Chapter 332: The Expert in Modu is Very Interesting! (Seeking Monthly Votes)

"Lawyer Fang, over here!" Zhou Yi called out while sitting at the table.

Even though he already had a regular spot, he always felt uncomfortable if he didn't shout out like that.

Lawyer Fang, who had just walked in, smiled, then walked all the way over, sat down comfortably, and took out that bottle of vinegar with practiced ease.

After mixing his unique beverage, he began to drink it slowly, and only after a few sips did he comfortably set the glass down.

"Alright Zhou Yi, what's the matter this time that you specifically called me over? I just discovered another cheating divorce case, caught in the act, the man was beaten up directly by the woman's family..."

Lawyer Fang was getting excited as he spoke, so Zhou Yi hurriedly said, "It's not that, Lawyer Fang. The main reason I'm looking for you this time is to consult you about something. You say, what exactly is this health supplement stuff? I see many on the market claiming that health supplements can cure illnesses."

Now it was Lawyer Fang's turn to be surprised: "Health supplements? Why are you asking about this? Did your parents go buy health supplements?"

"No, no, it's like this..."

Zhou Yi spoke and recounted the matter of Liu Nainai upstairs, then asked, "So Lawyer Fang, you tell me, what exactly is this health supplement thing? It sounds so magical; not only does it lower blood pressure and blood sugar, but it also fights cancer."

Lawyer Fang, sitting opposite, laughed upon hearing this: "Actually, you have the answer in your own heart, don't you? If this were truly a miracle drug with so many functions, it would have been bought out long ago; would it still need a salesperson to go door-to-door to promote it?"

"Before we discuss this topic, we must first clarify: is this thing called a health supplement food, or is it medicine!"

"There was that medicinal liquor incident back then, I remember it caused quite a stir, but in that case, the medicinal liquor was medicine, not a health supplement. The health supplements we are talking about are all food, just a type of special food."

Lawyer Fang explained it very clearly, and Zhou Yi understood. This was a very important point; defining whether it is food or medicine is crucial because the laws governing them are different.

"So, if that salesperson says their health supplement can lower blood sugar, lower blood pressure, and fight cancer, first of all, that's definitely False Propaganda, right!" Zhou Yi became interested all of a sudden.

Lawyer Fang nodded: "Let's not even talk about fighting cancer; just for lowering blood pressure and blood sugar, those require taking medicine on a schedule. If eating a health supplement could solve it, then why bother taking medicine?"

"For False Propaganda, the minimum is Return One Compensate Three. Tell your neighbor; she's about to strike it rich."

"If she feels that's not enough, she can keep buying. After all, health supplements are food. According to the Judicial Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court, for food and medicine, even if you know there is a problem and continue to buy it, you can still apply for Punitive Damages."

The logic held up; Lawyer Fang was still the same Lawyer Fang.

"However, you have to be careful that they don't just take the money and run. But looking at it now, this is a formal Company, so that's okay; I can only say the risk of them running away isn't very high."

A situation that was originally almost equivalent to being swindled had turned into a good thing about to strike it rich in Lawyer Fang's mouth!

Then, Lawyer Fang began to educate Zhou Yi on some regulations in the health supplement industry.

For example, normally, medicine cannot be added to food, but our country is a bit special; there is a portion of items that are both food and medicine.

It's just that these items have a list; those on the list are legitimate, and those not on it are all treated as illegitimate.

Also, there are regulations on the functional claims of health supplements—twenty-seven types. That is to say, the functions a health supplement claims can only be within these twenty-seven types; anything not here is treated as False Propaganda!

"So I suggest you go back and check to see if the health supplement your neighbor bought can be found on the special food information inquiry platform. If it can be found, it means it is a legitimate health supplement, and it falls under False Propaganda."

"But, if it can't be found, then this matter is easy to handle..."

Although health supplements are food, they are still different from normal food. If it can't be found, it means your product has a problem and does not meet the safety standards stipulated by the Food Safety Law.

Then, the Punitive Damages at this time are no longer Return One Compensate Three, but Return One Compensate Ten!

Zhou Yi understood. He decided to have a good talk with Liu Nainai after going back. After all, she was the first neighbor he met after moving to the Yuefu Residential Quarter, and she had been very kind to him.

Lawyer Fang in front of him still looked like he hadn't had enough, as if Return One Compensate Ten wasn't satisfying enough. Zhou Yi was just about to laugh and chat with him about some "criminal" matters when his phone rang. He picked it up and saw it was Liu Nainai.

