Now that they decided to accept Wu Jianqiang's entrustment, Qi Xi and Gu Yan were not in a daze. After the two reported to Gu Xuehan and obtained the consent, the next day, they began to separately collect evidence that might be missed.
Just not optimistic.
Because it has been more than half a year since the work-related injury occurred, most of the evidence has been destroyed long ago. In addition, Wu Jianqiang himself works in a small workshop, and there is no sound personnel system and attendance check-in system at all, and there are no payroll issuance and approval slips. In order to avoid the labor costs of five insurances and one housing fund, this small workshop pays wages directly in cash, without even a transfer record; let alone employee mailboxes and employee handbooks.
Gu Yan tried to communicate with Wu Jianqiang's former colleagues, hoping that they could stand up and provide witness testimony, but it ended in failure. Firstly, the staff working in the small workshop was highly mobile, and most of them had changed in half a year. New faces, many employees who are working now don't know Wu Jianqiang at all; and secondly, even the few old workers who were left behind who knew about Wu Jianqiang's work-related accident were unwilling to testify.
Of course, Qi Xi can also understand this: "These old workers have worked steadily in this small workshop for many years, and they rely on this income to support their families. Now that the economy is not good, at least they have long been used to the work content in this small workshop. , People have inertia, so they don’t want to move, and they are also worried that if they have to provide evidence, they will lose their jobs.”
Naturally, Gu Yan also understood, but in this way, evidence collection would be at a dead end.
In the afternoon, both Qi Xi and Gu Yan received arrangements for Gu Xuehan's other cases, so they couldn't be distracted from thinking about this case. After get off work, Qi Xi also had more important things to do.
The new house that Zhao Yiran is looking for is ready to move in, she has already moved in first, and Qi Xi also plans to move in tonight.
Although Gu Xuehan didn't know why, recently she stayed in the office all day long, but at night she had to go on a business trip or work overtime all night, so Qi Xi stayed at her house for so long and never saw her go home once. A house as big as this is equivalent to Qi Xi occupying a dove's nest by himself.
This house is good everywhere, and it is very close to Gu Yan, so besides going to work during the day, the two of them can often see each other at night. Sometimes Gu Yan comes over to have a meal with confidence, and sometimes Gu Yan brings takeaway food to eat together. You can talk about the case while eating.
Qi Xi doesn't feel bored because she has to see Gu Yan so much a day, on the contrary, it seems that the longer she stays with Gu Yan, the less she wants to leave.
It's just that Gu Yan and Bai Yueguang's cultivation has recently achieved a positive result. When Gu Yan occasionally comes to eat dinner, he often receives calls from his girlfriend, and when Qi Xi stays up late to read the case files, he often finds that Gu Yan will go downstairs in the middle of the night. Most of the time, Qi Xi could see the two of them from the window, and Gu Yan would pick up his girlfriend at the gate of the community in the middle of the night, and escort them all the way home.
Every time at this time, Qi Xi's mood would become very bad.
She would keep staring at the time, calculating how long Gu Yan had been in the other party's house, and then draw an irresponsible conclusion based on the average value—Gu Yan didn't seem to be good at it.
According to Qi Xi's speculation, every time he brought someone back to his home, he returned to his home almost... not long after.
In view of the fact that he and Bai Yueguang have already been to the hotel to get a room, Qi Xi thinks that he is not a very conservative person. According to what Zhao Yiran said before, once a man has sex, he will never be able to control himself and treat his girlfriend as a gentleman. As far as Qi Xi knows, the female neighbor also lives alone. Gu Yan has been secretly in love for so long, and they were still in a blushing and heart-pounding period just now, so...
Then every time after taking him home, Gu Yan would definitely go to the female neighbor's house and have a little time with the female neighbor.
Looking at this time, Qi Xi thinks that Gu Yan is a little... um... too fast... seems not very good...
You still can't find a boyfriend like this, so you don't have to regret it, Qi Xi silently comforted himself, it's definitely not that you can't eat grapes and say grapes are sour!
Fortunately, although I was thinking in a mess, the move was completed with the help of Gu Yan and Zhao Yiran. Gu Yan was probably rushing back to date his girlfriend, and declined Zhao Yiran's invitation to have dinner with him , claiming that he has something to do, so now only Zhao Yiran and Qi Xi are left in the room.
Here Qi Xi was thinking about all kinds of messy things, and on the other side Zhao Yiran started to scan the video with his fast hands again. He didn't know what she saw, so he laughed out loud.
Qi Xi was a little curious, and leaned closer, only to find that Zhao Yiran was enjoying watching a farmer make ground pot chicken with great interest.
