Chapter 23 One more target
Naoki Hansawa.
Ishiwatari secretly noted the name in his mind. He didn't have much impression of the name. Because the bank had many contacts with companies controlled by the city hall, many bank employees ran past the city hall.
However, when talking about the Tokyo Central Industrial Bank, Ishiwatari remembered a turmoil last year. The Shinjuku City Hall has always participated in the investment in toll roads around Tokyo. After all, there is a huge flow of goods and people around Tokyo Bay, so it has participated in the investment in new toll roads around Tokyo.
The construction is almost a guaranteed profit without losing money.
But just last year, the Shinjuku City City Hall participated in the construction of a road on the Kawamoto Expressway through municipal enterprises. It was said that the city hall participated in the investment, but in fact the source of the funds was a bank loan. The source of the loan at that time was the Tokyo Central Industrial Bank.
Previously, the relationship between the Tokyo Central Industrial Bank and the Shinjuku City Hall had always been very good.
However, at that time, the person in charge of the Kawamoto Expressway project of the Tokyo Central Industrial Development Bank was replaced by another person.
As a result, the new person in charge insisted that the city hall guarantee borrowings from municipal enterprises or use future toll road dividends as pledge.
At that time, the relationship was so tense that the Shinjuku City Hall had even decided to change a bank. After all, the person in charge was so unsophisticated that he actually insisted that the City Hall issue a guarantee document to ensure the safety of the loan.
The builder of that project, Kawamoto Expressway, also relied on bank loans to raise the construction principal, and its shareholders acted as guarantors and pledged the listed equity of Kawamoto Expressway.
Later, the Shinjuku City Hall was unable to obtain a loan for investment due to the eccentric head of the Tokyo Industrial Bank, causing the project to be stranded. For this reason, the Tokyo Central Industrial Bank was specifically criticized by the Shinjuku City Hall.
But at this time, a dramatic scene happened. At that time, Kawamoto Expressway lost a lawsuit over liability for road spills, and the subsequent class action lawsuit caused the stock price to plummet. The main pledge used for the project, Kawamoto Expressway's listing
The value of equity has also shrunk significantly.
As a result, the project died immediately.
If the Shinjuku City City Hall forcibly launches the Kawamoto Expressway project, then I am afraid that as the capital chain of the Kawamoto Expressway is broken, all the money invested will be wasted.
Speaking of which, who was in charge of the Tokyo Chuo Industrial Bank Kawamoto Expressway project at that time?
Ishiwatari couldn't remember clearly. Could it be this Naoki Hansawa?
"I hope Deputy Chief Ishiwatari will keep the matter I entrusted strictly confidential." Jiang Lizi said slowly on the other side of the paper wall.
Then I saw what seemed like tea smoke curling up.
The people on the other side of the paper wall are very proficient in tea ceremony, and in just a moment, they can see the extremely elegant tea ceremony gesture.
When Shidu saw that Jiang Lizi had finished explaining her affairs, he wanted to quickly tell him what he had encountered here.
"Ms. Eriko," Ishiwatari said, "A very unexpected thing happened this afternoon. I don't know if you still remember the bidding project of Shinjuku High-tech Park. Now, those contractors who did not win the bid before actually submitted a request to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Finance Office
An administrative ruling was filed to request that the Shinjuku City City Hall’s illegal behavior in the bidding project be corrected. I don’t know if Ms. Eriko has any countermeasures to provide.”
The figure on the paper wall is sipping tea.
Suddenly hearing what Shi Du said, I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
After all, it is extremely rare in Japan for a municipal project contractor to sue the city hall.
This means that these contractors should no longer think about participating in municipal projects from now on.
You will definitely be blacklisted by the city hall.
Doing so is undoubtedly suicidal.
However, normal people would not do this.
As if smelling the possible hidden danger behind it, the figure on the other side of the paper wall couldn't help but fall into thinking. After all, Shinjuku District's high-tech park project is a hot project recently. If any fraud is found, it is critical at the moment.
Before the start of the re-election of parliamentarians, there will inevitably be a major reshuffle of the electoral situation.
"Where's the lawyer? What's the name of the contractor's lawyer?" Jiang Lizi's voice sounded.
Ishiwatari touched his head, and after some internal recollection, he remembered: "It was a lawyer named Kitahara Yiichi. I have never heard of the law firm he worked for. He seemed to have been killed for no reason.
Same thing. Do you think this lawyer is crazy about money, so he wants to blackmail the city hall?"
"Find out this lawyer and find out his origins thoroughly." Eriko said, "There are not many lawyers in Tokyo who dare to sue the city hall unless they don't want to be involved in this circle. This lawyer should not be looking for money. He must be behind it.
Someone powerful is ordering him."
"What's the name of the law firm he works at?"
"It seems to be called Eto Law Firm."
Hearing the word "Eto", the image of the person on the other side of the paper wall was greatly shocked. Although it couldn't be seen from the outside, it could be captured from the inadvertent tremor of her hand that picked up the tea cup.
She was extremely shocked.
Of course Jiang Lizi knows the name Eto.
But she never thought that she would hear Eto's name on an occasion like today.
Eto's whereabouts have been unknown since last year, but a lawyer from Eto's law firm has come out to cause trouble with the city hall, and this high-tech park project is obviously related to him.
For some reason, Jiang Lizi felt a chill in his heart.
Jiang Lizi seemed to smell the scent of a monster.
She didn't know where the monster was, but she was sure it was targeting her.
"I will recommend a lawyer to you." Jiang Lizi said, "He is a public lawyer. He is very familiar with laws and regulations on financial expenditures, bidding, procurement, etc."
"This public lawyer now works for the Tokyo State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Bureau." Eriko's voice continued, "His name is Hamano Sosuke. When Tokyo changed the basis for calculating local consumption tax, a citizen group in Tokyo commissioned a lawyer to sue Tokyo
The metropolis believes that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's change of the tax calculation basis method has substantially changed the tax type and constituted a new tax type, which violates the Constitution's provisions on limiting the power of local taxes. It requires that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's legislative act of changing the local consumption tax calculation basis be reviewed for unconstitutionality.
"
"Lawyer Hamano represented the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and won a great victory in this battle and became famous in one battle. I think this lawyer should be able to help you."
Ishiwatari was happy to hear that Eriko was able to mobilize the Tokyo Asset Supervision Bureau. On the one hand, he was happy, but on the other hand, he couldn't help but feel a little more in awe of this woman's power.
"Thank you, Ms. Eriko." Ishiwatari raised the wine glass in his hand. Although he was separated by a paper wall, he still saluted and drank it all in one gulp.
What Ishiwatari didn't notice was that the figure opposite him had been deep in thought ever since he heard the word Eto.
In Jiang Lizi's heart.
In addition to tracking down Naoki Hansawa.
Now there is one more goal.
That is——
Chapter completed!