Chapter 310: Let me ask you, is it really necessary to do this? (Seeking monthly votes)

Yuefu Residential Quarter was as harmonious as it always was.

Liu Nainai had just stepped out of a car, followed by Wang Rui from Tiancheng Company, who was carrying a pile of items that looked quite high-end but heaven knows what they actually were.

As it turned out, she was called out just as she was about to enter the door.

"Old lady, do you know if there is someone named Zhou Yi in this Small Residential District?"

Liu Nainai was a good person and always very kind, plus the name the other party asked about was all too familiar.

Wang Rui, standing to the side, didn't speak; she just stood there watching. Her position was very clear: she was a salesperson, and she only needed to gain Liu Nainai's favor; she wouldn't interfere in anything else.

Liu Nainai turned her head to look; it was a middle-aged man in a suit, accompanied by a few younger people.

"Huh? What? You're looking for someone? What for?"

Seeing Liu Nainai acting as if she were deaf and hadn't heard clearly, Wang Rui, standing nearby, was almost stunned.

She had known this old lady for some time now and knew that she wasn't hard of hearing or dim-sighted, and her legs and feet were nimble, yet now that she heard this name, she was actually feigning deafness?

Most importantly, she knew the name Zhou Yi; he was the neighbor living downstairs from Liu Nainai.

Liu Nainai, however, ignored all that and continued to look at the middle-aged man with a smile.

She was kind-hearted, but she certainly wasn't stupid!

Oh, that's hard to say, but at least she felt she was very clear-headed.

People often came to the entrance of this Small Residential District to ask about Zhou Yi—it was frequent, and everyone in the Small Residential District was used to it.

In front of them, Manager Li from Qiyi Company exchanged a look with Chu Lan beside him and said with effort: "Zhou Yi, old lady, can you hear me clearly?"

Their group had come specifically from the Imperial Capital to meet with Chu Lan, and then they wanted to arrange to talk to Zhou Mouren.

But unfortunately, Zhou Yi no longer wanted to see them. Everyone was now fighting with real swords and spears; who would meet with you? If you spread the news of our meeting, what would those brothers who followed me in the Lawsuit think?

Saying that A Yi told us all to file a Lawsuit, and then he went and had a Mediation with people himself?

There was no other way; they could only inquire through various channels and found Zhou Yi's residential address in the Small Residential District.

This was findable because Zhou Mouren had exposed it before; if Yuan Jie could find her way here, Manager Li naturally could too.

"Zhou Yi? I don't seem to have heard of him. What's the matter? What business do you have with him?" Liu Nainai asked again, very casually.

"Eh, it's just a small matter. Forget it, if you haven't heard of him, why am I even saying this? I'll go ask someone else."

Manager Li was a bit depressed; as a dignified company vice president, when had he ever been this troubled?

But now they absolutely had to find the person; the chairman had given a death order—they must talk!

No matter how the talk went, you had to see the person first to have any room for discussion.

Liu Nainai shook her head and said: "You people, little Zhou is such a good child, why are you all looking for trouble with him? Eh, someone here is looking for Zhou Yi!"

What was going on?

Manager Li, Chu Lan, and their group looked over and discovered that, following Liu Nainai's shout, many people had gathered around, including the security guard uncle who was watching the excitement at the entrance.

"Someone looking for little Zhou again? Sigh, what is wrong with people these days? Did little Zhou provoke them?"

"Exactly. Look at that person last time; they came here and wailed and cried, just wanting little Zhou to let them off. Why didn't they say that when they were looking for trouble?"

"It's not just him; there were others. I remember them shouting all sorts of things at the entrance, completely shameless..."

The uncles and aunties nearby thought they were whispering, but their hearing wasn't good, so those "whispers" were almost shouted at the top of their lungs.

And they felt they were speaking very softly.

Gathering around now, it couldn't be said they were here to help Zhou Yi; it was just that Zhou Mouren had a big reputation in the Small Residential District now, and with so many people coming to find him, everyone wanted to watch the show.

Manager Li's face turned blue and then red as he listened. Chu Lan quickly stepped forward and said: "Well, everyone, we have legitimate business with Mr. Zhou, we aren't here to cause trouble."

Just as she finished speaking, she saw a bald man nearby laughing: "Eh, what a coincidence. Those people who came to find Brother Zhou before all said they had legitimate business too. Everyone, am I right?"

"Exactly, they all said they had legitimate business, but when we helped call him out, they forced him to do things, and when he didn't agree, they cursed him. What kind of people are they!"

