Only then did she remember that she seemed to have posted such news on the Internet in order to attract more people's attention, but she didn't expect that even the workers could see it.
“We don’t need a certificate.”
"Illegal operation?" The other party was a little worried again.
"There are so many things to avoid in this industry," she said, trying to avoid the subject. "What do you want to investigate?"
Although the other party was worried, he decided to ask her to help him check: "There is a boss in our company who has been owing us wages for a long time. He said he had no money, but in fact, everyone knows that he and the people behind him embezzled a large amount of money."
"You want me to help you get your wages back?" This was the first time Mu Zishan had encountered such a thing. "You can take him to court, right?"
"I sued," the other party said emphatically, "It's been over a year, and I still haven't seen the nine thousand yuan."
"Nine thousand?" Mu Zishan was a little discouraged again, "He won't even give you nine thousand?"
"And there are others," he said, "hundreds of thousands more."
Seeing that he was getting anxious again, Mu Zishan said, "Okay, I'll help you think of a solution."
“Is it free?”
"certainly!"
The other party was relieved and left the information of the boss who owed them wages.
Mu Zishan searched online but found nothing, so she called Dong Kuikui, hoping he could provide her with some clues. Dong Kuikui answered her call, had someone find out the foreman's information, and soon came to her house.
"What's going on?" Dong Meimei handed her the information in her hand. "Why are you interfering in the unpaid wages?"
"This person doesn't look anything special," Mu Zishan said. "Do you know the general situation of this case?"
"Well, there was an accident on their construction site, and one person died," Dong Meimei pointed to the foreman's information. "According to the investigation, there were indeed problems on their site, so they were asked to pay compensation. As for their workers' wages, they might be owed because of this."
Mu Zishan carefully examined the documents related to the collaboration between the two companies. The developer under contract looked overweight and well-dressed. She began investigating him, and with the information provided by Dong Xiuxiu, she quickly uncovered some of the details behind the deal.
At night, while the developer was having a party at his villa, Dong Xiuxiu followed Mu Zishan and approached the villa. She threw a bug into the yard, and then a naughty child grabbed it and ran around the yard. When he got tired of running, he threw the bug on the coffee table in the living room.
The two people in the car listened to the conversation inside. It was mostly banter and boasting. Mu Zishan carefully distinguished the various voices and discovered that there was a person among them who they respected and admired very much. They all called him Master.
A man came out of the villa, looked at the car parked not far away with a strange look, and walked up. Dong Xiuxiu got out of the car, pretended to ask for the address, and then drove away.
Mu Zishan probably knew the situation clearly. Their master must be the so-called developer, and his apprentices were just his work partners.
But the question is, this developer came from a humble background, with no academic credentials to lean on and no family business. How did he manage to rise to such a position on his own?
Seeing that she was still confused, Dong Xiuxiu explained, "The current real estate development situation is actually very complicated. Everyone wants to make a fortune from it, even senior government officials."
"You mean to say they are in collusion?"
"We call this corruption and bribery."
This makes sense. The worker's complaint is likely rooted in a host of underlying issues. The foreman is already broke, and if he were to ask the developer for money, not only would he not benefit from his work, he would also likely incriminate a significant number of people. And since the workers don't know the developer's boss personally, their only recourse is government legal intervention. This creates a vicious cycle, with their pay dwindling, yet they continue to work for the same developer, perhaps with a new foreman.
Seeing that Mu Zishan really wanted to help the workers, Dong Xiuxiu was willing to help her from a moral and compassionate perspective.
She saw the matter as very simple: if she could get the developer to pay for the unpaid wages, the workers' immediate needs would be resolved. However, getting even a penny out of those greedy people was probably not that simple.
She pretended to be a lawyer and went to the developer's office. The person who received her was confused and just kept telling her that the accident had cost them a lot of money and they might not be able to pay the workers' wages for a while.
She contacted the foreman again. He had been hiding at a relative's house for a long time, fearing the irrational workers would come knocking on their door. He gave the same answer as the developer, but he also seemed very helpless. To avoid the workers' anger, he had given them all his savings, which solved a small part of the problem.
In this way, the problem is like a ball, kicked back and forth by everyone, and ultimately cannot be solved.
Dong Yuyu was right. A big part of the reason was that the developer's backing made many people afraid to offend. So she focused her energy on the person most people called her "master."
During several tracking attempts, she discovered that the people in their circle, who called them "Shi Niang," were always in and out of the bank, and the money they handled was not a small amount. These people were keen on buying all kinds of antiques and then reselling them.
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