Ling Ran looked at his wife, "Aren't you afraid that this will be too much of a blow and make Big Brother feel bad?"
"Then you really don't understand Big Brother. In Big Brother's heart, my position is still relatively important, especially when it comes to the secrets of this space, which he cares about the most. Of course, when he sees Yan'er, my position will be reduced again."
Ling Ran took his wife's hand and said, "My wife is always the first in my heart."
Zhou Xiang nodded, "Yeah! Not too bad, I can still take first place. Let's go, let's go out."
Before Ling Ran could say a few more romantic words, he was dragged out of the space by his wife.
After a few days of idleness, Li Nong called and said that he had already investigated the private dealings between Lu Yongan and the people from the winery and the tobacco bureau.
After hanging up the phone, Ling Ran's face turned pale. "Wife, I've asked Li Nong to collect the evidence. You can sue Lu Yongan!"
Zhou Xiang heard clearly what Li Nong had just reported on the phone. Lu Yongan actually colluded with the employees of the Tobacco Bureau of the winery to secretly resell the goods that the two employees had stolen from the unit.
He didn't dare to do that at first, but he dared to tell others that he was Zhou Xiang's uncle. Gradually, the store's business became better and he also accepted unopened cigarettes and alcohol brought by others.
Among them are employees from the winery and the tobacco bureau.
Seeing that Lu Yongan dared to take the job and sell to others, the two employees sent more and more goods to his store.
At first, Lu Yongan did not suspect anything and just thought that the two men were officials and that someone often gave them cigarettes and alcohol.
As time went on and the number of times increased, he became suspicious and secretly followed the two people. He found out that they were just ordinary employees and knew each other. They exchanged supplies in their hands, and the presence of cigarettes and alcohol created the illusion!
He continued to accept the cigarettes and alcohol from the two men without making a sound, and secretly recorded the number. After a month, the number was huge, so he threatened the two men that they would give him one third of the money they made from the sales.
Human hearts are never satisfied. If one can get one third, then it becomes one half, and later two thirds.
The two felt that getting one-third of the price was not worth the risk, so they stopped delivering goods to Lu Yongan's store.
Lu Yongan's appetite had been whetted; how could he give up this quick way to make money? But the two men said they had no goods, saying their units were tightening their inspections lately and they couldn't get any. So Lu Yongan resorted to extortion. After two attempts, the two men grew impatient and even considered killing him.
This time they were planning to fight, but it was disrupted by Li Nong who pretended to be passing by.
Ling Ran also scolded Li Nong for saving people and letting Lu Yongan be murdered by those two people.
Li Nong knew that the eldest brother was just speaking in anger. If he really committed murder, the matter would become too serious and his sister-in-law would be implicated.
Zhou Xiang nodded, "Yeah! It's time to defend my rights. Should I hire a lawyer? This kind of thing takes time and energy, so I can just let the lawyer represent me."
"Huai County is only owned by the judicial system. However, they all have stable jobs. They occasionally take on external orders during their off-duty hours. They don't work as personal lawyers."
Zhou Xiang nodded. It was only 2001, and there were no private law firms in the county. "Let's go look for one in the city. If there is a law firm, we can hire one."
Ling Ran suddenly thought of Lawyer Fang, who was hired by Senior Jiang a few years ago. "How about we first ask Lawyer Fang if he's willing to come? It's better than just blindly going out and looking for someone."
"Okay! Let's call and ask first."
Lawyer Fang has been often ostracized in the law firm recently because he lost two cases in a row. His lifelong rival was poached by the law firm and became the leader of his team.
He lost two cases in a row, both of which were inevitable losses. In the past, he would definitely not take such cases, but his arch-enemy insisted on taking them, and then assigned them to him.
He worked hard and ran around, but in the end he lost the case. After returning with the defeat, he was criticized by the whole team because the defeat would be recorded, affecting the performance of the entire team as well as the bonuses and reputation of the team members.
At this moment, he was sitting in front of an empty desk in a daze, because he had no cases to take and the whole team would not give him any work to do.
The vibration of his phone startled him awake. "Hello! I'm Fang Zhenghua."
"Hello, Lawyer Fang! I'm Zhou Xiang. I have a case. Would you be willing to take it over?"
Zhou Xiang? The Zhou Xiang who had traveled all the way from Beijing to hire a lawyer to fight for custody of a pair of siblings he had met by chance a few years ago?
I left my phone number just out of courtesy, but I didn't expect to receive another call from this customer who offered a high price.
Fang Zhenghua looked back at his colleagues in the office. They would definitely not let him take the call. At this moment, he had been sidelined.
However, he was unwilling to hand over his client to someone else, so he lowered his voice and said, "Wait a moment, I'll get back to you."
"good."
He hung up the phone, stood up, went to the team leader's office and knocked on the door. When he heard the voice from inside inviting him in, he pushed the door open and walked in. "Team leader, I'm not feeling well and would like to take a day off."
The team leader looked at him with a playful smile, "Are you feeling unwell physically or mentally?"
Seeing Fang Zhenghua's face turn even worse, he chuckled and said, "Okay! Don't accuse me of being unkind. Since you're not feeling well, then rest for a few more days. When I tell you, you can come back to work."
"You, are you using this as an excuse to fire me? You should know that if you arbitrarily fire an employee, you have to compensate them with three months' salary."
"I didn't say I was firing you! I was just caring about my subordinates and asked you to take a few more days off. You're being too sensitive. Fine, fine, since you don't appreciate it, I won't be in vain for being a good person. You can take as many days off as you want. I'll listen to you."
"Please excuse me for one day first." Fang Zhenghua said stiffly.
"Take one day off first? If you need it later, you can take more, right? Isn't this the same as me letting you take a few more days off in the first place? Okay, okay, don't give me a sour face. It's up to you. Hurry up and write the leave note. I'll approve it for you."
Fang Zhenghua handed the approved leave note to the accounting office, carried his handbag and left the office. As soon as he stepped out of the office lobby, he immediately called Zhou Xiang back.
When Zhou wanted to hear Lawyer Fang on the other end of the phone tell her to call a certain law firm directly and personally mention Fang Zhenghua's name, insisting that Fang Zhenghua take the case, the case would only be handed over to him, she frowned and asked, "Don't you assign the case to whoever receives the client first? Unless this lawyer is busy."
"That's true, but recently, I've been severely marginalized and even framed. After failing two cases, I was sidelined. A few days ago, several clients who came to me were all divided up by my colleagues."
"A trap? Where's your boss? Ask him to handle it!"
"Haha, it was the new boss who framed me."
"You are so miserable," Zhou Xiang sincerely sighed for Lawyer Fang. What could be worse than having a boss who specifically targets you?
"Yeah! I also feel like I'm the most miserable person in the new century. Half my life has passed, and the position of team leader should clearly be mine, but out of nowhere, a mortal enemy suddenly appeared and pressed down on me."
Perhaps it was Zhou Xiang's light-hearted and humorous joke that made Lawyer Fang, who had been depressed for several months, feel a little relaxed, and at the same time he also expressed his miserable situation in a few words.
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