Many days have passed since the senior executives of the property managent company were arrested, and of course, the parent company wouldn't stand by idly. They sent down another executive who finally stabilized the situation.
However, that executive surnad Wu didn't do much else. Everything that needed to be investigated had been investigated; now was the ti to lie low.
As for Tang Fangjing, he also took the ti to collect his legal professional qualification certificate and had his internship lawyer's license processed, which ant that he had officially started his one-year internship.
But it was clear that his internship was different from those of other interns.
Punching the clock was out of the question, and it didn't matter whether he ca to the office or not. Even the law firm's director tacitly agreed to this; no matter how unsatisfied other lawyers were, it was useless.
Moreover, since he had brought such a big case to the firm, having a source of cases made you god in a law firm.
The risk agency contract was signed with a fifteen percent share. It might not sound high, but the amount at stake was frightening!
Now, with no results from the Economic Investigation Departnt yet, the law firm's team needed to get the procedures in order, whether it was suing to recover public inco or auditing the accounts. Actually, the hoowners' committee had no authority.
The hoowners' committee and the property manager were on equal footing, and decisions had to be made by the hoowners' assembly. Without legal authorization from the hoowners' assembly, any lawsuit filed by the hoowners' committee would be rejected on the grounds of inappropriate plaintiff, so all procedural matters had to be addressed properly.
This was where Tengda had its professional talent, ensuring that the court could not find any fault.
As for the current property managent company, it was certainly due for dismissal. During the temporary hoowners' assembly, soone expressed concerns that no property manager would dare to co in if they proceeded this way, but their fears were quickly dispelled.
The sa day the recruitnt for a new property manager was announced, eight property companies ca knocking...
Even if you told them that the senior executives of the previous property company had been arrested and that an audit to reclaim public inco was pending, they didn't care.
Whether a residential complex could make money was sothing peers understood best. Even without public inco, there was still a lot to be earned from property managent fees. And who wouldn't want to make money?
The public security organs maintained contact with the hoowners' committee. Basically, it was a foregone conclusion for General Manager Hou and that General Manager Ye, along with three other top executives from the parent company who were arrested together.
Even Tang Fangjing could only wait at this point, as investigating and building a case always required sufficient evidence.
As the weather turned cooler, even though Old Wang gave his tacit consent, Tang Fangjing couldn't possibly stay at ho every day. Tasks needed to be actively pursued; no one wanted to squander their life.
Tang Fangjing had previously t with clients at the firm as well, doing so legal consultancy by the way.
Like now, Old Tang was conducting a legal consultation in a very earnest manner, with Li Wanting dutifully acting as an assistant. However, judging by her expression, she seed to be questioning her life choices.
"You're saying your residential complex's property manager only managed to get the city leader to agree and didn't allow the three major telecom operators in, even cutting their cables if they did? That's so audacity there."
"Here's what you do, young lady. Nowadays, residences can apply for individual business permits, like for online stores, then draw a governnt-enterprise broadband line, and just wait for the property managent to cut it..."
"What if they cut it? Call the police, of course. Do you know what governnt-enterprise broadband is? It's called public communications facilities. There's an offense called the destruction of public telecommunications facilities..."
Ah... huh? The girl seeking advice looked utterly bewildered.
"Then there's your case; you're charging for gas when serving barbecue? That's more audacity. What? You don't know what that entails? Conducting gas business activities without a gas operation permit--the gas managent departnt can fine them enough to bankrupt the company. Report it, what are you hesitating for!"
This legal consultancy was nothing like what Li Wanting had imagined.
It indeed provided legal grounds and specific solutions, but sothing seed off...
After several consultancy sessions, Old Wang stepped in.
"Director Tang, maybe you should stop providing consultancy. I've found you an office; you can rest there and have so tea, how about that?"
Old Tang felt that Old Wang was looking down on him, so he decided to go ho and offer free legal advice to the elderly.
But just as he arrived at the entrance, he heard the sound of sobbing.
"I really beg you all, please spare my husband. He... he didn't an any harm, he truly didn't, I beg of you..."
"Now I'm jobless, and without the money, my child won't have enough to eat..."
The entrance was already crowded with people, and it seed that a woman was crying and pleading, occasionally trying to kowtow.
"Eh, Aunt Liu, what's going on here?"
Aunt Liu looked up to see it was Tang Fangjing, and although her expression was a bit strange, she explained, "It's the property manager's wife, that General Manager Hou who was arrested. She found out from sowhere and has co here to plead with us hoowners to write a letter of understanding."
"Sigh, you have to feel for her, suddenly her man's been locked up, and now she's left alone with a kid, not knowing what to do... what a ss this is."
Upon hearing this, a look of bemusent crossed Tang Fangjing's face. He glanced at the hoowners around, so of whom had already gone up to console her.
"Don't be too heartbroken, we... we'll write it for you. Children are always innocent. Hey, Director Tang, you're here. What do you think about this matter..."
It turned out Tang Fangjing had been recognized, and a familiar hoowner was calling out to him.
