Chapter 117: My Dog Never Bites People!

"Hello, my dear viewers, I am your old friend A Yi."

"I am posting this video mainly because those who steal my videos are getting a bit too arrogant. I went to contact them, wanting them to credit the source of the repost."

"The result was either having my comments deleted and being muted, or being mocked, saying they were doing this to promote the original creator, and that without their promotion, who would even know who the original creator is!"

"Pah! Who needs their promotion? I have a suspicion: have these video thieves even watched my videos? Do they not know what kind of person I am?"

"So now, I am passing on to you all the same words I gave to Ling Jie: do not say I did not warn you!"

"Likewise, I will also be sending a Lawyer's Letter to the platforms that continue to ignore this. That is all."

It was a very simple video, containing only a few sentences from Zhou Yi, and the most important one, of course, was: do not say I did not warn you.

If this had been before the Ling Jie incident, perhaps even Zhou Yi's dear viewers would have thought he was joking, but after experiencing the Ling Jie incident, Zhou Yi's dear viewers could now smell the scent of gunpowder!

Because Ling Jie, who treated this phrase as a joke last time, is now singing Iron Window Tears.

As for how many people will believe it when Zhou Yi says it this time, no one knows.

But that does not stop them from starting to spam '666'!

"Damn, A Yi is actually angry this time. But it makes sense; he puts so much effort into making these videos, and others just steal them, delete his comments, mute him, and mock him. This..."

"It's this phrase again. I really like it. The key isn't actually the phrase itself, but the actions that follow it. Without subsequent support, this phrase is just a phrase."

"Although whether videos are stolen or not doesn't matter to me, I still look forward to the Up Master seeking Legal Aid!"

Zhou Yi glanced through the comments. To put it bluntly, the mindset of most dear viewers is actually similar to the third comment: no matter whose video it is, it just needs to be good to watch.

This is also the core of all traffic sources in the internet era.

Whether it is a video or a novel, it ultimately has to be good to watch. If it isn't, even if you jump to the heavens, you won't attract any attention.

Yuan Jie's reply was very simple: "Go for it! I think you can kill the chicken to warn the monkey!"

There is no need to say much more; the complexity and difficulty of this kind of Legal Aid can be known without even thinking about it.

And most people actually think the same as Yuan Jie; a person as serious as the Up Master will likely pick out those who are jumping the most to operate on!

As for causing trouble for every single account owner who stole the video?

How could that be possible...

The video was posted, and not long after, Zhou Yi received a reply from a dear viewer.

"Up Master, this video of yours has also been stolen, go take a look!"

Huh? Zhou Yi hurriedly opened the link the other person sent and saw that a guy named "A Yu" had directly stolen this video too.

This made Zhou Yi instantly lose his composure, caught between laughter and tears. These people must be using crawlers to steal based purely on popularity; they don't look at the content at all.

But it doesn't matter if you look at it or not; since I posted it, that means I assume you know!

Around nine in the evening, Lawyer Fang finally finished drafting the engagement contract. It was indeed very complex, and Lawyer Fang also made it clear that this was not enough.

The first thing to do now is to investigate clearly how many accounts on the internet are currently stealing the videos, and how much money these video thieves have made using the stolen videos.

This is the work they need to do, and as for who the person behind these accounts is, that must be learned through the platforms.

After all, in today's era of Real-name Registration on the internet, the platforms must have the information for these registered accounts.

It is just that you certainly won't be able to get it yourself.

For example, when Zhou Yi first went to ask the trading platform for the other party's information, they only gave him contact details, which is the same thing.

That is how a Civil Dispute works; whoever files the Lawsuit must provide the evidence. If you don't know the specific information of the other party, you can't even file the Lawsuit.

Therefore, you can first sue the platform, demanding they provide the other party's information, and then proceed with the Lawsuit based on that information.

Or you can sue the account, but because of the lack of specific information, you can have a Lawyer go to the Court to apply for an Investigation Warrant; the platform is required to cooperate and hand over the corresponding information.

Of course, they could continue to refuse to hand it over, but that doesn't matter; it's just that the Court won't be very gentle.

