Chapter 242: That's Happily Decided Then!

Facing Liu Yun's inquiry, Li Shengmei shook her head, because no matter how she thought about it, she couldn't make sense of it.

If it were purely to vent this frustration, then now that an apology had been made and a refund was possible, why was he still not satisfied?

"The other party's demand in the Indictment is Return One Compensate Three, but it's impossible for Return One Compensate Three to apply here."

Liu Yun pressed her temples; many Company entities actually have specialized procedures for issuing refunds.

But paying compensation, that is a bit more complicated.

The key is still what was said before: the precedent cannot be set. If today, because someone comes looking for trouble and issues a threat, we agree to Return One Compensate Three, then what about next time, or the time after that?

Therefore, this precedent must absolutely not be set easily!

This rule applies to any industry you are in; I believe many practitioners have a deep understanding of this.

Analyze specific situations specifically; as long as you resolve the person who raised the problem, then the problem itself ceases to exist.

Otherwise, why would there be so many instances of "Please understand our difficulties"?

In any case, no matter what situation you are facing, people will always open their mouths to say this line; as for how difficult things are for you, no one will care.

At this moment, the office door was knocked on again.

"Come in."

Liu Yun's Secretary walked in, holding a tablet computer in their hand.

"General Manager Liu, we discovered a video online. According to our investigation, the publisher of this video, A Yi, should be that Zhou Yi who is suing us."

A Yi? As Liu Yun took the tablet, she said, "This name sounds quite familiar."

Li Shengmei also nodded; it did indeed sound familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before.

After picking up the tablet and taking a glance, Liu Yun froze.

"You mean, that Zhou Yi is the A Yi who previously sued over four hundred people at once?"

Liu Yun looked up, a strange expression on her face.

Honestly, she didn't really remember this A Yi, but she remembered the feat of the other party suing over four hundred people at once...

And it happened twice!

Once because of video theft, and once because of Internet Violence; although A Yi wasn't the plaintiff in the second case, everyone knew he was the key figure.

Honestly, even with Liu Yun's current net worth and status, she could never make such a crazy move.

This really isn't a question of money; as an executive of a listed Company, she also has money, but she would absolutely never do this!

So she remembered that there was an internet celebrity who sued a large number of people at once and even sent several people to prison.

And now you are telling me that this Mr. Zhou opposite us, who sues at the drop of a hat, is that Up Master A Yi from the internet?

"Yes, General Manager Liu. This Up Master A Yi has indeed never disclosed his personal information, but based on the circumstances of the several incidents, we can roughly lock it down to this Mr. Zhou."

The Secretary said with a certain expression.

Liu Yun began to massage her temples again; it was a headache, a real headache.

Li Shengmei had long since lost her previous thoughts. After learning that the other party was that A Yi, famous for being serious and known as the District Bully, she no longer knew what to do.

If it was him, then everything could be explained, because this person is truly capable of doing such things.

Which way does the Court door open?

Sorry, the Court is his home; he goes there for a stroll whether there's an issue or not.

"General Manager Liu, what should we do now?" Li Shengmei hesitated before asking.

Liu Yun sighed and said, "What else can we do? Look at the comments below; they are all saying we engage in Big Data Price Discrimination."

"If we cannot quell this incident as soon as possible, then given the other party's follower count, it is very likely to cause a public opinion storm."

"Contact him. Tell him we agree to Return One Compensate Three, but the condition is that he must delete the video, or withdraw the Lawsuit, or enter Mediation."

There are conditions, then...

Li Shengmei hesitated and said, "What if the other party is still unwilling? You also know that this person's style of making videos is exactly this."

"Even Return One Compensate Three is only close to one thousand yuan; the revenue from one of the other party's videos is worth more than that."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yun nodded immediately: "That's true. Then tell him we can appropriately provide additional compensation beyond the Return One Compensate Three to cover his losses for deleting the video."

"This loss figure can be proposed by you or by the other party; in short, this problem must be solved quickly."

Li Shengmei nodded and then said, "I will prepare to contact him when I go back."

After her leader gave her such broad authority, Li Shengmei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They had indeed watched some of Zhou Yi's videos, but not all of them.

Because, how to put it, Zhou Mouren only posts videos on Bilibili to this day, and people like Li Shengmei and Liu Yun do not use Bilibili.

So they couldn't possibly watch other videos; what they could access were those few that went viral and caused a national sensation.

