Chapter 414: If I Pay Any Attention to You, I Lose

Zhou Yi was a bit curious; Lawyer Fang had never had such long phone calls before, except with him, Zhou Yi.

Even if he were to do so, Lawyer Fang would usually have people come to the office to chat face-to-face.

Chatting in person and chatting over the phone are two completely different experiences.

On the other end, Zhou Xinran yawned and said, "Don't you know?"

"Of course I don't know, otherwise why would I ask you."

Zhou Xinran immediately laughed out loud: "So you don't know. Actually, it's very simple. It seems like a friend of Teacher Fang's called to ask for a consultation, and that friend isn't in Jingzhou..."

That would explain it; although Lawyer Fang is still working as a lawyer, he has quite a sense of freedom now.

For him to spend a long time on a consultation over the phone, it is rarely because of money, but mainly due to personal favors and such.

Even for him, Zhou Yi, back when his relationship with Lawyer Fang wasn't that good yet, consultations were always arranged to take place at Lao Difang.

"Then let's leave it at that. I'll contact Lawyer Fang after he finishes his consultation."

After Zhou Yi finished speaking, he was about to hang up, but he just kept his hand on the receiver, and then, under the bewildered gazes of Shizi and the others, he began to count down: "3, 2, 1..."

The "1" had just been counted when Zhou Xinran's voice came through the phone: "Wait, wait, wait, Zhou Yi, did you call me just to ask that?"

"Yeah."

"Then why did you call Teacher Fang?"

"For a consultation!"

"Teacher Fang is a lawyer, and I am also a lawyer. You specifically called me to ask why Teacher Fang is on a call, and then hung up right after?"

What is this, insulting her, Zhou Xinran!

Lawyer Zhou was very anxious; you can insult her as a person, but you cannot insult her profession!

What's wrong with her? Although she might be a little bit worse at lawsuits than Lawyer Fang, she is also a lawyer, a professional lawyer!

Even though Zhou Yi's name is already written many times in her little notebook, that doesn't stop her from feeling like you are insulting her right now!

This kind of joke might be too much with others, but with Zhou Xinran, everyone is so familiar that making such jokes strengthens the bond.

So, even though she was about to laugh out loud, Zhou Yi quickly said: "Oh, right, right, right, you are also a lawyer. Then, Lawyer Zhou, may I ask... consult you for a moment?"

This title of "Lawyer Zhou" made Zhou Cainiao feel comfortable from head to toe.

There is no helping it; a person's threshold for pleasure will rise. In the past, if someone called her Lawyer Zhou, she would feel very comfortable.

As more and more people called her Lawyer Zhou, she was no longer satisfied with this title; "Lawyer Zhou" (Da Zhuang) is what brings higher pleasure.

With this title, she felt she could cross out some content in her little notebook; free consultation was not entirely out of the question...

"Xinran, the situation is like this, it's just that we recently..."

"Call me that again, let me hear it."

Zhou Yi: "..."

Fortunately, the matter was finally explained; it was just a matter of a gym running away. Zhou Yi now really wanted to know how to handle this.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xinran immediately laughed: "You went to the Market Supervision Bureau? How should I put it, it's not easy for them to manage that either. Actually, it would be better to check their taxes."

"After all, even if their finance department is incredibly clever and performs all sorts of shady operations, they will definitely leave traces. It would be even better if you could check the taxes."

"Moreover, even if you want to ask the Market Supervision Bureau to list them as an abnormal business, you must follow legal procedures, which definitely takes time..."

After Zhou Xinran's explanation, Zhou Yi suddenly realized; no wonder the staff member from before only said it required investigation and time.

Because even for listing them as an abnormal business, there are corresponding procedures; it cannot be simply said that they will be listed just because the enterprise cannot be contacted.

Fortunately, they definitely won't be easily deregistered during the investigation period.

Honestly, for this kind of thing, if one hasn't specifically worked as a lawyer in the relevant field, there is a high probability of not knowing it at all.

To put it more bluntly, even staff members outside of that specific department wouldn't be particularly clear about it.

A lawyer is just a lawyer; why do people say that a lawyer must deeply cultivate a certain field to have results? This is the reason, because mastering the laws we have all heard of is just the foundation...

And Zhou Xinran happened to have studied this aspect when she was a graduate student, so she knew what was going on as soon as Zhou Yi mentioned it.

"Zhou Yi, didn't you say that Huo Pengfei is quite capable? Why doesn't he even know this, and even let you guys come to find Market Supervision..." Zhou Xinran on the other end had already started to feel smug.

"Then that's it, I'm hanging up first."

Bang! Listening to the busy signal on the phone, Zhou Xinran laughed hee-hee. She had just recorded the call; whoever dares to call her Zhou Cainiao again, she will play the recording!

