Chapter 514: The Problem with the Permit!

The phone had been hung up for a long time, but Fang Dazhuang was still flipping through his notes.

He did not consider himself a pervert; it was mainly that for certain behaviors, relying solely on administrative penalties was no way to make those crazy people behave.

The methods for making money are all in the Criminal Law book; this statement certainly has its problems, but it also has its logic.

This method of using various means to preemptively register trademarks, and then demanding compensation from the original users to make a lot of money, is indeed problematic!

Moreover, on this point, there are quite a few legal experts who hold the same view as him; it is indeed necessary to crack down on this behavior from a criminal perspective.

However, with this practical experience, his own research could go a bit deeper.

For Fang Dazhuang, it was not a success, but in the eyes of the people on the internet, this was truly outrageous!

Especially the assistant's reaction at the time, looking completely bewildered and saying, "How did you guys come out already? My milk tea hasn't even cooled down yet..."

Some busybody wrote: "In the past, there was Guan Gong warming wine to behead Hua Xiong; today, there is A Yi warming tea to send people inside."

However, what crime the other party actually committed is the question everyone cares about most!

Because there is indeed a lot of this behavior, but it has never been criminally punished before, so now, seeing someone arrested for this kind of preemptive registration behavior for the first time, everyone is very curious: what is the reason for the arrest!

Under the constant heat, the official account of Modu released a police report.

"On November 4th, the Dongpu police investigated and dealt with a case of extortion through preemptive trademark registration in accordance with the law. Two criminal suspects have been brought to justice, and the case is currently under investigation. Upon investigation, Wang and Fang preemptively registered trademarks, and before the trademarks were registered, they used this as an excuse to demand money from some internet celebrity Self-Media, and stated that if they didn't pay, they would file a Lawsuit, and the compensation would be even higher then..."

"Currently, Wang and Fang have been subjected to Criminal Compulsory Measures in accordance with the law. Next, the Public Security Bureau will investigate and deal with it according to the law and will never be lenient. Please do not believe or spread rumors, fellow citizens!"

A very normal police report, yet it finally let some people set their minds at ease.

There are really quite a few people doing this these days; don't you doubt it. Dragons have dragon paths, and snakes have snake paths. Just like in the past, many people thought there were very few Professional Fake-Busters, but in fact, there are quite a few of them, and they earn quite a lot.

However, the Netizens finally saw it clearly: it turned out to be extortion after all. But thinking about it, it makes sense; this behavior does not seem to be a crime in legal terms.

But saying that is one thing, Wang Li and Fang Chengwen's situation is not good right now.

Wang Li said it had nothing to do with him, but it was useless, because the evidence showed he had handled it all, so it was definitely a joint crime, no escaping that.

Fang Chengwen goes without saying; he took the lion's share of the money obtained.

As for Chen Ming, he definitely does not need to bear criminal responsibility.

But... looking at the Police Station officer in front of him who was about to burst out laughing, Chen Ming still tremblingly dialed his wife's phone.

He solicited a prostitute, and now the evidence is ironclad.

Normally, this kind of thing is caught in the act, but don't think that if you aren't caught in the act, nothing can be done to you.

If the Public Security Bureau has sufficient evidence to prove that you indeed did that thing, then remember, there is a six-month Statute of Limitations.

As long as the Statute of Limitations has not passed, so don't go doing things you shouldn't.

Chen Ming originally didn't think there was an issue; as a senior professional, he was relatively clear about the legal provisions in this regard.

But he didn't expect that son-of-a-bitch Wang Li actually filmed a video!

Who knows what he was thinking, filming the whole situation of them picking people and bargaining after going in, and then even blurting it out.

Well, the police officers went straight to that place and raided the den. It is said that about a dozen refined scholars were caught on the spot, some of whom didn't even know where their pants were when they were arrested.

Comparing the Monitoring and such, getting witness testimonies, plus the previous payment records—isn't that sufficient evidence?

And now he has to call his wife to notify her to pay the fine, and by the way, enjoy five days of Administrative Detention...

He figures the law firm will definitely fire him. Of course, being caught soliciting a prostitute hasn't reached the point of having his license revoked, but it's shameful enough.

Their whole group was wiped out.

Logically speaking, the Public Security Bureau issuing a case report is the result of Netizens constantly pushing up the heat.

But, after the report came out, such voices appeared on the internet again.

"This matter is related to A Yi again. He is being a bit of a busybody, isn't he? What does this have to do with him? If he's going to meddle like this, he should have the ability to handle everything!"

