Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 829 Plan

Niwa followed Kitahara's thoughts and immediately looked at the industrial research cooperation project in front of her. Soon, she found some suspicious points. That is, Nippon Steel's payment terms were simply too loose.

Unlike university research that does not pursue profits, scientific research in the industry needs to focus on tangible results.

Research that cannot be converted into actual products and bring profits is useless.

Therefore, when it comes to technological research and development, the scientific research community in the industry is very particular about the conditions for acceptance and payment.

Of course, they will advance the basic research costs in advance.

But the real big profit comes from the huge reward that can be obtained after the development results are accepted.

But let’s look at the project of Nippon Steel.

For the phased acceptance of alloy R&D, only sloppy laboratory data was needed to pass. In some phases, there was not even a field simulation of actual application. This is really abnormal. How could such sloppy conditions be set for such a huge R&D cost?

Niwa read it carefully and realized that something was very wrong. He really hadn't noticed it before.

"There must be something fishy about this huge amount of R&D expenses," Niwa said. "Normal commercial technology development would not be like this."

"Perhaps, what the Westerner really wants to cover up is this document." Kitahara said. At this time, Kitahara also began to ponder.

If this direction is correct, then Nippon Steel's impending bankruptcy is most likely a self-directed drama.

Perhaps it is not really poorly managed.

Rather, some people deliberately want to do this in order to benefit themselves at the expense of the public interest.

"Speaking of which, Nippon Steel has received a lot of subsidies in recent years." Niwa said, "Just like what Attorney Kitahara said, Nippon Steel has been in a crisis in recent years. The cabinet has organized several emergency rescue meetings, including organizing multiple banks to provide loans, the state to issue special subsidies, and giving them tax credits for exporting steel. Recently, they were even allowed to transfer unused tax credits to other domestic steel companies."

"Wait!" After Niwa finished speaking, he realized something was wrong, "Could it be that Nippon Steel embezzled this part of the money?!"

"I'm afraid it's both." Kitahara stared at the laptop screen. "On the one hand, the top management of Nippon Steel embezzled the company's own internal funds, bringing the company to the point of bankruptcy and having to rely on public funds for assistance. On the other hand, they also embezzled the assistance funds they received. Over time, this has become like drug addiction, a vicious cycle."

"If companies rely on bailouts, they have no choice but to deliberately mess up their operations so that they can continue to ask for money," Kitahara said.

"But the problem is, this is the most famous large enterprise in the East, how could it fall to this point." Niwa couldn't help but feel a little scared, "You know, Nippon Steel was once the most glorious enterprise in our country. It was a sign that the steel production in the East could catch up with that of Western countries. It was a sign that the East was also capable of building a modern economy."

Niwa couldn't understand this logic.

However, things that are beyond your comprehension often happen.

This is the world.

The more unexpected it is, the more likely it is to happen.

The more impossible it seems, the more likely it is to happen.

If the world could be so easily predicted, it would be too boring.

"We don't know what's going on inside." Kitahara continued, "But what we can be sure of is the true status of this company as reflected in this document in front of us."

No matter what, Kitahara has decided to return to Tokyo in the next few days to start investigating Nippon Steel.

"Mr. Kitahara, when will you return to Tokyo?" Niwa suddenly asked.

At this time, Niwa didn't know that Kitahara came to Kyoto to interrogate Eriko. "It should be soon." Kitahara replied.

"You are so concerned about Nippon Steel. Are you going back to Tokyo to investigate it?" Niwa asked.

Seeing the female reporter asking this question, Kitahara wanted to evade the question, but then he thought about how Niwa was being targeted as well, so he could only tell her the truth:

"Yes. An extremist organization may be involved in the bankruptcy of Nippon Steel. You are still in a coma and you may not know that Tokyo suffered a bomb attack a few days ago."

"Bomb attack?!" Niwa was stunned when he heard it.

"And the extremist organization behind this may be related to the Westerners who are hunting you." Kitahara continued.

Kitahara's few words contain a huge amount of information.

For a moment, Niwa was a little overwhelmed.

"Wait. Lawyer Kitahara, you have to let me digest it." Niwa couldn't help but say. Extremist organizations, bomb attacks, professional killers, Nippon Steel bankruptcy, these words suddenly hit Niwa's head, which was really a shocking impact. So many things happened during her coma.

"And this medical examiner Sancheng." Kitahara introduced, "She probably encountered a similar problem as you. She uploaded two autopsy reports of sensitive people, and now she is also being targeted. Maybe both of you have to face this extremist organization now."

The atmosphere in the ward suddenly became a little tense.

After all, the two women in the room had never encountered such a serious problem.

In comparison, Niwa might be better off. After all, she has traveled extensively as a reporter and has been threatened while reporting on certain things, so she might have more experience in dealing with this. But this time, she didn't expect someone to kill her directly.

"Lawyer Kitahara, I will go back to Tokyo with you," said Niwa.

"You just woke up. This is too reckless."

"I'm going to investigate." Niwa said.

"Before investigating, ensure your own personal safety first." Beiyuan said, "You are lucky this time, I happened to be there too. Otherwise, you would probably be finished now."

"I will definitely pay attention." Niwa said, "I have learned some anti-tracking techniques over the years. It's just that I was too impatient before and wanted to get the internal materials of the research and development company, so I fell into their trap. This time when I return to Tokyo, I will be extremely careful."

"Then where are you going to live?" Kitahara said, "Your home in Tokyo is definitely being watched. It probably won't be safe. Just like this forensic doctor Misumi. The apartment she lives in also feels monitored. You have to find a new problem."

"How about I live with Medical Examiner Misumi?" Niwa suddenly suggested, "If we live together, we can look after each other."

"I can do that," Sancheng said.

Kitahara didn't expect that the two of them would agree so quickly.

In fact, Misumi and Niwa have something in common. Misumi takes life very seriously, while Niwa is very serious about reporting the truth. It is this kind of temperamental consistency that makes the two people hit it off quickly.

"Then the question is, where do you two plan to live?" Kitahara asked.

At this time, Sancheng looked at Kitahara:

"where do you live?"

(End of this chapter)