Chapter 337: A Tragedy Caused by a Single Sentence! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Liu Heping had never seen a person like this before.

In the past, he would often roast people online; every time he asked the other party to produce evidence, and did so very arrogantly, basically no one would argue with him further.

If he encountered those who were persistent, they would go to Baidu to find some cases, and after sending him links or something, they would be seized upon for this point and roasted in all sorts of ways.

For example, things like "Is there anything on Baidu that can be trusted?" or "What fake news, what I want is evidence, okay?" In any case, whatever you say is fake, and what I want is solid, real evidence.

At such times, even those who were persistent would not say another word to him; after all, acting like this already counted as sophistry.

Plus his two great magic weapons—deleting comments and blocking—really, Liu Heping was also thriving on Weibo.

As long as you all can't see those people's replies, I am right!

As it turned out, he didn't expect that this time, damn it, a "three-no" person would pop up and actually operate like this!

The most critical thing was that this person was someone he had picked himself; at the time, in order to highlight his own words and attract traffic, he had specifically found an obscure account to roast.

With cold sweat breaking out on his forehead, Liu Heping opened that video and started watching; as he watched, the cold sweat wouldn't stop.

The barrage had already turned into things like, "Did you see that, that health expert, he specifically found the evidence, is it sufficient enough?" or "This evidence is fine now, right? Fresh, and still hot."

It really was still hot; more than two hundred people had just been arrested not long ago, but they had all already been subjected to Criminal Compulsory Measures.

There were also a bunch of companies about to be sanctioned by the market supervision big daddy because of False Propaganda...

This, this... After saying "this" for a long time, Liu Heping couldn't say a single word; he simply couldn't imagine what kind of freak the other party was!

No, this account name looked very familiar: A Yi. Holy mother of... isn't this that guy known as the Honey Badger? Damn it, he actually used a burner account!

Liu Heping's guts were almost turning green with regret; he watched helplessly as the popularity of his name climbed continuously, entering the hot search list at an unbelievable speed.

Right now, he only had one thought: if that son of a bitch had used his main account, he wouldn't be sick enough to get serious with someone who specializes in being serious.

But damn it, that person used a burner account; this is entrapment, this is definitely entrapment!

But no matter how much he shouted, it was too late; everyone had already started to ridicule his words about asking the other party to produce evidence.

Why do the public feel so satisfied with such behavior? It's very simple: there are too many situations online where one gets shut down.

Being deleted or blocked is one thing, but when you encounter this kind of sophistry, they just keep asking you to produce evidence; you tell me, everyone is just an ordinary person, who can produce evidence?

Then naturally, one can only give up; if you don't say anything, you're still not going to be let off, right?

As a result, this guy ran into A Yi, and then he asked for a hammer and got a hammer; you asked me to produce evidence, so I'll produce it, now what else do you have to say?

And I have to say, the wisdom of the vast number of Netizens is truly infinite; in less than an hour, GIFs related to him had already started spreading online.

Yes, that's right, the base image used was the most classic move of Fang Tangjing, one of the four great lawyers of Guangdong: jumping out, then jumping back in, while saying "Hit me, you idiot," only to be pinned to the ground and beaten up.

Only now, the situation inside had been changed to this: Fang Tangjing with the name of Liu Baojian on his head, jumping out and jumping back in, constantly saying, "Go ahead and produce evidence, produce evidence," and then the shot changes to A Yi's video, fresh evidence, still hot.

Such a GIF became an almost instant viral hit on the internet!

If it were in the past, Liu Heping would have been dying for such a viral hit, but now, he just wanted to leave the planet overnight.

He had no face left, truly no face left; that GIF was too popular, even more popular than A Yi's video itself.

Many of his friends and family had seen it and came directly to ask him, "That health expert is you, right?" and then they couldn't help but laugh, laughing continuously, the kind that wouldn't stop.

