Chapter 102: Manager Xu, You Tell Me, What Should We Do! (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Director Wang looked at Zhou Yi before him, weighing how to speak; he was now a bit unable to fathom the other party's thoughts.

Before coming, he had guessed countless times why the other party was retaliating against the Company like this.

But he could rack his brains and never have imagined it was just for this demand...

Hesitating for a moment, Director Wang still said, "Mr. Zhou, actually... there is no deep hatred between us, you see, there is no need for you to be like this..."

"Director Wang, there is indeed no deep hatred between us, so are you going to negotiate or not? This is the agreement; take a look, if there are no issues, we will sign it. Once signed, you just withdraw the Lawsuit and pay the money."

The Mediation agreement naturally came from the hand of Lawyer Fang.

With even the agreement prepared, Director Wang could only blankly take the agreement and let the legal assistant next to him check if there were any issues.

The assistant began to examine it carefully, while Director Wang still wanted to talk it over properly.

"President Zhou, look, you are running a Company, so in the future, we will all be peers. We should be helping each other out; there is really no need to make things so tense..."

"Who is your peer? Director Wang, running a Company is my side job, thank you. My main job is making videos, you know?"

Zhou Yi said directly, "So Director Wang, what are you trying to say by going back and forth? Who exactly made things so tense?"

"You were the one who said to make me work overtime to write a project proposal without overtime pay, you were the one who said to get lost and not come to the Company the next day, and you were the one who said to go ahead and go to Arbitration, and you were the one who said if there was no Mediation, you would fight the Lawsuit to the end!"

"How is it that now I have become the jerk who made the relationship tense?"

This... Director Wang was suddenly speechless, but he still managed to say, "President Zhou, it is not like that. Actually, I wanted to say, can your Company stop poaching people like that..."

"After all, we are all in the same circle."

"So that's what you wanted to say after all this time." Zhou Yi turned his head and said, "Lawyer Fang, does my Company recruiting Employees have anything to do with today's Mediation?"

Beside him, Lawyer Fang said airily, "Legally speaking, your Company recruiting Employees has absolutely nothing to do with the Mediation between you."

"You see, Director Wang? This is a professional Lawyer, the kind with a license. Even he says it has nothing to do with it."

The kind with a license... Lawyer Fang kept smiling. The rookie next to him also had a license; you should ask her if she dares to have another man-to-man showdown with me.

Zhou Xinran already wanted to cover her face. She suddenly realized that in front of these two, she seemed a bit redundant.

These two are truly a perfect match...

"President Zhou, let's stop saying these useless things. Tell me, what will it take to stop your poaching actions!" Director Wang ignored everything else this time and just looked at Zhou Yi.

"Poaching? Director Wang, be careful, I might sue you for defamation. Our Company is recruiting normally. Your Company's Employees feel our benefits are good, so they come to apply. Is there a problem with that?"

"Oh right, I almost forgot to tell you, a few days ago an internet celebrity defamed me, and I just sent her inside."

As he spoke, Zhou Yi casually pulled a Judgment for a Criminal Private Prosecution out of the bag beside him.

Holy crap! Not to mention Director Wang, even Zhou Xinran beside him was dumbfounded. You carry this thing around with you?

Tell me, what exactly do you have in that bag...

As for Director Wang, Director Wang already felt he had been frightened.

He didn't know much about what happened a few days ago, he had only seen in short videos that an internet celebrity defamed someone, was then sued directly by the other party, and was sentenced to eight months.

At the time, he even laughed, saying that internet celebrities nowadays are all Legal Blind.

As it turns out, the Judgment was right in front of him, and it was actually done by this Zhou Yi in front of him!

"Don't say I'm bullying you either; this Lawsuit was handled by this Lawyer Fang next to me."

Zhou Mouren was still decent; after thinking about it, he didn't say the words, "This Lawyer was the Defendant's Lawyer."

"Director, there are no issues with this agreement." The legal assistant next to him saved Director Wang's life.

Director Wang took the agreement into his hands: "President Zhou, I still hope you will consider it carefully. The Company is really not having an easy time right now... Hey, President Zhou, President Zhou, don't be in such a hurry!"

It was just that halfway through his sentence, he saw the Zhou Yi in front of him stand up and prepare to leave.

"I'll sign, President Zhou, I'll sign first, and then we can have a good chat."

As he spoke, he hurriedly signed the Mediation agreement.

However, Zhou Yi no longer intended to continue the conversation.

