222: Yes, yes, you are right.

Feng Chenfeng had heard Zhou Yun's name before, but he didn't know much about Zhou Yun, only that the lawyer seemed quite crazy, risking his life for cases.

As for other things, he wasn't very clear. Currently, Zhou Yun's videos have high viewership, but the number of people who actually watch those videos is still relatively small compared to the entire country.

Speaking of internet celebrities now, for example, Douyin internet celebrities with tens of millions of followers, even twenty million followers, can be considered top-tier internet celebrities across the entire network, and many people have even heard their names.

However, they don't truly understand them, because you have to frequently watch their live streams and videos to understand.

Zhou Yun was the same; Manager Ma's stab made his popularity skyrocket, but legal-related content doesn't attract as much attention.

So now, Feng Chenfeng couldn't understand why Zhou Yun knew about the contract between their company and Lixia Company.

It should be known that their entire system was designed by lawyers specializing in this area, precisely to make it so that riders wouldn't know who to turn to for their rights.

Logically speaking, the other party should only know about Langxin Company and Goufei Company.

These two companies, one recruits people and the other is responsible for paying salaries.

If you sue one of them individually, there are ample reasons for rebuttal. For example, if you sue Langxin Company, Langxin Company will argue that they are not responsible for paying salaries, and that the riders are not working for them; all their work is completed on the APP.

In legal terms, it means the work performed is not our company's business.

It's the same if you sue Goufei: we've never even met the people, so why would you say there's an employment relationship?

Note, at this point, many people will definitely say, then you explain why you pay salaries.

However, they are not obligated to explain it to you, understand?

Many lawsuits often fall into this misconception, grasping at suspicious points and wanting the defendant to explain, but the defendant doesn't have to explain, because you are the plaintiff, and whoever asserts must provide evidence.

Although labor disputes involve some reversal of the burden of proof, you first need to prove that there might be an employment relationship between the two parties.

This way, neither company can be sued, and if investigated, there are no legal ties between the two companies.

Feng Chenfeng frowned and asked, “Where is the other party now?”

The assistant next to him said, “I just had someone take him to the first-floor office.”

After some hesitation, Feng Chenfeng finally said, “I’ll go see him. I want to see what he’s up to!”

At this moment, in the first-floor office, Handsome Zhou was sitting inside drinking tea, with the Langxin Company receptionist next to him.

“Zhou Lawyer, please have a seat. I’ve already informed our leader, and he’ll be here shortly,” the girl said.

Zhou Yun smiled and nodded, “Alright, no problem. You go about your business.”

Unless their attitude was particularly bad, Zhou Yun usually wouldn't make things difficult for ordinary workers.

Everyone is just trying to make a living; no one is nobler than anyone else. If they could just lie down, who would want to go out and work, getting up early and staying up late every day, not to mention constantly being annoyed?

That being said, the receptionist dared not leave, after all, the general manager's assistant had just said to keep the person stable.

So she could only try to make conversation there.

About five minutes later, the office door was pushed open, and Zhou Yun immediately stood up, seeing a middle-aged man walk in.

The middle-aged man was Feng Chenfeng; he didn't need an introduction when he came in now, after all, there were only two people in the room, and the young man must be Zhou Yun.

So he directly said, “You must be Zhou Lawyer, oh hello, hello, it’s truly an honor to meet you. I am Feng Chenfeng, the General Manager of Langxin Company.”

As he spoke, Feng Chenfeng extended his hand, and Zhou Yun naturally extended his hand to shake it.

It was still the same thing, what was his purpose? It was to get money. As long as he helped his client get the money, there was no problem.

Zhou Yun was not some lunatic; he had never enjoyed sending people to prison.

Both sat down, and Feng Chenfeng began, “Zhou Lawyer, I was busy just now and didn’t listen carefully. What is your situation?”

Zhou Yun smiled upon hearing this, “It’s like this, Feng, you should know Sun Yiling, the client I represent, right? Her husband unfortunately passed away while delivering food at a station under your company.”

“Then she previously entrusted a lawyer to file for labor arbitration, and then lost. I, well, I’m thinking of suing you all. Feng, you shouldn’t be angry, right?”

Feng Chenfeng: “…”

Old Feng was completely stunned now. How could this Zhou Lawyer talk like that? Can this be said directly to someone's face?

And the key is that when he asked, he was so polite, as if… as if he was just chatting casually!

It's like someone wants to kill someone, and they very politely ask you to your face, “Brother, I’m thinking of killing you, you shouldn’t be angry, right?”

I’m going to be pissed to death, alright!

However, at this moment, Feng Chenfeng could only force a smile and say, “Zhou Lawyer, this is a bit… I’m not saying I’m angry, but rather, is your lawsuit really necessary? Food delivery workers are actually new-format laborers, so there’s no employment relationship.”

“You are a senior lawyer; you should know this better than I do.”

Zhou Yun smiled again upon hearing this, “Yes, I do know this better than you, I am a professional, after all. I just want to pierce through the mists you use to obscure the employment relationship. For example, you see, I now need to investigate your contract with Lixia Company.”

“With this, I can sue you more effectively. I believe Feng will certainly not refuse.”

“Don’t you agree, Feng?”

After being provoked repeatedly like this, Feng Chenfeng, no matter how good-tempered he was, couldn’t hold back anymore.

“Zhou Lawyer, what do you mean by this? I’m speaking to you kindly here to discuss, and you’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you? You think you’ve got us cornered, don’t you?”

“What can you do if I don’t agree?”

Zhou Yun smiled again upon hearing this, “Look at you, Feng, getting anxious again. I didn’t say anything, just stated what I need to do, and you got anxious.”

“Am I wrong? You put so much effort into creating all that stuff, isn’t it just to increase the difficulty for riders to protect their rights? Now you’re saying these useless things.”

“If you don’t accept the investigation order, I certainly can’t do anything; I can’t force anything. I can only call Changhua District Court, don’t you agree?”

There is no way to reconcile the two sides; to put it a bit grandiosely, this is called class contradiction, and the two sides simply cannot sit on the same sofa.

For companies, the goal is definitely to achieve the highest profits, without any worker protections. After all, workers are like leeks in the field, once one crop is cut, there’s another.

But for workers, they definitely want protection. This is class contradiction. Labor law and labor contract law are designed to regulate this contradiction.

This is not just idle talk; Marxism believes that the state is the product of irreconcilable class contradictions. These are things that can be easily found, and many people have even studied them.

In fact, if you think carefully, the political classes established in our country's education system are truly useful. At the time, they felt like empty words, but now that you've experienced some things and look back, you realize they are truly interesting.

Zhou Yun wants to issue an investigation order, and the basis for this investigation order is the law, with the substantive backing being the state's violent organs such as the police, the military, and prisons.

The state is the product of irreconcilable class contradictions, so laws and so on are established to allow struggle to proceed within order. So, in other words, when we solve problems through legal channels, we are fighting within such an order.

Feng Chenfeng immediately became furious and directly said, “Then go ahead and call. Why should we be investigated just because you say so? We have no relationship with Lixia Company at all.”

“If there’s no relationship, then how can I investigate you?”

Zhou Yun said nothing upon hearing this, only smiled and said, “Yes, yes, yes, Feng is right about everything.”

After speaking, he directly pulled out his phone, walked outside, and dialed the number of the case-handling judge who had issued the investigation order.