Chapter 250: As a father, one must treat everyone equally and not be biased!

In the legal field, many actually say that our law is of the civil law system.

The civil law system is, in fact, a written legal code; it forms a substantive legal code through continuous summarization and does not cite precedents.

This is the most essential difference between the civil law system and the common law system.

Therefore, this leads to some situations; for example, many people find when looking at judgments on the China Judgements Online website that even when two cases look very similar, the judgment results are not the same.

And once you realize this difference, you can truly understand the phrase, "base it on facts, take the law as the criterion."

However, although precedents are not cited, they do serve as a reference.

Therefore, although Zhou Yi's judgment is only a First Instance and only a case involving the Chengdu Company, after it was reported, many people who were spouting nonsense before found that they had lost their talking points.

Those who said they wanted to ban A Yi mainly said that he promoted being serious and taught the law himself, yet he broke the law himself, and it was very likely he would send himself in.

As it turns out, regarding the criminal situation, the Public Security Department has already issued a statement with a blue background.

Of course, many conspiracy theories have also appeared within this.

Zhou Yi directly chose to ignore those words.

He is just an Up Master; he isn't so awesome that he can influence the Public Security Department in Modu. If someone really commits a crime, they won't care if you are an internet celebrity or a star; they arrest you as soon as they say they will!

Now only the case itself remains.

As it turns out, the Chengdu Company lost...

Then the question arises: how else can they spout nonsense? If they want to spout more, they have to force an excuse.

Saying things like "setting aside the judgment" would just make people laugh to death.

Consequently, Keyboard Warriors from all sides on the internet began to rack their brains, wondering what talking points were left.

It's not that they really care about anything; they just simply hate this A Yi!

Why hate him? These days, everyone is all about muddling through; they always have "forget it, it's not easy for anyone" or "it's not that serious, no need," and of course, the most classic, "he's still just a child," on their lips.

In the eyes of some, going to Court to file a Lawsuit seems like some incredible thing.

Everyone is like this, so when an A Yi suddenly pops up every day babbling about facts and reasoning, it makes you stand out, right?

Then, what everyone wants to see most is a scene where someone who teaches the law every day flips their own car; that plot would make many people feel satisfied for days.

Afterward, they would add a few lines: "See? I told you it was all hype, all pushed by traffic; how could such a person possibly exist, right?"

As it turns out, no one expected that this A Yi would actually be serious to the end; he not only responded to the Lawsuit, but he also won the case!

If it were the kind of case that dragged on for a long time, that would be one thing, but the key is that this case was fought quite quickly, and during this period, this A Yi kept the topic hot by posting updates.

Thus, before everyone had left the topic of "how many bowls of noodles were eaten," he had already backhanded the Martial Champion across the face.

With this judgment, Zhou Mouren's audience finally felt comfortable.

"Zixing Yaoyue": Finally a judgment, I was about to suffocate; I was almost angered to death by these people on the internet during this time. Is there really no one who can reason, damn it?

"Feng Qingyue": Exactly right, I block them after commenting; I was really about to explode with anger, but now, there are definitely still contrarians arguing, but it doesn't matter anymore.

"Monim Wudi": I'm old, my tongue isn't as sharp as the young people's; I just want to say, why is it that when it's clearly a good thing, there are always people who can empathize with capital?

Yeah, why are there always people who empathize with capital?

They use a cute image to say a few words, find a few cute girls to dance, and then, they can completely influence people's senses?

No one has forgotten that arrogant scene where they forced users to choose one of two, right?

No one has forgotten things like Paid Advanced On-Demand after becoming a member, right?

Capital never stops its pace on the road to making money.

Does anyone really want to experience that kind of scene again?

Yes, they announce losses every year, but they lose year after year, the Company hasn't gone bankrupt, and instead, it's getting bigger and bigger; so the question is, where did this loss go?

Everyone is a great philanthropist, I guess.

There is only one sentence: by what right? As a consumer, I just want a fair price; is that wrong?

I don't want my personal information collected or to be a victim of Big Data Price Discrimination, so I want Legal Aid; is that wrong?

At a time when the previous trolls collectively lost their voices, Zhou Mouren's audience finally stood tall for once.

The momentum turned slightly, but it somehow went a bit crooked again.

Because some inexplicable experts came out to give advice again.

Thus, many people saw that shortly after the Judgment was issued by Zhou Yi, a topic titled "Experts suggest young people should cook for themselves more and not order takeout" was quickly pushed to the trending list.

