Chapter 229: Since you all say so, I will reluctantly

"You call this having a few tricks up your sleeve?"

Lawyer Fang in the office looked at his phone, then at Zhou Yi in front of him, feeling quite a sense of "Is that it?"

To tell the truth, the power contained within these two characters is nearly infinite.

An Up Master uploads a video, is that it?

A novelist uploads an update, is that it?

Newlyweds enter the bridal chamber, is... ahem, of course, this is not that.

"Zhou Yi, you didn't study your Criminal Law well, did you? Do you think just being vaguely snide and sarcastic like this is enough?"

"Or do you think our laws can't even reach this? Remember one thing: causality. Whether it's Civil Law or Criminal Law, you must understand causality!"

"When looking at whether something is a Tort or a crime, never be influenced by trivial details. Grasp the main thread of the problem to find the causality!"

Lawyer Fang's few sentences left Zhou Mouren staring blankly, feeling as if he had returned to school.

Here, after finishing, Lawyer Fang also realized something was wrong: "Ahem, well, Zhou Yi, my professional habit kicked in again."

"But this article, you say it lacks quality, it does have a tiny bit of quality. Compared to those previous Self-Media, it has indeed improved, but to say it has quality is a stretch..."

Lawyer Fang's tongue was as sharp as ever; he had always been like this.

Zhou Yi shook his head; his brain must have short-circuited to come and ask Lawyer Fang about this matter.

Lawyer Fang finished speaking, took a comfortable sip of coffee, and then said: "Besides, there are only a few shares, it's meaningless. The other party probably just threw it together."

It was indeed thrown together; Manager Zhao intended to use these underhanded tactics to expand public opinion, thereby influencing the verdict through public opinion.

Whether public opinion can influence a verdict is a topic that cannot be discussed.

But Manager Zhao felt it could, so he planned to make a fuss, only to find out after actually making a fuss that the times had changed.

Nowadays, it's not like you can write an article or post a video and suddenly go viral across the entire internet. What are you thinking? The major internet giants are already fighting like crazy for traffic!

If someone really had that ability, they would have been poached by those giant Company entities long ago.

It's not that Manager Zhao doesn't understand; he understands very well. It's just spending money, no big deal.

As it turned out, after asking for the price, he realized they were all cowards. The Self-Media he knew from when he advertised for his Travel Agency refused immediately upon hearing it had to do with A Yi.

Some even tried to persuade him, saying, "Manager Zhao, if someone files a Lawsuit against you, just respond to it and fight the case properly. Don't do these empty things. You only needed to pay money, but if you do these things, you're likely to end up inside!"

A Yi doesn't know why, but he is particularly ruthless toward these Self-Media. Even though the other party is also in Self-Media, he has sent several of them straight to prison.

Manager Zhao explained repeatedly that he had already consulted a Lawyer about this article and it was absolutely fine, yet no one was willing to do it.

Actually, it's not that Zhou Yi's reputation has become so terrifying; there are two main reasons.

The first is because the Self-Media Manager Zhao contacted are all from Jingzhou.

Zhou Mouren happens to be in Jingzhou, and the first Self-Media he sent inside was also from Jingzhou...

It can be said that the Self-Media in Jingzhou know best. They usually flatter such a great god; who would dare take this job?

The second is the most important reason: there isn't enough money. You have to pay more.

You want us to take risks? Fine, pay more. In this day and age, there are people willing to do things that lead to the executioner's blade, but no one works for free. If the money is enough, let alone spreading rumors about A Yi, they'd even sleep with A Yi!

But Manager Zhao is unwilling to pay more. The total compensation is only forty thousand yuan. If he spends extra money just to win, then how is he any different from A Yi?

So he could only find some Internet Water Army to help boost it.

Huo Pengfei only gave some suggestions; he actually doesn't approve of this situation of using underhanded tactics to influence a verdict.

Or one could say, every Legal Person with original intentions hates this situation.

Court verdicts are based on facts and guided by the law. Public opinion must absolutely not influence a verdict!

"And look at the content of this article. Wow, I even think the person who wrote this wants the whole industry to be rectified. Look at this section."

"'The tour operator seems to be a punching bag caught between tourists and the Ground Handling Agency, neither making money nor losing much.' I don't even know what kind of mood the person who wrote this was in to write such words."

"If it doesn't make money, would anyone still do it? I really don't believe it!"

