Chapter 16 Section 16

A man stood up.His face was convulsed slightly, and the fat on his face could be seen from a long distance away. His hair was as thin as roasted seaweed, lying obediently on his scalp.Probably because he loves to play golf, even Tianting is tanned.Even so, he still looked a little pale. "Between 40 million and 45 million." The man said, his voice very penetrating.These words suddenly broke the silence of the venue.This is the beginning of offensive and defensive battles.Hirasuke didn't like such a scene, but he couldn't just run away. "This is the range of compensation considered by our company. According to gender, age and other differences, it is more or less necessary to increase or decrease."

The speaker was the Minister of General Affairs of Daikoku Transportation, named Tomii.What an unlucky character.Although he is the enemy, Hirasuke still has sympathy for him. After all, the car accident was not caused by this person alone. The compensation negotiations between the Federation of Victims' Families and Daikoku Transportation were held in the meeting room of the hotel in Shinjuku as usual.It has been 3 months since the accident happened.Since it was the weekend, almost all members of the bereaved family were present, and in Dahei Transportation, besides Tomii, there were five people in charge and a lawyer.The people from the company sat at the front of the meeting room, and the large row of seats for the survivors had just been arranged directly opposite them.Ping Jie thought to himself that this was simply a press conference.

"What standard is this scope based on?" Mukai, a lawyer for the survivor, asked the company. Tomii, who had just sat down, stood up again. "This is formulated by the company with reference to past traffic accidents, and it can also be regarded as the upper limit of our company's compensation. We have also received instructions from above, and the higher authorities require us to show the greatest sincerity." Officer Hayashida, who is the representative of the bereaved family, raised his hand. "The upper limit you mentioned is the upper limit for dealing with unpredictable accidents that your company is basically not at fault, such as bad weather, or being affected by other vehicles. But this accident is not within the scope of the above-mentioned accidents at all. Inside."

"What do you mean by that?" "That means we don't think it's just an accident, it's a man-made disaster. To be more specific, we think it's tantamount to manslaughter. Am I wrong, let the man who is so tired from not getting rest and wobbles when he walks The driver takes the risk of driving a ski tour bus, which will lead to accidents sooner or later. Isn't this obvious? You use this dangerous bus to carry passengers to make money. Isn't this a crime? What is it? We can only think that you have no Keep the safety of passengers in mind. Don’t you guys think it’s a bit naive to think of such a near-murderous behavior and want to set compensation standards based on previous accidents?”

Lin Tian finished speaking in an excited tone.The chair rattled loudly as he sat down.Several people applauded quietly. It is conceivable that the people in the company showed a sad face.The appearance of words like "manslaughter" naturally made them feel uneasy, and Lin Tian's statement was something they couldn't deny at all. Just a while ago, the Labor Bureau also announced that they had submitted relevant materials to the Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office and prosecuted two cadres of Dahei Traffic on suspicion of violating the Labor Standards Law.In addition, earlier, after the Kanto Transportation Bureau conducted a special safety inspection of Dahei Transportation, it was determined that the company had clearly violated the relevant regulations on preventing fatigue driving and had serious negligence in ensuring transportation safety, and ordered the company's 8 tourist vehicles The bus will not operate for 14 days.According to the bureau's inspection results, there are as many as four drivers of the company who have been engaged in driving activities without rest in the past month, which violates the regulations on preventing drivers from excessive fatigue in the road transport regulations.

In addition, the police in Nagano Prefecture have also begun to intervene in the internal investigation and evidence collection of Dahei Transportation Company on suspicion of violating the Road Traffic Law.Once the results of the police investigation are released, new penalties may also be handed down. The above information is undoubtedly good news for the survivors, which is why Lin Tian was able to make such a strong statement. "You guys are so black-hearted! You still haven't confessed your crimes!" The man next to Heisuke spoke, and it was Fuji who lost two daughters at once. "I read the newspaper the day before yesterday. Did you say that the driver's fatigue driving was his personal fault?"

"Ah, this question is actually like this." Another man stood up from the seat of the company.In the initial introduction, Heisuke learned that he was the head of the Daikoku Transportation Operations Management Department, and his name was Kasamatsu. "What the company means by this is that it is not the company's instructions for the drivers to work overloaded, and the company has not forced them to work overloaded. In particular, Kajikawa, the driver who caused the accident, made a request to the person who arranged the work table. Asked to increase their duties. It is a fact."

Heisuke stared at Kasamatsu's face. "Who knows if what you said is true!" Fujisaki expressed his doubts, "No matter how much money you want, no one is willing to work without rest at all, right?" "No, what I said is true. We found out through internal investigation." Kasamatsu said a little excitedly. Heisuke felt that what he said might be true, because Naoko said that she once heard a driver say to another driver, "What are you doing so hard to make money for?"Obviously, this sentence means that the driver who was said so was asking for overload work on his own initiative.

