Chapter 474: Charlie Couldn't Have Done That!

In the Wangshan Small Residential District of Jingzhou, which is also one of the better residential districts in Jingzhou, Han Juan is eating with her new boyfriend.

The new boyfriend is, of course, Charlie, who is from the United States; it sounds very prestigious.

But... for many people, the world is divided into domestic and foreign, and they are always talking about how things are abroad.

Yesterday, Han Juan held a party at her home and introduced Charlie to many of her friends.

She doesn't care where Charlie is from; as long as he is a foreigner, that's enough.

Just like that classic saying: I don't care who becomes the county magistrate, I just want to be the county magistrate's wife.

Han Juan is just like that; in any case, a foreigner must be better than a local man!

With that having happened, they naturally spent the night together, and it even reached the point of discussing marriage.

Charlie does not pay a Bride Price, because he is a foreigner, and there is no such thing as a Bride Price in his culture.

Of course, these things are still a long way off, but she has become someone else's girlfriend anyway.

Just at this moment, her phone rang; it was an unfamiliar number.

"I'll take this call first!"

After greeting the boyfriend sitting across from her, Han Juan walked to the side and answered the phone: "Hello, who are you, is there something?"

A female voice came from the phone: "Hello, I am Chen Li, a police officer from the Guangming Road Police Station. I need to confirm with you: six days ago, at the pig's trotter rice restaurant at the entrance of the Guangming Peak Residential Quarter, did that foreign friend of yours pick up a Sports Camera?"

A Sports Camera? Han Juan remembered it quickly; after they finished eating, they saw a Sports Camera on that man's table, and her boyfriend next to her just took it away.

Han Juan didn't say anything; she felt that if he took it, he took it—it wasn't like it was stolen anyway.

The main thing was that she felt the other party's words sounded very uncomfortable!

Her boyfriend is a foreigner, yet the other party didn't have a shred of a good attitude and was shouting as soon as she opened her mouth, which made her very disgusted.

As expected of a local man, losing face in front of a foreigner; no wonder he can't find a partner now.

Isn't it just a squeeze? Since he came all this way to our place, we must be enthusiastic, hospitable, and respectful to him.

Besides, her boyfriend also said he just took it to play with for a few days; he isn't short of that little bit of money.

Han Juan naturally believed him. Why? Because he is a foreigner, he has faith, and he couldn't possibly lie, you know!

So Han Juan thought for a moment and said: "What Sports Camera? I haven't seen it; we came back right after we finished eating."

Chen Li said: "Comrade, I need to remind you that picking up someone else's lost property requires returning it. We have already checked the Monitoring..."

"Why are you so annoying? I already said I haven't seen it. He's from abroad, would he even care about such a thing!"

Chen Li wanted to speak again, but Han Juan said directly: "Alright, I have things to do now, I'm hanging up."

After hanging up the phone, Charlie across from her asked what the problem was, and Han Juan smiled: "It's nothing, Charlie, they were just asking about that camera."

"It doesn't matter. In our country, such things happen often; once it's lost, it's lost. I haven't seen many people who can get them back."

Charlie's black face across from her seemed very surprised, and he said: "Is that so? Is your rule of law so poor?"

Han Juan immediately became interested and said: "That goes without saying. Let me tell you, Charlie, if you go to report it to the police, maybe it would be useful, hahaha..."

The room was suddenly filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Han Juan didn't take it to heart, and Charlie took it even less to heart, because he had done this before and nothing happened afterward.

The Black people who come to the country to make a living do indeed include some high-quality talents, but they are basically concentrated among international students.

And for various reasons, international students themselves are a mixed bag; some are very excellent, and some are... just painful to look at.

And someone like Charlie belongs to those who come looking for opportunities on their own.

He grew up in the slums in the United States, and like many of his brothers, he doesn't know who his father is.

Poor, and lazy too...

One thing needs to be emphasized: the more one lacks something, the more one will talk about it.

For those who talk about discrimination all day long, the situation is self-evident.

Then Charlie came over, and he really hasn't done this kind of thing just once. Are all people in the United States rich? Can they buy any kind of electronic product whenever they want?

