The Second Crisis

 

The core of Gogyou Heavy Industries was the Japanese group that had transferred here thirty years earlier.

It was a Transferee company founded by its founder, C-Rank Development Engineer Iwabuchi Kotaro, and the still-young B-Rank Development Engineer Hirakawa Jo had joined it as well.

「Iwabuchi-san was a C-Rank Development Engineer. How should I put it? Rather than being especially gifted as a Development Engineer, he was blessed with business sense. He made Gogyou grow in the blink of an eye.」

Hirakawa narrowed his eyes as he spoke of Gogyou’s founding days.

「What sort of management skill did he have?」

Aki looked deeply interested as she poured sake into his cup.

「Let’s see. He didn’t really understand Silhouettes, so he committed entirely to contract work. He thoroughly focused on contract jobs from other companies, then found a way forward in one of Planet Asia’s niche industries. That was maritime shipping.」

「Maritime shipping… Yes, that certainly would have