Chapter 90: It got permanently banned with a 'pop' so quickly! (Seeking monthly votes)

Liu Nainai is indeed getting on in years, but her health is still decent, her legs and feet are nimble, and with her good personality, she is quite full of spirit.

Zhou Yi hurried forward to help her down, smiling: "What are you doing, ma'am? Are you taking the stairs specifically for exercise?"

"There's no need for that, is there? Walking on flat ground is also exercise."

Although she is elderly, she is quite easy to talk to, and one can even crack a few jokes with her without her getting angry at all.

Liu Nainai caught her breath, glanced at the Elevator nearby, and then said to Zhou Yi: "I wouldn't be taking the stairs if everything were fine. Xiao Zhou, the people in our Property Management are truly too unscrupulous!"

"Too unscrupulous?" Zhou Yi smiled again: "Liu Nainai, isn't it common knowledge that our Property Management is unscrupulous? You were the one who told me that when I first moved in."

"Eh, has something happened again?"

Why does he feel like he doesn't know anything right now? Could it be that he has been too obsessed with the internet these past few days?

Liu Nainai shook her head and said: "Don't you know, Xiao Zhou? Property Management already said in the group chat that starting today, the Elevator system has been upgraded. Without an Elevator Card, you can't even press the button for that floor."

"It upgraded that fast?" Zhou Yi said subconsciously, though thinking about it, it seems quite a bit of time has passed.

During this period, he has been obsessed with arguing online with Ling Jie, and time has flown by so fast.

Wait, Zhou Yi suddenly realized something and hurriedly asked: "Liu Nainai, I remember Property Management saying before that anyone who registered within those three days could get an Elevator Card made for free, right?"

"It was a three-day window, so everyone should have registered, right? Did you not go to register during those three days?"

Liu Nainai sighed and said: "I definitely went to register. That day, I specifically got up early to go register, and they did give me an Elevator Card."

"But Xiao Zhou, they only give one free Elevator Card per household!"

"It's just me and the old man at home. In theory, one Elevator Card should be enough, but we don't usually go out together. Now this Elevator Card is mandatory; without this thing, you can't even press the button for the Elevator."

"It's like this for the two of us, so you can imagine what it's like for those families with many people. One Elevator Card is simply impossible to share, and those living on high floors all need this."

"But I remember that notice from Property Management very clearly: register within three days, and they would issue and exchange Elevator Cards for free." Zhou Yi was even more puzzled; there was no reason for them to slap their own faces after issuing an announcement.

"Xiao Zhou, what kind of people are they? Some people went to reason with them, and guess what Property Management said? They said they would issue Elevator Cards for free if you registered within three days, but they never said how many. The default standard is one per household."

"You tell me, what else can we do!" Liu Nainai said, shaking her head.

"Does that mean the second Elevator Card for a household has to be paid for?" Zhou Yi asked: "But paying is normal; isn't the Access Card twenty each?"

"Payment is definitely needed, this Elevator Card surely has a cost, but according to the notice in the group, if you want to get another one, it costs two hundred yuan for one Elevator Card!"

"And it needs to be upgraded every year. You have to pay again for the upgrade, two hundred yuan every year. If you don't pay, once their system upgrades, you won't be able to take the Elevator."

Liu Nainai said at this point: "Two hundred yuan for one Elevator Card, isn't that robbery? Xiao Zhou, you tell me, if their fees were even a little bit reasonable, we wouldn't have anything to say. But at this price, they are purely being unscrupulous!"

"And you have to pay every year, or you can't take the Elevator."

Hearing this, Zhou Yi finally understood; it turns out that notice from Property Management had such a hidden meaning.

Actually, getting one for free per household isn't a big deal, but this fee is just too unscrupulous.

"At this price, didn't the owners in our Small Residential District go to reason with Property Management?" Zhou Yi asked again.

"They did! Many people went to find Property Management, but it was useless. They said the fee is fine, and they even told those who hadn't gotten one to hurry up and do so."

"At the time, everyone thought that since so many people had gone to find them, they wouldn't start upgrading the system so quickly. As it turns out, they upgraded it today."

Simply going to find the other party is definitely useless. Having dealt with Manager Xue of that Property Management so many times, he knows very well that for minor matters, as long as you dare to make a scene, that Manager Xue will compromise as soon as you ask.

Even for small sums of money, like his own parking management fees and compensation, they were given as soon as he asked.

After all, it was only a few thousand yuan, which is nothing.

But when it involves such a major matter...

After all, it's an entire Small Residential District. This isn't an Access Card; without an Access Card, you can wait a little while, as people are often coming and going, and you can just follow them in.

But the Elevator Card is different. For owners on slightly higher floors, if you don't have this thing, you can't get home at all. It can be said to be a daily necessity.

Plus, needing an upgrade every year means they can make a huge sum of money every year.

With such huge profits, would Property Management easily give it up?

