Chapter 95: Translate, Translate, What is Called Legal! (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Zhou Xinran looked at the two people in front of her, forgetting even to drink the coffee in her mouth.

Before this, she was just a fledgling Lawyer, having studied steadily through university, passed the bar exam in her senior year, then went to graduate school, and joined a law firm right after graduation.

In the very beginning, Zhou Xinran had also fantasized about herself holding sway in the courtroom...

Don't laugh; having entered the legal profession, who hasn't fantasized about that at the start?

Look at all those elite Lawyers on TV, in suits and leather shoes, whose eyes never have dark circles, always so full of energy, as if they know everything without needing to look anything up...

Even those foreign Lawyers, the true elites among elites, have the ability to bring the dead back to life!

However, after graduation, reality gave her a fierce slap in the face...

Not to mention that most of the time she was just an assistant to the boss, when she finally got her first chance to practice, the client was like that, and the opposing counsel was this person.

After that court session, the young Lawyer Zhou almost gave up on her legal dreams.

Finally, she gathered the courage to fight again, honed her skills for a period, and took on a second case, only for it to be him again...

So Zhou Xinran figured it out: the other party was probably sent specifically to torture her, and since things were already like this, adhering to a very realistic principle, if you can't beat them, join them...

That way, no one would ever say I couldn't beat them.

I'm your assistant now, can you still bully me?

It's just that, hearing the way the two people in front of her were chatting now, Zhou Xinran suddenly felt that maybe there was a problem with her joining...

Why does it feel like the things they are talking about are all very dangerous?

But thinking about it carefully, it's legal, right? Everything is built within the framework of the law!

So what is legal? Not violating the law is called legal, so no matter what, there won't be any problems.

So is this the correct way to open up the top-tier big shots of the Red Circle in today's society?

Thinking this way, Zhou Xinran suddenly felt like she understood...

So she finished her coffee in one gulp and began to listen carefully to the two chatting...

"Looking for trouble with the Property Management? Didn't the Property Management compensate you back then? Didn't you say they were very polite to you? How did you suddenly think of this?" Fang Dazhuang asked curiously.

Zhou Yi shook his head and said, "The Property Management was polite at the time, but that might not be the case later."

"Besides, I have an idea now; if it's within my power, I still want to help others. It's mainly because the Property Management recently started charging for that Elevator Card, which I find very displeasing..."

It's not about 'with great power comes great responsibility,' nor is it some saintly heart; since he has the system, at the very least, he can manage the annoying things around him.

Being serious—the things he encounters are worth being serious about, and things he finds displeasing also count as being serious!

Of course, he is just thinking about it now; if he didn't have the system, he would just be an ordinary person.

It's just that in this matter, Zhou Yi smelled something; if nothing else, that Manager Xu probably has some ideas.

"Fang Dazhuang, actually, some things happened today..."

Then Zhou Yi roughly explained the matter regarding the Fire Department, and at the end asked, "What do you think the Property Management will face this time? It seems this kind of behavior is quite serious..."

However, after he finished speaking, he saw Fang Dazhuang opposite him leisurely drinking coffee, not saying a word.

"Fang Dazhuang? I'm asking you... forget it, I'll pay the consultation fee."

"Alright, Zhou Yi, actually, regarding this matter, the Property Management should be fined quite a bit of money..." Fang Dazhuang immediately put down his coffee and began to explain.

Zhou Xinran was once again dumbfounded; is this the true face of Teacher Fang?

Fang Dazhuang explained it in great detail; just as Zhou Yi thought, the security guards blocked the Fire Engine outside the gate, but in the end, the Property Management would still be punished.

According to Fang Dazhuang's prediction, since no one died, the problem isn't particularly serious, but they will still be fined at the maximum rate, which should be 100,000 yuan.

Detention probably won't happen, and the reason is simple: it didn't cause "Serious Consequences."

"But according to what you said, that Manager Xu from the Property Management might really look for trouble with you later..."

"So, as for legal means... there are quite a few: short-term, medium-term, and long-term. I just don't know what you are planning?"

There are quite a few legal means? Zhou Yi looked at Fang Dazhuang, I knew you definitely researched quite a lot in your spare time...

"You tell me about the short-term ones first, the kind that can make them feel really good!"