"Director Wang, I feel that we are not on the same path at all, and there is no need to keep talking. Instead of thinking about how to deal with your Employees, you might as well think about improving their benefits."

"Even a production team knows that their donkeys need two extra handfuls of dry grass when doing manual labor. What about you? You never give a single cent of overtime pay, but instead, you paint such a big picture!"

"You told me before that young people shouldn't always think about making money. Actually, I want to tell you this too, Director Wang. Let's not talk about young people; shouldn't workers just not think about making money and just work for others properly?"

"Clearly, you haven't worked yourself to death yet, so why do you always want to rest?"

"Alright, that's all I'll say, I'm leaving now."

Zhou Yi stood up with the Mediation agreement, greeted them, and turned to leave the coffee shop.

Director Wang was anxious and shouted, "President Zhou, Zhou Yi, don't go yet. Look, I've already agreed to the Mediation. Zhou Yi, one must have a conscience..."

However, Zhou Yi had already walked out of the coffee shop.

Is their Company's performance really that bad?

It really isn't. So many people are working hard to get business, struggling, but the boss's luxury cars and villas are constantly being upgraded.

Of course, every time this happens, someone will say, if you think the boss makes money, why don't you go be the boss?

The boss is taking the risk; it's not like the Employees are affected if the Company goes bankrupt.

Yes, this statement is correct, and there is no need to talk about things like social surplus value. It's just that if the boss is eating cakes every day, you should at least leave a bite of the leftover cake crumbs for others.

Instead of saying you are making a fortune and becoming a spiritual mentor for countless young people, while saying on a show that you don't like money and aren't interested in money, and that your most comfortable time was when you were a teacher earning fifty yuan a month.

In the coffee shop, the legal assistant didn't dare to speak, and Director Wang's face was very dark.

Regret it? Of course he regrets it. Why did he have to make him write that project proposal in the first place?

It's just that Director Wang was very puzzled in his heart. Why are young people today like this? Why can't they endure hardship like they did back then?

Sigh, truly a lost generation... But how to explain this after going back?

Better contact his sister first and let her tell her husband about this.

Just as he stood up to leave, the waiter next to him walked over and smiled: "Sir, please settle the bill."

Why should I have to pay for what they drank? I didn't even drink anything...

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"Zhou Yi, I didn't expect you to be even more pedantic than me now, though, honestly, it still doesn't compare to when I was young. Alright, I reckon the Indictment, Court Summons, and such will be delivered to your Property Management in the next two days."

"Then we'll contact each other by phone for the specific time."

"Oh right, let's go have hot pot this weekend!"

Fang Dazhuang had actually invited him to eat, so he absolutely had to go.

Once finished, Zhou Yi drove straight back to the Company; he didn't plan on moving back to live there until the matter with the Property Management was resolved.

Besides, the content filmed today was already enough to finish the Company video!

"The Company's former leadership contacted me for Mediation, but I want to say, does the fact that their Company's Employees collectively resigned have much to do with me?"

"I didn't offer a salary higher than the industry standard, nor did I make any promises of better benefits; I just said I'd find them a new employer, and then they all didn't want to stay at the original Company anymore."

"If a single word from me could have such a big effect, then either I'm crazy or this world is crazy..."

This was Zhou Yi's line of thinking, just as when we study history, we must figure out the root cause and the direct cause, which is the fuse.

The root cause is that the Company treats its Employees too poorly, so everyone doesn't want to stay!

There were many loopholes in these words, but it didn't matter; Zhou Yi was just an Up Master making videos, so he was surely just happy saying it himself.

Upload, comfortable.

The time spent waiting for the review was still boring, so with nothing to do, he went to wander around the Company, which made General Manager Quan secretly relieved.

Damn these capitalists, they all say they don't care, but look, is this "not caring"?

Good thing we are naturally dedicated!

However... that matter needs to be done as soon as possible; the boss hinted at him last time.

This time the review speed was still impressive; roughly after Zhou Yi had walked a circle around the Company and chatted with several staff members, he saw that the review had passed.

Moreover, those audience lords who have villas on Bilibili had already started expressing their profound insights.

"Namu Gatling Bodhisattva": Outrageous, it really is just completely outrageous; is this a tragedy caused by a single proposal?

"Wind Clear Moon": Holy crap, seeing the title I thought it was clickbait, but thinking about the Content Creator's style... is he playing for real?

"Transforming into a star to light you up": It is indeed a bit outrageous, but why am I so happy seeing that leader's reaction?

Outrageous! Some even felt this was a bit obsessive, but upon seeing the reaction during the Mediation later, they felt the vibe was just right!