Zhou Yi nodded upon hearing this; there are many such remarks on the internet now.

Every time the topic of income comes up, people from this industry or that industry will always jump out and say, "We don't make any money doing this," and so on.

Fine, everyone is losing money. They've been losing money for years and still haven't gone bankrupt. We don't know if they really lost money, we only know the boss's belt has a big "V" on it.

"And the most important point, this was written by that Manager Zhao, right? I don't know if he consulted another Lawyer. The Court hasn't even passed judgment, and he's already talking about family ruin."

"Does this mean he has already concluded that 'Return One Compensate Three' and Mental Damage Compensation are both established?"

Speaking of this, Lawyer Fang spread his hands and said: "If I were his Lawyer, I would go find a block of tofu and bash my head in right now."

Zhou Yi smiled and said nothing; Lawyer Fang's words were truly not aimed at anyone.

However, finding some Internet Water Army to boost it did have a tiny bit of effect after all.

So, when Zhou Mouren woke up the next day, he found some strange remarks under that article.

"This is talking about A Yi, right? I've been watching that Up Master for a long time. The videos are indeed good, but sometimes... this time, spending ten thousand to get forty thousand, this money is really easy to earn."

"Why don't you have the ability to go after those Ground Handling Agencies? Go after the black industrial chains behind the Ground Handling Agencies? You only know how to pick on the soft persimmons?"

"Honestly, that Travel Agency boss is pitiful. The service wasn't even provided by him, but he was forced to 'Return One Compensate Three'. The Ground Handling Agency doesn't care at all. It's legally fine, but this is forcing someone to family ruin."

"If you want to be serious, please be truly serious, thank you."

Zhou Mouren has offended too many people in the past. Having finally caught an opportunity, they naturally jumped out to say a few words. Of course, it doesn't exclude the possibility that it was the Internet Water Army's own speech.

The flavor is right, the flavor is just right. Maybe the article wrote that Travel Agency boss too miserably; in any case, everyone there is pitying the other party in various ways.

Sigh, I don't know what the income of these people is, but that Manager Zhao should have quite a lot of assets...

It can be seen that everyone actually doesn't dare to say anything fabricated anymore, and they all keep talking about the law, saying the behavior is legal but a bit too much.

This makes it difficult for Zhou Yi. After several Criminal Private Prosecution cases, his haters have learned to be smart and have started hedging their bets in their speech.

Honestly, seeing these comments, Zhou Yi feels his anger rising!

"'Legally it's fine, but it's forcing someone to family ruin.' Damn it, it's already legally fine, and the other party hasn't even faced family ruin yet!"

Even if we take ten thousand steps back and say the other party really faced family ruin, can this be blamed on me?

This is the classic "why don't they hit others but hit you," as well as "when encountering issues, look for the cause within yourself."

Zhang San tried to kill me but failed, left me with a Serious Injury, and then was caught and sentenced to life imprisonment; his family couldn't afford the compensation, and in the end, his whole family fell apart—do I still have to look for the cause within myself for this?

Do I still have to say, legally there is indeed no problem, but must one be forced to the point of family ruin and death?

However, the core of these words is, you A Yi are holding up the banner of being a stickler for details, right? Then go ahead and be a stickler; this tourism industry is just like this, why don't you go and be a stickler about it?

Zhou Yi began to ponder what to do; he felt that if he couldn't vent this frustration, even his pork rice wouldn't taste good!

After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Yi still intended to contact that Manager Zhao; Fang Dazhuang had the contact information.

After getting the contact information, Zhou Yi dialed the number.

Meanwhile, inside the Travel Agency, Huo Pengfei, who was sitting across from Manager Zhao, was truly furious at the Manager Zhao in front of him.

He really wanted to lose his temper; the lawsuit hadn't even started yet, so what are you doing? What, do you look down on me? If you look down on me, don't come to me for the lawsuit.

But he couldn't lose his temper, so he could only sit there and sulk.

He had truly been working day and night for the past two days thinking about how to win this lawsuit, only to be backstabbed in the end.

Previously, what he had taught the other party was how to avoid legal issues, and then they just chose to play the victim directly.

Manager Zhao here was still feeling aggrieved, thinking, "I did all this to win the lawsuit, okay?"

The phone rang, and as soon as he answered, he heard a voice.

