Chapter 490: Consumers Really Don't Ask for Much

Never mind the other bosses; even many of the remote Plaintiffs on the internet are a bit bewildered right now.

"Eh, what's the situation? We haven't even exerted any effort yet, and you've already collapsed?"

Some people think this is too fake, but news on the internet cannot be faked; not only is there a statement from Hai Li Company, but A Yi also reposted the update and commented: "Consumers really don't ask for much."

This is the honest truth from Zhou Yi; compared to the ambulance chasers running rampant in the United States, with their outrageous Risk Agency and Punitive Damages, our consumers are truly much easier to talk to.

Encountering a problem and going to the Consumer Association, or at most the Market Supervision Department, is already considered being quite persistent.

And for behavior like this, some people still say, "Is it really necessary? Isn't it just a minor quality issue? Just make do with it."

To be reasonable, as a normal person, if one could solve the problem while dealing with the merchant, who would go through all the trouble of involving the Consumer Association and the Market Supervision Department...

Of course, if you want to talk about Punitive Damages, actually "compensate three times for one fake" and "compensate ten times for one fake" both count, but this only applies if there is a problem with the quality.

And every time there is such compensation, people will be accused: "It's not easy for others to do business; isn't it enough that they refunded your money? You have to demand so much compensation."

Coupled with some videos of merchants crying there, in a matter of minutes, the person demanding Punitive Damages will be subjected to a Human Flesh Search, plus a full set of Internet Violence.

However, after Zhou Yi's statement, at least everyone is clear that this is indeed a Mediation.

Consequently, all sorts of calls were made to Hai Li Company, and Zhou Yi also received various messages; everyone was inquiring about the details of their Mediation.

Zhou Yi said to the phone: "Yuan Jie, there really aren't any details. The big boss of Hai Li Company called me personally and said they could accept all the conditions I proposed, and even asked if I had any other requirements. Naturally, I had to agree."

It wasn't the boss of that Smart TV subsidiary, it was the big boss of the group company...

When you're out in the world, your word is your bond; he said himself that if these conditions were met, they could reach a Mediation, so if they really agreed, you cannot go back on your word.

Moreover, Zhou Yi didn't expect that Hai Li Company's change would be so fast; they only made one small request, asking Zhou Yi to help repost it to prove that it wasn't just their company performing a one-man show.

No choice, the Serious Statement has been ruined by those celebrities and internet influencers in the past, especially those who deal with A Yi.

So it is necessary to have A Yi help verify it...

Zhou Yi naturally knows what his reposting implies, but it doesn't matter; if they can seize such an opportunity and pounce on it without hesitation, that shows they are awesome!

You have to admire that.

Judging from the current effect, Hai Li Company bet correctly; after Zhou Yi reposted, the popularity skyrocketed, and people on the internet have started praising them, even flattering them as if they were ascending to heaven.

Everyone has seen this kind of situation on the internet too many times; although falling down after flying too high might be even more miserable, Hai Li Company doesn't care.

As long as they seize this opportunity, that's enough!

After finishing the chat with Yuan Jie and hanging up, Zhou Yi is not in a hurry; the law firm has already made arrangements, notifying the Plaintiffs one by one, and waiting for the Mediation money to arrive.

At Hai Li Company, Wang Yuanming was waiting for feedback with an anxious face; suddenly, the Marketing Director ran in and said excitedly: "Wang Zong, we won!"

Wang Yuanming smiled immediately; he is a mature businessman and doesn't feel that he has any hatred toward that Zhou Yi.

There is no need to hold a grudge, right? Isn't it better to just seize the popularity and take off?

One after another, people were calling him, wanting to ask why he had turned cowardly.

What an international joke; everyone is open for business, as long as there is business to be done, who cares about these trivial matters.

Just then, someone next to him spoke up: "But Wang Zong, by doing this, we are effectively offending all of them..."

This is indeed true; Hai Li Company directly changed its stance, making the rhetoric they had been promoting during this period—such as "being this persistent will make TV companies unable to survive" and "will you be happy if all domestic TV companies go bankrupt?"—suddenly become very awkward.

Because Hai Li Company demonstrated with its actual attitude that even if they gave up a portion of their profits, the company would still be fine, just earning a little less than before.

But under such popularity, as long as the sales volume goes up, then everything is not a problem!

Even a fool could guess who sent those kinds of propaganda messages; people on the internet have already been continuously tagging those companies to come out and walk a few steps.

"Come on, say something; you keep saying that if we are persistent, the company will go bankrupt. Look at how they were able to accept it?"

"That's right, why are you playing dead? Come out quickly. Anyway, everything is the consumer's fault, right? We made a mistake, and we aren't even allowed to be persistent?"

Looking at his phone, Wang Yuanming didn't even lift his head and said: "So what if we offended them? Are you stupid? Are we friends or rivals with them!"

It's just that because it's the internet era, everyone looks like they are competing peacefully on the surface, but in their hearts, they are all thinking about wanting the other party to die sooner!

