Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 130 Disciplinary Hearings

November 11th, around 10:4 pm, General Hotel, Shinjuku.

The corridor on the 23rd floor was empty. A deep red carpet was laid on the floor and extended to the end of the corridor. There were several small Ukiyo-e paintings of the Warring States Period hanging on both sides of the wall at intervals. There was also a black The samurai armor is full of strong sense of history everywhere.

A chair was placed outside the door of the conference room, and Bei Yuan sat on it. He clasped his hands tightly, his brows were slightly frowned, and his expression was a little displeased.Almost two hours have passed since 15:2, the scheduled time for the disciplinary hearing. Kitahara was informed by the secretary of the Tokyo Bar Association that the personnel at the disciplinary hearing are still reading the report materials about him, so the hearing will be delayed. Convened, let him wait outside the meeting room.

The entire corridor was very quiet, and the hum of the ventilation ducts could be heard faintly.The sudden announcement of the "delay" seemed to torture the young man on purpose.Sitting outside the conference room door waiting for the disciplinary hearing, just like on the execution ground, the prisoners who have been declared beheaded see the executioner sharpening their knives, but they don't know when they will come over and end their lives.

The shining knife was right next to him, pressing against his throat, but he didn't know when it would cut open the flesh on his neck in the next moment.

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At this time, the tea break room on the 26th floor of General Hotel.

On an exquisite small round table, there are exquisite pastries just delivered by the hotel.A piece of strawberry cake topped with whipped cream on a plate, next to a jug of jasmine tea.The filter on the transparent glass pot still faintly exudes the white steam of tea fragrance.

Chi Shang sat on the seat with a leisurely expression, crossed his legs, held a small fork, cut the cake off personally, then put it in his mouth, and began to chew slowly. .

On the other hand, the two members of the Tokyo Lawyers Association looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what to say.One of the women in a suit seemed to be a female lawyer as well. She hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help but said: "Vice President, it's been almost two hours. Why did you let that Beiyuan wait outside?" ? Doesn't that sound good?"

Ikegami raised his eyes slowly, stared at the somewhat uninterested woman in front of him, and showed a greasy smile, "Our Tokyo Local Bar Association has always paid attention to the protection of the rights and interests of members. Don't you feel that you are taking disciplinary action against members?" Before, should we fully and prudently read the materials about our members? This is the responsibility to our members.”

"Yes, yes. Vice President, you have the final say. Then let's read and study the report materials against lawyer Beiyuan." The man next to him nodded and showed a flattering smile.

Ikegami narrowed his eyes as he enjoyed the piece of strawberry cake.He recalled that day at the class action lawyer selection meeting, the young man actually stood up and openly contradicted himself.Yes, although the lawyer named Bei Yuan only made some incomprehensible comments about withdrawing from the class action.

However, it was obvious that Bei Yuan was contradicting himself overtly and secretly.

It might be better to say that he directly contradicted himself, but this young man protested by withdrawing from the class action lawsuit.

It made myself very uncomfortable.

Since I'm not feeling well, I'm going to make you feel uncomfortable too.

Playing this game at a young age, this kid's mind is really bad enough.

Chi Shang couldn't help sighing in his heart, why do young people nowadays always want to show off, and they are not at ease at all.Really, you still need to "teach" yourself. "Tsk!" Ikegami picked up the teacup next to him, took a sip of the fragrant jasmine tea, and let out a sound of enjoyment.

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Outside the meeting room on the 23rd floor, Bei Yuan was still sitting on a chair. He took out his mobile phone and pressed the screen to light up. The number on it had already shown 17:16.Inside the airtight hotel corridor, sunlight cannot come in, but Beiyuan can already feel that the sky outside has become dark.

Suddenly, the doorknob of the conference room turned, with a "creak" sound, and the metal handle turned, making a crisp sound, which echoed faintly in the corridor of the hotel.

A secretary poked his probe out, looked at the male lawyer who had been sitting there waiting for a long time, and said softly, "Lawyer Beiyuan. The hearing is ready. You can come in."

Beiyuan patted the suit on his body to relax his sore muscles and bones, and finally he was coming.On this pool, I hung myself here for more than two hours.This spectrum is big enough.

