Chapter 87: I Cannot Withdraw from the Internet! (Make-up Chapter)

Sitting on the stool, Zhou Xinran felt she could really go buy a lottery ticket in a moment.

Looking at the vulture-like forehead of Teacher Fang opposite her, that hairstyle symbolizing a strong person, Zhou Xinran only felt it was terrible.

The first time I gave it to him, the second time it was actually him again?

Zhou Yi on this side couldn't hold it in directly; he wanted to laugh the moment he saw Zhou Xinran.

"Lawyer Fang, this seems to be that little rookie from last time, what a coincidence!"

"Don't laugh, this is a Criminal Private Prosecution, such a solemn matter and you are actually laughing, I... haha, why is it still her!"

*Cough cough*, coughing a few times, Zhou Xinran still said: "Mr. Zhou, since you have already arrived, let's start quickly. Actually, to be practical, my client has not caused you any significant impact..."

Facts prove that one must never strike a pose of wanting to engage in a Debate in front of Lawyer Fang.

He opened fire the moment he heard this!

"No, I think you are mistaken. The opposing party used the means of fabricating facts to propagate online that my client engaged in Internet Violence against him, which resulted in my client being subjected to verbal abuse by her fans, causing my client's mental state to also become somewhat unstable."

"And it also caused his account's follower count to decrease significantly; the impact caused can only be described as malicious..."

Ling Jie sat there without speaking; the scene of a battle of wits she had imagined did not appear, this was a one-sided crushing.

It was not just because of the difference in skill level, but... they were already in the right, Lawyer Fang only needed to present facts and reason, while Zhou Xinran needed to find every opportunity to refute.

The latter's work should have originally been done by a Lawyer like Fang Dazhuang, but now with Zhou Xinran's words, it was...

This caused the image of a "professional" in Ling Jie's heart to collapse.

"Therefore, if you want Mediation, it's simple: first, compensation of 50,000 yuan; second, a public apology on the entire internet explaining the reasons; third, permanent withdrawal from the internet!"

The amount of compensation is not particularly high; in fact, in judicial practice, such compensation is already quite a lot.

This is still with Lawyer Fang taking into account factors like Zhou Yi losing followers and being abused.

A public apology on the entire internet and explaining the reasons is the key point; you can't cry for a long time and still not know who died, having slandered for so long, you must clarify the truth for people.

And the most important thing is permanent withdrawal from the internet!

In Zhou Yi's view, the existence of an internet celebrity like Ling Jie for even one day is a pollution to the internet environment.

As a result, the moment Lawyer Fang finished speaking, Ling Jie over there wouldn't have it!

"No, absolutely not, it is absolutely impossible for me to withdraw from the internet!"

She stood up directly and shouted.

It was not easy to have the current traffic and status, money was truly coming in in large handfuls, how could she just withdraw from the internet, and permanently at that.

If that were the case, wouldn't all her previous efforts turn into bubbles.

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality; having gotten used to the life of an internet celebrity making money, you want her to go work for others?

That is not a joke.

Seeing her reaction, Zhou Yi nodded and said: "Alright, then there is no problem."

After speaking, before Ling Jie could react, he stood up and left directly with Lawyer Fang.

Even Zhou Xinran couldn't stop them by calling out.

It sounded as if we were very happy to mediate with you; since you don't want to mediate, then forget it.

"Ms. Li, what are you doing... we are currently not in an advantageous position regarding evidence, we have to accept others' conditions." Zhou Xinran advised there.

"Are you my Lawyer or their Lawyer? Why aren't you speaking up for me at all? Is it whatever they say? If they tell me to permanently withdraw from the internet today, I withdraw, and tomorrow they say I have to die, then I have to go die?"

Another client like this... I am not angry, I am very calm!

Zhou Xinran kept hinting to herself, trying hard to say: "Ms. Li, I am your Lawyer, so I have been helping you with Mediation. You have also seen it, if you don't agree, they are simply unwilling..."

"I don't care, you have already taken the money, you must succeed in the Mediation, anyway I will not withdraw from the internet!"

After speaking, Ling Jie left the coffee shop in a huff.

Only Zhou Xinran was left standing there, her expression dazed.

Since she is unwilling to mediate, then prepare for the court hearing, because Pre-trial Mediation will definitely be like this too.

The case situation is extremely clear, and with Lawyer Fang there, Zhou Yi doesn't need to worry at all. Seeing that it was already late, he drove directly to the vicinity of the Company.

He called out a few colleagues he was previously familiar with to eat, and took the opportunity to understand the situation with them.

If there were really any oversights before, then these colleagues would definitely know.

