"Click, click, click." Leather shoes made knocking sounds on the steps on the side of the stage. Two figures slowly walked onto the stage. There was a rectangular table on the stage, with water glasses and prepared food.

Microphone. There are reporters in the audience. The lens of the camera reflects the light in the banquet hall, like mirrors reflecting each other.

"I'm coming."

Some reporters in the audience saw people walking on the side of the stage, and they immediately shouted to each other.

Immediately afterwards, the crowd suddenly became a little commotion.

In an instant, the flash suddenly sounded. It was like bursts of small stars exploding, flashing a dazzling white light.

A middle-aged man with a shaggy beard looked up and saw two figures sitting above the stage. When he saw two such young lawyers coming up, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, showing a somewhat noncommittal expression. He was a news reporter from Asahi Shimbun Channel

Yusuke Shimura, the director of editorial and editorial, has been involved in the news industry for more than thirty years and has planned many in-depth news reports that have great public influence in Toyo Island. He is known as the "golden hand" of Asahi Shimbun Channel.

"Two such young lawyers. Could it be that Niwa is deceiving me? What shocking information can they have?" Shimura took out a lighter, lit a second cigarette, and held it in his mouth.

When the news juniors next to him saw Shimura lighting up a cigarette, they didn't dare to warn him, so they had to endure the smoke in silence.

However, I saw that the male lawyer on the stage had an unusually calm expression on his face. He showed no sign of stage fright when facing such a large audience. Rather, it seemed to arouse his high morale even more.

The calm and somewhat unruly expression on the male lawyer's face reflected in the eyes of the director of Asahi Shimbun.

"Oh, it seems interesting." Shimura raised the corner of his mouth slightly. He knows countless people. At this age, it is not easy to maintain such a calm state in front of so many reporters. For example - next to this male lawyer

The female lawyer in question had a normal reaction at her age. However, when the female lawyer next to her was sitting down, her high heels hit the chair, and she looked a little flustered.

The male lawyer on the stage took his seat. After a brief silence, the microphone sounded, and a somewhat rich male voice appeared in the banquet hall.

"Dear friends from the media, I am Giichi Kitahara, the plaintiff's lawyer in the case of Terai v. Kawamoto Expressway. Next to me is Saeko Miyagawa, another attorney for the plaintiff in this case."

A simple introductory opening statement that conveys the speaker's information.

"Everyone here must be aware of the recent media reports circulating about the case of Terai v. Kawamoto Expressway."

"Before announcing a major event today, this lawyer first warned the five magazine publishers of "Anecdote Weekly", "TYF Weekly", "CLUB Weekly", "YUYU Weekly" and "County Tabloids"! The above five magazines published false articles about my client Terai.

A magazine dealer must immediately stop the sale of the relevant magazines and remove the relevant magazines from the shelves. After this lawyer’s warning, the production and circulation of the relevant magazines, including but not limited to publishing, printing, sales, and reprinting, must also cease, otherwise they will be

This is regarded as a joint infringement of my client’s reputation and I shall bear legal responsibility!”

"The plaintiff's attorney has notarized the purchase of the magazine containing the above-mentioned article attacking my client through the notary office."

Kitahara picked up a stack of magazines from the side of his seat and placed them one after another on the table. Next to him, Miyagawa held the magazines high and showed the contents of the main text to the reporters in the hall.

"For reports that slander and slander my client, this lawyer will pursue the legal liability of the magazine publisher for reputation infringement!"

Listening to Kitahara Yoshimasa's warning, Shimura in the audience couldn't help but laugh out loud, and some cigarette ashes fell on the opposite side. Unexpectedly, the opening statement was to sue reporters. It was really unique to sue reporters in front of a group of reporters.

"At the same time, my lawyer noticed that the time when the initial reports began to spread happened to be the day when the Kawamoto Expressway issued an announcement about the lawsuit in this case. In the face of systemic attacks, my lawyer has to doubt that there is someone behind these reports. I would like to remind others of this case.

Attention, one party involved - during the course of the civil litigation, please do not maliciously spread rumors about my client, slander, confuse the public, or incite others!"