Why do people say that? When you are magnified on the internet, actually, whatever you do is wrong.

Before you do anything, people say, "A Yi, aren't you a stickler for details? Then go be a stickler." And when you do become a stickler, people will say, "Why are you being a busybody?"

This is that most classic "father and son riding a donkey" problem.

However, Zhou Mouren will not indulge them. Almost immediately after such remarks appeared, Zhou Yi's video was posted online.

"Preemptively register my trademark and make me cancel it, otherwise you'll file a Lawsuit?"

This video is not long, and Zhou Yi didn't intend to create any kind of heat through this video; he just simply posted a video.

Soon, Zhou Yi's audience saw this video, and then they were stunned themselves.

It turns out A Yi had also received such a Lawyer's Letter?

Although the other party chickened out later, this is very surprising. Did they not notice who the other party was when they sent the Lawyer's Letter?

That is A Yi, someone who will stick to the end if he has even the slightest bit of reason. Now you actually dare to send a Lawyer's Letter under such circumstances?

Not to mention, they also sent a Lawyer's Letter to the Employee of Tenda...

No wonder; it's not surprising at all that they were dealt with by A Yi.

Soon, those who were still clamoring that A Yi was being a busybody suddenly stopped talking.

Inside the Modu Detention House, Wang Li and Fang Chengwen had already been criminally detained. In their own words, the feeling now is regret, extreme regret.

It is said that this is the first case involving criminal punishment for preemptive trademark registration, and there were even reporters who specifically interviewed them.

Then many jokes appeared on the internet: even if you do illegal things, don't commit a crime!

Look at those others, they preemptively register trademarks and then file a Lawsuit without any nonsense, and they are perfectly fine. But you guys, you don't even wait for the trademark to be registered before asking people for money, and you even say if they don't pay, you'll sue them...

In the words of a certain legal bigwig, look, even if you want to do things that skirt the bottom line, you have to understand the law. If nothing else, at the very least, you must understand the Criminal Law!

On the other side, Pusa Xiong is a bit bewildered, because he only just consulted Zhang Wei and realized that his kind of bet is not protected by law!

This... what should be done about this?

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In the Tenda office, Zhou Yi, who had already returned, looked at the interview report on the internet and couldn't help but laugh.

It can be seen that the two of them are indeed very regretful, but the reason for their regret is hard to say. Looking at their appearance, it seems they feel they shouldn't have sent the Lawyer's Letter to him and the Tenda Employee.

However, it doesn't matter what they regret now; they can slowly regret it after they go inside.

Extortion, I wonder how much money the two of them managed to get...

Another successful Legal Aid; many Self-Media who had previously received a Lawyer's Letter expressed their thanks online, and Zhou Yi naturally replied, "You're welcome."

Life has slowed down, but as time passes, Double Eleven is getting closer and closer.

Every year's Double Eleven can be called a feast; in fact, such activities had already begun as early as last month.

It's just that, year after year, the current Double Eleven feels a bit like it's treating consumers like fools.

It's the same old routine: raise prices first, then offer discounts, coupons—after the whole set, you'll find that the price discount isn't even as good as it was a few months ago.

You can figure it out with a little thought: opening a store online now, traffic is money!

During a time like Double Eleven, if you don't spend money when opening a store, your exposure definitely won't be as high as those who do spend money.

And as for where the money for that high exposure comes from, you don't even need to ask that question.

Forget it, Zhou Yi can't be bothered to look; even if you get serious about this situation, it's hard to handle. You say the merchants are engaging in Price Fraud, but in the end, the money is actually earned by the platform.

Life is full of traps; Zhou Yi didn't go to buy the car himself, he arranged for a Company staff member to go buy it.

In this regard, that staff member is a professional; before joining Tenda, the other party worked as a salesperson at an S Shop.

Of course, Wang Daoren is also going with that staff member; if this combination can still fall into a trap, then Zhou Yi feels he should just lie flat.

Anyway, the power of the system grandson's halo is already so strong it's irresistible, so what other choice is there.

Just as he was pondering, his phone rang; his father called from home.

"Hey Dad, what's wrong? Is there something going on at home again?" Zhou Yi picked up the phone and smiled.

"What's wrong? Can't I call you if there's nothing wrong? Back when you were in college, did you ever call home except when you wanted money?"

"Alright, I'm just telling you, Lingling from your uncle's family is getting married soon. The date is set for the third of next month; you come back then."

Lingling from his uncle's family? Zhou Yi certainly knows her, but it's limited to just being relatives.