Coupled with the other party's status as an internet celebrity, many people now feel that A Yi makes videos this way, of course, to make money.

Including him causing such a big stir, or creating such a big gimmick, it's all for traffic.

And it must be said that the entry point the other party chose was very good; only when the right time, place, and people were combined did he have his current popularity.

It's just that in this day and age without capital operation, even A Yi's videos don't go viral often.

No matter how brilliant you are, what of it? Can you compare to those two celebrities getting a divorce?

Can you compare to a celebrity's wife cheating?

Those are the big news stories that can crash a server, okay? One of your videos really doesn't count for much.

It is very normal to have this kind of thinking; don't tell me that in the videos A Yi refused this or that—everyone knows these days that videos have scripts.

People are all like this; until something happens to them, they just won't believe it.

Because it's unreasonable!

Li Shengmei returned to her office and began to carefully organize her words. Finally feeling there was no problem, she switched to another phone and dialed the number again.

"Hello, Mr. Zhou, hello. I am Li Shengmei, the customer service supervisor who contacted you before..."

In Yuefu Residential Quarter, at home, Zhou Yi had just sent the previous call recording to the Company, telling them to speed up the production of the Stick Figure Animation.

As it turned out, he hadn't been lying down for long before the phone rang again.

He answered it, and to his surprise, it was still that same customer service supervisor from before!

And why did this tone sound so familiar? When he had called the other party earlier to ask about the progress, that opening line, repeated over and over, seemed to be just like this.

Should one call this the turning of the tables?

"I said, are you people finished yet? I've already blocked you, so why are you still trying to contact me? Didn't you say we'd see each other in Court? I'm just following your wishes."

On the other end, Li Shengmei hurriedly said, "No, Mr. Zhou, it was indeed my fault before; I sincerely apologize to you here."

"And, our leadership just finished a meeting. You have a demand in your Indictment, right? Return One Compensate Three. So, after the meeting, our leadership has decided to agree to this request. We'd like to see if you are willing to accept Mediation."

What was going on? Zhou Mouren had been brewing up a speech about how "it's too late for regrets" for ages, only to have it stifled back down.

Was this matter really going so smoothly this time?

I filed a Lawsuit, then just talked some trash, and the other party chickened out? And you call yourselves such a big Company!

However, just as the other party said, his own demand was Return One Compensate Three. Since they were saying they agreed to this request, the Lawsuit would have no meaning.

It was just like that person on the internet who had slandered him before; the other party's attitude toward apologizing was good, so Zhou Mouren considered letting them off the hook.

"Oh, you agree to Return One Compensate Three? That's fine then. If you agree, I can consider accepting Mediation..."

It was just a pity that Lawyer Fang's warm-up exercise was going to be for nothing.

However, just as Zhou Mouren finished speaking, he heard Li Shengmei on the other side continue: "Um, Mr. Zhou, we have one condition here."

"Your name on Bilibili is A Yi, right? We saw that you posted a video regarding our Company, so we hope you can delete the video..."

Li Shengmei spoke very cautiously, especially the last word, which she deliberately drew out.

It was an age-old tactic: propose a condition first to see how you react. If the reaction isn't intense, they might even push further.

But if the reaction is intense, they can quickly provide a clarification.

It would be best if they didn't have to pay out; compensation in these situations was tied to the performance metrics of these senior customer service supervisors.

When he heard the word for that condition, Zhou Yi felt something was wrong, and as he kept listening, it felt more and more wrong!

It was quite easy for the other party to find out that he was the Up Master A Yi.

Information like this had to be stated on the Indictment: your name, ID number, home address, contact information...

Then, by comparing it with the video, one could reach a conclusion.

And this didn't count as an infringement of personal information, so it was all normal.

But what Zhou Yi didn't expect was that the other party would actually use Return One Compensate Three as a requirement to make him delete the video!

What were they thinking!

He even doubted if this person had really watched his video. The last person who used deleting a video as a condition—you can go and ask around about their current situation.

So Zhou Yi said directly, "Return One Compensate Three is what you are supposed to do according to the law, so it is impossible for me to delete the video."

This was what they called compromise.

There were simply too many similar behaviors in life. Originally, this was your right, but they would always propose all sorts of conditions to you.

Speaking of this, one has to mention borrowing money and not paying it back.

The other party borrowed my money and has to pay it back; this is a matter of natural justice, and the laws of every country state this.

