Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 721 Dark History

The next day, morning, Tokyo Central Bank.

Hanzawa sat in the position of deputy director of the second sales department, his eyes were bloodshot, and his face showed fatigue that could not be concealed. Last night, he had spent almost the whole night reading all the relevant project materials of Yoshizawa Trust and the bank.

He didn't expect that Yoshizawa Trust had so many business dealings with the Tokyo Central Bank.

From bond investment, family trust, real estate business, precious metal industry, etc. The business dealings between Tokyo Central Bank and Yoshizawa Trust far exceeded Hanzawa's imagination.

However, he had never heard of Yoshizawa Trust, which had such deep business dealings with the Tokyo Central Bank.

When Vice President Shirai introduced this project to him, he did not mention so many business dealings at all. At that time, Shirai introduced Yoshizawa Trust as if it were a partner that had never had any dealings with the bank.

This is very abnormal.

Hanze stretched his shoulders in his seat. Before going to work today, he took a shower in the shower room of the head office for overtime employees. In the early hours of the morning, he also slept directly in the bank.

Flipping through the information about Yoshizawa Trust in front of him.

The bank employees who previously managed this trust company included both former industry faction and former Tokyo faction, and it was unclear what the connection was.

After closing the booklet, Banze closed his eyes and rested.

Then he stood up again and walked towards the cafe in the head office building.

This morning, he made an appointment to meet with Watari Mamoru and a mysterious person in the bank.

Before Hanzawa went after Eriko, he wanted to learn about Vice President Shirai's past before he took action. He intuitively felt that there was something wrong with this Vice President.

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In a corner of the cafe.

Hanzawa and Watari were already sitting together.

"Hasn't the person you mentioned arrived yet?" Hanzawa asked.

"Of course, do you think it's that easy to invite someone?" Watari said unhappily.

If Hanzawa wants to know about Shirai's past, he must find a senior colleague in the industry to find out. In this regard, he can only ask Watari to help.

In the end, Watari Masato really found a person for Hanzawa.

Kunio Imura from the bank's service department. Imura is a bank employee who is nearly 60 years old. He has been working in the service department since the first day after the merger of Tokyo Dai-ichi Bank and Sangyo Chuo Bank.

To put it nicely, the Service Department is called service, and to put it bluntly, it is called chores.

However, it was in such an environment that Jingcun avoided many rounds of bloody factional struggles and witnessed one round of dynasty changes after another.

Perhaps no one in this bank knows the backgrounds of those senior executives better than Imura.

Soon, a rather slovenly-looking middle-aged man with white hair appeared in the coffee shop. Perhaps because he was too unkempt and had a strange smell, people nearby immediately covered their noses and dodged when they saw him.

When the white-haired uncle saw Watari, he immediately pulled out a chair and sat down.

Without any polite greetings, the gray-haired uncle immediately took the initiative to order several expensive cakes and teas.

"This... this is Imura, the deputy director of the service department." Watari said with some embarrassment. "Hello..." Hanzawa was a little surprised to see Imura in such a slovenly state.

"You are Hanzawa?" Imura said with a rather disdainful tone, "I heard that you have something to ask me?"

"Yes, I want to ask about Vice President Shirai."

After hearing this, Jingcun just sneered.

"Senior Imura, please help Hanzawa." Watari Masato also said, "If he can't survive the Financial Services Agency's inspection, he will probably be fired by the bank."

Imura raised his eyebrows. He had heard about Hanzawa's deeds before. He had forced Yamato to take action at the board meeting. After being sent to Tokyo Chuo Securities, he actually went against the bank, which was the parent company. This young man was still a little different.

"Listen carefully, I'm just making an exception and talking to you about this." Jingcun said.

"Thank you so much!" Hanzawa said quickly, then revealed an expression of complete concentration.

"If we talk about Shirai, we have to talk about the original industry faction. You should know who the core figure of the original industry faction is."

"Vice President Shirai and former Managing Director Yamatoda." Watari said, "These two people are the core of the original industry faction."

Hearing what Watari said, Imura just sneered.

"Isn't that right?" Hanzawa asked.

"Let me ask you, why is Shirai only the vice president? And the current president is Nakano from the former Tokyo faction." Imura asked.

This question stumped Watari and Hanzawa.

Indeed, they have never delved into why the former Tokyo faction was able to hold the position of bank president.

"Let me tell you, in the past, the core of the industrial group was neither Shirai nor Yamato!!" Imura said, "but a woman named Eriko!"

Jiang...Eriko?!

This was the first time Hanzawa heard this name.

After hearing this, Watari's expression changed subtly. The reason was that Watari had heard the name Eriko from time to time in the industry. However, according to his understanding, Eriko was an absolutely taboo name in the industry, and now only a few employees knew this name.

Even if the older employees knew the name Eriko, they were very secretive about it.

Imura continued, "After the merger of the two banks, the power of the former industrial faction was going to overwhelm the former Tokyo faction. At that time, the core figure of the former industrial faction was Eriko. She was also the vice president of the Tokyo Central Bank."

"However, the original industry suffered a heavy blow due to the large-scale bad loan incident of Minghui Island Real Estate." Imura took a sip from his teacup and continued leisurely:

"At that time, the original industry actively promoted overseas expansion and entered overseas markets. One of the most important overseas projects at that time was the Minghui Island project. This island is an island in the bay on the east coast of the United States."

"To put it simply, the island was originally planned as a licensed area for opening casinos. Therefore, the land price of Minghui Island skyrocketed. It was at that time that the Tokyo Central Bank invested a large amount of money in local real estate developers for development. It can be said that if the Minghui Island project was successful, then today's Tokyo Central Bank would be dominated by the original industry faction."

"However, the most glorious moment was also the time when it was about to fall into the abyss. Later, the special license for opening a casino was not passed by local legislation, so the Minghui Island project became a pipe dream. Real estate prices plummeted, and all the real estate developers involved in the development of Minghui Island were forced to exit with huge losses."

"As a result, the Tokyo Central Bank experienced the most serious bad loan incident since its merger. That bad loan incident almost wiped out the profits of the Tokyo Central Bank for several years, and the Financial Services Agency even issued a regulatory letter and required long-term on-site inspections."

"After this incident, the position of the industrial group in the Tokyo Central Bank declined drastically and suffered the heaviest blow. So you can also see why the current president is Nakano from the former Tokyo group, rather than someone from the industrial group."

"Since Eriko is the vice president, where is she now?" Hanzawa asked.

"At that time, the person in charge of the Minghui Island project was Eriko," said Imura.

Under Imura's narration, the unknown dark history of the Tokyo Central Bank is gradually revealed...

(End of this chapter)