Chapter 104: How Can There Be Such Brave People in the World! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

It is a good thing Zhou Xinran is not here right now, otherwise she would definitely stand up, wave her fist, and roar: "Yes, that's it, that's the flavor!"

Damn, it really isn't easy; only those who have experienced it know how helpless it is to encounter a client who understands nothing but insists they understand everything.

And now, Division Chief Zhong just wants to go over and cover Manager Xu's mouth...

This made him not even know how to say the words he had originally prepared!

After checking the materials for a long time, Division Chief Zhong barely managed to find some evidence, intending to say later that the Property Management is serving the owners heart and soul.

The Property Management had indeed done some information disclosure; it was just that the owners hadn't noticed.

But who would have thought, the other side had just played a three, and Manager Xu next to him threw out a pair of kings immediately!

The key is, it would be one thing if you had a good hand, but you only had a pair of kings and a bunch of trash left...

Manager Xu was still the same, just saying, which law stipulates that, how come I don't know about it.

Zhou Yi turned his head to look directly; he seemed to vaguely see that when the other party said this, Lawyer Fang's eyes were glowing!

It was a feeling of "Very good, you actually have the guts to provoke me"...

And Lawyer Fang didn't even look at the case file, just stood up like that and started speaking: "Which law? Although you won't check it even if I tell you, I'll say it anyway."

"Article 943 of the Civil Code stipulates that property service personnel shall regularly disclose to the owners in a reasonable manner the service items, responsible personnel, quality requirements, fee items, fee standards, and other such contents, and report them to the owners' assembly and the owners' committee."

"And there are also relevant provisions in Article 13 of the Supreme People's Court's Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Disputes over Building Sectional Ownership, as well as..."

Manager Xu was already stunned...

After he went home last night, he had also searched all sorts of things on Baidu, but the things he found were uneven, and some people even said there was no need to disclose so much at all.

So when he came today, he asked which law stipulated it.

As a result, he didn't expect that the man with the slightly bald head on the opposite side would actually start talking incessantly, and once he started, he couldn't stop.

He could understand some words at the beginning, but gradually he became confused.

He recognized every single character that popped out of that man's mouth, but when put together, he couldn't understand them.

Division Chief Zhong was even more numb; before coming, he had wondered who the lawyer on the other side would be.

Because such a case is not big, just troublesome; even if they win, the Property Management side would only be disclosing information, not involving any compensation or anything.

So they wouldn't adopt Risk Agency, and for general agency, there wouldn't be much money.

It might be one of those young lawyers who had just started independent practice; the advantage is mine!

As a result, after arriving at the Court and seeing Lawyer Fang, Division Chief Zhong had only one thought: do the big shots now take these kinds of lawsuits?

Division Chief Zhong certainly knew Lawyer Fang; after all, this person had once given lectures at their Handong University of Political Science and Law, and back then, he was already a top-tier big shot!

It's just that back then, this Teacher Fang was lecturing on Criminal Law...

If it weren't for being thirsty, Lawyer Fang would have almost treated this place as a legal education classroom.

As soon as he stopped, a cup of water was brought over extremely opportunely from the side, with Zhou Mouren full of smiles.

"Not bad, Zhou Yi has a good sense of timing now."

The mediator was also a bit dumbfounded; he even felt that he had learned a lot from that long explanation just now.

"Then... Manager Xue, what exactly are your plans here? The request is only for you to make public disclosures," the mediator asked again.

Manager Xue finally spoke first: "This really isn't that we don't want to disclose; it's truly difficult. Currently, the Property Management is operating at a loss, and to carry out disclosure, the workload is too huge..."

"I hope you and Mr. Zhou can be understanding. The Property Management is really short of people right now. Allow us to disclose a portion first, and we can disclose the rest when we have money, is that okay?"

"It's really hard to handle right now..."

This routine again—saying the Property Management is poor, has no money, is operating at a loss, so one must be understanding.

This is also a point that annoys Zhou Yi; the other party is clearly not talking about the law with you.

They never take the initiative to admit they are breaking the law, but use some vague tone to gloss over matters concerning illegality, focusing only on "morality."

Look, our Property Management is already this miserable, and you are still doing this; that's really a bit unreasonable.

However, hearing this, Lawyer Fang, who had just moistened his throat with water, spoke again: "That's not right, Manager Xue. I have already introduced so much just now; all the regulations are saying that is something your Property Management should take the initiative to do."

