Chapter 419: What Does Your Family's Financial Trouble Have to Do With Me!

"Hello, is this Ms. Liu? The situation is like this: I need your payment records. Yes, you have to prove how much money you spent, right?"

"Mr. Wang, you saw me that day, didn't you? So I'm trying to find a way now. I'm not a scammer; it's useless for me to have your records."

I'm speechless. Perhaps it's because people are more aware of electronic fraud now, or perhaps it's because they aren't, but regardless, Zhou Yi has discovered that it is very difficult to get records from some people.

They hang up as soon as they answer the phone, as if they think Zhou Mouren is a scammer.

How should I put this? Real scammers have such deep schemes...

Yet, when there is actual business to attend to, one cannot get in touch.

Perhaps no one would imagine that there could be such a bored person in this world, someone who would put in countless amounts of sweat for a two-month gym membership fee, just to reason things out.

We say that Legal Aid needs to be organized and have a leader, but everyone knows the reality: the leader will either likely be handled individually by the other side, or they will find it too much trouble and not do it.

After all, once there are many people, there are many opinions; it is very difficult to organize people like this.

Busy until the evening, the number of people contacted was not small, but not many either.

Zhou Yi couldn't hold on anymore and went home to sleep.

The next day, he first came to the Company, because there were some people he couldn't contact and hadn't gone for Legal Aid.

So he had to ask Chu Lan; because of her own advantages, Chu Lan knew quite a few people at the gym.

No choice, the advantage is great.

"General Manager Zhou, you looking for me?" Chu Lan entered the office, her eyes dodging as she looked at Zhou Yi.

Of course, she already knew about the Fitness Gym Boss running away, and Zhou Yi was someone she had introduced, so now she didn't even dare to speak when seeing Zhou Mouren.

"Right, it's about that Fitness Gym Boss running away. Hey, what are you doing? Why are you running? Wait!"

It took a lot of persuasion to finally make Chu Lan believe that the boss wasn't making things difficult for her because of this matter.

"So, General Manager Zhou, you want to find everyone who has topped up at this gym within the last year? This workload is a bit large..." Chu Lan said with some surprise.

If it were in the past, she definitely would have said that this really wasn't worth it, there was no need to be so troublesome, it was just a little money, let it go and it's over.

But now, having seen so many things following General Manager Zhou, she also realized that this society really needs some people who reason things out.

Therefore, after thinking about it, she said: "General Manager Zhou, actually, if you call and say it like that, it's very likely you'll be hung up on directly, because that sounds just like a scammer..."

What does that mean? Zhou Mouren was immediately unhappy. As if you are better at talking.

Fortunately, he immediately thought of Chu Lan's profession, PR Manager; it seemed she really was better at talking than him...

Ahem, better not use one's own hobbies to challenge someone else's profession.

"So if you are quite busy, I can help you do it. During off-hours is fine, it's not that hard," Chu Lan smiled.

It really is easy for those who know how. For Chu Lan, the step of gaining the other party's trust was very easy.

She is a professional. Although she hit a wall with Zhou Yi and even had a mental breakdown, it doesn't mean her professional level is lacking.

It's mainly because a person like this handsome guy is someone you won't meet in a lifetime...

Normal people wouldn't be as persistent as him either...

Hearing Chu Lan's words, Zhou Yi hesitated and said: "That's not very good, helping voluntarily after work... Then let's do it like this for now."

Hmm... huh?

"Just kidding. Consider this a side job after you get off work. Freelance work; consider it me hiring you."

These days, doing a side job is very normal. Those in design can take freelance work, so those in PR can also take freelance work.

Chu Lan did not refuse, because she knew that since General Manager Zhou said so, he definitely wouldn't let her refuse.

A professional's touch is different, and in this aspect, women have a natural advantage.

Fraud is the same; the probability of a rough man succeeding in a phone scam is definitely not as high as a girl with a sweet voice.

This is an undeniable fact.

With Chu Lan's help, there was no need to worry about this. After pulling her into the group, Manager Chu indicated that General Manager Zhou's method was too crude.

Zhou Yi kept saying "ah, yes, yes, yes," and then became a hands-off manager.

He and Shizi didn't need to keep watch tonight, because the Pre-litigation Property Preservation had been completed, and the Court's seal had been posted on the door.

This thing is just two strips of paper, but the deterrent power is more effective than both he, Zhou Yi, and Shizi combined.

Really, they welcome others to tear it off...

Zhao Zhipeng here hadn't noticed at all. Now that no one was looking for trouble, he felt very relaxed.

