Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 51 Kawamoto Expressway Investor Dinner: Reception Session
Outside the lobby passage of the hotel, there are several long square tables, on which there are various snacks and snacks, including small pieces of sushi, as well as delicate and small cakes and pastries.The waiter next to him poured light golden champagne into the glasses of the guests at any time with a wine bottle.

The clock had pointed to 5:36.At this time, it was already a small reception before the strategic investor summit dinner of Kawamoto Expressway.The people who came to the banquet stood at the table in twos and threes, holding snacks and snacks, chatting constantly, exchanging business cards and contact information with their unique social smiles on their faces.The entire corridor was filled with the sound of conversation, and bursts of chatter and laughter broke out from time to time.

A middle-aged man in a dark blue suit and gold-rimmed glasses, with two deep law lines printed on his face, was standing by a square table in the corner, his eyes were like sharp eagles, constantly flicking back and forth Scanning the situation in the field.There was a sense of daunting coercion faintly exuding from his body.

He is the chairman of Kawamoto Expressway - Kotaro.

Some people next to them were holding wine glasses and wanted to toast with them, but seeing the coercion, they couldn't help being a little timid, hesitated, and didn't dare to approach casually.

Kotaro is not keen on the current reception session, because there are not many people with social value on the field.The people from the securities and investment banks haven't come yet.Those people are really arrogant.This so-called strategic investment was lobbied and planned by myself for a long time before finally winning the favor of the capital market.

In the eyes of those in the securities and investment banks - the expressway company is a sunset industry.

After the project is completed and put into operation, the future cash flow and income can basically be predicted to be close to each other.

Therefore, the stock price of expressway companies will basically not have any fluctuations.This kind of stock price of a company like a pool of stagnant water is often an area that securities and investment banks are unwilling to get involved in.

Therefore, Kotaro also spent a lot of energy and time to finally win this strategic investment for Kawamoto Expressway.Tonight's dinner is not only a celebration banquet for strategic investment, but also a culmination of Kotaro's corporate career!A testament to his ability!
But, there are always flies "buzzing, buzzing, buzzing" around successful people.Recently, some reporters seem to have their eyes on the Kawamoto Expressway and began to question their own business policy.These annoying reporters actually described their business policy as "brutal expansion", "high debt ratio" and "high leverage expansion", and said that Kawamoto Expressway may have a cash flow rupture due to aggressive expansion risk.

These reporters just sit in the office all day long and type these negative words.

A group of guys who don't know anything about the actual business operation dare to try to criticize me.

Tonight's dinner will also have an exchange session with media reporters.I have already ordered it to go on, let the people under my command pay close attention, choose those "friendly" and "obedient" reporters, and those "problem" reporters, obediently be a bystander

What do journalists want their own ideas for?

Just be your mouthpiece obediently.

"Crack, click, click" footsteps came, and two people walked in the corridor outside the hall.One of them was also a middle-aged man, he was wearing a black vertical stripe suit, his face looked rigid and serious, and the coercion exuding from his body was not inferior to that of Kotaro.On the left chest of this middle-aged man, there is also a sunflower medal with a balance.

The person who came was Imai.

When Kotaro saw Imamishi, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.Imanishi has helped Kawamoto Expressway a lot in legal matters.For this share expansion and additional issuance, many legal documents, including the financing agreement for share expansion and additional issuance, and the approval documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission, were sponsored by Jinxi's lawyer team.If there is no Jinxi, I am afraid that this financing plan will not be able to move forward.

Kotaro took a step forward, walked up to Imanishi, held his hand, and said with a smile, "Director Imanishi."

Imam smiled when he saw it, and then looked around. Seeing that there was only his assistant Onoda next to him, and no one else, he stepped forward slightly and said in a low voice: "The financing agreement for share expansion and additional issuance has been signed. Now it has been submitted to the securities exchange." It was approved by the committee. My old classmate from Kyoto University presided over the review meeting this time, so there must be no problem passing the meeting."

Kotaro couldn't help but show a rare full-bodied smile on his face when he heard Imamishi's words.

Sure enough, my vision was not wrong.I have always been at ease when I am doing business in the West.I knew him when I was still practicing law in Imamishi.Kotaro was at the opposite house at the time, and he was deeply impressed by this legal officer named "Ima Nishi".His study of law has reached an extremely meticulous and rigorous level.

Later, I heard that Imanishi went out to work alone and opened a law firm.

And I am also at the helm of the Kawamoto Expressway, so I came to the door and asked Imanishi to help take charge of the legal practice of the Kawamoto Expressway.