The bald man's words made everyone start discussing again. Looking closely, this bald man was none other than Song Xiaofei.

Although Brother Zhou had been busy doing big things lately and only met him occasionally in the Small Residential District, Song Xiaofei would handle it whenever he saw such things.

He was a big internet celebrity among big internet celebrities!

And unlike the others around him, Song Xiaofei watched Zhou Yi's videos, so he could guess now that this group, looking quite formal, was likely from that Qiyi Company.

Coming to find Brother Zhou, it was eight or nine times out of ten for Mediation.

But was Brother Zhou the type to settle? Why did he make such a big scene? Wasn't it because of you people?

If you had acted like human beings, how could it have come to this situation?

The group looked at each other; what was going on now?

That Zhou Yi seemed sick, so why did the people living in his Small Residential District also seem sick?

Wang Daye, on the side, laughed: "Too many people ask about Zhou Yi. I don't know what you're here for; why don't you just call him?"

Hearing this, Manager Li finally couldn't help but say: "If you don't want to say, can you just not say it? I didn't beg you to speak, did I? What's the matter, can't I even ask about someone now?"

Before he became a vice president, he didn't have such a temper, but he had been in senior management for years, so he had slowly developed a bit of a temper.

Wang Daye was a bit stunned by being snapped at like that.

And Song Xiaofei, opposite him, didn't indulge him at all. He walked up with his shiny bald head and stared at Manager Li: "What's the matter? What do you mean by that? Looking to pick a fight?"

Facing a guy who didn't look like a good person, Manager Li immediately shut his mouth.

A wise man doesn't fight when the odds are against him, but the people in this Small Residential District were really like they were sick!

No one paid any more attention to them, and they slowly dispersed. Find whoever you want; if you ask us, we all just don't know.

This was what the Property Management Manager He Xiaoxuan had said in the owners' group. Because of Zhou Yi's status as an internet celebrity, people often came to find him, so naturally, everyone couldn't just talk nonsense.

Seeing that not a single person would speak, Manager Li felt a fire raging in his heart.

"What exactly is this Zhou Yi thinking? Is it impossible to even meet? Those who don't know would think we did something; isn't it just Advanced On-Demand? Is it worth it?"

Chu Lan remained silent; she had already been scolded by Lan once, and she didn't want to be scolded a second time.

And she was already starting to waver.

Zhou Yi already knew what had happened below, because when Liu Nainai returned, she told him everything in detail.

This is the very annoying part of Legal Aid, because the other party will use all sorts of methods to trouble you, and even if you state in every way that you do not accept Mediation, it doesn't matter.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yi still took out his phone and dialed Chu Lan's number.

Downstairs, Chu Lan took out his phone, then said with an excited expression: "Manager Li, Zhou Yi called!"

Manager Li, who was already in a very bad mood, hurriedly took the phone to answer, suppressing the anger in his heart, and said very politely: "Hello, uh, Mr. Zhou, I am the Vice President of Qiyi, my surname is Li."

"Manager Li, right? I'm telling you now, you don't need to look for me anymore; it is impossible for me to accept Mediation."

The anger that Manager Li had barely suppressed flared up again, but he still forced himself to say: "Mr. Zhou, it really doesn't have to be this way. There is no deep hatred between the Company and you, it was just those few words from Lan."

"There is no need to do this. Look, you are spending so much money, and in the end, those people on the internet might not even appreciate it, right?"

Zhou Yi shook his head and said: "Manager Li, you really don't need to say these things. Let me put it this way: you keep talking about deep hatred, which shows that you still haven't realized the core of the problem. Honestly, we have nothing more to say to each other!"

"That's it."

After saying this, Zhou Yi intended to hang up. Is the core of the problem merely the hatred between me and you?

To put it bluntly, that Paid Advanced On-Demand is just a Tort to an individual; the core of the problem is not here.

The core of the problem is that internet companies now only care about themselves and completely disregard the rights of consumers.

Just because internet Legal Aid is difficult, and just because there are no consequences even if consumers win their Legal Aid, they are emboldened!

In such a situation, honestly, they must be taught a lesson; otherwise, the consequence of giving up halfway is that they will continue to do it in the future.

To put it plainly, a giant enterprise developing to this point cannot be maintained by relying solely on someone's conscience. As long as one has studied Das Kapital, one knows that their innate nature dictates they must pursue profit!

Therefore, as far as Zhou Yi is concerned, there is really no need for Mediation; the Lawsuit must be fought!

