Chapter 147: Even a Dog Would Be Better Than This! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Zhou Yi was so stunned by this sentence that he nearly lost his mind.

"I still want money..." This had the same effect as Tao Ge's line, "Isn't it just money you want?"

Coupled with that extremely astonished tone, honestly, this level of skill was a bit much even for Zhou Mouren, who had already experienced Xu Yufeng.

But even if it was a bit much, Zhou Yi was in a good mood today.

Regarding a person like this, honestly, Zhou Yi had already realized that saying one more word to them was your own fault!

Of course, what needed to be said still had to be said.

"Sorry, I'm really busy right now, and I will send it to the Police Station, please go get it yourself."

After finishing, he didn't care about the man on the other end who was still shouting, and hung up the phone directly.

"Let's go, get in the car."

Xiao Xu, sitting beside him, widened her eyes: "Go where?"

"Northern Suburbs, to find a Police Station that is particularly hard to find."

Northern Suburbs? Xiao Xu was stunned: "Big Brother, we are in the Southern Suburbs."

"That's right, it's precisely because we are in the Southern Suburbs that I want to go to the Northern Suburbs; it's already good enough that I didn't go all the way back to Lincheng."

That's right, Zhou Mouren felt he was still too kind, really.

If he weren't a decent person, he should have just bought a high-speed rail ticket back to Lincheng right now and handed it over to the Lincheng Police Station.

What's wrong with that? Can't I be in a hurry to go back and see my dad!

Xiao Xu felt at this moment that if you were to cut Brother Zhou open, he would probably be black inside.

They drove all the way to the Northern Suburbs, and then, in the urban village on this side of the Northern Suburbs, after all sorts of twists and turns, they found a Police Station that would be hard to find even if you followed a map.

Then, under Xiao Xu's stunned gaze, Zhou Yi parked the car as if he were arriving home, walked in with practiced ease, and started chatting.

"Hey comrade, I picked up a mobile phone here, take a look, I'm handing it over to you first."

"Mm, thank you, the owner should call again."

"Take a look, there are no issues at all."

For such a small matter, the comrade inside did a quick registration and then put the phone down.

Picking up something and handing it to the police officers is something one learns from childhood.

As for which police officer you hand it to, that depends on the situation; in any case, I handed it over.

Having handed over the phone, Zhou Mouren felt very comfortable, and immediately said: "Alright, I'm planning to go back to the vicinity of our Small Residential District to find a swimming pool, what about you?"

Xiao Xu, who had bummed a meal today, was now planning to go home and relax, so she said: "Brother Zhou, just drop me back."

That was no problem; Zhou Mouren got back in the car and locked the doors directly.

In the Southern Suburbs, Cao Xiangming was at home, looking at his phone anxiously; from time to time he would make a call, no one would answer, and he would put it down again, very agitated.

"Cao, stop calling. You, before, when they asked you to go get it, you wouldn't go, and now look, you can't even get through!"

The woman who was mopping the floor shouted.

Hearing this, Cao Xiangming roared immediately: "He wouldn't dare! If he really dares not return it to me, I'll go report it to the police, I'll go sue him!"

"What kind of person is this? I'm really curious, not returning a phone, can this make you rich or what!"

"Still wanting money, really interesting."

"Don't you know that not returning something you picked up is against the law!"

His wife curled her lip and said nothing; having been married for so many years, they were very clear about each other's temper, and there was no need to speak at a time like this.

When Cao Xiangming dialed the number again, he was agitated to the extreme.

As a result, after hearing a few beeps, it actually connected!

"Are you f***ing not planning to return it, right? I'm telling you, if you don't give me the phone, I'm going to report it to the police directly, I mean what I say!"

"There is tracking on the phone, just wait to go to jail!"

Cao Xiangming really vented all his previous temper, and then, he heard a calm voice.

"Comrade, calm down, this is the Zhongxiang Police Station, I am a police officer at the station."

Who knows why, it was as if there was some power in the dark, but upon hearing the three words "Police Station," the previously incredibly agitated Cao Xiangming calmed down instantly.

Just like those guys who are extremely agitated on the internet, as soon as they sit in that chair, they become approachable.

Answering whatever is asked, it is just that magical.

"Ah, sorry, I thought it was the person who stole my phone..."

On the other end of the phone, the police officer at the station quickly said: "Comrade, you said your phone was stolen?"

"But the comrade just now said this phone was picked up by him, and you even spoke with him."

Speaking of this, the police officer's tone grew heavier: "Comrade, what is, is; to say someone stole it, you must have evidence!"

"That comrade has video evidence, and you spoke with him, so I need to tell you, some things cannot be said randomly."

Zhou Yi had always been quite good with these kinds of details, and had given the previous call video to the police officer early on.

