Chapter 134: r*m Refund! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Wang Daoren is truly about to cry now; the more he learns about the circumstances of the case, the more he realizes the difficulty of this case.

He originally thought Wu Tao had only stolen Zhou Yi's videos for profit, but later he found out that this guy had stolen almost all the popular videos.

Moreover, he has been doing this kind of thing for many years, and his income over these years has indeed been quite substantial.

Under these circumstances, it has brought great problems to his defense.

The other party's illegal gains already belong to the "especially huge" category, which is over 100,000 yuan, meaning a choice must be made between three to seven years of Fixed-term Imprisonment.

And now, if the earnings from those other videos are added in, it is hard to say if it will truly result in a maximum sentence.

By then, even with factors like active cooperation, it might not necessarily lead to a reduction, so a Letter of Forgiveness is very much needed.

As it turns out, Wu Tao's parents actually went behind his back to contact the other party, and even went to haggle?

Wang Daoren just cannot fathom what they were thinking.

And only after being hung up on and blocked by Zhou Yi in various ways did they choose to contact him, telling him that they agreed to double compensation...

Isn't this just screwing me over!

It turns out you guys poked a hornet's nest, and only when there was no other way did you let me clean up the mess.

Unfortunately, he has no way to refuse right now.

The contract he signed with Wu Tao's parents previously was not purely a Risk Agency, as the other party did pay a portion of the money.

So, for the sake of that remaining money, Wang Daoren needs to work even harder.

"No, Mr. Zhou, please listen to my explanation; there might be a slight misunderstanding here. Double compensation, please consider it."

"Don't just say no; if you feel double compensation is too little, everything is negotiable. Hello, hello?"

Putting down the phone, Wang Daoren sighs; he feels as if he is carrying a heavy burden while moving forward.

But he cannot just let it go; Wang Daoren decides to go to the Small Residential District where Zhou Yi lives to stake him out—sincerity can open even metal and stone.

He knows the other party has money, but money is money, and this double amount adds up to quite a lot.

If it really doesn't work... then he will negotiate again, it will just take some time to persuade Wu Tao's parents.

A few days pass in a flash.

At Yuefu Residential Quarter, Zhou Yi is already preparing for tomorrow's court hearing.

Because everything is already prepared for the civil dispute, the court hearing will be held first; as for the Criminal Case, it has already entered the Review and Prosecution stage, and it should be soon.

The lawyers for the five involved parties have all contacted him, and so far, Zhou Yi has issued Letters of Forgiveness for the other four people besides Wu Tao.

The reason is very simple: they are very sincere, and it is not just a matter of money.

They understand very well, and they have no complaints about Zhou Yi at all... of course, one doesn't know what they are thinking inside, but on the surface, they truly have no complaints and are instead very polite to him.

That is enough; a gentleman judges by actions, not by thoughts; if one judges by thoughts, there is no perfect person in the world.

You only need to look at what he does; if things were really based on thoughts, then it's not Zhou Yi bragging, but all you lecherous fellows would have been locked up long ago.

This also makes Zhou Yi feel that there are still more normal people.

Otherwise, he would have thought that everyone in criminal cases was like Liu Xu's parents and Wu Tao's parents.

As it turns out, Zhou Yi just stepped out and ran into Liu Nainai.

"What? You are saying there is someone outside asking where I live? Who is it?"

Liu Nainai thought for a moment and said: "It's a young man, he must be thirty years old, he is dressed quite meticulously, as for his appearance..."

The old lady described it very carefully, and as soon as Zhou Yi heard it, he knew it was that Lawyer Wang Daoren.

It's not that the other party's appearance is very distinctive, it's mainly that his experience is too special—the first time he met a lawyer who already had problems before the lawsuit even started.

But why is this person asking about me? Still not giving up?

"It's nothing, nothing, this is a friend of mine, don't you worry!"

Telling Liu Nainai not to worry, Zhou Yi goes straight downstairs; since the other party wants to clarify things in person, then let's clarify them.

After leaving the building and not walking far, he saw Wang Daoren not far away.

One has to say, this person is indeed dedicated; in this hot weather, he is still wearing a suit and leather shoes, looking hot just by watching.

Yet he still guards that spot, watching the passing pedestrians and asking people from time to time.

Zhou Yi observes for a while and prepares to go up, but just at this moment, he is called out.

"Mr. Zhou, is that person planning to give you trouble? I've been watching him for half a day, he keeps asking where you live!"

