Sealing the Deal
- All Things Come Together
The meeting was nearly over and I was looking forward to relaxing. Three young ladies were going through the room topping off water and soft drinks in the ornate glasses on the black lacquer table. It was already 8pm on Thursday Tokyo time though after the week of solid negotiations any semblance of Jet lag was long behind me. All the heavy work was done, the contracts for a new line of electronic circuits and control systems was finally complete. Both our U. S. company and the Japanese conglomerate were coming out ahead. This stuff was easily four years ahead of any rival competitors and we knew it. So did they. The bidding had gone quietly, the governments had stepped aside and it was down to final signatures. That would happen tomorrow after our legal staff worked all day in the U. S. to finalize the paperwork with the changes. Life was looking good and two years of long hours and hard work were coming to a close.