Once this sentence was said, Cao Xiangming suddenly didn't dare to speak randomly.

Whether it was really stolen or lost, he knew better than anyone.

He had ridden a shared bike back today, so it must have slipped out by accident.

"Ah, comrade, then it must have been lost by accident, it wasn't stolen, it wasn't stolen, look at how I can get the phone now."

"You can come to our Police Station to get it, bring your identification documents, and after our verification, you will be able to take it back."

So I have to go get it myself...

"Comrade, but I don't have time right now, look at this..."

"If you don't have time, you can wait until you have time to come and get it; we will keep it safe."

If the person on the other end were an ordinary person, Cao Xiangming could naturally tell the other party to send it over, but since the other party was not an ordinary person, he didn't dare to say that.

"Then, Officer, where is the address of your Police Station? I'll come over to pick it up." After hesitating for a moment, Cao Xiangming said.

"Oh, Zhongxiang Police Station, it's in Xiaoyu Village in the northern suburbs."

What? Hearing the words "northern suburbs," Cao Xiangming was directly stunned.

"Officer, that's not right, is it? I live in the southern suburbs, I haven't gone anywhere, I definitely lost my phone in the southern suburbs, how could it have ended up in the northern suburbs!"

From the southern suburbs to the northern suburbs, that would require crossing the entire Jingzhou City directly.

Not to mention anything else, just driving there would take a long time, and if there were even a slight traffic jam, it would truly be enough to make one despair.

The police officer on the other end did not change his tone; he had watched the video and naturally knew about the two people's conversation.

In all fairness, regarding such behavior, as long as it wasn't illegal, they wouldn't say much about it.

At most, if one party went too far, they would conduct some criticism and education.

"The comrade from before said he had an urgent matter nearby, so he handed the phone over to us," the police officer said.

"He did it on purpose, he must have done it on purpose. Officer, I spoke with him, I asked him to send it over, and he actually asked me for gas money. I said I wouldn't give it, and then he said he had an urgent matter."

"You tell me, isn't this on purpose? Running so far away, putting my phone so far away, isn't this against the law?"

Ah, this... even though the grassroots police officer was experienced and knowledgeable, he had never seen such an argument.

"Comrade, you're not right to say it like that. The person who found your phone has no obligation to send it back to you!"

"If they really were to send it back, isn't it normal to ask you for gas money? Shouldn't the correct thing be for you to go and get it?"

"You aren't even anxious about your own phone being lost, yet you insist on someone else sending it back; that doesn't make sense."

"But isn't what he did against the law? Isn't this just deliberately trying to disgust people!" Cao Xiangming said again.

"Comrade, what he did is really not against the law. You can say he is disgusting you, but, it is not against the law."

Cao Xiangming didn't dare to shout anymore; the person on the other end was a police officer, and no matter how dissatisfied he was, he didn't dare to directly clamor at them.

Therefore, he could only say that he would set off in a while.

After hanging up the phone, his wife, who was mopping the floor, didn't say a word. Cao Xiangming sighed; if he had known it would be like this, he might as well have gone to get it himself earlier.

That person is also sick; you say you didn't want to send it over, couldn't you have just left it at a nearby Police Station? Why run so far away.

Sigh, young people these days.

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Zhou Yi had already let Xiao Xu off, and then drove around, preparing to find a swimming pool.

As for what would happen to that guy who lost his phone, let him be, it's none of my business.

After driving around a large circle, he didn't find many swimming pools, but instead saw a whole bunch of gyms.

After finding a parking lot and parking the car, Zhou Yi suddenly felt that in the middle of summer, having a good sweat wouldn't be bad.

He hadn't walked far before he was stopped at the entrance of a gym.

"Sir, we are a newly opened gym. The first one hundred customers to get an annual membership get a very big discount. Would you like to learn more about it?"

There's a discount, huh? Zhou Yi thought for a moment and said, "Let me see your facilities first."

Not to mention anything else, for a place like a gym, one always has to see what the conditions are like.

The salesperson, that is, the street promoter, smiled upon hearing this: "No problem, come, I'll take you to see."

"Sir, your skin is really good, and these forearms, have you trained before?"

Zhou Yi shook his head: "Never trained."

"Then your condition is great. With a little bit of training, the definition will come out. Our coaches here are very good; let them give you a little guidance, and I guarantee you'll make rapid progress."

"For a handsome guy like you, with a set of muscles, think of how many gazes you'd attract walking down the street, right?"

Zhou Yi had to admit, even though he knew the person in front of him was a salesperson, and even though he knew these words were all scripted, damn it, it felt really good to hear.

The sales industry really has a very high ceiling and a very low floor.

