Chapter 245: Setting aside the law, shouldn't such an Up Master be banned?

"Fans act, the star pays the bill; why is it that it doesn't work for A Yi here? Yes, he indeed didn't say Big Data Price Discrimination, he spoke of Ah Huang and Xiao Lan, but he implied it in his words."

"Then these fans below were cursing the Company in all sorts of ways. I just said the Company also has it hard, and I ended up getting blasted. Does an Up Master even create a fan circle now?"

"So I believe such an Up Master must be banned. Looking at his previous videos, he uses being serious as a name, yet he constantly sends people to jail."

"Setting aside the other party's issues, doesn't the Up Master have issues too? Many people involved here have already repented. For a Criminal Private Prosecution, he just needs to withdraw the suit and it'll be fine."

"And there are other cases where the other party repented; can't he just sign a Letter of Forgiveness? He has to send people to jail, right!"

"I feel it is a tragedy that such an Up Master can become popular; he must be banned!"

Oh, not bad. Zhou Mouren looked at this long comment; the person named "Argumentative Number Three" wrote with such excitement.

What kind of words are easy to deceive people? Seven parts truth, three parts false. Being serious himself is not wrong, and not granting forgiveness is also not wrong.

The other party repenting is also not wrong, but the cause and effect have been reversed.

Every time before he starts being serious, he gives the other party countless opportunities and a Warning, but unfortunately, no one listens. It's always like this: they don't see the coffin, so they don't shed tears.

He reminded them many times at the intersection ahead that there was a wall, but they didn't care.

Then, only after the car hit the wall did they know to turn, and instead, they blamed the wall.

And this person is just reversing cause and effect and spouting nonsense there.

And the point he is making is actually the behavior of Zhou Yi's audience lords denouncing Ah Huang and Xiao Lan.

Yes, in terms of the law, it truly cannot be defined; there is no evidence to prove the existence of incitement, so one cannot say he has any responsibility.

But we can set the law aside!

He should keep his fans in check; if he can't keep them in check, then don't blame others for keeping him in check.

Is this reasonable? It's very reasonable.

Have you not seen Pijiwan? Isn't it all the same?

Zhou Yi laughed as he watched. He hadn't expected that after several rounds of his own strikes, there would still be such stubborn people among the internet onlookers.

Or rather, such people will always exist, and they are definitely not ordinary people; they must have a conflict of interest. His previous actions of cracking down on video theft offended too many people.

Peers are enemies; Lao Guo even said it, crosstalk performers hope their peers die...

But this person analyzed and analyzed, yet he just wouldn't bother with our "analyzing specific problems specifically."

Even judges must base their rulings on facts.

You have to look at what the behavior is and for what reason it led to everyone's indignation.

He shook his head, ignoring the other party for now; let the bullets fly for a while, no need to rush.

He, Zhou Yi, has done these things, but he has never said he is a good person, and he doesn't want to be a good person.

Because being a good person makes it easy to have a gun pointed at you. He experienced this vividly with the Property Management back then, so he would rather have them fear him than be a good person.

Since Ah Huang and Xiao Lan have also issued a Serious Statement, if he doesn't respond, he feels he would be letting down the hard work of He Ling and the others.

Returning to the Company and opening his computer, Zhou Yi thought for a moment and finished writing the post.

"I was at the Company giving out benefits to the Employee, when suddenly many people reminded me that I was in trouble again. Many people asked me to respond, and I hadn't even realized it. Since that's the case, I'll reluctantly respond."

"I also solemnly state again that all actions of the audience are their personal actions; they are not my fans, merely my audience."

"Below is the Investigation Report regarding Ah Huang and Xiao Lan. Friendly reminder: this is more detailed and standard than the previous one."

Zhou Mouren needs to emphasize that he has no fans here. Don't just call them fans; these are all lords, all audience lords!

We are strangers who met by chance; everyone saw that I, the video maker, filmed well, came in to like and give a coin, how did they become fans? You are slandering everyone; be careful, or I'll sue you for defamation!

