"Brother Feng, do I look like this?"
Yi Dazhuang has always been baptized by his father-in-law because he has been staying outdoors all year round. His skin is dark and fine lines, and he is already thin. At first glance, he looks much older than his actual age. At this time, he was dressed in gray-blue overalls, with a pair of old sneakers on his feet, looking like a manual worker exposed to the wind and sun.
I pulled his coat for him, put my arm around his shoulders and sat down at the table.
"Remember to speak with an accent." I pointed to every corner of the room and the box of tissues on the table and said, "A total of four pinhole cameras are installed, and there are no dead ends in all directions. I will stare at them in the bedroom. You It’s good to be bold and show off your acting skills.”
Yi Dazhuang rubbed his face nervously: "A new challenge is a new beginning. I won't be able to be a paparazzi in the future, maybe I can be an extra actor."
I patted him on the shoulder: "You can."
The doorbell rang, Yi Dazhuang and I looked at each other, one walked quickly to the bedroom, and the other walked towards the door shouting "here we are".
Gently closing the door, Yi Dazhuang greeted politely from outside the door: "Hello, hello, you are An Qi's insurance officer, please come inside."
I sat at the end of the bed and stared at the TV screen on the wall. The 42-inch large screen was divided into four screens, and each screen represented a pinhole camera.
The young insurance officer and Yi Dazhuang sat down at the table, and took out a thick document from their bag.
"This is the commercial insurance contract mentioned on the phone, please see if there is any problem." He handed the things to Yi Dazhuang, "The total is..."
He pressed the calculator, calculated a price and presented it to Yi Dazhuang.
Yi Dazhuang looked at it, then glanced at the contract in a decent way, suddenly pinched the bridge of his nose and said: "Oh, I feel dizzy when I look at it, the word is too small. I don't read it, I always believe it Yours, a big company like yours won’t lie to our people, I’ll just sign it.”
The insurer didn't expect a deal to be negotiated so easily, his eyes were full of joy, and he quickly took out his signature pen and said, "That's that, our company is also among the top ten in the industry, and the quality is guaranteed, so don't worry. Here To fill in the information about you and your vehicle, please give me your ID card and driver's license... "
Yi Dazhuang stood up and touched his trouser pocket, but he couldn't find it for a while, his brows became tighter and tighter: "Huh? Strange, why is it gone?"
He went to touch the coat pocket again, turned everything inside and out, still nothing.
After thinking hard for a while, he suddenly remembered something. Yi Dazhuang smiled at the insurance officer in embarrassment and said: "Sorry, I got too drunk at my friend's house last night, and it seems that this certificate has been left at their house. It seems that I can't sign it today." , another day, another day I will find you again..."
Before the insurance officer could react, Yi Dazhuang forcibly picked him up from the chair, grabbed his arm and dragged him towards the door.
"Mr. Yi, you... give me back the contract first." After being pushed out by Yi Dazhuang, the insurance officer remembered to get the contract back.
Yi Dazhuang hurried back to the table, and when he picked up the contract, he raised his head and winked happily at a pinhole camera hidden in the corner.
After closing the door and sending the insurance officer away, I stepped out of the bedroom, and Yi Dazhuang also walked back from the door.
"How about it, okay?"
"Yes." I saw that he was stretching and ready to take off his clothes. I looked at the clock on the wall and said, "But it's not comprehensive enough."
Yi Dazhuang paused: "Ah?"
"Shooting a snake seven inches, if one blow is not enough, then two blows, if two blows are not enough, then three, four, five, six, seven or eight blows, if you don't kill it, you will be maimed."
Yi Dazhuang obviously didn't understand what I meant, and he was puzzled.
I don't make jokes, and I answered straightforwardly: "I have made appointments with five security guards today, and each of your meetings should be limited to one hour. Be careful not to bump into each other."
Yi Dazhuang stared wide-eyed, stretched out five fingers and exclaimed, "Five, five?"
Nodding my head, I said, "There are five more tomorrow."
Yi Dazhuang suddenly collapsed on the sofa, his limbs stretched out, his eyes were dull, like a dried salted fish.
"You're trying to squeeze me dry. I don't care, you have to treat me to a good meal later, or I'm sorry for my hard work."
For two whole days, Yi Dazhuang and I stayed in a small rental room and received one after another installer.
Same position, different age, different gender, different clothes. Each of the ten insurers has been in the industry for more than five years. They chatted and talked endlessly about the insurance content. doubt.