Turning his head to look, with big tattooed arms, it is actually Song Xiaofei.

Perhaps because it is too hot, Brother Fei is wearing only a tank top at the moment, revealing two big tattooed arms, looking like he is not a good person.

"Ah? You all know?"

"Yeah, he asked a lot of people, but most of us in the Small Residential District have heard of you, so no one told him."

Most of them have heard of me...

Zhou Yi rubs his nose; it seems he really is going down the path of the District Bully and never looking back.

After a pause, Brother Fei says again: "Mr. Zhou, don't say anything else, if he really looks for trouble, just give a shout."

"Ah, no need, no need, that is a lawyer, he has some business with me."

Hearing the word "lawyer," Song Xiaofei immediately shudders, then says nonchalantly: "Ah, a lawyer, then Mr. Zhou, you go ahead and talk."

After watching Zhou Yi's videos later, Song Xiaofei doesn't really want to have contact with the profession of "lawyer."

Of course, he also knows that not every lawyer is like that Lawless Fanatic, but he is just afraid...

"Lawyer Wang, don't stand there in the sun, come over here!"

Zhou Yi walks up and calls out, letting the other party come to the shade nearby.

Seeing Zhou Yi, Wang Daoren is overjoyed; his efforts were not in vain.

"Mr. Zhou, I finally waited for you, I've been in this Small Residential District for several days!" Wang Daoren hurries over.

"It's no use you looking for me, Lawyer Wang, I can tell you for certain, it is impossible for me to issue a Letter of Forgiveness."

What? The heart that had been burning hot under the blazing sun instantly cooled by half.

Wang Daoren hurriedly said, "Mr. Zhou, why is that? If double compensation isn't enough, we can still negotiate."

"No, Lawyer Wang, I don't want money!"

"You don't want money? Then what do you want?" Wang Daoren was a bit confused.

"I don't want anything, and I won't issue a Letter of Forgiveness. It's that simple," Zhou Yi said in a flat tone.

"There's no need for this, Mr. Zhou. This matter... it is indeed his family's fault, but you really don't need to be stubborn. Taking the money is what's practical."

"Besides, this is all permitted by law, right? It's not asking you to do anything illegal."

Zhou Yi shook his head and said, "I'm not being stubborn; I just want those thousands upon thousands of Wu Taos on the internet to be educated."

"Even if you gave me ten times or a hundred times the amount, I wouldn't agree."

After all, it's hard to say whether someone can really be educated by being sentenced to three or five years.

Because even though the industries that are truly profitable have already been written into the Criminal Law, it still cannot stop these people from flooding into them in droves.

So, one must be ruthless; only by letting more people see this outcome can they be deterred!

You commit a crime, and you just have to hand over the money you earned?

Where in this world are there so many good things? Perhaps with others, one can manipulate the victim through money, but Zhou Yi is different!

After saying this, Zhou Yi turned and left.

"Mr. Zhou, Zhou... sigh, what is the point? Isn't it better to take the money? Why insist on this? It just makes people dislike you for no reason!"

He couldn't understand it, but Wang Daoren knew that the path for the Letter of Forgiveness was likely blocked.

He took out his phone and called Wu Jianjun.

"Hello, forget about the Letter of Forgiveness. I spent a great deal of effort to wait for Zhou Yi, and he told me he doesn't want money."

Wu Jianjun's roar sounded from the phone: "Just ask him how much money he wants! This kind of person is truly annoying; why can't he just be clear about how much he wants?"

Wang Daoren shook his head: "It's not a question of money, Mr. Wu. He said, don't even talk about double; even if it were ten or a hundred times the compensation, he wouldn't want it."

"Then what does he want? Isn't he sick in the head!"

Holding the phone, Wang Daoren watched Zhou Yi's retreating figure and also sighed, saying: "Yeah, what does he want? What is the point? I don't know either..."

The Mediation Agreement had already been prepared for those who were willing to mediate, while the remaining six people refused to mediate no matter what, so the case went to trial according to the law.

They were unwilling to mediate and refused to appear in court to respond to the Lawsuit; that was fine.

Thus, the agent sitting beside Zhou Yi became Zhou Xinran.

In the words of Lawyer Fang, for this kind of lawsuit, you could lead a dog to sit in the agent's seat and still win.

Zhou Yi expressed his agreement, while Zhou Cainiao silently made another note in his little notebook.

Soon, Zhou Yi received the Judgment; those who needed to pay money paid, and those who needed to apologize apologized.