Seeing that Qi Xi was interested, Zhao Yiran became enthusiastic immediately: "Come and pay attention to this uncle. He is a chef. He is very interesting. Although the conditions in the countryside are difficult, he is very humorous. He is at the forefront of the trend. He also has interesting words. There are many others. The introduction of local specialties is particularly appetizing.”
Recently, due to the pressure of overtime work, Zhao is still obsessed with swiping videos to decompress. Although every time she swipes, it disappears overnight, but she still enjoys it, and she is full of praise for live broadcast or video sharing platforms such as Kuaishou Douyin—
"Actually, I found that many working people are really industrious, courageous and wise. I have recently followed several bloggers about rural life. Sometimes I find it very interesting to watch them share their lives, especially to see how hard they work. I still work hard to live and share the little sunshine in my life, and I feel really inspirational and empowering, and I feel very healing, which makes me feel that my overtime work is actually not that hard."
"On Kuaishou Douyin, you can see all kinds of life. There are construction workers who share their lives, engineers stationed overseas who share their daily life, independent designers who share their work, and girls who go to the mountains to dig fungus singing and dancing in the video. You Didn’t notice? Everybody loves to use these now.”
Zhao still put down his phone, stretched his waist, and said with emotion: "I watch videos every night, so I take it as a charge for myself. Think about how I have a stable and decent job in the court from 9 to 5, and only work overtime occasionally. What is the intensity of other people's rural labor compared to? They can be happy every day, looking for the joy of life from a small place, so I have no right to complain about life."
She stood up and moved her limbs: "Now, the charging is complete! I'm going to study the case!"
After Zhao Yiran finished speaking, he went back to his room to continue working overtime and studying, leaving Qi Xi alone in the living room.
Zhao Yiran said that he didn't mean anything, but Qi Xi suddenly felt a move in his heart.
Yes, apps like Douyin Kuaishou are very popular nowadays. There is no education threshold limit for sharing small videos, and everyone, whether white-collar or blue-collar, has the need to share their lives for social interaction, so...
So if one of Wu Jianqiang's coworkers has registered on such a platform and shared his work videos inadvertently, is it possible that Wu Jianqiang can be found in these videos? Then can it prove that Wu Jianqiang once worked in that small workshop
Just do it, Qi Xi immediately downloaded Douyin Kuaishou and other software, and then began to search according to the keywords of the same city and the small workshop.
It's a pity that the search is not so easy, but Qi Xi didn't give up, she just stared at the phone for most of the night, and felt that she was about to go blind when she saw her eyes. Before falling asleep, she finally found Wu Jianqiang in a Kuaishou account! Although it was just a quick pass, it was indeed Wu Jianqiang who was right!
Now that Qi Xi was refreshed, she didn't sleep anymore, and simply started to follow the clues based on this account. As expected, apart from Wu Jianqiang appearing in the video half a year ago, Wu Jianqiang appeared in various pictures in this Kuaishou account. The titles of the videos are clearly marked—"The work is over, let's eat", "Sing KTV with the workers on the first day of work this week", "The workers have a skewer together"...
Qi Xi almost slowed down to compare the pictures frame by frame. After spending the whole night, he finally took screenshots of all the pictures that had Wu Jianqiang in them.
Through the cross-comparison of the video information of these workers, it is almost certain that they all work in the same small black workshop, and it can also prove that Wu Jianqiang used to be one of them, and the background of all the videos can also match that small workshop. superior.
Qi Xi stayed up all night, and finally found the key evidence. She was afraid that there would be risks such as sudden computer crashes, etc., so she quickly packed up all the materials and sent them to Gu Yan, and then fell asleep without any psychological burden. up.
Unexpectedly, after sleeping until the afternoon, when Qi Xi woke up, he found that the heat from the west sun could already be felt in the room.
Qi Xi picked up his phone almost immediately to check his missed calls and emails.
Fortunately, nothing happened in the office today, but although he was relieved, in the time that was finally spared, Qi Xi originally planned to take the evidence to negotiate with the black-hearted workshop. Yesterday, when he packed the evidence and emailed it to Gu Yan, he also mentioned today Going to deal with this during the day...
No, no, I have to hurry up and discuss with Gu Yan when to deal with this matter. Qi Xi has also seen the situation of Wu Jianqiang's family. They are people who urgently need money, unlike people who live a carefree life, they are not so eager for money The expectation, so I don't care about how the money will arrive in the account.
So Qi Xi rushed back to the law firm in a hurry. She walked to her desk out of breath, only to find that Gu Yan was sitting at the desk typing.
Qi Xi panted heavily, and said aggrievedly: "Gu Yan, I didn't come to work all morning, why didn't you ask me where I went! I didn't plan to go out today, and I overslept and no one called me... "
"See for yourself what time you sent me the email." In the end, Gu Yan was very confident, "It's five in the morning, and you plan to continue working during the day? Qixi, do you want to die suddenly?"
