Old-time musicians

Sunday, July 13, was the day before Fanning was to take up the post of permanent conductor of the Santa Lenia Symphony Orchestra.

Woodpecker Consulting.

"Ms. Sheeran, this week's health status report for the workers at the Jinlangnia Watch Factory." A male clerical staff knocked on the door of office 226 and looked at the person sitting at the desk with a mixture of respect and appreciation. A little girl in a gauze white dress.

"Thank you." Sheeran reached out and took it, "How long will Mr. Monroe be on vacation this time?"

"You should be on leave until August 18th, Miss Sheeran." After the clerk answered, he added, "Santa Ramburg has new investigation progress on the raw material supplier of the clock factory. That Ruila Diem Chemical Company Trading company, and has a close relationship with a man named Graham."

"...I understand, thank you." Xilan glanced at the report data, lowered her eyelashes for a moment, and then said.

After the clerk closed the door, she inserted the latest report into the binder and flipped through the entire book.

"May 5-11: There are 5 seriously ill workers in stock, 3 new deaths, and a total of 102 deaths."

"May 12-18: There are 6 seriously ill workers in stock, 3 new deaths, and a total of 105 deaths."

"May 19-25: There are 10 seriously ill workers in stock, 1 new death, and a total of 106 deaths."

"June 9-15: There are 23 seriously ill workers in stock, 8 new deaths, and a total of 119 deaths."

"June 16-22: There are 43 seriously ill workers in stock, 12 new deaths, and a total of 131 deaths."

"June 30-July 6: There are 160 severely ill workers, 95 new deaths, and a total of 244 deaths."

"July 7 to July 13: There are 115 severely ill workers, 102 new deaths, and a total of 346 deaths."

"...I didn't expect that Caron's estimate was so accurate. The number of deaths really ushered in an outbreak in the middle of the year."

Seeing the changing trend of this data, Sheeran was deeply shocked.

Her entrance exam ended yesterday. In addition to preparing for the exam more securely in the past few days, she was coordinating and tracking the labor case. The seriousness of this matter is not only reflected in the extremely delayed and extremely large number of casualties, but also in the ...The instigator—Erov, the "Experience Officer" of the Transcendental Club, is still unknown.

Attorney Monroe had almost no rest for more than 8 months. All his energy was spent on trivial matters such as collecting and organizing evidence, studying government policies, and providing legal consultation. The preliminary work had come to an end, and he could not go any further for the time being. Pushed, he chose to go to the southern seaside town of Piotto to rest for a month.

As a result of his early work, the factory’s plan in April went from “compensating 38 pounds, 5 shillings and 9 pence to the family of each deceased worker” in April to the current “62 pounds, 15 shillings”. Not only did those who died later After receiving this compensation, those who had been paid in the previous period also made up for the difference.

——There is also a very subtle wording here. When the factory was discussing the redemption plan with this company, it insisted on refusing to use the word "compensation" in the statement, and only accepted "compensation".

However, for working families, the amount they receive is the most realistic amount. The Guidance School has not insisted too much on this issue. The current amount has exceeded the upper limit of Monroe's previous estimate of the imperial policy.

The reason for this is naturally the guidance school's continued pressure on the factory, but the more direct and realistic factor is that the number of deaths has increased too much in the past month.

After the subsequent severity of this incident has increased several levels, the authorities also need to consider the pressure of public opinion from society, the public, the media and other aspects.

There were two knocks on the door.

"Sheeran, good morning." Fan Ning gently pushed the door open and entered.

"Professor Fan Ning, good morning." The little girl sat at the desk and supported her cheek with her hand, responding to his greeting.

…Who did Sheeran learn this title from? Fan Ning always felt that something was wrong.

He coughed lightly and thought of a suitable chat topic: "How are you preparing for the entrance exam? There shouldn't be any problems, right?"

"...I finished the exam yesterday. Professor Fan Ning."

Fan Ning was stunned on the spot, especially when he heard a trace of gritted teeth in the last name he addressed to himself.

In the past twenty days, I have been completely immersed in the investigation work and Ruyan's past. Most of the time I spent in the archives of various churches or in places related to various events. Although I also returned to the school from time to time to take some rest or thinking, but my daily routine The time is rather strange, and it seems that I have never taken the initiative to visit this corridor.

