Chapter 595: Not Worthy of Being Called General Zhou! (Thanks to Brother abangleis)

What is in Lawyer Fang's notebook is something basically only he himself knows.

But Zhou Yi can roughly guess that it is all some very perverted stuff.

They say those who keep diaries are base, while Lawyer Fang himself believes that those who keep notebooks are perverts.

That he is a pervert is Lawyer Fang's consistent view; he knows that his own conduct and everything about this society are completely incompatible.

Returning to Jingzhou from Modu had a tiny bit to do with the fact that he didn't find like-minded people in Modu, and then after returning to Jingzhou, he met Zhou Yi...

In Lawyer Fang's own words, these past two years have been far more satisfying than anything before!

Many operations that could only be played out on paper or in theory were truly played out with Zhou Yi's support.

For example, large-scale Criminal Private Prosecution, large-scale Litigation against Internet Violence—Lawyer Fang had always felt before that these were things that would only appear in fantasies.

His mind wandered a bit without him noticing; Lawyer Fang shook his head and closed the notebook, wondering if he should take on a case to relax his mood.

Just at this moment, sounds of laughter and chatter came from outside the door.

It sounded as if a man and a woman were "flirting" with each other.

Lawyer Fang, who was already in a bad mood, saw his expression worsen even further; he pushed open the office door and said, "Who is shouting outside? This is a law firm... Zhou Yi? When did you arrive?"

Standing in front were none other than Zhou Yi and Zhou Xinran; since they came to find Lawyer Fang, the young couple must have something to talk about.

Hearing this, Zhou Yi smiled and said, "Lawyer Fang, I just arrived; I happen to have a matter to discuss with you."

"Fine, come in and talk. Xinran, you come too."

After Zhou Yi and the other person both entered the large office, Lawyer Fang looked back at a Lawyer and said, "What are you all staring for? Get back to your work; this is a law firm, not a home!"

Having finally said this line, Lawyer Fang turned and entered the office with a look of satisfaction, leaving behind only a few stunned Lawyers.

It took a long while for these few Lawyers to exchange glances.

"Teacher Fang is really quite inhumane when he double-standards!"

"Exactly, exactly! If it weren't for the fact that Teacher Fang's commission cut is low, he always has plenty of case sources, and he can provide a safety net, I would have quit long ago!"

"Who wouldn't? But this income is just too sweet. Sigh, let's just endure it."

Everyone knows that Lawyer Fang has a bad temper, and Zhou Xinran is even more aware of it.

But right now, his law firm is still one of the best in all of Jingzhou, and there are almost no Lawyers jumping ship.

The reason is simple: follow Lawyer Fang and you get to eat meat, and if you really encounter a problem, the big boss can even help you provide a safety net.

Lawyer Fang inside the office naturally didn't know the situation outside; at this moment, he looked at Zhou Yi and smiled, "Speak up, what is it this time?"

Hearing this, Zhou Yi said, "Actually, Lawyer Fang, I don't think this matter itself is anything particularly big, it's just that the other party's sleazy operations are a bit beyond my expectations now."

Then, Zhou Yi roughly explained the situation, Wu Qiuling's food poisoning, and how the other party had caused a massive public opinion storm online, etc.

Lawyer Fang listened to the account, and when he heard the name Qiu Ling, his eyes lit up!

This girl is truly a lucky charm; last time he felt that this girl would definitely get into trouble, and look, hasn't the matter arrived now?

Especially since this matter is truly too coincidental—so coincidental that even Lawyer Fang felt like it was written out!

Zhou Yi had already finished stating all the circumstances, including the fact that he had sent Sun Pengxing to "Secret Visit" that shop.

Doing something as stupid as hiding the situation from one's own Lawyer is absolutely impossible.

Previously, there were always criminal suspects who thought they were very clever, and then when the court trial came, the Lawyers were left dumbfounded.

But there is a problem here, which is also a question that many non-legal professionals are very interested in.

We always say, "confession leads to leniency, resistance leads to severity," but there have been many cases showing that the other side catches you with one charge, and as a result, you confess to the point of revealing everything you did in the past.

Consequently, what was originally a three-year sentence suddenly gets bumped up to twenty years in one go.

Whether one should voluntarily confess to these charges won't be discussed here; the problem is whether these situations should be told to the Lawyer, and after telling the Lawyer, whether the Lawyer will report you.

Every citizen has the obligation to report illegal and criminal acts, but Lawyers have an obligation of confidentiality regarding this information about their clients.

Therefore, our Criminal Procedure Law has specifically issued regulations: unless the client is preparing to commit or is in the process of committing a crime that violates national security, public safety, or seriously endangers the personal safety of others, there is no need to report anything else.

Only in these few situations must a Lawyer report; for others, if they know, they can keep it confidential for you, and it does not violate the law.

So, seeing this, you all know now, right? Basically, you can trust your Lawyer; if they were to report you casually, that would not just be a matter of being unable to continue working as a Lawyer.

Zhou Yi was speaking very clearly now, especially regarding some details, because he was eager to know the legal significance of this behavior.

