Chapter 546: Such a Big Order!

Zhou Yi never considered himself a good person, because to be a good person, you need to be morally impeccable.

Although Confucius said, "If you repay injury with kindness, then with what will you repay kindness?", in real life, many people have all sorts of harsh demands for victims.

Others can use all kinds of methods to deal with you, but you cannot fight back; if you do so, then you are the one with the problem.

Therefore, Zhou Yi strives to learn from Lawyer Fang and aims to be a law-abiding person.

This concept is quite broad; he might be a good person, but he could also be a piece of scum—at least for now, the audience has a very good impression of him.

Within the scope permitted by law, using legal means to be fastidious with you—this is what Zhou Yi wants to do now; in fact, to put it bluntly, it is revenge.

Not for anything else, just to feel at ease!

Zhou Yi has already received the plan from Tengda, and once the promotional event at Afu starts, he will add the items to his cart and start placing orders.

There is no need to worry about this; with the plan in place, basically everything that needs to be bought has been arranged, and all Zhou Yi has to do is spend the money.

And what Lawyer Fang has to do is collect the evidence within a reasonable scope!

There is no help for it; currently, regarding Professional Fake-Busting, although the law does not explicitly prohibit it, it is reflected in many judicial precedents.

Professional Fake-Busting is implicitly assumed to mean you already knew about the other party's fraudulent behavior; you can report it, but you cannot request "Return One Compensate Three" by placing multiple orders.

There is a paradox here: many consumer Legal Aid cases require evidence, and some evidence needs to be collected in a timely manner, or even undergo Notarization.

Therefore, in some cases, the agents for the Defendant companies have made such arguments: he bought the items and immediately secured the evidence, which is clearly inconsistent with ordinary consumer behavior.

In other words, which ordinary consumer would immediately secure evidence after buying something? It is clearly contrary to common sense.

This statement itself seems correct, because it is true that normal consumers certainly wouldn't think about Legal Aid or anything like that when buying things.

Or rather, the average consumer doesn't have that kind of foresight...

However, can this statement be used to cast doubt?

In any case, when Lawyer Fang first heard this statement, he exhausted all his methods to make the opposing agent cry in court...

Zhou Yi felt the difficulty of spending money again, just like that time he backhanded a one-million-yuan top-up; it took half a day just to top up.

This time was about the same; adding that pile of products to the shopping cart was a very troublesome process, but fortunately, after more than two hours of effort, it was finally successful!

"Let me see, it's over 4.8 million in total. Not bad, that works, Lao Quan's understanding this time is no problem!"

It wasn't in vain that he later called the other party specifically to talk about the big picture.

He had originally thought these Company executives would have a small perspective again.

He didn't expect them to do a decent job this time, though it was still less than what he had planned; he had originally planned to spend over five million.

After all, the Company has quite a few Employees now, and with a guaranteed gift for everyone, it wouldn't come out to less than several million.

But this will do too; once there is a plan, he cannot change it, as he must fully conform to the appearance of a normal consumer.

This money is indeed quite a lot, a bit more than what he spent on the annual meeting last year, but the Company's performance this year is good, so the scale of the annual meeting must be larger.

However, before this, he still has to find the bank; such large expenditures must be cleared with the bank.

The money provided by the system has no issues regarding its source, but to spend so much in a short time, one must notify the bank.

For Zhou Yi, it is just a matter of going through the motions; the bank is very clear about his identity, he has such an awesome Company under his name, and he himself is such a viral internet celebrity, so there is no issue of fraud or Money Laundering.

Having handled the bank, Zhou Yi began contacting the online store's customer service.

"Hello, I see your promotional activity is quite significant. I'm planning to buy some accessories as gifts for our Company's annual meeting. I wonder how long it will take to ship after purchase?"

In Shenzhen, Lan Ruiqi, a customer service representative for the Afu flagship store, was busy replying. The promotional activity this time was very significant, and because of the recent buzz, business was excellent.

So their customer service team was also extremely busy.

Generally, for such questions, Lan Ruiqi would just copy and paste a reply.

"Dear, it will be shipped within forty-eight hours after placing the order..."

As it turned out, not long after she replied, she saw the other party send another message.

"But my quantity is a bit large..."

The quantity is a bit large? Who buys gold these days without a large quantity?

However, Lan Ruiqi still replied: "Dear, there is no problem at all."

"No problem, right? I need about four million plus worth. This is the screenshot, so I'm placing the order."

