The scene opens with a conversation between a young man and a young woman. The young man tells the young woman that he has come to see her friend Sakuraba, who is in love with him. The woman tells him that she has come because she wants to introduce him to some of her friends in the foreign business community. The man tells her that he came because he thought it would be a good opportunity to expand his business network with some of his friends from abroad. He tells the woman that his friends are in the business of investing in foreign companies and that he would like to meet some of them. The girl tells the man that she too is interested in the young man, but that she is not sure if he is serious or not. She tells the girl that he is not serious and that she should not be afraid of him.