He mainly wanted to know whether this behavior was illegal.

Hearing this, Lawyer Fang smiled: "This looks like a small problem to you, but to truly explain it, one could write a thesis to discuss it."

"The core of your question actually lies in whether a Secret Visit is legal. I can only tell you that regarding this question, the legal community has always had great controversy..."

Lawyer Fang had no intention of giving a long-winded speech because this question truly has no answer.

"There is no need to understand anything else; those who do legal research naturally have to criticize situations where there are problems with such procedures."

"And now, regarding a Secret Visit, as long as you have not infringed upon the legitimate rights and interests of other citizens or organizations, etc., it is not illegal. It's that simple!"

Hearing this, Zhou Yi nodded; he felt he understood.

Not infringing on others' rights means it's fine; infringing on them means there's a problem.

If it causes Serious Consequences, then your criminal responsibility must be pursued.

With the question clarified, Zhou Yi felt relieved, but Lawyer Fang spoke up instead: "If that young man named Sun Pengxing really does find out the other party's problems, what will you do?"

"I will of course go to the Market Supervision Department to report it. What's wrong, Lawyer Fang? Is there a problem?"

Hearing this, Lawyer Fang was quite satisfied and said: "It seems you haven't lost your mind; there is indeed no problem with reporting."

Zhou Yi is of course not stupid; exposing things from such a Secret Visit is actually fine, and many people do it.

But this kind of behavior is actually very easy to be illegal, it's just that for well-known reasons, such behavior is rarely dealt with.

Zhou Yi himself hates this kind of situation, so how could he possibly do it himself?

So by reporting directly, once the Market Supervision Department issues an Administrative Penalty, it will have to be publicly announced.

Sending out the publicly announced information naturally won't be illegal.

Lawyer Fang continued here: "However, I have a suggestion. Don't those shop-exploring Anchors online repeatedly promote how good their products are? Various imported products—you can have that young man take a closer look at these..."

"What's the point of looking at these?"

"Don't worry about that, just make sure the shots are clear, and you'll know when the time comes."

Acting all mysterious, Zhou Yi stopped asking about it; in any case, everything from here on out depended on Sun Pengxing.

Naturally, Zhou Mouren wouldn't post these things right now, so the public opinion online remained completely one-sided.

Furthermore, because A Yi had remained silent the whole time, many of the people who had originally been speaking up for him were now saying it was pointless.

"They came specifically for you, but you haven't said a single word, so what's the point of us talking?"

Of course, this group of people wasn't large; the true audience of Zhou Mouren, like Yuan Jie, understood clearly at this moment that once A Yi stayed silent, it meant he was brewing a big move.

It was just unclear what kind of wild maneuver he would pull off this time.

Inside the office, Zhou Yi and Fang Dazhuang had finished discussing business, and for some reason, Fang Dazhuang was very excited right now.

He was writing furiously in his notebook.

Zhou Yi felt embarrassed to do anything with his Xinran while in the office, so he could only scroll through the news online.

Then he saw that those influencers who had jumped out earlier to stir up trouble were updating at a really high frequency!

As if they knew there was no way for his side to refute them, one after another, they were posting videos playing the victim.

Including that Xiao Guo who had hosted the livestream, all of them were saying they were being scolded severely, being subjected to Internet Violence, and so on...

Although they didn't name names, even a fool could see that the other party was saying they were being subjected to Internet Violence by the fans of Zhou Mouren.

However, when Zhou Yi flipped to the comment sections of their videos, one could basically say there wasn't a single abusive remark.

"Because I spoke up for the influencer restaurant, I was subjected to Internet Violence!"

Looking at a headline like that on his phone, Zhou Yi felt a bit angry; clearly, no one was scolding you, so how did you end up being subjected to Internet Violence?

The most important thing was that it seemed like whatever he said right now would be wrong.

The party being subjected to Internet Violence naturally stood on the moral high ground!

So, what to do now...

Zhou Xinran walked over to pour some water; even though she was no longer Fang Dazhuang's assistant, she still did things like this.

As she was pouring, she suddenly heard an excited voice from behind her.

She turned her head to look and discovered it was Zhou Yi.

"What's wrong? Why did you suddenly make a sound like that?" Zhou Xinran leaned over and asked.

Zhou Yi hurriedly said, "It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered something happy; we're getting married this National Day."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xinran immediately smiled: "Although I know you're talking nonsense with your eyes wide open, I'm still very happy, so I won't ask."

Zhou Yi breathed a sigh of relief; having a smart wife is just like this.

However, the reason he was happy was that the System grandson, who had seemed dead, had finally appeared again!

In front of him were the usual three choices.

Choice One: If they say they were subjected to Internet Violence, then they were; it's better to avoid trouble than to invite it!

Choice Two: If it happened, it happened; if it didn't, it didn't. Go find them one by one and use physical means to ask clearly whether it actually happened or not!

Choice Three: Since they say someone is scolding them, then compile all the comments about them from every major platform, see how many people are scolding them, and find out who these people scolding them actually are!

