Chapter 327: Mysterious Power is Everywhere!

Inside the law firm, Lawyer Fang, who had originally been stirred by some unpleasant memories due to Wang Wucheng's divorce case, was feeling very excited right now!

Because it had been a long time since anyone had provoked him to his face like this.

This wasn't the kind of provocation that happens during a trial in court, but rather online, face-to-face and head-on, directly calling him, the one surnamed Fang, out by name to provoke him; what did this mean? It meant the other party had absolute certainty.

Therefore, Lawyer Fang was very excited, but amidst the excitement, he also felt a bit bewildered; no matter how he thought about it, he felt that this matter involving Zhou Yi could not possibly be "Skipping the Agent."

No matter from what angle one analyzed it, this could not be "Skipping the Agent"; if this could be considered "Skipping the Agent," then the fairness of the law would lose its meaning.

So, after saying that he would handle it himself, Lawyer Fang hung up the phone and began to carefully study the so-called similar case released by the other party.

It took him only ten minutes to see through this similar case, and he felt a bit suspicious in his heart; just a moment ago, when he heard the other party name him and tell him to come out and "walk a few steps," he had thought they should be a good opponent.

As a result, after reading this case, he was speechless; how could something that had absolutely nothing to do with this be called a similar case?

Perhaps in the eyes of others, these were all cases where a homebuyer ditched the first agent and then signed with a second agent, so they were similar cases, but in the eyes of a lawyer like Lawyer Fang, these were cases that had absolutely nothing to do with each other.

It was the same old saying: analyze specific cases specifically; if the core of two cases is even slightly different, then they are two completely different cases.

Therefore, Lawyer Fang quickly began typing on his computer.

"Everyone says I should come out and 'walk a few steps,' so let's walk a few steps; I will analyze the differences between these two cases for everyone one by one. Simply put, one was already about to sign a contract, and the other was just taken to look at it—that is the difference!"

"Is an agent's service really only about taking people to look at houses? No, an agent's service has never been just about taking people to look at houses; it's just that many agents think they can make money by relying on monopolizing housing listings!"

"Then today, I will teach everyone what I would do if I were to defend A Yi in this case!"

Yes, Lawyer Fang subconsciously treated this as a classroom again; he knew that many people didn't want to read those long, stinky, and tedious Judgments, so what he had to do was use the simplest and most direct language to let everyone understand why there was a difference between the two cases.

And, what we can do if we encounter similar situations!

In passing, Lawyer Fang also analyzed the provisions related to agents in the Civil Code, mainly the Judicial Interpretation related to the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate; one must pay attention to one point: when looking at legal provisions, we absolutely cannot interpret them broadly or narrowly.

For example, if the provision is for Intentional Homicide, then it must be Intentional Homicide; the "intentional" part is very important.

After writing it out in a refreshing and unrestrained manner, Lawyer Fang gave this content to Zhou Yi; he wouldn't appear on camera now unless it was necessary.

After being collected and organized by Zhou Yi, the draft was quickly posted to his feed.

What Lawyer Fang wrote was not long, and it was very straightforward, without too much Legal Language, but it was enough for both professionals and non-professionals to understand.

Oh, so that "Skipping the Agent" by the agency only constitutes such a thing under those circumstances.

And so, very quickly, the popularity of this short response began to soar.

And within this, it was mainly Zhou Yi's audience; at the very least, Yuan Jie had a sudden realization after reading this analysis written by Lawyer Fang.

"So, whether it is 'Skipping the Agent' absolutely cannot be judged only by whether they were taken to look at a house, or whether a viewing agreement was signed, but should be specifically analyzed based on whether the agent provided the intermediary service that should be legally recognized during this intermediary service, and whether the homebuyer violated the principle of good faith!"

Once put this way, it was clear; holding up a legal provision and saying that just because someone was taken to look at a house it is "Skipping the Agent"—everyone felt that was abnormal.

To summarize in one sentence: an agent has never been just about taking people to look at houses; it is an intermediary service that includes a series of services, but due to various reasons, some agents have developed cognitive errors.

They make money by relying on intermediary services, not by monopolizing housing information!

Especially now, many houses are listed with many agency companies at the same time; homebuyers can know about this house through various channels. If it is not an exclusive agency, then you really cannot prove that the person is using your information.

Consequently, after everyone understood, they quickly came to the comment sections of "Is a Good Person" and "Xiao Li Real Estate" and started tagging them in various ways, wanting them to come out and respond.

Especially this "Is a Good Person," who had an air of being "reasonable and objective"; on the surface, they seemed like a passerby, but every sentence and every word was taking sides.

