Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 103 Class Actions (3)

"Crack, click, click." The leather shoes stepped on the steps on the side of the stage, making knocking sounds one after another, and two figures slowly stepped onto the stage.On the stage is a rectangular table with water glasses and microphones at the ready.Under the stage was a crowd of reporters, and the camera lens refracted the light in the banquet hall, like reflecting mirrors one after another.

"I'm coming."

Some reporters in the audience saw people walking up to the side of the stage, and immediately shouted at each other in low voices.

Immediately afterwards, the black crowd suddenly became agitated.

In an instant, the flash light suddenly sounded.Like bursts of small stars bursting out, dazzling white light flashed.

A middle-aged man with a shaggy beard looked up and saw the two figures sitting above the stage. After seeing two such young lawyers coming up, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, showing a somewhat noncommittal expression.He is Shimura Yusuke, the news editor director of Asahi Shimbun. He has been in the news industry for more than 30 years and has planned many in-depth news reports with great public influence in Toyo Island. He is known as the "golden hand" of Asahi Shimbun. ".

"Two young lawyers. Could it be that Niwa is defrauding me? What can they expect?" Shimura took out a lighter, lit a second cigarette, and put it in his mouth.

The news junior next to him, seeing Shimura lighting a cigarette, did not dare to remind him aloud, so he could only silently endure the puffing of clouds.

However, the male lawyer on the stage had an unusually calm expression on his face, and he showed no signs of stage fright in front of such a large audience.Rather, it seemed to arouse his high spirited fighting spirit even more.

The calm and slightly unruly expression on the male lawyer's face was reflected in the eyes of the Asahi News Director.

"Oh, it looks interesting." The corners of Shimura's mouth curled up slightly.He knows countless people. At this age, it is not easy to maintain such a calm state in front of so many reporters.For example - the female lawyer next to this male lawyer is a normal reaction at that age.However, when the female lawyer next to her was taking her seat, her high heels hit the chair, and she seemed a little flustered.

The male lawyer on the stage took his seat.After a brief silence, the sound of the microphone rang out, and a somewhat thick male voice appeared in the banquet hall.

"Friends from the media, I am Yoshikazu Kitahara, the plaintiff's attorney in the case of Terai v. Kawamoto Expressway, and next to me is another attorney for the plaintiff in this case, Saeko Miyagawa."

A simple opening sentence of introduction, explaining the speaker's information.

"Presumably everyone here is aware of the recent media reports on the case of Terai v. Kawamoto Expressway."

"Before announcing important matters today, this lawyer will first warn the five magazines of "Anecdote Weekly", "TYF Weekly", "CLUB Weekly", "YUYU Weekly", and "County Tabloid"! A magazine dealer must immediately stop the sale of the magazine and remove it from the shelves. After this lawyer warns, the production and distribution of the magazine, including but not limited to publication, printing, sales, and reprinting, must also be stopped, otherwise it will be Treat it as a joint infringement of the reputation of my client and bear legal responsibility!"

"The plaintiff's attorney has purchased the magazine containing the above-mentioned article attacking my client through a notary office."

Bei Yuan picked up a stack of magazines from the side of the seat, and put them on the table one after another.Miyagawa next to him held up these magazines and showed the contents of the main text to the reporters in the hall.

"As for the reports that slander and slander my client, this lawyer will investigate the legal responsibility of the magazine's reputation infringement!"

Listening to Kitahara's righteous words, Shimura in the audience couldn't help laughing, and some soot fell on the opposite side.Unexpectedly, the opening remarks were to sue the reporter.Telling reporters in front of a group of reporters, this opening statement is really unique.

"At the same time, this lawyer noticed that the first report was circulated, which happened to be the day when Kawamoto Expressway released the lawsuit announcement about this case. In the face of systematic attacks, this lawyer had to suspect that these reports were behind the scenes. I would like to remind other parties in this case Note to one party—during the civil lawsuit, do not maliciously spread rumors about my client, slander, confuse the public, and incite others!"

Obviously, these words pointed at Kawamoto Expressway.

