Chapter 429: The Progress Bar Tells Me There's a Problem!

"Hello, everyone, my dear audience, I am your old friend A Yi. This time, it should be the most 'criminal' one since I started getting serious."

"It's not that I signed up for a fitness gym a while back; I checked it out in every way before signing up, but the boss still ran off, and the operation was quite slick."

"On one hand, he transferred the company's assets through financial means; on the other, he replaced the company's legal representative with a fall guy."

"Actually, I originally just wanted to get back the money I topped up, but later I discovered that the other party simply wouldn't pay..."

Following this, Zhou Yi recounted the whole series of events after Zhao Zhipeng was caught moving things late at night and the police were called.

It was mainly that unbridled attitude!

I did it just like that, what can you do to me? Feel free to file a lawsuit, you can't enforce it anyway.

"The key is that he said it directly, telling me to sue him as I pleased!"

"Brothers, you all know me; the one before last who told me to sue as I pleased is still treading the sewing machine now!"

There are too many people in life who will blurt out this sentence after getting agitated. Mainly, if you have a conflict with someone in life and you talk to them about the law, they will really find it funny.

"Since he finds it funny, let him laugh his fill."

"What a coincidence, I just happened to discover that several Employees of their fitness gym hadn't been paid their labor remuneration for the last three months, so I went to consult Fang Dazhuang."

Then it was time for Fang Dazhuang's performance. Every time, after confirming with Fang Dazhuang regarding the consultation on relevant issues, Zhou Yi would play the original audio.

As everyone says, although Fang Dazhuang doesn't appear on camera anymore, hearing that voice makes people feel it's very 'criminal'.

This time was no exception.

Crime of Refusing to Pay Labor Remuneration, and it was seamless in every aspect, making people even feel as if this had been designed by someone.

First Instance verdict, four years. No surprises; once Fang Dazhuang makes a move, it's not a question of whether you compensate or not, but whether you are 'criminal' or not.

Everyone is actually already used to such a video.

Originally, for Zhou Yi's previous videos, it could have ended here, but at this point, Zhou Yi played what Wang Yanan had said at the Court.

Is there a problem with the words themselves? It seems there isn't.

However, keeping words like "The person is already in jail, what else do you want?" on one's lips is the same feeling as saying "He's still just a child" or "The person is already dead."

Yes, you are indeed in jail, that's true, but does being in jail hinder paying the money?

This doesn't have any impact; there is no rule saying that if you are in jail, you don't have to pay money, especially when the other party keeps saying their family is very rich but just won't give it to you.

This is very infuriating!

Thus, the video officially reached its climax later on, finding out everything the other party had done previously through a series of completely legal evidence searches.

In modern society, it's hard to say about other things, but for this kind of economic crime, as long as you spare no cost, you can always find clues.

Why? Because there is only so much money!

If you aren't making a normal profit or getting normal dividends, and suddenly there is so much more money, then could it be that someone else has less money?

At this point in the video, I must thank Lao Yang; he sent over the situation of Lu Yan repeatedly jumping back and forth between the Detention House and prison...

As a result, Zhou Yi almost laughed himself to death while watching it.

Then came the result: Life Imprisonment, a huge fine, and having to bear the compensation for so many people.

I have to say, even Zhou Yi was a bit stunned after watching the video he "made himself"; Lu Yan's wife is truly a divine assist.

You really get the feeling that this wife really wants her husband to stay in the cell until he dies...

After finishing the voiceover and carefully watching it from beginning to end to make sure there were no problems, he clicked upload and simultaneously uploaded it to multiple video websites.

The length this time was certainly not as outrageous as the first episode of the previous documentary, but it was still much longer than Zhou Yi's previous videos.

Because he can't post videos halfway through a case like before, the interval between each video is now very long.

This has also led to everyone on the internet feeling that without A Yi, surfing the web doesn't seem to have any fun.

The trending searches are all monotonous news, making people wonder how such things could even make it to the trending list.