Only this time, no matter how much everyone tagged them, these two wouldn't show their faces.

Inside the Company, Weiwei, who had been serving on the side, looked at Zhou Yi and still said: "General Manager Zhou, having responded like this, could it be that no one will question it anymore?"

Zhou Yi shook his head and said: "What are you thinking? People questioning you aren't looking to reason with you; they never intended to reason in the first place."

Or rather, when you talk to them about the law, they talk to you about morality, and when you talk to them about morality, they talk to you about the law; in any case, others are always right.

But that is not how reason is spoken, and that is not how the law is spoken.

It's just like the audience members Zhou Mouren encountered before who had bought unfinished houses and came to him for help; after he discussed it with Lawyer Fang, he knew it was very difficult. The reason was simple: this was not a purely legal issue.

However, you cannot occupy everything and then throw a line at people saying, "This is the law, damn it; setting aside our mistakes, you are the ones with the responsibility"—there is no such logic; no matter how you think about it, there is no such logic.

Zhou Yi was right; both "Is a Good Person" and "Fangchan Xiaoli" responded to this dynamic update, but they didn't really respond.

"Is a Good Person": Seeing Lawyer Fang's so-called explanation, I feel it is truly too pale. In the other party's words, there is not the slightest consideration for the hard work of agents, just purely emphasizing what law, law. Does taking people to look at houses not involve effort? Is this the thinking of a so-called big lawyer nowadays?

"Fangchan Xiaoli": I can only say, this is reality. Who told us agents that we are easy to bully? We have to sweep buildings under the scorching sun, and after finally getting a housing listing, we get "skipped" by someone and we have no way to speak up. They know the law, so what can we do? We agents deserve it, I guess.

A very classic statement, with a flavor so thick that Zhou Yi couldn't even be bothered to pay attention to them.

As for other real estate agents, there were indeed some who argued, but they weren't arguing because they couldn't understand these words, but because even if they understood, they would pretend not to, because what was involved here were real, tangible interests!

It's just a pity that after losing the kind of coercive popularity from before, these responses were met with only sporadic comments.

Xiao Li stood in the office with a look of confusion on his face; he couldn't quite figure out why Netizens nowadays had no sympathy.

He had already been trying hard to explain that agents were miserable, but the comments were still mostly bashing him.

In everyone's words, everyone is miserable; in this world, the number of miserable professions is not limited to just agents. People who graduated from 985/211 universities go to construction sites to pour concrete; did they say anything?

The father graduated from middle school and poured concrete, the son graduated from a prestigious university and still has to pour concrete; what is "Civil Engineering is the best of the best"—dare to compare misery with us? We will out-compete you to death!

Xiao Li now had only one thought: where exactly did I go wrong!

Inside the office, Xu Yun listened to the voice on the phone, so angry he wanted to smash his phone.

He didn't know what had happened to his girlfriend, who had a high level of education and was usually very gentle and reasonable, why she was acting like a madwoman regarding this matter of her younger brother, and no matter what he said, he couldn't make it clear.

Xu Yun was trying hard to let his girlfriend know that he had already reached his limit by doing this much, and he really couldn't stir up any more trouble; otherwise, given the other party's status and position, they could crush his small company with ease.

"Really, Qiuping, I worked so hard to start this business, it was definitely so that we could live a good life in the future. Your brother did indeed commit a crime, and we even hired a lawyer for him; what else can we do? Can we storm into the prison to save him?"

"The other party is A Yi, the number one internet celebrity in Jingzhou. What do you want me to do? If I dare to say anything else, they will throw a Criminal Private Prosecution at me, and I will have to go in too, do you understand!"

However, the voice coming from the other side made Xu Yun want to hit his head against a wall.

"So you don't love me anymore, right? I'm asking you to do one thing for me now and you won't do it, right? You've even started yelling at me, right?"

"That is my brother, that is my own brother, he is going to go to jail, how can you say such things!"

Xu Yun usually went along with whatever his girlfriend said, but this time he couldn't help it, and he yelled back: "Don't talk about him being your own brother; even if it were my own father, I couldn't do anything. What, your own brother is family, but the boyfriend you're about to marry isn't family?"

"If I get arrested and thrown in, what do you say we should do?"

Slap! Hanging up the phone, Xu Yun covered his face; his reason told him that this relationship with his girlfriend absolutely could not continue, but years of affection were reminding him that he couldn't bear to let go.

Life, after all, is always like this.

The momentum that had been built up was suppressed before it could even roll out; Zhou Yi, moreover, had no idea that his actions had caused someone to have trouble passing on the family line—don't ask, if you ask, it's because there's an imperial throne at home that needs inheriting.

