218: Legal moats for large companies

This was Zhou Yun's thought; he felt it was unfair, so he wanted to intervene.

Of course, there are many, many unfair things in this world, and even the existence of law itself is not for fairness, so there are many things we want to manage but cannot.

It's just that now, Handsome Zhou has a system, so he can actually do it.

Zhou Yun didn't have the idea that the deceased takes precedence, it's not that because someone died and their orphans and widows are pitiful, he must help them demand money, but rather, this is unfair!

For instance, if an elderly person smokes in an elevator, and someone stops him, he gets agitated and dies; no one would support compensation in such a case, because that's his own business.

However, when forced by algorithms and company regulations to work in such hot weather, leading to heatstroke and death, and under such circumstances, the cooperative company can still claim it's the rider's own responsibility—who could accept that?

Then they symbolically give a little money, saying, 'Alright, stop making trouble, you still want to make trouble, do you? Then we won't give a single cent, and they even say, 'Go sue wherever you want!'

Why? They're not afraid; their entire system is specifically designed to deal with such situations.

This is too much; it's pure bullying, taking advantage of orphans, widows, and two elderly people who lack the ability to defend their rights.

The 'ability' here is actually linked to money; if you don't have money, you can't even hire a good lawyer, and if you go by yourself, you'll be led in circles.

So Zhou Yun wants to intervene, on one hand to complete the task, and on the other hand, to satisfy himself.

In the Imperial Capital, Ruan Jiaying was silent, or rather, she was very clear that what the man opposite her said was the truth.

This entire set of procedures was intentionally designed to circumvent any potential legal risks.

Hongquan Company implements this system, and the cooperative companies in various regions do the same; none of them want to bear any responsibility.

And now, with the other party stating it so directly, she indeed found it difficult to refute.

However, as a professional legal person, after a moment of silence, Ruan Jiaying quickly said, "Zhou Lawyer, you see, I'm also looking to resolve the issue."

"Let's both not get agitated…"

Zhou Yun heard this and said, "I'm not agitated; as I said, you won't listen to these words now, which is normal."

"Your leaders probably also guessed that I want to have my client recognized for work-related injury, so a labor relationship must be established first."

"But, your subordinate cooperative companies have too many questionable practices, so I have no choice but to investigate through you."

Hearing this, Ruan Jiaying quickly said, "Then, Zhou Lawyer, actually, there's no need for us to be so confrontational; we can absolutely negotiate and mediate, right?"

Zhou Yun smiled and said, "Yes, of course we can mediate. Actually, the reason I filed this arbitration is very simple: I just want to know which company you outsourced your food delivery business in Anping City to."

"My client can't spend half a day defending his rights without even knowing who the opposing party is, can he?"

The company called Goufei Enterprise Management Limited Liability Company still cannot be contacted, and their industrial and commercial registration address does not show such a company.

Through investigation tools, it can be seen that this company currently has zero insured employees.

A company that cannot be located by address and whose legal representative cannot be contacted can actually serve as the salary-issuing company.

Of course, the actual salary is not directly issued from Goufei Company, but from a company called Wallet Technology Management Co., Ltd. in the Imperial Capital.

It's just that Goufei Company's name is noted in the payment voucher.

What's this situation? Taking a certain delivery platform from Zhou Yun's previous life as an example, when we usually order takeout or do something else, the company making the payment is a company called Qian Daibao in the Imperial Capital.

The holding company of Qian Daibao Company is Guo Tongbao Co., Ltd., and the holding company of Guo Tongbao Co., Ltd. is Xin Meida Technology Co., Ltd., and the major shareholder of this Xin Meida Technology is a certain platform.

Of course, an interesting situation is that the annual reports of both Qian Daibao and Guo Tongbao companies show zero insured employees… it all looks very interesting.

And in actual settlement, the riders' salaries are also issued by this Qian Daibao Company, but in reality, it is the company with which the riders signed an agreement that entrusts Qian Daibao Company to issue the payments.

So, on the payment voucher, you can see another company's name in the notes.

This is a complete set of mature procedures; not to mention anything else, ordinary people already feel dizzy just seeing this series of companies, let alone clarifying the relationships within to sue.

Under endless legal moats, if you're truly made to sue, honestly, you wouldn't even know who to sue!

Zhou Yun is, of course, very familiar with this system, so he knows very well that this Goufei Company is definitely not some ordinary company.

So, he is simultaneously using arbitration to find the specific contracting company and also searching for the actual controller of Goufei Company.

Ruan Jiaying breathed a slight sigh of relief: "Zhou Lawyer, we can provide you with that, but we're not quite clear on how the specific cooperative companies below operate."

"That's fine then," Zhou Yun said. "As long as you can provide the contract between you, my demands aren't high."

Although he could use the 'find the father' argument, the current problem is that he cannot substantially threaten this 'father,' so getting the contract counts as a win.

Of course, if the other party doesn't agree to mediate, that's also fine; a subpoena can be issued at the Court, or the other party will proactively present the contract during the hearing to prove that the business has been outsourced.

This itself is part of the other party's "legal moat."

The two sides reached an agreement, and after hanging up the phone, Ruan Jiaying quickly reported the situation upstairs.

The Legal Director looked at the report in his hand and was not surprised; that Zhou Lawyer also had to operate within the legal framework.

However, he also had to report this matter; large companies have a set of procedures for these things, and it's not something a department head can decide.

Many people imagine that these large companies don't care about small matters, but in fact, the larger the company, the more troublesome the procedures.

And don't think there's no corruption in private enterprises; in fact, corruption issues in these large private enterprises are much more serious than many people imagine!

So much so that the boss of a certain gaming company, after discovering a lot of corruption, had to tighten approval rights, even personally approving orders under ten thousand yuan…

And you should know that this company's annual revenue is over one hundred billion yuan!

Hongquan Company began to follow procedures, and at this time, in Anping City, within Langxin Company, Feng Chenfeng, forty-five years old this year, was on the phone.

"Hello President Pan, the family of that Duan Liwei hasn't come looking for us again, but it probably won't end like this."

A voice came from the phone: "What else do they want if not to end it like this? Just because someone died means they're right? If everyone was like his family, how would we run a company?"

"Anyway, no matter what they do, you don't need to worry about it. We kindly offered some money, and they didn't even accept it, so we won't bother anymore."

After a few more words, Feng Chenfeng hung up the phone. It was just one death; he died of heatstroke himself, what does that have to do with the company?

When recruiting, it was made very clear that the relationship with the company was one of mutual cooperation, and nothing that happened had anything to do with the company, and he even bought insurance every day.

Then he died and they came to cause trouble; what kind of people are they?

However, it's still necessary to pay more attention. If the other party goes to make a petition or something, for the sake of stability, their company might be asked to pay some money.

At the same time, on another side of Anping City, the leader of Guotai Insurance Company's Hexi Branch had just sat down in his office when his assistant delivered a copy of a lawsuit.

"President Wang, the family of that rider who died recently has sued us. The Court has already accepted the case, and the lawyer they hired is Zhou Yun from Zhentian Law Firm."

Huh? The leader was stunned: "Who? Zhou Yun?"