Chapter 12: Someone Who Never Liked Money

Finally, another day of overtime has ended. Zhou Yi lay on his bed, looking at his phone, his expression carrying a hint of bewilderment. For no other reason than that the views on this video were a bit absurd.

When he checked it before, it was only in the tens of thousands, and in less than two days, the view count had skyrocketed to nearly two million!

This is a growth rate that many big Up Masters wouldn't be able to achieve!

Not only that, but in the comment section and the bullet comments below, there were a bunch of people urging for an update; everyone was impatient to know the result of the account recovery case.

The most critical thing is, he didn't seem to promote anything, so why is it so popular, so fast?

Filled with curiosity, Zhou Yi clicked on the comment section and began to look carefully. After excluding some comments urging for an update or expressing shared indignation, Zhou Yi finally found the reason.

"So, it was this Up Master named Yuan Jie who helped me promote it?"

Zhou Yi had, of course, heard of Yuan Jie. As a young man with normal tastes, Zhou Yi usually preferred to use an artistic eye to appreciate those young ladies dancing.

Of course, regarding the dance section of the "Little Broken Station," Zhou Yi also knew that many young ladies didn't focus on the dancing. There are plenty of people who dance well these days, but how many actually become popular?

Everyone is an adult; it's embarrassing to point it out for you, but do you really go to the dance section to watch dancing?

It was precisely because of this kind of appreciation that Zhou Yi knew of Yuan Jie, a... very pretty, very "large" young lady.

No specific impression was left, only that it was a bit dazzling to the eyes...

Yet he never expected that she would actually take the initiative to help him promote it!

He watched the comments for a good while, pondered the video's earnings, and felt they were quite decent.

However, the follower count hadn't increased much; after all, he only had one video that went viral.

All of this was thanks to Yuan Jie's help, and looking at the situation, many people had reposted the video to forums, Tieba, and similar places, which also created a huge impact.

After all, because of this recent increase in the weight of Real-name Registration, the number of account recoveries had surged during this period.

And many people whose accounts were recovered had no other way; they could indeed choose to call the police, but what the result would be was unknown.

So, under these circumstances, many people wanted to see the follow-up to his situation, especially the ending of the account recovery case. That feeling would make them automatically project themselves into the situation and feel a sense of satisfaction.

It's just a pity that Zhou Yi also wanted to post the follow-up quickly, but from Review and Prosecution to the verdict, it takes time; it's impossible to arrest someone today and sentence them tomorrow.

So for now, he could only wait. However, seeing that the completion progress was still rising, Zhou Yi pondered whether he should thank that Yuan Jie.

As for private messages, Zhou Yi had already turned them off. There was no helping it; ever since his video views went up, the private messages in the backend had simply exploded.

Shaking his head, he closed the Little Broken Station and Zhou Yi clicked on that account trading platform again.

He remembered Lao Zhou's words; his information was most likely leaked by the platform.

Because this was specific personal information—people always say our information has long been sold, but that is usually sold in big bundles.

And not to mention whether the parents of the account-recovering person had such channels, even if they did, they couldn't possibly buy his information with such extreme precision.

So it was only possible that they found his contact information through the trading platform after knowing some of the situation.

Originally, he hadn't planned to pursue the platform's responsibility, but he didn't expect them to actually do something like this. If he didn't do something about it, it seemed a bit wrong!

Just as he was pondering, his phone rang again.

It was still an unfamiliar number, but this time it wasn't an out-of-town area code. Zhou Yi answered, and a middle-aged man's voice immediately sounded: "Hello, may I ask if this is Mr. Zhou Yi?"

"May I ask who you are..."

"I am Wang Tiancheng from the Dacheng Law Firm here in Jingzhou City. I am contacting you now because I would like to meet with you and chat about that account recovery case."

Sure enough, it was something stirred up by the parents of that account-recovering dog. Zhou Yi didn't even think and directly refused: "Lawyer Wang, is it? I'm not targeting you, I just feel there is nothing to talk about regarding that case."

"The country has its own laws, and everything should proceed according to the law."

He really had no opinion of lawyers; they were just people doing a job for money, and you could view them as tools.

And don't talk about conscience or anything like that; our country's laws explicitly state that even the most heinous criminals have the right to a defense, which is the most basic right.

On the other end of the phone, Lao Wang, who was sitting in his office, didn't look surprised at all. He had long known there would be such a reaction; after all, someone willing to spend one million just to vent their anger is definitely not someone easy to talk to.

Therefore, Lao Wang waited for Zhou Yi to finish speaking before saying: "Mr. Zhou, don't be in a hurry to refuse. Regarding this account recovery matter, I personally actually hate it too; such behavior makes people very uncomfortable."

"You don't want to grant a settlement and want the other party to go to jail—that is perfectly understandable. But, listen to me, let's not talk about 'enemies should be resolved, not knotted' or anything like that. You topped up one million this time, right? Perhaps to your net worth this is nothing, but a mosquito is still meat no matter how small, right!"

"So, don't be in a hurry; first listen to how much money Liu Xu's parents are willing to pay in compensation, and then decide whether to settle. What do you think?"

Lao Wang had been in the industry for many years, and his experience could be said to be incomparably rich. Moreover, due to the nature of his profession, he had dealt with all kinds of people, and saying what people want to hear was practically an instinct.

He had never met Zhou Yi, but he knew that for such a person, you cannot talk nonsense to him; "enemies should be resolved, not knotted" is just nonsense!

Why did the other party counter-charge one million? It was to vent this pent-up anger. So no matter what, you must first let him vent this anger before there can be a reason to continue talking.

So first, one must stand in the other party's position: I don't like account recovery either.

Afterward, he directly mentioned money. There are often comments online about how rich this person is or how rich that person is, and then, for small change like one or two million, they wouldn't care at all.

Every time Lao Wang saw such comments, he felt it was a bit funny. Rich people, compared to ordinary people, actually like money even more!

Because they know the true value of money. Why? Because they have experienced it personally!

Didn't someone once say they didn't like money, and that their most comfortable time was when they were a teacher earning such-and-such an amount? Well, ask him if he's willing to give up his assets and go back to being a teacher earning that amount.

As a result, he turned around after the show and continued his life, and he wouldn't earn a single cent less than he should!

Therefore, Lao Wang prescribed the right medicine: you have money, you can spend one million to do this, but you certainly wouldn't let easy money go so easily!

It must be said that Lao Wang's words directly silenced Zhou Yi.

His situation was slightly different in the process from what Lao Wang imagined; Lao Wang thought he was very rich, but he was actually just a wage earner.

And now, as long as he agreed to a settlement, it seemed he could get this compensation right away. Although he didn't know how much it would be, he figured it shouldn't be too little.

So, should he really agree?

Zhou Yi was thinking. Lao Wang didn't continue to say anything; he had already planned to hang up the phone.

Sometimes saying too much isn't necessarily good, and letting him think about it himself might have a very good effect.

But just at this moment, a sentence rang out from the phone.

"Lawyer Wang, do you or your colleagues have any plans to take on my case?"

Hmm... hmm? Lao Wang was instantly stunned.

The update is here, goodnight everyone.

(End of chapter)