This was strange; Liu Nainai had basically never called him before.

"Hello, Liu Nainai, what's wrong? I'm outside. If you have something to say, just say it directly; I'm listening."

On the other end of the phone, Liu Nainai, who seemed to be on the street, said: "Little Zhou, I listened to your words this morning, and I think they make a lot of sense. That Wang Rui seems to only want to sell things, so I called her."

"The result, the result is that they said their Company's products are non-refundable once sold, and they even told me that health supplements are never refundable. You say this... sigh."

There was regret in Liu Nainai's tone. She only now realized that she had bought a bit too much.

An elderly person who would hesitate repeatedly over buying a little meat and was extremely frugal would not even blink when buying a set of health supplements for several thousand yuan, but once she came to her senses, she realized this situation was truly different.

"Won't give a refund? And they're spouting laws at you? Which law stipulates 'non-refundable'... Do you have time now? Okay, I'll bring two friends to your place to sit for a while, and we'll talk about this."

"Oh, you're not at home? You're at the entrance of that Tiancheng Company? Okay, my friends and I are going there now!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yi was just thinking about how to tell Lawyer Fang, when he saw that Lawyer Fang opposite had already packed his things.

"What are you still standing there for? Let's go. Didn't you say you were going to take me? What, am I not your person or something!"

There was no need to say anything more; Zhou Xinran had even less to say. She seemed to have completely given up now.

The three of them left the coffee shop and drove straight to that Tiancheng Company. About twenty minutes later, they arrived.

Only, they didn't see Liu Nainai, and she wasn't answering her phone. Zhou Yi felt a bit strange, so he walked into Tiancheng Company with Lawyer Fang.

The company was decorated so beautifully; at a glance, one could tell they were definitely not short on money.

Once inside, they discovered Liu Nainai and another old lady were talking to a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes.

"The two of you, I will say it again: this is a health supplement, a health supplement with great benefits to the human body. It's just like medicine; once sold, it absolutely cannot be returned. You knew this when you bought it. Why are you coming here to make a scene now? Is this reasonable!"

The middle-aged man said.

The old lady next to Liu Nainai said: "That's not it, Xiao Zhao. When I bought it, you said that after eating this, I wouldn't even need to take medicine. But I asked my neighbor, and they said health supplements can't be taken as medicine."

"My old man passed away early, and the money I saved is my retirement money. Please give me a refund."

The middle-aged man glared: "Auntie Wang, you're being a bit unreasonable saying that. You spent money to buy the items. Now you're telling me you want a refund? Why didn't you say so back then? There's no such logic."

"If you all act like this, then I might as well not do this business and close down early!"

"And asking your neighbor? Our health supplements are effective. Besides, experts from big hospitals in the Imperial Capital and Modu have examined you and prescribed lists specifically for you. You don't believe the experts, but you believe your neighbor, right?"

Wang Nainai had already started crying, but she was slow of speech and didn't know what to say, so she could only keep repeating things like "Please, I beg you to give me a refund."

She didn't have as much money as Liu Nainai; it was a little bit she had saved by being frugal, plus a little bit her children had added.

Because of an "accidental opportunity," she met a salesperson, was dragged to attend a lecture—it was free, and they even gave away all sorts of things—and then the salesperson ran to her house almost every day, saying all sorts of nice things. Naturally, she bought it.

It was just that Lawyer Fang didn't know; if he did, he would definitely point out that there was no "accidental opportunity"—they had already found out everything about her before they even started.

Elderly people like this, who are alone and whose children are not by their side, are the easiest to swindle, okay!

And opposite, the middle-aged man was already angry: "You're relying on your age to make a scene, right? I'm telling you, that won't work. If you think something is wrong, go sue me!"

After finishing, he stood up and was about to leave, when he saw two men and one woman blocking his path.

"Who are you..." the middle-aged man asked casually.

Zhou Yi stepped forward and said with a smile, "Hello, I am a relative of Liu Nainai."

"What is it? What are you people planning to do here?"

Seeing that the middle-aged man seemed even angrier, Zhou Yi hurriedly said, "No, no, no, Big Brother, don't misunderstand. We didn't come here to argue with you; we are all law-abiding people."

"Liu Nainai doesn't know who she listened to, but she wants a refund. On one hand, we came to take her back, and on the other, we are interested in your Company's products. Could you give us some promotional flyers?"

