Chapter 138: I'm Filing a Report First! (Seeking Monthly Tickets and Subscriptions)

Rushing to the repair bay, panting all the way, Manager Ren saw those people wearing work uniforms.

Then, he heard Zhou Yi's voice.

"Manager Ren, you've finally arrived. I thought you weren't planning on seeing me."

Manager Ren hurriedly said, "Mr. Zhou, apologies, apologies. I had a few clients over there; I was just too busy."

"It's fine, Manager Ren, you can go back to your business. Didn't you say earlier that I could have people from a professional testing agency come to perform an inspection? Well, here I am, I've already called them over."

As he spoke, Zhou Yi pointed to the few people behind him: "They are all from our Jingzhou City professional testing agency. Manager Ren, feel free to check their credentials."

There was nothing to say; the man didn't leave any loopholes when doing things.

The smile on Manager Ren's face had become very forced: "Mr. Zhou, this... actually, actually there's no need for this..."

"No need for what? Manager Ren, you said I could have it inspected, so why is there no need now? I've already paid the money!"

"Oh right, you said earlier that you only changed a light on my car and that nothing else had been touched!"

Manager Ren wanted to say something else, but he couldn't get it out; he had indeed said it had just been repaired and then bumped, and that they hadn't started working on it yet.

Unable to refuse, he could only wear a forced smile and let the other party begin the inspection, while taking a look at Lao Fu.

As a result, he saw that Lao Fu's face also looked a bit off.

With this kind of professional agency, if you really pay them to go through everything one by one, the results are truly hard to say...

But just as Zhou Yi had said earlier, this was something Manager Ren himself had suggested, saying that if he was worried, he could have a third-party agency inspect it.

Who could have guessed that this guy would actually call a third-party agency!

Several staff members stepped forward to begin the inspection, and many car mechanics gathered around to watch the excitement.

Now, no one was criticizing Zhou Yi anymore; just because he suspected parts were swapped, he directly called an agency to inspect—such a ruthless person had never been heard of before.

An old mechanic did step forward to offer a cigarette, but seeing Zhou Yi didn't smoke, he said, "Young man, actually you can rest easy. Modern Four S Stores are very legitimate; it's impossible to swap parts."

Zhou Yi smiled and didn't speak. Sanlu said it was legitimate before the incident, and it was even an inspection-free product; Lao Tan Pickled Cabbage also claimed to be very legitimate before being exposed.

The standards were so strict that, regardless of who looked at them, they could call them impressive!

It was simply Schrödinger's legitimacy.

Before being exposed, they were all the most legitimate, often saying things like, "Do you think their own supervision is just for show?" and so on.

Saying things like, "Do you think they are idiots?" or "They just want to make a scene," and the like.

Then, they were exposed, problems arose, everyone started bashing them, and the people who spoke before just disappeared.

Inspection takes time, and Zhou Yi wasn't in a hurry, just waiting there; however, Manager Ren's face was getting paler and paler.

In truth, he was just a manager in charge of after-sales who had used his position to swap a couple of parts.

However, people always have a sense of wishful thinking; when things haven't happened yet, they always feel, "I probably won't die this time."

As a result, he didn't expect the other party to directly charge in with a full-frontal assault...

"Mr. Zhou, look, there's no need to make things like this. The repair costs can actually be negotiated; we actually have some management responsibility..."

Zhou Yi, who was engrossed in scrolling through videos, turned his head upon hearing this and said with great surprise, "Manager Ren, what are you saying? It's just an inspection."

"I know your company has strict management, it's just that I'm a narrow-minded person and I'm not at ease."

Narrow-minded... For some reason, after hearing this, Manager Ren felt that he, too, was starting to not be at ease.

In fact, as an After-sales Manager, the bottom line the company gave him was still loose, it's just that, naturally, the less money spent, the better.

The time was indeed a bit long, to the point where even Zhou Yi was getting impatient.

It was mainly because Manager Ren kept saying things in his ear; the original twenty-percent-off repair had now become fifty-percent-off.

Zhou Yi didn't pay any attention to him at all. In a situation like this, to still be able to say that the repair money needed to be paid by him—that was simply not up for negotiation.

Finally, the inspection personnel who had been busy for half a day called Zhou Yi over.

"Mr. Zhou, look at this."

One of the staff members took the parts to show Zhou Yi, saying, "This part is clearly wrong; it should be an aftermarket one. And this one, you can tell at a glance that it's a part that's been used for who knows how long."

