Chapter 54.1 That’s what I like.

“Can’t prosecute? Is there no evidence?”

“En.”

As soon as the proposal was made, Bai Duanduan became interested, “What’s the situation? Is it that you want to dismiss an employee but there is no evidence of a serious disciplinary offense?”

Since slowly learning to think differently, Bai Duanduan has come to realize that although most of the time the employer is in an advantageous position in labor relations, the original intent of legislation such as the Labour Contract Law is to protect vulnerable workers, so sometimes if some workers have malicious intent and they take a wrong turn, they will often put the employer in a more passive position. It was clear that the worker had violated the law, but because the other party had exploited the legal loopholes, the company was unable to fire the other party and was instead passively beaten. So now she was very curious about Xie Miao’s situation.

“It’s not a serious violation of discipline, but it involves business secrets and non-compete.”

The non-compete clause is generally used for senior management or important technical posts. In general, these two positions either have easy access to operational decisions, trade secrets and market strategies, or they have expertise that has a significant impact on the company, which will be a major blow to the original company if they leave to join another competing company in the same industry.

Therefore, for these two types of people, most companies will require the other party to sign a non-compete agreement when they join the company, which will be used to bind the other party not to engage in the same kind of business or enter a peer company with which the company has a competitive relationship within a certain period of time after leaving the company, and this certain period cannot exceed two years, and during this period, the original company must pay non-compete Compensation.

Generally for these senior executives and important technical post employees, this monthly payment of non-compete compensation will be very high enough to satisfy the other party’s life. YuWen Games, as a company that develops games, the core members of the game development team will certainly be required to sign this non-compete agreement, and based on the current situation…

“Has the core members of the development team breached the contract after resigning?”

Ji Lin nodded, “Yes, Yuwen Games was planning to launch a new shooting game in December this year. This employee, Tian Mu, was originally a core member of the game development team, but was found by Xie Miao to be falsely claiming money from the company, plus he often arrived late and left early, and had no team spirit. Xie Miao couldn’t bear it anymore and did not renew the contract with him when the labor contract expired. Tian Mu also signed a non-compete agreement and he could not go to a competing company after leaving the company. I have read the non-compete agreement that Xie Miao made him sign at the beginning, the terms are all legal and valid, and a list of competing companies is also listed, and Tian Mu has been paid a high non-compete compensation regularly according to the contract after he left. At the beginning he didn’t think there was anything wrong. Tian Mu really stayed at home after leaving his job, and there was no news of him going to work in another game company. But recently, Xie Miao suddenly discovered that the biggest competitor, Mercury Networks, is about to launch a shooting game. The elements, game world view, game plot, and even the characters are all almost the same as the YuWen game that is going to be released in December.”

“So Xie Miao suspects that Tian Mu is actually secretly working for Mercury Network?”

Ji Lin looked grave and nodded, “Yes, but there is no conclusive evidence, and from the looks of it, it is not at all obvious that Tian Mu has contact with Mercury Network, and because of that, there is no way to sue Tian Mu for violating the non-compete agreement, let alone get him to make a claim.”

This was indeed difficult…Once the other side has made up its mind to avoid the risk of a non-compete agreement, forensics can become quite difficult.

“On some occasions, Xie Miao also visited Tian Mu a few times, and even negotiated with Lu Shuisheng, the person in charge of the Mercury Network, but he didn’t see any problem with the two of them. Now it’s a bit confusing for Xie Miao, suspecting that he was being paranoid. It may indeed be that the ideas and designs in the main control team inadvertently crossed over on this shooting game. After all, there can’t be only one person in the world who can come up with the same idea.”

Ji Lin pursed his lips, “But anyway, there is absolutely no evidence that Tian Mu violated the non-compete, so this can’t be considered a case at all, because there is no way to arbitrate or sue, and Xie Miao’s non-compete compensation must continue to be paid to Tian Mu.”

“But if Tian Mu and Lu Shuisheng had really gone dark, wouldn’t this Xie Miao be suffocating to death? Not only did he spend a high amount of non-compete compensation to support Tian Mu, but Tian Mu also secretly sold all the trade secrets and the settings and information of the new game to Mercury Network?”

“The law is so cruel, whoever claims is the one to prove, without evidence you are a zero even if you are miserable and difficult.”

This was said coldly, but that was really how it went.

“So what is Xie Miao going to do now? There’s no countermeasure at all?”

“He is temporarily busy today, so we have an appointment tomorrow to dock again, to systematically sort out the current situation and see if there’s still a breakthrough on Tian Mu’s side.”

The case sounded interesting and challenging, plus it was about Xie Miao, so Bai Duanduan was thoroughly interested and she stared at Ji Lin, “Can I join? If you’re willing to give it to me, I can take a smaller percentage!”

“If you want to take it, then take it.”

Ji Lin was like a chaste woman who had encountered a mugger. The mugger was expecting him to scream and struggle for fun, but not only did Ji Lin not even shout, he also took the initiative to undress himself without any desire to live ……

The fact that he was so unresisting, Bai Duanduan was uncomfortable, “You didn’t stop me?”

Ji Lin glanced at Bai Duanduan, “Which time have I finally succeeded in stopping you from doing whatever you want? I’m too lazy to care about you.”

After he finished speaking, he no longer cared about Bai Duanduan and walked towards the bedroom, about to change his clothes, and before he left, he looked back at Bai Duanduan, “Remember to throw away the fruit peel when you leave later.”

Because he was raising a cat together, Bai Duanduan had been dawdling at Ji Lin’s place for months, and afterwards she would occasionally have an impromptu overtime session, or a case discussion, so over time, Bai Duanduan had become comfortable with Ji Lin’s house, and the two of them had a tacit understanding that had become habitual.

Very often, the change in lifestyle is like boiling a frog in warm water, and Bai Duanduan doesn’t see any problem with it at all. She didn’t even realize that subconsciously, Ji Lin had entered her life and taken over her life, and so did she with Ji Lin.

Bai Duanduan just finished cleaning up the peelings in a familiar way, and only then shouted towards the bedroom, “I’m leaving then”, before turning around and going back to her house.

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