As for whether he will be banned... what an international joke; Zhou Yi never even thought about this.

His videos all follow policy. He might not have this sensitivity, but Fang Dazhuang does!

You have to walk the right path and choose the right door.

If you walk the right path, even if you go a bit deep, nothing will happen. But if you walk the wrong path, even if you just brush against the edge, it's easy to have problems, you know?

Besides, even if he is banned, at most he can't film videos, and that doesn't hinder him from being serious.

Attaching the previous investigation results, he checked that there were no problems and clicked publish.

Pusa Xiong was already killing it in the comment section.

Usually, these haters would hide, but today they all suddenly popped out.

Saying A Yi should be banned.

He just wanted to ask one thing: on what grounds?

Others committed a mistake, I followed the law, and then because I didn't show mercy, I have to be banned?

Or is it that since everyone else is "price discriminating," I can't even curse a few times?

If he has to be banned for this, he wants to know, is there still justice in this world? Is there still law?

It's a pity that he wanted to reason with them, but they didn't reason at all; they replied, finished cursing, and blocked him directly.

So Pusa Xiong pulled out his five alt accounts in retaliation.

"You ask A Yi to produce more investigation results? And he calls himself serious? Don't you know the Burden of Proof? Talking nonsense without evidence?"

Pusa Xiong forcibly suppressed his anger and replied: "First of all, A Yi didn't talk nonsense. If it weren't for that statement, he wouldn't have even mentioned Big Data Price Discrimination."

"And, those talking about Ah Huang and Xiao Lan are all people who watched the video, okay? Don't you even watch these before commenting?"

"Well, I don't care. Anyway, you can't talk nonsense without evidence. Ah Huang even said that price fluctuations are normal; there are too many influencing factors."

He was really about to die of anger. Even though he is a veteran Keyboard Warrior, Pusa Xiong was at a loss for what to do now.

Really, there are some people you feel you can't reason with. You say a whole lot there, and the words the other party returns make you feel like they didn't even graduate from elementary school.

Just then, Pusa Xiong saw the little red dot again. A Yi posted another update?

He has been posting updates a bit frequently these past two days!

He hurriedly clicked in to see: giving out benefits, then responding... Holy crap, A Yi is indeed still that same A Yi!

The key is, how could he produce such a detailed investigation result so quickly? Wasn't he screwed over by the degree?

Why does it feel like this investigation result from Ah Huang and Xiao Lan is even more detailed than the previous one?

This was the first feeling of many of Zhou Yi's audience members after seeing this response; damn, how could it be so fast? He must have investigated in advance!

But why would he? At that time, Ah Huang and Xiao Lan didn't seem to have provoked him.

Never mind that; regarding this kind of insane behavior, everyone's unanimous response is: please increase the intensity!

"Purple Star Shining Moon": I said it as soon as I knew these two companies issued statements—what right do you have? Before, no one was serious, but now that someone really is, why would you think the other party wouldn't release evidence?

"And don't talk about price fluctuations; if it were price fluctuations, the presented results wouldn't look like this. The variables have already been controlled, so the question is, what other factors here could affect the price?"

Statistics is a discipline, and a very profound one at that; it is not simply collecting data as some people understand it.

It includes the collection, induction, and organization of data, and one must find the commonalities between relevant data; and as it happens, He Ling is a professional.

The charts she made are clear at a glance, allowing people to see immediately, "Hey, what percentage of member sample data is more expensive than non-member data."

Old users are more expensive than new users—this is skill.

What is called "evidence as solid as a mountain"? This is evidence as solid as a mountain. If it were a single individual, you could say something about mobile cache, you could say there are other factors.

But what about so many people?

And these data can also intuitively present patterns in the charts; you tell me what the reason for this is—the algorithm calculated it itself?

The onlookers are happy; who would like a single-plot story? This kind of back-and-forth is what's exciting.

Watching the fun without fearing it's too big, they all ran to the other party's account to start tagging them.

"Ah Huang, Ah Huang, come look, Zhou Yi has responded, the other party countered by releasing your investigation results!"