Yi Dazhuang said: "This... third-party liability insurance, it means that if I hit someone, your company can pay for me, right?"
Ten insurance officers of different ages, genders, and different clothes sat in the same position, with the same professional smiles on their faces, and gave the same answer: "Yes."
The insurer handed the contract to Yi Dazhuang and asked him to go through the terms and sign the contract without any problems. Yi Dazhuang used the excuse that he could not read the terms clearly ten times, and returned it to the insurer after only turning a page. Among the ten insurers, only two mentioned that there was an exemption clause, but they only asked him to "better read it." ", did not make a mandatory requirement, and did not explain it to him in detail.
These insurers are also smart people. Knowing that the business of "no compensation for overloading" is doomed to fail, they try to be as vague as possible. If there is an accident at that time, anyway, the contract has been signed in black and white, and everything is based on the terms of the contract. If there is no video or recording, who can say it is their fault.
I asked Yi Dazhuang to cut the video for me, and I wrote a long letter of 8,000 words overnight, and printed it out on the day of the second court hearing of Ms. Yang's case, together with the flash drive with the video. , hurried to the court.
Because I was afraid of not being able to catch up, I called Sheng Minou on the way and asked if he had arrived at the court.
Sheng Min'ou seemed to be walking, and he could hear the slight sound of the wind over there.
"... just arrived."
"Where's the opposing lawyer?"
"I don't know, I didn't see it." The wind disappeared suddenly, and he entered the room, "Why are you asking this?"
"I'll be there in five minutes, wait for me at the door, I have something for you." Afraid that he would play against me again at this time, I emphasized again and again, "It's very important, you must wait for me! Do you know?"
What answered me was the voice of Sheng Minou who hung up the phone resolutely.
I stared at the phone for a while, ground my molars, and asked the driver to speed up, saying that I had a life-saving lawsuit to file, and there would be serious consequences for being late.
For a five-minute journey, the driver stepped on the gas pedal a bit and arrived in four minutes. I quickly threw down a whole bill, jumped out of the car, and rushed into the court without any hope at first, and I always felt that Sheng Mingou would definitely not wait for me.
But when I saw the familiar figure staring down at the watch outside the court, I found that I was actually looking forward to it. Expect him to trust me and not make jokes about important things.
Panting, I ran to him and handed him the bound document and flash drive on my knees.
"Here!" Because of his unexpected waiting, my already rapid heart beat a little faster, and I had to press my chest to calm down slowly.
Sheng Minou took the document and quickly flipped through it, and the female lawyer on the side couldn't help looking at it curiously, and read out the title word by word: "To Qingwan Insurance Industry Supervision and Administration Bureau: Regarding the negligence of employees in Anqi Insurance and the lack of training for employees by the company. In place, intentionally blurring the content of the contract clauses and other behaviors... Complaint?"
To strike a snake and strike seven inches, the Insurance Regulatory Bureau is controlled by the state and supervises all insurers. If they are brought to their attention, an investigation team will be established to investigate the various violations of Anqi, and the industry will be rectified. At that time, the fine will be more than a mere one million yuan. So simple.
"What's in it?" In less than two minutes, Sheng Minou read the complaint letter that I spent a night writing at a glance, and asked me while pinching the flash drive.
"Evidence." I straightened up, breathing much more calmly, and took out my phone to show him, "This is the same as the video in the flash drive, but the key information is coded, and the video on the disk is not coded."
He took it, fast-forwarded to watch the video on the phone, and then calmly asked the judge to delay the court session for five minutes.
The female lawyer nodded blankly, then pushed open the heavy wooden door of the courtroom and disappeared in front of us.
"Is this the way you came up with?" Sheng Minou asked as he sorted out the documents in his hand.
"Are you going to think that my actions are too stupid?" I flicked the complaint and said with a smile, "Let me tell you, there are some things that are 'Although there are tens of thousands of people, I will go' Whether it succeeds or not is another matter, and whether it will die or not is another matter, as long as you feel happy."
Although tens of thousands of people stop it, tens of thousands of people say "no", so what if tens of millions of people disagree? I want to do it and always will.
He stared at me for a moment, and didn't speak for a while, so I also looked at him, silently.
Suddenly there were footsteps and conversations in the distance, and Sheng Minou and I turned our heads together, and saw the lawyers and representatives of Anqi Insurance Company walking towards us.
"Lend me your phone." Sheng Minou said, striding towards the two of them.
When we passed each other, I whispered in his ear: "I'll leave it to you."
