Chapter 115: System Lord is Awesome!

"Hey A Yi, I told you before that your videos were being stolen by all sorts of marketing accounts, claiming you were some foreign guy. Did you not do anything about it? I feel like I can see your videos whenever I click on many video websites now!"

Yuan Jie's tone revealed a sense of strangeness.

"And that crude Stick Figure Animation of yours is even more popular now than before. Those people are acting like they're crazy, stealing your videos!"

"Huh? What? I did do something about it!"

Zhou Yi replied: "I reported it to the customer service of these websites, but they said it takes time to investigate the situation. Later on, I was quite busy and didn't manage to keep up with it."

"Busy sending people to prison, right?"

Yuan Jie teased, then said: "But it seems there really are a lot of them. And look at this, I'm sending it to your WeChat. This account, he's been stealing your videos from the very beginning, all the way until now!"

Zhou Yi looked at the message Yuan Jie sent and was also completely bewildered. His own name was A Yi, but this person, he was called Ayi...

This was getting a bit ridiculous.

Although I appreciate your taste, your behavior is a bit off.

Thinking this, Zhou Yi quickly said: "Alright Yuan Jie, I'm driving right now. I'll take a look once I get home."

After driving home and parking, Zhou Yi hurried to his computer as soon as he got inside. Last time Yuan Jie reminded him, he had left comments for those video-stealing dogs and reported them to the platform's customer service.

He had originally thought it would be resolved, but he never expected it to seem even worse.

He opened the various video platforms one by one and took a look. Holy crap, it really was true; there were even more than before!

And that inexplicable Ayi, who was only one character different from him and had the same pronunciation, so the name he read out in the videos didn't feel out of place at all.

After thinking about it, Zhou Yi sent a private message directly to the other party.

"Brother, I am the Bilibili Up Master A Yi. You have stolen many of my videos. I hope you can contact me as soon as possible. This is not right, after all!"

After sending it, he posted the same message in the comment section.

While waiting for the other party to reply, Zhou Yi had already started checking other videos.

As a result, just as he intended to comment, he discovered that his previous comment had been deleted, and he had been muted!

Holy crap, he didn't know why. He had spoken politely and reasoned politely, yet the other party just deleted it without saying a word and added a mute on top of that. This made him feel like he was about to explode!

Originally, the act of stealing videos was problematic in itself. Zhou Yi had initially just felt these marketing accounts were a bit disgusting and approached them with the attitude of communicating.

It wasn't that he absolutely had to have these Video Part Two taken down or anything; for the time being, he didn't plan on posting videos across the entire web.

So if he could get them to state the source and drive traffic to him, then earning a little money was fine. As long as it wasn't those inexplicable "foreign guy" types of marketing accounts, then it was no problem.

The comments and messages he sent to those video posters were mainly to explain this issue: you're stealing videos, I know about it, I'm the original creator, we can actually communicate.

As a result, he didn't expect that not only would they not communicate, they would directly delete his comments and block his account.

This made Zhou Yi feel an inexplicable sense of anger inside that he couldn't vent.

It was like being cursed at online; he was so angry in broad daylight that his hands and feet were shaking, and he imagined that if this guy were in front of him right now, he would definitely go up and beat him!

Especially wanting to argue back but being unable to speak—that feeling was truly suffocating...

Zhou Yi opened the customer service interface to inquire about the results of his previous complaints and explained that he had been blocked.

The customer service's reply was quite fast, stating that it was still under review and they would notify him once the review was finished.

Is it still not finished being reviewed?

It's not particularly complicated; someone just needs to look at the two videos to see they are exactly the same!

He hurriedly logged into other platforms to check, and the results made Zhou Yi feel a bit chest-tightened.

Before he could do anything, on a platform next door, that uploader named "A Yi" opened fire directly in the private messages.

"Just because you say you're the original creator doesn't mean you are. I could say I'm the original creator too. Besides, I'm promoting the original creator. Without us promoters, who would know who the author is!"

"You keep harping on about being the original creator, isn't it just because you want money? You make it sound so high and mighty. Cooperation... who wants to cooperate with you? If you want money, just say so, stop being so hypocritical..."

Zhou Yi forcibly clutched his chest. No, I must hold it in.

But damn it, I can't hold it in! Especially that line "isn't it just because you want money"—I'm working so hard to create, isn't it just for money!