Obviously, these words are directed at the Kawamoto Expressway.

At this moment, the words on the stage stopped abruptly.

It's like the music being played suddenly stopped.

No more sounds came from the stage, but the two lawyers continued to sit on the stage.

There was a somewhat eerie silence.

In the silence, the atmosphere in the banquet hall was changing. This somewhat strange silence aroused the curiosity of the audience below.

"Why don't they talk?" Some reporters frowned.

"finished?"

"No way. It's over like this?!"

"Is it just a rumor?"

The reporters in the hall became a little commotion, and many people were already cursing in dissatisfaction. At this moment, the lights in the hall suddenly dimmed, as if it turned into a dark movie theater. A fierce spotlight hit the stage directly.

At the same time as the lights were turned on, there was a "beep", and the microphone made a harsh blasting sound, which was amplified several times through the eardrum of the speaker. Many people present showed uncomfortable expressions and covered their ears. At this time, everyone

The reporters all turned their attention to the stage, and all their attention was unprecedentedly concentrated at this moment.

But I heard the male voice say:

"As we investigated and collected evidence in this lawsuit, we found that there were a series of problems in the maintenance center and road design of Kawamoto Expressway: the roads were not maintained according to national standards, the inspection and maintenance forms were blatantly backdated and falsified, and internal management

The rules and regulations have failed. At the same time, the road marking design under Kawamoto Expressway is unreasonable in many ways, and the road maintenance work is illegally subcontracted to companies without road operation qualifications."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The above-mentioned issues reflect that my client Terai's traffic accident is not an isolated case!" Kitahara's voice became louder, "There is most likely a systemic failure in road maintenance on the Kawamoto Expressway.

System flaws!”

Hearing Kitahara's words, Shimura seemed to have captured something in an instant. Being extremely experienced, he seemed to feel the weight of these accusations to a listed company. He immediately took a pen and quickly recorded every key point said by the lawyer in front of him.

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Shimura looked up at the young reporters around him and found that they were still stunned in their seats. He cursed loudly: "Hurry up and record what he said!!!"

As the editorial director of Asahi Shimbun began to record the words of the lawyer on the station, reporters from surrounding radio stations immediately imitated this scene and took notes one after another. Although they did not understand the specific content of the accusations made by the expressway company and the lawyer on the station.

, but when such senior editorial directors recorded the lawyer's speech carefully and attentively, they knew that it contained huge news value.

Kitahara was not moved by the reaction of the reporters in the audience, and continued to say seriously: "For this reason, we specially compiled the statistics of traffic liability accident reports in the past three years!"

As if receiving an order, a woman in a T-shirt in the corner of the banquet hall immediately pressed the remote control button in her hand. The huge electronic screen on the stage - this screen that once flashed the characters "Kawamoto Expressway Financial", once announced

The screen that a highway company is about to enter the financial industry is now scrolling with screenshots of traffic accident liability documents one after another.

Rows of statistics appear on the screen.

At the same time, the background is also specially matched with the live video of the car accident.

"We found that the highway accident rate managed by Kawamoto Expressway is three times that of other highway companies!"

"We found that among the accident rates, the fatality rate of Kawamoto Expressway was seven times higher than that of other expressway companies!"

"We found that the average number of traffic accident deaths per year on other expressways is 147, while the average number of traffic accident deaths per year on the highway under the Kawamoto Expressway is 468!"

Words of loud accusations were issued from the stage.

Each clear and specific number clearly demonstrates the abnormality of the accident rate on the Kawamoto Expressway.

The entire banquet hall suddenly became extremely quiet.

so……

So what is this lawyer going to do?

What is the lawyer’s intention after listing the accidents on the Kawamoto Expressway?

Some reporters couldn't help but want to stand up and ask questions to the male lawyer on the stage.

But I heard the male voice speak again: "After screening and reading about 70,000 traffic liability accident certificates, it was mentioned that there were debris on the road surface of the Kawamoto Expressway. We believe that these statistics fully demonstrate that the Kawamoto Expressway is harmful to the road.

There are indeed systematic oversights in the maintenance system!”

