Chapter 169: Look, is this something a human would do? (Seeking monthly votes)

"Namo Gatling Bodhisattva": Haha, the District Bully has finally met his match. I just want to know, how does it feel for the District Bully to be on the receiving end of someone being dead serious?

"Feng Qingyue": Nothing more to say, Yuan Jie is mighty and imposing. Even though we couldn't see her face, I definitely heard that "holy crap," the District Bully must have been stunned at that moment.

"A-Yi": The key is that Lawyer Fang is there too. Yuan Jie actually met Lawyer Fang; I thought she was going to get sent in... so what happened next?

Zhou Yi put his phone down. Yuan Jie said she came to urge for an update, and she really did just come to urge for an update.

After eating dinner that night, she stayed for one day the next day, and left directly on the third day.

Then, the footage she had filmed earlier was edited into a video.

The title was the same one Yuan Jie had mentioned before.

I have to say, she really has mastered the art of being dead serious.

Once this video was released, given Yuan Jie's popularity, the comment section immediately turned into a chaotic frenzy.

There were truly all sorts of outrageous comments.

Forget it, let's go out for a walk.

He went downstairs and took his usual walk through the Small Residential District, but not long after he started, Zhou Yi heard some talk.

"Hey, has anyone asked you lately about having packages delivered to the door?" an older woman was saying there.

The woman next to her replied very eagerly: "Yes, and I even went to ask at the station. I happened to be there at the time, and the station owner said directly, who delivers packages to the door these days!"

"They said there's an agreement between their station and the couriers; all packages must be dropped off at the Old Bird Station."

"They also said with the little money they make now, who would deliver? If you deliver door-to-door, you can't even finish your tasks, and you'll get fined later."

"They even said if you want door-to-door delivery, go use SF Express. For this little bit of money, you still want door-to-door delivery, wanting this and that, you're dreaming."

"Anyway, it was quite lively; many people were arguing with that owner at the time..."

These must be the people from Lawyer Fang's side, but I didn't expect them to have already investigated this far.

He could immediately picture what that courier station owner looked like.

The words themselves aren't the problem; it is indeed an unspoken rule now that couriers barely deliver to the door. However, no matter how powerful an unspoken rule is, you cannot say it out loud in public.

Of course, it is also possible that they aren't afraid at all; after all, it has been this way for so long that it has basically become fixed.

And when they talk about it, they are quite righteous.

Then the evidence and such must be fine. After all, this isn't a preparation for a Lawsuit, so the evidence doesn't need to be strictly rigorous.

This station owner is like this, but Zhou Yi never assumes other station owners are all the same.

It is just a pity that the reality of the situation is exactly like this.

Then let's just wait in peace.

Zhou Mouren began to wait in peace, while inside the Old Bird Station, the station owner was chatting easily with a courier.

"See, I told you, many people nowadays don't even know about filing a complaint with the Postal Bureau. Nothing will happen; they're just saying some harsh words."

"A few words, it's nothing, just let them talk."

"Right, don't worry. Look at so-and-so, how many times have they been complained about? Do you see them delivering to the door?"

"If they complain too hard, you can deliver to the door a few times, and slowly you can go back to dropping them at the station."

"It's impossible for them to complain every single time they buy something. When the time comes, just don't deliver to them."

The station owner didn't care about such things; he just told the courier to set his mind at ease.

He had connections with couriers from all the major Companies here. All the packages in this area, except for JD. com and SF Express, had to go through him.

So if he said he would make sure you couldn't receive your packages, he could really do it.

"Alright, I'm hanging up if there's nothing else."

Someone actually asked him if he delivers to the door. There are still such ignorant people these days; how much are they paying to expect door-to-door delivery?

No delivery, no reason, just not delivering. If you want door-to-door, pay more.

Watching those people coming and going to pick up packages, the station owner started playing on his phone again.

That guy didn't go to the Postal Bureau to complain, which was for the best—all was calm.

It was under these circumstances that Zhou Yi received a call from Lawyer Fang.

"The evidence is mostly secured. Let's meet at Lao Difang in a bit. I actually didn't expect the situation to have become like this now."

The two didn't talk in detail over the phone, and Zhou Yi soon arrived at the Lao Difang cafe and met Lawyer Fang, who was carrying a pile of documents.

"To be honest, Zhou Yi, I really didn't expect that the last mile of delivery had turned into this."

Lawyer Fang took a sip of coffee and sighed: "It seems every courier Company now defaults to not delivering to the door, either leaving it at a collection point, a station, or a parcel locker."