Heisuke thought to himself, it seems that the driver Kajikawa is still waiting for the money.But what did he spend the money he earned? "Even if it is true as you said, the company still cannot shirk its responsibility." Mukai, the lawyer for the bereaved family, said, "According to the provisions of the Labor Standards Law, not only are employees forced to work overloaded, but also the overloaded labor that employees voluntarily propose. Labor granting permission is also prohibited." "Ah, what you said is very true." Kasamatsu lowered his head and said, "Our company is not evading responsibility. It's just that someone seems to have misunderstood the report in the newspaper the day before yesterday, so I want to correct it a little bit. I want to say What's more, in the case of Kajikawa driver, there is no such thing as coercion..."

"However, your approach may not be any different from coercion." Lin Tian said.He was holding a book of some sort in his hand. "Here is your company's data from last year. Your company's drivers' working hours a month are more than 60 hours higher than the industry average, and their overtime hours are 50 hours a month, which is three and a half times the industry average. Why is this? Actually, the reason is that your company’s basic salary is lower than other companies, so employees have to rely on overtime subsidies to make up for it. Especially for those employees in their 30s and 40s who have a heavy burden on children’s education, this is a big problem. This orientation is more obvious. Can Dahei Traffic deny this point?"

The cadres of Dahei Traffic could not refute, and were suddenly speechless.Even among them, nodding people appeared. "Then," said General Affairs Minister Tomii, who was left aside because the topic went off course, "what amount do you think is reasonable?" Next, the four officers including Lin Tian and lawyer Mukai discussed with each other in a low voice.Their seats are lined up together, which means that other members of the Survivors' Federation have basically entrusted them with the task of negotiating. In the end, Attorney Mukai said: "After discussion, the members of the Survivors' Federation agreed that the compensation should have nothing to do with gender and age, and everyone should be the same. As for the amount, we have discussed it many times so far. The minimum amount for making concessions is 80 million yen." Mukai's straightforward speech was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the people in Dahei traffic.As if being hit from top to bottom by this hammer, those cadres drooped their heads.The most complex person present - the full-time director hugged his gray head after listening.He replaced the president on stage the day before yesterday, but in Hirasuke's view, he was obviously not happy. It seems that if the debate continues like this, the negotiations will drag on for a long time.Ping Jie also became depressed. This day's negotiations ended again, and finally Dahei Flexible replied that they would go back and discuss it again.Heisuke can't say whether the situation is developing in a direction that is beneficial to the Survivors' Association, but judging from the expressions of several officers and lawyer Mukai, Xu should be regarded as a step forward. When Heisuke walked out of the venue, he saw the people from Dahei Communications sorting out the materials.Kasamatsu, the head of the operation management department, was writing something on the document in a place a little far away.Heisuke approached Kasamatsu: "Ah, excuse me." Maybe because he didn't expect the survivors to greet him, Li Song's eyes showed panic.After looking at Pingsuke from head to toe, he responded: "Ah, you say." "That's what you said earlier. You said that driver Kajikawa asked for overload work on his own initiative, right?" "what." "Is there something that Kajikawa is in a hurry to spend money on, that's why he's forcing himself like this? Do you know anything about this?" "Ah, I haven't heard about such a detailed matter." Kasamatsu couldn't hide his puzzled expression.He must have been very puzzled as to why the survivors cared about such things. At this time, someone behind Heisuke shouted: "Mr. Sugita!" Hirasuke looked back, it was Lin Tian.After saying "thank you" to Kasamatsu, Heisuke came to Hayashida. "Mr. Sugita, it's not appropriate for you to do this. I hope you don't discuss your personal requirements with the other party alone." The representative officer said with a frown. "Ah, I'm really sorry." Heisuke apologized, thinking that what I was talking about was not about personal problems, but the cause of the accident. In Ping Jie's heart, it doesn't matter how much the compensation is.However, that doesn't mean he doesn't want money.Of course, the more money the better, but he didn't want to waste too much energy and time on this matter.For him, the fact that the cause of the accident has not yet been clarified is what makes him most anxious.Although the conclusion of fatigue driving has been generally drawn, it has always been ambiguous as to why fatigue driving occurs.Because he wants money - that's bullshit.The question is why does he want money.Is it because you want to live a luxurious life?Or is he in debt to others?Is it because he has a woman outside?Or did he sink into gambling?These are what Hiroshi wants to know.If this cannot be clarified, Hirasuke will never be able to accept the current explanation. Hirasuke saw Fujisaki talking to lawyer Mukai, and could vaguely hear what they were saying.Fujisaki seemed to be saying that it would be good to ask them for a minimum of 100 million yen.The lawyer showed a bit embarrassed expression after hearing this.Then it seems to explain to him that 80 million is already high enough. -------------------------------- Note: