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This is a work of fiction and is to be read that way. It is somewhat science
based and also religion based. So you should learn some of both areas when
reading it. Is there sex? Yes some but if your looking for hard core look
else where. This as all novels is meant for entertainment. There will be
just one chapter each week as much research is going into this as I write.

Chapter 14

The shipping company now was buying ships. They had picked up eight tankers
and three container ships. There were five ore carriers they were bidding on
and they bought one older car carrier. It was being used to carry the many
tanks, Bradley's and Humvee's home. After that it would make one trip a year
to pick up new electric vehicles from Japan.

The car, truck and farm equipment dealerships now were an ITI business.
Being registered in both Japan and the Islands made them very different. All
trucks and farm equipment was diesel powered. In Japan they sold the trucks
and farm equipment as well. When you bought from ITI you were assured you
could buy 500 gallons of diesel for each year you had the machine. No other
dealer could assure you would have the fuel you needed.

His next step was to open his office in India. Here he had to be very
careful to keep the Island connection out of the office. Japan and India had
no bad history so that was the connection to ITI. Here metal ores and oil
would be sold for gold, silver and finished metals like steel and stainless.
But some oil and LNG would also be required and that would also be traded
for. India had managed to keep its money system inside the country. So trade
was never stopped between its people. The many who came back from America
were very well educated. Most were financially well off and added to the
business world here. Others were researcher, doctors, educators and the
likes, which improved many areas of the country.

Calcutta was the idea place for putting an office. It would schedule the
shipments needed and handle the trade issues. Joji had found two people on
the Islands who agreed to run at least for a time that office and train
others there to do so. Having people who were committed to the Islands was
critical, as well as they're being the right nationality. There were a few
India's on the Islands and they liked it here. But some time training people
in India they did not object to. They had no idea that ITI was the
intelligence service for the Islands. But knew it was a Japanese company we
owned to shelter the Islands for sight.

Their training was scheduled in Tokyo and Okinawa. It was important they be
knowledgeable of the facilities there. They would go by ship to India and
work off it to find the office space and a secure home for them. They would
use gold coins off the ship to purchase what was needed. With a sat phone
they could keep Tokyo filled in on needs there and what was available to
trade. They had enough money to keep a good size bank account and could
transfer funds from Tokyo if needed.

Joji was looking for where to go in China and what to consider trading for?
It had to fit what Japan needed more than the Islands. But he could pick up
goods to trade in India as well. That should be interesting to many in
China.

It was well known China needed metal ores and oil. It was the two types of
commodities they could not do without. The Arab world had cut them off on
oil for actions against Muslim's. So the oil that was there just was not
available to them. In fact the Arab world was pumping less than ten percent
of what they had in the past. For some it was none as they just were not
trusted. Iran being the main odd man out right now. They never did get their
nuclear plan off the ground. Yet it buried their countries economy.

So finding a place to set up to trade oil for other needed goods was going
to be important. Most of the radicals had been killed off by the ruling
class. With things as bad as they were it was not a time to allow these
people any space. Joji made contact with one of the leading people in Kuwait
and cut a deal to buy five tankers. They needed to set up a shipping system
for some of the countries they had agreements with. It would not be a money
system but trade. Then they could use their money system to handle those
goods inside their borders He left him to work it out and see if others were
interested? The man had his sat number and could call him any time.

The early weeks had gone this way for what seemed like forever. Joji got
home ate and went to bed. He was always exhausted. He kept telling Dink that
if he survived, this life would become better. She just knew she had to let
him do what was needed now. Later things would be different, but that was
hard.

David saw the worry and questioned her about it. She was honest and told him
of how Joji was just running on fumes. He had seen it and not paid it any
attention.

John looked up and saw David coming in. "OK I see trouble David?"

"Not for me, but may be for you. Joji is burning himself out. The man is
trying to do it all and it is draining him. Just call him in and watch for
yourself. He needs to delegate some of what he is doing and train his people
to step in and do his job if ever needed. If he fell over dead now no one
would know what was done, why or where?"

That John had missed, as he just never checked behind Joji. "I will handle
it and thank you for seeing it and letting me take care of it."

When David had left he called Kelly in and told her what his problem was. He
wanted her to stay while he discussed it with Joji. It would make sense to
her once that started.

Joji walked in looking like death warmed over. "My God man you look bad.
What in the world is wrong?"

"Just not getting the sleep I need most likely. It has been a hard few
months."