At this moment, the voice on the stage stopped abruptly.

It was like the music that was playing was suddenly interrupted.

There was no sound from the stage, but the two lawyers continued to sit on the stage.

There was an eerie silence.

In the silence, the atmosphere in the banquet hall was faintly changing.This strange silence aroused the curiosity of the audience below.

"Why don't they talk?" Some reporters frowned
"finished?"

"No way. Is this the end?!"

"Is it just spreading a rumor?"

The reporters in the hall became agitated, and many people were already cursing in dissatisfaction.At this moment, the lights in the hall suddenly dimmed, as if turning into a dim movie theater.A burst of fierce spotlights hit the stage directly.At the same time as the lights were turned on, there was a "beep", and the microphone made a harsh blasting sound, which was amplified several times through the eardrum of the speaker. Many people present directly showed uncomfortable expressions and covered their ears.At this moment, all the reporters cast their eyes on the stage one after another, and all their attention was concentrated at an unprecedented height at this moment.

But the male voice that I heard said:

"With our investigation and evidence collection in this lawsuit, we found a series of problems in the maintenance center and road design of Chuanben Expressway: the road was not maintained according to national standards, the inspection and maintenance forms were openly dated and falsified, and internal management The rules and regulations have failed. At the same time, under Kawamoto Expressway, there are many unreasonable road marking designs, and road maintenance work is illegally subcontracted to companies that do not have road operation qualifications."

"The above-mentioned problems reflect that the traffic accident of my client, Terai, is not an isolated case!" Beiyuan's voice became more and more high-pitched, "The Kawamoto Expressway is very likely to have systematic institutional defects in road maintenance!"

Hearing Beiyuan's words, Shimura seemed to have caught something in an instant. Being extremely experienced, he seemed to feel the weight of these allegations for a listed company. He immediately took a pen and quickly recorded every point that the lawyer in front of him said. .

Shimura looked up at the young reporters around him, and found that they were still stunned in their seats, cursing loudly: "Hurry up and record his words!!!"

As the editorial director of Asahi News Channel began to record the words of the lawyer on the stage.When the reporters from the surrounding radio stations saw this scene, they imitated it immediately and recorded it one after another.Although they didn't know the specific content of the allegations made by the expressway company and the lawyer on the stage, when such a senior editorial director was carefully recording the lawyer's speech, they knew that it contained huge news value.

Beiyuan was not moved by the reaction of the reporters in the audience, and continued to say seriously: "For this reason, we specially compiled the statistics of traffic accident reports in the past three years!"

As if receiving an order, a woman in a T-shirt in the corner of the banquet hall immediately pressed the remote control button on her hand.The huge electronic screen on the stage—the screen that once flashed the words "Kawamoto Express Finance" and the screen that once announced that an expressway is about to enter the financial industry is now scrolling and playing traffic accidents one after another Screenshot of the letter of responsibility.

Rows of statistics emerge from the screen.

At the same time, the background is specially accompanied by the live video of the car accident.

"We found that the road accident rate managed by Kawamoto Expressway is three times that of other expressway companies!"

"We found that among the accident rates, the fatality rate of Kawamoto Expressway is seven times that of other expressway companies!"

"We found that other highways killed 147 people a year in traffic accidents on average, while the highway under Kawamoto Expressway killed 468 people a year on average!"

Sentences of resounding accusations were issued from the stage.

Each of the clear and specific figures vividly demonstrates the abnormality of the accident rate of the Kawamoto Expressway.

The entire banquet hall suddenly became extremely quiet.

and so……

So what is this lawyer going to do?
What is the lawyer's intention after listing the accident on the Kawamoto Expressway?
Some reporters couldn't help but want to stand up and ask questions to the male lawyer on the stage.

But the male voice sounded again and said: "After screening and reading about 7 traffic accident certificates, it was mentioned that there are sundries on the road surface of Chuanben Expressway. We believe that these statistics fully show that: Chuanben Expressway is harmful to roads. There are indeed systematic institutional omissions in maintenance!"