At first glance, Lan Ruiqi felt she might have misread it: four million... plus?

Although it is said that for big brands in the gold business, their annual sales might be some number of "small targets," this kind of super-large order can still attract everyone's attention.

Lan Ruiqi felt the other party was likely a scammer and didn't want to pay attention, but then, the order popped up in the backend.

She rubbed her eyes carefully; holy crap, it really was an order for over four million!

It's true that the daily sales volume of a flagship store during a promotional period is a terrifying number, but such a large order is not something you see just anywhere.

So, in a very short time, the whole Company knew that a big shot was holding an annual meeting for their Company and had specifically bought over four million in gold jewelry...

From rings to bracelets, bangles, and some gold ornaments, etc., everything was available. While ensuring everyone had a gift, he specifically bought some more expensive ones.

These were prepared for those who ranked high in the lucky draw.

Lan Ruiqi was showered with all kinds of praise, yet she was still a bit dizzy; these rich people really don't treat money as money!

Zhou Yi didn't care about any of this; the order was already placed, the shipping address was Tengda Company, and the contact person for receipt was Quan Longtian.

After placing the order, he called Quan Longtian to tell him that the order had been placed and to pay attention to receiving the goods.

As for the issue that products cannot be returned after being unsealed, he wasn't worried about that; "Return One Compensate Three"—if he feels it's inappropriate later, he doesn't need to return it, he just needs to be compensated three times over...

In Jingzhou, Quan Longtian in the office hung up the phone; he wanted to say something, but couldn't get it out.

He Ling, who was nearby, spoke up: "What's going on, President Quan? What did President Zhou say? Is it that the price we set is a bit high? But the Company has expanded several times now, and the number of Employees is indeed quite large, there's no way around it..."

At this point, He Ling's words were interrupted, and Quan Longtian said with an unreadable expression: "President Zhou said that he has already placed the order, and also said that the plan we made is still a bit small..."

He Ling: "???"

"Alright, the contact person for receipt that President Zhou filled in is me. When the goods arrive, we must check them carefully; there must be absolutely no slip-ups!"

Zhou Yi's matters were all settled; what followed was Lawyer Fang's work.

As the days passed, Zhou Xinran also arrived in Lincheng with a group of lawyers and interns from the law firm, and began the work of evidence collection.

Tenda received the goods, and Quan Longtian led a group of excited employees at the Company to move the goods into the Company's secure storage room and began taking inventory.

Zhou Yi did not say that it needed to be kept confidential, so in a very short time, other companies in the surrounding area knew about this matter.

That Zhou Yi from Tenda paid out of his own pocket to spend millions to buy things for the Company's employees as annual meeting gifts.

Then, the way employees from other companies looked at Tenda changed!

Naturally, this matter appeared on the Internet.

"Extra, extra! Our Zhou Yi has pulled off another big move. He bought millions in gifts for the Company out of his own pocket, and they are all gold. I just want to ask, what other boss can do this?"

This message was posted on the Internet by Pusa Xiong; after experiencing the Internet Violence incident back then, many people now know that he is a Tenda employee.

Consequently, this message was pushed to the top of the trending searches.

"Damn it, millions in gold as gifts? What kind of god-tier annual meeting is this? Our company's annual meeting is just eating a meal, and they even force us to perform shows. Damn it, I'm so envious!"

"I'm so envious too. I really want to beat up my boss and ask him why he can't buy gifts. My eyes are red with jealousy..."

"Is this what 'other people's companies' are like? So, is Tenda still hiring?"

Employees from many companies were expressing their envy there, and even some employees from big tech firms started to feel jealous.

Because this year, some big firms had laid off quite a few people, and while their income was high, it was exhausting.

Yet look at this group of people at Tenda: all holidays are fully observed, not to mention the mandatory two-day weekend, and every year they get so many benefits, all paid for out of the boss's own pocket!

A-Fu Internet Media Company naturally knew the news long ago and took advantage of this heat to start promoting again, claiming that the products purchased for Tenda's annual meeting were all theirs.

This is why they had to promote it; they wanted to establish that this was normal consumption on their end, and that no "knowing it's fake and buying it anyway" behavior existed.

Thus, business got even better, the heat got even higher, and one look was enough to see that everyone had a bright future.

No one felt there was a problem, because Zhou Yi is just that kind of person; he had done many such things before.

