Chapter 486: My Yuan Jie must help out!

The Tengda Legal Department has already received the notification, and Legal Director Liu Shiwen has begun arranging tasks.

President Zhou's direct requests are always prioritized over others' matters; this is obviously unfair, yet also very fair.

Because anyone with common sense knows that absolute fairness cannot exist in this world.

For the Tengda Legal Department, this matter is quite routine: identify all other company employees who bought televisions with boot advertisements, then ask them if they are willing to file a lawsuit!

It sounds simple, and because there is already a precedent, it seems like filing the lawsuit should be no problem.

But that is not how it works; collective litigation has never been encouraged. Take unfinished buildings, for example—many people involved with unfinished buildings find it difficult to even find local lawyers to initiate collective litigation.

In many cases, they have to contact lawyers in first-tier cities like the Imperial Capital or Modu.

However, for the Tengda Legal Department, this is nothing; one could only say the workload is a bit heavy.

But now, they all know that Lawyer Fang seems to be planning something big.

As fellow legal professionals, they all understand the risks of doing this.

Yet, as the situation stands, there doesn't seem to be any better way.

The amount of the tort is too small—so small that if one or two people were to initiate a lawsuit, they would barely feel it. If public opinion weren't exerting pressure now, there would be no way to get a reaction from the Manufacturer.

As for administrative measures, they can only be used for regulation; even if it's one's own "dear father," it is the same.

So, in such a situation, the only way to solve the problem is through large-scale collective litigation!

It doesn't even require too many people; it is enough to make some Manufacturers feel this power.

So, looking at each other, they realize that right now, probably only a lawyer like Lawyer Fang would do such a thing.

For them, they can only silently support Lawyer Fang in private.

On the other side, inside the law firm, Lawyer Fang has already gathered all the lawyers who are currently available.

"Same old story, it's about President Zhou's matter again, but this time what we are doing is different from before. This time, we aren't responsible for the lawsuit of one or two people; it could be thousands, tens of thousands, or even more!"

"Now, let me briefly introduce the situation. I believe everyone has already seen the video online. That's right, they think that a lawsuit from just one person counts for nothing. Since the law is no longer in their eyes, then they need to be taught a lesson!"

Lawyer Fang briefly introduced the entire plan. It sounds very simple: Zhou Yi provides the money, they provide the manpower, and if that's not enough, they will find other law firms to work together.

Lawyer Fang himself can work for free, that doesn't matter, but for other lawyers, everyone has to make a living.

However, Lawyer Fang estimates that not many practicing lawyers are needed, because once a process is established for a certain matter, everything just needs to follow that process.

Lawyers can be responsible for auditing, while the real work is left for university students to do...

For Lawyer Fang, this is basic procedure, because by that time, many things have already become manual labor.

But even if it's acting like cattle or horses, not just anyone can do it; in Handong University of Political Science and Law alone, there are piles of "cattle and horses" among the undergraduates and postgraduates.

Lawyer Fang finished introducing the situation and then said, "Alright, I've finished speaking. Those willing to do it, go sign up with Xinran; those who aren't, no need to force yourselves."

The lawyers in the firm looked at each other; how did this suddenly become such a big deal!

The key is that, in many people's eyes, it's not worth it at all; even if they really win the lawsuit, it seems there aren't that many benefits.

Lawyer Fang naturally saw what everyone was thinking; he didn't explain anything, nor did he want to explain more.

Everything must be reasoned, and he, Fang Xujing, loves reasoning the most!

Just as those in the Tengda Legal Department thought, for this case, if you look across the country, basically no one dares to take it because the impact is too great.

But Lawyer Fang doesn't care; if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up, and he, surnamed Fang, is tall enough!

Everyone was discussing it, and finally, a lawyer spoke up: "Teacher Fang, will doing this..."

"I have already reported it to the judicial department, and they are currently studying it as well, so you don't need to consider anything else. For you, this is just a litigation case with a relatively large number of people."

Since it had come to this, the lawyers in the firm no longer hesitated—just do it.

For a case like this, the leader has already clearly stated that he will take responsibility if there are problems, so what is there to worry about?