The male lawyer on the stage suddenly opened his eyes angrily, and a fierce aura emanated from him.In an instant, like a dragon going out to sea, in the churning waves, an incomparably huge wave was set off, and then an unprecedented giant dragon surfaced. After a long period of lurking and waiting patiently, this giant dragon finally met Kawamoto. Stretched out the sharpest claws at high speed

"This lawyer is now announcing that a group lawsuit has been filed against Chuanben Expressway!!!"

The words "group action" reverberated in the banquet hall.

It seemed that at this moment, the sound of the stage also resonated, buzzing loudly.

The word "group action" is like a dragon's chant, stirring up huge waves on the sea.

The lawyer on the stage continued to speak loudly: "We appeal to all drivers who have had accidents due to road obstacles on the expressways under the Kawamoto Expressway to join the group's lawsuit! Relevant materials can be sent to the above address!"

The entire screen immediately displayed the address of Eto Law Firm—"Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Shinjuku 2-chome 81, 160-0022, Eto Law Firm."

There was a deathly silence when the voice fell.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

About half a minute later, the depth charges were activated and detonated on the bottom of the sea. The shock wave below was passed through layers, and finally reached the sea level, instantly stirring up a [-]-meter-high shock wave, forming a huge vortex.

The entire banquet hall boiled like boiling water in an instant.Some reporters directly stood up and picked up the phone, regardless of whether the on-site press conference was over or not, they directly shouted:

"Hey! Headquarters! Yes! Big news!"

"A law firm has announced that it has filed a class action lawsuit against Kawamoto Expressway."

"What expressway? Do you still need to ask?! Kawamoto Expressway! It is the expressway company with the worst stock market trend this year!"

"Reserve today's front page for me!"

"Immediately, go back and tell the TV station that there will be news before 10 o'clock, no!!! 9:9!! Wait, there must be news before 20:[-]!!!!"

"This time it's really big news!"

"What?! You asked about the number of people in the group lawsuit?! I don't know the specifics!! But according to them, if all lawsuits are filed, the maximum can reach 7 people!!!!"

Under the stage, the smoke in Shimura's mouth was already burning to the end.When all the reporters woke up like a dream and began to urge to report this matter quickly, Shimura froze in place.Looking at the young people on the stage, he felt for some reason that Dongyang's life might not be peaceful recently.

"Interesting, really interesting." After a few minutes, Shimura finally came back to his senses, stubbed out the cigarette, and a mysterious smile appeared on his mouth, as if he had noticed more secrets behind this incident.At this time, the entire banquet hall had already fallen into unprecedented chaos, and all the reporters were busier than ever, sorting out the latest press releases.

At 9 a.m. on September 2, Beiyuan announced through a press conference that it had formally launched a class action lawsuit against Kawamoto Expressway.

【End of this chapter】

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Just as Bei Yuan was making a generous statement, in the aisle on the second floor of the banquet hall, a nearly 30-year-old man in a black suit watched this scene, and couldn't help being infected by the lawyer's emotions.This man's bangs are slightly curled outwards. Although his expression is a little tired, his whole face still reveals an energetic look. He exudes a wonderful temperament, a kind of leadership temperament and affinity. , giving birth to an unbearable urge to follow him.

There is a nameplate hanging on his chest. The body of the plate is red, and the four English letters TCBC are engraved on the bottom.On the English letter is a white triangle, and two horizontal right-angled triangles as the top support.This is the logo of the Central Bank of Tokyo
And this man is the deputy director of the sales department of the Central Bank of Tokyo.

He has been very busy recently because of the shortfall of the 120 billion yuan loan of the Ise Island Hotel.In the morning, he came to the Ise Island Hotel to collect more accounting information, but he unexpectedly bumped into the lawyer's press conference.

Group lawsuit, the man sighed in his heart, this should be a great career, and then he looked at the lawyer and smiled, as if he had gained new vitality from it, and his tired look was completely swept away.

The nameplate of the Central Bank of Tokyo on his clothes is also printed with four words:
【Hanzawa Naoki】

(End of this chapter)