Chapter 581: Our Relatives Are Coming, Move Your Car

Five minutes later, back in the same office, Qin Boguang said with a face full of apology: "Mr. Zhou, I truly failed to recognize a titan; there were too many people outside just now, but I apologize now. It is true that what my father asked for was too much..."

Qin Laotou wanted to say something, but thinking of his son's words about the possibility of going in to tread the sewing machine, he kept his mouth shut.

He was at that age, after all, but his son was still young and had a bright future ahead.

Looking at Qin Boguang's attitude before him, Zhou Yi also shook his head and said: "It's not just that your father asked for too much; in the span of a month, four sheep were hit and killed there, yet he still continued to herd sheep there. Don't you think there's a problem with that?"

"The sheep were hit and killed, and not only did he get a sum of compensation, but he could also eat the mutton himself. That abacus was clicked a bit too loudly."

Sigh, this must be the downside of being famous, causing me to not even be able to be serious properly.

Qin Boguang hurriedly said: "This really was my father's mistake; he absolutely won't do this again in the future..."

"Alright, Reporter Qin, I'm just an ordinary person, and no one owes anyone anything here. Let's just settle the compensation at the market price, minus the price of this sheep."

Lao Wen had been silent on the side; he was still in shock because he hadn't expected that this young man was actually that famous A Yi from the internet!

Not to mention anything else, causing so many people to go in to tread the sewing machine at once—that had never happened before.

People always think the internet is a lawless place, and that the law doesn't punish the masses, but when you encounter someone who is serious, those who should go in will all go in.

Qin Boguang was intent on apologizing, even indicating that no compensation was necessary, but Zhou Yi naturally didn't agree. However, he also realized why Fang Dazhuang always said that many times you simply cannot reason with people using the law.

Otherwise, who would have thought that your compensation could even be calculated like that.

The matter was successfully mediated, and Qin Boguang signaled for Qin Laotou to leave.

The old man still had an unwilling expression, but he didn't dare say a single word.

This made Zhou Yi want to laugh; the result he wanted was exactly this—you are very angry but dare not speak.

Bidding farewell to Lao Wen, Lao Wen was very reluctant to see him go. It was so hard for such a person to come to their jurisdiction, and yet it just ended with such a trivial matter?

They also really wanted to be like that Zhonglou Police Station in Jingzhou; it is said that this police station has now become an advanced unit...

Everyone wants to make progress, right?

It's just that Zhou Yi didn't know Lao Wen's thoughts; if he had known, he surely would have been torn between laughter and tears. These days, every industry is caught in internal competition; now even the police stations have started to compete internally.

Leaving the Police Station, Zhou Yi and Zhou Xinran had nowhere to go, or rather, neither of them liked this kind of life.

Compared to wandering around looking at a bunch of artificial ancient buildings, it would be better to just stay in Jingzhou.

As it turned out, before Zhou Yi could even suggest it, Zhou Xinran had already spoken up: "Zhou Yi, why don't we just go back to Jingzhou? It's been a few days since I've touched a case, and I feel uncomfortable all over."

This is just like Fang Dazhuang; there's no saving them.

Actually, these days when going on blind dates, many girls will write that one of their hobbies is traveling.

But if you really talk about it, who doesn't like traveling? Going out carefree to play everywhere.

Who likes working all day, being PUA'd by their boss all day, and ending up in the ICU after 996? I reckon the people who truly like this kind of life are few and far between.

But, what about money?

It's just that I didn't expect Zhou Cainiao to be similar to me; before coming out, she wanted to come out, but after being out for a few days, she felt that home was better after all.

Then let's go home!

Driving all the way back to Jingzhou, it was just evening.

As the lights began to twinkle, a summer night naturally calls for a gout-inducing combo of barbecue and beer. Everyone knows you shouldn't eat too much of this stuff, but who can refuse it?

The head of the respiratory department at the hospital smokes more fiercely than anyone else...

After finding a place, Zhou Yi called Fang Dazhuang directly.

Then, Fang Dazhuang's bewildered voice rang out over the phone: "You two are back? Don't tell me you're lying to me; didn't you go out for your honeymoon? It's only been a few days."

"Alright, wait for me there. You two are both a bit perverted now..."

Putting down the phone, Zhou Yi complained to Zhou Xinran beside him: "Fang Dazhuang has the nerve to call us perverted; isn't he even more perverted?"

Zhou Xinran shrugged and said: "If you have the ability, say it to his face. What kind of ability is it to say it to me?"

Zhou Yi immediately shut his mouth; it wasn't like he could beat the guy.

After waiting for about twenty minutes, Fang Dazhuang arrived.

Sitting down, they had a few glasses to rinse their mouths before they started chatting.

"It's actually quite good that you two came back; there really isn't anything interesting out there."

Zhou Xinran asked from the side: "Teacher Fang, are there any interesting cases lately?"

