Chapter 43 Rumors Erupt
Xiao Tao patted Yu Hui's head comfortingly, who looked frustrated, and whispered, "Keep it up."
Yu Hui instantly perked up: "Okay, I'll definitely do my best!"
Seeing Master Yu's enthusiasm, Zhang Mo had a sudden inspiration: "How about this, everyone, listen carefully—"
I know many of you have questions for Master Yu, but considering the special nature of searching for relatives, I'm adding a new rule starting today: From now on, anyone seeking Master Yu's help to find their relatives must first pay a deposit of 10,000 yuan. This deposit will be fully refunded if the search is unsuccessful, and if successful, the money will be directly transferred to the account of the relative being searched.
The moment those words were spoken, the live stream chat exploded!
After all, no one expected that Zhang Mo would openly and honestly talk about the "paid family search" situation that Chen Jinhua had just cursed.
Some people have already begun to question whether today's event was a huge staged performance, and whether the Chen Jinhua mentioned earlier was an actress they had hired in advance to bring up the topic of paid family reunification.
The so-called deposit is a disguised form of fee-charging service that profits from the desperation of those searching for their relatives.
Demanding exorbitant fees when people are most vulnerable is simply unethical!
If everything in this world can only be achieved with money, what are the poor supposed to do?!
Zhang Mo completely ignored the doubts and, after thinking for a moment, added, "Oh, by the way, the deposit for finding my daughter is 100,000 yuan." Then she hung up the phone.
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That evening, Yuan Shui flew from S City to W City and invited Zhang Mo out for dinner. The restaurant was a chain hot pot restaurant, and three programmers he planned to introduce to Zhang Mo were also present.
There were two women and one man, all around thirty years old.
In Zhang Mo's memory, Yuan Shui had always been a muscular man, but recently he seemed to be eating well. He had a double chin compared to when she saw him at the class reunion half a year ago. He looked cheerful and seemed more like a good-natured cook than a programmer: "Come on, let me introduce you. This is Li Wei, Zhou Yue, and Chen Feng. This is President Zhang."
The three greeted her somewhat reservedly, "Hello, Ms. Zhang." They hadn't expected the owner of this live-streaming company to be so young and beautiful. They'd heard she was a programmer by training and a graduate of Q University—she was truly impressive.
Zhang Mo: "Hello."
Inside the private room of the hot pot restaurant, after a brief exchange of pleasantries, the three of them chatted casually with Zhang Mo while eating, introducing themselves to her.
Their situations are actually quite similar: they are all around 30 years old, locals of W city, with master's degrees in computer science, and previously worked in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, or Shenzhen, but now plan to return to their hometown to develop their careers.
It must be said that Yuan Shui had a very good eye for talent.
Li Wei is a front-end developer, Zhou Yue is a back-end developer, and Chen Feng specializes in big data.
All three individuals had prior experience working at live streaming companies, possessing extensive qualifications and solid technical skills.
The most important thing is stability. As long as Zhang Mo can offer a reasonable salary, they are willing to stay with the company until retirement. This might sound normal in other industries, but it is very rare in the internet industry, where salary increases are almost always achieved by changing jobs.
Zhang Mo was very satisfied with the three people, and then briefly told them about the company's recent situation: "The company is currently considering moving, and the new office location is expected to be officially put into use in half a month."
If you decide to join the company, I can start calculating your salary from the time you sign the contract. Then, for the next two weeks, you can work from home, familiarize yourself with the existing platform functions, and plan your future career development.
If you have any special requirements regarding the office location and environment, please let me know in advance. I will try my best to accommodate everyone's needs.
All three were experienced and knew that if they didn't say anything at this time, it would make them seem like they didn't care about the job. So they just made simple requests such as wanting a small bed for lunch break and a microwave to heat up their meals.
Zhang Mo: "No problem."
On the table, the hot pot was steaming, and Zhang Mo and the three chatted very smoothly. However, one thing was very strange. At first, Yuan Shui kept praising Zhang Mo and telling them to cherish the job and do their best. But then he received a phone call and started fiddling with his phone. In the end, he even put down his chopsticks and his brows furrowed more and more.
Seeing that the recruitment matter was almost settled, Zhang Mo turned her gaze to Yuan Shui: "Alright, just tell me what bad news you have."
"Tsk...sigh..." Yuan Shui sighed, "Never mind, I'll send it to you, you can see for yourself."
Immediately afterwards, a video link was sent to Zhang Mo's WeChat.
Considering that prying into the boss's privacy is very inappropriate in the workplace, the three of them lowered their heads and ate, pretending not to be curious about what was happening in front of them.
"Since we're here, let's watch it together." Zhang Mo was quite generous. She found an empty bowl, propped her phone up horizontally, facing everyone, and pressed the play button.
The video begins with a classic AI-generated audio clip, typical of marketing accounts.
"This has to be the most infuriating thing I've seen this year. A heartbroken mother who lost her daughter went on a live stream to ask a so-called master to help her find her. But this so-called master wouldn't even listen to the mother's story, telling her to stop talking nonsense. He then started talking about money, demanding 10,000 yuan to find her son and 100,000 yuan to find her daughter. When he heard that the mother didn't have that much money, he actually cursed her, saying she would have a miserable old age and no one to take care of her."
All I can say is that this kind of behavior—profiting from the suffering of others—is utterly outrageous. I hope the relevant departments can properly regulate these unscrupulous platforms and protect the legitimate rights and interests of every user.
Immediately afterwards, the screen went black and an audio clip with subtitles played.
This is a brief but powerful conversation that can instantly ignite anger.
Presumably to make it easier for viewers to distinguish, the editor even thoughtfully used different colors to mark the speaker's identity—
The mother searching for her son said, "This photo was taken when my daughter was one year old at a photo studio. She went missing not long after the photo was taken."
The unscrupulous master said, "Stop saying such useless things. Can't you say something useful?"
The mother searching for her son said, "Are you going to charge us money? How much? We rural people really don't have much savings."
The unscrupulous master said, "Tsk, don't bother me, I'm still calculating."
The mother searching for her child said, "My daughter's disappearance is a huge deal to me, but you treat it like a business. Do you have any conscience?!"
Platform owner: "Shut your mouth. People looking for relatives must first pay a deposit of 10,000 yuan, and those looking for their daughters must pay a deposit of 100,000 yuan."
The unscrupulous fortune teller said, "With your facial features, you will most likely end up in a miserable old age, with no one to care for you in your final days."
After the video finished playing, the entire private room fell silent.
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