Fortunately, there is some consolation: another male celebrity was caught for prostitution, and it was just like what is written in novels—seeking a hammer and getting it.

Even though there were rumors of him being caught for prostitution, he insisted on jumping out to say someone was slandering him, and the fans were even more determined to protect their "best brother."

And then... he was officially confirmed by the authorities.

Anyway, Zhou Yi felt it was very outrageous when he saw that news at the time.

Prostitution, the normal procedure is to notify the family; there is no procedure that says it must be announced to the public.

But even though we have already had them in Detention, you guys always jump out and say "Brother is not that kind of person." What do you take us for?

It's just that even the most satisfying gossip will be finished; the business between men and women's lower halves, when you get down to it, is just like that—not worth spending money to watch.

At this time, audiences like A Yi's began to look forward to A Yi's videos, because his videos can always break people's "normal cognition," cause a sensation, and spark discussion.

And then, they waited for it.

In Modu, inside a fitness gym, a burly man with a thick waist and broad shoulders was sweating among the equipment.

His name is Xu Jingchong, a music teacher. When he went to sign up for university back then, the teacher saw him and said: "The sports department is over there; young man, are you here to practice shot put?"

He could only shake his head and say: "No, teacher, I practice the piano..."

He is a fitness enthusiast and also a loyal audience member of A Yi.

He would support A Yi in every way online during the storms A Yi encountered in the past; he just felt that our life should have more people like A Yi.

"Lao Xu, what set are you on?" another muscle guy asked from the side, and without waiting for Xu Jingchong to answer, he continued: "Hey, do you know? That Jinniao Fitness ran off."

For the big guys in the fitness circle, besides "your chest muscles are really big," what they talk about when they meet is "which fitness gym ran off."

Xu Jingchong didn't speak; it's just a fitness gym running off, he had encountered it three times already.

Just then, his phone rang. He put down the dumbbell, picked it up, and looked at it, then immediately chuckled: "This guy A Yi actually updated!"

The muscle guy next to him heard this and said: "That internet celebrity you follow? You don't have to be so obsessed, right?"

As a big muscle guy who only knows fitness, he hates those internet celebrities and stars the most in his daily life.

None of them do any productive work; what's the use of following them? He only believes in muscles!

Xu Jingchong was about to say something upon hearing this, but he couldn't help but read out the title of this video: "Fitness gym boss runs off after buying a membership card, and even threatens to let me sue wherever I want? Get to know Life Imprisonment!"

Holy crap! The guy next to him was just about to drink his protein shake, but after hearing this title, he nearly sprayed a mouthful of it onto Xu Jingchong's face.

"What, what? Life Imprisonment? Let me see!"

"Where is it, Lao Xu? What kind of video is this?"

"Eh, I found it. Just search for that phrase Lao Xu just said!"

They were all muscular gym-goers, and usually, nothing could grab their attention, but this video, honestly, just looking at the title was enough to make people's imaginations run wild!

And they really wanted to keep watching, because this matter was truly too closely linked to their own circle.

A person nearby didn't quite believe it and said: "This is clickbait, right? A Fitness Gym Boss ran away, and he can get someone sentenced to Life Imprisonment? What kind of joke is that?"

"Does he think we don't understand Criminal Law?"

But no one paid him any mind; many people nearby had already taken out their phones to watch.

There was no helping it; they really wanted to know the situation inside.

Xu Jingchong also opened the video, and a barrage of bullet comments had already flooded in, along with the sound of A Yi's voice, which carried a hint of kidney deficiency.

The most "criminal" video?

It really was the most "criminal" one; it even reached Life Imprisonment. Basically, none of the things A Yi had done before had ever had such a severe verdict.

They started watching from the beginning; the earlier content wasn't much to speak of, and many people there had even experienced it themselves.

As a result, when they saw the other party's reaction after Zhou Yi called the police, many of the muscular guys cursed out loud!

"Holy crap, this fat pig! Damn it, if I ever run into him, I'll beat him up every time I see him. He even said we could sue him whenever we want—is that even human language?"

