"Everybody would wine and dine the Japanese officials to get the biggest possible quota. Even if they would only up your quota by just a fraction, it would still make a huge difference to your income." That little extra bit of quota to be gotten through schmoozing was known as the "number in the pocket."
「為了多討一點配額，鄉裡人都得和日本大人們喝酒交際，那怕只能討到一個小尾數，多幾簍香蕉，那就不得了了」，古德福說，那時有個詞叫「口袋裡的數字」，指的就是這個。