Fang Dazhuang shook his head and said: "Interesting cases are too rare. I also want to encounter an interesting case, but unfortunately, I still have to count on Zhou Yi."

Having not seen each other for a few days, the three chatted very happily. Fang Dazhuang's daily "criminally interesting" stories after getting drunk were still just as amusing.

For example, the crime of obscenity against women and children; if a young girl commits an act of obscenity against you and you don't stop it, then you are guilty of the crime of obscenity against women and children by omission...

See that? Regarding young girls, the law really has very strict regulations; acting is a crime, and failing to act is also a crime!

Another beautiful night; for Zhou Yi, it was indeed very beautiful. He could finally take a break tonight.

Time arrived at the next day, inside Tengda Company.

President Zhou, who had disappeared for a few days, appeared again, and he looked very tired. Everyone expressed that they understood.

Young people are all like that; they never get enough and always think they are very capable.

Zhou Yi didn't plan to film a video about the matter with Qin Laotou. This matter was worth a round of legal popularization, but the other party compromised because of his identity, so the video wouldn't have that "flavor."

It was the same as usual; he started wandering around the company. As it happened, just as he turned into the Legal Department, he heard bursts of sound coming from the large conference room.

Driven by curiosity, Zhou Yi leaned in to take a look, and Liu Shiwen inside quickly noticed him.

"President Zhou? Are you here for an inspection?" Liu Shiwen ran out to ask.

Zhou Yi looked at the many Employees sitting inside and asked with some curiosity: "What are you all doing here?"

"President Zhou, this is our irregular legal popularization activity, hosted by the Legal Department, to popularize some daily legal techniques. You approved it before, remember?"

Did that happen?

Zhou Yi thought carefully; it seemed there really had been such a thing. Legal issues require important preliminary preparation; if you aren't prepared and the evidence is insufficient, then even if Fang Dazhuang comes, there's nothing he can do.

"Then what are you talking about today?"

"Today, I will talk about some small tips for when you are signing a contract."

Anyway, since he was already here, he might as well listen. Thinking this, Zhou Yi walked in and sat at the back.

Today's speaker was Wang Daoren. It was clear that he also hadn't expected that President Zhou would actually come.

Wang Daoren had already begun to speak: "Today, I'm going to tell everyone about a few small tips for when we sign contracts."

"First of all, don't write phrases like 'compensate for all losses.' Why? Because losses are hard to calculate. Direct losses are fine, but how do you calculate indirect losses? The law doesn't support indirect losses."

Someone didn't understand, so Wang Daoren quickly gave an example.

For instance, if the air conditioning in an office building breaks and the relevant maintenance unit doesn't come to fix it for three days, resulting in the temperature reaching forty degrees, many Employees might faint and be sent to the hospital.

So you tell me, how do you calculate this loss? How do you provide evidence? There is no way to provide evidence.

So how should you write it? You should write a 'Breach of Contract Liability' agreement: if the air conditioning stops for more than twenty hours, you must come to fix it; if you don't, the penalty for Breach of Contract will be such and such amount per day.

Look, isn't that simple and clear? It's also very easy to handle if you go to court.

Zhou Yi nodded repeatedly as he listened. In the eyes of a Legal Person, these kinds of small tips actually don't amount to much; any Legal Department that knows the ropes includes these in the contracts they draft.

But ordinary people aren't as clear about it.

Besides this, Wang Daoren also shared another small tip: sometimes when signing a contract, you should stipulate that the Lawyer Fee is to be borne by the other party.

Look, it's just a matter of one sentence. With this clause, you don't have to worry when you go to court; the major litigation expense of the Lawyer Fee can be directly passed on to the other party.

Zhou Yi nodded repeatedly as he listened. Legal education work isn't just about telling you how to engage in Litigation; more importantly, it includes these kinds of tips that aren't exactly obscure.

For example, if someone borrows money, you can stipulate it like that in the IOU.

What? The other party feels you are insulting them?

Then I really want to ask: why would you be willing to lend money to someone who isn't even willing to write an IOU?

Life returned to normal once again. The date for the wedding hadn't been set, and Zhou Yi was happy to be at ease.

Zhou Xinran moved in to live together. It seemed that apart from the nights, their state of living hadn't changed, and Zhou Yi still followed his usual routine of a three-point line every day.

I don't know if it's because the legal atmosphere at Tenda is too intense, but it has led to some rather absurd problems appearing recently.

There are many problems that left even Zhou Yi completely bewildered.

For example, the thing called a condom—Zhou Yi didn't even know before that this thing was actually a Second-class Medical Device!

That is to say, according to regulations, if you want to sell this thing, you have to file a record, otherwise you are engaged in illegal business...

Originally, it wasn't really a big deal; everyone shops online now, and very few people buy them offline unless it's an emergency.

As it turned out, a certain brother from Tenda bought one, used it, and afterwards his girlfriend developed some kind of inflammation...