After seeing this trending topic, many young people were dumbfounded.

Damn it, don't I know that cooking at home is clean and hygienic? Office workers are almost worked to death with overtime; if I had plenty of time to enjoy life, I could also cook three meals a day at home.

Pusa Xiong feels like he wants to smash his phone right now; when will the experts' suggestions ever be reliable?

"Suggest that low-income earners can rent out their spare rooms and use private cars to pick up passengers to increase income"...

Good suggestion, but the problem is, I'm already prepared to rent out rooms and pick up passengers, but where are the spare rooms and private cars?

And now it's a problem of these platforms using Big Data Price Discrimination; why are you dragging the topic of young people ordering takeout into this?

The situation on the internet is truly a chaotic mess, and in Modu, inside the Chengdu Company, a meeting is underway.

Public opinion has reached this point; it's no longer a matter of them being able to suppress it just because they want to.

After all, it is just one Company; even if three joined together, it wouldn't be that easy.

Calling the police and filing a Lawsuit, yet neither had a good result; the most important thing is that because of this public opinion, the Company's stock price has been affected, and that is the point!

In this meeting, Liu Yun is naturally the one bearing the brunt; she is the Vice President in charge of this area, and now that public opinion has reached this point, she must inevitably take responsibility.

Liu Yun has no way to explain why such a situation occurred.

She has tried every possible method—giving money, giving more money—but it's useless; the other party just keeps demanding that they modify their privacy policy and not collect unnecessary data.

And they also want the algorithm changed; they absolutely cannot use Big Data methods to influence prices.

"So, President Zhang, I really don't know what to do..."

Liu Yun said helplessly.

Can these be changed? Of course they cannot be changed.

Just like with Dreamland before, all that talk about the environment and hygiene—that was all just high-sounding principles on their lips, while their hearts were entirely focused on business.

General Manager Zhang also began to feel troubled; if they changed it, profits would drop and there would be no way to explain it, but if they didn't, it seemed a bit dangerous now.

"Respond first. We do not accept the verdict and will file an Appeal!"

The Return One Compensate Three Lawsuit in Jingzhou would be appealed, and the Defamation of Reputation Lawsuit here would also be appealed; furthermore, they had already decided this time to try their best to delay time through various means.

Believe me, for a professional legal team at a large Company like this, if they want to legally delay time and make the trial cycle longer, they have plenty of ways.

Because time is, in itself, one of the important provisions in Civil Litigation procedures.

That was the situation with the Company's upper management, while down below, Li Shengmei was completely bewildered.

She never imagined that the incident she handled would actually evolve to this extent.

The Company had already made a decision to dismiss her on the grounds that she was not competent as a senior customer service supervisor; naturally, Li Shengmei was not convinced by this.

Although she was called a customer service supervisor, she actually had no real power; she was essentially just a role for relaying information up and down, and it was only because of her mood at the time that her attitude was a bit poor.

As a result, now...

Not to mention the outsourced customer service staff, who could even use this matter as bragging rights.

The response had a pretty good effect; at the very least, many trolls had a new reason.

That is, since the Company had filed an Appeal and there was new evidence, the final result was hard to determine.

Many Self-Media outlets gave examples and analyzed them as if it were true, claiming that in some past cases, after new evidence was presented during the Second Instance, the verdict was directly changed.

As a result, inexplicably, memes appeared in the comment section below: "Under my forceful arguments, the Court retried the case, the two-million fine was completely waived, and I was sentenced to twenty years of Fixed-term Imprisonment instead!"

Thus, under these circumstances, the turmoil on the internet sparked by those updates from A Yi was slowly subsiding.

Moreover, a celebrity turned around and announced a divorce, which directly ignited the internet and drew everyone's attention away.

It really was a coincidence, as coincidental as if it had been written.

Honestly, this matter is quite worrying; there are too many hot topics, what if one day there aren't enough to go around...

The Big Data Price Discrimination that had been mentioned constantly before also slowly disappeared from the internet; everything seemed as if it had never happened, and the privacy policy remained the same privacy policy.

With the new activities launched by the three platforms and various positive news, stock prices began to rise again.

A Yi, who had caused the turmoil before, also began to be forgotten.

It wasn't exactly that he was forgotten, it was just that everyone's interest was no longer on this matter; apart from those audience members and the tireless trolls, there weren't many people paying attention to A Yi anymore.

Now everyone's question is, what about after A Yi?

Could it just be left at that?

Impossible; in the past, A Yi was not like this. Since he was serious, there must be a result!

