At 2:30 PM, Zhou Yun appeared punctually at the entrance of Tianhe Law Firm.
As Jinghai City's leading law firm, Tianhe Law Firm's office space was naturally excellent, located within a high-end office building, with Tianhe Law Firm occupying the first to third floors.
A large sign for Tianhe Law Firm hung in the lobby at the entrance, and the young woman at the front desk, Xia Nianqin, was the goddess of many young lawyers.
Zhou Yun walked in with his bag; he was not well-regarded at the firm now, so the front desk naturally wouldn't greet him.
Just as he reached the elevator, he heard a sweet voice from behind him: "Lawyer Li, you've arrived."
Zhou Yun, however, felt nothing about these situations; he had experienced too much. This society was just like this, and complaining was useless.
He walked all the way to his desk, sat down, and then began to wait for clients.
Just then, a middle-aged woman walked over, clapped her hands, and said, "Everyone, stop what you're doing for a moment. I have a few words to say."
"Just now, our management committee held a meeting, and at the meeting, we criticized the lax work style of some lawyers in our firm. Starting today, the firm will strictly enforce performance evaluations!"
"The specific evaluation requirements will be issued later. For those lawyers who don't even have any cases, I suggest they hurry up and don't make excuses when they fail to meet the standards."
"That's all. Everyone, please get back to work."
As her words fell, the expressions of those present varied, and many secretly looked towards Zhou Yun.
It was obvious that this evaluation was aimed at him.
Among the lawyers currently at the firm, he was the only one who hadn't taken a single case since starting independent practice.
Plus, that previous incident...
Some people whispered nearby, "It seems Director Jiang is determined to make Zhou Yun unable to continue."
The person next to him nodded, "There's no helping it. He cursed the Director as a scoundrel in front of so many people and even hit him. I've never seen anyone so bold..."
Another person heard this and smiled, "Young people are prone to impulsiveness."
At this point, everyone sighed in unison. Many people naturally disapproved of Jiang Qiming's actions, but in this world, many things can't be changed just because you disapprove.
Complain? If they dared to do it, they weren't afraid of your complaints.
Post it online? Do you know how expensive traffic is now? How many things truly go viral overnight? Most are pushed.
So, no one really thought well of Zhou Yun. Such things happened in every industry.
And while everyone was discussing, on the first floor, a middle-aged man walked in.
Seeing a client enter, Xia Nianqin quickly went up to him, "Hello, do you have an appointment? Which lawyer are you looking for?"
The middle-aged man said somewhat surprised, "If I don't have an appointment, I can't go up?"
Xia Nianqin immediately smiled, "Of course not, sir. If you don't have an appointment, we'll arrange a lawyer for you based on your specific situation."
"Several of our senior partners are currently at the firm. How may we assist you, sir...?"
Hearing this, the middle-aged man waved his hand and said, "Oh, I have an appointment. It's with Lawyer Zhou Yun from your firm."
What? Xia Nianqin was stunned for a moment, but immediately said, "Lawyer Zhou Yun? Are you sure that's the name?"
The middle-aged man looked down at his phone, "Lawyer Zhou Yun of Tianhe Law Firm. Yes, that's it. What's wrong? Is he not here?"
"Lawyer Zhou is here, I was just saying..."
However, Xia Nianqin's words were cut off by the middle-aged man before she could finish.
"Alright, are you done or not? I just want to see Lawyer Zhou. Why are you telling me about other people?"
Seeing that the client was very unhappy, Xia Nianqin quickly said, "Alright, sir, I'll take you up now."
The front desk usually had two or more people on duty. Xia Nianqin left the other young woman to watch and took the middle-aged man to the second floor.
Ten minutes later.
"Hey, hey, hey, have you heard? That Zhou Yun actually has a client who came looking for him!"
"Fake, right? How could it be such a coincidence? The management committee just announced evaluations, and he already has a case?"
Hearing this, a lawyer in his thirties said, "So what if a client comes? It depends on whether he can sign the contract. If he can't, then a client coming is useless."
When this lawyer spoke, the others fell silent.
Because this Lawyer Zhou Meixia had once served as an assistant to Director Jiang Qiming of the law firm, and many of the cases she currently handled were also obtained from Jiang Qiming.
It could be said that she was a loyal supporter of the Director of the law firm.
She couldn't stand Zhou Yun at all and would mock him with various sarcastic remarks every day.
So, hearing that Zhou Yun had a client now, she naturally retorted.
Amidst such doubts, the middle-aged man was led by Xia Nianqin to Zhou Yun.