The inspection agency staff had seen many such cases before, so they were quite skilled in this regard.

Although it took a relatively long time, they still found the problem!

"Just two?" Zhou Yi took them to look; he didn't know what these things were either.

The staff member smiled and said, "These are the two that were relatively easy to replace that we found for now; everything else is fine."

"What? They really swapped parts?" The car mechanics not far away, although busy, were still paying attention to the situation here.

As a result, upon seeing that parts had indeed been found to be swapped, they were also stunned!

The previous old mechanic said, somewhat speechless, "Just these two parts? Can you get rich off this or what!"

Manager Ren's face had turned snow-white; looking at Lao Fu behind him, he didn't know what to say at this moment.

The inspection personnel had specialized recording equipment, so Zhou Yi wasn't worried and walked directly to Manager Ren with the parts.

"Manager Ren, what do you have to say? Didn't you say your company's management is extremely strict and that such a situation is absolutely impossible?"

Manager Ren still smiled forcedly: "Mr. Zhou, this matter is indeed our oversight, but it's also possible that these parts of yours were already swapped before; that's also a possibility..."

"Manager Ren, I originally intended to talk to you properly, but since you are still like this even now, then we have nothing left to say."

Having said that, Zhou Yi walked to the side, took out his phone, and started making a call.

What is he doing making a call? Calling for backup?

Manager Ren wanted to ask one more question, but he discovered that Zhou Yi on the other side had walked directly back to the car and didn't say a single word.

"Mr. Zhou, listen to my explanation first. I really don't know about this; it's possible some Apprentice swapped them secretly, and you know, the Monitoring just happened to be broken..."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yi just shrugged: "Manager Ren, you'd better not talk to me now; save these words and explain them to the police officers."

Police officers... A bad thought suddenly emerged in Manager Ren's heart.

"You called the police?"

Zhou Yi nodded and said, "That's right. My car had an accident for no reason, and then my parts were swapped for no reason; why wouldn't I call the police?"

Manager Ren's complexion shifted from white to red, as if a dye vat had been overturned, and he immediately shouted, "Fine, Zhou, you can report whatever you want, go ahead! Who knows when the parts in your car were replaced!"

He was starting to talk about evidence with him again; Zhou Yi truly felt now that Lawyer Fang was his soulmate from a different father and mother!

You must leave a trail for everything you do!

Therefore, Zhou Yi now leaves recordings, videos, and photos for everything he does; naturally, he also took corresponding videos and photos of his car before bringing it in for repairs.

To be fair, before coming to get his car repaired, Zhou Yi didn't even know that people could swap out parts.

He had only scrolled past some cases in short videos where some Four S Store scratched a customer's car and then refused to admit it, claiming it was already there before it was sent in.

Or when renting a car, and then upon returning it, they insist that a certain scratch on it was caused by you, and in the end, you have no choice but to pay.

So, Zhou Yi upheld the lesson that one must photograph the condition of the car before repairs!

It really covered every aspect; he even used a selfie stick to reach under the car and film everything.

However, Zhou Yi was not a professional after all; the videos he took were quite fast, and he only scanned many key areas, but this was already enough.

Therefore, facing such words, Zhou Yi was not worried at all; once the before-and-after photos were compared, anyone with a little bit of know-how would be able to tell that the car's parts had been dismantled.

Thus, Zhou Yi laughed directly: "Manager Ren, don't yell at me; save your voice, you can yell at the police officers in a moment."

"A friendly reminder, the combined value of these two parts should exceed one thousand yuan; the threshold for a 'relatively large amount' for Theft in our Jingzhou seems to be exactly one thousand yuan!"

Manager Ren, who had been clamoring just a moment ago, saw his complexion change again upon hearing this; naturally, he was terrified.

After all, a thief has a guilty conscience, and with this association—committing a crime, going to jail—he immediately began to feel afraid.

It was just replacing two parts; for this to reach the level of a crime seemed a bit too outrageous.

"It's just two parts, who are you trying to scare? Besides, I didn't even replace them!" Manager Ren shouted again.

He had already decided to stick to his story: it definitely wasn't him who replaced them!

Anyway, the Monitoring didn't record it, and there was no evidence; who knows when the parts in your car were replaced.

The wait after calling the police was not long; this Four S Store was in a good location, and two police officers soon arrived at the scene.

