Chapter 268: I didn't say you were fake, I just want to know the specifics

At this point, it can be said that regardless of the popularity or anything else, this matter has already exceeded the expectations of Zhou Mouren.

Because he also did not expect that one of his livestreams could actually achieve such an effect.

Many people who stood up online to criticize it likely do not even know that such an Up Master as him exists.

Do not find it strange; you have broken out of your circle, but that does not mean you are a household name—that is impossible.

Within the circle, you are a famous person, but outside the circle, people are very likely to be completely confused: "Who are you, and why should I know you?"

But as of now, this is no longer a matter of him not wanting to participate and therefore not participating.

Although he had just made up his mind not to meddle in other people's business, Zhou Mouren discovered that he had meddled in other people's business once again.

Originally, he only held the idea of, "There are so many people in the livestream room, let's just try to see if we can slash the price for a mobile phone," to conduct an experiment; after all, everyone was very curious about whether anyone could actually receive the reward for this event.

He often saw many people online saying they had received the reward, so Zhou Yi actually never doubted whether the reward could be received.

The reason is simple: for such a large Company and an event involving such a wide scope, if it were purely fake, it would be impossible for it to last this long; it would have been sanctioned by the sharp blade long ago.

So there must be people who can receive it; on this point, Zhou Yi does not doubt it.

Be a bit more mature; you cannot just suspect others of False Propaganda because you did not get it yourself—you must have evidence, right?

But now, looking at the public opinion online, the situation has become a bit wrong.

"Shocking! One hundred thousand people can take down Causeway Bay, yet they cannot slash the price for a single mobile phone!"

"Is the so-called Free Take really a Free Take? Without one hundred thousand Netizens, don't even think about touching this event!"

"Now I have a reason to refuse Pinduoduo event links; you can say it like this..."

Honestly, all kinds of Self-Media or integrated media are acting like they are crazy, starting to ride the wave of popularity, and each sentence is more exaggerated than the last.

Headlines like "One hundred thousand people cannot slash the price for one mobile phone" are everywhere.

And they mention his name in every breath, as if he were that fighter!

This made Zhou Mouren feel a hint of something wrong, because whether during the livestream or after the livestream, he had never said anything about one hundred thousand people slashing the price.

However, it should not be a big problem; looking at Pinduoduo's attitude, they intend to cold-treat this matter; after all, if the popularity continues, it will also be a blow to them.

Of course, some people have also started to analyze it rationally, asking if the behavior of Up Master A Yi this time is just hype?

Because during this period, Pinduoduo has been constantly asking many content creators to help promote, and as a top-tier content creator, did A Yi also receive money?

People are just like that; they just flap their lips, and that's all they say.

As for whether this matter will have a follow-up, Zhou Yi believes that in all likelihood, there will be no follow-up.

Regarding the statement in Pinduoduo's response that the Legal Department would secure evidence, he feels that the other party should not do so, because when facing this kind of thing, the most important thing is a cold treatment.

Those Self-Media reporting like that are merely wanting money; once the money is in place, everything can be settled.

What makes Zhou Yi feel unhappy is not this, but the extremely cumbersome steps during the price-slashing process, and the constant pop-ups of phrases like "Big Luck" or "You can slash the price successfully immediately."

There are even inexplicable things like "Simulated price-slashing success."

Anyway, all the rhetoric has only one purpose: to make you feel that you are about to succeed, just one more, just one more will do.

Yet he stubbornly slashed for many hours there, from having a little confidence at the beginning, to slowly losing confidence, and then to complete despair afterward...

Others have succeeded, but for him, Zhou Mouren, that feeling of "looking like it's about to succeed immediately, but being completely stuck" is really too infuriating.

Either you just say clearly that this thing cannot be slashed at all, or you give a real progress bar; even if you want me to die, I have to know how I died, right!

Instead of staying at 99.9% all the time, and then having various 0.1 coins, 0.1 Diamond, and the like.

Thinking of the previous price-slashing process, Zhou Yi feels angry!

This is not about whether Pinduoduo's response that thousands of mobile phones have been sent out is enough; it is that the price-slashing process is particularly unpleasant!

Even if the price-slashing were successful, one would still give rise to the thought: whoever participates in this kind of activity again is a grandson!

By the end, he was purely too sleepy to go on, so he could only end the price-slashing.

Today he made a call to Pinduoduo's customer service, not for anything else, just wanting the other party to explain what exactly this situation is.

Don't use words like "we have already sent out 3,600 mobile phones" to fool people; the point is not this at all.