Do you think the Four Great Thieves don't want Bing Mou to die sooner? The business world is like a battlefield; that's not just talk.

Inside Hai Li Company, Ma Peng started throwing teacups again.

Half of it was cursing that Wang Yuanming, and the other half was cursing himself.

Damn it, look at this effect, this popularity; even if they really agreed, it seems they can still make money, maybe even more than before, and they can also gain a good reputation.

But unfortunately, only the first one can enjoy this benefit.

If they follow suit and change now, they will only continue to be sprayed, being told that they only knew to turn the wheel when the car was about to hit the wall—it's already too late!

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got; he grabbed the teacup next to him and continued to throw it...

But after throwing it, the problem still had to be solved; for the first batch of Litigation, the amount Hai Li Company has to pay is not small, because many people have bought their TVs for several years, so this money has to be calculated over several years.

The second batch of Litigation is already about to start; although it is not Hai Li Company, it is foreseeable that if they don't solve it today, the other side will continue to sue...

The number of people registered has already exceeded fifty thousand, and sixty thousand is coming soon; looking at it makes one's heart tremble, and heaven knows to what extent it will reach in the end.

But should they just agree like this?

Whether it is Ma Peng or the other few companies, they are all hesitating; they cannot obtain the dividends that Hai Li Company got, and changing means real, painful sacrifices.

However, these things on the internet naturally cannot escape the Monitoring of the authorities.

So, after the court notice for the second batch of Litigation was issued, People's Daily and other official media collectively published articles: "Effectively regulate Boot Advertisement on Smart TVs."

Multiple official media collectively asked questions, and they were all targeting one issue; this in itself represents an attitude.

Still the same saying: regarding illegal acts that appear in enterprises, you certainly cannot kill them all with one blow; no father would directly beat his son to death.

However, the authorities have never expressed their stance; even though many people tagged the authorities to come out and explain, there was no explanation.

It is equivalent to giving you both the substance and the face.

Now, Hai Li Company is the first to recognize the situation; if you still haven't shown any indication, then that is being unappreciative. Regarding large-scale Collective Litigation, even the United States would intervene.

So these articles represent a signal!

"What? Even the official media have published articles, and they are all about this matter?" Ma Peng stared fixedly at the Public Relations Director in front of him and said.

The director opposite nodded and took out the relevant reports: "Ma Zong, just a moment ago, almost all the frontline official media published them."

Ma Peng's complexion changed completely, and he sat down on his chair all at once.

This article was like the final Mount Tai that crushed the camel to death.

"Contact the other party, tell them we also agree to all demands, and we will come up with the specific regulations regarding the Boot Advertisement very soon..."

Anyone who can build a large enterprise has ability, but precisely because they are successful, sometimes they don't shed tears until they see the coffin.

Because their past experiences tell them that sometimes, as long as you hold on for a bit, you can make it through; when a company is big, sometimes it really can afford not to pay so much attention to a certain consumer.

Added to that were such great interests, so they directly ignored the voices of consumers, even though the internet was already cursing them overwhelmingly.

But regardless of anything else, they were excellent at observing the signals from their "dear father."

So, there was no more hesitation at this moment.

The same reaction occurred within other Smart TV Manufacturers as well.

This was almost equivalent to the authorities giving them a way out.

If you agree to Mediation now, you still have some face; if you don't agree, then fight the Lawsuit to the end, and after the judgment, it must be executed.

Nothing to say, agree to Mediation, provide the regulations, and most importantly, give consumers the right to choose, instead of making decisions for the other party first!

On the internet, passionate youths from all walks of life were communicating there; there were truly many "cloud Plaintiffs," and those Plaintiffs who had already received compensation were the real big brothers.

Everyone was exchanging information, wanting to know what these Smart TV Manufacturers would do—continue to persist, or accept Mediation.

As a result, at this moment, they were stunned by a pile of statements.

First, various official media outlets posted articles, and then many Smart TV Manufacturers began to state that they were willing to accept the conditions and proceed with Mediation...

What the hell, they just chickened out like this?

In the words of some people, we just signed up and haven't even had our fun yet, and you're already failing? Is this all the capability you have?

Where did that arrogant attitude of "this advertisement cannot be closed" go? How did you compromise all of a sudden? I thought you could persist in fighting the Lawsuit!

But soon everyone figured it out; it turned out that "dear father" was about to take action.

In Lincheng, Guan Yan looked at the Mediation information with a bored expression. Sigh, they chickened out too fast; couldn't they have stood their ground to the end?

It was a pity she had been excited for a long time while preparing the evidence, but being able to see these companies suffer a massive loss could be considered worth the price of admission.

That's right, under the current situation, the number of registrations had already exceeded sixty thousand, and it was foreseeable that if you were going to mediate, you had to mediate for everyone.

Not a single cent of the money that should be paid could be missing.

Originally, if no one got money, it would be whatever, but if you gave money to them but not to me, then I definitely wouldn't have it; I'd rather be a stickler for details with you to the end!

After all companies accepted Mediation, Zhou Yi posted a status update, the gist of which was that this Collective Litigation had basically succeeded, so registration was terminated.

