Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 640 Confusing right and wrong

The company was rejected from bidding because it was in a legal dispute with the city hall and was considered to be of poor reputation. The legal dispute was that the city hall owed it money.

This should have been a move to safeguard their rights and interests, but now it has become an obstacle for the company to continue to participate in the bidding.

  Is there anything more ridiculous in the world than this?

This should have been material to prove that the city hall had a bad reputation, but instead it became material to prove that the company had a bad reputation.

Miyakawa's beautiful eyes widened slightly, and her hands waved unconsciously, loudly accusing the city hall of betrayal in the meeting room.

For a moment, even the important officials at the table could not help but frown. Even the people in the city hall felt that this matter was unacceptable, and now it was revealed in the face of this administrative ruling, they felt a little embarrassed.

However, even under Miyakawa's harsh accusations -

The public lawyer opposite, Hamano, remained unmoved.

It seemed that in front of him, no matter how strong the storm was, it was just a trivial matter.

Perhaps the fighting power of the two young lawyers on the opposite side was beyond the imagination of the city hall officials. At this moment, they couldn't help but pay attention to how their own lawyers would respond.

Hamano stood up, without a trace of apology on his face, "Miyagawa, you and I are both colleagues in the legal field. I think you have misunderstood a very basic point."

As soon as Hamano's words came out, the attention of the people in the venue was immediately focused.

Just as the other party was righteously accusing him, Hamano said that he had even got the most basic principles wrong.

Miyagawa didn't understand why Hamano said that, but the sense of justice in her bones made her angry, "It's not us who made the mistake, it's you. You don't even have the most basic sense of integrity!"

  Hamano sneered, then asked:

"Excuse me, Mr. Miyakawa. Is the lawsuit you mentioned over now?"

A very simple question.

However, it seemed as if he had seized the moment to counterattack.

The simpler the problem, the more likely it is to unleash powerful destructive power.

Miyakawa was also choked by this question for a moment.

She knew that the lawsuit between the company and the city hall was still going on. It was precisely because the city hall promised them that they could participate in the bidding that one of her clients, Rui Da Xing Co., Ltd., did not press forward in the previous lawsuit.

Miyakawa realized the other party's intention to ask this question, but he couldn't answer it.

Seeing the other party's silence, Hamano immediately raised his voice, "The lawsuit is not over, right, Lawyer Miyakawa? Since the court has not yet made a ruling, how can Lawyer Miyakawa assert who is right and who is wrong? The city hall did not pay, it must be because there is a problem with the quality of your company's service." "Now, you are holding a lawsuit that has not been concluded, saying that our city hall is maliciously excluding companies from participating in our bidding projects. Lawyer Miyakawa, is your logic valid?"

"We are cautious about companies that have disputes with our city hall and do not allow them to participate in bidding. Is there anything wrong with this approach? Of course, if the tribunal ultimately finds that the responsibility lies with our city hall in previous disputes, we are of course willing to bear the responsibility."

"But before that, we restricted such enterprises from participating in our bidding activities. I think there is nothing wrong with that!"

Hamano's words sounded justified.

It's as if the other side is the one who is making trouble.

Miyakawa did not expect that the other party could be so brazen and turn right and wrong upside down.

It was clearly the City Hall that was wrong.

It is obvious that they are the ones who owe the company's accounts.

  They even pretend to be victims in order to accuse the real victims!

Seeing that the other party had not had time to fight back, Hamano quickly launched a new attack. The public lawyer held a stack of materials in his hand and said loudly: "In fact, the city hall has sufficient reasons to refuse the company represented by the plaintiff's lawyer to participate in the bidding for the high-tech park project."

"Take for example one of the companies represented by the other lawyer, Rui Da Xing Co., Ltd. We rejected their bid not only because it was involved in a lawsuit with our city hall. Our rejection was a decision made after thorough investigation. I'm afraid that Attorney Miyakawa doesn't know that the wife of the president of Rui Da Xing Co., Ltd. was once sentenced to a short-term prison sentence for commercial bribery!"

"What does this have to do with Ruidaxing Co., Ltd." Miyakawa immediately retorted, "Ruidaxing Co., Ltd. itself has never been punished for commercial bribery!"

"Then let me ask Lawyer Miyakawa! The spouse of the top executive of such a company has such a bad character. How can we continue to trust it!"

"Whether a company can be excluded from bidding can only be excluded for reasons permitted by laws and regulations, and it cannot hinder market competition!" Miyakawa immediately responded again: "Also, personal responsibility can only be borne by the individual. Modern society is not an era like the shogunate in the past, where collective punishment was practiced. The reasons you refuse companies from participating in bidding are not legal reasons at all!"

"Miyagawa, listen to what you are saying!" Hamano raised his voice again. "Before, weren't you discussing whether branches could participate in bidding? Ruidaxing Co., Ltd.'s branch in Kagawa was punished for tax non-compliance."

Hamano further launched a fierce attack: "Since you believe that branches can participate in bidding, then the illegal acts of a company's branches in other regions should also be regarded as the illegal records of the company. Our city hall has a legal basis to refuse these companies with poor reputations to participate in bidding!"

The public lawyer took a step forward and concluded in a high-spirited voice: "When our city hall chooses which companies to provide services, we always consider the citizens' perspective wholeheartedly. We always carefully select the companies we cooperate with and dare not neglect them. Because we know that the public funds we use are the hard-earned money of the citizens."

"Based on this consideration, we strictly screen the companies participating in the bidding. Not only do they need to have the ability to provide services and products, but more importantly, they must have the quality of integrity and honesty! To this end, after conducting a comprehensive and detailed investigation of the bidders, we excluded the companies involved in this administrative ruling from participating in the bidding from the perspective of citizens."

"For this reason, I would like to advise my colleagues here!" Hamano looked ahead coldly, "Even if you are a lawyer in the market, you must consider the interests of the general public and not fall into the eyes of money!"

(End of this chapter)