Chapter 516: Do Not Overestimate Other People's Moral Standards

Another beautiful day; Zhou Yi habitually checked the calendar on his nightstand.

To be honest, he didn't like those old almanacs at all, with their "auspicious for weddings" or "auspicious for moving in" and the like.

But for the special calendar made by Fang Dazhuang, he had to check it every morning.

"Hmm, today is auspicious for fixing evidence and filing a Lawsuit; avoid calling the police, Criminal Private Prosecution, and imprisonment. So, I'll just stay put today and not stir up trouble."

Zhou Yi muttered to himself while getting dressed.

The big bed was still as large as ever, but with only one person on it every night, he naturally wanted to bear a heavier weight.

It was just a pity that Zhou Mouren didn't have many thoughts on that yet, only thinking that since there was no other way, he would just make do with Zhou Cainiao.

He went through his morning routine, went downstairs to eat, and then drove to the Company.

Fang Dazhuang once said that dealing with Criminal Cases too much creates an illusion, as if crime is everywhere in society.

But looking at reality, our lives are still so peaceful and stable.

After arriving at the Company and parking the car, Zhou Yi entered the Tengda Building amidst the greetings of other Employees.

Just as he was about to wait for the Elevator, he heard someone talking on the side.

Zhou Yi was not the type to gossip, but the other party seemed to have encountered something very troublesome, so he went over to take a look and found a few security guards there.

"Lao Liu, still no progress? Didn't we agree last time that they would get your pass processed in seven days? Why is it not working again?"

"Damn it, why don't we go settle the score with that son of a bitch together? Damn it, isn't this bullying an Old Honest Man? What the hell is this!"

No need to say more; one listen to that voice and he knew it was Song Xiaofei. It was strange—what happened to make them so agitated?

Zhou Yi stepped forward and coughed lightly. The security guards quickly turned their heads and immediately saw Zhou Yi standing behind them.

"Hello, President Zhou!" Song Xiaofei quickly took the lead in saying.

The other security guards also greeted him there.

Zhou Yi waved his hand and then asked, "What's the situation with you all? What's wrong? Lao Song, if there's anything, find the Legal Department to solve it. Don't go settling scores and end up settling yourself in."

He had dealt with this before; if there are more than three people, you might be committing Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble if you aren't careful.

Song Xiaofei quickly said, "President Zhou, it's about Lao Liu's matter. And he has already been to the Legal Department before, but Lawyer Liu from the Legal Department stepped in, and the matter is still not resolved."

"The Legal Department has already stepped in? But the problem still isn't solved? Lao Liu, right? Come with me, we're going to the Legal Department."

For this kind of easy task, Zhou Yi always helped if he could.

Anyway, it was no loss to him, and he had to go to the Legal Department anyway.

It might be a trivial matter for him, but for others, it involved a major issue of survival.

However, while Zhou Yi helped, he held one view from beginning to end: he could help, but he could not make others help.

It's a very simple issue: if I do a good deed myself, that is doing a good deed, and anyone who sees it will offer praise.

But if I make others do a good deed, that is moral kidnapping. Regardless of whether you have such thoughts in your heart, it is moral kidnapping, without exception.

Especially after having a Camera grown on one's head, filming others to make them give up their seats—that doesn't even need thinking; it's definitely moral kidnapping.

Liu Daneng quickly followed, and Song Xiaofei and the others looked at each other, then felt relieved.

Especially Song Xiaofei; as soon as Zhou Yi and the other man got into the Elevator, he said, "Alright, disperse. Everyone go get busy. President Zhou is already paying attention, so this matter can be solved 100%."

He had a deep understanding of President Zhou's seriousness, deeper than anyone else's.

Over here, Zhou Yi took Liu Daneng to the Legal Department, and on the way, he slowly learned about his situation.

"So, you went to that Property Management today to have them process the pass, and they still didn't do it? Where is that Manager?" Zhou Yi asked with a frown.

"Manager... the Manager isn't there. When I asked others, they said he went on a business trip..." Liu Daneng replied while rubbing his head.

Leaders under the heavens all use the same excuse. Can't they think of other excuses?

Back at the Yuefu Residential Quarter, that Xue Jingli was the same: not there, and when asked, it was always that he went on a business trip.

This is the so-called Schrödinger's Manager; whether he is there or not depends entirely on the matter for which you are looking for him.

"Who did you look for before?"