The man gave Qi Xi a cold look: "If I call you, why don't you blackmail me if you get injured at work?" Gu Yan's lips were flat, probably because he was questioned by Qi Xi, and he looked unhappy. "Don't stay up so late in the future, who will be responsible for you if something goes wrong?"
"I'm so young, so I won't get work-related injuries! Don't worry, I won't rely on your sister! But Wu Jianqiang, I still have a few cases to file in court tomorrow. I'm afraid I don't have time to take care of his affairs. Then schedule It's not sure, if I remember correctly, your work schedule is also full tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, right? Then I don't know when you will be able to find time to give him things... "
When Qi Xi thought of Wu Jianqiang's case, he became a little disturbed. According to the future work progress, he didn't know when he would be able to deal with this case.
However, at this time, Gu Yan spoke again.
He looked at Qi Xi, and said calmly, "I've taken care of it."
Qi Xi was stunned: "What?"
Gu Yan's expression was very calm, he was quite busy, and he flicked his clothes to hide the temperament of merit and fame: "I said I'm done with it." After he finished speaking, he handed over an agreement, "This is a settlement agreement that the factory should sign. , also signed a payment schedule."
Qi Xi was really stunned at this moment, and she took a look at the agreement in a daze, only to find that the rules in black and white were really clear.
"There is a labor relationship but no labor contract is signed, so Wu Jianqiang has to pay double wages during his employment. At that time, he only paid one wage, and now he has to make up another one. In addition, because the factory did not pay Wu Jianqiang work-related injury insurance, so all Workers’ compensation is also borne by the factory itself.”
After Gu Yan finished speaking, he looked at Qi Xi: "While you were sleeping, I went to find the other party to negotiate, and I also notified Wu Jianqiang, and now I will pay in three days."
Qi Xi was still a little confused: "Is this the solution?"
"Um."
"Did the other party not pretend to resist?"
"Of course." Gu Yan pursed his lower lip, "But we are lucky. This black factory has just been subcontracted to a new project recently. It has been difficult to recruit workers in the past few years. There is a labor shortage. I am especially worried that we will post these videos. And the cause and effect were edited and put on the network platform to cause a diffusion effect."
"Of course, the most important thing is your evidence." Gu Yan looked at Qi Xi, "I did evidence preservation and recorded the screen. In order to prevent these video sources from being deleted, I recorded them with my mobile phone. Using apowerREC can also They are all recorded, so he can't deny these evidences at all, knowing that if we don't settle, we will apply for labor arbitration, not only will he not be able to escape the liability for these compensations, but it will only waste more time and energy."
"You did a really good job this time." What Gu Yan said should have been a compliment, but the man looked at Qi Xi with an unfriendly expression, "But don't do it again next time."
?
Qi Xi was a little dissatisfied: "Why?"
Gu Yan pursed his lips, very well-founded: "You seem to have extra time by staying up all night, but after staying up all night, the whole person is not in good condition the next day, so the burden of work on the next day is not as heavy on me as it is now. body, am I the only one who can go to this kind of negotiation?"
Probably this time he was under a lot of psychological pressure to negotiate alone, so he might still have lingering fears, because Gu Yan's expression was still not very good at this moment, he gave Qi Xi a look and said: "So don't do this next time."
I didn't ask you not to wake me up and go alone... just give me a call...
Qi Xi murmured in her heart, but since Gu Yan had indeed solved the case reliably by herself, she was too embarrassed to say anything else, but she was relieved—at least Wu Jianqiang finally had an explanation.
At this point, the temporary work at hand has come to an end and has a perfect ending. Qi Xi thought that she could relax and feel better, but the fact is that not only did she not have it at all, she seemed to be even more irritable in her heart.
After the screen is free from the busy work, it seems that there is more time to think about private matters.
Gu Yan has a girlfriend.
Gu Yan and his Bai Yueguang are together.
This cognition is more and more clearly displayed in front of Qi Xi.
When Gu Yan occasionally received a phone call from the other party when he was at work, he deliberately avoided the privacy of Qi Xi when he answered it. Everything indicated that Gu Yan was and would gradually get farther and farther away from Qi Xi—all his private affairs Time will be dedicated to my girlfriend, and so will all the patience, tenderness and love.
The whole of this man will belong to someone else.
Although she wanted it very much, Qi Xi's sense of morality let her know that it was time for her to quit.
Even if Gu Yan or Gu Yan's girlfriend didn't mind or felt uncomfortable, Qi Xi knew that it was not suitable for him to frequently appear around Gu Yan now that he had ulterior motives for Gu Yan.
Gu Yan and his girlfriend don't know what's best, as long as Qi Xi knows it in his own mind.
She has to avoid suspicion!