Having been stifled at the Company and still being stifled after arriving in Jingzhou, with all sorts of conditions in his mind, yet the other party wouldn't even see them, Manager Li suddenly exploded.

"You won't agree to Mediation, right? Fine, let me tell you, this is called deliberately provoking conflict and disrupting social order. Do you know this is called Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble? You have already committed a crime, just you wait!"

What the hell? Just as he was about to hang up, Zhou Yi stopped upon hearing this. I am Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble?

"Fine, go ahead and call the police. You can call the police whenever you want. See if I am Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble. Which law stipulates that Collective Litigation is Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble?"

"Since it has come to this, we really don't need to talk. That's it."

Bang! Zhou Yi hung up the phone.

Manager Li on the other end threw his phone directly, and then saw the displeased Chu Lan.

"Manager Li, this is my newly bought phone."

At home, Zhou Yi thought for a moment and still dialed Lawyer Fang's number.

"The other party threatened you with Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble? Let him call the police. See who will pay him any mind. If Collective Litigation for Tort damages can be considered Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble, then who would dare to file a Collective Litigation in the future?"

Lawyer Fang dismissed these words as nonsense.

The simplest example: unfinished buildings. Can someone from a Small Residential District stand up and lead everyone in a Collective Litigation? Of course they can. What is this called? This is called legal and reasonable Legal Aid!

Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble is really not a catch-all; you can't just label everything with it.

If you take a bunch of people to cause trouble at someone's door, that is called Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble, but if you take a bunch of people to collect evidence and secure evidence according to the law, and file a Lawsuit for damages according to the law, that is legal Legal Aid!

"Don't worry about that, just do your job. The Beijing Internet Court has already started reviewing the evidence for the first batch of cases."

"Alright, that's it, I'm hanging up first."

Lawyer Fang hung up the phone, and Zhou Yi felt relieved.

After all, he knew that these large enterprises had influence locally, but thinking about it, the location of this Company is the Imperial Capital... then it's fine.

The headquarters of Qiyi Company in the Imperial Capital received the news: they had been rejected, and Mediation was impossible.

"Wang Zong, then now there are only two ways: one is to let the Legal Department win this Lawsuit, and the second is to negotiate and mediate with those plaintiffs one by one after they file the Lawsuit."

A manager said in the conference room.

Chairman Wang nodded and said: "Winning the Lawsuit is tough. At most, we can have some of their claims dismissed, but that Lawyer surnamed Fang is very capable. He has handled very few cases that he lost."

"The second method is better. After all, there are so many people; it's impossible for him, Zhou Yi, to control everyone. Let's do it this way: have everyone work more meticulously, take it slow."

There are all kinds of birds in a big forest. Now Qiyi Company can only bet that these people who filed the Lawsuit together will be willing to accept Mediation after being persuaded.

Dividing the internal structure of a Legal Aid group is an old trick, but it is very effective.

Then, next, they just wait for the Beijing Internet Court to serve them this pile of Electronic Summons.

Despite being prepared, the overtime at the Beijing Internet Court during this period was still quite intense, so intense that everyone's hair started falling out like crazy.

If it weren't for the requirements from above, and the time not being so tight, this batch of cases would actually be easy to handle.

Evidence review is also simple, because they are all the same, so one only needs to use the evidence of one case as a template, and then check whose evidence is missing.

It's just that no matter how intense the overtime is, everyone's spirits are high. How many times in a person's life can one encounter such cases?

Large-scale Legal Aid Litigation, going head-to-head with an internet company—such cases will definitely be remembered in the future!

After many days of hard work, finally, the first batch had been reviewed, Case Filing was completed, and then the service process was to begin.

Qiyi Company had been waiting for this, and soon they received the Summons for the first batch of Litigation cases, as well as a series of other evidence.

Immediately, the Company's long-prepared public relations team began to reach out to those plaintiffs one by one, mainly by phone.

Because they are distributed all over the country, sending people to ask them one by one is too troublesome, and the cost is too high.

At the same time, some writers hired by Qiyi Company had already started publishing some ambiguous articles on the internet.

For example: Do we really need this kind of large-scale Litigation for Legal Aid now?

Third update. I rushed and rushed but didn't make it by twelve o'clock, but it is finally three updates, and the owed updates are back to 106,000 characters.

Thanks to Wen Chi, Hualuanjiushi, Wuwei de WU, thanks to the brothers for the tips, thank you.

Continuing to ask for monthly votes!

(End of chapter)