Looking at news reports, it seems that way.

But in fact, everyone knows what news reports are like. Just looking at foreign reports, it seems like we are all rich people...

He had worried before, but later discovered that it was really fine; no one would come to cause trouble, as if they had just resigned themselves to it.

So this time, when he saw it, he didn't even hesitate and just took it.

After a while, he will sell it, and that will be another sum of money.

It's just that he didn't expect this girl in front of him to help him speak up...

He couldn't quite understand the other party's thinking, but there was no need to think about it.

Inside the Guangming Road Police Station, Chen Li was stunned for a moment listening to the busy signal on the phone; the other party hung up a bit too quickly.

And she directly denied that the foreigner took it.

But it was very clear in the Monitoring video that the foreigner just picked it up and didn't put it down until he went out.

At least from the current evidence, the other party definitely took it!

Now she says she hasn't seen it at all...

Emmm... to be honest, if it were someone else, Chen Li might have felt that they shouldn't be so serious about it.

But Zhou Yi—the amount of performance he brought to the Guangming Branch this year is too many to count.

The Zhonglou Police Station and the Guangming Road Police Station were fighting over it, and the Guangming Branch above them was already thrilled to the heavens.

However, she still called again, but this time no one answered for a long time.

After waiting for a long time with no response, Chen Li sent a text message, explaining the situation clearly and attaching her name, police badge number, and other information.

It's a pity... there was still no response. This time, Chen Li didn't hesitate anymore and quickly dialed Zhou Yi's phone.

"Hello, Zhou Yi, hey, it's me, Chen Li. Regarding the Sports Camera you reported lost last time, I have already contacted the other party, but they said they didn't take it..."

Inside the Company office, Zhou Yi didn't feel surprised; he felt that the grandson halo of the system must have been activated again.

Chen Li had already made it clear over the phone; she had used every method available, but the other party simply wouldn't listen.

Sigh, this feels like lighting a lamp in a latrine.

"Alright, Officer Chen, I understand. Thank you very much for your help, but I will think of a way to pursue legal channels myself."

Chen Li on the other end of the phone smiled; truly, someone like Zhou Yi is the type that relevant judicial organs would like, even if he were placed elsewhere.

Because when he deals with judicial organs, he only speaks of the law!

For instance, right now, even though he has already investigated the personal information of the two people who picked up the camera, he still hasn't asked for it.

Theoretically, this information cannot be given out casually; the Public Security Bureau cannot leak a citizen's personal information.

However, in actual practice, it is not that strict; judging from the situations Chen Li has encountered before, for this kind of amount, it wouldn't be a big deal even if they told the other party the contact information.

After all, it is just Mediation work; no matter how much you talk about it, no one can say otherwise.

But Zhou Yi did not ask for it; he has always been very law-abiding in this regard.

If a procedure is required, he must complete that procedure; this is what he learned from Fang Dazhuang.

Being serious means being reasonable; if you yourself are not being reasonable, then on what grounds can you be serious?

Even if no one would say anything about this matter, the procedure must be followed.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yi called Fang Dazhuang.

"Fang Dazhuang, they won't give it back, let's start!"

This case can be fought as a Civil Dispute, filing a Litigation on the grounds of Return of Lost Property, but it can also be fought as a Criminal Private Prosecution, for Embezzlement.

Given Fang Dazhuang's temper, he certainly wouldn't choose the first option...

And if a Criminal Case is chosen, then one must prepare the evidence well; this isn't just about having the Monitoring video from that restaurant.

For Embezzlement, it must be that they refused to return the item after picking it up!

Evidence for a Criminal Case has always been this strict: proving the other party picked up the item, and proving the other party refused to return it.

And whether it is a Criminal Private Prosecution or a Civil Dispute, if the evidence is necessary for the case and the party concerned cannot collect it themselves, they can apply for the Court to assist in the investigation.

Every step of this requires following the procedure; even for the restaurant's Monitoring, you cannot just go and copy it directly, as they certainly won't give it to you.

You still have to go to the Court for Case Filing first, then apply for an Investigation Warrant, and take the Investigation Warrant to copy the Monitoring.

