Chapter 154 Toiling Every Day, Yet It's Unrelated to This_3
He had held his breath wanting to debate, but as soon as it started, he realized he was no match at all.
All sorts of legal provisions and judicial explanations flowed from his opponent's mind as if he were reciting them from memory, without any hesitation, and he could also bring up all sorts of cases, just like a beast!
Not only that, but during the debate, the other side was full of mockery, no matter if it was a man or a woman, that mouth was terrifyingly venomous.
In Old Tang's words, if you can't even withstand this much pressure, then you'd better change careers sooner rather than later. What are you doing being a lawyer? If the public security, procuratorate, and law departments put pressure on you, are you going to sell out your client on the spot?
Finally, after successfully making more than a dozen female university students cry and more than twenty male students look lost and doubt their lives, Old Tang finally felt content.
"Let's go, Qingqing."
The professor from the adjacent school's law department, who had been listening to the lecture all along, couldn't help but join in the debate a few times. Now, admiration was visible in his eyes.
Online opinions about this Lawyer Tang were clear-cut—some people thought he was a good lawyer while others believed he was a sham.
After today's lecture, the professor believed that Lawyer Tang was indeed very powerful. If nothing else, he could support every one of his opinions with relevant legal provisions and regulations, which was truly impressive!
After all, this wasn't a courtroom debate where you could prepare against evidence for so long; it was all spontaneous.
While Old Tang was feeling elated, in Qinglv County beneath Xiping City, inside the labor arbitration department, there was a man shouting over and over.
"This isn't right, they were the ones recruiting. We worked at their station, so how can they now say we have no relationship with them!" The man, in his fifties, kept shouting.
Who could have imagined that despite working there every day, attending meetings, and doing all sorts of tasks, they could now deny any labor relationship between the parties.
"Can you not shout? Without evidence on your side, how do you expect me to make a decision? The salary wasn't even paid by this company; of course, you can't count on them!" the arbiter stood up and roared.
"If you're not satisfied with the arbitration result, then you can file a lawsuit, right? Don't make a scene here, making a ruckus won't solve anything. If you continue, I'm calling the police. Do you understand?"
The man closed his mouth and sat down dejectedly, not noticing when tears had filled his eyes. His hands, covered with cracks, wiped across his face, only to feel total despair.
He couldn't understand why!
The man's name was Li Fugui. Previously, a fellow villager had told him that the station was hiring delivery drivers, and thinking the pay was good, he hurried over.
He worked there for two months. In the first month, various expenses had already depleted his earnings – there were fees for electric bike rentals among other costs.
He had hoped to work hard and earn back the money quickly.
But when he looked at his second month's salary, he found he had nothing left after all the deductions. He wanted to argue about it but planned to keep working there, so he didn't make a fuss.
Maybe because of the first month, he thought he could work harder the next month and then he'd have money, just like Xiangzi from "Rickshaw Boy," harboring a similar belief.
However, while he was working, his daughter, who was attending university, fell ill, so he took leave to visit her in Xiping City. Upon returning, the station manager told him that his leave was not approved, and it counted as absenteeism.
More than six thousand in wages were deducted by five thousand...
That he couldn't endure. The various deductions in the first month were one thing, but the leave in the second month, the manager had clearly agreed to it!
Now, not to mention being marked as absent, but also having most of his salary deducted!
When he confronted the station manager, the manager bluntly stated they had no relationship with him and the wages were not paid by them.
It was absurd—they worked there every day, and yet they could say there was no relationship?
Fuming and determined to reclaim his wages, Li Fugui started to seek justice, running to every department in Qinglv County, but to no avail. They all said it was a labor dispute and told him to go to arbitration.
With no other options, he talked to his daughter, who was studying law at Hanxi University of Political Science and Law. She wrote him an application and found some evidence for the arbitration.
After several days of effort, he was now faced with this absurd result! Find adventures on empire
Li Fugui, who had only completed junior high school, couldn't wrap his head around it. How could there be no legal relationship even when clearly working there?
Now after shouting a few times, the other side was threatening to call the police, leaving him without any recourse.
On the opposite side, the legal representative sent by the station company didn't even glance at Li Fugui and simply packed up to leave.
To the legal representative, such people were just troublemakers. "Go ask whoever deducted your wages," he thought. It wasn't his company that issued the salaries, and now making a scene, did they expect results just from that?
Li Fugui stood up, feeling a fiery rage burning within him. For a moment, he truly wanted to go to the station and physically confront the station manager!
"If you don't let me live peacefully, I won't let you live peacefully either."
But then he thought of his family, his daughter attending university, who loved the law and aspired to be a judge after graduation.
If he were to act out now, his daughter's future as a judge would be ruined...
But what to do now? The arbitrator told him to sue, but lawsuits required money.
Feeling utterly helpless, Li Fugui stepped out of the arbitration office and called his daughter on his phone.
At Hanxi University of Political Science and Law, Li Weiwei was still processing Lawyer Tang's lecture, one of the many left befuddled by it.
It had to be said, Lawyer Tang was really too strong.
Aren't lawyers supposed to specialize in one area? Yet it seemed Lawyer Tang was thorough in all fields of law. Either the teachers had misled them, or Lawyer Tang was just too much of a genius.
While she was pondering, her phone rang. She pulled it out and saw it was her father calling, so she quickly answered.
"Hello, Dad, did you go for the arbitration today? How did it go? What? They said there was no labor relationship between you two? So, they won't give you your wages? That's impossible, how can that be?"