Chapter 309: Are there really this many trolls these days?

Yuan Jie is very excited right now, truly excited. She is just like Zhou Xinran was in the beginning; every time she feels she already understands Zhou Yi, that guy always pulls off some new, outrageous stunt.

To be honest, this kind of thing—mobilizing so many people to file a Lawsuit together—is actually quite absurd compared to the time he sued thousands of people at once; it belongs to the category of things no one has ever done before.

But filing a Lawsuit against many people at once is something A Yi has already done many times, yet something like this—letting many people file a Lawsuit together at the same time—that he hadn't done yet.

Not to mention, this kind of Paid Advanced On-Demand is something many people find annoying in itself; making money is fine, but one shouldn't go too far.

Looking further ahead, it comes down to the specific operations: signing the corresponding Agency Contract with the Fang Law Firm where Fang Dazhuang is located, and signing the corresponding civil contract with Zhou Yi, all of which are electronic signatures.

Then, one just needs to provide the corresponding personal identification documents to the Law Firm, and there is no need to do anything else.

Of course, Zhou Yi lets everyone choose for themselves here, because a portion of the evidence requires Notarization; if you want to do it yourself, then do it yourself, and Zhou Yi will pay the Notarization Fee.

But if you are too lazy to deal with it, then just directly entrust a Lawyer to help you go to the Notary Office to handle the Notarization.

In short, the biggest thing you need to do is sign your name.

Yet, there is a stipulation in the contract with A Yi that if this case is won, you can also get a bit of the corresponding Breach of Contract damages, basically around ten percent; it's not much, but it can definitely make many people's hearts race!

Not to mention there are many people who are just that type of "troll" by nature; even if there is no money to be made, as long as someone can help them vent this frustration, they are willing.

And now, there is actually money to be made!

Yuan Jie knows very well what this means; it means these trolls have all found a channel to vent.

Yuan Jie did not hesitate at all to start contacting Zhou Yi. In fact, this time Zhou Yi left the contact information for many of the workhorses at Fang Law Firm below the Video Part Two.

Naturally, he doesn't have the time to handle these one by one; all he needs to do is provide the money.

But for a friend like Yuan Jie, he would personally step in to handle it.

At the same time, Zhou Yi's other audience members, as well as those he had dealt with before and those he hadn't, were all boiling over!

A certain father learned about this from his "loves licking black silk" son, hesitated for a moment, and then decided to sign up, simply because he felt that A Yi was a reliable person.

At the very least, judging by his previous actions of saying he would file a Lawsuit and then actually doing it, this person is worth associating with.

There was also that guy from the "hammering" sector who had slandered A Yi online and then reconciled, and that Lawyer Li in Modu who was trolled by twenty of Fang Dazhuang's alt accounts until he deleted his account and ran away...

There were even customer service representatives and vice presidents from certain companies that had been sued before who now had a certain idea; anyway... everyone is doing it, why don't we do it too?

Qiyi Company is so big, and with such a good opportunity, everyone can earn some pocket money together.

In short, once Zhou Yi's video was released, it was like a certain great rebel leader raising the banner of "acting on behalf of Heaven," and heroes from all walks of life directly decided to participate!

And those audience members of Zhou Yi's with familiar names directly posted updates, showing screenshots of their chats: "We voluntarily waive our share and give it all to A Yi."

The money doesn't matter; the main thing is wanting to fight this lawsuit!

Of course, there are actually still many people watching from the sidelines, but who told us that there are so many netizens in our country?

Even if there are so many people watching, the number of people who decided to file a Lawsuit is still an extremely huge figure.

"Zixing Yaoyue": No matter who is fighting Ping'an... oh no, no matter who is suing Qiyi, I, Xing, must help out!

"A Yi": This Lawsuit is satisfying, so satisfying; as expected of A Yi, this is how it must be done!

"Monishiwudi": I've long found this Paid Advanced On-Demand eyesore; the way they eat is too ugly, we must properly discipline them!

In Jingzhou, Chu Lan, who was still planning to talk to Zhou Yi, naturally saw this video too. Public relations, after all, requires knowing oneself and the enemy; the new video released by the other party reflects his current thoughts.

As a result, after watching this video, Manager Chu started to feel dazed right there in the hotel.

Then, she received a call from the Company.

"Lan, I really don't know what happened. He just left like that yesterday. I felt the atmosphere was a bit off, so I thought I'd try to ease things first. Who could have guessed he would do that!"

"Lan, please listen to my explanation. Zhou Yi is not someone who can be handled with ordinary means. I'm not talking about you, Lan; I do have responsibility, but this..."

Listening to the busy signal coming from the phone, a look of dejection appeared on Chu Lan's face.

