Chapter 43 - 43 Mediation
43 Mediation
In the chairman’s office of the Square Group, Liu Daqiang’s father, Liu Wendao, was sitting on the sofa. His face was solemn, and his eyes were bloodshot. Anyone could feel his anger.
On the sofa opposite him was the best lawyer in Tianyi City, lawyer Zhou Wenwu!
After listening to Liu Wendao’s account of the situation and flipping through the relevant information, Zhou Wenwu’s relaxed face turned serious. “President Liu, the situation is very serious. Your son, Liu Daqiang, has already committed a criminal offense.”
“One wrong move and he’s really going to jail!”
“If you want to save Liu Daqiang, the first step is to obtain Li Chengqian’s letter of understanding.”
“Then I’ll handle this matter personally and liaise with the relevant departments.”
“President Liu, I’m 70% confident about this case!”
Liu Wendao was furious. “That little bastard Li Chengqian is too vicious. It’s only a small conflict, a harmless joke, and he actually called the police.”
“Isn’t it just a photoshopped picture of him? How dare he send my son to jail for such a trivial matter? This bastard is too vicious! I won’t let him off after this matter is settled!” Liu Wendao’s voice was filled with hatred and resentment.
In his opinion, a photoshopped picture was something very trivial.
There was no need to escalate the matter to this extent.
They could have just sat down and discussed the matter amicably. They could have compensated Li Chengqian’s family with some money.
Liu Wendao seemed to have completely forgotten that when Li Chengqian said he was going to call the police, the first thing he thought of was not to mediate a resolution with Li Chengqian, but to use his connections to get the school’s dean to suppress Li Chengqian.
He thought that he would then just show up and give Li Chengqian some money after the matter had been suppressed.
He didn’t expect Li Chengqian to make this move.
“President Liu, now that we have come to this, you must not anger Li Chengqian. If you really anger him and he refuses to negotiate with us, your son will definitely go to jail,” Zhou Wenming hurriedly said.
“That’s true! I won’t touch him for the time being.” Liu Wendao gritted his teeth for a while before suppressing the anger in his heart.
Then, he shouted at a young man who had just walked in from outside, “Xiaoli, I asked you to investigate the situation in Li Chengqian’s house. How’s your investigation going?”
“President Liu, I just got the information.”
“Li Chengqian’s parents both work at An’ning Construction Supplies Company. His father, Li Tianlan, is a team leader, and his mother, Chen Li, is a warehouse manager.”
When Liu Wendao heard this name, he found it familiar. With a flash of inspiration, the background of this company came to his mind.
“An’ning Construction Supplies Company? Isn’t it President Liang’s company? They came to me and wanted me to buy cement bricks and gravel from their company?” In order to confirm this, he asked Xiaoli.
“President Liu, it’s this company you’re talking about!” Xiaoli nodded. A trace of pity flashed in his eyes. He felt that Li Chengqian’s parents would be in trouble next.
Some time ago, a worker had offended Liu Wendao because of a salary dispute. Liu Wendao went all out to get him by making sure that no construction site in Tianyi City would employ him.
Xiaoli felt that Liu Wendao was sick.
The amount of salary in dispute was only 9,000 yuan, but Liu Wendao had spent 50,000 yuan to mess with the worker!
“Great, that’s great! After this matter is over, I’ll teach you two a lesson…” Liu Wendao said with a vicious smile.
“Xiaoli, keep this to yourself. Go get on with your work.”
Zhou Wenwu said calmly, “President Liu, I suggest putting everything else aside for now. The most important thing is to think of a way to get Li Chengqian to sign this letter of understanding.”
He was worried that Liu Wendao would lose sight of the big picture. If he went to deal with Li Chengqian now, he may not be able to get the letter of understanding.
“Lawyer Zhou, don’t worry. I know my priorities.” Liu Wendao was already thinking of revenge, but he knew that now wasn’t the time. Even if he wanted to take revenge, he would have to wait for Liu Daqiang to be released first.
“Lawyer Zhou, help me talk to Li Chengqian. I’ll give you a limit of 100,000 yuan. How much you negotiate is your business. The excess is yours. I only want a letter of understanding.”
“Alright!” Zhou Wenwu’s eyes lit up and he immediately agreed.