Not to mention other evidence.

The communication Chen Li had on her end naturally had a recording, but in Fang Dazhuang's view, it was not enough.

He could easily think of many defense reasons, such as thinking the other party was a fake police officer committing fraud.

Therefore, other evidence is still needed.

But there is no rush for this; Fang Dazhuang plans to get the foreigner's personal information first, and then contact the other party.

If the other party gives it back, then that goes without saying, but if they still don't, then there will be no problem.

If the police call you and you say it's fake, although the excuse is very weak, it counts as an excuse for now.

But what about the victim himself? He has clarified all the information from that time; if you say this is fake again, then you are the one with the problem.

Putting down the phone, Fang Dazhuang felt his whole body was full of strength!

It has been a long time since he played with a case involving foreigners, and it is a Criminal Self-Prosecution Case at that.

Once you arrive in the country, you should abide by the country's laws!

Let's start!

Zhou Xinran had nothing to say; truly, these two are a perfect match.

The process is extremely tedious, and even if they win, there is no economic gain, only the possibility of getting the other party locked up, yet both of them are so keen on it.

Fang Dazhuang started collecting the necessary evidence; first, he must let the Court acknowledge that this incident happened, so at the very least, they won't dismiss it directly.

Then, the value of the item must be sufficient; according to our Criminal Law, Embezzlement also has monetary limits.

Five thousand yuan or more counts, ten thousand yuan or more counts as a relatively large amount, and one hundred thousand yuan or more counts as a huge amount.

These correspond to different sentencing standards respectively.

It is worth noting here that for crimes with such monetary limits, the Criminal Law only stipulates "starting sentencing standards, huge amounts," etc.; the specific amounts must be determined by Judicial Interpretation, and the High People's Court of each place will make regulations based on the local economic situation.

For example, for the most classic Theft, the Case Filing standards vary by region.

The same is true for Embezzlement.

Handong Province follows the mainstream, with five thousand, ten thousand, and one hundred thousand.

Simple evidence collection took Fang Dazhuang one day; by the morning of the second day, he was sitting in the Case Filing hall of the Guangming District Court.

The young lady staff member took the materials and looked—well, a Private Prosecution Complaint.

Which lucky person is this again?

After taking it and opening it, she discovered that the Private Prosecution Complaint was not complete.

"The usual rules, you register and review it first, then I will apply for an Investigation Warrant; the current evidence is not enough," Fang Dazhuang said casually.

He was more familiar with the Court's procedures than these staff members.

The young lady smiled and immediately began the review.

The procedure began to move.

On the other side, Han Juan naturally saw Chen Li's text message.

However, she chose to ignore it directly; just because you say you are a police officer doesn't mean you are, I wouldn't know.

Unless you show up at my door or something, and even if you did, so what? Han Juan didn't feel like anything was wrong.

She remembered seeing in a short video online before that if you pick up something someone else lost, the police can't do anything about it.

So she wasn't worried at all.

If the other party wants it back, they can only go to Court to file a Lawsuit.

But in the current situation, how many people would actually go to file a Lawsuit just because they lost something?

People these days just muddle through.

A Lawsuit? Going to Court? Who do you think you are, is the Court your own home!

Besides, even if the other party really gets serious and files a Lawsuit, wouldn't it be enough to just have the boyfriend return the item?

There's no loss, it doesn't matter.

But she still felt uncomfortable; her boyfriend was a foreigner, yet neither of them showed him the slightest bit of respect.

Instead, they were there making a spectacle of themselves!

So Han Juan thought about it and took out her phone, opening the Big Green Book.

"Seriously, why are there always so many pathetic men, why do they always embarrass us in front of foreigners?"

"A few days ago, I went to eat with my boyfriend Charlie, and just because Charlie moved his chair a little, the man behind us jumped out and started cursing..."

"Honestly, I felt disgusted just looking at him!"

"My boyfriend Charlie is from abroad, where people don't even speak loudly on the street, yet after coming to our country, he encountered something like this. I'm truly speechless!"

Same as usual, write a Small Essay to vent, and attach some Photos.

