Committee of Nine. "The status of the Nine is entirely in the same row and will not be placed, for example, by the Speaker or the Vice-President. It was established in the presence of at least two-thirds of the 'Commissioners' with voting rights, and the resolution matters were voted by a full majority. Only in the same number of cases can it be adopted in the name of 'Prime Minister's Resolution'. But."

"It's never happened before," he said.

"You've never even been absent, not just from a Prime Minister's resolution. There is an odd number of Commissioners, so it is not always the same number. I'm sure he's proud to say," I won't let the Chancellor decide. "

It's troublesome, but after showing her shoulder to shoulder, she slaps a ton of paper on the table with her fingers.

"What it says here is a member of the current 'Committee of Nine'. As it stands, there are two people I 'think I can drop'. I'm the president of the Baumgarden Chamber of Commerce and this Ritz Commercial Union, who will meet my nephew."

"To get a majority, I have to 'drop' at least the last three," he said? To someone you don't know?

"Three days from now, we're going to have a nightclub. Have a big night club hosted by the Royal Flame. Regardless, there will also be people from the Committee of Nine, so I would like you to make a connection at that time. Please roll the story 'cleverly' as some people are putting the Chamber of Commerce out on Terra."

"... what a 'fluff' story."

"I'm sorry about that, I think. But even if I were you, I wouldn't be able to make a stand. Not to mention the reason."

"Well, I guess so."

"Oh, by the way"

"It's useless to say that Mr. Lotte is involved, right? But."

"Dear Erica, Emili, our Scion or the Virgin of the matter...... not very good, but you can talk to Sonia. If they don't say anything else."

"Ayanoya, Sonia would be nice, too?

"The princess of the maritime empire that crowns the world, so be it. Some hopeful observations are that you might fall smart."

"As for Ayano?

"Lord Matsudai, can you 'out of company' the Virgin?

Asked, Hota imagines - and shakes his head left and right.

"I can't, right?"

"Nah, why am I out of company! I'll bust it! 'said Ayano, smiling and clenching his fist, floating behind his brain, disappearing.

"... ok. Let's do it right."

"Do you want a few more powerful words?

"It's more powerful than" I'll consider it positively. "

That said, he clapped his shoulder, and Kota grabbed the paper on his desk and took a seat.

"Welcome home?

"Yeah. I'm going to meet someone for the first time, and we're going to get along on that, and we're going to swallow this demand. Considering this, there is only sixty days'. It's a waste of time, so please excuse me for this. I have to talk to you."

"Really? Three days from now, thank you."

"No."

"- Oh but... what is it?

"It's a shame about those three days. As far as you can see, apparently there are some 'acquaintances'... I don't know if I can see you, but I'm going to interrupt a little bit."

while showing a line written at the bottom of the paper.

"- To Adolf Burkhardt, Chairman of Hotel Larchia"

That's what I said, Hota laughed and showed it to him.