At the very least, last time, the Police Station, market regulation, and other departments would all contact him as long as those customers made a scene.

No one contacting him is for the best. It seems these people aren't even as good as the people at the last shop.

However, as per General Manager Lü's instructions, those fitness machines still had to be retrieved.

He went again yesterday, but discovered a tent, and at the time could only curse the other party for being a pervert.

Two nights, just keeping watch there. Those who know think we just took a bit of your money; those who don't would think we were doing something else.

But he didn't believe it. The other party could keep watch for three days in a row; there is no such perverted person in this world!

Past two o'clock in the morning, Zhao Zhipeng called a few more people and drove to the Guangming Peak Building.

They didn't know that they were discovered by the security guard as soon as they arrived.

"Uncle, are we still going today?" a young man asked.

The reporting old man smoked a cigarette beautifully and said casually: "Go for what? The seal is already posted. We just need to watch the Monitoring well; if they want to move it, let them move it."

That young man is really classy; he gives out cigarettes!

So since the other party said the Monitoring must be watched well and cannot suddenly "break," then it must be guaranteed!

Zhao Zhipeng saw from afar that there was no tent and immediately said: "Look at you all, afraid of what? It's impossible for them to be here today."

"Not sleeping well for three days in a row, how is that possible."

Bringing people, he cautiously arrived at the gym door, picked up a flashlight, took out the key, and prepared to open the door.

As a result, at this very moment, someone behind him suddenly shouted: "Big Brother, there seems to be something on this door."

What could possibly be there, all fine and good.

But Zhao Zhipeng still stopped to take a look, eh, it really is something.

What is this thing? When the flashlight shone on it, it was bright and shiny.

It was large, with a huge "Seal" character on top, and two lines of text below: "Court Seizure" and "Strictly Prohibited to Tamper," with a giant national emblem in the middle.

And there was even a QR code; if you looked closely, you could even see a Camera on it!

"Big Brother, this looks like... it looks like a Court seal, right?" someone said.

Zhao Zhipeng thought for a long time; this didn't seem quite like a Court seal.

"But Court seals aren't like this; aren't they made of paper? This thing doesn't look like paper, it's quite heavy..."

For example, this seal—everyone assumes it's that kind of crisscrossed paper seal.

Working in this line of business, one might not know other things, but one is relatively familiar with the public security, procuratorate, and Court systems, since it's professionally relevant.

You never know when you might have to deal with these three institutions.

Of course, for many people, their understanding is limited to TV shows and movies.

But in reality, everything we have is being updated and replaced, and the seal is naturally no exception.

The old paper seals were not only easily destroyed, but if there was no Monitoring, it was very hard to find the people responsible.

Therefore, many Courts now use Electronic Seals directly; according to regulations, these have the same legal effect as the Court's paper seals.

This thing has quite a lot inside, including a sensor Camera; as soon as there is movement, it starts working, providing twenty-four-hour uninterrupted protection.

There is also an alarm device; if you try to forcibly remove it, the sound it emits is guaranteed to carry for two miles.

The most critical thing is that this thing... is a bit expensive.

Breaking it is not such a simple matter.

"Big Brother, why don't you ask again?"

Zhao Zhipeng slapped him: "Ask my ass! At this hour, don't people need to sleep? If you call now, won't you just get scolded!"

So what to do? It looks like a seal, but if they go back like this, today's trip will have been in vain again.

But if they go up to mess with it... honestly, even if they didn't know this thing was a seal, seeing that national emblem would make anyone feel it couldn't be ordinary.

After hesitating for a long time, Zhao Zhipeng said: "Forget it, try to see if we can take it down without damaging it; we'll put it back later."

They started to take it off, but just as they began to unscrew it, suddenly, the alarm started to sound!

That thing was truly loud; poor Zhao Zhipeng had never experienced this before, and he was so scared he left his things behind and turned to run!

He ran back to the car and drove home in one breath, the sound still echoing in his mind...

Having something like this happen in the middle of the night is truly terrifying.

It wasn't until the next morning that Zhao Zhipeng dialed Lu Yan's phone number and told him about the situation he encountered that night.

As a result, he heard Lu Yan on the other end say in a hurried tone: "You didn't damage it, did you?"

"No, we heard the alarm and were scared off immediately; we didn't touch anything else."

"That's fine. Don't worry about the equipment inside, just leave it be. You shouldn't go to the gym recently either; wait until things blow over."

"Someone probably filed a Lawsuit and applied for Property Preservation; it's fine, it's not a big problem."

Zhao Zhipeng felt relieved after hearing the explanation; it was just a Lawsuit, nothing to worry about.