They were all taken previously; naturally, they focused on her and her boyfriend, with a few Photos of Zhou Yi attached as well.

At the time, after both sides started arguing, Han Juan also began recording a video.

That's how it is these days; as long as there's an argument, everyone holds their phone and records each other.

There's no other way; if they record you and you don't record them, and they post it out of context, then you can just wait to be subjected to Internet Violence.

Those trolls on the internet won't "let the bullets fly for a while."

As soon as they encounter something they can bash, they start bashing immediately; as for finding out later that they were wrong... well, they were wrong.

Who can do anything to them anyway...

Which is why when Zhou Mouren was purifying the internet before, it caused such a massive shock, because truly, no one had ever done that before.

Pasting the screenshots into the post, Han Juan still knew a little bit, and very considerately applied a Mosaic to the faces.

Take a careful look, no problems, click upload!

The desire to share is something everyone has; when they encounter things worth venting about, they like to share them online.

Especially when seeing others who think the same way venting along with you, it brings a rare sense of pleasure.

After Han Juan posted it online, she was busy hanging out with her boyfriend and ignored it for a while.

So she didn't know that because of Big Data, this post was seen by many of her peers.

That was a foreigner!

People don't even speak loudly on the streets in their own countries, yet after coming to our country, he was yelled at like that in a public place!

How could this be allowed?

That definitely requires some serious criticism.

"Who is this person, miss? You didn't even need to use a Mosaic; you should have just exposed him directly. This embarrassment has reached all the way abroad!"

"Seriously, I also hate these domestic men; they just yell and scream at the drop of a hat. Can't they just talk things out? Does yelling like that solve anything?"

"Exactly, exactly. I can already imagine it; there will definitely be some men who will curse at you, miss. Stay strong, foreigners are just better than them!"

Similar comments were truly emerging one after another.

Of course, there were some people who stood up to oppose it, but it didn't gain much traction.

And under these circumstances, someone even turned it into a topic for discussion: what exactly should be done about this situation in our country where people yell and scream at the drop of a hat?

Many people were there giving all sorts of examples, saying that abroad, as long as they find you yelling, they can call the police and the police will handle it, while in our country, no one cares.

Along with various other reasons, it all boiled down to one sentence: the air abroad is sweet...

Naturally, some people started a Human Flesh Search.

In their words, someone who embarrasses us in front of a foreigner like this should be found and properly criticized.

Facts have proven that it's really not that hard to find someone on the internet.

Especially for someone like Zhou Yi who constantly posts videos online; even if he is cautious and careful, it's impossible to cover everything up completely.

It's just that because he is famous for being serious, those Self-Media outlets basically won't leak information casually.

Leaking information about others might lead to a Lawsuit, but leaking information about A Yi might lead to eating prison food...

So until now, Zhou Mouren's privacy hasn't been exposed much.

Zhou Yi's previous videos indeed didn't show his face, but his Sports Camera appeared in the shots.

Because sometimes he would use his phone to film himself for easier editing.

That kind of Sports Camera isn't common, mainly because it's expensive...

Then, people started searching, and after comparing this and that, they soon had results.

Jingzhou, that kind of figure, and it was even inside a pig's trotter rice shop; as everyone knows, A Yi really likes pig's trotter rice...

So, the man who was yelling at the foreigner was A Yi?

At this, many people immediately backed off; whoever wants to leak it can leak it, but there's no way I ever will.

But even under these circumstances, there were still people who pointed out the situation.

"Buddha is Merciful": This person is A Yi, right? I think that camera looks quite similar.

With the first one, there was soon a second.

Originally, this post was just a vent from Han Juan; even with a foreigner involved, it wouldn't have gone viral.

If it really went viral, it wouldn't be like this, because it's not a few years ago anymore; the number of "sheep-herders" (worshippers of foreign countries) on the internet has decreased a lot.

But this is A Yi, and A Yi comes with his own traffic, so it was just that interesting; the post went viral and became an instant hit.

Because someone else stood up to challenge A Yi again...

Over twelve point eight minutes... but five thousand characters are here. The money in the QQ wallet has been sent out. Starting now!

(End of chapter)