So look at the mess this caused; that brother was scolded until he was drenched in blood because his girlfriend thought he must have an infection.

The brother was very unhappy and sought out the Tenda Legal Department. Zhang Wei went to handle it, intending to reason with them.

As it turned out, the other party's attitude was quite arrogant, saying that everything they sold were standard products and there was absolutely no problem.

They even told Zhang Wei to produce evidence.

If it were anyone else, this matter would definitely have ended there. You have no evidence; you can't just claim someone's product is problematic without proof—that definitely won't work.

But people from Tenda are different. Zhang Wei immediately wanted to contact a third-party appraisal agency.

It was only then that they discovered this guy hadn't filed a record...

The consequence was that a complaint was filed with the Market Supervision Department, and the brother who opened the shop was punished until his eyes were dazed, crying his eyes out in front of the staff from the supervision department.

He kept saying how was he supposed to know that selling this thing was so troublesome, and so on...

Unfortunately, no matter how hard he cried, it was useless. Once this kind of thing is discovered, don't even think about getting away with it.

There are really too many surprises these days, so many that it's beyond one's imagination.

However, before selling certain things, you must clearly see what the legal definition of the item is—is it an ordinary commodity or a medical device?

Anyway, after hearing about this case in the Legal Department, Zhou Yi couldn't help but shake his head.

Things these days are really absurd, so absurd that even he, someone who has opened a cheat, finds it a bit hard to handle.

Life seemed to have become mundane again, but Zhou Yi was still living it with zest. Moreover, today, he and Zhou Xinran agreed that they would go to live in the house Zhou Xinran previously rented over the weekend.

It was mainly to change the environment; it seemed it could be more stimulating...

Unfortunately, that's under normal circumstances, and the life of Zhou Mouren is always full of surprises.

Friday is a wonderful day for office workers who have weekends off.

As long as today passes, it means they can enjoy themselves for two days.

Zhou Yi was in a pretty good mood, but just as he went downstairs, he saw something posted at the stairwell.

He stepped forward to take a look, and Zhou Mouren's brows immediately furrowed.

"Dear neighbors, my son is getting married this Saturday. Many relatives will be coming, and we need to use the ground-level parking spaces near this building. We have already confirmed this with Property Management, so please vacate the parking spaces near this building."

After reading the notice, Zhou Yi looked indifferent. A wedding is indeed a joyous occasion, no doubt, but this notice felt a bit like saying, 'My family is having a wedding, so you aren't allowed to park here.'

He certainly has a parking space in the Guangming Peak Residential Quarter, which is an underground space.

However, after Xinran moved in, one space wasn't enough, so they rented a space on the ground level.

Actually, strictly according to legal regulations, ground-level parking spaces generally belong to the owners collectively. Many Small Residential Districts do not charge for ground-level parking for residents of the district.

The Guangming Peak Residential Quarter collects fees under the name of 'parking space management fees.'

The spaces are yours; we are just helping you manage them, right? We aren't renting out the spaces.

Anyway, sometimes you really have to admit that the language and culture of our China is truly profound.

Fortunately, the fee isn't much—about one-third of the normal cost of renting a parking space—so everyone didn't have anything to say.

Once this fee is paid, you can park in the ground-level spaces as you please. Zhou Yi, of course, parked in the spot closest to his home.

But after all, people are getting married; it only happens once in a lifetime. Zhou Yi thought about telling Zhou Cainiao to park the car further away after getting off work while he went to the basement to get his car.

Anyway, it's just walking a few more steps; it's no big deal.

Zhou Yi sent a message to Xinran on WeChat and then immediately set off for the Company to start getting busy. When things really get busy, there is quite a lot to do.

He hadn't been busy for long when a phone call suddenly came in.

He picked it up and saw it was a Handong number, but he didn't recognize it.

"Hello, how can I help you..."

A man's voice sounded from the phone: "Are you the owner of the car with the plate Handong A18354?"

18354 was Zhou Xinran's license plate number, so Zhou Yi asked with some confusion: "May I ask who you are, and where did you get my number?"

"I am a resident of Guangming Peak Residential Quarter, yes, your neighbor, I got it from Property Management."

"Oh, hello, hello, that is my car, may I ask what the matter is?"

Zhou Yi finally understood; when he went to Property Management to handle the paperwork, he had written down his own mobile number.

The man on the phone quickly said: "Then let me ask you, did you see the notice I posted by the Elevator? Why is your car still parked there?"

Zhou Yi was stunned upon hearing this: "Isn't the wedding tomorrow?"

"The wedding is tomorrow, that's correct, but I need to park today! My relatives are all coming today, and if you don't move your car, what are we supposed to do!"

First update of the day, thanks to another newcomer Feimaowuyu, Wenchidage, Xianren, and Aibzai, thank you brothers for the tips, thank you.

(End of chapter)