Why was it that this time, not only was the Second Instance nowhere in sight, but the platform's business was booming again, while there was no movement at all from A Yi's side?

Consequently, the trolls who had been slapped in the face before appeared again.

Li Zihao even started outputting crazily under the name "My Han Xin Is Super Skilled".

"Where is that person who was debating with me before? @Zi Xing Yao Yue, come out! Didn't you say you were a Lawyer? Why aren't you saying anything? There's still no result for the Second Instance."

"If I go by your words, shouldn't it have been judged long ago? An expert on Douyin said that this case is definitely not that simple. I showed him your words, and he said you don't understand anything."

As a result, after outputting for a long time without a reply, he sent a private message only to find that he had already been blocked by Zi Xing Yao Yue.

Damn! Li Zihao, who was in class, almost smashed his phone...

So what is Zhou Mouren doing now?

He and Fang Dazhuang had been having a pretty good time lately.

"Fang Dazhuang, how did you guess that the other side would use a delaying tactic?" Walking by the river, Zhou Yi asked curiously.

Hearing this, Fang Dazhuang wore a look of pride on his face and said: "It's an age-old trick. Ten years ago I didn't... ahem, anyway, Zhou Yi, when are you planning to find a partner?"

That change of subject was so blunt...

Seeing Zhou Yi staring at him with dead fish eyes, Fang Dazhuang waved his hand and said: "Hey, actually it's nothing; who hasn't been lost when they were young?"

As he spoke, Fang Dazhuang looked at the rolling river water, a trace of memory appearing on his face.

"These tricks, I've long since grown tired of playing them. Zhou Yi, if I were only good at fighting Lawsuits, I wouldn't be in this situation now."

Fang Dazhuang didn't say it explicitly, but Zhou Yi had already understood.

Wherever Fang Dazhuang goes now, he is respected by his peers, and even feared; his professional level is one aspect.

He had spent so many years in Modu, doing everything that should and shouldn't be done, which is why he could assert back in Jingzhou that the other side would definitely do this.

Just drag it out; it's the simplest method, yet the most effective.

Moreover, Fang Dazhuang knew too much about many enterprises in Modu.

"Regarding the past, I don't regret it, because that is the capital that allows me to fight Lawsuits as I please now. I can only say that gains and losses are not so absolute."

Zhou Yi didn't reply either; the two of them just stood quietly by the river, looking at this city crowned with the title of Modu.

A person must have ideals, but they absolutely cannot have only ideals.

Because beyond ideals, there is life.

But for Zhou Yi, the System made up for life, allowing him to pursue his ideals without restraint.

"Let's go, let's head back; there should be a result soon."

Fang Dazhuang turned and said.

"These few companies won't have an easy time in the days to come."

"A few companies? Fang Dazhuang, I only reported those three."

Zhou Yi didn't quite understand.

Fang Dazhuang smiled once again: "You only reported those three, but from the perspective of the 'father', one must be impartial in doing things and cannot favor one over the other; otherwise, how would the 'parent' maintain their prestige?"

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In Modu, inside Chengdu Company, Liu Yun finished a day's work, stretched, and prepared to go home.

A peaceful life is not easy to come by.

The Secretary nearby smiled and said, "General Manager Liu, the method you used before was truly effective."

Liu Yun smiled and said, "Once the turmoil dies down and the Second Instance concludes quietly, there will be nothing to worry about."

By then, even if that A Yi posts another update, it will be impossible to cause a stir like the current one.

Just as they were chatting, Liu Yun's phone rang.

After picking it up and speaking a few words, the Secretary nearby noticed that the General Manager's complexion suddenly turned very poor.

"General Manager Liu, has something happened?"

Liu Yun put down the phone and hesitated for a moment before saying, "The State Administration for Market Regulation just announced an Administrative Penalty decision, stating that we are suspected of monopoly, abusing our dominant market position, illegally over-collecting personal information, and Big Data Price Discrimination."

"So, they are going to impose the maximum penalty of five-thousandths of our annual turnover on us."

After a pause, an inexplicable expression appeared on Liu Yun's face: "It's not just the three of us, there's also Xiaodi..."

What? This, how is that possible?

The morning throat-soothing chapter has arrived. Of course, an Administrative Penalty wouldn't be this direct; there are many procedures in between. I did this for the sake of the show's effect. By the way, the feeling after getting married is actually quite great, hehehe...

There is more today. The good update habit I maintained before has been broken these past few days; I will try my best to adjust it back.

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