All the common people in society, all those countless workers, what are they working for? To let their boss find another mistress next year?

Isn't it just for that salary to support their families!

Zhou Yi's fingers started dancing on the keyboard. Although he was forcibly suppressing his anger, the content revealed in his words already carried a few swear words.

He typed for a full three minutes, a very long paragraph, proving his situation, that he was the original author, and telling the other party that this was illegal behavior.

As a result... after clicking send, he discovered that he had been blocked by the other party.

If being inexplicably deleted and blocked makes one angry enough to explode, then being berated by the other party for a long time, only to find you've been blocked when you've typed out a long paragraph to reply, is the kind of situation that makes one want to follow the internet cable to go hack someone!

And these platforms, some platforms did indeed take action, and it must be said that the relevant videos were taken down, but for others, they just gave a line saying it was under investigation.

As for when there would be a result, who knows.

The anger is great, the anger is really great!

Just at this moment, the system, which had been silent ever since the last upgrade, appeared.

It was still those familiar three lines of text, still that familiar and crude appearance, which almost moved Zhou Yi to tears.

System son, you're still alive!

Option 1: Calm your mindset and ignore him, just treat it as advertising for yourself, harmony is precious.

Option 2: Steady your mindset, pretend nothing happened, quietly collect evidence, and once the amount is sufficient, directly send the other party to sing Iron Window Tears.

Option 3: Specifically post a video to play the victim, tell all the audience lords how miserably you've been treated by the video-stealing dogs, and let everyone tip you.

Holy crap, I just love this hard-hitting style of System Lord!

It's not like I didn't give you guys a chance. I gave you chances. I said it like that: you can repost, but you must state the source.

As a result, they block me, they mock me. Can this be tolerated?

This definitely cannot be tolerated!

If you don't let the other party feel the chill of the iron window, they won't know what the law is!

And I just love seeing these tough-talking guys online end up crying and regretting it...

Selection...

Damn it, I almost made the wrong choice. I don't know what's up with the System son this time; among the three options provided, the most critical one is actually not three, but two.

"System, select two."

"One million has arrived in the Virtual Account."

Finally, I feel like I have money again, although the money in the Virtual Account has never actually run out before...

It's just that, looking at the account named "A Yi" on the screen, Zhou Yi feels that this evidence is not easy to collect.

And it's not just these people stealing the videos; the platform is also aiding and abetting!

If he didn't know about it, that would be one thing, but he has already been reporting it for such a long time, and it's still just a sentence saying "under review," which is a bit problematic.

It seems he has to call Lawyer Fang again, because Zhou Yi himself has no idea under what circumstances he can get the other party to go in and sing Iron Window Tears.

After thinking about it, he decided to make the video first.

For this episode, Zhou Yi originally wanted to continue the style of the previous one.

"The opposing Lawyer also fell for it? The Up Master says it still has nothing to do with him!"

But when he saw the scene of the man named Qiu Xiaoshuai beating his child without restraint, Zhou Yi felt he should change things up; at the very least, he should do something.

From the moment a child is born, they are an independent person; just because you are the parents, you cannot treat the other party as a pet or a toy.

Coaxing them however you like when you're happy, and then rushing to beat them to death when there's a problem—this is wrong.

Not to mention wanting to use beating the child as a way to engage in moral kidnapping; this mindset is already problematic.

Because at this moment, their child has already become their tool!

After some thought, Zhou Yi began to tap on the keyboard, writing down a new title:

"Children are not their parents' tools!"

"Hello everyone, my dear viewers, I am your old friend A Yi. Today I have made a rather special video, which might be a little different from the previous ones."

"A while ago, when I went out to eat with Lawyer Fang, I encountered something. Simply put, it was a brat who was making all sorts of scenes, and the parents didn't care. When we were eating, they came right up and broke my Sports Camera and lens."

"I demanded compensation, and after calling the police and checking the Monitoring, the child's parents refused to pay, stating they would only offer one thousand."

Fortunately, he had the habit of carrying a pinhole Camera and a Recording Pen in addition to his Sports Camera.

Of course, according to international practice, a Mosaic must be added.

"Subsequently, when the other party said 'go ahead and sue, I have a brother who is a big Lawyer,' I naturally couldn't indulge him, so I turned around and chose to file a Lawsuit."