In some novels, it's always like, as long as it's a relative's daughter, she was a tag-along when she was little, and then grew up to be exceptionally beautiful, and had deep feelings for him or something...

Obviously, Zhou Yi doesn't have these perks; his situation is that of a normal person. In novels, the characters are protagonists, so that's definitely different.

"Anyway, just come back when the time comes. No one in your uncle's family can hold down the fort, and I don't have much ability myself. In short, you understand what I mean, right?"

Zhou Yi smiled: "Understood, I will definitely go back then."

It's nothing more than his father thinking there needs to be someone capable on the mother's side; it must be his father bragging over there again, saying how outstanding his son is or something.

Of course, Zhou Mouren feels this isn't bragging...

"Just this matter, keep it in mind. Also, Lingling is only twenty-four."

After this out-of-the-blue sentence, the call hung up. Zhou Yi felt helpless; this is matchmaking pressure again.

Sigh, should I just settle with Zhou Cainiao?

Zhou Mouren began to fall into deep thought.

At this moment, in Jingzhou, at the entrance of a newly developed Small Residential District, Tenda security guard Liu Daneng looked joyful.

His name sounds simple, but he is actually a very good person, honest and capable, and he is very attentive to everything he does in his daily life.

He came to Jingzhou when he was young and suffered for a lifetime. He is over fifty this year, raised his child, and scrimped and saved to pay the down payment for his child to buy a house.

You could say he actually has some ability; at the very least, he could afford the down payment for his child in a provincial capital city, but this money wasn't easy to earn.

When he was young, he moved bricks at construction sites; he really worked himself to death.

Fortunately, he is tall and physically strong; compared to the security guards in the security team and people like Song Xiaofei, he is not inferior at all.

This year, many pre-sale houses in Jingzhou stopped construction. Liu Daneng had been worried for a long time; for someone like him who scrimped and saved to pay a down payment to buy a house, if it became an unfinished building, it would basically be the end of his life.

This is not an exaggeration but a fact; ordinary people buying a house and rich people buying a house are two completely different concepts.

Experts talk about six wallets; to be honest, you should thank him, because he really pointed out the problem here, because it really does require six wallets!

Fortunately, his luck was good; this unfinished building was finally delivered two days ago.

A rough-finished house; they aren't very common now, as most are finely decorated.

So the first thing after getting a house is definitely decoration. Liu Daneng naturally wouldn't go hire any designers or professional decoration companies; anyway, he planned to follow the old method: lay tiles, install a ceiling, and find people himself.

Just at this moment, Liu Daneng's phone rang.

"Hey son, I'm at the entrance of the Small Residential District. Yes, go to the Property Management Office, right? Okay, I know, I'll go handle those procedures."

After hanging up, Liu Daneng entered the Small Residential District to find the Property Management Office.

His son just said that to decorate, he must first go to Property Management to get a Decoration Permit, otherwise he cannot decorate.

Soon Liu Daneng arrived at the Property Management Office, stood at the door and peeked, saw someone inside, and went up to knock on the door.

"Come in, what do you need?" Inside the Property Management Office, staff member Zhao Yanyan said with an impatient look.

Although everyone talks about service attitude now, it still depends on the specific management.

Good Property Management has nothing to say about their service attitude, but for trashy Property Management, you don't even need to think about the service attitude.

Liu Daneng was quite reserved and quickly said: "Um, I want to apply for a Decoration Permit."

Zhao Yanyan glanced at him and said: "Did you bring the materials? Purchase contract, ID card... you must have them all. Also, you have to pay a Decoration Deposit, five thousand yuan; it will be returned to you after the house is decorated."

Liu Daneng didn't know about these things, but since his son said there was a Decoration Deposit, then he would pay it.

After paying the money, Zhao Yanyan wrote a receipt and told Liu Daneng that he had to wait two days.

Basically, when going to handle these things, you have to listen to their arrangements, so Liu Daneng didn't say anything and prepared to leave.

However, just as he walked out of the office, he was stopped by a middle-aged man.

"You're here to apply for a Decoration Permit, right?"

Liu Daneng nodded: "Ah, yes I am."

"Okay, I'm also from our Property Management. Let me tell you, when doing decoration in this Small Residential District, we have cooperative material suppliers. You can buy sand, cement, and such from them; it's very cheap."

Liu Daneng hesitated a bit; he had at least spent time at Tenda, so he was a bit skeptical about this kind of door-to-door introduction, especially when it was "very cheap."