Fortunately, he was rewarded with money, otherwise he really wouldn't dare to drive anymore; where is this refueling, this is clearly drinking oil!

Those colleagues were also quite respectful, all saying they would definitely come.

Zhou Yi of course didn't know that the reason the colleagues would come was because there were rumors in the Company now that Zhou Yi was very rich.

Otherwise, as a former Employee who is currently in a lawsuit with the Company, who would come to see him.

Although he didn't show his hand when he was in the Company, the fact that he dared to confront the Company head-on when he resigned showed that he had confidence.

Confidence is something that is hard to explain or describe, but when you really encounter something, you can see it.

Those children from wealthy families do indeed have plenty of confidence!

With some spare money in hand, he found a place that was considered decent, ordered some dishes, and then started waiting.

Not long after, several colleagues had all arrived. Upon meeting, everyone exchanged pleasantries in a pretentious manner; being able to make a rich friend is always good.

Sitting down, they started eating and chatting, and soon, they talked about the Company's affairs.

"So actually the Company didn't have any major losses at all."

"No, if there really were such big losses, do you think Skinflint Wang would let you off? And still let you stay in the Company for so long?" a colleague laughed.

Skinflint Wang, their nickname for Director Wang; the salary and such are given by the Company, this nickname more indicates that the person is not good.

This is indeed true; as for the nonsense the Company said about cultivating oneself, really not even a ghost would believe it.

It's just that Zhou Yi was worried himself, so he came to confirm it.

Zhou Yi doesn't drink when driving, but the other colleagues had a few drinks and couldn't hold their tongues anymore.

"Sigh, it's really too difficult now. I heard the Company is planning to recruit some new people recently, and slowly lay off us old employees. You tell me, I've been in the Company for so many years, and in the end, I'm going to end up in this state."

Some colleagues began to complain.

"Eh?" Zhou Yi's heart stirred, but he still said, "What do you mean, Han Ge? Aren't you all doing just fine? Why are you being laid off? If you are laid off, the compensation should be quite substantial!"

These people had been there for quite a few years, not just the one year that he, Zhou Yi, had been there.

"Little Zhou, do you still think our Company is operating normally? Recently, they've been using all sorts of tactics, trying to make us leave on our own."

"These companies have too many tricks. They transfer my position, sending me straight to administration to do odd jobs. If I don't accept, they say I'm refusing to follow the Company's management regulations."

"And then there's the overtime, all kinds of assigned tasks that you couldn't finish even if you risked your life. In the end, your performance review is the worst. Tell me, Little Zhou, what can we do!"

"But... but Han Ge, Wang Ge, your work experience is so rich. If they rashly hire some newcomers, will it work?" Zhou Yi asked again.

"They might not be capable, but they can work overtime and stay up late. Let us old folks train them for a while, and once they're trained, we can get lost."

"If we don't train them, we get lost even sooner."

"Isn't transferring positions to force a resignation also an illegal act? Isn't the Company afraid of you filing a Lawsuit?"

"You've been involved in Lawsuits for so long, do you see them being afraid? It costs money and effort, and in the end, you don't even get a good outcome. Sigh, reaching middle age is hard..."

A perfectly good meal ended up becoming a grievance session.

After finishing the meal and sending the colleagues back one by one, Zhou Yi also felt helpless. In this era of extremely fast pacing, people used to say thirty-five was a hurdle, but now many industries have become so involuted that it's thirty...

To put it bluntly, the replaceability is too high. If they can use young people, who would use you middle-aged folks?

Driving home and going to sleep, he ended up being woken up the next morning by a call from Yuan Jie.

"Hey, what is it, Yuan Jie? Is there a time difference between Guang City and Jingzhou? What time is it, and you're already calling me? Even a donkey on a production team isn't worked like this!"

On the other end of the phone, the audience member Yuan Jie roared even louder: "Can a donkey on a production team rest for a whole day? Hurry up and get up to update!"

"By the way, I'm calling to tell you, you filed a Lawsuit, right? Why did that Ling Jie post another video, saying you are forcing her to quit the internet, and that this is forcing her to die?"

Huh? Zhou Yi looked confused. She posted another video?

Is it impossible to speak these days? Small Essays flying everywhere?

"Yuan Jie, wait a moment, let me go take a look."

Finding the other party's account again and clicking on it, sure enough, a new video had been released. The title was: I just want to live well, am I wrong?

Hiss... Zhou Yi hurriedly pressed his philtrum. The flavor of this title had already reached an explosive level of intensity.

Clicking to watch, sure enough, all sorts of tearful complaints, saying she had been forced into a dead end, saying the other party wanted to make her quit the internet permanently, but she still had a child a few years old to raise, and she was a single mother.