Lawyer Fang had settled the lawyers, while Zhou Yi began preparing to find the Plaintiff.

Actually, to be honest, it's the same as finding others to sue in the past, only this time they are facing an unspecified group of people, and the quantity is a bit large.

In Guang City, Yuan Jie is scrolling through videos; there have been too many "melons" these past few days, and she is a bit full from eating them.

No one would have thought that Hai Li Company would have such a video exposed. Unsurprisingly, just an hour ago, Hai Li Company issued an apology statement.

The statement said that Hai Li's senior management hurt the feelings of consumers because of some inappropriate remarks, and emphasized that Hai Li has always attached extreme importance to consumer experience...

And regarding the boot advertisement, if users don't like it, they can turn it off, and so on...

In short, if you set aside the facts, this apology statement does seem to have a lot of sincerity.

But when combined with the facts, one knows that this apology statement has no substance at all; the most critical words were glossed over with the phrase "inappropriate remarks."

It's another piece of PR that leaves people dumbfounded, making one even suspect that the company's PR person is the boss's sister-in-law!

It doesn't look like PR that a formal company could have at all. To put it bluntly, novels wouldn't dare to write it this way; if a novel dared to write it this way, it would be roasted to death—you have no logic at all; how could a big company have this level of PR?

The current comments are all insults.

The more fiercely everyone scolded, the more Hai Li Company issued a Serious Statement, which meant that someone was deliberately stirring up trouble, and then they sent Lawyer's Letters to several Self-Media on the short video platform.

Yes, Lawyer's Letters. Aside from Li Xiang, the "A Law Student" who exposed it at the beginning, the rest were people no one had ever heard of.

It just said their behavior had committed a Tort, telling them to delete the videos, otherwise this or that would happen.

And for those big media outlets that also performed forwarding operations, there was no action taken.

This move left Yuan Jie speechless; normal people know that blocking is not as good as guiding.

Not to mention that the Lawyer's Letter has already been ruined by a certain handsome guy, even if it were truly useful, it would only make those few Self-Media delete the videos.

But now the video has been forwarded all over the internet; them deleting it is useless, and "there are no three hundred taels of silver here" will only make people mock them more.

Consequently, more and more people are calling online to boycott Hai Li's televisions.

And it's not just Hai Li, but also other television Manufacturers that have boot advertisements.

Ma Peng naturally saw these boycotts, but he didn't feel anything.

This isn't a boycott of one company, but many; the brands that sell well domestically are just these few, and aside from those few, the rest all have advertisements.

And consumers vote with their feet; the next day they release another product at a very low price, and it will instantly become popular again. What advertisements or no advertisements—how many consumers would care about these things?

Therefore, Ma Peng gave direct orders: ignore everything, wait for the buzz to pass, and it will be fine.

After all, everyone is very busy; a TV Boot Advertisement really isn't enough to hold anyone's attention for too long.

He had even arranged to pay some celebrities for some scoops; in the face of celebrity revelations, what's a little advertisement?

Once those come out, they are aimed at crashing the servers...

The same reaction occurred within other companies; although they were dragged into the water by Haili, now is not the time to fight, the priority now is to let this matter pass.

Once the matter passes, then they can deal with Haili however they see fit.

After giving the orders, Ma Peng began to busy himself with other things; having learned it was that Professor Tong's student, he always felt uncomfortable if he didn't do something.

Just then, the office door was pushed open abruptly, and Ma Peng looked over with an uncomfortable expression; do people not knock before entering an office?

It turned out to be the Vice President of Marketing, whose face looked as if it were on fire.

"President Ma, President Ma, this is bad..."

Ma Peng's face sank: "If you have something to say, just say it; the sky isn't going to fall, is it!"

"President Ma, the sky really is falling this time; look here, that A Yi just posted an update, he wants to help those who bought the TVs file a Lawsuit, helping everyone with Legal Aid!"

This sentence revealed quite a lot of information; Ma Peng hurriedly grabbed his phone to scroll through it and saw the original text.

"Hello everyone, I am A Yi. I haven't posted in a long time. This time, I watched a certain video and felt very uncomfortable. I originally thought that if I were serious and filed a Lawsuit, the other party would have to restrain themselves no matter what."