"Joji what happens to your ITI if you fall over dead today? Can it continue
and is someone able to step in?"

"I would expect ITI would fail, as no one is close to be able to assume
power. None are trained yet to run branches." The lights came on as he
spoke.

"Kelly here knows everything I am doing. She is my voice of reason when I am
really mad. But she knows I delegate power to people I trust, like my head
of intelligence. Then I stand back and let them do the job I gave them. But
they need to start from day one developing people to step in if anything
should happen."

"I see your point and need to find a way to fix the problem. Right now I am
not sure how to do that?"

"Would you accept some good help?"

"Of course I would."

"Then Kelly will go with you and make suggestions on where things could be
changed. She will one day need to know your operation anyway, as she will
have this job. But she has a mind for taking things that are complex and
smoothing them out to something simple. She has done it for me often and I
am sure can help you."

Joji knew Kelly reputation for brains. "I have not heard you say anything
Kelly?"

"I just do what dad asks of me. Now I need to see where you're going, how
you plan to get there and who will control it? That should be pretty simple
for you to show me, as I think right now it is all you? Then we need a plan
that opens the door for others to lead the steps you want taken. You need to
evaluate every person you have at ITI and rate them based on what you think
their abilities are. After your done I would like to interview them and add
my comments to yours. You right now have no one else to validate your
judgments."

The simple way she stated it just made a lot of sense to him. "I see your
point and like the way you address it. I was smart enough to write out my
over all plan. But I have not done the evaluations of people. There is one
very bright and knowledgeable young man named Kei who is pretty much my
second in command. But I have poorly used him."

John thought this would work for Joji and let Kelly start to understand what
he was going to be doing. "Well she is yours for as long as you need her. I
will not let you have her for good though!"

That was enough to break the somber mood. The two stood and left talking
about his basic vision of what intelligence was for the Islands.

Kelly was enthralled with the ideas and plans Joji had right now. His over
all plan was relatively simple and could be accomplished without much worry.
It was to build the trading company and ships for it. Then to pick up as
much information as possible from governments and ships coming into ports.
It was all a matter of finding sources to feed him information. They did not
even have to know why the company wanted to know? But trade had always been
the vehicle for military actions. When you controlled trade to a country you
controlled their people to a great degree. The military take over was just
the next step.

For China, India and Japan were its main rivals in trade. It one day had to
remove them to control the Asian markets. It was simply added 2 + 2 and
getting 4. But you had to have information and knowledge to understand why
things were happening.

"Joji has anyone read these but you and me?"

"Yes Dink did and she suggested I add a few bits of information for the
future."

"This manual is the training tool you need to develop good spy masters. The
hard part is going to be finding people with open minds, which are paranoid
enough to focus on their area. Your outlook is exactly like John's and that
I can tell you. It is almost like he wrote this." She was smiling at Joji
and knew just how bright this man was also.

"That is high praise for a sergeant in military intelligence. I always felt
the enlisted men saw things better than the officers. They often let their
education get in the way of seeing the real problem. If you make things too
complex you will be missing the boat. People do things for simple reasons.
Greed, anger and ego are the primary drivers of powerful people." Joji was
now in his teaching mode.

"Now that I see where we are I would like to interview each of you key
people here and in Japan."

"I see no problem with that. Kei is right now on Okinawa setting things up
there and in Tokyo. So you will have to see him there. He is my brightest
and best. I depend on him for a lot of things."

That was a start he did depend on someone else. It made her job much easier.
"You know it might be fun if Dink worked here also? As I see it you have
three businesses here. One is shipping, second is trading and the third is
intelligence. Shipping needs a good master mariner running it. Trade needs a
very good mind in what people will trade for and at what price? So they must
be economically grounded. Then someone who pulls all the pieces together for
the intelligence side. So you need a planner here and someone managing the
entire structure."

"I see what you're saying so far. But where would Dink fit in?"

"Dink is a meticulous manager and someone you could completely trust. You
need to be free to address problem areas and not be tied to day to day
decisions. So if you do the planning and address problems then you need a
manager. She knows more of the military side and would see things and point
them out to you. If you said watch for something you know she would. But she
is good with money so would over see the costs and be able to tell you what
was not working."

"OK I hate the money side. I have no clue what we have spent so far of the
ten billion I was given? It is less that estimated, but exactly how much,
who knows that? Hell I don't know what I am paid or if I am paid?"