The male lawyer on the stage suddenly opened his eyes angrily, and a fierce aura emanated from him. In an instant, it was like a dragon coming out of the sea, setting off huge waves in the churning waves, and what followed was

An unprecedented giant dragon emerged from the sea. After a long period of lurking and waiting patiently, the dragon finally extended its sharpest claws on the Kawamoto Expressway.

"This lawyer is now announcing that we will file a class action lawsuit against Kawamoto Expressway!!!"

The four words "class action lawsuit" echoed in the banquet hall.

It seemed as if at this moment, the sound on the stage also resonated and buzzed loudly.

The four words "class action lawsuit" stirred up huge waves on the sea like a dragon's roar.

The lawyer on the stage continued loudly: "We call on all drivers who have been involved in accidents due to road obstacles on Kawamoto Expressway's expressways to participate in this group lawsuit! Relevant materials can be sent to the above address!"

The entire screen immediately displayed the address of Eto Law Firm - "Tokyo, Shinjuku-ku, Shinjuku 2-chome 8?1, 160-0022, the address of Eto Law Firm."

There was deathly silence as the words fell.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

About half a minute later, the depth charge was triggered and detonated on the seabed. The shock wave below was transmitted through layers and finally reached the sea level. In an instant, a huge impact wave of 100 meters high was aroused, forming a huge vortex.

The entire banquet hall boiled like boiling water in an instant. Some reporters stood up and picked up their phones. Regardless of whether the press conference was over or not, they shouted directly:

"Hey! Headquarters! Yes! Big news!"

"A law firm announced that it has filed a class action lawsuit against Kawamoto Expressway."

"What expressway? Do you still have to ask?! Kawamoto Expressway! It's the expressway company that has the worst stock market trend this year!"

“Save the front page for me today!”

"Immediately, go back and tell the TV station that the news must be released before 10 o'clock, no!!! 9:30!! Wait, the news must be released before 9:20!!!!"

"This is really big news!"

"What?! Are you asking about the number of people in the class action lawsuit?! I don't know the specific number!! But according to them, if all of them sue, the number can reach up to 70,000 people!!!!"

Under the stage, the cigarette in Shimura's mouth had burned to the end. When all the reporters woke up from a dream and began to urge to report this matter quickly, Shimura was stunned. He looked at the young people on the stage, and he didn't know.

Why do I have a feeling that things in the East may not be peaceful lately?

"Interesting, really interesting." After a few minutes, Shimura finally came to his senses, put out the cigarette, and a mysterious smile appeared on his mouth, as if he had sensed more secrets behind this incident.

By that time, the entire banquet hall had already fallen into unprecedented chaos, and all reporters were as busy as ever, sorting out the latest press releases.

At 9 a.m. on September 2, Kitahara announced through a press conference that it would formally launch a class action lawsuit against Kawamoto Expressway.

[End of this chapter]

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Just as Beihara was making an impassioned speech, in the aisle on the second floor of the banquet hall, a nearly thirty-year-old man in a black suit looked at this scene and couldn't help but be infected by the lawyer's emotions. This man suddenly

The bangs were slightly tilted outwards. Although he looked a little tired, his whole face still revealed an energetic look. He exuded a wonderful temperament, a wonderful mixture of leadership temperament and affinity, which made people live.

I can't help but have the urge to follow him.

There is a nameplate hanging on his chest. The nameplate is red and has the four English letters TCBC engraved on the bottom. The English letters are a white triangle and two horizontal right-angled triangles as top supports. This is the name of the Central Bank of Tokyo.

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And this man is the deputy director of the sales department of the Tokyo Central Bank.

He has been very busy recently because of the 12 billion yuan loan deficit problem of Iseshima Hotel. In the morning, he came to Iseshima Hotel just to collect more accounting information, but he unexpectedly bumped into the lawyer's press conference

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Class action lawsuit, the man sighed in his heart, this should be a great career, and then he looked at the lawyer and smiled, as if he had gained new vitality from it, and his tired expression was completely wiped away.

The Tokyo Central Bank nameplate on his clothes also has four words printed on it:
Chapter completed!