Chapter 240: She Actually Told Me to File a Lawsuit? (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

"Old Yuan, that's enough, too much. You're shouting 'Long live President Zhou' here, but President Zhou can't hear you," a colleague nearby said impatiently.

"Although I know President Zhou is very generous, there's no need to suck up like this. It's not like there haven't been companies in the past that had lucky draws for a car."

"And guess what happened? Not only was that car a van, but there were also a bunch of conditions..."

Hearing the colleague's words, Yuan Jianhua said directly: "Cao, what are you saying? Is President Zhou that kind of person?"

"The benefits President Zhou talks about are always laid out clearly; he never engages in any shady operations."

"Also, so what if I am sucking up? If sucking up to President Zhou can get me a car, why wouldn't I? I didn't have this many benefits at my previous companies, and I still had to suck up then, didn't I?"

One could tell just by hearing this that he was a veteran corporate slave.

The colleague called Cao muttered under his breath: "Go ahead and suck up then..."

Just then, He Ling walked in to announce something, and Cao, having sharp eyes, spotted her immediately.

"President Zhou is awesome! President Zhou is too awesome! I've said it before, President Zhou is the best boss in this world, no doubt about it!"

Yuan Jianhua: "o((⊙﹏⊙))o"

What the hell, didn't you just say there was no need for me to suck up like this?

You are damn well being way more excessive than me, and you specifically chose the moment when President He walked in—who in this company doesn't know that President He and President Zhou have a good relationship!

Too much, really too much!

Seeing that He Ling had looked over because of the noise, Yuan Jianhua hurriedly got up and walked over.

"President He, um, I wanted to ask, is it okay if they aren't relatives?"

Having finally waited for the lunch break, Yuan Jianhua didn't even bother to eat and started calling his friends and family directly.

This task was still difficult for everyone; for the "slash" price cuts, some people didn't have the Pinduoduo app on their phones and had to download and register, which was quite annoying.

Chengdu naturally didn't have such a high download volume, but fortunately, Yuan Jianhua's friends were basically all corporate slaves who traveled often and had various types of software on their phones.

"Yes, yes, yes, Lihua Hotel, send me the screenshot of the price, hurry up, I need it urgently here, yours is only two hundred and forty something."

Honestly, people don't pay much attention to this on a daily basis, and even if they do compare prices, they only do it on their own phones.

No one is going to compare prices across multiple phones just for a few bucks.

But this time, they actually did the comparison, and it was immediately obvious—the gap was truly huge!

After joining Tenda, Yuan Jianhua basically stopped traveling for work, and his last trip was a tour group, so he hadn't used Chengdu to book hotels for a while.

Therefore, not only was his price low, but he also had coupons.

However, for his friends—Golden Members, Silver Members, or those who booked hotels frequently—the prices were shooting straight up!

The most ridiculous one was dozens of yuan higher than the price on Yuan Jianhua's phone, which made that friend start fuming immediately.

It's fine not to know about such things, but once you do, it's infuriating.

Same room, same time, just because the phone and the person are different, you can give different prices?

"I really hadn't noticed this before. Everyone talks about Big Data Price Discrimination, but I never paid attention. It actually exists!" Beside He Ling, the Company's Administrative Director said with a look of surprise.

He Ling shook her head: "Indeed, none of us would pay attention to this... By the way, open Ah Huang."

Ah Huang, an extremely popular app on the market; you can actually do anything on it, but everyone uses it most for ordering takeout.

"Let's both order the same thing from the same shop and check the delivery fee. I'm a member, and you're not, right?"

The Administrative Director next to her opened Ah Huang, ordered the same takeout, and checked the delivery fee; sure enough, there was a one-yuan difference.

What is a surprise? This is a damn surprise!

When you see all sorts of inexplicable terms online, like Big Data or Big Data Price Discrimination, you have to understand that these things have actually long since penetrated our lives.

"How about we make this bigger? Let everyone test Ah Huang and Xiao Lan? Since we're already doing it anyway..."

He Zongjian had a sudden inspiration, mainly because she felt annoyed. This was really a bit too much; what is the point of me being a member if not for the discounts you provide?

If I end up paying more as a member than someone who isn't, then I've wasted my membership.

"President Zhou didn't say to collect this data..." the Administrative Director hesitated and said.

"It doesn't matter, we need to exercise our subjective initiative. For everyone, it's just a matter of playing with their phones a bit more, and they don't need to mobilize their friends and family."

Ordering takeout, after all, involves different distances, so naturally, the costs are different.