"But everyone has seen it; they have no intention of restraining themselves at all. On the contrary, they think that me filing a Lawsuit alone is not a problem; they think there are too few of me."

"It doesn't matter. Since the atmosphere has reached this point, if I don't accompany them, it feels like I'm breaking my persona. Then allow me to be willful for once. Everyone online, if you have purchased a Smart TV that has a Boot Advertisement, you can sign up with me."

"I will hire a Lawyer to help everyone fight the case. Of course, if you sign up, you must sign a contract, and everyone must cooperate to secure the evidence. How about it? I wonder if anyone is interested?"

A very short paragraph, and Ma Peng was left stunned there.

At this moment, he only had one thought in his mind: is this A Yi crazy?

"No, is he sick? Is there really something wrong with him? What good does this do him? What is he after?" Ma Peng cursed loudly there.

He was anxious; he had been completely broken by this paragraph.

Whether A Yi was joking was hard to say; if it were anyone else, it would definitely be a joke, but A Yi had a record!

And looking at the situation online, the other party really had set up some kind of sign-up form in the update; it looked like he was playing for real!

Looking at the situation online again, after that A Yi's update came out, the buzz was explosive, and the celebrity scoop he paid for was dead on arrival.

That was a young idol; he had been waiting to go viral after posting the scoop, but it turned out that his comment section was just fans talking to themselves.

There were even many fans complaining, why is the internet full of news about A Yi, and no one is watching our idol!

Then some fans even arranged to go and bash A Yi, and then... the young idol hurriedly deleted the previous post and added a follow-up: slipped, posted the wrong thing.

What kind of international joke is this? I just want to go viral, I don't want to learn how to be Treading the Sewing Machine at such a young age.

Look at those celebrities and influencers who went head-to-head with A Yi before; those who should be in jail are in jail, those who should be in Detention are in Detention...

Everyone online really felt like it was Chinese New Year.

"Holy crap! A Yi is going all out. Damn, I support this, I support it with both hands. Do it, damn it! They always say that one person filing a Lawsuit is useless, but everyone doesn't have much time to sue, so they don't care at all."

"Well, what about now? Now they should care, right!"

Below, another brother also said: "I also think we should have done this long ago. These companies rely on the fact that not many people sue them, so they commit Tort unscrupulously. Now they have to suffer for it once."

And among all the comments, one person's comment received unanimous agreement from everyone.

"Regardless of how effective it is, at least it will make them have some scruples next time they disregard everything for profit."

Although the matter is indeed not big, when there are many people, the profit is truly considerable.

This is advertising revenue; for TV Manufacturers, what is their biggest cost? It is the hardware cost of the TV.

As a result, now, they make a profit selling the TV, and then they make another profit from the advertisements...

For a time, many people began to contact their parents back home to see if their parents had bought a Smart TV and if this Smart TV had a Boot Advertisement...

Yuan Jie looked at Zhou Yi's update and looked at the TV in her own living room. That thing had been bought for a few years; although it was also a Haili brand, the previous ones didn't have advertisements.

So after thinking about it, she quickly put on her clothes, went out, and took a taxi straight to a physical store.

Upon arriving, under the confused gaze of the saleswoman, Yuan Jie said directly: "Which Haili TV here has the longest Boot Advertisement? Give me one!"

"I'm not sick, okay? What are you saying? Are you selling it or not? If you're not selling, I'll go ask another store!"

As long as A Yi is conducting Litigation, she, Yuan Jie, will help support the scene!

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Inside a certain university, Professor Tong hadn't been online since he returned. However, he now knew that his student named Gong Weixian had actually filmed the scene at the time and posted it online.

Sigh, what is there to say? He shouldn't have gone; not only did they not win the case, but he also brought trouble upon himself.

Haili will definitely not let this go.

Just as he was thinking, he saw someone send him a message.

"Old Tong, that Fang Xujing is going to do something big this time, take a look!"

Professor Tong picked up his phone and looked; a headline caught his eye: Large-scale Collective Litigation, perhaps the first of its kind in the country!

The first update of the day is here, there is one more chapter, don't go away!

(End of chapter)