The middle-aged man's expression finally softened, but he still said, "You can get flyers at the front desk. If you are interested, our Company is holding a seminar in three days. At that time, there will be experts from Modu providing free diagnoses. You can let the elderly come and listen; it doesn't matter if they don't buy anything."

That was no problem, so Zhou Yi hurriedly asked, "May I ask how to address you?"

"Oh, my surname is Zhao, I am the Vice President of Tiancheng Company, and also one of the shareholders."

"Vice President Zhao, then we shall take our leave. We will trouble you with the elderly person's matter."

After speaking, Zhou Yi walked over to Liu Nainai and whispered a few words to her, and immediately Liu Nainai prepared to follow him back.

Wang Nainai, who was nearby, hadn't quite reacted, but she still chose to trust Liu Nainai.

Vice President Zhao didn't feel surprised; their Company had been open for quite a long time, and the health supplements they sold were all legitimate health supplements.

As for anything else, he didn't care at all; the elderly these days were the easiest to fool.

Their Company was a proper company, and the products they sold were proper products. Not to mention the effects, at least eating them definitely wouldn't cause any harm.

At most, it was just a bit exaggerated, but what was wrong with that? They weren't the only ones doing exaggerated advertising these days.

Look at those advertisements on TV, a certain medicinal wine's "Drink two sips every day, and all diseases will slip away." Just this one sentence, if you take it seriously, is much more exaggerated than their promotion.

They at most just talk about lowering blood pressure and blood sugar, or fighting cancer, but that person? Drinking two sips every day can cure all diseases!

Therefore, exaggerating product effects is a common phenomenon nowadays. The pot shouldn't call the kettle black; anyway, Vice President Zhao felt there was nothing wrong with it.

As for selling them expensively, doesn't that just show our products are good? If you sold them cheaply, people would think your product is too low-grade!

It's just that the old ladies are really old; otherwise, he would report them to the police for Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble!

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On the other side, the group left the door, quickly returned to Yuefu Residential Quarter, and arrived at Liu Nainai's home.

Fang Dazhuang put down the promotional flyer in his hand and said, "This flyer indeed has aspects of False Propaganda. It seems they really don't shy away from anything at all."

He had originally thought that since the other party had been doing health supplements for so many years, they would be a bit more cautious, but he didn't expect that they didn't care at all and just wanted to promote however they pleased.

After Fang Dazhuang finished speaking, he looked at Liu Nainai and Wang Nainai and asked, "Do you two remember those seminars and such from before? How did they conduct them?"

Wang Nainai spoke up, "I remember. They said experts from big hospitals in Modu were coming over to give us free medical consultations. We were all happy and went early. It was a very old man who examined us one by one."

"Afterward, he said I had a major heart problem. If I didn't get treated immediately, I would be hospitalized soon and would have to spend even more money. I was scared at the time, and whatever they told me to buy, I bought. I bought over thirty thousand worth..."

Speaking of this, Wang Nainai started wiping away tears again, "So much, I couldn't finish eating it at all. My neighbors also said this stuff can't be taken as medicine. I went to them to ask for a refund, but they wouldn't give it..."

Zhou Yi heard this and said, "This isn't the first time you've gone to them?"

Wang Nainai raised her head, a bitter smile appearing on her wrinkled face, "I went to them just a few days after I bought it. At first, they said that to get a refund, it needed the signature of the company leadership above, and told me to go back and wait for a period of time."

"As a result, after that, when I went again, they told me that the stipulated return period had already passed and it couldn't be returned anymore. I told them that they were the ones who told me to go back and wait, but they said, 'Whoever told you that, go find them'..."

Zhou Yi felt his fists clench!

Although this didn't happen to him, it still made him feel very upset. The elderly are a group in society that needs care, but these people setting their sights on the elderly is just too damn infuriating.

Especially with all these different tricks they play.

Among ordinary elderly people of advanced age, how many could know about that so-called stipulated return period?

Not to mention playing tricks and exploiting the trust of the elderly!

Zhou Yi turned his head to look at Fang Dazhuang, and Fang Dazhuang smiled, "Experts from Modu, huh? I would really like to meet them."

This matter is becoming increasingly "criminal"!

The second update is here. I got off work a bit late today, which messed up the rhythm. I expected to write three chapters.

Thanks to Feimaowuyu, Wenchidage, Feng Yu, cq, and Book Friend 1610. Thank you, brothers, for the tips. Thank you, please vote!

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