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(Yoshi) Mike, when should I read this proposal? (Mike) I don’t need to

tell you when to be rich, do I? Read it on your flight back home and call
me after you’ve read it all. (Announcer) May I have your attention
please? Flight 176 non-stop to Tokyo, Japan is ready for pre-boarding.

We’re asking that all women children and people flying first class please
begin boarding at this time. (Yoshi) Sounds like I’m up. (Mike) Have no

fear. I’ll see you in about two weeks max.

Yoshi smiles and walks on the plane

(Yoshi) Remember to have the girls ready then.

Switch to Yoshi reading on the plane and Ben reading his great-

grandfathers book on Indian Gods. Show the cave with Machista
looking at them both.

(Machista) Yes, Yoshi, read on. What you carry is the poison of my
people. My rebirth. Ben, you are weak, but I will toy with you for a bit

longer boy.

Switch to Yoshi and Mike talking over his idea on the phone.

(Yoshi) This idea is gold. We’ll be rich, rich beyond mention. (Mike) Like I
told you, it’s all good. (Yoshi) But can we sell this proposal to the right

people? (Mike) You secure your end and I’ll have all my chips lined up
here on my end. I’ll call you in the a.m. tomorrow, about 10:00 a.m. your
time. No make it 11:00 a.m.. I’ll have the meeting about closed up and with

my end closed, I can call your company. They hang up.

The next day with Yoshi going over the proposal with fifteen of
Japan’s most powerful people.

(Yoshi) Gentlemen, as you can see, this deal will not only help our

companies, but it will benefit all of Japan. Please turn to page thirteen
and look at this scene. The land we propose to purchase is located here.
It’s over 16 million acres of land in America not owned by the US

government. The implication alone is enough to ensure your faith in this

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