Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 430 Motive of the crime
The door of the courtroom opened slowly, and a dark-complexioned man in a suit walked in.He looked nearly 50 years old, exuding a rather rebellious temperament.This is often a trait of top talent in a field.The person who entered the court was none other than Sawada, the director of the Joint Research Institute of Engineering and Mechanization.

Zetian took a calm step, opened the fence of the courtroom, and stepped onto the witness stand, as if he was completely prepared.

When Qian Hezi saw this scene, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and then she looked towards the court, "Chief referee. The prosecution is now starting to cross-examine witnesses."

The female prosecutor took a few steps forward and said, "Witness, please introduce your identity and position first."

"My name is Yusuke Sawada." Zetian replied, "I am currently the director of the Joint Research Institute of Engineering and Mechanization. The position of director is to some extent regarded as a 'manager'. Some people in the institute Large and small administrative affairs, as well as personnel arrangements, including some funding and equipment issues, must be approved by the director."

Qian Hezi nodded, "What about the loan of equipment? Does the loan of equipment need to be approved by the director?"

"Normally not." Zetian replied, "However, if the amount of borrowed equipment exceeds a certain limit, it needs to be approved by the director."

"Do you know Morimoto?"

"know."

"Do you know that the United Research Institute was borrowed from the seven acceleration tubes?"

"I know." The prosecutor's question seemed to trigger the switch of Zetian's speech in an instant, and Zetian could be heard talking in an instant, "Because of this incident, our entire joint research institute is now because of the key Due to the lack of experimental instruments, the experiments of many project teams have come to a standstill, of course I will know about things like this.”

"Can you tell the court what happened during this process?" Qian Hezi continued to ask.

Zetian nodded, and then said, "The person who borrowed the seven speed tubes is Morimoto. At the beginning, the loan of the speed tube was reported. Rejected. After all, the acceleration tube is a valuable piece of equipment for our research institute, and it is also a key experimental equipment. It is too high to borrow seven of them at one time. This is simply unbelievable."

"Later, my assistant stopped me when he saw that I wanted to sign a veto directly. The assistant told me that the person who came to borrow the equipment was from the research group under Ogawara. If there is a need for Professor Ogawara's subject, then you might as well borrow it All of you here are not from the field of engineering, so you may not be aware of the reputation of Professor Ogawara. He is like a pearl in the dark night to the field of Oriental engineering. It can be said that the field of Oriental engineering 20 years ago was supported by Professor Ogawara. He holds a very high place in our hearts."

"Thinking about this, I hesitated for a while. In the end, I still signed and approved it for the face of Professor Ogawara's research group. When it was approved, I specifically asked my assistant to tell Morimoto that if it was used up, I would send it out." Return it as soon as possible. At that time, my assistant also went with Morimoto to specifically deal with the loaned equipment. However, when he came back, he told me that Morimoto did not specify the deadline for borrowing it.”

"At that time, I felt something was wrong. But, because the experiment can't accurately predict the date when it will be completed, the return period is not clear, which is normal to a certain extent."

"Normal? Is it possible to borrow equipment without specifying the deadline?" Qian Hezi asked further.

"Our default period for borrowing equipment is generally two months." Zetian explained, "The reason why it is two months is because of the internal audit regulations of Kyoto University. It is very troublesome to report to the asset management office of the university and go through layers of approval. Therefore, we generally think that the loan will be used up within two months."

"However, I never expected that these seven accelerator tubes would never be returned once they were borrowed!" Zetian's voice couldn't help being a little excited, "Later, the time limit expired and they were not returned. The university's audit found Leaving us puts a lot of pressure on the institute. So, I asked my assistant to contact Morimoto as soon as possible."

"Later, I contacted him several times before I got in touch with him. After that, I called him to the office. Several teachers in our institute, including me, kept asking Morimoto. After hours of pressing, the loan accelerated. Regardless of what happened. In the end, he was willing to reveal the truth. At that time, his statement was that he took the seven accelerator tubes as collateral for money."

"At that time, the price of residences in the style of the General's Mansion in Kyoto rose rapidly. He wanted to speculate in real estate, but he had no choice but to have no spare money. Seeing many people around him getting rich by speculating in real estate, he became confused for a while. At that time, Morimoto gave us The answer was that he would sell the house, pay back the money as soon as possible, and bring back the accelerator tube. He also said that he did not know that there was such a two-month audit rule in the university. He said that the engineering test usually takes more than half a year , he will be responsible for explaining to the school."

"At that time, the residences in the style of the Shogun's Mansion in Kyoto were all concentrated in the Shimokyo District. There were rumors that the city government would relocate and renovate these residences, and the specific plan would be announced in June of the year. Therefore, the housing prices skyrocketed. Morimoto's The plan is to buy these houses and sell them when the city government’s urban plan is released in June.”

"Our teachers were also soft-hearted, and couldn't bear to see this young man ruin his future like this, so they promised to give him a period of time to relax. However, he didn't expect that after the incident, he would be so crazy that it turned out that he sold the speed tube It turns out that there are not many financial institutions willing to accept mortgages for this kind of experimental equipment, so they can only sell it. He even imagined that after June, he would sell the house and buy back 6 new acceleration tubes to return to the research institute. "

"It's ridiculous!" Zetian scolded directly, "Don't do a good researcher, don't do a good academic, and think about making money all day long. If this is not a betrayal of the spirit of the university, what is it? Now that I think about it, at the time I shouldn’t have given Morimoto a chance. It’s not so easy to find a buyer for the accelerator tube. At that time, Morimoto probably hadn’t found a buyer. If I pushed harder, Morimoto might have returned the accelerator tube. It will not be a big mistake!"

After hearing what Zetian said, Chikako immediately turned around and said loudly to the judge, "Mr. Judge. In this case, Morimoto's criminal motive for borrowing the acceleration tube is very clear. She was attracted by the wave of real estate speculation and wanted to The white dream of getting rich overnight, so he intends to sell expensive experimental equipment to raise funds for real estate transactions. The defendant Morimoto has been corrupted by money and has lost the direction of pursuing academics. It’s no coincidence to get to this point!”

(End of this chapter)