Chapter 583 - Survey (End of Hokkaido Chapter)
"That Hollywood agent was originally here to contact Natsuki Sakai......" Conan asked with a smile.
"Yes," Sadaharu Takamori nodded as he looked at Conan in front of him. "The rumors are true, and there are indeed Hollywood people who come into contact with Makishuri, but the reason is not because they want to poach Makiri from their agent, Miss Masayo Yaguchi, but because they want to poach her royal makeup artist from her. However, as you might think, although Miss Makiki had promised when she signed with Natsuki Sakai that she would give her the green light to terminate her contract when she went to Hollywood, she finally broke the contract and insisted that only the full termination fee in the contract be paid. And in the conversation that followed, Makiki reiterated to Natsuki Sakai that he would not let her go. β
"Is the termination fee high?" Gray Plains asked. "It's rare to be unable to pay the termination fee on your own contract, right?"
"For fifteen years, the salary has increased by 5% every year," Sadaharu Takamori said after taking a sip from the water dispenser next to him. "And now the contract has just been executed to the third year, and then if she wants to terminate the contract, she needs to pay compensation for five years according to the agreed terms, and it is the last five years of the contract according to the salary increment payment model, and she can't afford to pay this fee at all. And because the whole package also includes a series of long-term contracts, including housing, these contracts have preferential rental prices, but the termination terms are very harsh. It means that if she plans to forcibly terminate the contract, she still needs to pay a large amount of termination money, including a house and a car, which is a huge amount of money that she can't repay even if she takes out a loan. As a result, the negotiations broke down. β
"So many reparations?" The corners of Qianyu's mouth twitched. "This ...... It should be regarded as a loophole overlord contract, right? β
"Yes, typical loopholes in the law, and the nominal signatories of these contracts themselves are sponsors of the Mushu, which means that even if a lawsuit is filed, it is almost impossible to lift these terms. What's more, even if it can be dismissed through the lawsuit, it will be too late, because the actress has returned to the United States before the performance of "Princess Josephine" - which is why Miss Natsuki Sakai finally lost her mind and blatantly chose to murder. β
"What shall I say......" Gray Plains sighed. Who told her to stupidly sign a 15-year contract without making relevant clauses to protect her rights? It's okay to ask Mu Shuli to give up all relevant compensation clauses if she goes to Hollywood to develop, it's a big deal to show the contract to the agent, and then directly force the breach of contract - the chance of winning in the follow-up negotiations will not be completely nothing, and as long as the media exposes it, it should be more certain. β
"The key is to prove that these contracts are related, and then to prove that the termination clause is excessive." Conan sighed. "It is true that there are precedents in this situation, but in the absence of any way to prove the relevance of these contracts, the existing precedents are in fact still in a state of vacillation, and these precedents will not have a particularly great impact on the judge's decision." (Although Japan is a civil law system, it has embraced the influence of the United States after World War II and is also a precedent-oriented country.) However, precedents are divided into strong precedents with a high number of occurrences and with sufficient reasons and less controversy by the Supreme Court, and weak precedents that are extremely rare and have different views within the Supreme Court. οΌ
"Let's not talk about that, what's going on with the plane?" Conan suddenly remembered something close to them. "What the hell happened to the plane?"
"Engine No. 2 fell, and the first explosion I heard was probably the sound of Engine No. 2 crashing off," Sadaharu Takamori shrugged. "When I was on the plane, I looked at the maintenance record of this aircraft, and the fan blades of engine No. 2 were damaged once before, and I guess there may have been something wrong with that maintenance, such as a problem with the maintenance method, and then it has not been checked, resulting in the engine after the repair being sick to work - although there is no way to determine what happened, but at least the location of our plane when it exploded can be determined, If you plan carefully, you may be able to find the engine of the plane that fell from the continental shelf. β
"What is the hydraulic failure of the plane?" Qian Yu asked.
"There's a problem with the design of the hydraulic lines," the corners of Takamori's mouth twitched. "I actually guessed that this was the situation - the three hydraulic lines would pass under the No. 2 engine, so after the explosion of the No. 2 engine, all three hydraulic lines were broken, causing all the hydraulic oil to leak. By the way, the second engine also caused damage to the tail when it exploded, which led to the tail being damaged before the first attempt to land, so the plane suddenly yawed before the first attempt to land. β
"By the way, how's the plane?" It suddenly occurred to him that until they left, the nose of the plane was still smoking, and the interior of the cabin was also filled with smoke. "There was still smoke in the cabin when we got off the plane, did the fuel tank burn up?"
"Uh......" Chiba blinked and said nothing.
"If the fuel tank had burned, we would have all died in the explosion," Sadaharu Takamori didn't have a good breath. "It's just that the insulating pad between the inner and outer shells of the nose burns up, and then the smoke pours in through the cracks. The smoke was only because the explosion of Engine No. 2 caused a hole in the tail of the plane, which then caused a convection effect and pumped the smoke into the cabin. β
"My only hope now is to be able to go back safely," Conan sighed suddenly. "It's been a lot of exhaustion."
"Yes," Qian Yu also showed a somewhat helpless expression. "We've been working on a spin almost all the time since we arrived in Osaka β we did have a day or two off when we came back from the airship, but the problem was that the jet lag mission had already consumed most of the time."
"I'm going to get some sleep at home for the rest of the day, anyway," Conan said, geeving his neck. "Don't call me when you go out, I just want to sleep well at home for a few days."
"We're pretty much the same," Qian Yu nodded with a wry smile. "I should be in the next few days anywayβ"
"Have a good time shopping in Tokyo," Ai Gray Hara suddenly took over. "According to my statistics, it seems that when you are not in Edogawa, we will live comfortably, and places with you will always be full of disasters."