Fang Dazhuang took a sip of his spiked coffee with a leisurely expression: "Short-term is very simple: go directly to the Fire Department and report that your Property Management's fire safety is not up to standard."

"Things like vehicles occupying the Fire Lane, electric bikes charging upstairs, etc. Actually, the Property Management doesn't have any particularly good way to deal with these, but you are pointing out safety hazards!"

"Additionally, there is another one: doesn't your Small Residential District have rooftop doors? Those are actually very important fire doors. If they are closed, you go and report that it violates the fire law."

"If they are open, it's even simpler: just say that since the doors are open, children might go up there to play, which is a safety hazard!"

Zhou Yi was already holding his Recording Pen to record; sure enough, these are all "legal" methods!

Yes, everything is damn legal, but none of it is reasonable...

"Actually, with this incident, even if you don't report them, your Property Management is in trouble; rectification will take a long time. In the short term, you just need to remember one thing: never mind the Property Management's competent department, the Fire Department is the daddy of the Property Management!"

"Makes sense, what else?"

"That would be the medium-term strategy. It's also easy to say: isn't your Property Management charging fees indiscriminately? Go to the Market Supervision Bureau to complain about their fee issues, or find the Property Management's competent department to complain. Of course, these are slow to take effect; actually, the most effective method in the medium term is a Lawsuit!"

"A Lawsuit? What do I use to sue? What if the Property Management's fees are legal..."

After saying this, Zhou Yi felt that Fang Dazhuang opposite him was looking at him with a look of disdain.

"If they are charging indiscriminately, you only sue them for charging indiscriminately? Be specific. Property owners have the Right to Know, you know? Do you understand the concept of the three words 'Right to Know'?"

"It means that for any fee collected by your Property Management in your Small Residential District, and any other information, you have the Right to Know, understand?"

"If you really want to see it, the Property Management has to find those blueprints and such from when your Small Residential District was accepted for you, not to mention where the fees go, tax payment status—in short, anything you can think of or can't think of, you can file a Lawsuit to demand they produce it!"

"Blueprints, they definitely must have these, but finding them will take some effort..."

"There's also the landscaping of the Small Residential District, the entrusted collection contracts from the power and water companies, the salary expenditures of the Property Management Employees, etc..."

"Just like this, slowly file Lawsuits, slowly fight the court cases; even if they have to make it up on the spot, they'll have to make it up for a year..."

"Everyone knows about the Property Management in your Small Residential District; did they never disclose these to you at all?"

Oh, Zhou Yi suddenly realized; to put it plainly, property owners really aren't as powerless as one imagines.

But, for some rights, it is a bit difficult if you want to truly see them take effect.

Take the Right to Know introduced by Lawyer Fang, for example. Yes, according to legal regulations, property owners indeed enjoy the Right to Know; no matter how high you take it, he has this right.

But, if you go and ask the Property Management for it, will they give it to you? The answer is obvious: no.

"Who do you think you are, asking us for these things? These are secrets, no!"

But a Lawsuit is different; once the Court issues a judgment, you have to give it whether you want to or not.

"This is the method; it's guaranteed to make your Property Management sick of you, provided you can withstand all kinds of threats from them."

This method was indeed useful and very suitable for him, so Zhou Yi asked curiously, "What about the best strategy?"

"You know the best strategy too: prepare an owners' meeting, establish an Owners' Committee, and simply kick this Property Management out and replace them with another. It's simple, direct, and effective, but basically impossible."

"It's called the best strategy, but it's actually the worst; Property Management has too many ways to make it impossible for you to establish an Owners' Committee, not to mention that in a Small Residential District with so many people, how can you make everyone listen to you?"

"Actually, you know why Property Management in our country has problems; it's because it's too young."

"It doesn't exist to serve the owners, but because many developers want to make more money over the long term, so they set up their own Property Management instead of using a specialized property service Company."

"Think about it carefully..."

Lawyer Fang said a lot in one breath and picked up his coffee to moisten his throat again.

Zhou Yi, however, began to think. All three methods were possible, but he wouldn't use the first one for now because the Property Management would definitely be carrying out fire safety rectifications recently.

And as for the owners' meeting, don't even think about it; without the system's help, it would be impossible.

