Their so-called local war in Hayatama Steel finished and the business talk with LBF almost reached its final form. Arii, a staff of Hayatama Trading's LA Office (HTLA), accompanied Miwasaki to LBF (L. B. Foster's Cincinnati Factory), attempting to take over this job from him.

At that time at LBF, Miwasaki was called by his first name Taiji, and he called Owassay, Factory Manager, as Greg and Cattura, in charge of Sales as Bob.

The business with terms and conditions had been decided unofficially. It was a large-scale annual agreement of the steel-casting frogs of 13% Mn.
In the result that the 8 samurais had made efforts as a project of Hayatama Steel Casting Division for years, it was the day of an official answer to their project.

The meeting began at 2:00 pm. The tops of both companies signed the annual contract prepared by LBF, and the official event finished.

According to the survey of Hayatama's 8 samurais, this volume was only around 3 percent of the total demand in North America. On the other hand, LBF's expectation "10% share of the demand in North America" meant at least 300 tons per month on average.
Therefore, the volume of their annual contract was modest, compared to the demand. In short, they made a start by safe driving.

Miwasaki flied to Cincinnati so often after LBF had been determined to be the partner.
He worked out the best possible measures for the above issues with its staffs, and confirmed each with a hypothetical Q & A one by one.
As the result of those works, the meeting on the day was the starting point for the prospective tie-up of Hayatama and LBF.

The people sitting in the round table seemed to have their sensitive consideration to the nervous Miwasaki's wife Tsubaki who had difficulty in English.
The vice president's wife showed her a blue mussel with biting it and recommended it to her saying with a gesture, "Marvelous!"
Shirahama's wife was playing a roll of an interpreter indirectly.
What kind of dishes were served besides blue mussels was not in the memory of both Miwasaki and Tsubaki. It was surely French food because of the French restaurant.

What other jobs besides the market promotion of steel frogs in North America did Miwasaki do during his work with HSA for 2 and a half years in total until his sudden and bitterly end of the job by an incident written later?
Honestly he did not do anything particular. He hardly worked for Steel Rolling Division leaving it to President Shirahama, not to mention for the other divisions, such as Steel Strip Division and Machinery Division, though the way he did was under the acceptance and direction of the president Shirahama..

One was the sales of valve materials. Apart from the business, "Pinehurst" is in his memory as an anecdote with Kushimoto, a broker.

Miwasaki and Wabuka of technology made a market survey of the sales possibility of valve materials of stainless steel casting in the United States as a free gift during their business trips. However, they did not think they found any promising companies.
One company in the State of North Carolina got interest in their materials and became a repeat customer though small quantities. It was a contribution of Kushimoto. He had already had business relationship with the customer and came to act well as a good mediater for them.

They became acquainted with Kushimoto at Hayatama's New York Office during their business trip for the market survey. He was at about the same age with Miwasaki, sociable with a dark round face.
According to him, he was close to the manufacturer of heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant valves called Mueller Manufacturing in Southern Pines, North Carolina, and he was keeping good business with this company.
He said.
"Your materials of stainless steel casting might be the most suitable to their valves. They seem to have difficulty in procuring such materials."

After the lunch with the lady Manager of Purchase, at a restaurant, they headed for Pinehurst Country Club by Kushimoto's driving. Pinehurst was one of the most famous golf cources where US Open was held at times.
Kushimoto had told Miwasaki in a pretentious way of speaking that the clubhouse itself was World Golf Hall of Fame.

Black male caddies were with each of them.
Miwasaki found his caddie had already understood his shooting distance after a starting hole. From the next hole, his caddie decided every club thinking of the situation. Accurate itself! Tremendous! While he seemed to get along with Miwasaki's poor joke, he did not make any idle talk.
When Miwasaki shot, he handed out the next club to him immediately. This was the way for all the round. Miwasaki felt to him a real professional caddie. Score? No doubt.

After checking out of the hotel the next morning, at the parking lot, when about to open the door of the rent-a-car, Kushimoto unconsciously clicked his tongue.
He noticed he was locked out of the car. He had locked the door leaving the key inside.
Seeing him to be at a loss, Miwasaki had an ordinary talk to him, "Let's call up Avis."

He was staring at the key hole of the door, and then seemed to make up his mind. He said, "I'll go and bring a hanger with me."
Kushimoto ran back to the hotel, and after a while he came back twisting a simple wire hanger.
Taking the hanger apart, he entered its end into the key hole. It did not take even a couple of minutes. The door was unlocked with a click.
Miwasaki was surprised and admired him for his rare talent. On the contrary, Kushimoto said embarrassingly, "This kind of lockout is not the first time for me.
He emphasized his careless character and said, "As for the wire, I have several experiences with my car." He made an excuse on purpose that he had done it for nothing but unlocking the door.

The Purchase Manager of Mueller Valve Company was a generous and cheerful lady in both name and reality.
She took lunch with them celebrating the settlement of their prospective business at a family restaurant near the company

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Now another work Miwasaki got involved in besides steel-casting frog business, though also in the field of Steel Casting Division. It was not sales but the support job of technical cooperation.

He was concerned with Hitchiner Manufacturing Company, New Hampshire. It had given its technology of the lost wax precision casting method to Hayatama Steel with a technical licensing agreement.
Its name appeared when he had business with Tago Manufacturing Co., to which he delivered small turbine blades.

In the first place, Nishiki, then Manager of New York Office, informed the head office of the precision casting process by lost-wax method. Mirozu, then Director and General Manager of Central Laboratory, focused attention to that process, and then decided the technical agreement with Hitchiner, starting to try the sample production at Central Laboratory.
It was in the days just when Investigation Dept. at the head office was newly installed as the core to seek new business.
The pulling force of practical transaction on the business was Manager Tawara. He pushed ahead the agreement with a keen sense of smell. Its commercial production site was born at the corner of Tsukiji Plant after a while.

In 1970, one year after Miwasaki began working for Investigation Dept., it changed its name to Management Dept. of R&D Headquarters and moved to Central Research Laboratory.
It was the time he became involved in the cooperation of Hitchiner and Hayatama Steel.
In those days, Miwasaki got to know Ed Kukey, Vice President of Hitchiner in charge of International Affairs. When Kukey had a business trip to Japan, Miwasaki attended him all the way.
Kukey was Jewish, small and compassionate. His trade mark was a dignified hooked nose. His business attitude was straight and quick.

After Miwasaki moved to Steel Casting Dept. of Tokyo Branch, his connection with Hitchiner still lasted.
Hitchiner's lost-wax products were famous for golf-club heads, too. Its share of iron heads in the United States was over 50%, and its metal heads, so-called metal wood, for a driver, a spoon and what not, were about to surpass the heads of persimmon wood. Taylor-Made and Dunlop were major customers of both iron head and metal wood.

Miwasaki approached to Kata Golf on the background of the above Hitchiner's result. He was annoyed by Kata's sensitive request with no-figure expression, but thanks to the appeal of the material, he succeeded in the business that Kata put the new golf-club set with Hayatama's iron heads on the market. How was the sales? Much more than they had expected. Kata presented him a nice putter called "Arnold Palmer" as a memento.