Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 758 Disappearance

In the conference room, Shirai recalled the scene of that year, "The merger of the two major banks unexpectedly gave Eriko a chance to survive."

"Sangyo Central Bank has more bad debts than Tokyo-Daiichi Bank because of its aggressive lending strategy. In a sense, this merger will actually dilute Tokyo-Daiichi Bank's profits. This is why many former Tokyoites look down on the former Sangyoites."

"This hidden discord started on the first day of the merger. However, you can't imagine that Eriko is actually very close to the original Tokyo faction."

Eriko is very close to the Hara Tokyo Clique? This is something that Kitahara was not expecting.

According to Kitahara's current thinking, the report on Yoshizawa Trust was probably written by Eriko herself. She might want to use the Financial Services Agency to take revenge on the Tokyo Central Bank for the Meiki Island scandal, and on the other hand, to blame the bank for the financial irregularities and whitewash her own industry, thus killing two birds with one stone.

However, the information given by Shirai now is that Eriko has a good relationship with the former Tokyo faction.

Things suddenly became confusing again.

"Why is the former Tokyo faction so close to Eriko?" Kitahara asked.

"I don't know the details," Shirai said. "Maybe they recognize the value of the Third Financing Department of the Industrial Central Bank, or maybe they want to win over Eriko so that they can have an ally from the Industrial Central Bank in the power struggle within the bank. In short, Eriko has been supported by the former Tokyo faction."

"The original industrial group didn't regard Eriko as a traitor. It was always good for the senior executives in the bank to have one more direct descendant. Later, Eriko was promoted to vice president in just three years."

"But then something weird happened," Shirai said.

"During the period when Eriko was deputy governor of the Tokyo Central Bank, the bank's business enjoyed an unprecedented boom. The business of each sector expanded rapidly, and the entire bank was thriving."

"However, I find it strange because this business strategy style is different from the Eriko I know. Eriko is an extremely prudent person. She is not the kind of person who would risk bad debts to gain short-term expansion benefits. However, when she was the deputy governor, her style changed completely."

"What happened in the meantime?" Kitahara asked.

Shirai shook his head. "This is also what confuses me."

"But I suspect it might have something to do with one person," Shirai said.

The man in front of him, who used to be the acting president, had a rather mysterious expression on his face.

It was as if I was going to tell a great weird story.

"For many years, there has been a secret circulating in a small circle among the bank's senior management," Shirai continued.

"Please be straightforward and don't be mysterious." Kitahara frowned and urged.

"I'm afraid it might scare you if I tell you."

"what exactly is it."

"It is said that a former director of the Tokyo faction has a very deep connection with a certain congressman. Many loan projects of the Tokyo Central Bank are related to this congressman." Shirai lowered his voice.

Member of Congress?!

Kitahara couldn't help but be in a trance when he heard these four words. For some reason, he heard this word more and more. When in Kyoto, one of the fingerprints left on Eto's car belonged to a bodyguard of a member of parliament. Some time ago, when he was in the Naniwa Internet Cafe, he heard Sakagami crying and telling him about her brother who worked as a clerk in parliament but eventually died. The previous bidding fraud case in Shinjuku City Hall is said to have a great impact on the parliamentary re-election in April next year. Coincidentally, there were also members of parliament at the board meeting of the Tokyo Central Bank this time. "Didn't you also pull a member of parliament to stand up for you?" Kitahara said.

"That's different!" Shirai said anxiously, "In fact, I'm not familiar with Congressman Narita that day. I spent a lot of effort to invite him here. Moreover, most of the reasons why he came were not because of me, but because the president of the Tokyo Central Bank might change in the future, and he needed to understand the situation."

"But what if there are members of Congress?" Kitahara said.

"Congressmen are the most powerful people in this country," Shirai continued in a low voice. "This power is not reflected in the ability to call the wind and rain, but in the absolute foresight of information."

"For example, if a place wants to build an airport runway, the members of the Major Infrastructure Committee in Congress will definitely be among the first to know about this information. Similarly, from a major development plan for a place to the future development of industries in Japan, the members of Congress must be the most foresighted."

"And possessing this information is the source of wealth."

"Imagine if you know that a commercial center will be built near a piece of land in the future. Then the value of this piece of land is likely to increase in the future. If you have the information about the construction of the commercial center, you can buy the land in advance and reap the benefits of the price increase. This is the basis of the power of the parliamentarians - complete control of intelligence."

"After saying so much, what does this have to do with Eriko?" Kitahara said.

"I suspect that Eriko may have gotten close to the director and gained access to the congressman's network," Shirai said.

"What evidence do you have."

"First, Eriko's management style has changed a lot and has become extremely radical. This was unimaginable before. Maybe Eriko's style has never changed? Maybe it's just that we think it's radical, but she doesn't. In other words, she has some kind of intelligence. This kind of intelligence allows her to be 100% sure about projects with great uncertainty."

"Secondly, Eriko suddenly had a lot of resources at her disposal, far more than she had during her time as an industrial central bank. Many large companies have established business relationships with Eriko. You know, these large companies may not necessarily be willing to receive a visit from a bank."

"Judging from these two signs, I think she may have contacted the director of the Tokyo Central Bank."

"Wait, so what's the matter with the Minghui Island real estate incident?" Kitahara asked.

"This is an unsolved case," Shirai said.

"Unsolved case? Why?"

"Don't be fooled by the fact that a large number of people from the original industry were purged in the Minghui Island incident. But in fact..." Shirai said, "How the Tokyo Central Bank made the decision to participate in the Minghui Island development project is still a mystery. Because the meeting minutes of the decision-making are missing."

Shirai said quietly.

Yes, it's gone.

In a heavily guarded bank.

A crucial document recording decision-making has disappeared.

(End of this chapter)