As for the reason, that's even simpler: for the sake of safety. This reason can crush everything else no matter where it's used!

Our Property Management set up this system for safety, and upgrading the system every year is also for the safety of you owners.

Do you know that our Property Management has actually had no profit or even losses for years?

Who knows? After all, state-owned enterprises shoulder all kinds of tasks, and if there is a sudden major event, they really have to step up, but what about Property Management?

They don't make money every year, and even lose money every year, but they still want to do it, to serve the owners of the Small Residential District wholeheartedly. Really, Zhou Yi himself felt like he was about to be moved.

"The first floor should be accessible, right? There's no reason he can't even press the button for the first floor!" Zhou Yi looked at Liu Nainai again.

Liu Nainai nodded: "Of course you can go to the first floor, but I didn't intend to go to the first floor. I was going to the fourteenth floor to talk to someone about something."

"Alright then, let's go. I'll help you down, but this isn't a solution either."

"Sigh, our Small Residential District is just like this. Xiao Zhou, let me pull you into the owners' group, otherwise you won't know about any of this news."

After helping Liu Nainai down to the fourteenth floor and being pulled into the owners' group by her, Zhou Yi went straight downstairs.

How should one put the Property Management situation? To him right now, it actually doesn't matter, because he is just one person, and he has the Elevator Card, Access Card, and such.

But thinking about the state of this Property Management, the hygiene of the Small Residential District always has problems. Garbage in some corners has been reported countless times, and Property Management doesn't even care.

Not to mention the sleazy operation of renting out one parking space twice, just betting that those owners won't discover it themselves.

After going downstairs, Zhou Yi said a word to Xiao Xu and then waited at the entrance.

With nothing to do, he opened the owners' group to take a look.

There were quite a few people in there, and it looked like many people were talking about one thing.

After glancing at it casually, Zhou Yi suddenly became interested.

"Which owner in our Small Residential District is this? Don't you think this is too lacking in quality? (Angry)"

"Yeah, parking like this? One car taking up two parking spaces, what kind of quality is this."

"Whoever did this, hurry up and admit it. Don't let everyone find you out, it's so lacking in quality!"

These people seemed to be saying that someone parked badly, and then another owner found it while looking for a parking space and posted it directly in the group.

With nothing to do, Zhou Yi decided to watch the drama. He sent an emoji directly and then scrolled up. He also wanted to see which owner lacked quality, and then he saw that Photo...

Wait, this car, the Four Circles, and these parking space bollards that have already been lowered, the car parked diagonally taking up two spaces... this seems to be my car, right?

I rubbed my eyes and looked at the license plate again; no mistake, this is my car!

So, have I ended up eating the melon that was about me?

How does that saying go? If something doesn't happen to you, it's just a bit of fun.

But if it happens to you, then it's someone else's fun!

Zhou Yi was a bit surprised; he had parked his car wherever when he came back that day, and since the parking space bollards were lowered anyway, one car took up two spaces.

But to avoid this kind of thing from happening, he had specifically stuck a sign on it, clearly stating that both parking spaces were his.

Having had the experience of his parking space being occupied before, Zhou Yi knew the thoughts of these moralizing emperors better than anyone.

As it turned out, it had still been posted by someone. After looking at that Photo for a long time, the angle was quite interesting; it only captured the car and the parking spaces, but the sign above was nowhere to be seen.

Did the other party not see it?

Impossible. Zhou Yi could swear that his sign was extremely conspicuous; as long as one was there, they would definitely see it. So, were they deliberately pretending not to see it?

He looked at the person who posted the Photo; the name was "Xia Shuqin."

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yi edited a message and replied: "Sorry, I just joined the owners' group today. The car in the Photo posted above is mine."

"But those two parking spaces are also mine, thank you."

He looked at it carefully; there were no problems, and the wording was very appropriate, so Zhou Yi clicked send directly.

"Hey Brother Zhou, you must have been waiting anxiously!"

Xiao Xu ran over, slightly out of breath, and said: "I washed my hair, so I left the house late."

So she washed her hair. Zhou Yi wasn't moved, only saying: "It's fine. You said you wanted to rent a parking space, right? The rent is still the same price."

Xiao Xu immediately smiled and said: "Brother Zhou, we have such a good friendship now, can't you lower the rent for me a little?"

"If paying money were useful, then what would we need the Law for!" Zhou Mouren blurted out, refreshing!

After being lectured by Xiao Xu last time, he had wanted to get his own back; finally saying it this time felt great!

Xu Linna: "..." Brother Zhou is indeed Brother Zhou!

The parking space definitely had to be rented, just not right now. Xiao Xu had already rented another parking space for a month; after all, one can't park a car randomly.

So they agreed that when her current parking space expired, she would come to rent this parking space of Zhou Yi's.

"Oh, by the way, Brother Zhou, do you know about the Elevator Card issue with the Property Management?"