Now she knew just how bad Dink was needed. "Let me bring you up to date Joji
as you have missed something. This is your company. The key words there are
your company. Dad loaned you ten billion to get it started. Now someplace
down the line you are going to have to pay the ten billion back. But this
will still be your company and the profits are your profits. Dad and I
discussed this at some length after he gave you the check."

"But if something happens to me then someone else must take over."

"Dink or one of your children would. Your family has a very long term
commitment to the Islands Joji. To a great degree its survival is based on
what you do here, as are all Islanders. But you must grow and become strong
to help us stay free. Technology development is another of your areas of
responsibility. That will require a lot of investment to make it pay off.
Some will be supported by the Islands and other parts by your ITI." Kelly
had dropped the bomb on him and she saw it.

"I really need time now to think and talk with Dink." He stood and walked
out of his office.

The day was nice and he walked for over an hour ending up at home. Dink was
waiting for him and smiled when he came wondering in looking tired. "Husband
if you don't get your act together we are going to have to burry you out
here."

"I am sorry dear it has been a tough day. Now I am worried I may have bitten
off more than you wanted?" He explained Kelly's comment on the company and
the possible impact on the family.

"OK now what is the problem? You're a rich man just like your bio says. Our
family was always at risk if bad things happen here. So I see no new problem
in what Kelly said?"

"She wants you to come run the company and let me do planning and work on
the problem areas. I am not sure you would want that?"

"Are you asking me or telling me?"

"Asking Dink, I don't want you to feel forced into something you don't want
to be involved with."

"Husband working with you would be fun for me. You have one of the best
minds I have ever seen. But your management skills suck. I am shocked we are
not broke yet. Do you have any idea what you have spent so far?"

"No idea at all dear? But it is less than I expected to spend."

"I think you need an audit of the books to see where you're at. It might be
embarrassing to fail to pay the people for their work. You need to set up a
payroll account and fund it for the next two years. Now you know if not a
dime comes in they will be paid for that length of time. As the number of
people grows so will the account."

"OK I see where your headed and it is a good idea. But what if I need some
of that money for ships?"

"You will have to earn it now. The ships you now have need to start paying
for themselves. A shipping business needs to have each ship making money
over its costs to operate and pay off the loans. Remember I have an MBA and
know what it takes to make money."

"That always confused me as to why you were in the military?"

"Because it was where I started before I got my degrees. There were no jobs
open here for my degree when I came here. So I built, organized and ran the
Island Scouts. They were the forerunner of the Island Defense Force. But I
had a slim budget and had to find ways to come up with funds to clothe,
equip and train my troops. I used all of my business skills in doing that,
so they were not wasted."

"The way I feel right now a good beer and steak would be nice. Then I need
to fall in bed and sleep for about twenty four hours." He was laughing now.

She ordered the steaks and got him a cold beer. "I'll bet you did not know I
had this did you?"

"Where in the hell did you find beer here?"

"My husband is this spy master and I had one of his ships bring it back from
Japan. Matter of fact it was the one that brought the new vehicles. You did
know that the M1A1's, Bradley's and Humvee's were all brand new?"

"No I just saw them and knew they could be of value here."

"Well Carlton told me they were worth way over five billion. So I think we
need to charge the Islands for them and pay the money to John. It will cut
our debt by a good amount. I will work out the amount we get with Carlton
including the ammunition. You have made any invasion of an island almost
impossible as they had ground to air missile racks on the back of the
Bradley's. We also got twenty missile packages for ground to ship. The total
hardware will be around eight to nine billion worth."

That just was never in his mind. "It cost us just for that old auto carrier
to bring them here. I paid nothing for them on Okinawa."

"One mans junk is an other mans gold. Just because you got a good deal on
Okinawa, does not mean you should not make a profit on it. That is business,
buy cheap and sell for a lot more. If you're not shrewd in business, people
are going to know you're into other things. For some reason really good
business people, are never suspected of doing anything but making money."

"You are one that looks at money and profits. I have a man who will call me
back from Kuwait and let me know if I can buy and sell Arab oil. It would
allow them to sell to China, by selling it to me first. Then I can sell to
whoever could afford it. But now they are backed into a corner with the
religious leaders."

"How did you know people there?"

"I spent a year there as and Army intelligence specialist. It seems I worked
with several very rich and high ranking men. We developed a good
relationship and have a good trust factor."

"So you expect it to happen?"