"Who called the police? What's going on here?" a police officer asked, stepping forward.

"Officer, officer, I called the police, I did. It's like this, officer, I brought my car to this shop for repairs a while ago..."

Zhou Yi then explained the general situation and concluded: "Officer, that is the situation; it should be this manager and his people who replaced my parts."

"The price of these two parts... Uncle, how much do these two parts cost?" Zhou Yi shouted toward the staff member.

The staff member replied: "According to the original factory price, one is over eight hundred, the other is over seven hundred; it has to be at least fifteen hundred."

"You see, officer, my..."

Zhou Yi was still planning to continue, but Manager Ren rushed over and said: "Officer, officer, don't listen to his nonsense!"

"His car's headlight was damaged in a collision before, and he came to our shop for repairs, using the other party's insurance; and now, he is saying that our shop replaced his parts."

"Officer, just think about it, this is completely baseless; just because the parts were replaced, he insists it was done by our shop."

"Our shop's management is very strict, and we have a specialized monitoring system; there is no way we could have replaced his parts."

"That's right, officer, you can't just listen to his side of the story; who knows when the parts in that car were replaced!" Lao Fu also said from the side.

The other repair technicians were also a bit suspicious.

Manager Ren really didn't have a reason to do this, but the car was brand new, and it hadn't even had its First Maintenance yet.

This was its first time entering the repair bay; why would they be so bored as to dismantle their own parts?

So they didn't know what to say either.

The two police officers exchanged a glance, and one of them looked at Zhou Yi and asked: "Officer, they have a point; you can only prove that your car's parts were replaced."

"But you cannot prove that the parts were replaced right here; you need evidence."

Indeed, one needs evidence; one cannot just talk nonsense without proof.

This is also the core of why "moral collapse" events often occur in modern society; the law requires evidence, but under normal circumstances, who would be like Zhou Mouren and keep evidence at all times?

But it must be said, although doing this is very troublesome, this habit is truly good!

So Zhou Yi laughed: "Officer, I have evidence here!"

What? Hearing this, Manager Ren, who had already calmed down, suddenly felt his heart tighten again.

He has evidence? Impossible; what kind of evidence could he have?

But he didn't expect that Zhou Yi had already opened his phone, clicked on a certain video, and said: "Officer, look, the time this video was filmed was before my car was sent to the Four S Store."

"And this, these videos and photos were all taken at that time; the veteran technicians here can tell at a glance whether the car has been touched."

"These pieces of evidence of mine can prove that before it was sent to the Four S Store, absolutely no part had been touched!"

"But after it was sent here, before those officers started the inspection, the photos taken show that the key parts of the car had been moved; the officers responsible for the inspection can all testify to this."

This was indeed very simple; let alone these repair technicians, even those old used-car dealers could tell at a glance whether a car had been tampered with.

"So, two officers, it is obvious when my car's parts were replaced."

The police officer was also a bit surprised looking at Zhou Yi's video; he hadn't expected that the other party could actually produce such detailed evidence.

It really was obvious; before coming to you, my car was perfectly fine, and after coming to you, the car's parts were replaced.

In fact, what Zhou Yi did is considered quite troublesome; many people's method is to stick some tape or paper strips on key parts.

These paper strips tear as soon as they are pulled; if they are torn, it means the person repairing the car touched those locations.

Manager Ren's face had turned completely pale; he truly had never imagined that things would develop into the current situation.

Is this person actually sick? Why did he take so many videos before repairing his car? Was he guarding against us replacing parts from the very beginning?

At this moment, he could only mumble: "Off... officer, it really wasn't me, I... it really wasn't me who did it, it was, it was that technician who did it!"

What? Lao Fu was directly terrified upon hearing this.

"Officer, don't listen to him; he told me to do it, he is the manager, I couldn't refuse, could I?"

"Renyi, you bastard, I helped you, and you're selling me out?"

Seeing that the two were already starting to argue there, the police officer hurriedly said: "Alright, everyone come back with us; and this comrade, if these items really exceed one thousand yuan, you will also have to come along to give a statement."

"And then you must leave behind these pieces of evidence of yours."

Zhou Yi naturally had no objections; he also had not expected things to go so smoothly this time!

The make-up chapter is here; rushing and hurrying, I finally managed to finish it before twelve o'clock. This is now chapter 49.

(End of this chapter)