"Anyway, even if you specifically request door-to-door delivery, they won't do it. Really, collecting the evidence was much simpler than I imagined..."

He had originally thought it would take some effort, but everywhere they went, people had put it all out in the open.

"Lawyer Fang, does that mean we can go report them now?" Zhou Yi asked hurriedly.

"Pretty much. Our current evidence is enough to prove that the courier companies are engaging in False Propaganda."

"At the very least, here in Jingzhou, they are indeed engaging in False Propaganda by failing to provide door-to-door delivery."

"Then let's go report them. The Market Supervision Bureau, right? I'm going!"

Since there was evidence, then report them. That is how Zhou Yi has always been when he is dead serious.

The evidence that Lawyer Fang and his team secured was truly substantial, involving all the stations in the entire city, many collection points, and similar places.

The types of evidence were also varied: videos, audio, paper documents, and all sorts of other things.

No sooner said than done, Zhou Yi took the materials directly to the Jingzhou City Market Supervision Bureau.

According to Lawyer Fang, they had previously considered reporting them at the headquarters of the courier companies.

But thinking about it, the current evidence could only target their Handong branch, so it was better to just keep it in Jingzhou.

Of course, it was mainly because it's easier to get things done locally.

If you go to report them where the courier company is based, it's hard to say what will happen; those who know, know.

Zhou Yi naturally had no objections.

He drove all the way to the Market Supervision Department of Jingzhou City, parked the car, and then Zhou Yi pushed the door open and walked in.

Unlike the time at the Tax Department, Zhou Yi had experience this time.

After asking around, he quickly found the place where reports were accepted.

He also chose not to report online; the reason was the same as before: reporting in person face-to-face is simply faster than reporting online.

At this moment, inside the window where reports were accepted, Tianxia was working there with full concentration.

Then she heard a voice ring out in front of her.

"Hello, may I ask if this is the place to accept reports against companies?"

Tianxia looked up and discovered it was a young man with a huge bag on his back.

"Oh, yes, young man, are you planning to file a report? Reporting what?"

It was rare for someone to come in person to file a report.

"Oh, that... Auntie, I am planning to report a delivery company."

He was the type to always climb the pole as soon as he saw a snake; anyway, being sweet-talked in public was never a problem.

Upon hearing this, Tianxia immediately smiled: "Young man, then you've come to the wrong place. For matters related to delivery companies, you need to go to the Postal Bureau; they are the direct management department for delivery companies."

Zhou Yi shook his head and said: "No, no, no, Auntie, I am here to report the delivery company for unfair competition."

Huh? This young man even knew about unfair competition. Tianxia became interested: "Tell me what's going on. How is the delivery company engaging in unfair competition?"

"It's like this, Auntie. The delivery company promised and advertised that they provide door-to-door delivery, but currently, within Jingzhou City, they almost default to not delivering to the door."

"And not only that, many courier stations have agreements with their company. Basically, as soon as a package arrives, it gets put into the station."

"Even if the customer leaves a note saying it cannot be put in the station, they will still put it there and will absolutely not deliver it to the door."

Zhou Yi spoke very quickly; these were all points he had already thought through.

Tianxia was a little stunned. She knew about anti-unfair competition, and the direct department for accepting these behaviors was indeed their Market Supervision Bureau.

But involving a delivery company, and the issue being not delivering to the door, this was slightly out of her scope.

Don't find it strange, because many people have this mindset: delivery companies are managed by the Postal Department.

But they forget that delivery companies are companies; since they operate in the market, they must be subject to the management of the Market Supervision Department!

"Wait, young man, so you mean the delivery company is engaging in False Propaganda? You must have evidence for this!" Tianxia considered it carefully for a moment before speaking.

"It can't be just whatever you say. Our Jingzhou City is so big, how do you know that delivery companies default to not delivering to the door?"

"I must remind you that your personal experience cannot prove this point. If you feel uncomfortable because the other party didn't deliver to your door, you can go to the Postal Bureau to file a complaint."

This was what Tianxia said after considering it.

In fact, whether a delivery company delivers to the door is something everyone in every place basically knows in their hearts.

There are definitely differences between regions; some places can manage door-to-door delivery, but some places just can't.

One absolutely cannot say that just because everyone around them gets door-to-door delivery, there are no places that don't. This kind of "sitting in a well looking at the sky" thinking is not acceptable.

But Tianxia knew very well that one or two individual cases could not prove that they default to not delivering to the door.