But in reality? Let's not even talk about private loans; there are all sorts of "thunder-exploding" incidents that leave one speechless.

You spend money to buy a house, a house with all five certificates complete, and it just becomes an unfinished project. Even the regulatory funds that were supposed to be a guarantee can inexplicably disappear.

When you ask about it, the answer is that the developer has no money. So the question is, where did the money go?

We people who buy houses take out loans from the bank, and the bank has long since given the money to the developer, yet it still ends up as an unfinished project.

You feel like there is nowhere to go to reason.

This was Zhou Yi's logic: it's stipulated by law, so follow the law. Return One Compensate Three is my right, so I cannot agree to any of your requirements.

On the other end, Li Shengmei sighed; she had guessed it would be like this before.

Therefore, she quickly said, "Mr. Zhou, please listen to me first. We also know that you earn revenue from making videos."

"So, it's not asking you to delete the video for nothing, but rather we will calculate the losses caused by your act of deleting the video and provide corresponding compensation."

"Do you think this is okay? This compensation will definitely satisfy you!"

Compensation, huh... So it was still because of public opinion.

Zhou Yi began to think about whether he should change his filming behavior of splitting videos into parts in the future.

Using public opinion as a weapon was not his original intention.

Only when the other party wanted to use public opinion to attack him would he, Zhou Yi, use public opinion to fight back.

But now his fame was already a bit large; once this video was released, others would see it.

Furthermore, as long as the home address on the Indictment was seen, it would be easy to expose his identity.

So, should he move...

Thinking about these problems in his mind, Zhou Yi didn't stop talking: "Compensation, right? No need. As long as my video is published, it will not be deleted."

"You have also watched my videos, so you should know what kind of person I am. On this issue, I will not compromise."

"Mr. Zhou, we are really very sincere about this. You can name a number; as long as it's reasonable, we can definitely agree!"

Li Shengmei said hurriedly.

She felt that Zhou Yi on the other end was holding out for a higher price; this kind of situation hadn't failed to happen before.

Money is a good thing; under normal circumstances, no one can refuse money.

If the other party still doesn't agree, it means you need to add more money.

"You people... forget it, I can't be bothered to explain. I can accept Mediation for the Return One Compensate Three, but the video will not be deleted, and I will not accept compensation."

He was that unique, handsome guy, so there was no need to explain to these people.

"That's not it, Mr. Zhou. This Return One Compensate Three and the deletion of the video go together. If you don't delete the video on your end, the Return One Compensate Three cannot proceed, and it won't be able to pass..."

Li Shengmei said anxiously.

As soon as the words left her mouth, she realized she had spoken incorrectly. If it were someone else, perhaps they wouldn't want to go to court, but the person on the other end was different.

Sure enough!

"If I don't accept, you won't give the Return One Compensate Three? Are you sure? Then it's happily decided!"

After saying this, Zhou Yi hung up the phone with a snap.

Li Shengmei dialed again, but all she heard were bursts of busy signals; the other party had blacklisted this number as well.

He posted the video and filed the lawsuit just to get money, so why wouldn't he take it when it was offered? What could he possibly want!

On his end, Zhou Yi hung up the phone, a trace of joy on his face; he couldn't let them ruin Fang Dazhuang's warm-up exercise.

Otherwise, if Fang Dazhuang isn't happy, I won't be happy either.

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After trying several times, Li Shengmei was unable to contact Zhou Yi again.

She switched phones to call, but as soon as she stated her identity, she was hung up on and blacklisted, leaving her completely helpless.

She had no choice but to report back to Liu Yun.

"He didn't accept? How much compensation did you offer?"

"He refused without even listening to the amount? I've never seen such a strange person. What is he after?"

Li Shengmei hesitated for a moment and said, "Manager Liu, the current public opinion..."

"Have the Company legal department send a Lawyer's Letter, issue a statement, and demand the other party immediately delete the video and cease the Tort."

It's Monday, time for the routine request for recommendation votes. The morning throat-soothing chapter is here, and then we continue with the thirst-quenching chapters!

Thanks to Diemengzhuangzhou2011, 0310xr, yfeng, Youyigexinshou, Wenchidage, Feimaowuyu, Zhang1220, Mysilkylove, Chanawuyan, Zhongnianyoudashu, and arctan. Thank you, brothers, for the tips.

There are too many trivial matters affecting my writing. Fortunately, one only gets married once in a lifetime; after these few days, I will be able to return to normal.

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