He, Zhou Yi, is not the Renminbi; he can't make everyone love him.

Then that only leaves the Lawsuit... wait, why does it feel like Lawyer Fang is deliberately trying to get him to file a Lawsuit?

Could it be my imagination?

Zhou Xinran was completely stunned. She belonged to the type who studied law well but was not good at legal practice; this actually had more to do with than just experience.

And just now, Zhou Xinran felt as if the Teacher Fang in front of her had thoroughly mastered these rights of the owners.

A very inconspicuous Right to Know, a right found in many laws; owners have the Right to Know, no problem. Theoretically speaking, as long as it is something one wants to know, they must tell me.

But in reality, how many Property Management companies will tell you...

So what can you do? File a Lawsuit. Everyone will tell you that we value the rule of law now, and you can solve problems through legal channels.

That's right, so just go through legal channels.

But Zhou Xinran always felt something was wrong, a bit different from the law she learned when she was in school...

"Alright, we've said enough for today. If I drink any more coffee, I won't be able to sleep tonight. Let's head back."

Lawyer Fang picked up his vinegar gourd and stood up, ready to leave. Zhou Yi naturally followed, consciously paying the bill.

"By the way, Zhou Yi, if you have any thoughts later, you can entrust me with the Lawsuit!"

Saying this as if he didn't care at all, Lawyer Fang took Zhou Xinran and pushed the door to leave.

Zhou Yi shook his head, then left the Lao Difang coffee shop, preparing to drive home.

The time spent chatting with Lawyer Fang today was indeed long enough; it was already dark outside.

It's just that he felt like he had forgotten something, but he just couldn't remember...

Driving all the way to the entrance of the Small Residential District, the access barrier that could originally lift automatically was gone; now, a security guard was guarding the entrance.

Hmm, that thing seemed to have been broken by him.

Soon, a security guard came up, and Zhou Yi rolled down the car window.

"Hello, the access barrier of this Small Residential District is broken and needs registration. Which building are you an owner of?"

"Building 2, Unit 1, 1602, Zhou Yi."

Upon hearing Zhou Yi's name, the security guard was slightly stunned, then said, "Eh, I haven't heard of your name. Wait a moment, let me check."

As he said this, the security guard went directly to check. Now, the cars following behind couldn't help but start honking.

Honking once or twice would be fine, he could endure it, but the key was that the guy behind him wouldn't stop honking!

Zhou Yi couldn't help but want to get out and explain, but he didn't expect a security guard to come over and shout directly: "What are you doing? You're blocking the entrance of the Small Residential District. Move to the side and let others in first!"

Huh? Zhou Yi was a bit annoyed, but he still moved the car away from the entrance and waited in the empty space to the side.

As a result, he saw the car behind him zip past; it only said a few words to the security guard and went straight in...

Damn it, if he hadn't been mentally prepared, Zhou Yi would have exploded by now. Is this already starting to target me?

After waiting for a long time without any movement, and several cars behind him had already gone in, Zhou Yi finally couldn't help but get out of the car.

"Brothers, what's the situation? Has it not been verified yet? How come they are so fast!"

Seeing this, the security guard hurriedly said, "Mr. Zhou, it has been verified. You can go in now."

Zhou Yi glanced at the other party without speaking and drove directly into the Small Residential District to the underground garage.

As a result, just after arriving home, he found that the power was out.

He made a phone call to the Property Management, and they answered quickly, telling him directly that Building 6 was undergoing circuit maintenance and the power should be back on soon.

Zhou Yi felt it was a bit ridiculous. Even if that Manager Xu was really playing tricks, there was no need for this.

Power outage? He checked the water; fortunately, there was still water, but in this day and age, without electricity, it was almost impossible to stay at home.

However, it was already late, so Zhou Yi decided to sleep first.

Nothing happened overnight. When he woke up the next morning, the power was back; it felt like it really was just circuit maintenance last night.

But when Zhou Yi opened his computer to check the comments from his audience, he found that the power was out again.

Four thousand words to make up for the missed update; now sixteen chapters are owed. In addition, I see many book friends questioning that it is a bit too exaggerated and illogical. Let me explain: the cases regarding Property Management in the book have all happened in reality, just slightly processed...

(End of chapter)