"It seems a bit fast, hasn't it been less than an hour..."

This isn't even "slapping faces without waiting overnight," this is just having finished bragging and then being stabbed and blown up by someone.

In fact, there was no need for anyone to tag them; the people at Ah Huang and Xiao Lan had already seen this response.

But they found it difficult to respond again.

Because there is no way to respond; what to do? Such a detailed investigation has already come out.

This isn't about what you can do just because you issued a statement in advance; people aren't stupid, okay? This is like lice on a bald head—it's plain to see!

If you want to say the other party had no intent and no premeditation, who would believe it?

"Contact the other party and see what it takes to get it deleted."

This is the only way now; the other party must have a motive for doing this, either for fame or for money.

Otherwise, you cannot explain the other party's behavior. Chengdu might have been to vent their anger, but you even got our data together—do you dare say you were also just being serious?

The same thing happened within Xiao Lan Company; no matter how angry the company's president was, it was of no use, and they could only rush to contact the other party for emergency public relations.

As for the problem, it certainly won't be easy to solve, but it doesn't matter; as long as we solve that person and then lower the heat, Netizens are all forgetful.

After a day, or even less than a day, this heat will be gone.

By then, everything will be fine.

There are people on the internet seeking Legal Aid who originally wouldn't give up, but if they suddenly quiet down, it goes without saying that the person must have been dealt with.

Either they were knocked down by money or threatened; there are only so many tricks.

Thus, by coincidence, Ah Huang and Xiao Lan also dispatched their respective relevant persons in charge, preparing to go to Jingzhou to talk to the other party in person.

The storm on the internet was too terrifying; Xiao Di watched it with trepidation and is now rejoicing that they have been playing dead and did not issue any Serious Statement.

Since the other party could throw out an investigation report on Ah Huang and Xiao Lan in one hour, it is equally possible they could throw out an investigation report on Xiao Di.

They were severely slashed last year and haven't recovered yet.

Thus, Xiao Di decided to continue playing dead: we didn't see it, we aren't clear about it, don't tag us!

At Jingzhou City airport, Liu Yun walked out in a professional suit, just preparing to have the Secretary by her side contact Zhou Yi, when she heard the Secretary's exclamation.

"What's wrong?"

"President Liu, look, Ah Huang and Xiao Lan seemed to have been scolded by the other party's fans before, and then they responded and issued a Serious Statement, but less than an hour later, this Zhou Yi directly brought out their investigation report."

What's the situation? Liu Yun was completely bewildered; why does it feel like she just flew from Modu to Jingzhou, yet it seems like a century has passed?

She took the report and started reading it carefully; Ah Huang and Xiao Lan responded—no problem, standard statement and response.

Many companies have similar processes when facing public opinion.

But what is it to pull out an investigation report in less than an hour?

And it's such a clear investigation report; this is clearer than the Chengdu Company one!

That can't be right, can it?

Or is it... the other party has a huge motive!

Otherwise, you cannot explain it; someone actually said this was collected by the Up Master in passing—is there such a thing as doing this in passing?

What about all those consumer associations? You try letting them do one in passing.

"President Liu, so now..."

Liu Yun thought carefully for a while, and a smile appeared on her face: "As long as we know the other party has a motive, it seems they want more money. That's fine; since they spent so much money doing the investigation, we have to pay extra."

"Ah Huang and Xiao Lan should also be sending people over; I'll ask first, we can all go together. If money can solve it, then everything is easy to talk about."

What is mentioned here is another reality.

Companies would rather spend a lot of money to settle such matters than stop their own behavior.

Making money, it's not shameful.

Thus, Zhou Mouren, who was dozing off in the company office, received a call.

"President Liu? No need, I don't think there's any need for us to meet. Since it's already come to this, then everything should just be done according to the law."

The other party was a woman from the Chengdu Company who called herself President Liu, claiming to be the Vice President of the Chengdu Company, specifically here to handle this matter.

But Zhou Yi didn't want to meet because it was unnecessary; the other party just wanted him to delete the video and the post, but he couldn't possibly delete them.