"And now you say it's hard to handle and you can't produce it for the time being, plus the words of Manager Xu earlier, can I assume that in the six years of being the Property Management for Yuefu Residential Quarter, you have never done any information disclosure?"

"Or can I even understand it this way: in the six years, not only have you not done any information disclosure, but you haven't made any preparations either!"

"Or perhaps it can be said that you never intended to disclose this information to the owners at all!"

"Otherwise, it makes no sense for you to say you are short of people and money now, because these things should already exist; all you need to do is publish them."

Damn! Zhou Yi almost wanted to clap.

Lawyer Fang's interpretation is really spot on!

"Even if you are short of people, that's impossible; losing money is also impossible. If you have done property management for six years and lost money for six years, yet you are still thinking about serving the residential quarter, then I think this is unrealistic."

Lawyer Fang spoke very bluntly; this is not realistic at all.

You are an enterprise, a company, with the goal of making a profit; yet you have been short of money and people for six years, doing business at a loss—what is your boss thinking?

Zhou Yi silently added in his heart: Unless their boss's surname is Pei...

Manager Xue was dumbfounded; wasn't it agreed that we would play the victim? How did the topic suddenly shift here?

He turned to look at Lawyer Zhong, whose brows were furrowed enough to hold a pencil.

As the presiding judge, the mediator had never handled similar cases, but he knew this must be true.

These old property management companies, established along with the developer's handover of housing, are basically all the same if there is no subsequent professional upgrade training.

After thinking for a moment, the mediator said: "Manager Xue, you first tell us what content you can disclose now."

At this, Manager Xue hurriedly opened the file and said: "Specifically, what can be disclosed now are... the number of property service personnel, names, contact methods, complaint methods, park cleaning records... that's about it."

Manager Xue listed several items, and the mediator said: "Mr. Zhou, is this enough for you for now?"

Zhou Yi shook his head and said: "This is not enough, because he hasn't disclosed any details about fees and expenditures at all. As owners, this is exactly what we want to know most."

"At the very least, we need to know how much money the Property Management collects and spends each year. If they are really losing money to the point of being unable to hold on, then we should quickly change to another property management company, right? Don't let them keep losing money."

Hearing this, Manager Xue completely didn't know what to say, especially the part about "changing property management."

In the past, it wasn't that the Small Residential District hadn't thought about establishing an Owners' Committee to change the Property Management, but it never succeeded due to one reason or another.

Naturally, the Property Management had a hand in this.

And recently, the Property Management has indeed made many people start cursing, the main issue being the Elevator Card fee!

Originally, if the Small Residential District was a bit dirty or there was a bit more trash in the public areas, it actually wasn't that big of a problem.

Some people wouldn't really pay too much attention to it either.

When someone brought it up in the owners' group, there were very few responses.

After all, everyone is very busy, and a poor environment in the Small Residential District is not the same as poor hygiene in one's own home.

As long as life is still manageable, that is what many people think; they don't want to make a fuss.

But the Elevator Card is different; it is almost equivalent to a mandatory fee. You have to pay it, and it's for a fixed floor—if you live on the sixteenth floor, your card can only swipe for the sixteenth floor.

Many people are extra sensitive about spending money, and coupled with the previous incident of blocking the Fire Engine, the Property Management's reputation has been very poor during this period.

Manager Xue could imagine that if the Property Management were really replaced, people like them would have no good ending.

The Company would certainly not support a group of freeloaders.

Precisely because of this, Manager Xue still wanted to make an effort: "Mr. Zhou, we are all in the same Small Residential District, we see each other every day, and I am also trying my best to cooperate with you, but this really..."

"Alright, comrade, I think we should just forget it. I believe the other party has no sincerity for Mediation," Zhou Yi said, looking directly at the mediator.

In any case, if we can't reach an agreement, then let's go to Court.

The mediator nodded and looked at Manager Xue again, yet the three people from the Property Management had nothing left to say.

This kind of matter is no longer a question of sincerity; one side demands public disclosure, while the other side refuses to disclose it even if it kills them, so it simply cannot be negotiated.

"Then that's it, we are leaving first."

Zhou Yi and Fang Dazhuang left directly, without the slightest hesitation.

Only the three of them remained sitting there, and Manager Xue had already glared fiercely at Manager Xu.

"You tell me, what should we do? We are going to Court now, how are we going to disclose it then!"

Manager Xu did not speak, and the mediator had already opened his mouth: "Alright everyone, go back and prepare for the hearing; don't argue first."