I am Zhou Cainiao, then what about Huo Pengfei?

It felt quite like, "No matter who uses a nuclear weapon to hit me, I will hit them back."

But just two seconds after hanging up, Zhou Yi called again.

"By the way, Xinran, that... see if you have time recently. Why don't you come and help us do some Pre-litigation Property Preservation, and see if you can find that person named Zhao Zhipeng."

"Also, you said, even if the Market Supervision side is super fast and lists them in the abnormal business directory, the other party is clearly planning to just let it rot..."

Given the current situation, the other party has almost made it clear: you can sue as you please, if I pay any attention to you, I lose...

"Pre-litigation Property Preservation, right? I can certainly do that. As for other good methods, I will need to study it carefully."

After all, Zhou Xinran is not Lawyer Fang.

Then they could only go to the Tax Bureau first. This time, two more of the people who came along were preparing to go back.

There were still children at home, so they had to go back to cook.

This is the difficulty of Legal Aid; running until your legs break is the light part.

They arrived at the Tax Bureau along the way, and this time they finally found the right place.

They submitted the relevant evidence, and it also required time to investigate to see if a Case Filing was possible.

These are all times required by legal regulations; even if you are anxious, it is useless.

But one benefit is that, at the very least, Miracle Company cannot be deregistered during the investigation period.

Running to three units in one day to get things done, even someone like Shizi was a bit overwhelmed.

Legal Aid is sometimes not just brain work, but also physical labor!

"Then let's do that, Zhou Yi. We'll stay in touch in the group chat. Sigh, I don't even know if it'll be of any use; I'm almost afraid to buy gym memberships anymore."

Zhou Yi: "..."

Five memberships, five runaways—if they say you aren't a lucky charm, nobody would believe it.

However, he still said: "Then what about the matter of Pre-litigation Property Preservation? Are you all going to do it?"

He had already explained the situation on the way just now; doing this certainly has its benefits, but it requires providing a guarantee.

The others began to hesitate. Shizi was like that because he had been involved in a lawsuit before, but it turned out to be thankless work, and in the end, there were no results.

As for the others, they had an innate fear of filing lawsuits.

Those who haven't filed a lawsuit are all like this, because of all kinds of hype on the internet, it seems as if filing a lawsuit is extremely troublesome and particularly difficult.

But in fact, many small cases nowadays, if they go through Summary Procedure, are really not that difficult. Besides, if you really find it troublesome, you can entrust everything to a Lawyer.

So someone said: "This... why don't we wait a bit? We haven't reached that step yet. After all, haven't we already filed complaints with so many departments?"

Waiting for a bit—this is also a major problem in collective Legal Aid.

It's just like unfinished buildings; many people don't know at the beginning, or they know, but they think there are so many other people involved, so it's impossible for them to scam everyone.

Little do they know that in these kinds of Legal Aid incidents, you must seize the time. Preserve property when you should, do what you must. If you act too late, you won't even get a sip of the soup!

The group split up, and Zhou Yi took Shizi, who had finally made up his mind, to the law firm first. Things should be done sooner rather than later!

Then, Shizi saw once again this little brother he had just met but felt very close to, who was also very familiar with the law firm after arriving.

And as soon as he walked in, many Lawyers were greeting him...

Incredible, truly incredible. So, what exactly does he do?

First, they went to look in Lawyer Fang's office, but he wasn't there, so they immediately went to Zhou Xinran's office.

"Only the two of you?" Zhou Xinran asked with a puzzled look. Wasn't it said that many people were scammed at this gym?

Zhou Yi said helplessly: "That's right, just the two of us. Everyone else is still watching from the sidelines."

Zhou Yi believed that later on, if someone took the lead, many people would file a Lawsuit.

However, right after discovering the other party has run away, very few people will do so.

Because they will pin their hopes on administrative departments to solve the problem.

But administrative departments must also abide by basic laws. To use the words of the staff member from earlier, they cannot carry out Compulsory Execution.

The only thing that can carry out Compulsory Execution is a Court judgment.

The methods administrative departments can use are administrative acts such as "rectification within a time limit," as well as Administrative Penalty like "fines and revocation of licenses."

So, the fine is paid, and they were ordered to rectify within a time limit, but what if the other party still doesn't rectify? Then you just fine them again...

So they signed the contract. Zhou Yi's membership only had two months left, but fortunately, Shizi's membership had quite a long time remaining.

This was only a contract to entrust a Lawyer to carry out Pre-litigation Property Preservation; as for filing a Lawsuit, that requires a separate entrustment.

It was settled, and the remaining matters were left for Zhou Xinran to handle. Zhou Yi and Shizi returned to the Small Residential District.