A good salesperson can support a whole Company by themselves; a bad salesperson can't even support themselves.

With the same conditions, some people can close the deal and even become friends with the client, while another person can't; that is the difference.

The young man in front of him had a smooth line of patter; if Zhou Mouren didn't still have a bit of self-awareness, he would have almost felt like he could rely on his looks to make a living.

Being led into the store, a group of young men came up to greet him one by one.

That feeling was really different; in such an atmosphere, being flattered like that, it's very easy to make an impulsive purchase.

Zhou Yi suppressed his feelings and followed the young man around to look at everything. Of course, his essential Recording Pen was already turned on.

Everything must have a record!

To emphasize one point again, a verbal promise is also a promise, but you have to prove that the other party said such things.

So how do you prove it? Words are not evidence; you must have proof!

Our country does not completely exclude evidence such as secret recordings or secret filming, but in the process of adjudication, it will involve various procedures.

And ultimately, it will be adjudicated by a judge.

The facilities inside were still okay; at the very least, after Zhou Yi walked around, he felt that all the equipment that should be there was there.

After looking around roughly, the young man led Zhou Yi to sit at a table and very attentively brought over a glass of ice water.

"Here, sir, drink some water first. May I ask your surname, sir?"

"Surname Zhou, Zhou Yi."

"Alright, Mr. Zhou. Actually, I am also a coach at this store. My surname is Wang. And, I don't know how you plan to train, Mr. Zhou."

"Because we are having a grand opening promotion, the first one hundred customers to get a membership get a very big discount. You can take a look."

Zhou Yi took the sheet and glanced at it. Whoa, the annual membership for this store is still quite expensive, ten thousand yuan a year!

Perhaps seeing the expression on Zhou Yi's face, the coach hurriedly looked around, secretly took out a sheet printed on A4 paper and said: "Mr. Zhou, I see you are a straightforward person, let's just be direct. This is our real price!"

Huh? Real price?

He took the sheet and glanced at it; the previous annual membership was ten thousand, but here it had directly become eight thousand yuan.

"So that's just for show? Is that how things are played these days!"

"But this price is still a bit high. I've seen that many shops aren't even charging eight thousand yuan right now; you guys are too expensive here," Zhou Mouren said very naturally.

"If it's expensive... how about this, Mr. Zhou? You tell me what your target price is, and I'll see if I can apply to my superiors for you."

"Three thousand yuan. I think three thousand yuan a year is acceptable."

Zhou Mouren does not swing his blade easily, but once he does, he will hack off more than half right away!

"Mr. Zhou, you're being unreasonable now. There's no such thing as four thousand yuan. How about this, I'll call our Manager over, and you can talk to our Manager."

For some reason, when Zhou Yi heard the word Manager, he inexplicably felt a bit of a stress response.

It was as if... as if he really wanted to see the other party go inside.

But soon, Zhou Yi told himself that this was a legitimate shop, so he shouldn't let his imagination run wild.

The routine is about the same as a 4S dealership selling cars, except that the leaders at a 4S dealership wouldn't show their faces, while here, the Manager comes over in a moment, and the store manager comes over in another.

In any case, the higher the leader, the more it represents how much they value you.

As for whether that's really the case, only heaven knows...

After some bargaining, Zhou Yi finally decided to get a membership card; four thousand yuan could hardly be considered expensive.

However, before getting the card, he requested to see their business license and other such certifications.

And believe it or not, they were all complete.

Next was signing the contract. The other party brought out the contract, and then the store manager handed a pen to Zhou Yi for him to sign.

These are all Standard Contract, and generally speaking, no one reads them in detail.

However, Zhou Yi has never been an average person.

He took out his phone, snapped a few Photo, and sent them over to Fang Dazhuang.

"Help me check if there are any problems with this contract."

Many people think that a Standard Contract must be fine and sign them casually without even looking, but in fact, many of these Company use such contracts to scam people.

Not long after, Fang Dazhuang sent a message back.

"Zhou Yi, what kind of nonsense are you up to now? Planning to work out? This gym contract—even if you had a dog draft it, it would be better than this!"

"Look at that provision regarding refunds; what kind of nonsense is a thirty percent penalty? National regulations state it cannot exceed twenty percent!"

"And that part at the back, saying refunds must be approved by the Company and only under two specific circumstances can you get a refund, otherwise you must fulfill the contract—what is all this? Tell them, either change the contract or don't sign it at all!"

The third update is here, making up for the missed update; this is now chapter forty-seven. Thanks to Can Shang Nian, Baibai Mengmeng sd, Reader 1482, Xiao Shufu, Fei Mao Wuyu, Yiye Zhidong, and Mingtian Xiangchi La. Thank you to these brothers for the tips.

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