"Can I think about this for a bit?"

"No problem, I'll give you his number, you go back and think it over carefully."

Everything seemed fine; he just came up to say a word.

Two days passed quickly, and the Decoration Permit was processed.

His son's work was too busy, so he, the father, had to run around to help, because it was easy for him to ask for leave here, and his colleagues, such as the security guard, Song Xiaofei, and Lao Yangtou, all knew he was going to renovate the house.

So they would help whenever he asked for leave.

Actually, the thing one fears most when asking for leave is having no one to cover one's shift, so the Company would be unwilling, because if you left, there would be no one to do your work.

But it was much easier when there were people to help.

Having been frugal his whole life, he did everything himself when it came to buying materials and the like, comparing prices at three different shops, and upon comparing them, he discovered that the materials sold by the material supplier introduced to him by the Property Management were not cheap at all!

One couldn't say they were the most expensive, but compared to other material suppliers, they were indeed quite a bit more expensive.

Like this, only a fool would buy them.

Soon, Liu Daneng ordered the materials and started running around to prepare to hire a construction master for home renovation.

Time arrived at November 8th.

Liu Daneng was patrolling at the entrance of the Company, chatting with Lao Yangtou, who was sitting on a chair behind him drinking tea.

It was strange to say, but Lao Yangtou had been in this half-dead state when he first joined the job, and as a result, even though so much time had passed, he was still in this state.

But one just felt as if he could still live for a very long time...

"My house starts renovation today, the materials are being delivered today, sigh, after this is finished, I can finally relax a bit," Liu Daneng said with a smile.

Lao Yangtou next to him was just about to say something when Liu Daneng's phone rang; he picked it up, looked at it, and said, "It's the material delivery person, I'll take this call."

He walked to the side and answered the phone, and the voice of the material delivery worker sounded: "Hello, Mr. Liu, yes, we are at the entrance of your Small Residential District right now, your Property Management won't let us in."

Now it was Liu Daneng's turn to be stunned: "Ah? Why won't they let you in? That Decoration Deposit has already been paid, and besides, the permit has also been processed."

"I don't know, they said that to let the materials enter the site, we still need to process some kind of pass, didn't you process it?"

"They didn't tell me I needed to process that, this, this what should I do now, could you guys wait for me?" Liu Daneng said with an anxious face.

"How can we wait, we have goods for other places on the truck here, forget it, you process it first, tell us when it's done, and we'll deliver it to you then..."

There was no other way; they really couldn't get in.

Lao Yangtou on the side watched Liu Daneng come back with an ugly expression, so he asked, "What's wrong, is there a problem with renovating the house?"

Liu Daneng explained the situation and finally said, "Look at this mess, their Property Management didn't tell me I needed to process a pass either, sigh, why can't things just go smoothly."

Lao Yangtou used to be a professional scammer, and even earlier than that, he just drifted through society; hearing this, he seemed to have thought of something, but he wasn't quite sure.

He could only say: "Then you go over after you get off work later, your shift is almost up anyway."

"Oh right, if there are still problems, remember to call us, us colleagues will definitely help you!"

Not long after getting off work, Liu Daneng hurried to the Property Management Office of the Small Residential District.

"I'm here to process a pass, is that what it's called? I bought sand, cement, and those things, they won't let them in at the entrance and told me to process this pass, what do I need for this?"

"Look, you guys didn't say anything last time, I didn't even know..."

Looking at Zhao Yanyan in front of him, Liu Daneng said hurriedly.

Zhao Yanyan looked at Liu Daneng and then said: "You didn't ask either, you have a mouth, why didn't you ask? If you don't ask, how would I know?"

"For this pass, you need to find the places where you bought the materials to issue a certificate, and also..."

She listed the things needed, and it was another pile of items; Liu Daneng was completely confused.

But he had to process it, otherwise the materials couldn't come in.

He hurriedly called the material supplier and then processed those certificates; the material supplier was also very confused, but under Liu Daneng's pleading, they still issued some kind of certificate.

Liu Daneng handed the materials to the Property Management again; this time there was no follow-up, and after waiting for three full days, he could no longer hold back.

"Why is there still no result now?" In the Property Management Office, Liu Daneng asked.

"There is a result, your pass cannot be processed."

Over five thousand words... another chapter today, currently owing three chapters. Thanks to Wenchidage, Mengxinzai, Touxing Shaonian, yes, and that big boss's silver reward, and the alliance leader big boss from last month... emmm, a bit terrifying.

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