So there's no need for friends and family; the hundred or so people in the company are enough.

Thus, He Ling quickly issued another notice.

Zhou Yi had already left the company, so he naturally didn't know that his Employees were exercising their subjective initiative behind his back.

He went home to take his parents to the high-speed rail station so they could take the high-speed rail back for a visit.

And after returning home, Zhou Yi dialed the phone number of that senior customer service supervisor again.

"Hello, Ms. Li, I am calling you for the last time now. Tell me, what is the situation with my room refund? Are you going to refund it or not? Just give me one answer!"

On the other end of the line, Li Shengmei's face in the office showed a very irritable mood.

"Sir, please don't keep calling to ask. I will notify you when there is a result. There is nothing we can do when you keep pushing like this."

"I am the highest-level customer service here, and you can only reach me, so please wait patiently, okay?"

"I need a timeframe for waiting patiently. Do I have to wait ten or eight years for a room refund?"

"Fine, you don't need to think I'm a nuisance. I will absolutely, definitely never call again. You can rest assured—see you in Court!"

"That is your right. Go wherever you want!"

Snap! After saying that, Li Shengmei hung up the phone directly and muttered: "See you in Court, pfft."

A colleague next to her asked curiously: "Sister Li, what's wrong? Is it that same matter from before? Is that person still calling?"

"Yes, I don't know what he's thinking. The price difference is only about a hundred yuan, yet he calls every day. It's annoying as hell."

"Now he's even saying 'see you in Court.' Does he even know where the door to the Court is? 'See you in Court,' indeed."

The colleague laughed: "It's fine, Sister Li, don't worry. That's just talk. Too many people threaten a Lawsuit; how many have you actually seen sue?"

This reaction really isn't strange at all, much like Xu Yufeng's habit—she often says, "If you've got the ability, go ahead and sue."

She is not afraid, because no one has ever sued her.

So when Zhou Yi sued directly, she was stunned.

Listening to the dial tone on his phone, Zhou Yi shook his head; I am not angry, I am not angry at all.

Just waiting for Lawyer Fang to file the case.

At the Guangming District People's Court, with a briefcase hanging from his shoulder, Lawyer Fang walked into the case filing hall with a brisk, wind-swept stride.

He was very excited, but as soon as he entered, he found the atmosphere here was not quite right.

Looking at the staff inside, after they saw him, there seemed to be an inexplicable feeling in their eyes.

"What's this, what's wrong, not welcoming me?" Lawyer Fang made a joke, which was quite rare for him.

The staff inside laughed: "Teacher Fang, that's certainly not that we don't welcome you, it's mainly that we've been too busy lately..."

As for why they were busy, I think you should know.

"Ahem, well, about that, my case this time shouldn't cause any impact, it's just a relatively special case."

Relatively special? That's fine then.

What they feared were non-special cases that everyone could easily imitate.

And what kind of case would be considered special even by Teacher Fang?

The staff member took the materials with curiosity and started reading; after a few minutes, they looked up and said: "Teacher Fang, this case of yours is indeed a bit special."

Big Data Price Discrimination is something that has been talked about many times at the official level, but among the public, it generally has not received full attention.

Difficulty in gathering evidence, difficulty in Legal Aid, and low gains after Legal Aid are one aspect; on the other hand, many people do not take it seriously.

It's just a few dollars, let them earn it, what else can you do.

So, suddenly seeing this Lawsuit for Infringement filed by a consumer on the grounds of Big Data Price Discrimination was quite strange!

This staff member even thought for a long time and couldn't recall if there had been similar cases before; in their impression, there didn't seem to be any.

Is Lawyer Fang planning to create another classic case of Case Interpretation?

In this regard, Lawyer Fang actually has no choice; regarding Big Data Price Discrimination, the State Administration for Market Regulation actually has relevant penalty regulations.

That is the Administrative Penalty for price illegal acts mentioned earlier; in addition, there are some local regulations that are even stricter.

For example, Shenzhen, which is at the forefront of everything it does.

But these are penalties at the national level; for individuals, the only thing that can be applied currently is the Consumer Rights Protection Law.

Which is the Return One Compensate Three for consumer fraud, so that is the only way to claim it.

"However, can this kind of Big Data Price Discrimination be applied to consumer fraud and False Propaganda?"

It appeared, another classic scene!

Comparable to when Lawyer Fang filed a Lawsuit on the grounds of the Right to Know, the staff responsible for review would always ask Lawyer Fang questions.