"Oh yes and I get to buy five tankers sitting there now. They are not the
really large tankers but good size Panamax ones. So for today's trade they
are ideal. It is hard to go into a port and sell one hundred million in oil.
Now the Midway run is with a large crude tanker. You could get by with that
in Japan, China or India, but most smaller countries just could not handle
that much oil and have enough goods you want to trade for it. But these
tankers would carry about thirty million in crude each. They would only haul
from the Arab countries."

"What do you get for transporting the crude?"

"We get Fifteen percent of what is made from the oil. I also get paid for
our container ship to bring back the cargo of goods for payment. That is
based on the number of containers and weight they have. So we really have
two ways of making money on oil. If we can bring each country involved
around 25 million a month in food and goods it would help them greatly."

This would be a very good possible business. But she felt it needed to be
developed better. "I think you need to find out what they want and buy the
oil right then with the goods. Then what we get is all ours and new loaded
containers will be taken back to Okinawa for later shipment for more oil.
They will need to pay for containers to be transported empty by the delivery
ships from the last shipment. We cannot afford to have a ship running around
with empty containers. They can do that by supplying bunker fuels for the
ships equal to the return costs for the containers."

"You just simplified what I want to do by hours of work. We will have to
have an office and bank account there. That way they can pay us for the
fuels we will buy to cover the costs of container returns. I want accounts
in each country where we are, that allow us to buy before our ships come to
pick things up. Most of the countries have working currencies inside their
country."

"I see no problem there as long as we don't use gold to start accounts. We
sell goods to do that, so we max out the best return. If we sell twenty
million in oil, we buy nineteen million in goods. That way we slowly build
an account where we are operating." Dink was in her here is how to do it
mode.

"We will be hauling iron ore, copper ore and Bauxite to sell in many
countries that have processing plants. On those you need to deal with John
as it comes from mines he owns. So the profits from the sales are his and I
have no idea how he wants the needed funds returned to the mines? We just
get paid to haul it and whatever he sends to the mines." Joji was sure John
would be fair here. It did give them reason to be in some ports where much
could be learned.

They kept passing information back and forth for a good period of time. "I
think it will be nice not to worry about a lot of things right now, that are
not being covered well. But what is David going to say?"

"He won't say a word. I have a good second in command in William who can
handle my job. Debbie then would be his assistant. So David loses nothing
and the transition is smooth. I have been training him now for months for
William to take over one day. He had to get over the fact a sergeant can
become a general, with education and training."

So the ball was set into motion and both went to bed tried, but with a plan
to make life better.

They both were late getting up and keep it slow as they had breakfast
together. "I'll handle things with David and you decide where you're going
to stick me. I really would like a window so no dungeon please?"

That caused him to laugh. "I don't have any of those we are a normal large
company."

"Right and what my grandmother made was not moonshine, but medicine for sick
people."

"Your kidding right?"

"Nope she was a bootlegger and loved her own distilled products. But that
was not unusual for that part of the country. The sheriff would come by and
suggest she shutdown for a few weeks, as the feds were in the area. Who was
going to send a 70 year old woman to jail? Now the feds were a different
sort, they would send anyone to jail."

The two left the house to get the things done that were needed. David saw
Dink coming and did not like what he saw. "I don't think your going to make
me happy Dink?"

"I don't know why you wouldn't? So just to get it straight I am going to
manage ITI and William is ready to take my job. Debbie is ready to back him
up as second in command. So where is the problem? All defense plans are
organized and it is just a matter of following the plan. The equipment you
now have makes an invasion a suicide mission."

He considered everything she said. "I don't see any holes in your logic.
Does William know?"

"I called him and told him he might be called by you. It was not my job to
offer a command under you to him. Now I need an honest appraisal of the
value of the equipment Joji has brought us and its ammunitions value. We
will be presenting a bill to the Islands for it and then paying it to John's
account. That money John loaned to ITI will at least in part be paid back.
Carlton has given me a good idea of the value of the brand new equipment,
but not the ammunitions value. So you package it and we will both come out
on this. Joji has been buying ships and will start returning intelligence
for you to use. So the money will go into the ships and offices he builds in
different countries."

He liked the idea of the company growing quickly. "OK I talked with Carlton
and he told me to expect a bill. Our agreed price is seven point three
billion plus his cost for the ship, crew and fuel to get it here. Due to
Hideki's venture we would like to hire the ship from time to time. It will
move more goods than our carriers do. If he needs this one and can find us
another we will buy it."