"Auntie, I have evidence!"

Zhou Yi placed the backpack he brought onto the table with a thud.

"Here is enough evidence to prove that three delivery companies in Jingzhou City default to not delivering to the door!"

Zhou Yi opened the backpack while speaking and began to take out materials from inside.

Looking at the evidence placed on the table piece by piece, Tianxia was a bit dazed. Is... is this real?

So someone really collected all the evidence of delivery companies not delivering to the door in Jingzhou?

This is no small matter; one could even say this is something a normal person wouldn't even think of.

How many people in Jingzhou, how many delivery points, how many courier stations, and this has all been collected?

Looking at that huge pile of material evidence, Tianxia reacted and hurriedly said: "Young man, wait a moment, wait a moment. This matter is not something I can decide!"

In her heart, she could actually already confirm that the evidence this young man brought should all be real.

But, but this is just too outrageous!

Tianxia was a veteran at the Market Supervision Bureau; before the three bureaus merged, it was the Bureau of Industry and Commerce.

She had seen many complaints against companies, but she had never seen one like today!

She could swear that such a complaint, let alone whether it would be received, was something one couldn't even imagine.

"I'll go call someone first."

This matter needs a leader to take a look. Of course, the review certainly doesn't require all the evidence to be reviewed before accepting it.

It only needs a rough review, but even so, she felt it was outrageous.

The section chief's office was inside, and he was quickly called out.

"Delivery matters aren't managed by us."

"He is talking about False Propaganda!"

"Huh?" The section chief was also a bit stunned.

Ten minutes later, the section chief looked at the huge bag of evidence in front of him and reached out to rub his temples.

His head hurt a little...

The other party was a Real-name Registration report, which meant they had to review it properly.

But there is actually someone in this world who would do this to such an extent. At this moment, the section chief suspected that Zhou Yi was someone from another delivery company.

Otherwise, for an ordinary person to have nothing better to do and collect evidence like this, this is not something an ordinary person could do.

And if there was another delivery company behind this, then it might be possible...

"Section Chief, should we accept it? This, this report feels like something is wrong somewhere," Tianxia hesitated.

"Accept it!" the Section Chief stood up and said, "As long as it complies with the procedures and the review has no issues, why wouldn't we accept it!"

"They are right; when a Company is involved in specific delivery operations, it is managed by the Postal Bureau, but this kind of unfair competition behavior is naturally managed by our Market Supervision Department."

"Call some people over, review it quickly, take a rough look at whether the evidence is authentic, and if confirmed, then accept the case!"

They did as they said, and soon, some people in the department were called over to watch the audio and video files on the computer.

Zhou Yi sat outside and waited with peace of mind.

He had experienced this kind of thing when he called the police last time, and the way Uncle Zhou looked at him back then was like looking at an idiot.

Just as the Section Chief said before, this was only a preliminary review, so it was just a quick look.

It was only because this matter was a bit outrageous; otherwise, since the other party filed a Real-name Registration report, they would definitely have to accept it first.

After about two hours or so...

"Zhou Yi, right? Let us register your ID card and your contact information, and then we will contact you at any time if there are any questions during the investigation process!"

Behind the Section Chief, many young people began to look at the sky; overtime was about to begin.

Just as Fang Dazhuang had expected, the Market Supervision Department accepted this report.

For corporate False Propaganda, it should indeed be managed by the Market Supervision Department.

Leaving behind his ID number and contact information, Zhou Yi walked out of the main gate with his empty bag, feeling completely relaxed.

He hoped the Company would be satisfied with this big gift he had delivered!

And the delivery personnel and the courier station, it doesn't matter, everyone gets a share.

Zhou Yi had no doubt about this matter, because this was equivalent to finding a path by taking a different approach.

Of course, the reasoning was a bit far-fetched; it just depended on whether the Market Supervision Department would swing this blade!

It seemed like something had happened, yet it also seemed like nothing had happened at all.

At the very least, for the Handong branches of the three courier companies, there was indeed nothing going on.

It was nothing more than some people investigating the issue of not delivering to the door recently, which didn't matter; as long as it wasn't their daddy, the Postal Bureau, then it was fine.

However, such an investigation could certainly not be kept completely confidential; that was not realistic at all.

Therefore, the courier companies received some news that it seemed they had gained another daddy, and another blade hanging over their heads...

Making up for the missed update; this is now Chapter 37. Thanks to Brother Yan Geshi for the tip, thank you.

(End of this chapter)