Zhou Yi nodded: "I just found out. Speaking of which, this is a bit too much of a rip-off, isn't it? I haven't moved in long, does our Small Residential District really have no way to deal with this Property Management?"

"Doesn't the Owners' Committee care?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xu smiled and said: "Brother Zhou, our Small Residential District doesn't have an Owners' Committee. Ever since the handover, the Property Management has had the final say."

"No Owners' Committee? But thinking about it, that seems normal."

Although regulations state that a Small Residential District can establish an Owners' Committee through an owners' meeting, only when you actually try to do it do you realize how difficult it is...

So in many past Small Residential Districts, there actually weren't any Owners' Committees. It was only with the increasing emphasis on the rule of law in recent years that some Small Residential Districts established them.

Xiao Xu was still chattering away.

"It's not that no one wanted to establish an Owners' Committee in the past, but Brother Zhou, many people in the Small Residential District don't trust the Property Management, and they don't trust the owners who initiate the preparations either."

"On top of that, the Property Management was constantly obstructing it at the time, and the neighborhood office didn't want the trouble or instability, so after a long time of making a scene, it didn't get done."

"Since then, the Property Management has been acting up in all sorts of ways: not cleaning, security guards with bad tempers—anyway, a pile of messes."

Hmm, Zhou Yi roughly understood. It seemed it wasn't that no one had tried, but that the efforts had no results.

The Small Residential District is very large, and the residents inside are all sorts of people.

For example, Xu Yufeng, or that Xia Shuqin who was talking in the group.

Not paying the Property Fee doesn't necessarily mean they are dissatisfied with the Property Management; those people might be deadbeats who wouldn't pay the Property Fee in any Small Residential District.

In short, it's just absurd...

They say that when people's hearts are united, they can move Mount Tai, but precisely because of the complexity of human hearts, many times, hearts are not united.

Walking around the Small Residential District, he encountered several piles of dog poop along the way.

Needless to say, this was because someone walking their dog didn't clean it up, and the Property Management didn't deal with it either.

Forget it, better to go back and edit the video.

Back home, Zhou Yi began to edit the cause and effect of the matter regarding Ling Jie.

He basically had all the material here; there was a huge pile of screen recordings of Ling Jie's live streams.

"Hello everyone, perhaps by today many people already know that Ling Jie was arrested because of my Lawsuit, but I suspect many people who are scolding me don't know what happened before!"

"Alright then, today I will take everyone to understand it, and by the way, let everyone see that sometimes you think those internet celebrities are solving problems, but in fact, they have already been making money hand over fist."

"The matter has to start from the parking space. Our Ling Jie kept saying she was invited to solve the problem, yet she didn't mention that she went after being paid."

"Do you find it absurd? I have evidence here, provided by the car owner from that live stream that day, including chat logs and transfer records, and if necessary, he can even serve as a witness!"

"And then, there was that live stream. I did shout at her, I admit it, but anyone who watched the live stream can understand what that was actually about. The video is here!"

"Afterwards, I saw the video of the other party's mutton soup shop being inconsistent, so I integrated and compared them, and then posted it. From beginning to end, I didn't say a word, but in their mouths, it turned into me telling my fans to engage in Internet Violence against her!"

"And then, she seemed to get addicted to chasing clout. I warned her, sent a Lawyer's Letter, posted updates, but she ignored them, and later she was even more blatant..."

"All of my words have video and audio recordings as evidence!"

After finishing all this content, he checked it carefully and clicked upload.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the assistant Wang Weiwei was constantly contacting the Company and platform that Ling Jie was signed with.

"Zhang Jie, Ling Jie was just confused for a moment. Now many people on the internet are scolding her. Zhang Jie, can the Company help say something? Besides, Ling Jie's live stream room has been banned."

"Just defamation shouldn't lead to a long sentence, right? Ling Jie can continue live streaming after she gets out. Zhang Jie, Zhang Jie, hello?"

The call on the other end had already been hung up. Wang Weiwei was at a loss; she was probably the only one thinking about helping Ling Jie.

After all, the other party had indeed been good to her... the salary was high.

Now that Ling Jie has been taken in, her salary has no prospect.

Before the other party was taken away, she had signaled to her to go find the Company; over these years, Ling Jie had also earned quite a lot of money for the Company.

It's just that now Wang Weiwei doesn't know what to do either, because the Company had previously said they would mobilize public relations to help her, but now no matter how she asks, there is no response.

Just as she was thinking about it, Wang Weiwei received a message, and upon opening it, she saw it was a link sent by a friend.

Clicking it open, she saw that the Company and the platform had issued a statement regarding their Anchor, Ling Jie, to permanently ban her livestream channel; it was quick, especially quick.

Sorry everyone, the update this morning was late; it's the same as usual, I'll start with one chapter to wet your whistle, and I'll release the rest all at once tonight.

(End of chapter)