Chapter 266: A Disclaimer: I Just Want to Run an Experiment!

As the saying goes:

The sea turtle once mocked the frog in the well, while the Great Peng spreads its wings to circle the ends of the earth.

There is always someone stronger than the strong, so do not boast before others.

It was another rainy day, and whenever it rained, Zhou Yi never wanted to get out of bed.

He didn't know why, but on rainy days, listening to the sound of rain falling outside the window, Zhou Yi felt he could sleep until the end of time.

But looking at the time, it was already past ten in the morning; no matter what, he had to get up.

Although the Company had been in turmoil for a while because of Fang Xiaofeng's disturbance, the problem wasn't major, and shortly after Fang Xiaofeng was arrested, the situation stabilized.

Sitting on the bed, looking at the world outside the window, Zhou Yi lay back down; being a salted fish didn't seem so bad.

But... forget it, he still had to get up. Three days ago, he had promised his audience in private messages that he would make a video about the various "Bargain for Free" and "Big Turntable" activities on Pinduoduo.

You really don't know until you look, and once you look, you're shocked. He had tried it once before and reached a conclusion: this wasn't bargaining, this was clearly begging for the limit!

He had intended to make a video about it later, but there were too many things to do, and he had forgotten all about it. Now, seeing everyone's private messages, he remembered this whole affair.

So he would just make a video. It was just an experimental process anyway, because everyone was very curious about what the rules of Pinduoduo's so-called "Cash Withdrawal" and "Free Take" activities were actually like.

Under what circumstances could one actually succeed in bargaining!

One couldn't say they were completely engaging in False Propaganda, because Zhou Mouren knew that some people had indeed succeeded in bargaining.

Of course, he hadn't seen it himself; he had only heard it from various Netizens online, and the Netizens were also talking about their own relatives or friends who had succeeded.

Perhaps it really existed. After all, in Zhou Yi's opinion, Pinduoduo couldn't just be spouting nonsense; otherwise, they would have been roasted to death by now, probably...

So the question arises: what exactly is this rule?

Zhou Yi didn't know, but he knew it must be some algorithm or Big Data again. Don't ask; if you ask, it's that you don't understand—this is their own algorithm.

Then he would just try it. Zhou Yi believed that even those "chosen ones" who succeeded in bargaining probably didn't understand the rules inside.

It just so happened that since the last time he livestreamed on the highway and was told it was illegal, then voluntarily turned himself in and was fined, he hadn't livestreamed yet. So, he would do it again.

Everything would be conducted under everyone's observation; there would be no shady operations. Moreover, thinking of that "begging for the limit" bargaining process, Zhou Yi felt it was better to have more people around.

He could also chat with his audience and tell them not to urge him for updates. Taking things seriously is a matter of fate; if there is no fate, don't force it.

That was decided. Checking the time, it was half-past ten. After thinking about it, Zhou Yi quickly edited a post and sent it out.

"At 12:38 this afternoon, I'll start a livestream to chat with everyone about some recent events and answer the questions you've raised."

As soon as this post went out, it instantly stirred up a thousand ripples!

"Namu Gatling Bodhisattva": 666, A Yi is going to livestream again? Last time he was reported for playing with his phone on the highway; I wonder what he can be reported for this time?

"Yuan Jie": Never mind him, as long as there's a stream. By the way, are you really going to answer the question about whether you like men? (Expectant face)

"Simulation Invincible": Uh... I'm getting old, I don't understand what you're talking about, but it just feels a bit exciting!

A Yi's livestream is a once-in-a-century event. You can watch his videos often, but this livestream is truly rare; everything depends on his mood.

And before, A Yi would just stream whenever he felt like it, never playing any teaser games. Who would have thought there would be a teaser this time!

Then one had to go in and take a look. This man, whether it's a livestream or a video, is always the most hardcore, right?

Meanwhile, inside the Law Firm, Zhou Xinran had just finished reading the materials at hand. She had no cases these past two days and had been studying Criminal Law diligently.

A lawyer who was clearly in the Civil Law track was studying Criminal Law hard. Don't ask her why; as a disciple of Teacher Fang, even if you do marriage law, you feel like you need to learn some Criminal Law.

Otherwise, you feel like you can't get a word in when Teacher Fang is chatting.