Everything fell into place, and Zhou Yi officially settled down in the Guangming Peak Residential Quarter, becoming neighbors with Chu Lan.

The house in the Yuefu Residential Quarter was not rented out either; he had it cleaned regularly and would sometimes go over to stay for a few days.

In short, he was doing as he pleased, staying wherever he wanted to stay.

There was just one thing: the Property Management here at the Guangming Peak Residential Quarter provided such excellent service that even Zhou Mouren, who had intended to find fault, couldn't find any.

Although there were still people online talking about his donation, it couldn't stir up any waves at all; in such a boring life, there was finally something not boring—Lawyer Fang called to say that Wang Wucheng's divorce case would soon be going to trial.

He asked if Zhou Yi was interested in going to observe, adding that it was better to be safe than sorry.

Hearing this made Zhou Yi's fists clench; if he weren't unable to beat Lawyer Fang, he would have beaten him to the ground long ago!

However, he could go see this case; beating children on a rainy day, he was idle anyway.

Things were fine on Lawyer Fang's side, but on the other side, inside the law firm, Wang Daoren, also known as Wang Dazhuang, who felt that "the advantage is with me," sat in his chair feeling his hands and feet turn cold.

He looked at the name of the opposing lawyer in the Court notification materials again and again, his scalp tightening in waves.

Damn it, why is it this guy surnamed Fang again!

I don't even do Criminal Defense anymore, I've hidden away in a Civil Dispute, I've hidden away in a divorce case, why are you still here?

Unsurprisingly, Wang Daoren had signed a Risk Agency agreement this time because he felt the advantage was too great; in this case, he didn't know how one could lose even if they led a dog up to the stand.

But after seeing that name, Wang Daoren lost his confidence.

Just then, a woman in front of him spoke up: "What's wrong, Lawyer Wang? Is there something wrong with these materials?"

"Miss Xia, everything is fine, I was just... just remembering something happy."

The contract was already signed, so Breach of Contract was impossible, and he couldn't afford the damages right now, so from what angle would that Lawyer Fang argue?

Xia Ziyan was very confident; she had originally felt she was a sure winner, and after hearing Lawyer Wang's analysis, she was even more full of confidence, because this Lawyer Wang was also someone she had spent quite a lot of effort to find.

It was said he was very famous in Jingzhou and had even done Criminal Defense in the past; he was very impressive.

She hadn't reacted in time to Wang Wucheng's sudden attack before; after all, how should she put it, a "lick-dog" who had been licking for so long suddenly stopped one day, and that would naturally cause some discomfort.

Fortunately, many sisters on the Big Green Book were comforting her, saying it didn't matter, that a girl must live for herself, and that if they divorced, they divorced—the next one would be better.

Besides, the other party wanted to get the money back? Dream on!

In the words of one of the sisters, a perfectly good girl had now become a divorcee, shouldn't she be compensated?

Her youth, her most beautiful years had been wasted, and they still had the nerve to ask for the Bride Price and the house?

So now, Xia Ziyan was full of confidence.

But why did the Lawyer Wang in front of her keep having a constipated look on his face?

It was only after hesitating for a while that Wang Daoren asked: "Miss Xia, regarding your husband, that is, Mr. Wang, have you ever committed Domestic Violence?"

Cutting it to the very last day, Lawyer Fang submitted evidence—evidence regarding Xia Ziyan's domestic violence in their daily life.

Lawyer Wang became nervous all at once; this hadn't even been mentioned a single time before—a pure trap!

Xia Ziyan was stunned for a moment, then said: "Lawyer Wang, are you talking about the time I was a victim of domestic violence? This... I don't really have any evidence, is it useful in a lawsuit?"

Wang Daoren said again: "Miss Xia, I am saying, you committed domestic violence against him!"

"What? I committed domestic violence against him? Lawyer Wang, what are you saying? How could I possibly commit domestic violence against him? Look at my build, and look at his build—can't you tell who would commit domestic violence against whom?"

Seeing that Xia Ziyan was starting to get agitated, Wang Daoren hurriedly said: "Miss Xia, please calm down first. The domestic violence we are talking about, while it often manifests as beating or other forms of violence, also includes things like Mental Control as a form of domestic violence."

"Including your frequent control over him, in terms of money and in terms of his spirit."

Xia Ziyan said directly: "Then I didn't do any Mental Control; it was all his own initiative. Handing over his salary was his own initiative, and he said he would listen to me on everything, so now it's my fault?"

Wang Daoren wanted to pinch his philtrum; he felt that he too had been sanctioned by some mysterious force.