Of course, the specific operation sometimes doesn't need to be this complicated; it all depends on the person...

However, this time Zhou Yi is not just looking to cut off a piece of flesh; he wants to kill the chicken to warn the monkey. For those bigger monkeys, he needs to report the case.

And Lawyer Fang's way of speaking is: bring enough evidence to report the case!

If it is already enough to prove the other party has committed a crime—for instance, that matter where Zhou Yi topped up one million—if you take enough evidence to report the case, just think about what the situation would be...

Of course, you cannot be in a hurry with a Criminal Case. Lawyer Fang's meaning is: don't be anxious, let the bullets fly for a while.

Let them earn enough money; only then can you finish them off in one go!

Doing this kind of thing is no longer purely for money; you wouldn't go to such great lengths just for money!

The next morning, Zhou Yi went to Lawyer Fang's law firm, signed all the contracts, and paid all the necessary fees.

This also made him reflect on the capabilities of these top-tier Lawyers. If you go to fight a lawsuit with an ordinary Lawyer, you have to prepare all the evidence yourself, and if you lose, it's because the evidence you prepared wasn't sufficient.

But top-tier Lawyers possess connections and social relationships that ordinary Lawyers do not. For example, someone like Lawyer Fang can obtain evidence through his own channels!

And he guarantees it is legal.

This was also what shocked Zhou Yi last time, because in a sense, these great Lawyers are already a bit like private investigators.

Zhou Yi posted the video, and for this video, he allowed his dear viewers to repost it.

So, within a very short time, the video thieves, such as a Self-Media Studio like Wu Tao's, already knew the news.

It is just that no one took it seriously...

After all, it is just stealing videos. The history of the internet to this day is a history of everyone stealing from everyone else.

From songs in the past, to web novels later on, to long videos, to short videos.

I have heard of a few people going to jail for stealing videos, but even then, it was the platforms that stepped in.

And now, this is a private individual seeking Legal Aid!

No one took it seriously; at most, the video would be taken down. Could he really send so many people to jail?

Another person with such thoughts was Peng Yu, a high school student at Zhouwu County Third Middle School; he was the owner of the account that directly stole Zhou Yi's short video.

As a senior in high school, Peng Yu was not interested in studying at all, but he was interested in certain technologies.

For example, crawlers.

Isn't there a saying that's been around for a long time: play with crawlers early, enter prison early; play with data well, eat prison food to your heart's content.

People who first learn to use crawlers all experience a kind of thrill; this feeling of obtaining information without any scruples is truly too satisfying.

Moreover, many people subconsciously ignore the severity of the problem; after all, it's all on the internet, right...

Basically, the moment Zhou Yi's video is released, he would directly fetch it over here, not even watching it, and not even for the sake of making money, just purely feeling that doing so is very satisfying.

However, having nothing to do today, he took a look at Zhou Yi's new video; after all, being a high school student, his courage was a bit small, and he felt afraid.

"It's not me saying this, what are you afraid of? Can he really come looking for you? You can go take a look, how many people are pirating his videos online? There are so many people, have you heard of 'the law does not punish the masses'?"

Peng Yu, who was originally afraid, felt relieved after this bit of guidance.

And the same kind of rhetoric has already appeared in Zhou Yi's comment section.

"Wo Daji Zei Liu": Just a passerby, I just watched the Up Master's previous videos; there are so many videos establishing a persona, it seems like the Up Master is very serious.

"I'm just curious, is the Up Master really serious? Let's not even talk about other things, how many people are pirating your videos online? What do you plan to do? Catch one and bite it? That actually fits your style quite well."

"After all, you already sent a college student to prison, I guess it's the same now."

"Let's disperse, the Up Master only has these three tricks."

This "just a passerby" who spoke with such a strong flavor quickly made the numerous audience lords start spraying, but it was obvious that this person's combat power was much higher than Idle Cloud Wild Crane.

He just said, you Up Master, aren't you a persona of being serious? Then go ahead and be serious.

There are so many people pirating videos, you should manage them all; as long as you leave one, that means you aren't serious at all...

Yuan Jie retorted angrily: "That's easy to say, there are so many people online, find them one by one, are you going to pay for it? In this day and age, is Legal Aid all just talk?"