"Is this Manager Zhao? I am Zhou Yi. You were the one who posted that article, right? You should have seen my previous videos. Delete it. It's just a civil dispute; there's really no need to make it like this."

Manager Zhao had been angry to begin with, and upon hearing this, he exploded: "What article or not? I don't know what you're talking about. The industry is just like this. Aren't you capable? Aren't you a stickler for details?"

Slap! Zhou Yi hung up the phone. When chatting with the other party before, this Manager Zhao seemed like a successful person; even if they fell out, he wouldn't be shouting loudly.

Now he knew, this Manager Zhao was actually much the same.

Zhou Yi didn't hang up the phone thinking about filing a Criminal Private Prosecution or anything like that; Fang Dazhuang had said that even if the data met the requirements in this kind of situation, it wouldn't be easy to actually initiate a Criminal Private Prosecution.

It wasn't that Case Filing was difficult—Fang Dazhuang never cared about the issue of Case Filing—he just felt that in this situation, it wouldn't easily lead to a conviction; a Private Prosecution is, after all, a Criminal Case.

Within the scope stipulated by law, a judge has Free Discretion.

The reason he hung up the phone was because Zhou Yi saw three lines of text appear before him.

Damn it... my dearest System Panel grandfather has finally come out again!

Looking closely, it was still three choices.

Choice 1: Others are right, the Travel Agency isn't having an easy time either, so let's just forget it.

Choice 2: Go to their door, let Manager Zhao taste your iron fist, and tell him you can't just say whatever you want!

Choice 3: Counter-collect evidence and increase the heat. Since the industry has problems, they shouldn't be covered up, but rather completely exposed, and solved through legal means!

The classic three choices; no need to look to know which one to pick.

"System, choose three!"

"Event has been activated!"

"One million has arrived in the Virtual Account."

Looking at the System Panel again, the event was already displayed.

Event Name: Pure Play Tour turns into a shopping tour, seeking Legal Aid but being considered not a stickler for details.

Event Requirement: Through the method of collecting evidence and increasing the heat, let those who should know, know that the tourism industry has huge problems.

Current Event Progress: 0%

To be honest, Zhou Yi didn't quite understand the situation when he first saw this task, but now he knew.

Public opinion indeed cannot influence the judiciary, but besides the judiciary, public opinion can influence everything else; no problem there.

And the method to increase the heat is not just asking old friends for help.

Without any hesitation, Zhou Yi directly reposted that article to his own feed and attached a sentence of his own: (Confused face) So it turns out the whole industry has problems? But it seems there is no evidence.

Since the heat of this article isn't high, then I will make it higher; this doesn't even need old friends, he, Zhou Mouren, can handle it himself.

Because his own traffic is already very large now!

Old friends should be used on the cutting edge.

After posting, Zhou Yi directly called Lao Quan at the Company.

"Hey Lao Quan, it's me Zhou Yi. In a while, gather the heads of each department; I want to hold a meeting."

The General Manager on the other end was the most qualified Manager; he never cut corners when it came to following orders and would never ask questions like why a meeting was being held.

He just said: "Okay, President Zhou, how long until you arrive?"

"Half an hour!"

Half an hour later, in the Company conference room, a pile of department heads were sitting there, all discussing what President Zhou was holding a meeting for.

If it were any other company, it naturally wouldn't be like this, but at Tenda, President Zhou rarely performed such actions.

Many people were asking He Ling, and He Ling indicated that she didn't know either.

Finally, Zhou Yi arrived.

"Everyone sit, sit. I'm just holding a short meeting, a small matter," Zhou Yi said with a smile as he walked into the conference room, but the first sentence he opened with made everyone a bit unable to handle it.

"He Zongjian, what is the approximate number of Employees in our company now?"

Uh... He Ling thought for a moment and said: "Counting the Interns, the company currently has 108 formal Employees."

Speaking of this number, He Ling couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth; she swore this was truly a coincidence.

A company with just over a hundred Employees sounds very different from those giants with thousands or tens of thousands of Employees, but you have to know, the current Tenda is just one company in Jingzhou City.

It was also because of the relatively fast development in these few months and the hiring of many people; otherwise, the previous Tenda was quite pitiful.

"What about the non-formal ones? The cleaning auntie, the security guards, etc., how many are there in total?"

The company's cleaning staff and security guards were all third-party labor dispatches.