"The only thing I didn't expect was that during the Mediation, the other party actually said their Lawyer worked at two different firms. I need to clarify here that the other party probably doesn't know the Lawyer Law..."

"Naturally, this Lawyer definitely cannot escape punishment from the Judicial Bureau and the Lawyers Association, but the point I want to make is not here!"

"It's here!"

By this point, they were already outside the Court, and that brat's mother brought the child over to engage in moral kidnapping.

"To be honest, I don't know what kind of mentality she had to do this. It is obvious that at this moment, these parents didn't treat their own child as a child at all."

"By beating their own child to make me compromise, I don't know what logic this stems from, but they did it anyway."

Next was the various persuasion from the old men and women at the entrance of the Court, and finally, Qiu Xiaoshuai's frantic beating.

"Even in such a situation, he didn't come up to hit me, but instead turned on his own child. I can only tell everyone: your own child, beating them is also illegal!"

There were many things Zhou Yi wanted to say; he felt that the relationship between parents and children should not be like this.

He is an Up Master who makes videos; he cannot influence many people, but as long as he can make the parents or expectant parents who watch his videos understand, that is enough.

The verdict is already out; as for whether the other party will refuse to comply, let's wait for the next video.

Finishing his reflections, Zhou Yi clicked upload.

In the video, all the places that needed a Mosaic have been covered; at the very least, the child's face must absolutely not be shown at all.

He even tried his best to keep the child's figure out of the frame.

Done. He wasn't in a hurry to find Lawyer Fang. After experiencing such things today, Zhou Yi inexplicably wanted to call home.

It seems the last time he called his mom was... the last time.

Answering the phone, Zhou Yi called out with a certain emotion: "Mom..."

"Are you short on money again? I told you last time, Xiao Yi, find a job. That Self-Media is really unstable. You bought a house and have no money left; I'll have your dad transfer some to you."

"By the way, have you found a partner? Why don't you come back for a blind date? Our neighbors know quite a few good girls."

Zhou Yi: "..." Sigh, fairy tales are all lies, aren't they?

Inside the Guangming District Zhonglou Police Station, Qiu Xiaoshuai looked at the police officer in front of him and said: "No, Comrade Police, I just hit my son twice, it's not a big deal, why do I have to be in Detention!"

"When I was little, I was tied to a tree by my dad and beaten; the stick even broke, and it was fine..."

"My son, is it illegal for me as a father to hit him?"

He couldn't figure it out, but sitting on the chair, he didn't dare to move, and even his speech was very polite.

The police officer looked at Qiu Xiaoshuai and said: "I'll tell you again, you broke the law, and the way your dad hit you in the past was actually also illegal, so now we need to place you under Administrative Detention!"

"Your son has already sustained a Minor Injury from your beating. Never mind that it's your son; no matter whose child it is, hitting them is illegal, it's not limited to your son."

The police officer explained it very clearly: you hit someone, and it constituted that kind of injury, so that is illegal and requires Administrative Detention.

If it were more serious and constituted a Slight Injury, then Detention wouldn't be enough to resolve the problem.

Hearing the police officer's explanation, Qiu Xiaoshuai was completely stunned.

He really didn't know that hitting his own son was actually illegal...

But now it was too late to regret. If he could, he just wanted to pay the money quickly and be done with it.

In Handong Province, Lüzhou City, inside an office building room, Wu Tao casually blocked a Netizen who said he stole videos.

He even said: "Boring, none of your business!"

A friend next to him laughed: "What's wrong, Lao Wu?"

"It's nothing, it's just that some people keep saying how we steal videos and such, it's none of their damn business, and they even claim to be the original creators; we are the original creators!"

"Stop talking, that someone's video has been posted too, hurry up and download it."

They were a Self-Media Studio, except that what they did on a daily basis was steal videos with the potential to go viral from major platforms, then create new accounts to post them.

As for the accounts that were reported and banned, if they were banned, they were banned, it didn't matter; they could create new ones very quickly.

They were like locusts; as long as they could make money, they didn't care about who was the original creator or not.

Throat Soothing Chapter Two, April 1st, 12,000 words; I wanted to burst out more but found I couldn't, I still have work tomorrow, waiting for the Qingming Festival holiday, anyway I can't go running around, Lao Zhou will stay at home and properly pay back the owed chapters.

Currently owe 58 chapters.

(End of this chapter)