So she had to study hard and strive to give him a surprise when Teacher Fang returned this time.

A Civil Law lawyer who doesn't know Criminal Law is not a good lawyer!

Stretching, revealing a beautiful curve, Zhou Xinran picked up her phone, intending to see if there was any fun to be had; one must balance work and rest.

As a result, once she saw it, she couldn't help herself. Zhou Yi was going to livestream?

This wasn't a common occurrence. Zhou Xinran immediately became interested. Honestly, this feeling of hiding in the dark with a secondary account and peeking at her friend was really exciting!

Without even thinking, Zhou Xinran logged out of her video-posting account "Zhou Xinran Lawyer" and logged into the main account "Mengnan Zhou".

Zhou Yi had already noted down quite a lot in his little notebook; should he collect some interest today?

12:38, this time sounded so familiar. Thinking carefully, wasn't this the start time of a program hosted by a certain host who "you think is serious but is actually a total goofball"?

Oh right, that guy was also a "Versailles" type, hanging phrases like "Imperial Capital University is just okay" on his lips every day, only to run into Teacher Ma, who was currently in the spotlight.

He was defeated by the super "Versailles" of "I don't like money, I have no interest in money," and from then on turned from serious to silly.

Was A Yi doing this on purpose or unintentionally?

She stopped looking at Criminal Law, went downstairs to finish eating quickly, and hid in Fang Dazhuang's office. Zhou Xinran waited intently for the livestream to start.

Of course, Zhou Yi had some thoughts in setting the time there. He needed to prepare a lot for this livestream.

For example, he had to prepare no fewer than three phones: one for livestreaming, one for operating the bargaining, and the third as a backup for emergencies.

After being well-fed and satisfied, finally, Zhou Mouren timed it perfectly and started the livestream!

The title of the livestream room was: Doing an experiment today!

As soon as the stream started, the audience members flooded into the room frantically. To this day, Zhou Mouren certainly had quite a few audience members.

But, one could say that the number of people who hated him was about the same as the number of his audience members.

It was obvious: if you take things seriously, you will offend people; there is no need to consider this.

Everyone else was just muddling through, but then a troublemaker came along, felt the situation at the bottom of the pond was bad, couldn't stand the injustice, and directly brought a water pump to drain the pond dry.

Once the water was gone, many things were exposed, so someone was bound to hold a grudge.

"A Yi, a live A Yi! By the way, why won't you show your face?"

"I think there's no need to show your face; A Yi still needs to maintain a sense of mystery."

"So what exactly is the experiment today? Why haven't you started yet?"

Seeing that everyone was anxious, Zhou Yi smiled and said: "Don't be anxious, there are still many people who haven't come in yet. No rush. Let me tell you all what I'm going to do today first."

"Actually, today, many audience members sent me private messages asking if I could look into the bargaining situation on Pinduoduo. They all feel that it's impossible to succeed in bargaining."

"To be honest, I'm powerless to do anything about this, but after thinking it over, I think we can conduct an experiment during the livestream. Since it seems no one has done this before, I'm also very curious to see if it can actually be slashed successfully!"

Hearing these words, the guys who were originally just there to spectate suddenly boiled over!

Never did they expect that A Yi would actually set his sights on Pinduoduo!

"Holy crap, it's actually this! Hurry, hurry, hurry, I can't wait. I'm damn curious too. I always hear about other people's relatives and friends slashing successfully, but I've never seen it even once!"

"+1. Every time friends send me these links, I want to refuse. Clicking once isn't enough; they insist you open it too. After you open it, they use all sorts of methods to keep you hooked, making you keep participating, dragging people in—I'm truly impressed."

"This is great! There are so many people in the livestream, I don't believe we can't slash it down!"

It was clear that everyone's anger was truly blazing. Yes, in reality, no one believes that pies fall from the sky, but the other party's algorithm is just too accurate in grasping human psychology!

They start right off with phrases like "Free Take, direct cash withdrawal," and you can reach 99% without much effort.

What remains is just a tiny bit of money, like one cent.

It makes you feel that if you just do one more lucky draw, you can solve the problem!

On one side are big prizes of several hundred or even thousands of yuan, and on the other are various phrases like "luckiest," plus progress bars at 99.9%—few people can resist that.

Of course, some people raised doubts: if we slash during the livestream and it succeeds, does the Anchor just take the item? That doesn't seem right.