He could even send the Company's employees on a trip during a regular team-building event that wasn't even a holiday, with all expenses covered by the Company. For such a person, spending millions to buy gold products as annual meeting gifts was truly very normal.

As for other bosses, they only had one thought at this moment: you dog, we don't even dare to speak, and you're still doing this now!

Especially the bosses of the companies near Tenda; if it weren't for the fact that their leases hadn't expired, they would have moved away no matter what. Life near Tenda was simply impossible to live.

Amidst such excitement, Fang Dazhuang, who was in Lincheng, finally collected enough evidence.

"So, Fang Dazhuang, there is no problem with this evidence, right? Shall we go to the Court in Shenzhen now to file the Lawsuit?" Zhou Yi asked.

Fang Dazhuang smiled and said: "No, no, no, don't be in a hurry to file the Lawsuit. Let's go to the Market Supervision Department in Shenzhen to file a complaint first!"

"For Price Fraud, the Market Supervision Department will definitely conduct an investigation and then impose penalties. You can imagine how heavy the penalty will be based on how much goods they've sold and how large their sales volume has been during this period."

"Then, we can apply to the Market Supervision Department to request coordination for the other party to 'Return One Compensate Three'. The other party will definitely not agree, and then we can logically file the Lawsuit."

As he spoke, Fang Dazhuang walked to the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the pedestrians on the street outside, with an indescribable expression on his face.

"A compensation of over ten million should set a record, right? Although I personally think the Court probably won't actually rule according to 'Return One Compensate Three', even with a discretionary judgment, this compensation figure will definitely make the other party feel the pain."

Fang Dazhuang's mind was very clear. Although according to the Consumer Rights Protection Law, one can claim 'Return One Compensate Three' for suspected fraud, whether it will actually be supported is hard to say.

The most classic case was that Bentley 'Return One Compensate Three' case that shocked the whole country back then; the First Instance judgment was 'Return One Compensate Three', which meant paying over 16 million!

In the end, after going through the First Instance, Second Instance, and a retrial by the Supreme People's Court, the final result was a discretionary compensation of 110,000.

And that car owner spent more than twice that amount just on Litigation Fees, not to mention other expenses...

Therefore, in this case, Fang Dazhuang also did not think the Court would support 'Return One Compensate Three', and the other party would definitely fight the Lawsuit to the end.

Then let them fight to the end. Fang Dazhuang still had that confidence. Even if it's not 'compensate three', 'compensate two' is enough. As for the refund, a refund is not needed.

The lawyer team led by Zhou Xinran was still in the process of securing and organizing the evidence. Although there weren't that many people cursing online this time, everything that needed to be prepared had to be prepared.

Time came to January 23rd, two weeks away from the New Year.

Zhou Yi and Fang Dazhuang prepared to go to Shenzhen today. Why go today? Because January 24th is a good day.

One can tell by looking at the calendar that it is a day suitable for filing complaints.

Zhou Yi's plan was that after filing the report, he would hurry back from Shenzhen to hold the Company's annual meeting and distribute the gifts.

Perfect!

About a few hours later, the two arrived in Shenzhen. Zhou Yi was no stranger to this place; he had been here once when he was collecting evidence and running around the country with Fang Dazhuang.

After checking into the booked hotel and putting away his luggage, Zhou Yi headed straight to the local Market Supervision Department where A-Fu Internet Media Company was located.

Fang Dazhuang went to have a meal with an old friend. In his words, Zhou Yi was more suitable for the job of filing reports.

The Tian District Market Supervision Department in Shenzhen was still as busy as ever.

The staff responsible for complaint investigations were extremely busy. With developed commerce, disputes naturally increased.

And as the "godfather" of these enterprises, the Market Supervision Department had many things to manage.

Just as everyone was busy dealing with various complaints on the Internet, they saw a handsome young man with a backpack walk into the office.

The handsome young man saw the busy crowd and immediately smiled, revealing his white teeth: "Hello everyone, I'm here to file a complaint."

File... a complaint?

The staff member Xiao Cui hesitated for a moment and said: "This comrade, actually, you can file complaints online for anything. We will handle them all the same."

However, the young man in front of him smiled again: "The amount for this matter is a bit large. Why don't you take a look first?"

Second update. Thanks to another novice, Wenchidage, Yuecheng Apprentice, Feimaowuyu, and beynoo. Thanks to the brothers for the tips, thank you.

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(End of this chapter)