"Lawyer Zhou, your client," Xia Nianqin said with a professional smile.
Zhou Yun had already stood up and casually said, "Alright, thank you."
He then extended his hand to the middle-aged man in front of him: "Hello, Liu, is that right?"
The middle-aged man also extended his hand and shook it: "Hello, Lawyer Zhou, I am Liu Yonghua."
Seeing that the two had already started chatting, Xia Nianqin returned to the first floor. So what if a client came? It was no big deal.
Upstairs, Liu Yonghua looked at Zhou Yun in front of him, with a hint of hesitation on his face. He hadn't expected this Lawyer Zhou to be so young!
He looked... he looked almost like a student.
Although it was now generally said not to judge by age, people still habitually believed that "a smooth chin means unreliable work."
But since he was already here, he might as well listen to what this Lawyer Zhou had to say.
"Lawyer Zhou, you probably already know the general situation. My current point is that the people from that dispatch company have a terrible attitude, and my father was really angered."
"What do you think we should do? Compensation isn't important; I just want to vent my anger!"
Zhou Yun smiled at this. It was the client's freedom to say what he wanted. If he really believed that "compensation isn't important," then he would be a fool.
This case was not complicated. Liu Yonghua's father, Liu Fusheng, had been a chef at Fengxian County Court, under Jinghai City, for over ten years.
In the past, management in this area was not comprehensive, but in recent years, everything had been outsourced. Liu Fusheng had also signed a contract with a third-party dispatch company.
For Liu Fusheng, as long as he could get paid, these details didn't matter.
However, this year, the labor dispatch company suddenly told him that his food was unclean, so they no longer needed him.
Liu Fusheng was immediately bewildered. He had worked at this Court for so many years and had never had a problem. Now, for no apparent reason, they said his food was unclean and wouldn't let him work anymore.
So, he naturally went to the company to reason with them, but they directly told him that nothing he said would matter; they just wouldn't let him work anymore.
An argument broke out between the two parties. Liu Yonghua, who worked in Jinghai City, rushed back to reason with the other side, but they didn't take them seriously at all.
"Lawyer Zhou, you don't know the tone of that person at the time. At first, they made excuses, but then they just directly said that they were going to fire my father, and that we could do whatever we wanted, no one would be able to help."
"Lawyer Zhou, what do you think we should do?" Liu Yonghua frowned and said, "I just want to ask if we can sue that company?"
Zhou Yun smiled at this. It was a small county, and the network of connections was very complex. Anyone who could do this kind of outsourcing business, you could tell with your butt that they had connections.
Presumably, in the eyes of those people, firing a temporary worker was just firing a temporary worker. What was there to talk about? Temporary workers were just dismissed casually these days.
However, if the client had a need, he had to satisfy it!
So Zhou Yun said, "Liu, first, let me answer your question: Yes, you can sue. Legally speaking, labor dispatch isn't something that can be dismissed casually either."
Simply put, labor dispatch means Zhang San signs a labor contract of no less than two years with a labor company, and then is dispatched by the labor company to work at another unit.
Therefore, Zhang San is actually also a worker, and arbitrary dismissal is also illegal, but he needs to claim corresponding compensation from the labor company.
However, in reality, many people don't even sign contracts and just go along with whatever others say in a muddled way.
Zhou Yun continued, "But, Liu, if you make the labor company pay compensation like this, you actually won't be able to vent your anger, because even if you win, the other party will only pay a little money."
Liu Yonghua was a bit confused: "Even suing won't work? I complained before, and it was useless. Then how do I vent this anger? Is there really no way at all?"
Zhou Yun waved his hand: "Liu, there is a way. This way is to ignore the labor company for now."
"Ignore the labor company? Then..."
"Liu, I ask you, in this network of connections, who can have a decisive effect on the labor company? To put it simply, who is this labor company most afraid of?"
Liu Yonghua thought carefully and then suddenly said, "It should be the County Court, right? They are all managed by the Court."
Zhou Yun smiled and said, "Now, your complaints and lawsuits against the labor company are useless. Why? Because this labor company is precisely put there to be sued and complained against by you."
"Why do labor dispatch? It's to mitigate risks for the original unit."
"So what you're doing is useless. But if we drag the Court into this, do you think the Court will feel that the labor company has caused them trouble?"
Liu Yonghua immediately said, "Yes, if we really drag the Court into this, they will definitely blame the labor company... But how do we drag the Court into this?"
Zhou Yun's lips curled up: "The answer is, we sue the Court!"
What? Liu Yonghua was stunned at these words.
Do you want to hear what you're saying? Sue the Court?