Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 789 Minister

"We found out! We found out!!" someone in the Asahi Shimbun shouted in the office, "We found out Makino Norin's background!"

This person immediately showed his computer screen to his colleagues. On it was a complex equity penetration diagram. Behind Makino Agriculture and Forestry, there are eleven companies as shareholders, and these eleven companies have shareholders. The layers of equity holding relationships make it difficult to find out who the actual controller is.

Now, this equity penetration map has sorted out the complicated equity relationship and finally locked it on a man.

He holds a total of 63.5% of the shares of Makino Agriculture and Forestry, which is an absolute majority.

This man is the actual controller of Makino Agriculture and Forestry.

And this person's name is——

Takenori Terada.

"It's Takenori Terada!!" someone in the Asahi Shimbun exclaimed. This is a name that only people who often work in journalism would be familiar with.

Takenori Terada is an entrepreneur in the business world.

He has a hand in almost every industry, from agriculture, forestry and fishery to industrial machinery and electronics, and even real estate investment. He can be said to be one of the most low-key entrepreneurs in Japan. His business footprint is almost all over Japan.

However, he is more famous than himself - his elder brother.

Takenori Terada's elder brother is Ryuji Terada.

And Takashi Terada is currently the Minister of General Affairs and a member of the House of Representatives in the Cabinet!!!

The Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications is the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most important role after the Prime Minister. Its responsibilities include information communications, radio waves, postal services, various mining industries, and coordination of land development. Among them, the coordination of land development seems to be related to the land mortgage provided by Makino Agriculture and Forestry.

This means that the case revealed by Eriko actually involves the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications!!!

For a moment, the Asahi Shimbun reporters couldn't believe that such a shocking piece of news was coming out. You have to know that Terada Ryuji is an important member of the Unity Alliance and a figure in the core circle of the Unity Alliance. If such a figure is involved in a scandal, it will definitely have a huge impact on the parliamentary re-election in April next year.

At this time, another reporter shouted again, "I just received a picture of the address of the fertilizer plant sent by residents of Ota Ward."

Immediately, a huge group of people surrounded them again.

However, the photos transmitted from the Internet showed a large piece of barren grass with only a few construction facilities around. The scaffolding looked messy and the tarpaulin used to fence off the construction site had several holes in it, which was obviously the result of being exposed to the sun and rain without anyone to take care of it.

The photo shows a fact:

The fertilizer plant of Makino Agriculture and Forestry has not actually been constructed.

So, where did the 50 billion yen loan from Mizuho Bank go?

At this time, another news reporter pointed out a problem: "Look at the timing of this loan project of Mizuho Bank!! It happened to be when the House of Representatives was holding an election!! It was at that time that the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, Takaharu Terada, was successfully re-elected as a member of parliament!

The reporters of Asahi Shimbun present were all experienced and senior professionals in the industry. In their minds, they immediately drew a picture of the whole case. That is, the 50 billion yen loan from Mizuho Bank was not actually invested in the construction of the fertilizer plant, but was probably actually used for the election campaign of Takenori Terada's brother, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Takaharu Terada, for the election campaign! ! If this is true, it is definitely an explosive donation scandal! ! !

This loan from Mizuho Bank is actually a blatant bribe!!!

The reporters present could not help but burst into an uproar. None of them had expected that this woman named Eriko would reveal such a shocking event today. Immediately, the Asahi Shimbun reporters immediately sorted out their findings and passed them to the editor-in-chief and director as quickly as possible.

At this time, the female anchor in the news room also received these latest investigation results. She swallowed slightly and asked, "Excuse me, is Makino Norin related to the current Minister of General Affairs Terada Takaharu's younger brother, Terada Takenori?"

Hearing the question from the hostess, Hanzawa was stunned for a moment. He looked at the loan project information in front of him, a little bit unbelievable. Mizuho Bank actually issued such a large loan to the company of the current Minister of General Affairs' family. This situation is extremely serious.

Eriko said, "Hanzawa. Tell them that Makino Norin is indeed related to the Terada brothers."

Hanzawa then spoke to the hands-free phone in front of him:

"Yes. Makino Aori, as you said, is related to the current Minister of General Affairs."

After receiving a positive answer from Eriko, all the reporters in the Asahi Shimbun office sighed. Many reporters immediately got busy at their workstations, typing away on their keyboards and writing their latest articles, while others made phone calls, opened web pages, and immediately began to collect information for interviews.

today--

It's not just Eriko's bomb attack that's news.

There is also a shocking scandal involving the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications!!!

"I want to ask you," Hanzawa said, "Have you received a response from the Accounting Inspection Office regarding Eriko's request to audit the bank?"

The hostess hesitated for a moment. "I'm sorry. We haven't been able to contact the Accounting Inspection Office yet to ask them to comment."

Hanzawa was already a little scared. He glanced at Eriko and continued, "The deadline set by Eriko is almost up. If the Accounting Inspection Office doesn't respond, Eriko will detonate the bomb. Can you please contact the Accounting Inspection Office as soon as possible? You are the Asahi Shimbun, such a big company, you must be able to contact them, right?"

"We are trying our best," the hostess replied.

There were only a few minutes left before the deadline set by Eriko. If the Accounting Inspection Office did not respond, this place would turn into a sea of ​​fire.

Hanzawa was extremely nervous. He held the small black device that Eriko had given him. He didn't understand why no one from the police to the Accounting Inspection Office came out to respond to the damn Eriko!!! They only needed to respond to her!!! They only needed to delay the time!!! Why didn't they do even these things!!!

Hanzawa couldn't understand.

The banker couldn't understand.

In the conference room, the ticking of the clock was tormenting his nerves.

The only way to save his wife is to press the red button on the black device. Just like Eriko said, as long as he detonates the bombs in the other four banks, the bombs here will not explode. What to do? Should he press it or not? !

Hanze closed his eyes...

(End of this chapter)