"Sorry, Sheeran."

He apologized sheepishly.

With Xilan's excellent character and academic skills, the significance of the entrance examination is naturally not about passing or failing, but more importantly, it is related to the significance of graduating from the junior liberal arts school. Although she knew the motivation for her investigation during this period, it was indeed very tedious and complicated. It takes a lot of energy, but thinking back...it's not to the point of "losing contact".

As a colleague on the same front, it is appropriate to share progress in a timely manner. Moreover, Xilan was more concerned about several important points in his previous graduation.

Then he started to get down to business. He first summarized what he learned during the tracing work at the Turner Art Museum, from the Viennese organist to the Tararkani master in the last century, to Professor Anton and Ms. Hamilton, and then shared the past. This made me think about some of the strange details in these things.

When Sheeran heard the story of her father's teacher when he was a boy, she looked a little surprised and a little melancholy. It was obvious that she didn't know much about it before, and the life of music experience of the Vienne organist is indeed easy to make people feel sad.

Finally, Fanning revealed the next plan of action: "We need to find an older lady named Adeline Hamilton. She is a well-known pathologist, psychologist, and infectious disease specialist in Uvranser." Home...well, it shouldn't be difficult to get in touch with such a public identity. It would be best to meet and talk with her in the near future, but in order to ensure the effect, it is necessary to understand her current situation, availability and personality in advance..."

"Attorney Monroe has already dealt with this lady." Sheeran said after listening.

"Ah?" Fan Ning was stunned.

"It's because of the labor case... I was just trying to find you and tell you about the current situation." Sheeran said, handing over the weekly report on the number of severe cases and deaths.

Fan Ning had already had a premonition of something. After taking it, he started reading the data from January of 913 in the New Calendar. Slowly, his expression became solemn.

While Fanning was flipping through the pages, Sheeran summarized to him the progress of Monroe's lawyer during this period.

"...The latest compensation plan and the attitudes of all parties are like this. The legal basis for Mr. Monroe's negotiations with the factory and the authorities is mainly based on the Empire's "Labor Rights and Interests Protection Act". Although efforts have been made, the compensation standards have also been improved. , but its ceiling limits its performance. He said that the amount of judgments effective under this law is usually in the range of 30-60 pounds per person..."

"Mr. Monroe organized and archived the information before going on vacation. At the same time, he provided members with two directional ideas on how to further fight for labor rights -"

"The first idea is to guide the characterization of the incident to a 'safety production accident'. After so many years of industrial development in the empire, the authorities have paid more attention to nothing than this field. If the empire's "Company Law" and "Production Safety Accident" can be applied, According to the relevant circumstances in the Compliance Regulations, the factory causing such security incidents and environmental hazards, and causing fatal injuries to workers, is a serious illegal act that fails to fulfill the imperial obligations. In addition to paying huge fines, the compensation standards for workers are also Up to 100-300 pounds per person…”

"The difficulty with this idea is that it seems difficult to identify this as a 'safety production accident'. There is no explosion, no landslide, no mechanical failure, no poisonous gas leakage, and no water pollution. A production accident needs to have a clear start and end time. How do you define "incident reporting"? If it was a fight between you and "Experience Officer" Erov, there were no labor casualties at all. If it was defined from the time the production line was put into production last year to now, it is even less convincing. How could there be a 'safety production accident' that lasted for nearly a year?..."

"The second idea is to claim that the injuries suffered by the workers are an occupational disease. If it can be proven that these terrible physical changes of the workers are directly related to their work content, and the factory did not provide any protective measures to isolate them, Injury, then the death compensation standard in the "Theoline Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Act" ranges from 100 to 1,000 pounds..."

"The difficulty with this idea is that the "Tioline Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Law" is a newly introduced law in recent years. The list of occupational diseases included in it is limited, mainly concentrated in mining, dust, dyes, lead, cadmium, mercury heavy metals and some chemical industries. And so on. You said before that their mutation came from that luminous pigment, which seems incomprehensible, and we don’t think it is an extraordinary item..."

Sheeran accurately summarized the progress of Lawyer Monroe's previous work and explained the next step of the dilemma in a clear and logical manner. Fan Ning lowered his head and thought deeply while listening.