"Mr. Zhou, look, we should still meet. If there are any other problems, meeting once won't affect anything, right? Even if we have to go to court, we can still be friends."

"And it's not just me; there are also representatives from Ah Huang Company and Xiao Lan Company. We all want to talk to you. We shouldn't be enemies, Mr. Zhou, and there's no need for things to end up like this."

The other party spoke very earnestly, and Zhou Yi believed they were very sincere, but sincerity and solving the problem are two different things.

Zhou Yi also didn't believe the other party could solve the problem; even if a controlling shareholder of a listed company were standing in front of him, they wouldn't be able to give that promise.

However, after thinking about it, Zhou Yi still said: "Since that's the case, let's meet."

Since the other party wants to have an open and honest talk, then let's talk.

"Alright, no problem, Mr. Zhou. Then we..."

"Four o'clock this afternoon, there's a café in Guangming District called Lao Difang. It's quite nice; let's meet there."

After receiving confirmation from the other party, Zhou Yi hung up the phone and immediately dialed Fang Dazhuang's number.

Zhou Yi is the one doing the data investigation, but the corresponding legal work must be handled by Fang Dazhuang.

Especially now that he knows Zhou Yi has provoked Chengdu, Ah Huang, and Xiao Lan all at once, he can no longer suppress the primordial power within him!

"Teacher Fang, do you really not need to call anyone for help? If all three companies file a lawsuit at the same time, you won't be able to handle it." Zhou Xinran hesitated, but still advised him.

Fang Dazhuang, who was working at his desk, didn't even lift his head: "Two of them are in Modu, no need to worry. The other one is in the Imperial Capital; it's not a big problem."

Zhou Xinran only felt like she had heard a line: I view them as mere earthen dogs and clay chickens, just waiting to be slaughtered!

Anyway, ever since Lü Bu died, the Second Master looks at everyone as someone waiting to be slaughtered...

Hearing no feedback, Fang Dazhuang raised his head to look, and laughed: "No need to worry. The role of a legal team is that many hands make light work and they are good at checking for gaps, but this case isn't that complicated."

"The other party is suing, it's just Defamation of Reputation, at most we'll just argue a few points later. The evidence Zhou Yi collected is already so detailed; if I can't win this, I might as well go home and sell straw sandals."

Well, one look and you know Fang Dazhuang must have been reading *Romance of the Three Kingdoms* recently.

"Of course, if they want to play big, they could directly call the police and say Zhou Yi damaged their commercial reputation, constituting the crime of damaging commercial reputation and product reputation. However, they probably won't do that."

It needs to be emphasized here that an enterprise is a legal person; a legal person can file a Lawsuit for Infringement, but cannot file a Criminal Private Prosecution for crimes like Defamation and Insult, as those are the rights of a natural person.

And if an enterprise has its reputation damaged due to others fabricating and spreading false facts, and the losses are serious, they can call the police to pursue criminal responsibility for the crime of damaging commercial reputation and product reputation.

For example, the certain medicinal wine incident that everyone is very familiar with is a typical case of this charge. Of course, we are only talking about the charge itself here, not anything else.

So Fang Dazhuang's point is that, normally, very few enterprises would do this because the impact is very bad, not to mention that Zhou Yi, whether in his video or his two status updates, did not express any personal opinions.

This is what Fang Dazhuang taught him: there is no need to express any opinions. The eyes of the masses are sharp; you just need to throw the facts, the data, and the investigation results in everyone's face.

Big Data Price Discrimination? I didn't say that, you guys said that. I just posted a comparison chart.

"Small matter. Do you believe me, Xinran? The other party has definitely already sent someone to find Zhou Yi to talk, and it definitely won't work out. Want to make a bet?"

Zhou Xinran didn't speak; she would absolutely never make this kind of bet!

With Fang Dazhuang, you must never make a bet with him. The consequence of rashly betting in the past was drinking coffee mixed with vinegar for three whole days...