Things were changing too fast, so fast that she hadn't even reacted; that Mr. Zhou's counterattack was too ruthless!

He seemed to truly not care about anything; no matter how much money it cost, he didn't want Qiyi Company to have an easy time.

Could it be because of that one sentence Lan said that provoked him?

But, that shouldn't be it, right? Lan also said later that everything was negotiable. A big internet celebrity with that many followers is different from an ordinary person.

Sigh, I can't understand it; I truly can't understand it.

Listening to what Lan just said, if she still can't solve this problem, she probably won't last much longer at Qiyi Company.

No, she still has to contact that Mr. Zhou; no matter what, she has to make him delete the video!

In fact, Qiyi Company was not blind to such a grand Legal Aid movement; they had known about it for a long time.

In the Imperial Capital, inside the Qiyi Company conference room, Lan sat there with her head hanging, not knowing what to say.

She had exhausted all methods; whether it was the public relations manager sent over or anyone else, there was no way to solve it now.

Chu Lan was still considered obedient; as for the others, they directly said, "Even if you fire me, I have no way to solve it for you. That person is impervious to reason; we are public relations managers, not gods!"

So, there was no need for Lan to say anything now; she was already carrying a huge black pot.

Today's meeting was presided over by the Company's Chairman Wang, and the main topic was: what to do now!

At this point, public opinion being in an uproar is actually fine; internet companies fear public opinion, but they aren't that worried about it, after all, public opinion is a very mysterious thing.

In other words, if public opinion could really make these internet companies afraid, they wouldn't have so many outrageous stunts.

If a problem arises, we can apologize immediately, but after apologizing... we just keep doing what we were doing.

It's just a pity that this time, it's not just public opinion; the other party is playing for real!

So many Lawsuits are crashing down like a monstrous wave; the Company can barely withstand it.

One person's strength is very weak; winning a Lawsuit might win a few hundred or a thousand yuan, and then adding the Notarization Fee and other costs that Qiyi Company must bear, at most it's only a little over a thousand.

So it doesn't count for much at all.

But what about a thousand people? What about ten thousand people?

Once a case reaches this level, it belongs to Collective Litigation. Zhou Yi had already thought of this; surely someone would say this is a waste of judicial resources.

But the fact is, these highly homogeneous cases really aren't that much of a waste of judicial resources; batch processing is fine, and the probability of Mediation is very high.

Therefore, Qiyi Company must now find a way to solve the problem.

Ideally, it would be best to reach a mediation, and for the compensation to be a little less, even less.

Qiyi Company is still losing money right now.

"About how many people are there now?" the Chairman asked.

The person specifically responsible for collecting data replied: "There are already about three thousand people. Many are posting their own chat logs, and this is just the previous data; it is still growing constantly!"

The Chairman felt a headache; over three thousand people, at over a thousand yuan per person, that is over three million, and this is just now. At this rate of growth, even ten thousand people is possible...

If ten thousand people really file a lawsuit, ten million... such a massive cash flow, even for the scale of Qiyi Company, would be a severe blow to its foundations.

Even if they can use various methods to delay it, such as extending the litigation period or various appeals, there must be a solution!

"Wang Zong, the Legal Department has already urgently modified the Golden Member promotion, but the effect is not significant. Among those currently thinking of filing a lawsuit, only a small portion bought the membership after the video was released; most people had already activated their memberships before."

If you want to know if it's a mule or a horse, you have to take it out for a walk. You really don't know until you try; once you do, you realize so many people hate Paid Advanced On-Demand.

And this group of people are all stable paid members of Qiyi Company; it can be said that they are the company's base...

The Chairman waved his hand; do what can be done first.

The Legal Department must also be prepared to fight this lawsuit; they absolutely cannot be intimidated!

If they win, wouldn't all the problems be solved?

"Lan, you really shouldn't have said those things before," someone said.

Lan didn't say anything, or rather, it was already too late now.

If he had known earlier that that person could cause such a big stir just because of his few words, he would rather die than say them.

Delete the terms, then delete them; pay the compensation, then pay it. There was no need to reach this point at all.

Deleting or modifying the terms would at most affect the company's profits, but with so many people suing together, if they are not careful, the company might even cease to exist.

In the end, they decided to continue sending people to talk to that person named Zhou Yi, and let the Public Relations Manager Chu Lan, who had already gone, stabilize the person first and not rush to file a lawsuit.

They also had Deputy General Manager Li, who is in charge of public relations for the company, go over as well, with instructions to be generous with the terms; as long as there is no lawsuit, anything can be discussed.

In the words of Lawyer Fang, this is truly a classic litigation that can be written into the history of legal studies!