This is just habitual contrarianism; anyway, as an Anchor, you aren't allowed to make money.

Regarding this, Zhou Yi didn't even pay it any mind. Whether to donate or not is my freedom; I can be willing to donate myself, but you cannot force me to donate.

And once he saw the number of people was substantial and the heat was fully up, Zhou Mouren announced the start!

"Let's see, many friends have sent links. Eh, look here, there's a phone, over two thousand yuan, let's go with this one. Look here, it says it's been slashed to a Free Take."

As Zhou Yi spoke, he began the operation.

It was the same as the previous slashing experience; everything went smoothly at first, with all sorts of "luckiest" phrases popping up. Anyway, it just makes you feel that today, you only need to move your fingers to get this phone.

Moreover, before every lucky draw, there would be an animation similar to a pyramid, letting you see that the people below you all seem to have terrible luck, and they are all still far off.

In short, they use every possible method to make you believe that as long as you pull one more person to slash, you can succeed!

One lucky draw, two lucky draws, three, four—the gifted lucky draw chances were already used up, and Zhou Yi had also accumulated cards like Double Card and "Direct Free Take."

However, after Zhou Yi saw that "Direct Free Take" card, he laughed.

"Big guys, look for yourselves. I'm really not slandering them here. Look here, the entire card is filled with 'Direct Free Take,' and only here, in this corner, written in a very faint color, are two words: 'possibly'."

"Doesn't this trick feel very familiar? This is a trick from many years ago!"

A contract where unimportant places are bolded to make you focus on them, but the important parts are written so small that you might even ignore them at a glance.

Besides that, there are other methods, such as when you uninstall a certain software or app; look, the words "cruelly uninstall" are definitely much fainter than the words "temporarily keep."

So many times, when you want to uninstall something, it happens that you fail to uninstall it several times in a row, only to find out in the end, 'Eh, I've been clicking 'keep' the whole time.'

Too many tricks.

"Alright, now our lucky draw chances are used up, and there's still one cent left. It looks like not much, so now we have to share it with friends."

"Brothers, the next part depends on you all. Now let's see exactly how many people it takes to slash this phone down."

"We have quite a few people in this livestream right now, let's start!"

After saying this, Zhou Yi sent out the prepared account, ready to create a group.

He had specifically found an account for this livestream.

The link was sent in, and then he let everyone start clicking.

"Eh, there are lucky draw chances again. Let's continue, we've reached gold coins."

"Zero point something gold coins, I'm impressed. But it doesn't matter, let's take a good look today!"

"Oh, after gold coins come Diamonds. Continue, everyone continue. Friends who haven't clicked the link, remember to click it."

It was still the same old trick. Although it might be different after Diamonds, with some secret manuals popping up, one could tell at a glance that this damn thing is still pushing the limits!

Every time it reaches the last unit, like 0.1 cents, like 0.1 gold coins, like 0.1 Diamonds, every time it reaches this point, a new unit will pop up.

"So, when it comes down to it, this is actually still playing games with the decimal point. Big guys, continue, increase the effort, don't stop!"

The livestream started at 12:38, and it officially began around 1:00. As time passed, Zhou Yi realized, without realizing it, that it was already 3:00!

There were already several group chats created, and the number of people inside was unknown, but it still showed that the slash hadn't succeeded.

"This isn't right, everyone. My groups here have basically all clicked. Not to mention anything else, there must be thousands of people, right? How is it still not working?"

To tell the truth, Zhou Mouren originally came with an experimental attitude, but as he kept slashing, he started to get a bit fired up.

Constant lucky draws, constant help from the audience, but up to now, not only was there no movement, but it kept giving you reminders, saying "So-and-so slashed successfully and got a free take of such-and-such," followed by phrases like "The next one to get a free order is you."

Hearing it once is nothing, but the key is that he, Zhou Yi, had already seen such words countless times during today's slashing process!

Today's sleep-aid chapter. Thanks to Fuchen, A Bu La De Nang, Xiao Shufu, Bai Wen Lao Shu Chong, You Yi Ge Xin Shou, Wenchidage, Feimaowuyu, 80 Nian Dai De Shu Chong, Kuole Ru Hou, Luan. Thanks to the brothers for the tips, thank you.

(End of this chapter)