People in this world cannot understand radioactive substances, and he himself is not a human-shaped radiometer. He is not sure whether rays really exist. The pigments seen by the spiritual sense at that time were only heterogeneous light and shadows with "derivative" phases - in this world where mysticism is popular In the old industrial world, many details are different from the previous Blue Star.

After a long time, he asked: "...So why did Lawyer Monroe get involved with her?"

Sheeran said: "When he was studying these legal provisions, he noticed that in the list of occupational diseases in the "Tioline Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Act", several of them were included in the list of Hamilton girls..."

So Fan Ning unexpectedly learned that this psychiatrist, who was once an old organist, had been engaged in investigating the occupational health status of industrial workers for this century.

She has investigated cases of lead poisoning among industrial workers in pottery, ceramic tiles, and paints, and also investigated cases of organic substance poisoning among industrial workers in basic chemical industries such as explosives and fertilizers...

Whether it is for the purpose of exploring the past and the past and present life of the Turner Art Museum, or for the purpose of solving a series of serious secondary consequences of the labor case, it is necessary to make an appointment with this woman as soon as possible.

Monroe made initial contact with her as a public interest lawyer half a month ago. Although there was no substantial cooperation and only some consultation and communication, it at least made the next appointment easier.

The two met the Hamilton lady at dinner that day. She was wearing an old-fashioned simple black and white dress. Her eyes were narrowly spaced, her face was full of wrinkles, her ears were a bit back, and she seemed unsmiling when talking, and her words were concise. But the voice is gentler.

"You guys from a big law firm shouldn't be brokers, right?" the lady asked as the appetizers were being served.

…What's the meaning? Fan Ning and Sheeran looked at each other.

Hamilton said: "Three years ago, Imano Brothers Hospital received a group of patients with severe abdominal colic and stiff and drooping wrists. They were all workers in several sanitary ware factories in the northwest. Their jobs were glazing bathtubs. The factory promised workers that the porcelain sanitary ware contains no harmful substances... I cooperated with several public interest lawyers and the media. After investigation and evidence collection, it was found that the enamel glaze dust contained 20% soluble lead. The "Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Law" and the "Labor Rights and Interests Protection Law" 》After the common reference is applied, the average amount of factory compensation increases from 12 pounds to 30 pounds..."

"However, I later learned that these partners used the name of obtaining evidence to get closer to the workers, and colluded with staff from relevant government departments. They promised each worker an expected 20 pounds, but in fact they were eventually given 20 pounds. The victims of the affliction had an average of only five pounds in their hands, in return for which they were grateful..."

Fan Ning's brows gradually knitted together as he listened, and his eating movements slowed down.

Sheeran opened his work ID and showed her the original page with the seal of the Special Patrol Office: "Dear Ms. Hamilton, Mr. Monroe who contacted you last time only used his personal public identity..."

"Anyone with knowledge from the official empire?" Hamilton stared in surprise, but then he sounded suspicious, "Why would the Extraordinary Organization pay attention to the labor incident? Is there any mysterious and supernatural factor in it? I am not good at assisting you in this type of maintenance of law and order. , and, in accordance with the "conducive to industrialization" principle formulated by the authorities, ordinary investors have no obligation to guard against mysterious factors before they occur. This means that if it is determined that mysterious factors cause labor casualties and the factory can prove that it is not known, you will not We have no right to ask them to pay more compensation, we can only go after the culprits.”

She was very familiar with the relevant management regulations and knew the meaning of the seal of the Special Inspection Office. However, like most ordinary people, she was not clear about the positions and relationships of various knowledgeable organizations. She only thought that Fan Ning and the others were from the authorities. A group of extraordinary people.

Fanning asked: "Ms. Hamilton, you were the psychiatrist of the Viennese organist in the last century, right?"

"Do you know Vienne? Are you clergy of the church?"

"Professor Anton Konard is my teacher and Sheeran's father."

""The other party was silent for a long time.

The two first revealed their identities as knowledgeable persons, and Fan Ning seized the opportunity to explain his and Xilan's identities. The suspicion and wariness in the eyes of this elderly lady finally disappeared little by little and were replaced by A look of recollection and reflection.

"To be honest, I was very surprised to meet you. He was indeed the most impressive patient among my patients. I was also present at that last concert and suddenly realized that it had been too long, even the old organist's student Anton has passed away, he was not yet 20 years old at that time."