There is nothing strange about this; let alone a Lawyer of Lawyer Fang's level, those big shots who became lawyers after leaving the Court have a level much stronger than many Court staff.

"Actually, it is still applicable, because in a sense, they did indeed do it intentionally, and it was also because of this behavior that resulted in my client paying more money."

"And then, what else..."

The staff nodded as if listening to a teacher's lecture: "Okay Teacher Fang, please wait to the side for a moment, our leader will review it specifically in a while, it should be fast."

The leader had already arrived, and both sides began to review together.

"Teacher Fang is still the same as always; let's file the case, this case is also very classic."

Actually, the leader had one more thing they didn't say out loud: these internet giants really should be properly rectified.

They rose all the way with the wind, but now they are a bit arrogant; the higher-ups have repeatedly ordered that Big Data Price Discrimination is not allowed, but they don't care at all.

It's just a pity that this case is too small; even if they really make the other party Return One Compensate Three, so what.

To put it bluntly, for an individual, the cost of Legal Aid is too high, and the loss outweighs the gain.

And for an enterprise, even if they lose the case, they will at most pay a tiny bit of money; for a big Company with an annual revenue of over 20 billion, this bit of money is really not even a drop in the bucket!

"Put this case on the special channel, make it faster."

After giving the order, the leader left with their hands behind their back.

Lawyer Fang had already received the case filing receipt and took a photo of it to send to Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi sat down in front of the computer and began to ponder how to make this video.

The team at the Company could do it, but he had to put forward the requirements.

Honestly, by now, Zhou Yi also felt that his videos could no longer continue to be generalized.

Things like being serious with enterprises and being serious with individuals need to be separated.

Because being serious with an enterprise is actually not just being serious with this one enterprise, but being serious with the industry's unspoken rules that this enterprise represents.

For example, the Dreamland last time, for example, the matter in the tourism industry, and for example, the current Big Data Price Discrimination!

And being serious with an individual is another story.

As for the fact that he, Zhou Yi, encounters problems wherever he goes... he has long been used to it.

Since the arrangements of the System father cannot be resisted, then just lie flat and enjoy it; let's just go with the flow.

After thinking for a long time, he finally wrote down the requirements and sent them to the Self-Media Studio of the Company, and they began the intense video production.

And Zhou Yi began to prepare the recording.

"Hello everyone, my dear audience, I am your old friend A Yi; it's been a while since I updated, but this really isn't my fault."

"You all wouldn't want me to encounter problems wherever I go, right? This time I encountered a small problem: Big Data Price Discrimination."

"Everyone look, I stayed at a hotel and went to get an invoice, but the hotel told me that the actual room rate was 247, while the room rate I booked on the platform was over 300; the price difference was over 100!"

"And then, I didn't want to go through the trouble, so I found their customer service to report the problem..."

"Everyone listen to these Call Records; the other party's senior customer service supervisor, Ms. Li, said she would report the refund of the room fee to her superiors."

"And then, I waited for two weeks; in those two weeks, I asked twice, but every reply just told me to wait patiently."

"They even said they would help me urge them, so I am very curious, for such a large Company as Chengdu, does a refund of three hundred and something really need the signature of some big leader, and the key is that it has taken so long!"

"France has already surrendered, and the blitzkrieg is already over, okay!"

"Since they told me to go wherever I want, then I'll just file a Lawsuit. This is the Case Filing receipt; I am just naturally stubborn!"

The recording was about enough; wait for the Company's team to edit the video and send it over, embed the audio into it, and it's done.

After thinking for a while, Zhou Yi wrote down the title.

"Booking a room online is more expensive than at the hotel, and customer service says feel free to sue? (Part 1)"

After checking it back and forth several times, there wasn't much Mosaic this time, because most of it was the recording of the communication with customer service.

Zhou Yi did not include Fang Dazhuang's explanation regarding Big Data Price Discrimination in this episode.

He did not understand the specific process, but he understood Fang Dazhuang!

Since Fang Dazhuang said to fight a small lawsuit to warm up, then it was truly just a warm-up.

Click upload!

Throat-soothing seal, after two days of slacking off, Jiu Jian's updates can finally return to normal. Starting today, I will steal some time to save up drafts to avoid a break in updates when I get married. I am getting married on the 26th, next Thursday, so there should still be a few days to save up drafts.

Thanks to Ren Dao Chang Heng, 4413, Hui Yi Fei Qiu, You Yi Ge Xin Shou, and also Big Brother Ye Zhi Hui Huang, thanks to the brothers for the tips, thank you.

(End of this chapter)