Then, after they understood the situation, it was the same old habit: they would reply within three working days.

That is fine, no problem; Zhou Yi feels that by now, the other party should not be like the Chengdu Company from before.

Waiting for it; he has not been to the Company for two days, so he should go there first; the General Manager has already made several calls saying there are many documents that need his signature.

Sigh, even as a boss, one still has to go to work.

He went out and went downstairs to get the car, but as soon as he entered the Elevator, he saw Liu Nainai was also inside, going downstairs, with a young girl beside her supporting her, being all enthusiastic.

"What a coincidence, Liu Nainai, are you going out? Where are you going? Let me give you a ride," Zhou Yi said with a smile as he greeted her.

Since he ran into her, he definitely had to ask.

Liu Nainai smiled and said, "It's nothing, nothing, just going out for a walk."

Going for a walk, Zhou Yi nodded and looked at the young girl again, but he did not say anything; he guessed she was probably a relative of Liu Nainai.

He went downstairs and arrived at the Company, and signed the documents under the resentful gaze of the General Manager.

"Don't look at me like that, I really had something to do..."

Just as he was speaking, his phone rang; he picked it up and saw it was a strange number.

"Hello, who is this?"

"May I ask if this is Mr. Zhou Yi?"

"It is me, who are you..."

"Hello Mr. Zhou, I am a Manager from Pinduoduo, my surname is Han, and regarding the price-slashing issue you consulted customer service about earlier, I am now giving you an answer."

"I believe you have also seen our response; the number of people participating in the price-slashing in your livestream room at that time was not one hundred thousand, and the price-slashing was actually successful at that time."

"Then, after our careful investigation, it was because the number of people participating in the price-slashing in a short period was too high, and it was detected by the system as malicious price-slashing, so it showed as unsuccessful."

"But after our manual review, we have already issued a special coupon to you, so please understand this; we will definitely optimize the algorithm program in the future..."

The Manager Han on the other side was very enthusiastic and was explaining it very meticulously.

However, this is still the same as in the response: don't ask, if you ask, it's a system bug, and it's all the programmer's fault.

It sounds like there is no logical problem; too many people participated in the Bargain for Free in a short time, leading to a misjudgment by the system, and after a manual review, they discovered it was a system misjudgment and hurriedly reissued the coupon.

No problem, a perfectly reasonable explanation for why the coupon was issued only after Zhou Yi finished his broadcast.

"Manager Han, right? I don't think you've grasped the main point of the issue."

"Huh?" Manager Han on the other end of the phone was taken aback: "Mr. Zhou, I don't quite understand what you mean."

Before making this call, he naturally already knew the identity of the person on the other side: an internet celebrity, and a rather well-known one at that, who is famous for being serious about Legal Aid.

Therefore, Manager Han was extremely polite, striving so that the other party could not pick out any faults, and his attitude was polite to the extreme.

But regarding this sentence from Zhou Yi, he couldn't quite understand it.

"The meaning is very clear. After you responded, didn't I say it? This matter has nothing to do with tens of thousands of people or not, and it has nothing to do with any 'ghost soldiers.' The key to this matter is, what exactly is the situation with this so-called algorithm of yours?"

This is the key to the problem. Zhou Yi is no longer the naive fool he used to be. Yes, the other party gave him the coupon, but whether this was because the bargain was actually successful or because he is A Yi and caused such high traffic, no one can say for sure.

Then, it is necessary to focus on another important issue.

That is, the true situation of this so-called activity of Pinduoduo!

You cannot keep telling people that they are about to succeed, always stuck at 99.9%, and then always stuck right there.

"Mr. Zhou, I don't know much about this algorithm, because it's not my department, so please understand."

Manager Han said hurriedly.

"Don't talk about 'please understand.' Really, I want to understand you, but I am telling you now, whether it is your products or the activity, we participated, so we have the right to know these contents. You don't say anything like this; do you think it's reasonable?"

Having experienced so much, Zhou Mouren is no longer the naive fool he used to be. On this matter, he has his own understanding, which is the Right to Know.

For example, regarding the probability of game draws, there is the "Provisional Measures for the Administration of Online Games" which stipulates that the probability of draws must be publicized.

So everyone can see that since these measures were promulgated, major game operators have successively announced the draw probabilities for their games.

That is to say, it's not that you aren't allowed to do such activities, but everything must be put in the open; you cannot engage in backroom operations.