Of course, being mocked was one thing; "black-red" is still red. Don't you see that self-deprecation is popular now? He could very well announce his debut under the title of "A Yi's Evidence-to-the-Face Liu Baojian," and he guaranteed he would be very popular for a period of time.

As long as you have no shame, there are plenty of opportunities to make easy money.

However, it's hard to say that this matter wouldn't be remembered by those health product companies; they couldn't afford to provoke A Yi, but provoking a single Self-Media person was something they could easily handle!

What on earth should he do...

He wanted to respond, but he didn't know how to respond. Apologize? But apologizing meant saying he was wrong, and this was a different matter from self-deprecation; if you look closely at people who self-deprecate, they also rarely admit they are wrong.

On the internet, if you want to make someone admit they are wrong, that is truly harder than ascending to heaven!

Finally, someone summarized that this was a tragedy caused by a single sentence; those health product companies were probably starting to curse their mothers now.

The joys and sorrows of Liu Baojian would not be understood by others; after the carnival, the people online finally calmed down and began to think and discuss the situation of health product fraud in various places.

It's just that many people still get it mixed up; regardless of whether it's Civil Fraud or Criminal Fraud, as long as you dare to exaggerate your propaganda, that's fraud, I don't care, I'm going to call the police and have you arrested!

So at this time, many lawyers came out to popularize the law; of course, it was mainly the Propaganda Department of Jingzhou City.

For the Political and Legal System and the Propaganda Department of Jingzhou, this year was a year of massive gains.

Because of a certain handsome guy, this year's law enforcement actions and legal popularization in Jingzhou reached a peak and received multiple commendations; in the words of those above, they indeed needed some persistent people.

Since the law has been enacted, it must be followed, instead of saying "it's not that serious" at every turn; I am talking to you about the law, everything should be done according to the law, what is there to be "serious" or "not serious" about?

In the past, how awesome was the health product giant Quanjian? Even after being criticized in turns by all major official media, there were still people who believed in it; the final result was clear at a glance.

If you're out in the world, you'll have to pay it back sooner or later.

Likewise, many places started to see imitators of Zhou Yi; every time a video went viral, it would be like this.

If he, Zhou Yi, can become a top internet celebrity by being persistent, I can too!

And in such an atmosphere, someone finally released a message.

"I noticed that among those subjected to Criminal Compulsory Measures, there are quite a few young people; they didn't know at all that this was fraud, they just took the wrong path. Why can't we give them a chance?"

Once this topic came out, it attracted the attention of many people, and its popularity also started to climb.

"A Yi's approach is satisfying, but really, his hostility is too great. Considering his past behavior, if others offend him even slightly, he sends them inside, calling it 'accepting education.' Is doing this really right? Because there are so many young people, if they go to jail, their whole lives will be ruined!"

"I think so too, A Yi's approach is really not advisable; our Netizens shouldn't just blindly seek satisfaction. Who doesn't make mistakes when they are young? Just correct them; they have already realized their mistakes, do they have to go to jail?"

"Anyway, A Yi is always right when he sues; let's just call him Guangming Unbeaten!"

This topic appeared inexplicably; anyway, if you ask where they saw that there were many young people, nobody knows, but everyone is there swearing that there are many young people inside.

And they are all definitely going to jail, because that's what A Yi did before.

Anyway, when Zhou Yi received the call from Lao Yang, he was stunned.

"Brother Yang, my videos were reviewed by your Propaganda Department; I didn't mention the specific situation at all, and your bulletins didn't mention the specific situation either!"

Lao Yang on the other end was also suspicious: "Then how did he know?"

Zhou Yi shook his head; only heaven knew that.

But regardless, this topic successfully attracted the attention of some people, and some started to discuss whether or not young people should be given a chance.

On the surface, these topics seemed very logical, but Zhou Yi was speechless after reading them.