Hearing this voice, the woman at the door quickly approached as if clutching at a lifeline, pleading, "You're Director Tang, aren't you? I beg of you, please let my husband go. He didn't do anything, take the money back if you must, but what about my child if I do, he's only so young..."
Beside the woman, a boy of about twelve or thirteen was also crying, a sight that left many onlookers with heavy hearts.
Old Tang felt the urge to hit soone, he really did.
He just watched coldly as the other party spoke.
Feng Jiping spoke and gradually sensed sothing amiss. The man opposite her maintained the sa deathly expression, without a hint of sympathy.
Finally, Tang Fangjing spoke up, "Are you done?"
"Ah? No... I an, Director Tang, look at the situation now..."
"Your husband did nothing? I don't know how you can say that. Do you have any idea how much money your husband embezzled from our residential complex?"
"And you lot, still saying how the child is innocent. People are using your money to buy villas and luxury cars, providing their children with all sorts of anities. Do you see the clothes they're wearing? Just this outfit alone costs more than what so hoowners in our complex make in a month, did you know that?"
"They have a three-story villa in the Vienna Residential Complex on People's Road. Where do you think their money cos from? The property managent has been losing money for years, they can't even afford to hire cleaners."
"Now do you still feel sorry for their family? What were you thinking, huh?"
The surrounding hoowners fell silent, or maybe they hadn't thought that much about it before.
The concept of public inco is too distant for the hoowners, even though the law states that it is commonly owned by them. In reality, the hoowners still don't care.
When sothing that's neglected is violated, they naturally don't feel a thing.
The high ground of rights is always usurped during tis of indifference.
And now, Tang Fangjing had laid everything bare, leaving the hoowners to see the contrast. No one spoke again.
It's true, children are innocent, but the premise that misfortune shouldn't affect the children assus that they also didn't benefit from the misdeeds. On one hand, the struggle for rights is enormously difficult, on the other hand, the children of debt-dodgers enjoy a peaceful life. You're telling the kids are innocent, right!
"Alright, let her continue crying. She doesn't want to return the stolen goods. What's returned would be our public inco. This is the first ti I've co across soone pushing money away. Let's go."
Tang Fangjing turned and left, leaving the remaining hoowners looking at each other, speechless and no longer concerned with the matter.
Feng Jiping didn't know what to do. Wasn't it agreed that if she did this, surely so hoowners would sympathize? Why are they all listening to Tang Fangjing!
She took out her phone to make a call: "Hello, Lawyer Li, it's no use, everyone's dispersed. What kind of advice is this? Anyway, I definitely won't return the money. If I do, how am I supposed to live!"
On the other side, Tang Fangjing returned ho. Of course, he knew the other party must have consulted a lawyer already, which only went to show how so lawyers had completely lost their moral compass.
But no matter, this was a public prosecution case, and as a lawyer for the public prosecution, the other party would surely have to show up. He was furious now.
No matter how Feng Jiping made a fuss, the case was steadily progressing. The investigation concluded, the indictnt reviewed, step by step. anwhile, Old Tang and Old Song had already arrived at Guangming District Court to initiate a lawsuit and requested a judicial appraisal.
Another very unusual case. There had been plenty of cases of property managent disputes over maintenance funds in court, but one that traced the accounts back over ten plus years was a first.
President Hou and others' case had already begun trial, and the hoowners' committee of Yuefu Residential Complex finally learned how much the property managent had embezzled in public inco over many years.
Twenty-six million eight hundred thousand, a figure the residents of the complex couldn't even fathom!
This was not just inco but also the returns from investnt of that inco, which by regulation all needed to be repaid!
When the news broke, it imdiately exploded online.
The compensation seed so preposterous that many people simply couldn't believe it. Could a residential complex's public inco really reach such a figure?
And yet the case hadn't even gone to trial, it was just a judicial appraisal result. There was a lot of discussion online with all sorts of opinions being expressed; so people from property managent companies blurted out that this must be a mad grab for money!
Although Tang Fangjing had not posted any videos, he had done so much during the entire case that rumors were spreading more and more.
He also received many private ssages in the backend, either asking him to explain the process or seeking his help.
Tang Fangjing initially didn't plan to bother with these, but among the pile of ssages, one caught his attention.
"Old Tang, I wanted to ask, if a lawyer won a case for , but then it couldn't be enforced, can I ask him to pay compensation?"
You dare to ask such an outrageous question?
He clicked on the person's account and saw that they had already posted about it once. In the comnts section, they were thoroughly lambasted by lots of people bearing lawyer titles.
"The lawyer won the case for you and has already completed their commission. I am curious where you get the gall to think the lawyer should pay you money!"
"Exactly, even if the case was lost, the lawyer's fee is still charged. Why are there more and more legal illiterates?"
Tang Fangjing was about to throw in a few harsh words and leave, but then he went silent after reading the person's description.
The reason was that the involved party had done preservation of property, but then failed to renew it in ti, resulting in weak enforcent...
After a mont's hesitation, Tang Fangjing replied to the ssage: "You can co to Tengda Law Firm to discuss in detail."
After responding, he didn't pay it any further attention. His current mission was still not complete. It was out of curiosity that he wanted to find out more.
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