星新一 "消えた大金" short story: what's the point?


I have read the "Lost Money" story by Hoshi Shinichi, it was in my Japanese
textbook.

I did not understand: is there an implication that each year the company
employees, including the director himself, invented new and new means to steal
the money from the company, using the old legend as a pretext?

The question not quite suits the forum but I have no one to ask this.




I'm afraid but you have a misunderstanding of the story.

The company loses certain amount of money in a blind way every year. No
management and employees steal the money. You should carefully read the story
again.