Of course, there were also the platforms; among the platforms, three were willing to pay compensation and issue a public apology.

The remaining three had to be taken through Litigation.

In fact, the trial for the platforms should have been earlier, but at the beginning, the other party directly filed a Jurisdictional Objection, claiming it was not under the jurisdiction of the Guangming District Court.

Fortunately, the Guangming District Court was still very effective and soon made a ruling that it had jurisdiction.

Next was the routine Litigation process; the evidence collected by Lawyer Fang was very comprehensive.

At least in Zhou Yi's view, the defenses from the other party's Legal Department didn't have a single point that hit the mark.

Both sides understood that the platforms were not fighting this lawsuit for the sake of winning or losing, but for the sake of the lawsuit itself!

Having received numerous Judgments and Mediation Agreements, Zhou Yi returned home and began producing his follow-up video.

He didn't intend to make this video very long; the previous video had used things like the Indictment as proof.

But now, there was no need for an Indictment; he would go straight to the hard facts: the Judgment!

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While he was working himself to the bone on the video at home, Zhou Yi received a call from Lao Zhou.

"Is it already time for the trial? Okay, Uncle Zhou, I need to go there at that time, yes."

He had to attend this trial; it was related to the production of the Stick Figure Animation.

So, early the next morning, Zhou Yi headed to the Guangming District Court again.

During this time, he was either in court or on the way to Mediation; Zhou Yi looked around and kept feeling like he had forgotten something.

Wait, I came by taxi today; where is my car?

Zhou Yi, who had been obsessed with working on his video, suddenly realized that his car seemed to have had no movement!

It had been several days; no, Zhou Yi decided to go check on it at the S Shop today after watching the trial.

It's just changing a headlight, at most replacing some parts inside; why couldn't they fix it?

"Morning, Su Dama!"

"Morning, Little Zhou. You're here again; ready for the verdict today? What are you going to do about those platforms? They'll probably drag you to the Second Instance."

"It's fine, Su Dama, I have my own ways!"

The platform lawsuits were indeed very dragging; Zhou Yi had already planned to talk about this in his video.

Who decreed that if I am serious, I must post all the Judgments? Public opinion is also a tool!

If the platforms want to drag it out, that's fine; he would just talk in the video about how arrogant these big Company entities are.

Although he had the system as a cheat, he, Zhou Yi, was still just a small character in front of the platforms, but that didn't matter.

Zhou Yi felt that a small character is a small character, but he would do what he had to do!

After chatting with Su Dama for a few sentences, to avoid being confronted again at the entrance of the Court, Zhou Yi hid to the side early.

He didn't know if he was naturally at odds with the entrance of the Court.

Not long after, the court session began; this was a Public Prosecution Case, and Zhou Yi sat in the audience.

The evidence was listed item by item, and the lawyers were also conducting their defense item by item.

Because he already knew about this evidence, Zhou Yi felt sleepy while watching during the earlier part.

It was a very normal reaction; many court trials, whether civil or Criminal Case, are very boring in most situations...

Not far from Zhou Yi, Wu Jianjun and the other person were looking at Zhou Yi from time to time.

These past few days, they were still trying to find ways to contact Zhou Yi, but unfortunately, they exhausted all means to no avail.

The other party wouldn't even come downstairs!

This also made many of Wu Jianjun's methods ineffective.

As the time drew closer, Wu Jianjun became increasingly anxious, and by today, being anxious was useless.

But fortunately, there was still a Lawyer.

It was just that Wu Jianjun found it very strange; what exactly was Zhou Yi thinking!

The result came quickly, and a turning point appeared at the trial scene.

Except for Wu Tao, the other four people all had a Letter of Forgiveness...

This made Wu Jianjun directly unable to accept it.

He had originally thought Zhou Yi hadn't given any, but it turned out only his own family didn't get one.

And upon hearing the Public Prosecution state that they were seeking a seven-year sentence for his child, Wu Jianjun could not hold back.

Because he himself could see that although that Lawyer Wang Daoren was trying his best to defend, the situation was still unfavorable for his son...

In Criminal Court No. 2, the presiding judge Zhao Deyang was conducting the trial according to the law; just as he was in the middle of a statement, he suddenly saw someone in the gallery stand up and start roaring.

"Zhou Yi, you damn bastard, you're doing this on purpose, right? You issued Letters of Forgiveness for all four families, why won't you give one to our family, why!"