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“Son, with your current results, you don’t have to work so hard at all.” Chen Li’s heart ached when she saw Li Chengqian writing codes on the computer after he quickly finished the bowl of rice.
“With your results, as long as nothing unexpected happens, Divine Dragon University is a done deal.”
“The Junior Informatics Programming Competition is no longer important to you.” She thought that Li Chengqian was practicing programming for the Junior Informatics Programming Competition.
Before Li Chengqian’s results were released, Chen Li and Li Tianlan were still thinking that if Li Chengqian was talented in programming, he would work hard and strive to get into the top 50 in the Junior Informatics Programming Competition.
This way, Li Chengqian could still get into Divine Dragon University, albeit via another route.
Now that the results were out, Li Chengqian didn’t need to go via this route at all.
“Mom, what I’m doing now doesn’t have much to do with the Junior Informatics Programming Competition. This is a project that I want to do for myself.”
“It’s fine. I’ll go and rest after writing the code for a while. You must be tired after a long day. Go get some rest first.” When Li Chengqian turned around to explain to Chen Li, his hand still didn’t stop.
Knock, knock, knock… At this moment, there was a rhythmic knock on the door.
Just as Chen Li was about to open the door, she was stopped by Li Chengqian. A trace of vigilance flashed across Li Chengqian’s eyes as he came to the door.
He was actually worried that Liu Daqiang’s family would come for revenge. Because of Liu Daqiang, Li Chengqian had heard of Liu Wendao’s reputation as a bully.
However,
His Strength Stats had already exceeded 30 points, and his Strength was more than three times that of an ordinary person. If Liu Daqiang’s family really wanted to take revenge, he would let them know how powerful he was.
“Who is it?”
“Hello, is this Li Chengqian’s home? I’m Zhou Wenwu from Zhongtian Law Firm. I’m here to mediate the conflict between you and Liu Daqiang.” Zhou Wenwu’s voice was polite.
Li Chengqian opened the door with an extremely firm attitude. “I’m sorry, I won’t accept mediation for Liu Daqiang’s matter!”
He was determined to send Liu Daqiang to jail!
“Young man, don’t be anxious. Let me finish.” Zhou Wenwu said with a smile. He was not giving up just because of what Li Chengqian said.
“It’s better to have a friend than an enemy!”
“You and Liu Daqiang are classmates. There’s no need to be so ruthless.”
“Look, if you send Liu Daqiang to jail, it won’t do you or Liu Daqiang any good.”
“Although Liu Daqiang will be punished for this, you will also be hated by him. At the same time, you will also be hated by Liu Daqiang’s father, Liu Wendao. Liu Wendao’s reputation isn’t very good. When push comes to shove, he will resort to anything.”
When Li Chengqian heard this, he sneered disdainfully.
With his current capabilities, even if a hundred Liu Wendao’s came, they still won’t be his match. “This society is governed by law. Whoever dares to mess around will pay the price.”
However, Chen Li, who was standing behind Li Chengqian, was shocked by Zhou Wenwu’s words. She looked at Li Chengqian worriedly.
“Liu Wendao is wealthy. Naturally, he won’t get his hands dirty. As long as he pays, there will be many people who will do the job for him.”
“In the end, you’ll be the one at a disadvantage!” Zhou Wenwu said earnestly. He wasn’t just issuing empty threats. He truly felt that Liu Wendao would really do that.
“Haha…” Li Chengqian laughed coldly and didn’t say anything else.
“Liu Wendao wants to put a stop to this matter, neither does he want to pursue it. He feels it’s normal for there to be some conflicts between you and Liu Daqiang as the two of you are classmates.”
“However, we can’t send Liu Daqiang to prison just because of a little conflict.”
“In order to show his sincerity, President Liu is willing to give you 10,000 yuan as compensation. Although it’s not much money, it’s still a gesture of his sincerity.”
“Moreover, you didn’t lose anything from the incident of the photoshopped picture. Because of this, Liu Daqiang became everyone’s laughing stock. He has already received the punishment he deserves.” Zhou Wenwu’s message to Li Chengqian was that he had gotten a good bargain.
“As long as you sign the letter of understanding, not only will the money be yours, but the grudge between your family and President Liu will also be written off,” Zhou Wenwu kept a sincere look on his face as he continued spouting nonsense.