Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 648 Are You...Afraid?
Ishiwatari, Kitahara, Urakawa, Yuki - Shinjuku City Hall, the Accounting Inspection Office, and the Tokyo Asset Supervision Bureau, while acting in secret, soon the day for the second administrative adjudication case hearing arrived.

8:23 a.m., street outside the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.

"Lawyer Kitahara, do you think we can win?" President Hamanaka said. Since the president asked Kitahara to take legal action against the Shinjuku City Hall, he has been under tremendous pressure. At the beginning, Hamanaka participated in the municipal project and made a lot of advance payments. In the end, the Shinjuku City Hall promised that they could participate in the municipal bidding project of the high-tech industrial park and repay the debt on time.

However, the result of participating in the bidding for the high-tech industrial park was that they could not even get a fair review, and many projects were directly awarded to companies with ties to the city hall. As for the repayment of the previous advance payment, it was even more distant.

Now, the company is on the verge of collapse. Binzhong has invested the last of his money into the company, just enough to pay the wages. It's already... it's almost unable to hold on.

"We will definitely win," Miyakawa, who was standing nearby, responded, "The law will definitely give us justice."

Miyakawa clenched his hand slightly while holding the case file.

She wanted to give the client confidence.

Don't back down, keep fighting.

Binzhong's eyes were bloodshot, his beard was untidy, and it was obvious that he hadn't shaved for a while, and his hair was messy. In addition to the company's financial problems, he was also secretly pressured by the city hall.

President Hamanaka and the companies involved in this legal action have all been put on the "blacklist" by the city hall.

The consequence of being blacklisted is that they are now constantly harassed by the city hall. Fire protection, water and electricity, production safety, earthquake prevention, etc., people from the city hall come to check on them almost every day.

If they find any minor problem, they will issue a ticket quickly.

In addition, the company's cash flow is drying up bit by bit.

It has been really difficult during this period.

Hamanaka has also heard some rumors recently. It is said that the Shinjuku City Hall has instructed the taxation office to investigate the companies that initiated the case. Not to mention whether there will be penalties, the taxation office's entry and continuous search for various materials is enough to greatly affect the daily operations of the companies.

In particular, when your partner companies see that you are being investigated by the tax bureau, who would be willing to continue cooperating with them?

There were five companies that filed the case this time. The presidents of three of them privately approached Hamanaka and said they wanted to withdraw their application for administrative ruling.

"Lawyer Kitahara..." President Hamanaka opened his mouth again, but couldn't say anything.

The young male lawyer whose name was called turned around.

The expression on his face was the same as when President Hamanaka first met him.

An expression of cynicism.

A person who seems a little unreliable, but makes people trust and rely on him.

"President Hamanaka." Kitahara said, "Are you afraid?"

Faced with Kitahara's question, Hamanaka was a little stunned.

Are you afraid? Of course I am afraid.

There are dozens of people in the company waiting to be supported by themselves.

Many of them have been working with me for more than ten or twenty years.

If one day they have to be dismissed, Binzhong doesn't know how he will have the face to face them.

In order to ensure the turnover of the company's funds, I have already incurred huge debts.

If everything turns out to be a waste, the business will be gone, as will the good friends with whom I have worked for many years, and I will also be trapped in a miserable life of debt collection.

Of course I am afraid.

"Lawyer Kitahara, I...I...of course I'm afraid." Hamanaka said with a trembling voice.

"Then do you think those people in the city hall will be afraid?" Kitahara continued to ask.

Hearing Kitahara's question, Hamanaka was a little confused, "They shouldn't be afraid. They are a group of pampered masters. They obviously don't understand business and industry, but they have the power to decide on investment projects in a region. They receive fixed salaries without fail, and don't have to worry about whether they will have income for the next month." "Usually, business owners have to be very careful when going to their offices." Hamanaka's mind flashed with past scenes, "They are afraid that they will offend them if they don't pay attention to some details, and in the end the company will be ruined without knowing how it was ruined. Every time they go, they have to bring gifts. If they come to my place, I have to carefully choose a place to entertain them."

"Lawyer Kitahara, do you think a group of people like this will be afraid?" said Hamanaka.

Yes, even if you are the boss of a company, you have to please them to avoid being harassed.

Hearing Hamanaka's words, Kitahara suddenly laughed out loud.

This laughter seems to be laughing at the impermanence of this world.

Laugh at the absurdity of this world.

Laugh at the upside-downness of this world.

The young man seemed to be speaking from inspiration and said, "President Hamanaka, do you think it's interesting?"

“In this world, people who do evil are not afraid, but people who are honest and docile are afraid.”

“People who do wrong are not afraid, but people who follow the rules are afraid.”

“People who don’t care about other people’s feelings are not afraid, but people who can sympathize with others are afraid.”

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“People without a sense of responsibility are not afraid, but people with a sense of responsibility are afraid.”

"We are not afraid of lawless people, but good citizens are afraid."

“Bad guys seem to be fearless all the time, but good guys seem to be afraid all the time.”

Every word Kitahara said sounded like the sound of a huge bell, constantly striking Hamanaka's ears.

The young man in front of him was like a charismatic prophet, vividly displaying the ugliness of the world to everyone.

It was just a short paragraph, but for some reason, it directly expressed Binzhong's deepest life insights over the past few decades.

The scenes of being bullied by city hall staff in the past came to Binzhong's mind.

In the past, he had to beg people for help in order to get the city hall to pay faster.

In order to get the review approved, which could have been passed anyway, I kept putting on a forced smile and greeting people everywhere.

In order to make things easier for the company, I was once called to a dinner party to pay the bill at almost midnight.

And we do all this just to get the business done.

I just wanted to run my business normally, but I was forced into this situation.

Why is it that when I just want to do one thing well, there are so many masters that I have to serve and take care of one by one before I can make my way?

I am also a dignified person.

I am also a person who doesn't like socializing.

I am also a person who doesn't like to ask others for help.

I am also a person who wants to do things according to rules and contracts.

For a moment, an indescribable complex emotion surged into the president's heart.

Hamanaka's eyes seemed a little blurry, and his voice choked up, "Kitahara... Lawyer Kitahara..."

The young male lawyer in front of him did not give a long speech, but simply said:

"Now, it's time to scare them."

(End of this chapter)