"Exactly! Hey, wait, how do you know it's a fat pig? There's no video of him."

"Look at that stick figure; doesn't it have the words 'fat pig' written on it..."

Everyone comes to the gym and really hates those inexplicable situations, especially when someone runs away after they've bought a membership card.

As an individual, seeking Legal Aid is really too difficult, especially after you go everywhere and they tell you it's an economic dispute and you can only go through the legal process.

And as for a Lawsuit, not to mention that the time is endless, the other party has already put it out there: they have no money, so even if you win, you can't enforce it.

Just thinking about it makes one feel exhausted. We spend money on cards, others run away, and now we have to go through all sorts of hardships just to get our own money back, with a high probability that we won't even get it back.

Is this fair?

The others were all there cursing and swearing; there was no helping it, this video was filmed too realistically. It portrayed the situation everyone encounters after a gym runs away to the fullest.

At the very beginning, there was all sorts of enthusiasm for seeking Legal Aid, but with every step they took, fewer people remained. Slowly, everyone lost their passion, and the Legal Aid group they had built became a dead group.

It really was a portrait of what happens right around them.

Xu Jingchong, however, began to get excited, because he knew that whenever he encountered similar situations, A Yi would always invite out the man behind him!

"Fang Dazhuang, Fang Dazhuang has finally appeared!"

"Lao Xu, who is Fang Dazhuang?"

Someone couldn't help but ask while watching.

Xu Jingchong chuckled and said: "That is a man who, the moment you hear his voice, you will feel that this round is in the bag."

This round is in the bag? What does that mean?

However, after Fang Dazhuang's voice rang out, everyone quickly understood why Xu Jingchong would say that.

This man was truly very special.

"Crime of Refusing to Pay Labor Remuneration? There's such a crime in our laws?" Someone was immediately confused.

We always say that the Criminal Law gift package is truly huge, and there is always one that fits you.

But at the same time, many people are not clear about some of the charges in Criminal Law, and sometimes they are even completely dumbfounded: Holy crap, this is also considered a crime?

After all, these days, apart from professionals, how many people know that things like colored contact lenses cannot be sold casually, and if you don't have a license, it might involve the crime of Illegal Business Operation?

So, after listening to Fang Dazhuang's explanation, they all understood one by one, and quite a few people were already there pondering whether they could send their own bosses inside...

Zhou Yi was right in his original thinking; these days, if street lamps really became street lamps, many workers would truly want to hang some things on them.

And everyone finally understood why Xu Jingchong would say that, because this man called Fang Dazhuang, he is truly very "criminal"!

For a matter like this, everyone thought there was absolutely no way out, but he stubbornly found a path through it.

And he didn't care about the issue of getting money back at all; he directly said: do you want to let the other party go inside!

Listen to that—is that something a human would say? But for some reason, even though it was such a twisted thing to say, they actually felt like they loved hearing it...

Some people started asking themselves: back when they encountered a Fitness Gym Boss running away, if someone had told them they could send the other party inside, then forget about getting a refund—they would have been willing to pay extra!

It's just, this feels so troublesome. You have to collect everyone's payment records? Are you sure someone would actually do that?

Then they saw it.

That person called A Yi, the Up Master who filmed the video, actually went and did it!

What is called seamless? That very special lawyer said some things that normal people would never do, and the other person just went and did it without a second thought...

This is just too damn interesting, okay!

At this moment, many people became interested in these two people: one responsible for pointing out the direction, and one responsible for the actual operation.

It really is one who dares to point and one who dares to do...

Even if they knew there was such a method, they definitely wouldn't do it, not to mention that the Up Master of this video, this A Yi, only owed two months of membership fees!

It's only a few hundred yuan a month; why are you risking your life, hey!

This part of the content was relatively boring. Zhou Yi was experienced and naturally understood that many people don't like the process; they just love that final climax.

