Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 687: Gu Meimen's Troubles

Kitahara wanted to know everything about Eriko. Because this woman's business card was the only thing left in Eto's car. Since Kyoto, Eto has disappeared again. Such a big living person just disappeared like that.

And Eriko may know the whereabouts of the director of the law firm.

Kitahara believed that this business card was not placed in Eto's car for no reason.

There must be a very deep connection between them.

Battle of Kyoto.

Paid a heavy price.

The Shinkansen trains collided, killing and injuring countless citizens.

Yuki was shot by a shotgun and had a near-death experience, while female reporter Niwa has not woken up in the hospital yet.

And paid such a high price.

As a result, almost nothing was gained.

This is the cruel reality.

Kitahara couldn't tolerate such a thing happening again. If he met Eto again... Kitahara had learned hundreds of torture techniques in his spare time. He was sure that he could pry open this man's mouth with blood.

However, the only remaining clue is Eriko.

Therefore, we must hold on to this clue.

Find out everything possible.

Gu Meimen picked up the red wine glass with a meaningful look in his eyes.

This lawyer, who has a 100% chance of winning, now also needs to track down Eriko.

His main client, Shimadzu Real Estate, is now in trouble.

Shimadzu Real Estate is a large real estate developer in Tokyo. I and Machiko had previously fought a sunlight rights lawsuit for Shimadzu Real Estate. The high annual legal advisory fees of Shimadzu Real Estate can be said to support half of the law firm.

And now, Shimadzu Real Estate is in trouble.

The cause of the accident was because of Eriko.

Real estate is a very complex business. The complexity does not lie in the complexity of engineering technology, but in the complexity of human relationships.

From the very beginning, real estate developers acquired land and participated in municipal land auctions.

There are many tricks involved here.

Which places you can shoot and which places you can't shoot.

Although you can participate in the auction of certain lands, you cannot use your own funds to bid for the land. You must borrow funds from "certain people" at high interest rates in order to participate in the auction.

After you acquire the land at the auction, it is not entirely yours.

Of course, nominally they all belong to you.

But you have to spend some time to curry favor with others and transfer part of the land you have won in the auction to your "favor cooperation" partners at a low price.

Then planning and construction began.

There are many places to take care of.

After the construction is completed, there is the work inspection stage.

The quality of delivery is another area that needs to be taken care of.

In short, there is no place that needs to be managed.

In this sense, real estate is a high-risk industry.

Shimadzu Real Estate recently collapsed due to this problem.

The reason for the incident was very strange. Several suppliers of Shimadzu Real Estate suddenly turned against them and reported that Shimadzu Real Estate had bribed them.

Yes, it's so inexplicable.

They were supposed to be grasshoppers on the same rope, but suddenly they started fighting against each other.

Suppliers who have cooperated for many years are very familiar with the key areas where the industry operates.

Their report hits the nail on the head.

This immediately attracted a large number of law enforcement officers to enter Shimadzu Real Estate for investigation. Suddenly, smoke of war rose everywhere. The continuous investigation by law enforcement officers made the company panic, and many middle and senior management personnel resigned. Because of the rumors of the investigation, Shimadzu Real Estate was unable to participate in many development projects, and many of the projects that had been involved were put on hold. There were even banks that withdrew loans from Shimadzu Real Estate.

Such a huge real estate company was suddenly caught in a precarious situation and was on the verge of collapse.

And the supplier who suddenly turned against us——

After investigation by Kumimon, it turned out that it was related to Eriko.

This mysterious woman who has connections in both the black and white worlds of Shinjuku and controls a large amount of gray industry is suspected to have been sending people to gradually insert themselves into the supply chain of Shimadzu Real Estate more than ten years ago. Many of Shimadzu Real Estate's subcontracted projects were actually completed by companies controlled by Eriko.

But Shimadzu Real Estate was not aware of this at all.

Over a period of more than ten years, Jiang Lizi successfully infiltrated every key link, including the labor dispatch of construction workers, the supply of construction materials, the rental of equipment, etc.

However, during the past ten years, after Eriko infiltrated the real estate business chain of Shimazu Real Estate, she did not take any action and seemed to be at peace.

And just after more than ten years of such peace, something unexpected happened.

In addition to the first few suppliers who turned against Shimadzu Real Estate, there is now a steady stream of internal reports against Shimadzu Real Estate.

Documents unfavorable to Shimadzu Real Estate were delivered to the desks of law enforcement officers almost every day.

When Gu Meimen gradually figured out the outline of the incident, he was surprised.

The planning has been going on for more than ten years.

The army is only used once.

What followed was the question that puzzled Gu Meimen.

Why did Eriko do this?

Secondly, why did she choose Shimadzu Real Estate as her target.

Finally, why this time point?

These three issues are interconnected.

What was Eriko's motive? What on earth was there in Shimadzu Real Estate that could make her a target? She was willing to spend more than a decade just to report and bring down a large real estate company? It's hard to believe.

Gu Meimen couldn't figure it out.

Of course he knew that Eriko was an underground tycoon in the Shinjuku district.

But he couldn't understand why Eriko did this.

Coincidentally——

Gu Meimen looked at the young man in front of him named Kitahara.

He knew that this young man was also tracking down Eriko.

It seems that Eriko has a connection with the Eto Law Firm.

This woman is really extraordinary.

He first worked as a senior executive at the Tokyo Central Bank, then quit and built a successful career.

Such a woman has the ability to do anything.

She can be seen everywhere reaching out to other industries.

Eriko, does she really have such great magical powers?

Kumimon had also thought about this question. If there was someone behind Eriko, who could it be?

This lawyer, who has a 100% winning rate, has never met an opponent like Eriko in the past.

Since the other party came to us.

It is impossible for me not to fight.

It is not appropriate to let Machiko get involved when facing such a dangerous person.

Kitahara, who is also tracking down Eriko, is the best helper in the joint investigation.

Kitahara needs information on Kumimon.

Gu Meimen needs Kitahara's help.

After the Akagi Group's General Hotel case and this time's administrative ruling by President Hamanaka, Kumimon was convinced that the young man in front of him had terrifying abilities.

He is a qualified player in this game of chase.

A meeting of winds and clouds.

Kitahara and Gumimon.

Because of the pursuit of Eriko, the fate of these two great lawyers was wonderfully intertwined.

Gu Meimen looked at the red wine glass in his hand, and instead of following the usual Western etiquette, he took a sip, then looked at Kitahara and said:

"I would like to invite you to track down Eriko together."

(End of this chapter)