Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 668 Is There Any

The evidence presented by Kitahara shocked everyone present. Hamano had always believed that this young lawyer could not produce irrefutable evidence of bid rigging. However, now that the mountain of irrefutable evidence was before him, he had no choice but to believe it.

That thin IP address query table is irrefutable. Bid submission is a strictly confidential process. The three companies sent bids by email from the same place, not from their respective companies. This situation is so abnormal that it is entirely possible to conclude that there was collusion in bidding based on this surface evidence.

This young man really did it.

In a way that no one could have imagined, evidence proving bid rigging was produced.

The faces of the city hall officials present could not be controlled and turned extremely ugly. Of course, they also knew that there would be insider operations in the high-tech park project. But when they saw these things being completely exposed in public, even old foxes like them could not help but feel ashamed.

If this incident were to reach the media, what kind of impact would it cause?
You should know that in the High-tech Industrial Park, bids for many projects are submitted via email.

The young male lawyer now finds that he can identify whether there is collusion in bidding by the IP address from which the bid emails are sent.

This means that the same method can be used to check other projects.

Since the number of companies participating in the bidding has reached the point where one person directly sends out bids from different companies in the same office, this phenomenon is probably not an isolated case.

If we really investigate, we will see how many projects have this problem.

One? Two? A dozen? Twenty or thirty projects?
Nobody knows.

No one can guarantee it.

Recalling that this lawyer named Beiyuan had said that he would overturn the bidding for more than half of the projects in the High-tech Park and start all over again, at this moment, Beiyuan's past intimidation really frightened the city hall officials.

This young man, could it be that what he said is true?

He...he really wants to drag the city hall down with him?!

Hamano felt an immense amount of pressure. Even though he had appeared in court before the High Court, even though he had confronted civic groups in court, even though he had represented a major case such as the constitutional review of the tax law. He had never had an opponent who could bring him such pressure as this lawyer named Kitahara.

At this time, Hamano looked at the IP address query table. The three bidding companies, Shengrong Mechanical and Electrical Co., Ltd., were Xiaguang Industrial Co., Ltd. and Gaoyuan Engineering Co., Ltd. The address to which the bid was sent was the office address of the winning bidder, Shengrong Mechanical and Electrical Co., Ltd.

How to defend this?

Hamano began to think. After a while, a few words came to his mind, "cut off the arm to survive." Only "cut off the arm to survive" can save the current unfavorable situation.

The public lawyer stood up again and said: "Regarding the bid-rigging you pointed out, I want to say that our city hall is also a victim. These companies colluded with each other to bid in a bid-rigging way. In the end, it was our city hall that suffered the loss."

"Indeed, you listed many cases of bid rigging today. So, what does this have to do with our city hall? It is these companies that committed illegal acts. Our city hall is the one that was deceived!"

Hamano spoke with true feelings.

It's as if City Hall has really become an innocent victim.

Being deceived by companies that only care about pursuing profits.

However, Hamano did successfully seize this opportunity to fight back.
It is true that Kitahara has beautifully proved the existence of bid rigging. However, there is still a key piece of evidence missing, that is, evidence that the city hall and the company have internally determined the winning bidder. Without this link, all the illegal responsibilities will only be borne by the company.

Miyagawa was originally happy about Kitahara's counterattack, but when he heard Hamano say that, his heart sank again. Miyagawa immediately realized that the city hall could still use the strategy of escaping. If something really happened, they could just blame it all on the company. The city hall is always good.

The bad ones are always the businesses.

Our city hall is being hunted.

All responsibilities should be borne by these bad companies.

Seeing that the city hall, which was clearly the culprit, was able to completely shirk responsibility, Miyakawa was once again stunned by the absurdity of this world. Why is it like this? Why can the person who did something wrong still be able to look down on others and continue to be safe and sound, just by pushing the blame on others.

Anyone with a discerning eye can understand this.

Without the acquiescence of City Hall.

How could an enterprise possibly engage in such bidding rigging or bidding as an accomplice?

The city hall officials present at the scene saw Hamano use this trick of "cutting off an arm to survive" and couldn't help but admire this public lawyer. He always found a way to prevent the city hall from being hit by the opposing lawyer at the most critical moment. Yes, their city hall still has a way to remain invincible.

Kitahara took a few steps forward and looked at Hamano. "You mean to say that the city hall has nothing to do with these bid-rigging activities?"

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The young man's tone was calm, yet contained a sense of intimidation.

Although he looks like a college graduate, he has an extremely strong aura.

Hamano was also stunned by this sudden question. Then, he answered by inertia: "Of course! If these bid rigging behaviors really exist, our city hall has nothing to do with these illegal companies! I hope you noticed that we are also victims!"

Hamano emphasized three times that City Hall was also a victim.

This is the greatest irony in the world.

The perpetrators are actually saying that they are victims.

At this moment, Kitahara suddenly raised his voice, "Lawyer Hamano!! You should note that you are now stating facts, not expressing legal opinions! You stated the fact that the city hall and the illegal enterprises are not connected to each other. I want to remind you! If subsequent investigations do find that there is a transfer of interests between the city hall and the illegal enterprises, then what you said here today is a false statement!!!"

Kitahara's raised voice startled Hamano again.

Yes, Hamano was indeed stating the facts just now.

During the trial, all parties have the obligation to make statements based on the facts.

If a statement is made that is contrary to the facts, it is a false statement.

This is a felony punishable by imprisonment.

"So, answer me now! Are you sure that the city hall is not colluding with these illegal companies!!!" Kitahara stretched out his hand and slammed the conference table where Hamano was, "Answer me! Yes! Or no!!"

(End of this chapter)