It wouldn't even affect him when the time came; the Company was in that state anyway.

That store manager named Huang Xiaokang kept calling him, and Zhao Zhipeng was starting to feel annoyed.

"I'm telling you, stop calling me, you hear? The Company has no money now, we can't pay your wages!"

"Go sue wherever you want; what does it have to do with me if your family can't survive? I can't even survive myself right now, where am I supposed to find money for you? That's it, hanging up!"

What a nuisance, one after another, all for just a bit of wages.

He didn't think it was a big deal, and Lu Yan on the other end of the phone thought even less of it.

It was just a Lawsuit; since he dared to do what he did, he wasn't afraid of a Lawsuit.

In any case, no matter how things went, it wouldn't reach him.

Everything was so harmonious.

A few days flashed by, and Zhao Zhipeng received the Summons; he took a casual look and then ignored it.

Of course, he didn't know that at this very moment, the evidence on Zhou Yi's side had been collected almost entirely.

The effect of Chu Lan stepping in was truly great!

There was no helping it; many people at the gym... no, perhaps everyone didn't remember Zhou Yi, but the vast majority remembered Chu Lan.

This is called an innate advantage; there's no comparing to it.

Standing there in gym clothes, she was the one who attracted the most attention, so when she called and mentioned it, people immediately remembered: oh, the best-looking one at the gym.

Everyone didn't talk about her figure; that was too vulgar.

Of course, there were some that even Chu Lan couldn't handle, and those were the ones of the same gender as her: young girls.

That was when it was Zhou Yi's turn to persuade them.

There was no other way; he had to tell the truth.

The reaction was still the same reaction; those girls were so excited when they heard Zhou Yi say it was possible to send the boss to prison!

All set!

"General Manager Zhou, this is basically it for now; this is everyone we could find," Chu Lan said.

"Store Manager Huang has also looked at them one by one; they basically all match up. Even if there are some omissions, it won't be more than five."

This was the result after synthesizing the customers they had contacted here and the customers known to Huang Xiaokang and the other Employees.

"Then there's no problem; this is enough."

"Sorry to have troubled you these past few days."

Chu Lan smiled: "It's a small matter, President Zhou. In the future, if you encounter situations like this that require communicating with others, you should try your best to find me."

After finishing with Chu Lan, he made a phone call to arrange a meeting with Huang Xiaokang and the others, as he needed to obtain the relevant evidence from them.

It was exactly what he had asked them to prepare themselves earlier.

Upon seeing Zhou Yi, Huang Xiaokang hurriedly said: "Mr. Zhou, it really is too much trouble for you. If it weren't for you, how would people like us have any way to do this?"

Of course, they might have been able to think of a way, but basically no one would actually do it; it was too much trouble.

Zhou Yi smiled: "It's nothing."

Huang Xiaokang shook his head and said: "Mr. Zhou, you don't know what this means to us. We don't have that kind of education. Before, when I called that Zhao Zhipeng, he said it had nothing to do with him whether our family members could survive, and even told us to go sue wherever we wanted!"

"I really feel like I can't keep going anymore..."

"Store Manager Huang, it's alright. Once I finish organizing the evidence today, I will go report it to the police. Rest assured, he won't be able to jump around for many more days!"

After saying goodbye to them, Zhou Yi drove straight to Fang Law Firm.

Jokes aside, if this didn't pass through the hands of Fang Dazhuang, it always felt like something was missing.

In the office, Fang Dazhuang was busy working. Hearing Zhou Yi's words, he laughed: "Your efficiency is truly not bad!"

"Fine, since that Store Manager Huang is in such a miserable state, I will help you finish it quickly."

Taking the evidence, Fang Dazhuang began to organize it, focusing mainly on two points.

First is whether any evidence is missing, and second is to see if there are any errors in the evidence and if the probative value is sufficient.

Anything missing needs to be supplemented, and anything with errors needs to be prepared again.

Upon checking, he discovered that three pieces of evidence were incomplete.

Zhou Yi hurriedly contacted Huang Xiaokang again, asking them to supplement it immediately; this delay took another few hours.

Perhaps only Fang Dazhuang would have this kind of patience.

If you were to change to another Lawyer, they wouldn't even help you do such things.

They worked until past five in the afternoon, and finally, it was all gathered!

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PS: There is one more update, it will be late, everyone go to sleep first and read it tomorrow.

Second update, thanks to brother Eri3Fang, another new brother, Wenchidage, brother Changjian Yibeijiu, brother You Ni Meiyou Cheng, thanks to the brothers for the tips, thank you.

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