Later, it was proved that his employment was not wrong.

Thinking of this, Kotaro couldn't help but feel even more proud

"Hello—" A crisp female voice suddenly interrupted the greetings between Kotaro and Imamishi.

But they saw a woman in a black coat and suit and black pants standing beside them.She looks to be in her twenties, with delicate features, which can be regarded as a beauty standard, but her eyes are very clear, like a clean lake in a snow-capped mountain, spotless, full of a kind of reverence A persistent pursuit of an ideal cause.

She was holding a notebook and a pen in her hand, and a bag was slung over her shoulder. There were still some folds and mud stains on the coat of the suit from the long days of traveling.Some messy marks on this kind of clothes, on the contrary, highlighted the clean temperament of those eyes.

"Sorry to bother you, I'm reporter Niwa Marina," said the woman in front of her.

reporter?
When Kotaro heard these two words, he immediately became alert.Niwa Marina, this name seems to feel like I've heard it before.Suddenly, Kotaro remembered.Niwa is the latest investigative reporter to come to prominence.At a young age, he graduated from the journalism department of the university, and then joined Radio Tokyo.Later, because of reporting a pollution incident at a factory in Tokyo Bay, I was pressured by Taili to suppress the report.

But Niwa still insisted on his opinion and let the incident appear in the newspapers.After being punished by the radio station, he resigned and left the radio station.

After joining a private weekly magazine, he began to work hard in the field of finance and economics, tracking and excavating a number of scandals in listed companies, and wrote a number of investigative reports, which once caused the stock prices of several listed companies to halve.

"You are Kawamoto Kotaro, the chairman of Kawamoto Expressway. I want to interview you briefly," Niwa said to himself, looking at the data in the notebook and flipping the pages inside, "The general asset-liability ratio of the expressway industry It is around 40%, but Kawamoto Expressway has gradually approached 70%. The rapid growth of the company's total assets in recent years is mainly driven by the growth of liabilities. What do you think of this?"

Kotaro frowned listening to Niwa's question.Sure enough, it was these nerd-like thoughts again, always just holding this naive idea.

All day long, he will only say that his business is not stable.

Not robust?
Ah!
How can a company expand without relying on debt growth? !

Where does the company have the money to expand without borrowing money from the bank? !

A group of ignorant children who only speak innocuous words all day long.

Kotaro thought of those negative reports about Kawamoto Expressway, and couldn't help feeling a little angry.I should have taught these nerds a lesson.Kotaro said loudly: "Do you know that you are so rude!!"

Kotarou's voice was loud, and he recalled it in the aisle.

In an instant, many people in the venue turned their eyes to this side and stopped talking.

Some good people still held pastries in their hands, but they didn't care that they hadn't finished eating, so they gathered around and watched this scene.

"What's going on?" A few security guards in the distance seemed to have noticed the situation here and ran over.

Niwa's body is a little thin, and he looks thin in front of Kotarou.She still turned her head and looked at Kotaro, the expression on her face didn't change in any way.

"Where's your invitation letter?" Kotaro raised his head, his chin slightly upward.Kotaro disliked this girl from the moment he saw her, especially her eyes.

Kotaro disliked the feeling of being scrutinized.

When Niwa heard this, his face was still expressionless, he just flipped through his bag, took out a blue card, and handed it to Kotaro.

Kotaro carefully examined the invitation letter, memorized the code on it, then took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to the administrative department of Kawamoto Expressway.Really, he shook his head inwardly.How can the people under him be so irresponsible in their work that even this kind of reporter is invited over.

Wait until the director of the administrative department cancels her invitation letter, and then blasts her out.

"I still have something to do, so I won't accept the interview." Kotaro restrained his anger just now, and smiled.Afterwards, Kotaro turned his head and said to Imanishi beside him, "Director Imanishi, I'll go and prepare for my 6:[-] speech at the dinner party."

Hearing this sentence, Niwa still had no expression on his face, as if he was used to being perfunctory, prevarication and rejection so many times, but he just looked at the figure of Kotaro who was about to leave, and immediately took another step forward.

Seeing this, several security guards immediately stretched out their hands in front of Niwa, blocking Niyu's route.

Kotarou walked towards the lounge, his steps became a little brisk.At the corner of the corridor, he glanced back at the figure of the female reporter who was stopped by the security guard, and couldn't help smiling again.

These are nothing but moaning, nitpicking bugs.

The sooner you get away, the better! ! !
(End of this chapter)