Stepping into the conference room, I saw that the huge conference room had been emptied.There is only one table and one chair in the entire conference room.A long table was in the distance, and the chair was in the center of the great room.The chair is 7 or 8 meters away from the long table. This specially elongated distance clearly outlines the huge gap between the identity of the questioner and the person being questioned.

Behind that distant table, there were three people sitting, with Chishang in the middle.He shook his bald head slightly, the corners of his mouth curled up in a strange arc, and his whole expression seemed to be looking forward to what happened next.The lights in the conference room were just behind Chi Shang's body, and the shadows of the three people behind the table were stretched out, as if a condescending trial was about to begin.

"Lawyer certificate." The secretary said to Bei Yuan.

Following the instructions of the secretary of the Lawyers Association, Bei Yuan reached into the inner pocket of his suit and took out a small brown-red book with "Lawyer's Practice Certificate" printed in gold letters on it.

Afterwards, the small brown-red notebook was handed over to the long table.Ikegami picked up the palm-sized "Lawyer's Practice Certificate", as if he was playing with something, and turned the pages one by one. In the quiet conference room, there were "swish", "swish" page-turning sounds.

Chi Shang seemed to regard the lawyer's certificate in front of him as a guqin, and deliberately plucked the sound of the pages turning, so as to arouse the tension of the young man in front of him to the extreme. His eyes kept scanning every detail of the certificate. Pages may have blemishes.

After waiting for nearly two hours, especially in the face of the psychological pressure of disciplinary hearings being held at any time, Ikegami knew very well that even though the young man was just sitting on a chair in the corridor, it was simply a severe mental and physical torture .

The other party's heart should be dying now, like an army that has traveled a long distance and is exhausted.

And I just need to wait for work with ease, and launch a final blow to the young man in front of me.

Ikegami felt that it was almost time, so he restrained his smug smile a little, and raised his voice: "As for Beiyuan's lawyer Yu Terai v. A disciplinary hearing against Kitahara's attorneys will be held today."

"The host of the hearing, Goro Ikegami, is the vice president of the Tokyo District Bar Association, and the hearing officers are lawyers Fushimi Genichiro and Kaga Yuko."

"In order to investigate the above-mentioned misconduct of lawyer Kitahara, the Association sent investigators Hiroyuki Sakai and Ryota Nakai to conduct the investigation. The above-mentioned investigators were unable to arrive at the scene in person due to their busy work today. Their investigation opinions were submitted in written form at the meeting .”

"Attorney Kitahara Yoshiichi can respond to the investigation opinion issued by the above-mentioned investigator on the spot, and the hearing host and hearing officer will respond to your defense."

"Now the disciplinary hearing has officially begun!"

As Chishang's words fell, the secretary of the Tokyo Lawyers Association next to him got up and handed a stack of investigation materials to Beiyuan.

Bei Yuan frowned slightly, took the papers, but did not read them.He has already tasted the murderous intent of this disciplinary hearing from Chi Shang's words.

Kitahara raised his head and said, "Vice President Ikegami. According to the general rules of the hearing, the hearing moderator needs to remain neutral. Now the Tokyo Barrister's investigator is absent, but my reply is answered by the hearing moderator and the hearing staff. The hearing staff These responses have essentially constituted a refutation of my defense, and are essentially expressing opinions for the investigators who were not present, which has violated the principle of neutrality that hearing officers must abide by.”

"Here, I request a re-examination of the rules of procedure for this hearing."

Listening to Bei Yuan's words, Ikegami's cheeks trembled, as if he heard something funny, his facial muscles tensed up one by one, as if he was holding back a smile.After a while, he finally couldn't help it anymore and let out a "poof".

Chi Shang raised the corner of his mouth and said with a ferocious face: "Lawyer Beiyuan, do you think you are in court now? Do you want to introduce some procedural justice jurisprudence in the procedural law? Do you want me to inform you of the procedure for applying for recusal like a judge? Rights? A hearing is not the place to apply the rules and principles of these court procedures."

"This is the Bar Association, not the court." Ikegami emphasized it in an exaggerated tone.

In the conference room, Ikegami's sinister sneer echoed.

(End of this chapter)