Then, applied to the activity, Zhou Yi believes that participants have the most basic Right to Know. For example, how many people are needed to help bargain for this activity to succeed—there should be a goal, rather than using all sorts of vague phrases like "Free Take immediately" to fool people.

"Mr. Zhou, I really have no way to tell you that..."

Hearing the other party still using that line, Zhou Yi said directly: "You can't make the decision, then let someone who can talk call me back."

Manager Han is almost going crazy now; what on earth is this person thinking!

Even if you know the situation, what can you do? Are you going to play this in the future?

The phone is given to you, just say the word and the money can also be given to you; Pinduoduo is even prepared to start cooperating with this Mr. Zhou.

As long as the other party agrees, they can sign a contract for cooperative promotion, and the promotion fee will definitely not be small.

These were all conditions Manager Han had prepared before making the call, but the result was that the other party acted like they were sick, never mentioning money, just wanting to know the true situation of the activity.

Is this something a manager like him can say?

At this moment, Manager Han understood the feelings of the customer service staff in the other party's previous videos.

Honestly, facing someone so impervious to reason, they really have no way.

"It's not that, Mr. Zhou. You see, I am responsible for handling this complaint. If I can't handle it here, then afterwards, not only will I be fined, but even the customer service agent who took your call earlier will be fined. Really, Mr. Zhou, it's not easy for anyone..."

It's not easy for anyone... Zhou Yi felt completely annoyed when he heard this.

"You're already here," "it's not easy for anyone," "we're all friends," "they're still just a child," "the person is already dead," "do it for my sake," "we're all relatives," "it's the big holiday"—once these words are said, they carry a thick, familiar stench.

"Forget it, if you can't say it, then don't. I'm hanging up first."

*Click! * Listening to the busy signal coming from the phone, Manager Han was stunned. He still had many conditions left to mention, and even at the end, if the other party didn't agree, he was going to say the other party was suspected of "defamation."

But the person didn't listen at all and hung up the phone extremely fast.

However, regarding other matters, the Company is not too worried.

Because the coupon has already been issued, whether the other party takes it or not is their own problem.

They only need to suppress the public opinion storm, then use a cold-treatment approach, and it will slowly pass.

It's just that they originally wanted to settle this Zhou Yi, and even have him come out to respond a few times, but now, they have to use other methods.

This sum of money is not a small amount, but it must be spent if it needs to be spent.

Manager Han came to the door of an office and knocked.

"Come in!"

"Tian Zong, I just spoke with that Zhou Yi on the phone. The other party is the same as before; he just won't agree, no matter what I say, he won't agree. He mainly wants to know the specific situation of our activity."

Manager Han reported.

"Oh, it won't work, huh? I could have guessed that earlier. However, according to the Legal Department, in the case where the bargain has already been successfully completed, he has no right to file a Lawsuit against us, so it's fine."

"Then go and lower the heat, use a cold-treatment approach, and let those big Self-Media outlets shift the topic."

This is a daily tactic for big companies; one could even say that by now, many Self-Media and companies have reached a tacit understanding.

If they have material in their hands, they won't be in a hurry to release it; they must first ask others, "Are you paying?" If they pay, we will suppress it for you—it's that simple.

"Understood, Tian Zong!"

Manager Han, of course, wasn't like he said on the phone, where he would be fined if he didn't complete the task; that's impossible. It's just a script—when you're out in the world, whoever takes it seriously loses.

Zhou Yi naturally didn't know that the other side had two plans. After hanging up Manager Han's call, he felt uncomfortable in his heart, just like with the Property Management earlier.

No, after thinking about it, Zhou Yi dialed Lawyer Fang's number again.

"Hello Zhou Yi, no need to say it, I've been watching the domestic internet. Are you at it again with Pinduoduo?" Lawyer Fang on the other end laughed.

"Life is movement, the battle never ends. You're starting to have my style."

Zhou Yi shook his head upon hearing this: "Stop laughing at me."

"About this matter, Lawyer Fang, it really wasn't intentional on my part. I originally just wanted to experiment for everyone to see where the limit of the so-called Bargain for Free activity is."

"As a result, I spent so much time on it, I can get the phone, but I'm getting more and more confused. Just now, the other party called and even asked me to 'please understand'."

"Lawyer Fang, I have a question now. In this situation, the other party holds an activity without explaining the specific situation of the activity, so can I file a Lawsuit against them in the name of the Right to Know?"

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Yesterday was another single-page update, the debt has reached 108,000, it's dangerous; I'll be resting for the next two days, I need to work hard to pay back a portion.

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