Liu Daneng replied again, "President Zhou, I looked for Lawyer Liu Kang. President Zhou, Lawyer Liu is very enthusiastic. He even made a trip with me and helped call the police and find the Community Office and the sub-district office. The seven-day period was coordinated like that."

Zhou Yi nodded. Liu Kang, that new guy; his way of doing things was still a bit old-fashioned, not new enough.

Looking for this and that—these places will help coordinate, but the word "coordinate" itself has no mandatory force.

So after it's over, people can go back on their word however they like.

In this day and age, never overestimate the moral level of some people. Sometimes the words that come out of their mouths are just like farts; you have to admire it.

They arrived at the Legal Department. Looking inside, the one on duty today was Zhang Wei.

"Lao Zhang, on duty?" Zhou Yi greeted him as he walked in.

The legal staff were now used to President Zhou liking to run to the Legal Department.

"President Zhou, you're here. Sit over here."

Zhou Yi sat down on the side and then introduced Liu Daneng's situation: "Didn't Liu Kang say anything when he came back before? His matter is clearly not easy to solve."

Zhang Wei dialed Liu Kang's phone, and not long after, Liu Kang pushed the door and entered.

"President Zhou, Teacher Zhang, oh, Uncle Liu, you're here too. Why haven't they processed it for you yet? That Manager clearly promised."

"President Zhou, I intended to ask everyone when I came back before, but as you know, the Legal Department has been especially busy lately and I haven't had time to ask, so it dragged on until now."

This was true; the Legal Department was currently busy handling another case, one related to Tengda.

Tengda made games, and naturally, it involved the issue of minors topping up.

Generally speaking, currently, major game companies, such as Penguin, basically process the first application very quickly and will refund it.

But after the refund, if you say for the second time that your child topped up money on their own, then they won't refund it at that point.

It's a very simple principle: for the first time, you can say the parents weren't paying attention and the child did it themselves.

But for the second time, the parents weren't paying attention again?

Then the parents also have responsibility, right?

Now Tengda has encountered this problem again, for the second time; it's said again that the child secretly learned the password and topped up the account, Tengda won't refund it, and then they say that because it wasn't refunded, the child has become depressed or something...

They're hiring reporters and playing the victim card again.

If the parents are truly extremely busy and both are working, leaving them completely unable to look after the child, then actually, a refund would be fine.

Such situations do indeed exist.

But in this case, the father is drinking all day, the mother is playing mahjong... honestly, even Zhou Yi cannot sympathize with them.

In short, it is still a very troublesome matter, so many people from the Tengda Legal Department have gone to handle this, and Huo Pengfei is already busy to the point of madness.

Zhou Yi looked at Liu Kang and said, "Regardless, this matter still hasn't been resolved, and Lao Liu here is particularly anxious to get on-site; the material suppliers are calling every day to ask about the situation."

"When you went to the Property Management, did you get that Manager's contact information?"

Liu Daneng and Liu Kang looked at each other and both shook their heads.

Zhou Yi also helplessly said, "Fine, then don't stay here, let's go; I'll go with you and see what this so-called Manager Wang is actually trying to do."

Beating a child on a rainy day, might as well do it since I'm idle anyway.

"General Manager Zhou, you are going personally? This..." Liu Daneng was stunned; although it is said that the boss of Tengda is good to his employees, this is a bit too good.

Zhou Yi smiled and didn't speak; could he say it was because he had been too idle lately?

The three of them set off quickly and arrived at the place before long.

"General Manager Zhou, this is the Property Management Office here." Liu Daneng led the way and pointed.

Inside the office, Pan Yanyan was still the same as always, looking impatient whenever someone came to ask about things.

Just then, seeing the three people enter, especially seeing two of them, she became even more impatient.

"Why are you here again? Didn't I tell you the Manager went on a business trip? Your pass can only be processed when the Manager returns."

Zhou Yi stepped forward to look, then said, "Are you sure your Manager went on a business trip? Where did he go? Tell us an address, can we go find him?"

Pan Yanyan glanced at Zhou Yi, frowned, and said, "And who are you?"

"Me? I'm his relative. Just tell us where your Manager went on a business trip; this pass must be processed quickly, it's been delayed too long."

Pan Yanyan immediately flared up: "What is wrong with you people? Do I have to tell you where the Manager went on a business trip? Besides, I don't know."

Hearing this, Liu Daneng and Liu Kang couldn't help themselves.

