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82: I hope Mr. Wu likes the surprise he gives!
About an hour later, Zhou Yun walked out of the Xin Guang Branch Bureau and then made a phone call.
“Hello, Ms. Feng, are you busy now? I have something to tell you. Your husband’s bail application has been approved, and he should be able to come out tomorrow.”
Generally, after a bail decision is approved, the person will be released within about twenty-four hours, and sometimes as quickly as four or five hours, depending on the local situation.
On the other end of the phone, Feng Cuilan immediately said with a joyful surprise, “Ah? Lawyer Zhou, can he really come out?”
Zhou Yun quickly said, “Yes, I just came out of the branch bureau. You need to remember what I’m about to say, and I will also make it clear to your husband tomorrow: bail does not mean you’re off the hook. After you come out, stay home obediently!”
Logically speaking, this is common knowledge that any normal person would know, but every lawyer, after handling a bail application, will say this to his client.
No reason, but the more you see, the more you’ll realize that all kinds of people exist…
He got bail and thought he was fine, so he went wild, and then, as expected, he went back in, losing the suspended sentence he had originally fought for.
Similarly, there are also suspended sentences; some people also think that a suspended sentence means they are fine… One can only say that the diversity of humanity is truly astonishing.
After finishing talking with Feng Cuilan and hanging up the phone, he checked the time; it was a little past four in the afternoon. After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yun began to contact Niu Shanghui.
It’s time to strike hard!
In this case, the other party couldn't possibly win even if it went to Court. Lawyer Zhou was that confident.
On the other side, Niu Shanghui was still looking for work on the street. He had just done a temporary job a few days ago, and now he had no work again.
If there was no work, he could only chat idly with others waiting for work on the street.
“I’m telling you, Lawyer Zhou Yun, who is very famous online, has already said that he will help me claim the previous stable employment subsidy after a while,” Niu Shanghui said with a chuckle.
A man carrying a tool bag next to him immediately said, “Old Niu, you’re just bragging. You know that Lawyer Zhou? He’s so famous now; you should look at what you do.”
The others also laughed, “Exactly! Besides, even if he’s willing to help you, Old Niu, do you have money? Can you afford such an expensive lawyer?”
Everyone teased him, and Niu Shanghui desperately explained but couldn’t prove it, so he also started to doubt whether that Zhou Lawyer was just messing with him.
Just as he was thinking, his phone rang. He picked it up and Niu Shanghui immediately became excited: “Come, come, look, that Lawyer Zhou is calling me…”
He quickly answered the phone: “Hello, Lawyer Zhou, oh, I’m on Triumph Street. Oh, you’re coming to find me, right? Okay, okay.”
After hanging up the phone, Niu Shanghui said proudly, “Everyone wait, that Lawyer Zhou will come find me soon!”
Looking at the proud Old Niu, the others looked at each other. The man with the tool bag quickly lit a cigarette for Old Niu and said, “Well, Brother Niu, can you tell us why that Lawyer Zhou is helping you?”
“Look, a few of us worked together back then. Can we ask Lawyer Zhou to help us claim it too…”
About four or five people in the crowd were nodding. They had all worked at that sorting center before; some worked for two months, some for one month, but none of them received the stable employment subsidy.
Niu Shanghui frowned upon hearing this and said, “This probably won’t work. I can’t really say for sure, anyway… sigh, I was just lucky.”
Just as he was speaking, Old Niu heard someone call him. He looked up and then said, “Lawyer Zhou, over here, over here!”
Everyone also looked up and then saw a young man walking over, dressed in simple casual clothes, but with an extraordinary demeanor.
Of course, the demeanor was purely their own imagination, after all, this was the famous Lawyer Zhou Yun from the internet!
Zhou Yun walked over, and everyone stood up.
Someone wanted to invite him to sit down, but he opened his mouth and said nothing. After all, this was the roadside, and when people waited for work, they just spread a piece of paper and sat down.
This Lawyer Zhou was a big lawyer…
However, Zhou Yun directly found a spot and sat down, saying, “Everyone, please continue. Feel free to say whatever you want. I have something to discuss with Niu Shanghui.”
The crowd remained silent. Zhou Yun didn’t mind and looked at Niu Shanghui, saying, “Things on that side are almost done. I plan to start working on your case.”
“However, I need a favor from you.”
Upon hearing this, Niu Shanghui quickly said, “Lawyer Zhou, please tell me. As long as I can help…”
Zhou Yun thought for a moment and said, “That intermediary who introduced you and Kang Weilun to the sorting center, do you know anyone else who also went to work at the sorting center through that intermediary?”
“I’m currently conducting a research project to delve deeper into the chaos in the current labor intermediary industry, especially fraudulent practices related to stable employment subsidies.”
“So, I need to handle some cases. Do you know anyone else?”
Upon hearing Zhou Yun’s words, Niu Shanghui was stunned.
After the other party said he needed help, Old Niu originally thought it would be some troublesome matter, but it turned out to be this?
The people around also looked at each other. The man carrying the tool bag couldn’t help but say, “Lawyer… Lawyer Zhou, hello, I also worked with Old Niu before.”
Oh? There’s one right here, Zhou Yun immediately smiled and said, “You were also introduced by that labor intermediary, and they didn’t give you the stable employment subsidy?”
The man nodded: “That’s right, Lawyer Zhou, I worked there for about a month, and it was tiring, really tiring. But after it was over, they didn’t give me a single cent.”
Zhou Yun heard this and said, “Then did you try to defend your rights afterward?”
The man shook his head: “No, I didn’t know how to defend my rights. I tried to reason with them once, but they were very fierce and even threatened to hit me, so I didn’t go after it anymore.”
“I also didn’t have money to hire a lawyer. It was only five thousand in total, and the lawyer said his minimum fee was also five thousand, so there was no way to do it…”
This is also a very big problem. For a lawyer, in labor disputes, the process is the same whether you are claiming five thousand or five hundred thousand.
In fact, these small-value cases might even require more effort, so the lawyer’s fee certainly cannot be less.
Furthermore, the tricks of these labor intermediaries are designed by professionals specifically to exploit you, making it even harder for ordinary people to defend their rights.
After the man finished speaking, another person next to him said, “Lawyer Zhou, me too, me too!”
Zhou Yun was very happy: “There are quite a few people! That’s great. So everyone, get ready. We’ll register one by one, and I’ll help everyone claim the money together.”
“Also, if any of you know others who have been scammed by labor agencies, you can all notify them to come find me. I need quite a lot of cases.”
Upon hearing Zhou Yun’s words, everyone became excited. They had finally found someone to stand up for them!
Looking at the happy crowd, Zhou Yun was even happier. In this situation, begging the other party for understanding is impossible, so what to do? You have to make the other party beg you to give them a letter of understanding!
Such an operation is rarely seen because no one would do it, but Zhou Yun is different; he is a man with a system!
I hope Mr. Wu will like this surprise then!