The 68th story of a full-length business novel.
In reality, in the Japanese community, most of the people know of her family tree very well that:
“She was born from well-to-do family lineage (of Yataro Iwasaki). As old money, he carried a lot of heft one century ago. With huge capital, his descendants contributed to the rapid industrialization of Japan generation by generation. So her family name is synonymous of the blue-blood in Japan. Specifically, her family members fabricated awesome military firearms and powerful weapons in the World War Two. One of them was ‘Zero’ aircraft. It was famous as the most fearful and invincible fighter in the air. Any Allied airplane did not match it.”
(Below was a Mitsubishi Zero fighter in the WWII. Source: Wikipedia, Paul Richter)
All of it was true. So, most of Japanese know it all very well. Based upon the reputation, she could have stood her outstanding position in the Japanese community so far. And now her fame and reputation extends beyond her family. Characteristically, she has created a speedy chariot to match the Zero fighter after the War. Then she named it Pajero. It means directly ‘corona(冠).’ Here, the corona is in the same line with her logo. That is the shiny diamond in red. With the diamond crest she has driven the Death Race for many years. The Race was Dakar Rally. There, she has got the trophy ten times. In fact, the trophy in the Dakar Rally was like the Golden Globe Award a playactor or a playactress earns at the Hollywood. So she came to worldwide recognition for her performance just like Vivien Leigh. Right here, she looked to be eligible for getting a crown with three diamonds like her emblem (
).By contrast, so-called most powerful Japanese panjandrums, for instance, Toyota and Nissan, have not won any victory in the Dakar Rally up to the present. For the reason, the Englishmen do not call Lexus, Camry, Corolla and Infiniti ‘Toyota Shogun’ or ‘Nipponese Sheba.’ But, Londoners have called her proud Pajero ‘Mitsubishi Shogun’ in praise for its stunning speed and valor. (Below was Mitsubishi Pajero in the Rally Dakar 2007. Source: Wikipedia)
In Spain and India, her Pajero is called ‘Montero.’ It means ‘mountain hunter.’ In China, it is named ‘Lìebào.’ It stands for cheetah or Qulin(麒麟). With this sort of diverse names, her Pajeros are exported to England, Spain, India, China, Russia, the Middle East and Africa. In this way she has a huge success with Pajero. At this, the World (Auto) Journal valued her with the comments that:
“In these days, Mitsubishi is keeping her shoulders aligned with the worldwide competitors. From this point of view, it seems that she has all the earmarks of a super star. Of course, we have not any objection that her marital history and her own success story have made her as such. Already she has got the victory in the Dakar Rally ten times. So she has becomea busiest flapper in the world like a superstar in the silver screen.”
Then the Journal added that:
“Originally her family name is Mitsubishi(三菱). But now she has got a pet name Miss Busy. By all accounts, it is true that her family name sounds solid and rough in pronunciation. However, ‘Miss Busy’ sounds like more affable, comic, cuter and easier than her family name, ‘Mistu Bishi,’ in voice. So, Miss Busy is preferred to the people as if she were the belle of society. And, they enjoy calling her as such. In her inhibited mind, she, also, likes to be called Miss Busy.”
Here is a fine example to demonstrate it. One day, a reporter asked her in a joke.
“Hello, Miss Mi. . . Mi. . Mitsu. . Mitsubishi, oh, no, no. . now I got it, your name, Miss Busy. Right, that is your real name, Miss Busy, isn’t it Hum, I’m very sorry. I have made many mistakes in calling you. Well, it’s good to have you with us. By the way, like the mistakes in calling you I have been wondering which title you prefer to be called. I mean, people are calling you ‘Miss Busy’ instead of your official name, Miss Mitsubishi.”
At the unexpected question she was not alarmed at all. She responded leisurely. In reply, she gave him kindly why she has got the pet name of ‘Miss Busy.’ Her reply was that:
“That’s right. Mitsubishi, as you know it, is my family name. But, it is a little bit cacophonous and tough. On the other side, its cacophony, Miss Busy, is easier than the official family name in calling and writing. I mean the cacology, Miss Busy, is softer in pronunciation and a little bit affable to the people.”
Then she added in a mild smile that:
“Further it is easier to keep it in their memory. For the reason, I surmise, many people prefer to call me Miss Busy but not Mitsubishi. Anyway, under the background I have, like it or not, got another name, Miss Busy. Then, I came to be reborn as a busy lady. With its cacophony and cacology, Miss Busy, I’d like to keep myself with ‘busyness.’ Presumably, it will be connected with businesses together in order for me to Drive Earth.”
In addition, she gave him more plausible answers in detail kindly as if she were a pedantic scholar. She said that:
“Well, these days I busy myself with my businesses like a busy bee. In fact, as for me, busyness is the same thing with business. I mean, busyness begets business. In turn, the business makes me busy. Repeatedly, the busyness begets another business. So, with business comes busyness. Without business there is no busyness. In this point, business is naturally part of busyness, I’m sure.”
At this complicated explanation, the reporter felt a little bit puzzled. And he doubted what she was talking about. And he thought it over and over.
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