Holy crap, Zhou Yi felt like he really wanted to hug System Grandpa and kiss him twice; what kind of god-tier System Task was this!

He was truly disgusted by this kind of situation; whether it was celebrities or influencers, those who feigned pity and played the victim were everywhere.

But there was just too much information on the internet; if they said it existed, then it existed. Proving it didn't exist was too difficult; one could say it was basically impossible!

But now, with the System Task, it was equivalent to having capital!

As long as he was willing to spend money, Zhou Yi felt that compiling this information was something that could be done!

Sun Pengxing's matter was one thing, but Zhou Yi felt very interested in what the situation with these people actually was, and he believed the Netizens online would also be very interested!

There was no helping it; the situation online these days was too complicated. One or two would jump out and say they were subjected to Internet Violence, but you could scroll for ages and not see a single word.

Or there might be one or two people scolding them, but it was also possible they had hired people to scold themselves to play the victim.

Don't find it strange; this situation really wasn't rare!

Sometimes you might really dislike a celebrity, but when looking at the comments, you find that some guy is scolding them in a truly outrageous way.

Consequently, you end up sympathizing with the celebrity instead, feeling that the trolls online are truly too detestable!

In reality, though, this fellow is getting paid after he finishes trolling.

With the development of the internet to this day, one could say that when it comes to public opinion and the Internet Water Army, people have already mastered it to perfection!

So what? If I hire people to smear others, it's illegal, but if I smear myself, there's nothing wrong with that, right?

Occasionally, some trends had been questioned by people, but no one would ever really take it seriously.

Everyone wasn't just sitting around with nothing to do; at most, they would post a comment to complain, like "It seems no one is scolding you."

They wouldn't actually collect information to conduct a statistical analysis; for one, the workload was too large, and for another, it was thankless work, and one wouldn't get much of a return for this matter.

It was even more impossible between celebrities; everyone was making a living this way. If you do it to others, they can do it to you, so why bother?

Isn't it more fun to harvest the leeks together!

Therefore, Zhou Yi no longer hesitated and silently recited in his heart: "Choice Three!"

Immediately, the System Panel began to change, and a new event refreshed.

Event Name: Influencers play the victim endlessly, a serious investigation will teach them a lesson!

Event Requirements: Currently, self-directed and self-acted victim-playing events by influencers are endless; through the method of a serious investigation, let the influencers receive an education!

Current Event Progress: 0%

Accompanied by the arrival of funds in the Virtual Account, Zhou Yi was even happier; System Daddy is awesome!

If you asked him to do this kind of thing himself, it would definitely be impossible; even though he, Zhou Mouren, could be considered wealthy now, doing this kind of thing felt a bit "not right in the head."

But now it didn't matter; he could spend the money however he wanted.

Picking up his phone, Zhou Yi walked to the side and dialed Quan Longtian's number.

"Lao Quan, it's me. Right, there's a matter I need to discuss with you. It's a personal matter of mine that will require taking up everyone's off-duty time. The situation is like this..."

"For now, you and He Ling and the others should draft a plan. Make a plan for exactly what kind of people are needed and how many are needed."

"We'll discuss it in detail when I get back. I'll pay for it myself!"

Charity begins at home; since the Company already has so many Employees, letting everyone earn some extra money is excellent.

As long as it doesn't interfere with work hours, it's fine.

If more people are needed, we'll just find more; in any case, most of the work doesn't actually require technical skills, it's just that the collation and organization of this data requires some professional personnel.

After finishing, he hung up the phone. Standing in Fang Dazhuang's office looking at the world outside, Zhou Yi felt in a very good mood.

On the other side, Quan Longtian was staring blankly at his phone.

He had also been following the situation online and knew that the boss would definitely launch a counterattack, and would come up with some flashy moves.

But he didn't expect this move to be so flashy!

Generally speaking, no one would bother doing this kind of statistical work; as expected of President Zhou.

However, as long as there is money, this kind of thing is not a problem at all.

Quan Longtian intended to go ask some professionals to see if the Company's people were enough.

If they weren't enough, then weren't all those universities in Handong, like Handong University and Handong University of Political Science and Law, full of... talented people!

Who doesn't know that Tenda and President Zhou are the most generous!

After snapping out of his daze, Quan Longtian took out his phone to notify the other executives to hold a meeting, and incidentally notified the Self-Media Studio.

Although Zhou Yi hadn't arranged it, this kind of video definitely needed to be filmed in its entirety; it had to reflect that the workload was immense, so that the boss's "serious person" persona could be even more deeply rooted in people's hearts.

General Manager Quan was always this thoughtful.

Only one update again today. I'm filming; my lungs really have inflammation, the feeling of coughing is killing me. Additionally, congratulations to the book's 25th Alliance Leader, Brother ABangleis. The extra update for the Alliance Leader will be made up very soon. Thank you to another new brother, Wenchidage, Feimaowuyu, Brother Yu Min, and Brother Chen Hongmaoguai. Thank you for the tips, thank you.

(End of chapter)