"You can go back and look again. If you can disclose it, then it is best to disclose it directly. You can also have Mediation before the hearing."

After leaving the Court and saying goodbye to Fang Dazhuang, Zhou Yi drove back to the Company. He was not in a hurry, not in a hurry at all.

But he felt that Manager Xue probably wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.

Manager Xue certainly couldn't sleep. It clearly wasn't his affair, but as a result, because he was the legal representative, everything was his problem.

But what could he do? Just drag it out like this?

What if they apply for Compulsory Execution when the time comes?

Manager Xue felt he had to tell the head office; at the very least, he had to get Manager Xu transferred away, otherwise his work here would be impossible to do.

"Hello, Manager Li, eh, it's me, Old Xue. Right now, we have encountered such a problem here at Yuefu Residential Quarter..."

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In the Company chairman's office, Zhou Yi ordered his favorite pork trotter rice takeout as usual, and then prepared to start churning out videos.

Part of the content for the second episode of My Affairs with Property Management could already be edited.

"Hello, my dear audience, so after the baptism of the Company's video with its ups and downs, let's look at the Property Management matter. Today, I had a Pre-trial Mediation with the Property Management."

"However, because the Court does not allow filming, I made it into an animation format."

Of course, calling it animation is actually just drawing a few big-headed stick figures, then having them sit according to the situation in the Mediation Room, and then they each start talking.

The voice acting and such were, of course, all done by Zhou Yi himself. There was no need to dub every single word, just presenting the most exciting parts was enough.

Not to mention that drawing is Zhou Yi's primary job, just look at what his current Company is—Tengda!

He just found a few Employees who had nothing to do and handed it to them; they drew it both fast and well.

It was just that dubbing for several people by himself made Zhou Yi feel the difficulty, but after the finished film appeared, he found that the effect was unexpectedly good!

Now, except for those cases that are not open to the public according to the law, you can basically find the remaining Judgments and trial videos online.

There are even many trials that are live-streamed.

But not many people can watch them because they are really a bit boring...

Reading things out loud for long stretches, and it's stuff they aren't interested in at all; they get sleepy after a while.

So, truthfully speaking, it is indeed not as fast as some short-video legal education.

But doing it this way is different; he didn't leak any privacy, they were all cartoon characters, and the content was screened. Even Zhou Yi felt the effect was very good after watching it himself.

It feels like there's real potential here...

As it happens, his Company is also in design. Although it is purely two different industries from making animation, he can learn. It doesn't need to be made very beautifully, it just needs to have that point across.

Moreover, many extremely exquisite animations actually give people a sense of falsehood; it just so happens that the "AV quality" that many people complain about actually has a lot of feeling...

Zhou Yi decided to upload the video first to see the effect. If the effect is good, then maybe he can really release videos like this in the future!

He could release a live-action version of his Legal Aid process, and also release an animation version!

With this thought in mind, Zhou Yi clicked to upload the video. Done!

Originally, this video should have been made very quickly; it just took a little bit of time to make that simple animation that was only a few minutes long.

So after the video was uploaded, it was already late, almost seven o'clock.

Hurry downstairs and set off; Fang Dazhuang is treating him to a meal today!

Of course, Zhou Yi selectively forgot that Fang Dazhuang only called him to eat, but didn't say he was treating...

He drove all the way to the destination sent earlier: Shancheng Hot Pot!

It is said to be a relatively well-known spicy hot pot in Jingzhou City. It tastes very authentic, and the feeling of being numb both above and below the next day is also very authentic...

"Zhou Yi, come over here!" As soon as he entered the door, Fang Dazhuang greeted him from inside.

Because there were only three people—him, Fang Dazhuang, and Zhou Xinran—they didn't sit in a private room, but in the main hall outside.

Perhaps because it was Friday night, the lobby was already full of people at this hour.

The sight of the bubbling spicy hot pot, mouthful after mouthful, made one's mouth water with an indescribable substance.

There were even some who came with their whole families; some seemingly mischievous children kept running around the lobby, constantly playing and making a ruckus.

Lively, bustling, Zhou Yi was very satisfied!

Walking all the way to the table, Zhou Yi looked at Zhou Xinran beside it: "I'm here, I'm here. Hey, Lawyer Zhou, why did you come too?"

Making up for missed updates; ten chapters are owed since the launch. Don't go away, there are still four thousand words today!

(End of this chapter)