As the internet industry has developed to this day, they often do not pay attention to consumer rights because they occupy a dominant position, or because of copyright, or for other reasons, and consumers cannot leave them.

So they have become a bit unscrupulous; Big Data Price Discrimination is one aspect, and Member Priority Viewing followed by Paid Advanced On-Demand is another.

However, just because you occupy a dominant position does not mean you can do whatever you want. When everyone unites, that kind of power is definitely not something a single company can block.

Everyone in Lawyer Fang's law firm was called back; except for those who had already taken on cases, everyone else started working on this case.

The preservation and Notarization of evidence, as well as the organization of relevant litigation materials and the filing of the Lawsuit, all require a large amount of manpower because the number of people involved is truly too large.

Inside the law firm, everyone was busy as if they had gone crazy; Zhou Xinran didn't even have time to use her Mengnan Zhou account to post a few words.

Yes, the Mengnan Zhou account had already been exposed. Zhou Xinran had felt embarrassed or shy before, but now... she had given up.

Whatever, it's already known by people anyway; I am Mengnan Zhou, who am I afraid of!

As a result, she didn't even have time to attend to it today; she was too busy, so busy that she didn't even have much time to drink water.

Fortunately, although the money given this time wasn't much, everyone's enthusiasm was very high.

After all, for a case like this, some people want to participate but can't even get in.

In the future, they will have the capital to brag when they go out: Do you know about that large-scale Collective Litigation against Qiyi Company? My friend was one of the lawyers!

And in such a busy atmosphere, Zhou Yi sat leisurely in Lawyer Fang's office, occasionally picking up the teacup beside him for a sip.

The face of a capitalist was vividly displayed at this moment!

"Zhou Yi, I think you'd better not be so high-profile. Although you are the one paying, if you continue like this, you will be beaten up by the big guys, believe me," Lawyer Fang looked up and smiled.

"The lawyers here all follow me, so everyone goes to the gym after work to learn Sanda or something..."

Hearing this, Zhou Mouren sat up straight quickly; he almost forgot that the lawyers in Lawyer Fang's faction all uphold the philosophy of advancing debate and combat side-by-side.

Although many people are not very good at learning it, looking at that build and those muscles, they are all quite intimidating.

Most importantly, if they hit someone, you might not even have the evidence to sue them...

"Lawyer Fang, are you a lawyer or a gang leader?" Zhou Yi complained.

Even those who hang out on the streets would be afraid of your group of people.

Lawyer Fang was noncommittal, only smiling: "Alright, if you have nothing else, go back. I estimate I will have to work overtime all night here. With the matter blown up so big, Qiyi Company will definitely contact you."

"Don't worry!" Zhou Yi nodded and said: "No matter what they say, I will not accept mediation."

"They keep mentioning my status, saying I am some big Up Master and not an ordinary person. What status? I just want them to be educated!"

This is one point that makes Zhou Yi very uncomfortable; so what if I am a big internet celebrity? Am I not still a person?

You treat me differently, making it seem like I'm something special; sorry, I don't want to be treated differently.

If I weren't an internet celebrity and didn't have my current influence, would you still be like this?

Forget it, now I just want to let you see the power of the masses.

It's just that there are a few too many people, and many have expressed that they don't need that bit of money; they just want to teach them a lesson.

Are there really so many trolls on the internet these days?

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At the Guangming District Court, Judge Li, who had just found some free time, also saw Zhou Yi's new video and was stunned again.

"This Zhou Yi... I don't know what to say," Judge Li smiled bitterly.

Another judge from the Criminal Division beside him also said helplessly: "I just don't know how our colleagues at the Beijing Internet Court will be this time; will their eyes be dark, and will they lose some hair?"

After saying this, the two judges, both with thinning hair, looked at each other and burst into laughter.

On one hand, they wanted this litigation to be in the Guangming District, but on the other hand, they didn't; it was very conflicting.

And in the Imperial Capital, the Internet Court had already begun full combat readiness!

There was no other way; anyone blind could see how big the stir on the internet was.

Poor Internet Court, it had never encountered such a situation since its establishment.

The person in charge of Case Filing is currently on the phone with their superiors.

"Understood, no problem, we guarantee that we will handle this large-scale Litigation well and make it a classic!"

"All Employees are currently prepared; this is a great battle, and we must fight it well!"

Hanging up the phone, the person in charge looked at the crowd before them, spread their hands, and said, "Get ready to work overtime."

Barring any accidents, this Litigation must be handled well; the original intention of establishing the Internet Court was to provide convenience for everyone.

What is governing the country according to law? This is governing the country according to law!

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