Those who had already registered would receive compensation according to the relevant agreement, and for those who hadn't, well, sorry, you can go file a Lawsuit yourself.

Although he had the support of the system, Zhou Yi didn't intend to act like a saint; he had given you so much time to register, and there were Lawyers helping throughout the whole process, but you just didn't do it.

Now that it's done, I certainly won't continue to spend this money.

Moreover, the relevant departments had also called him to ask for his opinion, and that was exactly how Zhou Yi answered at the time; he wasn't actually a pervert who wanted everyone in the country who bought a TV to sue together...

That would be insane.

As a result, when this status was posted, suddenly, some people on the internet who were still pointing fingers at everything were stunned.

In Yuehai City, Peng Shiwen was arguing on the internet while preparing to register.

That registration of A Yi's had actually been going on for a while; the first batch already had judgment results.

So the time was really not short, but Peng Shiwen had always been skeptical, feeling that A Yi must be trying to scam them out of something by doing this.

Even though A Yi clearly said they didn't need to pay a single cent, he was still suspicious.

It wasn't until the First Instance had results and many companies mediated that he felt he should participate; who doesn't like free money?

As a result, just after filling out the form and preparing to submit, he found it was actually impossible to submit!

What was going on? He tried several times with no result, and only after asking someone did he know that A Yi wasn't doing it anymore?

Looking at those on the internet showing off that they had received money, Peng Shiwen felt a fire burning in his heart.

On what grounds is this? Didn't you promise to let everyone seek Legal Aid together? Didn't you promise to help us fight the Lawsuit for free? Why did you suddenly stop doing it!

This kind of anger came inexplicably, just like some people in life who see others take advantage of something, and when it's finally their turn, they miss out—that anger will shoot straight to the sky!

So Peng Shiwen directly posted a screenshot of his failed registration on the internet, accompanied by text: Come, come, everyone come and see, this is the so-called "man who is most serious about details"? Forget it, promises are just like farts; you promised to help everyone fight the Lawsuit for free, and then you just canceled the activity? And told us to go fight the Lawsuit ourselves?

"How are you any different from those TV Manufacturers? Isn't the right of interpretation for the activity still all yours? Screw you!"

I don't care about anything else; anyway, you didn't help me take advantage of the situation, so you are the one with the problem!

The status was posted, and it soon received some comments; unexpectedly, there were quite a few such people!

They were all saying, is A Yi ruining his reputation this time? He promised well to help everyone file a Lawsuit for free, and now he just stopped, is he playing games?

Then, this news was seen by Zhou Xinran, who was free.

Zhou Xinran looked at this post in a daze; although she knew there were all kinds of people on the internet, this was a bit too much!

Zhou Yi spent money and effort and achieved such results, allowing so many people to benefit, and yet he was being cursed now?

Immediately, she retorted directly!

"You can even curse people for this? I'm impressed; it's the classic 'if I can't take advantage, then I'm the one losing out,' right? I don't think A Yi ever said he would keep doing this forever; he just said there had to be a result. What, you couldn't apply for such a long time?"

"You don't trust people yourself, and then you blame others. Honestly, I have never seen such a shameless person!"

Zhou Xinran's account now came with its own traffic; there was no helping it, the attraction during the previous court session was too great, and many people's values followed their aesthetics.

Many people saw such remarks, and some who had been opposing Zhou Yi in various ways were suddenly happy.

"Laughing to death, A Yi is there helping people be serious about details, but in the end, he probably didn't expect that the people he helped are now cursing him just because they didn't get to take advantage. It's truly ironic!"

And people like Ma Peng, although they didn't post any status, were secretly feeling comfortable.

You see, A Yi? It's useless to do good deeds in this society. Look at whether people appreciate it or not; I ask you if you will do it again next time!

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In the Tenda office, Zhou Yi received the message sent by Zhou Xinran, was stunned for a moment, and could only say that there are all kinds of people on the internet.

However, this person probably saw that he was doing a good deed and thus forgot his own nickname, so he must help him recall it!

As for the words of those other people, that he would be discouraged or something, what a joke, did he, Zhou Mouren, help everyone with their lawsuits just for that?

Looking at the System Task progress bar that had already reached one hundred percent, Zhou Yi chuckled.

You all simply cannot fathom me; when have I ever needed evaluation? If I cared about evaluation, I wouldn't be so serious on the internet.

Those who should be sent in will be sent in, and things will be handled as they should be; evaluation? What kind of thing is that?

However, with this action, those voices boycotting Tenda also disappeared by more than half.

But Zhou Yi did not feel there was anything to it; the memory of a Netizen is the memory of a fish.

This time they will praise him, Zhou Yi, to the heavens, and next time, they will just as easily trample him into the ground; life is always like this.

The second update is here, goodnight everyone.

Thanks to Wenchidage, Shanggu Yunie, Anyan Meng, Book Friend 2022, and Feimaowuyu; thank you brothers for the tips, thank you. Nine thousand words updated today!

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