I stood where I was and didn't get close. I could only see Sheng Minou politely communicating with the two of them for a moment from a distance.
Sheng Minou handed him the complaint again, and he read a few pages with a dark face, crumpling the paper.
The lawyer looked at Sheng Minou in amazement, and seemed to be shocked by this surprise attack, and was speechless for a long time.
In order to take care of the representative's height, Sheng Minou leaned over slightly, with a gentlemanly smile on his face, and said something in the other's ear, the representative suddenly raised his head and nodded eagerly.
Shaking the flash drive in his hand, Sheng Minou nodded and turned around, took two steps to see me, suddenly remembered something, turned around and took back my mobile phone from the representative, then turned around again, the polite smile on his face was gradually replaced by arrogance and contempt .
Like a king returning from a great victory, he walked with his head held high in the sunny corridor, with an invisible crown on his head and a bright red cape on his shoulders, and he walked firmly and confidently with every step.
"Return you." Sheng Minou threw the phone back to me.
"nailed it?"
He gave me a sideways look that said, "What the fuck are you talking about."
I rubbed my nose in self-indulgence, and heard him say: "They agreed to rectify within a time limit, modify the contract format, and increase compensation, but the condition is that this video and complaint will never be made public."
It doesn't matter, anyway, my purpose is just to help him win the lawsuit faster, and I have limited abilities, and I know that I can't become the person who pushes the world to change the rules based on this one thing alone.
In the end, the case was settled under the auspices of the judge. On the basis of paying the original compensation, Anqi Insurance added an additional 600,000 yuan in humanitarian compensation. Compensation of 100,000 yuan to Ms. Yang.
I am not qualified to enter the discussion room, but Ms. Yang's heart-piercing cries can still be heard in the corridor outside. Unlike my mother's unwilling and annoyed crying, there was relief and joy in it.
How many days and nights I tossed and turned, how many times I asked myself: "Why me? Why not someone else?" God couldn't give the answer, the past can't be regained, the heavy pressure of life, young children, and depressive tears accumulated heavily in my heart.
Although the money is just a consolation, at least everything is answered, and there is no need to dig open the scabs again and again, expose the bloody wounds, and beg for justice everywhere. Finally, I can let go of everything and start my own life again.
After listening to the final result relayed by the female lawyer and Ms. Yang, walking on the long gray steps of the courthouse, with the warm sunshine shining on her body, she felt so comfortable that she wanted to take a nap on the spot.
so good. This hopeful feeling.
After working out my muscles and bones, I'm going to go home and sleep after I finish my work.
"Brother!" Before leaving, I stopped Sheng Minou.
He stood still on the steps below me, looking back at me.
"I have something to tell you." I said.
He didn't move, just looked at me.
"Then let's go first." The female lawyer took Ms. Yang away with a very winking look.
I went down a few steps and stood in front of him, finally looking down at him.
"Give me a favor."
"What's the matter?" He asked bluntly, apparently acknowledging my "favor".
"Shen Xiaoshi needs a criminal defense lawyer. His mother...is in some trouble."
"Tell him to come to the law firm to find me at one o'clock tomorrow afternoon." After speaking, Sheng Minou turned around.
I secretly tut in my heart, very dissatisfied with his attitude of not wanting to say a word to me.
"By the way," I turned to him, "I've always wanted to know, what did Dad say to you at the end on the day he passed away?"
Sheng Min'ou tilted his head slightly, revealing half of his face.
He was silent for a long time and didn't speak. I just tried to ask, but I couldn't do anything if he didn't want to.
"Row… "
I was just about to say it's ok and you can go, but he slowly spit out a word.
"It doesn't matter if you can't be a good person, just be an ordinary person who doesn't hurt others or be hurt by others."
I was stunned for a moment, and tried to connect what my dad said to Sheng Minou before his death - Dad believes in you, and you will eventually become a very, very good person. But it doesn't matter if you can't be a good person, just be an ordinary person who doesn't hurt others or be hurt by others.
"Father knows you..." I stared closely at Sheng Minou's face and said in a hoarse voice.
If my dad can say this, it proves that he knows everything, that Sheng Minou...
"Yes, he knows." Sheng Minou lowered his eyelids and whispered, "I know I'm abnormal."
After finishing speaking, without waiting for my reaction, he turned and left without saying a word, walking further and further away from me on the steps.
I looked at his back, with complicated emotions, and sat down on the steps, suddenly wanting to smoke a cigarette.