So he skipped ahead, and watching the Up Master in the video continuously collect evidence, everyone's emotions also rose higher and higher.

Only Xu Jingchong was a bit strange; according to A Yi's normal routine, the next steps would be reporting to the police, Public Prosecution, and the verdict.

But the progress bar told him the situation wasn't quite right!

Continuing to watch, it was mostly as expected: they reported to the police, and the police comrades were all in a state of confusion.

Then came the arrest, the indictment, and the verdict—a full four years!

By the time the verdict was announced, quite a few people in the gym were already watching the video; it was truly so satisfying it was almost heavenly!

Perhaps only their group could truly grasp this feeling.

"What is called Legal Aid, this is what is called Legal Aid; compared to the Legal Aid in this video, all other Legal Aid is just weak, okay!"

"Exactly, and this is what you said, sue however you want to sue!"

Someone there kept saying this, feeling incredibly satisfied.

But... why wasn't the video over yet?

Only Xu Jingchong began to get excited; for him, the previous parts were like projects he had already done many times, and although still stimulating, they had lost that sense of novelty.

As everyone knows, people all like what is new.

And now, the follow-up would definitely be different!

Sure enough, watching further, after the First Instance verdict, the opponent's wife was there clamoring that she wouldn't pay, even saying her family was very wealthy, and that the person was already in prison...

At this point, some people started scratching their heads, because they also felt there didn't seem to be any problem; the person was already in prison, so it didn't seem like a problem for her to say a few words.

But Zhou Yi did not think so.

In this world, no one owes anyone anything.

On what grounds can you just say a few words because your family member is in prison? Is there any logic in this?

You're in prison, and then you feel you have a point?

These words from Zhou Yi made everyone fall into deep thought, but... even those who didn't understand the law at all knew that once a verdict was reached, you couldn't change it anymore.

Then, in everyone's gaze, A Yi in the video found Fang Dazhuang again.

"It's over. Although I don't know what that Lawyer Fang is going to do, I just feel like that Fitness Gym Boss won't be finished so easily."

Xu Jingchong, who was next to him, glanced at him and said, "Your feeling is very right."

It was indeed very right, because Lawyer Fang had proposed a new path, and the sentencing for this path was even higher.

Listening to the "very criminal" words popping out of Lawyer Fang's mouth one by one, Xu Jingchong couldn't help but say, "See that? This is what is called professional!"

It was too professional, okay? With a flick of his lips, the Fitness Gym Boss, who was originally sentenced to four years, could potentially end up with forty years or more...

Next was the fast-forwarded collection process; many people couldn't help but skip to the end, and were then stunned by what Lu Yan had done.

Life Imprisonment, it was directly satisfying to the heavens!

In the eyes of many who had been scammed, even shooting the scammer wouldn't be enough to vent their hatred, let alone just a Life Imprisonment.

Xu Jingchong, however, was dumbfounded looking at the gym the Fitness Gym Boss had once opened as revealed in the video: Duan Dian Fitness. Holy crap, Hannan Province, damn, isn't this the one I encountered back then?

After telling everyone the situation, the others were also stunned!

"It says here that the members of these gyms back then should take the relevant evidence to the case-handling authorities, and then they can get a refund of their fees..."

It was truly outrageous...

Zhou Yi did not know that his video today had gained many muscle-heads from gyms; after watching this video, everyone couldn't help but go watch his previous videos.

And likewise, Xu Jingchong did not know that this video had caused an even greater heated discussion on the internet.

Because of this sentencing, Life Imprisonment, in the eyes of many, unless one had committed an unforgivable crime, it was basically impossible to receive such treatment.

But this runaway Fitness Gym Boss had received it.

If it were someone else, the experts would have long since started lashing out, criticizing that the sentencing for this case was too heavy, and criticizing that this Up Master was too calculating.

The reason was also ready-made, because such matters did not have a very high degree of social harm.

What is a case with high social harm? It is when fraud leads to the death of the victim, or other situations occur.

