Chapter 13: Seizing the Initiative from the Host and Tearing Down the Bridge After Crossing the River!

It is said that Old Wang has been in this line of work for some years now, and he prides himself on having seen every type of client; the fact that this one actually answers the phone is already quite good.

When encountering those who don't even answer the phone, one really has to rack their brains.

But Old Wang had never encountered a situation where he was poached while discussing matters with the opposing party...

What do you call this move? This move is called "seizing the initiative from the host"!

Consequently, a single sentence from Zhou Yi on the other end left a seasoned Lawyer like Old Wang feeling a bit at a loss.

However, he quickly recovered and, maintaining a natural smile, said: "Well, first of all, I am very grateful for Mr. Zhou's trust, but there is one point: our country's laws stipulate that not only I, but even the lawyers in my firm, cannot defend both the plaintiff and the Defendant in the same case."

"This is written in the Lawyer Law, so Mr. Zhou, I really cannot do that."

On the other end, Zhou Yi laughed upon hearing this: "No, no, no, Lawyer Wang, I am not asking you to defend this case; what I am talking about is another case."

"To be precise, it should be a contract dispute..."

It was perfect; it was like having a pillow handed to him just as he felt sleepy, as he had originally been thinking about how to make that trading platform uncomfortable.

To make the other party uncomfortable, filing a Lawsuit is the best choice, but he, Zhou Yi, is an office worker and a legal novice, so he didn't have the time.

Hiring a Lawyer is the best method.

The parents of that "retriever" must be desperate to keep their son out of jail, so the Lawyer they hired must be the best!

Therefore, he didn't need to go looking for one himself.

After listening to Zhou Yi explain the situation over the phone, Old Wang's expression suddenly turned a bit strange.

Looking at it this way, there really was no connection; these were two separate cases—one was a Criminal Case and the other was Civil Law—and furthermore, the Defendants were different, with no conflict of interest between them.

It could be taken!

So, after thinking it over, Old Wang said: "Mr. Zhou, I already understand your situation, but I specialize in Criminal cases; as for the Civil Law side, a friend of mine is very skilled at it, and you could ask him for help."

"However..."

"However what? Is it a question of money? That doesn't matter," Zhou Yi said casually.

It wasn't that he was very rich; his family wasn't the type that was exceptionally wealthy, but they weren't doing too poorly either—they belonged to the average urban middle class.

Most importantly, his previous video had already gone viral, and the reason it went viral was that the quality of his video was high enough!

Moreover, under these circumstances, basically everyone who had watched his video was looking forward to the follow-up; if his second video could embody this "satisfaction point" to the fullest, then he believed that going viral wouldn't just be a dream!

He knew how impressive those big Up Masters in Self-Media were; if he really became famous, he wouldn't need to consider any system rewards—he could just slap his resignation letter onto his director's disgusting face!

So there was no need to worry about money; at the very least, the money he had on him now could sustain him. Of course, if he really ran out, he could only go back to "living off his parents."

Old Wang hesitated for a moment, but still said: "It's not a question of money; my friend, his professional level is top-notch, but he is a bit... a bit eccentric!"

"That's fine!" Zhou Yi laughed loudly: "Actually, I have to tell you something: I am also a bit strange..."

Old Wang: "..." So you are joking with me, right!

Zhou Yi certainly wasn't talking nonsense; he was a strange person in life too. Not to mention the things brought by the system, even before the system was activated, he was considered a weirdo by those around him.

It wasn't that he didn't fit in, but his way of thinking was naturally just a little bit different from others...

For example, when playing *Genshin Impact*, others would be obsessed with various big numbers, stubbornly turning a single-player game into PvP.

But Zhou Yi was different; he would be the first to unearth all the plot characters and hidden storylines in the game, and he would memorize them all.

One could consider this a reading addiction, or perhaps an obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Only heaven knows that his memory was astonishingly good when it came to things he was interested in...

For instance, he didn't even need to look at the face of a female star from a certain country to know who it was; it was just absurd.

And then, he would often popularize some inexplicable things in his game videos, such as "Let's discuss rationally, the characters in this game are all adults," and the like.

Like how Qiqi is a zombie and is actually very old, so if anything really happened, it would be something like the crime of insulting a corpse.