"Then don't establish some serious persona. I'm really curious, does anyone still watch videos made by this kind of person? Is there anything real on the internet these days? Who doesn't know these personas are all fake!"

"And 'do not say you were not warned', is this a phrase you are allowed to use?"

Right, no problem, at the beginning it was just a passerby, but by the end, that bias was already terrifying.

When Zhou Yi saw this comment, he was stunned. Is this person afraid that those who pirate videos won't die?

Is it a reverse-troll, or another person with a muddled brain who thinks "everyone is drunk while I alone am sober"?

There are indeed many people establishing personas online, but Zhou Yi feels, does he even need to establish one...

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yi backhanded and pinned the comment, then replied with one sentence: "Do you know Idle Cloud Wild Crane?"

After replying, he didn't bother with the subsequent matters; the more you talk to this kind of person, the more energetic they get.

Collecting evidence still requires Lawyer Fang, and it takes time; it's not something that can be solved in a day or two. However, that sentence from Zhou Yi did indeed make some people delete their videos.

As for the Lawyer's Letter, unsurprisingly, it was like a stone sinking into the ocean.

This is a normal reaction; not to mention anything else, everyone knows how the Bilibili that Zhou Yi stays on got its start.

Once brought up, they would say there are too many videos, the platform simply cannot review them all, they are all uploaded by users themselves, and so on...

But, old users like Zhou Yi all know that for a period of time, a certain basketball program, as well as a certain American hit drama, etc., you really couldn't find a single related video!

The ones you could find were all "hanging a sheep's head and selling dog meat."

What does that explain? The platform isn't incapable of doing it, it's just because of costs or some other reason, they don't want to do it...

Stop thinking about these things; just thinking about it feels a bit annoying. Legal Aid, perhaps only at the moment of success will one feel that all the bitterness wasn't suffered in vain.

And the long process of Legal Aid will make you physically and mentally exhausted... you will only want it to pass quickly.

Go downstairs, take a walk.

The time right now is just right for getting off work and school.

The sun is also about to set, it's not that hot, but it's not dark yet; it can be said to be the most comfortable time of the day.

Many owners of the Small Residential District are walking and strolling below, and there are groups upon groups of children playing.

Of course, there is certainly no shortage of people walking dogs.

It's just that only a portion of them are on leashes, while the other portion just lets the dogs run free.

Zhou Yi walked for a while and subconsciously wanted to avoid them; after all, small dogs are fine, but if it's really that kind of big dog running towards you, you will still feel a bit afraid.

So he strolled over to the side of the western-style houses.

Although it's in the same Small Residential District, Zhou Yi actually knows that the hygiene and service here at the western-style houses are better than on the apartment building side, because the previous Manager Xue lived over there.

As for how the newly appointed Manager He will do, it's not known yet.

Of course, the residents here at the western-style houses are generally also wealthier than those on the apartment building side.

As a result, just after coming over, he saw a big dog in the distance running wild, no leash, and it came straight at him!

Damn it! Is it poisonous? Isn't it just that I have a system?

Watching the dog rush in front of him, Zhou Mouren gathered all his strength and kicked!

This kick, in fact, just brushed the dog's head and didn't hit it at all.

Zhou Mouren was already a bit panicked; just as he was preparing to adjust his posture and kick again, a voice suddenly came from afar!

"What are you doing? What are you doing, you person? Who told you to hit my dog!"

Huh? Zhou Yi stopped his foot, just preparing to speak, when suddenly the dog came up and took a bite. Fortunately, he dodged quickly, and it only bit his pant leg.

Looking again, that woman had already come up and called the dog over, starting to give the dog all kinds of checks.

She also said in her mouth: "What are you doing? Pipi never bites people; it just wanted to play with you."

Today was really too busy; it's already late after working overtime and getting home. Fortunately, I told everyone this morning, but it doesn't matter, today is just a bit late, there will be another chapter in a while.

PS: I broke my word. I've been busy all day and my brain is like it's rusted. Forcing it out would just be trash. No more tonight. Tomorrow is a holiday, starting to burst out, making up for the missed updates.

(End of this chapter)