With over two hundred criminal suspects, only those twenty or so people from Tiancheng Company had any direct connection to him; whether they would be prosecuted, receive a Suspended Sentence, or what, was a matter for the judicial departments, so what did that have to do with him, Zhou Yi!

If he had the ability to make the Court pass whatever sentence he wanted, why would he need the system, that grandson!

Zhou Yi did not intend to respond, as arguing online was the most useless thing, because no one could convince anyone else.

His responses were always simple and direct.

Nothing else mattered, but the key point was that these people were implying in their words that he, Zhou Mouren, could manipulate the outcome of a trial; in any case, after Zhou Yi asked Fang Dazhuang, Fang Dazhuang told him not to worry, as there were plenty of others who would be worried.

In fact, the heat of this topic had just risen when it was noticed by the Guangming District Court!

What is the meaning of this, that our verdicts can be manipulated by an internet celebrity?

What is your purpose in posting these? Who instructed you? What is your motive!

Although Zhou Yi had reported to the police or filed a Criminal Private Prosecution in the past, and basically every single one of them had been convicted, that was not a reason for you to say such things; the Guangming District Court had always been "based on facts and guided by the law!"

Slandering the Court, wanting to influence a judicial verdict?

Look up Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble; don't think that hiding online means nothing can be done to you.

However, under such topical Debate, some signs eventually appeared, which was: had these arrested people really committed a crime?

Is it possible that they were only involved in civil fraud?

Once this topic emerged, a chaotic frenzy began; Self-Media from all walks of life stood up to analyze it, and they all did so under the banner of being a Lawyer, making one feel dizzy and unsure of whom to believe.

Many people even stood up to lash out, saying that those who sell health supplements all deserve to die, and you people who speak for criminals deserve to die even more!

These were obviously people who did not understand the significance of the right to defense.

In any case, the internet was in a mess now, and many practitioners in the health supplement industry also began to speak out; their unanimous view was that this was definitely not fraud, as they were just selling things legitimately.

If this could also be called fraud, then arrest everyone who engages in False Propaganda in the future and see if enterprises can still develop.

In short, there were many such remarks, and for some reason, some people directly produced relevant materials, making one feel at a glance, "Eh, it seems they really shouldn't be sentenced!"

People all have empathy; some have had elderly family members cheated by health supplements, so they are hostile toward all health supplements.

As for some others, they felt that they really shouldn't be sentenced easily; if it was a legitimate business and could be returned or exchanged, then it was not a crime, just a dispute that occurred during a transaction.

But regardless, the goal was indeed achieved; the heat of this incident was stirred up, and it was done with the help of Zhou Yi's popularity.

Inside the Law Firm, Hu Rong looked at the assistant in front of him and said, "How is the situation now?"

The assistant replied, "Public opinion is already leaning toward us now; after all, no matter what, being cheated by buying health supplements is an isolated case, and there are indeed many people who are dissatisfied with that A Yi, feeling that the other party is too ruthless."

That's good, Hu Rong nodded.

Just hyping up a case; this was a standard method, and it wasn't just him, Hu Rong, as many Lawyers would do this.

Although the authorities had repeatedly made it clear that "cases are handled, not hyped," but... there were still people below who would do it.

Saying a lot about points of defense was indeed important, but that was only used when it was needed.

The assistant hesitated for a moment before saying, "Teacher Hu, Zhou Yi has that Fang Xujing by his side."

"Fang Xujing?" Hu Rong said disdainfully, "I know him, he is very famous, but you must also know that this reputation and the person are two different things, and besides, I am hyping my case, what does it have to do with him!"

It's decided then!

And amidst such an atmosphere in the outside world, in Jingzhou, Fang Dazhuang sat in the Law Firm and put down a document in his hand.

On that document was written a line of text: Rules of the National Lawyers Association on Prohibiting Illegal Hyping of Cases (Trial).

The second update is here, good night everyone. Thanks to Wenchidage for the tip, thank you, please come early tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)