However, in their eyes, Zhou Yi nodded and said, "So you don't know either, right? Well, you should at least know the contact information; don't tell me you don't even know your leader's contact information."

There was no way to refuse this, so Pan Yanyan could only say, "Of course I know the contact information."

"That's fine, give me the contact information, and we'll contact him ourselves."

Having obtained Manager Wang's contact information, Zhou Yi dialed the number right in front of Pan Yanyan and put it on speakerphone.

After a few rings, the call was answered, and a man's voice sounded: "Hello, who is this?"

"Hello, is this Manager Wang from Property Management? I am a relative of the resident Liu Daneng. I would like to ask you now, has that pass actually been processed yet?"

On the other side of the phone, in a teahouse near the Small Residential District, Manager Wang was drinking tea with a few friends and immediately felt uncomfortable upon hearing this.

"Liu Daneng's relative? Where did you get my number? Why is it that when getting things done now, it's either lawyers or relatives? What is this for!"

Zhou Yi smiled; this person didn't answer the question first but asked this instead—very classic.

"You don't need to worry about that. I just want to ask if you've processed it or not. If you have, just take it out. Didn't you say at the beginning that it would be ready in seven days?"

Manager Wang was truly annoyed; he had never met someone so lacking in awareness.

I've already told you to buy materials from the cooperating supplier, but you're just playing dumb there, and still asking for a pass—process my foot!

Just drag it out, see who can outlast whom.

"I said, I'll process it after I return from my business trip. Why are you so troublesome!"

"That means, Manager Wang, you haven't processed it at all in these seven days, right? Then what about your promise? Is your word just farting?" Zhou Yi's words were blunt.

"If you continue like this, we'll have to have a talk; your behavior is already illegal..."

"What the f*** are you saying? I'm busy and can't get to it, so what? Is he the only person in the Small Residential District? Do I only serve him every day? Illegal, let me tell you, I just won't process it, go ahead and sue me!"

After finishing, Manager Wang hung up the phone with a *snap*.

The friends beside him looked over, and Manager Wang waved his hand: "Damn, a lunatic. He won't buy materials from my brother-in-law, but insists on making me process a pass for him. He just called and cursed at me, who does he think he is!"

A friend smiled and said, "Manager Wang, don't be angry. There's no need to lower yourself to the level of such people. If they aren't even willing to pay a little material fee, what else can they do?"

Manager Wang also shook his head and said, "Tell me, am I trying to earn that little bit of money from them? Isn't it that I'm trying to provide them with convenience? They all think I'm eyeing that little bit of money."

"But Lao Wang, you should be careful too. They might call the police again like last time, or go to the Community Office or the street office to complain about you," a friend said.

"Let them complain. What am I afraid of? Those people come and just say a few words, what else can they do?"

Having said that, he continued to drink tea. As for whether the other party would sue? What a joke.

Looking at them, they didn't seem like rich people, just like country bumpkins. The young man behind him was even a lawyer—what good is a lawyer!

These days, money is what works best!

Talking about having a talk, talking about being illegal—thinking they are someone.

In the Property Management Office, because Zhou Yi had it on speakerphone, everyone heard it clearly.

"General Manager Zhou, is this manager sick in the head?" Liu Kang stepped forward, very angry.

A young lawyer like him hadn't seen much of the world's ugliness yet; he was truly filled with righteous indignation, as this was his first time seeing someone so unreasonable.

Pan Yanyan said nothing inside, thinking, *Go ahead and make the call, as if making a call is of any use. *

Zhou Yi looked at his phone; even he, having seen so many disgusting things, was still disgusted by this Property Management Manager.

Compared to him, Manager Xue was a good manager.

Originally, he felt that he had become a bit abnormal lately, wanting to send people inside at every turn, just thinking about having a good "talk."

But he didn't expect that some people are just born to be cheap; as long as he speaks nicely, the other side becomes arrogant. Look, even that classic quote came out.

Since he wants to be sued, then let's sue!

The management department for Property Management Companies is the Property Management Section of the Housing Management Bureau; of course, Zhou Yi was more inclined toward a complaint to the Fire Department.

After all, when you really get down to it, the Fire Department is the true boss.

However, filing a complaint about fire safety issues didn't feel quite right no matter how he thought about it, so after pondering for a long time, Zhou Yi still dialed Fang Dazhuang's number.

"Fang Dazhuang, I have a matter here I'd like to consult you about..."

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