Or cheating lonely elderly people, or cheating people until they are penniless, with vile circumstances and extreme harm.

For example, that case from back then, the Xu case, where money scraped together from everywhere was cheated away, and after reporting it to the police, she was told that this money was very hard to recover.

And then on the way home, the person couldn't go on.

But for these runaway cases, in the words of some experts, many people aren't short of this bit of money; even if it's gone, it doesn't have much impact on their lives.

Therefore, the sentencing is disproportionately heavy.

The situation on the internet now is too complex, so complex that you don't even know if they are saying these things out of their own intentions or just for traffic.

But they were indeed very successful; under this kind of topic, a heated discussion was formed directly.

And with the appearance of a piece of news, the heat of the entire event reached its peak!

That was Wang Yanan holding her eight-year-old daughter, squatting at the entrance of her home with a dazed look in her eyes, and at her door, there was a seal from the Court.

Why do we always say that a brilliant photographer can always deliver a fatal blow? This is the reason.

There is no need for other explanations; this single Photo alone is enough to make many people feel compassion.

Not to mention that the article also wrote that because of the verdict of Confiscation of All Personal Property, the wife and child became homeless overnight, which was extremely miserable.

Anyone who knows a little bit about the law knows that the Court's verdict is called "Confiscation of All Personal Property"; what is confiscated here is personal property, not marital property.

How to distinguish personal property within Joint Property can be seen in the Civil Code.

Therefore, since it could be sealed, it only shows one thing: this house is Lu Yan's personal property...

Moreover, Court enforcement is never simple or crude; if this house were sealed and the family members had nowhere to go, it would definitely not be sealed directly.

They would leave you corresponding time to have a place to live before doing so.

Of course, Wang Yanan has a place to live now; Lu Yan and she have other houses registered in her name, which do not fall within the scope of confiscation.

It's just that after getting used to living in a detached villa, coming back to live in a tenement building, one just couldn't accept it all of a sudden.

However, many people on the internet will not listen to these things.

Plus, Wang Yanan's appearance is on point, the child's appearance is also on point, and then...

I don't care, I don't care, I just see that the orphan and widow are very pitiful, A Yi is just committing a sin!

The Court is also aiding and abetting; on what grounds did they sentence like this? It's too heavy, demand a Protest, demand a retrial!

It's just that Lu Yan can't see these comments now...

At the same time, an article appeared quietly on the internet.

"I've been following A Yi for a long time, just a passerby. Don't you all think the behavior of A Yi and that Lawyer Fang is a bit scary? Clearly, he has many ways to handle things, but they always choose the path that causes the most harm."

"Is the harm caused by that Fitness Gym Boss really that great? That shouldn't be the case. It's true that he was wrong to abscond with the money, but A Yi and the others only lost a little bit of membership fees."

"A Yi only has two months left, yet he still spares no effort just to get the other party sent to prison for Life Imprisonment. Those of you clamoring that this is exactly what should be done, do you even know what Life Imprisonment means?"

"Do you hope that one day you will also be deliberately sent in by someone else and sentenced to life?"

Unsurprisingly, his article received likes from some people.

After all, Zhou Mouren's methods are truly not supported by everyone; this has been the case since the time of Liu Xu.

In life, it is still best to value harmony.

Inside the gym, Xu Jingchong, who had just finished today's training, saw these messages, and he immediately exploded.

What do you mean "it's true that he was wrong to abscond with the money"—this is damn well very wrong, okay!

And saying the harm isn't great—damn it, come experience for yourselves whether the harm is great or not; it's easy to talk when you're not the one suffering!

Without any hesitation, Xu Jingchong directly forwarded the relevant comments to the gym group, and then, those muscle-heads who had watched Zhou Yi's videos all exploded.

Anyone who loves fitness feels deep hatred for the fact that the Fitness Gym Boss ran away, and now someone is actually saying this is nothing?

So, everyone quickly began to fight back, especially Xu Jingchong.