"That would be 116 people."

Zhou Yi nodded and said.

"Alright, then let's count it as one hundred and sixteen people. Since I took over the Company, we haven't really given out any benefits; that's my fault. But now, I plan to give everyone a benefit!"

"Of course, this benefit has a few requirements. I will show everyone the specific details first to see if everyone can accept them. Those who can accept them can sign up with He Zongjian."

As he spoke, Zhou Yi projected the "Benefit Notice" he had prepared earlier via a slideshow.

Soon, the people in the Company all looked up to watch.

The benefit notice was very simple: it provided all Employees of the Company with one week of paid leave!

The condition was that one must find a Travel Agency and sign up for their Pure Play Tour, with a minimum tour fee of over six thousand yuan. Family members could be brought along, and the tour fee would be reimbursed by the Company.

The Travel Agency chosen by each person could not be the same, and if one encountered a situation where a Pure Play Tour turned into a shopping tour, one must secure relevant evidence.

Finally, it must be kept confidential; no information could be disclosed to the outside within the specified time. Those who commit a Breach of Contract would need to provide corresponding compensation.

Seeing this notice, the General Manager was the first to stand up.

"General Manager Zhou, you can't do this. We still have many orders on hand; what will happen to these orders with a week of paid leave?"

The finance person also stood up and said: "A week of paid leave, and the tour fees are reimbursed by the Company. General Manager Zhou, isn't this benefit a bit too much? The Company's finances are also not..."

Zhou Yi waved his hand, signaling the two to sit down, and then said: "As for the orders on hand, rush to complete them first. You can find others to help; don't worry about the money."

"The money will all be reimbursed by me personally. Everyone can see that this time it is mainly to help me do something, so I will pay for it personally. Any more questions?"

No one spoke anymore. Although it was a tour group, someone was paying for it!

Unsurprisingly, after the entire notice was distributed to the Employees, the Company's staff was instantly buzzing!

"Holy crap, is this real? A week of no-questions-asked paid leave, and General Manager Zhou is paying for everyone to go out and play? Tell me, was General Manager Zhou stimulated by something?" Yuan Jianhua asked there.

"What are you talking about, stimulated or not? The boss doing this is probably wanting to make videos, it's just that this investment is indeed a bit..."

If it were someone else, everyone would really say that this person is probably a total pushover.

But for Zhou Yi, no one in the Company would say that now!

After several incidents, everyone had come to recognize this General Manager Zhou.

He said he wasn't good at management, but he gave plenty of overtime pay for overtime work, and he would try his best to help when employees had issues, going through fire and water; and now he was even giving out benefits!

Everyone had been working for so many years and had never seen a boss like this.

Now that the boss was paying for everyone to go out and play, and only required everyone to take some videos to secure evidence, who wouldn't be happy?

Although they knew the boss wanted to make videos, honestly, compared to the boss's investment, this little task really didn't count as anything!

What's more, one could even bring family members!

Do you know how hard it is for a corporate slave nowadays to go out and travel with their family?

During May Day or National Day, those golden holidays, let alone the overtime work—even if there really were holidays, the crowds are insane. Honestly, if there were no other way, who wouldn't want to go out and play when there are fewer people?

Such a boss, really, it's moving to tears...

As for the fact that the Travel Agency chosen by everyone cannot overlap, that's a small matter; Jingzhou is so big, there are plenty of travel agencies.

So now, just finish the work and that's it?

Looking at the work on hand, the guys who were originally planning to slack off looked at each other. Do it! Damn it, even if we're exhausted to death today, we have to finish it, all-nighter!

The cleaning lady looked at the notice in her hand, equally bewildered. She couldn't believe that such a benefit actually included her, she just didn't know if she could bring more family members...

People always say how the tourism industry is this or that, but every time it gets refuted, saying it's just hearsay. Since that's the case, let's do it for real once!

Zhou Yi already had a plan when he saw the System Task. Since he had to spend money anyway, it was better to benefit his own Company's Employees than to benefit others.

Originally, he only thought about Return One Compensate Three. Since you all said you wanted me to be serious to the end, then I'll go to the end.

The second five thousand words, the third is uncertain if there will be one, because there is something to do in the evening, don't know what time I'll be back. Thanks to the big brother Moni Wudi, book friend 2019, thanks to the brothers for the tips.

(End of this chapter)