"I am sure most of the time this one will be available. It will make one
trip a year to Japan for cars, trucks and farm equipment. Then a trip here
and there as it is needed for other customers. I am sure we will be moving
cars and trucks from Japan to the Arab world soon."

"How did that happen?"

"Joji has friends in Kuwait and they are working out the deal. We will be
buying their oil and some from friends. It will be paid for in goods they
need. We can sell it to China and they are blocked from doing that by
religious leaders. But India needs a lot more than they now can get. It
opens offices in China and India for us to listen from. We also get
information on the Arabs and the Middle East from our office in Kuwait."

"Now I see why you need to clear some of what you owe John. Your husband has
gotten much further than I ever dreamed possible in this amount of time. I
heard he is now supplying Midway."

"He has one of the biggest tankers running from our off shore loading
platform to Midway with twice the fuel they were getting before. Our office
on Midway has a container loading port and unloads goods and replaces with
empty containers for in coming ships. Once the fuel is paid for the ships
can load what they have on account. As people build up trust we will allow
them some credit leeway as long as they quickly pay that off. The world is
at a balanced trade requirement with zero credit open for any country.
China, Japan and the Arab world learned this the hard way from the US debt
they were never paid for." Dink was being sure David understood how things
would work.

"How does this work?'

"We will take the national currency for our shipment and then buy what we
need and send it to Okinawa for storage or reshipment. The object is to sell
high and buy low. Our key products are coffee, tea, oil, LNG and metal ores.
All have good high prices we can command. The trick is to be able to buy
good materials at low prices and sell elsewhere at high prices. Much can be
sold in smaller countries and much bought at very low prices to sell in
countries that don't have or make that item. Of course spices will be bought
all over the world. There value is once more very high."

He could see how complex this was and knew why Joji needed Dink. "When do
you go?"

"I am gone David as I need to get ITI organized and audited. Joji has no
idea of how much money he has left. That is not good when you have payrolls
to meet."

David was laughing and knew he and Dink would always work well together. "I
will go talk with William and Debbie. Hopefully that will get them started
on the right track? There will be questions and they do need answers."

Dink took her star out of her pocket and handed it to David. "William will
need this and I know you don't have just one star."

"You my dear are most gracious and I know William will treasure it." He took
the single star and placed it in his pocket.

When Dink walked into ITI a burly man at the front desk stopped her. "Lady
your not allowed in here."

"You're going to stop me from coming in?"

"That I sure am and with pleasure. I don't like smart assed broads."

He found himself with a broken arm and missing teeth before Dink was done.
"Now you're fired and if you ever show back up here you will be in pieces.
Get this piece of crap out of my building fast."

Several jumped to get him on a stretcher and out to the chopper to take him
to the hospital. "That my dear was a dramatic entry. I assumed the man upset
you?"

"He was not what was needed for the job. So I fired him after teaching him
not to talk to me as he did."

The ladies standing there were now applauding Dink. "There is not a woman
here he has not tried to feel up. None of us knew what you do about
defending yourself."

"Every woman here will if you're interested? I will be happy to teach a
couple of classes a week for you. Now we all have work to do. So husband
where did you hide my office?"

He laughed at her way of handling this. "You have mine dear. Your President
of ITI so you needed a good office. I am just chairman of the board and
chief nose in all corners."

They walked into the office and a slim very quiet girl bowed to Dink. She
automatically bowed back. "What is you name?"

"I am called Star as Star Shining is my real name. I am a native of the
Islands and speak five languages."

"You and I will get along well. Your two brothers used to work for me."

"Yes and both said I would love working with you. Now what type of structure
do you want?"

"I will see anyone who makes an appointment. If it is an emergency I will
see them at once. But you handle what you can for me. This office is not
someplace to go and brag about it."

That made it very understandable as to Dink's wants. "It will be important
if you have someone come in to talk. Now what do you need to start today?"

"I want the personnel files on each employee here, then Japan. The
accounting department manager needs to come see me now."

The girl looked embarrassed. "We don't have an accounting department."

"Who does payroll here?"

"I have done the checks and sent the few deposits to the bank. Japan does
their own checks as each office is set to do theirs."

"That is just not going to happen. We will have a central accounting
department and they will issue checks, transfers and payments. Call the bank
and asked the manager to send me three good and I mean good accountants to
run our accounting department. If he can't do that we will move our accounts
to Japan and handle it from there."

"I will do that now." Star was off like a shot.

"Your still using your general image dear."