"Who said the harm isn't great? Stand up and show yourself. I am one of the victims in this case, and I can clearly state that when I found out the other party had run away, I was so angry I almost ended up in the hospital!"

"So, if you think the harm isn't great, then come to Modu, and we can talk face-to-face so you can personally experience whether it's great or not!"

The muscle-heads had explosive power; everyone had many groups, and with all sorts of forwarding, the muscle-heads of Modu seemed to unite against a common enemy all at once!

Consequently, those experts discovered that they were being swarmed.

Those swarming them were accounts that usually didn't say much, and if you clicked into them, they were all big, muscular guys...

They wanted to refute, but the others could post the evidence of being scammed.

You say there is no harm, but look, I was scammed and almost kicked the bucket, and you still say there is no harm?

Not to mention Zhou Yi's other viewers; in their words, even today, there are still people who think A Yi did something wrong.

Zhou Mouren woke up to see this scene. After thinking about it, he took a screenshot of that photo and that article and forwarded them directly to Lao Yang.

Take a look, is this how you do your publicity work? People are already riding on your face.

Don't mention it; I, Zhou Yi, have always been this eager to help.

Everything was so harmonious.

Lao Yang replied with one word: "Understood," and then said nothing more. But for some reason, by the afternoon, those comments about the photo and the like had all disappeared from the internet.

At the same time, the Handong Province Cyberspace Administration of China issued a notice regarding the explanation of the matter where Wang Moumou and his daughter were homeless due to the verdict...

The beginning clarified the situation: they had a place to live, and at the time, they were trying to forcibly block the enforcement officers from sealing the property.

Then it stated that seventy-eight rumor-mongering accounts had been banned, and those who deliberately spread rumors would be severely punished!

It's a good thing this was an official account; otherwise, they really would have added, "You sympathize with them, but when they were enjoying themselves, you were still working your butts off..."

Objectively discussing whether a sentence is too heavy is fine, of course, but you shouldn't spread rumors. "Homeless"—you are slapping Handong Province in the face!

Perhaps in a few days, an inconspicuous notice will appear online, with the content that so-and-so spread rumors online and has now been captured...

With this notice, the big guys on the internet suddenly calmed down.

Sure enough, A Yi is still that same A Yi; this "Legal Aid process" has already started being noted down by people.

Zhou Yi, however, paid no attention to this. The System Task progress had reached one hundred percent, but there was no notification of completion, so he simply ignored it for now.

Now it is afternoon tea time.

Unsurprisingly, they also talked about a certain celebrity being detained for prostitution.

Zhou Xinran was very curious; she felt that these celebrities have both looks and money, so why would they need to go for prostitution? She really didn't understand.

Prostitution, well, many people know that this matter is actually not considered a crime; it is just "very silly and very naive" illegal behavior.

Generally, it is punished with Administrative Detention and a fine. Of course, before Custody and Education was abolished, a certain celebrity surnamed Huang, besides being sentenced to fifteen days of detention, also had six months of Custody and Education.

However, as they chatted, the topic changed a bit.

Why is prostitution just detention, but other aspects involving prostitution become a crime?

Fang Dazhuang told a story.

"Zhang San is a generous person. He has a friend named Li Si. Li Si came to visit him, so he naturally had to host him."

"After thinking about it, since Li Si is lecherous, Zhang San arranged a full-service package for Li Si."

"Then... there was a crackdown on vice. Li Si was caught. He said this matter had nothing to do with Zhang San: 'I was the one who asked him to find someone; it has nothing to do with him!'"

"But in the end, Li Si got Administrative Detention, and Zhang San... was suspected of Introducing Prostitution..."

"If you prostitute, it's just detention; if you introduce it, you might go in. Do you remember how to act in the future now?"

Zhou Yi broke into a cold sweat; one really must understand the law...

Nearly an eight-thousand-character long chapter. Good night. Thanks to another new brother, brother wfei, Wenchidage, and brother Qing Tang Zhu Ge Zi. Thanks to several brothers for the tips. Thank you.

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