But when they returned to the entrance of the Small Residential District, Zhou Yi suddenly had an idea.

"Brother Jiang, regarding today's matter, we can basically say that we have alerted the enemy."

"The other party definitely knows that we have already taken corresponding measures on our side."

"In that case, will they move the remaining equipment in the gym overnight?"

Jiang Yuanchao suddenly realized this upon hearing it.

It's not impossible; the equipment in the gym is money the moment it's resold!

But... the problem is, no matter how they try, they can't possibly watch it all night long.

"How about we go find the security guards? Give them a few cartons of cigarettes or some money, and ask them to help keep an eye on things. If anything happens, remember to call the police and then notify us."

It's not about finding the Property Management, because for some things, finding the people who actually do the work is more direct than finding the people who give the orders.

Asking the security guards to help block them isn't realistic; they are just employees and don't have that kind of power for Compulsory Execution.

As a result, Shizi said: "That's a way, but you don't need to worry. I'll watch it. Damn it, this time I must make them pay!"

This brother was clearly provoked...

But no matter who encounters a runaway five times in a row without any results, they would be like this.

Zhou Yi thought about the camping tent he had bought at home before, and his heart stirred.

One day he saw someone cycling, and in a moment of excitement, he placed an order, and then it just sat there gathering dust after he bought it.

"Brother Jiang, how about... we watch it together tonight? Anyway, I'm idle anyway!"

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On the other side of Jingzhou City, in the Xuancheng District, inside a room, Zhao Zhipeng was on the phone.

Why was he helping to take over the business? It's simple: he needed money.

Sometimes if you go out and look around, you will find that there are many people in this society who lack money. Sometimes a little money can stump a person.

Of course, the reason why Zhao Zhipeng would do such a thing is because he is a gambler.

Because he owed a mountain of debt from gambling, at this time, no matter who it was, as long as they gave him money, he could help them do things.

Many Companies suddenly change their legal representative, and they choose someone like Zhao Zhipeng—someone who doesn't have a single cent, owes a pile of external debts, but is in urgent need of money.

They have basically cut ties with their families, and they themselves have no executable property, so even if the Court executes to the end, there is nothing they can do.

This was the second time he had helped Lü Yan do this.

The first time, he was still anxious and had already prepared himself to be subject to Limited High Consumption, but as it turned out, nothing happened at all.

It was also fortunate that he didn't end up on the list of dishonest persons subject to enforcement, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to help take over this time.

That gym last time just dragged on like that; it was just that both sides weren't very bold at the time, and they would open for two days every now and then to show they were still operating.

Then, after a year, they went bankrupt.

So this time, they were bolder and didn't care at all.

To put it in one sentence: you people can sue however you want, if I pay any attention to you, I lose.

"Manager Lu, so you mean we should go and move all the other equipment away tonight, right? Okay, I understand."

That equipment is all money; moving it back means it can be resold, or kept for the next time Manager Lu opens a gym.

The chives in the field are always like that, waiting for others to harvest them crop after crop.

Lu Yan's voice came through the phone: "Mm, move as much as you can, call more people to help."

"Alright Manager Lu. By the way, someone from the Market Supervision Bureau called me today to ask about the Company's situation, and I just said what you told me, that the gym is preparing for renovations."

Lu Yan on the other end said: "Whatever, anything works. Anyway, just drag it out like this; once it's dragged to the end, if those people stop making a scene, it'll be fine."

Don't expect the relevant departments to help keep an eye on this every day; it's impossible, there are too many things to deal with.

For things like Legal Aid, if you don't chase after it, it will most likely just end up with nothing.

A Lawsuit in Court is the most direct way to resolve it, although after the First Instance and Second Instance conclude, the Long March has only just taken its first step...

Time quickly reached the night, two or three in the morning, when people have already entered deep sleep; this is the time when everyone is in their deepest slumber.

At the corner outside the gym, a tent had already been set up.

From this position, one only needs to poke their head out to see the gym entrance.

Zhou Yi was lying inside sleeping; the two had agreed that one would watch the first half of the night, and the other would watch the second half.

I don't believe it; with so much equipment, how could they not come to move it!

If I can't catch them in one day, I'll watch for two days, or a week; anyway, I'm just that bored!

Then, Zhou Yi was woken up.

"Brother Xiao Zhou, someone is here!"

Let's start with a chapter to wet the throat! Thanks to the book's twentieth Alliance Leader, Hu Lai Da Dou Mo! Thanks to the big brother for the Alliance Leader, the extra update for the Alliance Leader will be posted in the next few days. Thanks to Wenchidage, another new big brother, Wu De Jiao Luo, thanks to the brothers for the tips, thank you.

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