"I will use it forever husband. It works to get people to move the way you
wish with speed. A company is not a democracy and it needs someone directing
its course. You were not directing it and it showed starting with the
security man out front. But now you can concentrate on what is important to
you and know the company will make money. That will keep people from looking
closely at you or our employees. Making lots of money and being successful
is the best cover."

"I seem to see something is running under your surface?"

"I will have us own a newspaper where it is reasonable. It will allow you a
lot of street gossip and political talk. So we will start training managers
for our branches to really operate as spies. They will have to learn to sift
for the small things and follow them to find answers. But I need to know the
economies to know how trade will work for us. So our office people see it as
an economic tool for trade."

I was a slick way to pass off the ownership of a paper. It did not have to
make money if it came close to break even. Lack of a profit there could be
explained by the profits of the shipping company. "I like it and agree it
would be helpful to me and you. You could have reporters traveling and
looking at the economy in different areas. They could report on it and have
many reading the information. My guess is the government would read it and
follow things there. It might open doors for us to know what government was
doing?"

Kelly came in and saw Dink. "Boy am I glad to see you. Mighty mouse here has
been trying to carry this place by himself."

"Yep I do know that. We have stopped the bleeding for now. I have people
pissed off at me as I am stepping on toes now."

Kelly knew Dink could really step hard on people if needed. "Anyone in
particular?"

"The first is out banker. He has been zero help to Joji in setting up an
accounting department. So he has a choice of either getting me three good
accountants to come start and run accounting here or I move the account to
Japan and run it from there."

Kelly consider that a moment. "I bet he screws it up. Just because I know
him I can guess what he will do. Let me call dad and then see the results?"

She took just a couple minutes and smiled. "Your three accountants are not
coming from the bank. Dad had three good people in the oil company, they
were kind of hidden away for some future use. But they all have had
international banking experience. That is something you should be able to
use to evaluate a countries current financial strengths. He has also changed
the manager at the bank here, as he has just made too many mistakes. He was
promoted to head of audits for the oil company. So he got a raise and a
nicer office."

"What gets audited at the oil company?" Joji had no idea of what that job
would audit?

"Nothing I know of, so it should fit the man just fine. Now you will need
the office space for the people coming."

"I have space for twenty times the people we have. So Dink just needs to say
how close she wants them to here?"

"Very close husband as I will be talking with them every day. You need to
submit each new plan for an office to them with estimated number of people,
general start up costs and staffing costs. That way they can plan to cover
those expenses and start checking out the countries currency."

"Then you need to know each week or more often when needed we will have a
plane flying to Okinawa from here, as we are the ones running that airport
for the next 100 years. It was part of my deal with the government. I run 1
flight each week to Tokyo and back to Okinawa. Once it starts making money
we move to two flights. That keeps going until we run daily flights. But all
airlines coming into that airport must pay fees to us."

"That was a nice decisions Joji. Did dad know you did that?"

"No I saw no reason to bring it up. My guess is it will be a long time
before we show any profits from it. If a plane were full we would make
16,740 credits for the round trip. That would be very profitable when we
reach just two thirds of that."

"It opens up his going to Tokyo himself. That option has not existed for him
without a plane being scheduled just for his use. He owns a bank and several
businesses in Japan and being able to go there would be of benefit." Kelly
was excited with this option.

"The pilots are all Japanese American on the Tokyo flights and ours on the
Island flights. They pilots live at our compound on the base for the ships.
But I needed a way to get to India and China so it suited my needs also. I
can take a plane to either place and back to Tokyo. There is just 1 flight
each week to each country. But right now they are just half full. Japan Air
is running them to stimulate trade. Each makes a dozen stops at different
countries. It will let me slip in people to start a trading business much
easier than by ship. It also is far less expensive."

The day went very well for Joji and he was much happier. He did not have to
get into the things he hated. It left a lot more time for planning and
talking with people he needed to get information from. It was the first time
he had felt free and not trapped. He had the tech people come in to set up a
good communications and data transmission system. They worked out a good way
for each office to tap into the system via the sat phone system. They could
not read or take data out, but they could add it. Now they could communicate
this way by either encrypted e-mail or phone. They also would get almost
instant e-mail from the office as needed. But they also would have the local
Internet and that would be hooked into to the sat phone for use in the
Islands.

It would be easy to insert crawlers to scan pages and return them to the
master computer. It would work like many search companies did to install
pages of interest on a computer for recall later. It was all a matter of key
words.




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John
Old age is the most unexpected of things that can happen to a man.
 - Leon Trotsky
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