"What exactly did our family do to provoke you, to make you treat us like this? You just want our family to die, don't you!"

Zhao Deyang frowned, knocked the Gavel, and said, "Noise is prohibited in the Court; please remain calm, sir!"

"Judge, this person is doing it on purpose; he is taking revenge. He just wants my son to serve more time in jail; he is intentionally not giving my family a Letter of Forgiveness!"

Zhao Deyang knocked the Gavel again and shouted, "Please remain quiet; if you roar again, you will be escorted out of the Court!"

"And you will also be held accountable!"

"No, Judge, why? He is intentionally not giving the Letter of Forgiveness..."

Seeing that the Warning was no longer working, court police soon entered and forcibly carried Wu Jianjun away from the Court.

Zhou Yi didn't even know what the other party was going crazy about. I am the victim; does whether I issue a Letter of Forgiveness require someone else's consent?

A small interlude did not interrupt the trial for too long. Wu Tao was also a bit confused; had his parents actually failed to handle this matter?

During the Final Statement stage, Wu Tao was also trying hard to express his regret, but unfortunately, the amount involved was indeed quite large.

Seven years could be considered the maximum sentencing within Copyright Infringement.

And upon hearing this Judgment, Wu Tao's legs suddenly went weak.

He wanted to express his regret again, but unfortunately, he had already expressed a lot just now during his statement.

It was still that same saying: if regret were useful, then what would we need the law for... especially Criminal Law.

Just as many people want to abolish the Death Penalty...

Watching the other party crying bitterly, Zhou Yi really wanted to go home now; he couldn't wait to finish his video and post it!

However, just after leaving the Court, he heard the sound of an argument coming from not far away.

He went over to take a look and discovered that Lawyer Wang Daoren had been blocked once again.

Wu Jianjun had been taken away directly and was said to be facing Detention, and at this moment, Wu Tao's mother was blocking Wang Daoren.

"Refund the money! Didn't you say that if the Lawsuit isn't won, we don't have to pay? What about the money we paid? Refund my money!"

What kind of situation was this again?

With a curious gaze, Zhou Yi looked at Wang Tiancheng beside him.

Old Wang shrugged and said, "This guy pulled a shady move. Using Risk Agency in a criminal case, he's quite a talent."

After Old Wang's explanation, Zhou Yi understood; for things like criminal cases, Risk Agency is prohibited.

It seemed this person had violated the rules last time too; he didn't expect him to violate them again this time.

Is there an addiction to practicing law in violation of the rules?

At this very moment, Wang Daoren, surrounded by the crowd, listened to those cries for a refund, his facial expression showing no ripples.

Perhaps he wasn't suited to be a Lawyer after all; he was tired...

Returning home, Zhou Yi began his final video editing.

Recording audio or video is not allowed at the trial scene, but fortunately, there was the Judgment, and combined with his own notes, making a Stick Figure Animation was no problem.

Sending the requirements to the Company, Zhou Yi began recording.

"Now let me tell everyone the result. Of the five people who violated the Criminal Law, that 'Ayi' was sentenced to seven years, and there's also..."

"For the eighty-plus people who didn't commit a crime, they were all handled through Mediation, taking down videos, public apologies, and compensation for the remaining twenty-plus."

"After finishing this Lawsuit, I feel physically and mentally exhausted. I know some people will ask me, 'Is it worth it?' I will tell them, 'It is!'"

"Right, there's also the platform. The Indictment against the platform is here, and the case is still in a tug-of-war. Everyone can see that even though I have all the evidence, even though I have already won the Lawsuit against the individuals, the platform is still unwilling to apologize!"

"They are fighting the Lawsuit just for the sake of fighting the Lawsuit."

Soon, the recording was finished. Once the Company produced the Stick Figure Animation, it was added to the video to serve as the trial scene.

After editing was complete, Zhou Yi watched it through once more, then clicked upload with satisfaction. Done.

Needless to say, this video would be another huge bomb, potentially drawing much criticism, saying he had nothing better to do.

But Zhou Yi didn't care!

Making up for the missed updates, and now it's 48. Thanks to Dalao Qiu Ge, Book Friend 2019, F Tonghua, Xiao Shufu, Caicai de Sanshui, Youzi Kafei, and Feimao Wuyu for their tips. Especially thanks to Dalao Qiu Ge for becoming the sixth alliance leader of this book. So the missed updates are back to 51; Jiu Jian needs to work hard.

(End of this chapter)