It could be said that the Up Master A Yi on the internet was his true self, and because of this, he didn't have many fans, but their stickiness was good, like Yuan Jie.

Although she said she wouldn't watch, she would still take a peek after discovering Zhou Yi had updated his video.

Old Wang thought he was joking and didn't take it to heart, so he very readily gave the contact information to Zhou Yi.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, he then said: "So, Mr. Zhou, let's talk about this case. Right now, the parents of my client want to ask you to issue a Letter of Forgiveness; you can propose compensation to them..."

As it turned out, Old Wang's words were interrupted before he could finish.

"Lawyer Wang, don't bother; it's impossible for me to issue any Letter of Forgiveness. You should just think about how to let that... that Liu Xu, right? Let Liu Xu spend fewer days inside."

"By the way, I need to hurry and contact this colleague of yours. Hanging up now."

Listening to the dial tone coming from the receiver, Old Wang was dumbfounded.

What... what kind of move was this? This was "tearing down the bridge after crossing the river"!

But you couldn't be that fast, could you? The key is that you hadn't even crossed the river yet and you already tore down the bridge—no, this was burning the bridge directly!

I said I would help you ask him in advance; I hadn't even hung up the phone yet, and you hung up first?

There was no other way; Old Wang pondered whether he should pay a visit and talk to the other party in person.

As for Liu Xu's parents... sorry, he had no intention of bringing them along.

Those two, one sentence from them could make a person die of anger; what else was there to say? With teammates like that, even if he, Old Wang, had heaven-defying power, what could he do?

Not mentioning Old Wang going back to ponder, Zhou Yi didn't make the call directly; he just prepared for filming and then started contacting the platform's customer service.

"Didn't you promise that if it was retrieved, you would compensate? My account was retrieved, I have reported it to the police, and the police have already caught the person. Are you going to compensate or not?"

The customer service's response speed was not slow, but the content of the reply made Zhou Yi laugh directly.

"Sorry, if it is retrieved, you still need to negotiate with the seller yourself. Your situation does not meet our conditions for compensation; we are truly sorry."

Not meeting the conditions—it sounded like a very legitimate reason.

But no matter how Zhou Yi asked, the reply he got was always this sentence: "does not meet the conditions." As for specifically where it didn't meet the conditions, and what their conditions for compensation were, it was impossible for them to say.

In any case, it was just one point: it didn't meet the conditions!

Zhou Yi also had patience; after going back and forth for a long time, he finally said: "Since that's the case, let's see each other in court."

This time, the customer service did not reply at all, or rather, the customer service on the other end never believed that anyone would file a Lawsuit for a compensation of five hundred yuan.

The reason is even simpler, because the customer service for many companies nowadays isn't actually composed of the company's own members; they are all outsourced.

Just find a few young women, give them some training, teach them some scripts, and that's your customer service team; their task is very simple, just one word: stall.

In this regard, a certain Goose is the most extreme, because you can't find their customer service at all.

Some customer service teams can even take on customer service tasks for two companies at the same time... anyway, it's just replying to messages, stalling the other party.

So Zhou Yi didn't waste any words, turned his head, and dialed the number Lawyer Wang had given him.

"Hello, may I ask if this is Lawyer Fang Xujing?"

…………

Jingzhou, southern part of the city, inside an office building.

Customer service agent Shanshan climbed up from her computer, yawning, and complained to the friend beside her: "Someone is saying their account was recovered again, saying they want to file a Lawsuit."

She had only just arrived, so she was still a bit worried about such things.

The friend beside her shrugged: "Don't listen to them; I've been working here for two years and I've never actually seen anyone file a Lawsuit. Even if they won, how much money would they get? It wouldn't even cover the Litigation Fee."

Shanshan nodded, but she still provided feedback to her superiors; in reality, she just sent an email to a minor leader at the company that outsourced them.

Soon, Manager Li Xiang of the trading platform saw this email, but he ignored it directly.

He received too many such emails every day, so he let them be; if he had to deal with everyone who threatened a Lawsuit, he would have been exhausted to death long ago.

Obviously, no one handled the matter, and it seemed to just pass by like that.

Wrote a big chapter, haha, goodnight everyone.

(End of this chapter)