Fang Dazhuang doesn't like betting involving money; he just wants to prove that his taste can also be accepted by everyone. If he loses, you can do whatever you want, but if he wins, you must drink his exclusive secret concoction.

Zhou Xinran would rather lose money than drink this so-called exclusive secret concoction...

Just as they were chatting, the phone rang. Zhou Xinran took a look, and those two characters were written brightly on it: Zhou Yi.

Fang Dazhuang didn't bother with it, and the phone stopped automatically after thirty seconds.

"Hmm, it seems the other party has arrived. Xinran, four o'clock, Lao Difang."

Zhou Xinran: "(｀Д)!!"

"Teacher Fang, you didn't even answer the phone, and you already know this?"

"Yeah, does this need answering the phone?"

Heh, hehe, this is the legendary telepathic communication, right? Don't think I don't understand, you two men.

It's getting more and more mysterious; is this the world of men?

Fang Dazhuang continued to lower his head to work. Although he said he didn't care, it was unlikely the other party would call the police, and even if they did, it wouldn't be accepted for Case Filing.

However, he still had to prepare. Zhou Yi is his own dear soulmate from different parents; he absolutely cannot let him go inside.

Coming out of the Company to go home, he asked about the situation at his parents' house on the way. His parents said the renovation was good, and the third-party testing company they brought also tested it and said there were no problems.

Only then did Zhou Yi set his mind at ease. That's good, and he immediately told his parents to come back quickly.

A house that has just been renovated needs to be aired out for a long time; no matter how environmentally friendly the materials used are, it must be aired out.

After hanging up the phone, it was the familiar pork trotter rice, but just as he finished eating and was preparing to go home, someone called out to him.

"Big Brother Zhou!"

Turning his head to look, full of collagen, pleated skirt—the classic outfit of Miss Xiao Xu.

"Eh, what a coincidence, eating... going out?"

"Ah, going out. Big Brother Zhou, could you help me ask if that Lawyer Fang, Teacher Fang, takes other cases? Or someone other than Lawyer Fang is fine, other lawyers who are more reliable... Zhou Xinran doesn't need to be included."

Zhou Yi heard this and looked at Miss Xiao Xu. You are blatantly discriminating here. If I tell Zhou Cainiao, she's going to go crazy!

But he still laughed: "What's wrong? Are you going to have a lawsuit too?"

"It hasn't reached the point of a lawsuit yet, just consulting first," Miss Xiao Xu said hesitantly.

"Fine, I'll ask Lawyer Fang. If he's willing, I'll have him call you. If he can't spare the time, then I'll introduce you to other lawyers. I'm familiar with this industry."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yi thought about those defeated opponents of Fang Dazhuang and suddenly realized that he knew quite a few lawyers himself.

Miss Xiao Xu responded and then left.

And after the other party left, Zhou Yi realized he seemed to have forgotten to ask what the matter was.

But it doesn't matter, it's not a big problem.

Returning home, he slept until 3:20. After washing up a bit, he went downstairs, drove, and headed straight for Lao Difang.

He is used to arriving early.

Upon arriving at the place, he habitually ordered his drink and then waited for Fang Dazhuang and the others to come.

But he didn't expect that before Fang Dazhuang had arrived, his phone rang, and about four or five people walked in, one of the women among them was on the phone.

"President Liu, right? Over here!"

Liu Yun heard this and looked over, let out a sigh of relief, and after hanging up the phone, she came to the table.

She then looked at the young man in front of her, a professional smile already appearing on her face: "Mr. Zhou, we have finally met."

"That's right, and these few are..."

"This one is from Ah Huang Company, and this one is from Xiao Lan Company..."

Liu Yun hurriedly helped with the introductions; the other two were both middle-aged men who looked like the typical workplace elite.

"Zhou Yi, your cof... eh, there are quite a lot of people here today."

The owner of the coffee shop walked over carrying a tray and said.

"Sorry to trouble you, Dong Shu."

Zhou Yi turned his head and smiled: "I apologize, Manager Liu, these were ordered for two of my friends."

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