Now she had developed depression, and this was clearly forcing her to die.

This society is too cold, and so on...

But truth be told, such tearful complaints are still very effective. At the very least, in the comment section, many people expressed their opinions, saying the other party was being a bit too much.

They said if you made a mistake, you made a mistake; you should admit it and pay compensation, but why deprive someone of the right to go online?

Zhou Yi was stunned when he saw this. He didn't even know if this person was trolling or reverse-trolling.

Who isn't letting her go online? Making an Anchor quit the internet permanently means they can't be an Anchor anymore; who could possibly stop someone from going online...

There were also people saying you shouldn't deny a person because of one mistake; at the very least, you should give them a chance.

Yes, by now Ling Jie wasn't even saying she wasn't wrong anymore; she just said she only wanted to live well.

The pressure seemed to have come to Zhou Yi, but in fact, Zhou Yi didn't care at all.

After all, they were just small fries. If it were those big Anchors or big stars, one Weibo post could paralyze the entire Weibo platform and make Weibo sacrifice a programmer to the heavens.

However, Ling Jie's video did indeed cause a certain impact.

And it also had something to do with Zhou Yi's previous video.

Many people, after watching it, felt there was no need for that at all. The Up Master was clearly fishing for a Lawsuit and had no intention of being kind to others.

The so-called "taking things seriously" was actually just being narrow-minded.

And when it came to this matter, it was Zhou Yi refusing to let a single mother go, even though she was begging just to live well, while he was single-mindedly trying to send her to prison!

On one side is a single mother, and on the other is an unknown Up Master who looks quite rich and can directly top up one million. In this situation, what kind of situation would form?

Zhou Yi's account had already been occupied by all sorts of insults.

Some even accused him, asking why he had to make things difficult for a single mother when he was so rich!

Others said, why not donate this money to children in the mountains...

"Sure enough, rich people are truly cold-blooded. It's bad enough they don't do good deeds, but they actually focus on doing things like this!"

"People act and heaven watches; eventually, one day, you will have to pay for what you've done!"

"*&……%￥!" This was pure cursing that had been transcoded.

Zhou Yi's audience members were already fighting in the comment section...

Yet Zhou Yi hadn't said a word from beginning to end, no rebuttal, and certainly no rallying.

He just silently... sent all the evidence, such as screenshots and recordings, to Fang Dazhuang, and after carefully thinking for three hours, he finally determined that he must be depressed...

"How is it, Fang Dazhuang? I'm telling you, I'm depressed now. I can't even turn on my phone; if I do, it'll be blown up by spam calls, and I can't even log into my account."

Facing the phone, Zhou Yi laughed.

His mindset was very good because he had always held one point of view: either don't do it, or do it thoroughly!

It could have been solved by just talking properly, but you had to be like this, so I have no choice, right?

"You certainly have a good mindset. This matter can indeed be considered Internet Violence, but it doesn't matter. If you calculate the time, the Court's arrest decision should already be out."

"So fast?" Zhou Yi was very surprised. "Are they really going to arrest her? I remember it was said that they only arrest people if there's a possibility of a sentence of less than three years of Fixed-term Imprisonment, or if they are worried the other party will run?"

"I guess she didn't know herself that lighting a fire would burn so big. Her fans seem to feel unhappy if their 'sister' doesn't go to prison..." Fang Dazhuang shrugged.

"By the way, there is one more small thing to tell you..."

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Ling Jie felt pretty good now, because her playing the victim seemed to be very effective.

That Zhou Yi hadn't shown his face, and although it hadn't really become a huge hit given the current situation, at the very least, the heat was already quite good.

I wonder if it will affect the verdict...

Also, she really dislikes that Zhou Xinran; thinking back on it, it seemed like Zhou Xinran knew the opposing Lawyer!

I was still too rash; I must hire a new Lawyer!

Of course, these were just inner thoughts; in front of the livestream camera, Ling Jie still maintained a very melancholy appearance.

Just at this moment, someone knocked on the door outside.

"Someone is knocking on the door, baby; I'll go take a look, it should be the takeout I ordered."

She got up and went to the entrance to open the door, and immediately discovered several police officers walking straight in.

"Li Xiuling, right? We are from the Guangming District Criminal Police Team..."

Impossible to quit the internet, but it is possible to be caught in the net; making up for missed updates, four-thousand-word chapter.

Requesting votes and subscriptions. There is another Alliance Leader, this big brother 1506498, and then yesterday we reached chapter nineteen, today this is two chapters, so now I owe 20 chapters again.

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