Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 625: Eriko

9 pm.

A private room in Isejima Hotel, Shinjuku District, Tokyo.

Ishiwatari waited here for nearly two hours. In the afternoon, he received a call from Eriko, who arranged to meet him here. The call was hung up after a few words, so he didn't have time to talk about the administrative adjudication case filed by some contractors who failed to win the bid for the Shinjuku District High-tech Park project.

However, he took this opportunity to talk to Eriko about this matter.

As a senior municipal official in Shinjuku, Ishiwatari is well aware of Eriko's vast network of influence. Many of the extra-budgetary expenditures of Shinjuku City Hall were paid for by Eriko's businesses. At the same time, many donations to local councillors came from Eriko.

It is no exaggeration to say that Jiang Lizi is a true "gold sponsor".

There was a sound of footsteps.

The footsteps were neither fast nor slow.

Revealing a powerful calmness.

Soon, a figure was reflected on the paper wall in the private room.

The figure sat down slowly.

It can be seen that she is a rather thin woman.

However, the figure reflected in the paper wall was straight, as if she had received strict training on her appearance and posture. Just by sitting there, she already had the charm of a classical beauty.

This kind of beauty is not a sweet or lovable kind of beauty.

It is a kind of majestic, serious and resolute beauty of a woman.

Through a paper wall.

Never seen the true appearance.

However, the aura is already felt.

The private room where Ishiwatari stayed was separated from the room next door by a paper wall.

The two did not meet directly.

Instead, they communicate through a paper wall.

"Ms. Eriko." Ishiwatari asked tentatively. Even though Ishiwatari was a powerful figure in Shinjuku City Hall, he had to be respectful when facing Eriko.

"How are you doing lately?" Ishiwatari asked. However, it was clear that Ishiwatari was not in the mood to chat. Before the figure on the other side had time to speak, Ishiwatari wanted to quickly talk about the administrative ruling of the High-tech Park. "Ms. Eriko, there is a situation that I may need to talk to you about first."

"Deputy Captain Ishidu." A somewhat cold voice interrupted Ishidu's words.

All I heard was Eriko's voice saying, "We are meeting here today because I have something to ask of you, Mr. Ishiwatari."

Ishiwatari didn't expect that Eriko would ask him for help. He had to swallow back what he was about to say.

"I can't bear to be asked for help." Although Ishiwatari knew that the other party couldn't see the expression on his face, he still forced a standard fake smile, "It's me, but I have a lot of things to ask Ms. Eriko."

"I want you to help me check some data and a person." came the voice from the other end.

It was clearly just a woman's voice.

Obviously the sound is not loud.

The voice is obviously soft.

But it carries a power that cannot be disobeyed.

  Hearing Eriko's words, Ishiwatari didn't expect that it would be such a request. Check a piece of data and check a person. With Eriko's intelligence network, is there any information that she can't track down, or a person that she can't track down?

"If I can help, I will do my best." Ishiwata said with a smile, "But I'm not the Statistics Bureau or the police, so I may not be able to find what you want."

  "You can. It just depends on whether you want to." Eriko's cold voice came, "The data I want you to check is the debt amount of Shinjuku Ward City Hall in Tokyo." The debt amount of Shinjuku Ward City Hall in Tokyo?

Ishiwatari didn't expect that the so-called data that Eriko wanted to know was actually this. Hearing this, Ishiwatari couldn't help but laugh and said, "Ms. Eriko, the debt, income, and assets of Shinjuku City Hall are all in the fiscal budget and final accounts released every year. This debt figure can be found in public channels."

"You know what I mean." Eriko's voice sounded, "I want the amount of debt that is not included in the budget."

Eriko's words immediately and accurately hit the point.

Ishiwatari couldn't help but get a little nervous. He certainly understood what Eriko meant.

【Extra-budgetary liabilities】

[The so-called off-budget liabilities are debts that the city hall does not directly bear in its own name, but through companies controlled by the city hall, which are borrowed by the controlled companies, or the city hall provides guarantees. Although these debts are not directly included in the budget, they are actually the debts of the city hall. Therefore, these debts are also called hidden debts]

As the deputy director of the Development Committee of the City Hall, Ishiwatari naturally knew the real financial situation of Shinjuku District. On the surface, the financial situation of Shinjuku District was slightly in surplus.

But if these hidden debts are taken into account, there is actually a deficit.

And these deficits exceed reserves from previous years’ surpluses.

Eriko wanted this information because she wanted to understand the real situation in Shinjuku District.

Shinjuku Ward is one of Tokyo's most prosperous districts and one that contributes the most to fiscal revenue.

Knowing Shinjuku is like knowing Tokyo.

And understanding Tokyo is equivalent to understanding the East.

"May I ask Ms. Eriko what this information is for?" Ishiwatari cautiously probed.

"In other words, Deputy Captain Ishiwatari, have you agreed?" Eriko responded.

Ishiwatari frowned, unsure how to respond.

The true financial situation of Shinjuku City is naturally a major secret.

If it were leaked, it would probably cause a certain degree of panic.

"I will do my best to collect them," Ishiwatari said, "but please understand, Ms. Eriko, that it is very difficult to compile statistics for these off-budget debts."

"I believe you will do your best."

"So Ms. Eriko, where is the person you are looking for?"

The figure opposite paused.

There was silence for about ten seconds.

The figure then said, "Check someone for me. This person works at the Tokyo Central Industrial Bank. Of course, you may wonder why your city hall is checking a bank employee. He was previously responsible for lending to companies actually controlled by Shinjuku City Hall. Several major loan projects have gone through his hands. The Tokyo Central Industrial Bank is very confidential, and it is basically impossible to get this information from the bank. We can only start from your city hall. You don't have strict confidentiality measures for large documents. It shouldn't be difficult to obtain them."

"So..." Eriko continued, "I need the city hall to find out how many loan projects this person has been responsible for in the past, as well as the information of these projects and the people involved."

Ishiwatari had a bad feeling after hearing this.

He had a vague feeling that something big was about to happen.

Thinking about the fact that he was now facing what might be the first administrative ruling in the history of Tokyo City Hall, Ishiwatari suddenly felt confused.

"What is this person's name?"

"Hanzawa Naoki."

Eriko's voice rang out.

(End of this chapter)