Always spouting empty promises to young people, telling them not to fear hardship, not to think about money, but then when it happens to themselves, they get anxious.

And likewise, several audience lords who were bosses themselves also spoke up in the comment section.

"Purple Star Moon": To be honest, poaching people is not that easy, and for so many people at that; it means they all don't want to work there anymore. The management of this Company is really a bit outrageous.

There are many Companies that don't pay overtime, and even more that talk about wolf-warrior culture, but many Companies forget that to follow a wolf, there must be meat to eat...

A wolf traveling a thousand miles needs to eat meat!

There are many Companies that lay off people at thirty-five or even thirty, but at the very least, those people have high salaries before thirty-five.

Anyway, I just feel the Up Master's operation is really slick as hell.

And while Zhou Mouren was addicted to reading comments, at the Property Management, Manager Xue was looking at the Indictment, the Court Summons, and a pile of other stuff in a daze.

The legal representative of their Company was naturally Manager Xue himself, so once they were sued, those things were all sent to him.

It's just... looking at the pile of content on there that needed to be disclosed, Manager Xue felt his gums ache, very painfully.

Not long after, the office door was pushed open, and Manager Xu walked in, saying casually: "Manager Xue, what do you need me for?"

Manager Xue pushed that pile of things over, expressionless, only his mouth twitching as he said: "See for yourself, Zhou Yi has sued the Property Management."

"Sued? On what grounds is he suing us?"

Manager Xu was very surprised, but he still took those things and started looking.

To tell the truth, Manager Xu had previously thought Zhou Yi would go to the Fire Department to report them; although they were currently undergoing rectification, if he really reported them, it would still cause a lot of trouble.

Yet he never expected the other party to choose the method of a Lawsuit!

Taking the Copy of the Complaint, Manager Xu looked at it for a few moments and also started to be in a daze.

"Right to Know? No, can this even be used to file a Lawsuit?"

Manager Xu couldn't understand; of course, with his level, he couldn't understand it, just as many people in life don't know that the scope of the Right to Know is very broad.

And in any aspect, unless the law explicitly prohibits content that needs to be kept confidential, you enjoy the Right to Know.

It's just that very few people are bored enough to go and look at these things; at most, they will look at content regarding expenditures.

Therefore, when seeing that it included various blueprints and such, and even Small Residential District landscaping maintenance, public facility maintenance records, building exterior wall waterproofing maintenance records, and so on, Manager Xu didn't know what to say.

"Manager Xue, this, this is fake, right? Since when do we have to let the owners know when we do these things?"

Some of these he knew, and some even he himself was a bit unclear about.

For example, revenue from public areas.

Many people often see advertisements in the Elevator or public areas of the Small Residential District; that stuff belongs to the revenue of public areas.

Moreover, the specific demands in here are different; for example, the specific situation of the Property Management staff, contact information, complaint methods, fee details, expenditure details, and so on need to be disclosed!

You see, formal Property Management Companies will post disclosures in conspicuous places; how much money is collected and how much is spent is very clear.

Manager Xue closed his eyes and said: "I have already called to notify the legal department; he will come over in a moment to help us take a look."

Bang bang bang!

"Come in."

The Company's legal counsel walked in, and Manager Xue said: "There, the stuff is right there, take a look first. The key question is, do they really have this so-called Right to Know?"

The legal counsel took the materials and started looking; although they all studied law, the law itself is an extremely vast and complex system, a point only students who have taken the Judicial Examination know.

Therefore, there are areas of expertise, such as Civil Cases or Criminal Cases.

And within Civil Cases, it is further subdivided into contracts, marriage, and so on.

This young legal counsel was quite good with contracts, so he was also a bit confused when seeing this pile of materials.

However, they were professionals after all; while looking, they began to check information, and from time to time, they had to make phone calls to ask others. Finally, just when Manager Xu was getting a bit impatient, the legal department finally spoke up.

"Manager Xue, for the time being, it seems the other party can indeed demand that we publicly disclose these things..."

"Although there are some contents inside that I haven't figured out yet, that is roughly the situation... Give me more time, and I should be able to figure it all out."

Manager Xue nodded, his expression even darker.

"Manager Xu, the person filing the Lawsuit is Zhou Yi. You tell me, how do we resolve this now!"

Manager Xue felt his eyelid twitching constantly, as if he were about to have bad luck, so he wanted to get this matter over with quickly.

The throat-soothing chapter is here; got screwed over last night, no choice, feeling heartbroken.

(End of this chapter)