Chapter 28 – 28 Give some benefits to this kind of person and send them away! (Two in One)
General Hou sat in the tea room, his face full of confusion; when he left earlier, those homeowners seemed ready to accept reality.

The homeowners were very angry, but so what? We’re not stopping you from defending your rights. The courts are open, aren’t they? If you think our services are bad, go ahead and sue. No problem.

Indeed, General Hou considered his words to be fair. “Look, our property management can’t do anything about it, right? We were forced to sue, so you can sue, too.”

But with just a turn of my head, they’re talking about forming a homeowner association?

“Kong Xiufang, tell me everything that happened, yes, starting from when I left, what exactly is going on?”

Even if the homeowners sued, it wouldn’t be a big deal. They’d say a few soft words in court, pay some compensation, and it would mostly end in mediation, you know, to conserve judicial resources.

But forming a homeowner association is no small matter. Although General Hou didn’t think they would manage it well, it was almost tantamount to cutting off the lifeblood of their property management.

You see, many property management companies frequently talk about withdrawing and letting your community become abandoned. But if you pay attention to the news, you’ll know that the communities that are abandoned are mostly old and deteriorated ones.

In other words, communities without profit.

Kong Xiufang began to explain the whole process over the phone, and General Hou became increasingly baffled.

“Wait, Kong, that Tang Fangjing was brought in by Secretary Tian, right? He was supposed to give those homeowners legal advice, and in the middle of talking, he voluntarily offered to help form a homeowner association?”

“Are you sure? Just because after forming the homeowner association he could take on the association’s cases?”

Kong Xiufang affirmed confidently, “General Hou, absolutely no mistake. I was listening very carefully. Lawyer Tang himself said it, to have food to eat in the future…”

General Hou was even more baffled. If forming a homeowner association were really that easy, getting a bunch of cases, then this job wouldn’t be up to others; lawyers and legal salespeople would have already trampled the thresholds of the communities.

Does this Tang Fangjing have some serious illness? Those legal fees are just a trivial amount of money; this is a big play he’s making!

“Alright, Kong, you go ahead with your work, and don’t worry about this for now.”

After coming out of his initial confusion, General Hou felt nothing in particular. He planned to wait and see if the other party would really go ahead with it.

If they really intended to do something, it wouldn’t be too late to act once they started. Destruction is always easier than construction, especially with these kinds of issues.

If he couldn’t solve the problem, could he not deal with the people bringing up the problem?

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Inside the community office, Secretary Tian said with a wry smile, “Little Tang, you’ve caught me off guard. How did you suddenly come up with the idea to prepare a homeowner association?”

Due to her position, Secretary Tian didn’t make her words explicit, but she believed the young man opposite her would understand.

Don’t deceive with the old tactic of expanding case sources. She was the community secretary and very clear about the general situation of the community. With such significant interests at stake for the property management, it’s impossible for them to sit by and do nothing.

This has nothing to do with personal qualities. Anyone in that position would do the same.

Hearing this, Tang Fangjing also appeared helpless. In this day and age, honesty isn’t believed, right?

In both his past and present lives, he had never heard of many homeowner associations that were well-managed.

Otherwise, why would the news often report about those homeowner associations that do well? Because they are rare, they deserve to be reported on…

But there was no choice. If he didn’t do it, he really wouldn’t have food to eat in the future.

However, to establish a homeowner association, one must have the strong support of the community and the street office; this is certain!

Otherwise, if the opposing side just drags its feet a little, and the people’s will dissipates, the team becomes hard to lead.

Indeed, one could resort to administrative litigation, but from Tang Fangjing’s experience, it was a last resort. To get things done, it’s best to maintain a good relationship with the grassroots.

At this time, you can’t only consider the law; you must also consider human feelings.

Therefore, Tang Fangjing showed a wry smile as well: “Secretary Tian, you’ve seen the news about me before, haven’t you?”

“Of course, how could I have written that recommendation letter otherwise, what about it?”

“Then you should know, I am in the late stages of cancer. Some live many years with it; others only last a few months. I don’t even know how long I have left.”

“So, in this last leg of my life, I really want to do something…”

He knew he couldn’t play this card often, but now he had to use it.

But he also had to prepare the ground in advance; otherwise, if the doctor who predicted he only had a few months to live was gone and he was still jumping around lively, that would be a bit…

Secretary Tian looked at Tang Fangjing and didn’t speak for a long time.

Or rather, in modern society, it’s very rare to encounter such a person.

This is also the only explanation. Otherwise, what was he aiming for? He was taking such a big risk to prepare the homeowner association, which might only bring him a few cases. It’s nothing compared to the risks he’s taking.

“Little Tang, get ready then, proceed step by step according to the procedures.”

Deal! Secretary Tian didn’t say anything else, which at least indicated that there wouldn’t be any trouble from the community side, at the very least nothing negative.

The street office was more complicated, but no worries, Tang Fangjing planned to put all his energy into it from now on, running around daily. For many grassroots matters, you have to push; if you don’t take it seriously yourself, you can’t expect others to care.

For instance, if the law stipulates a thirty-day approval time for certain matters, and if they give you the approval on the thirtieth day, then legally, there’s no problem.