"Cough...cough...cough, what did you say?!"
"Master, you heard me right. It was called using a registered mobile phone number."
"Holy crap, is he brain-dead? Quickly record a video and post it. Wait, call the police first, this is intimidation and it's illegal, okay?"
After making the call, Jiang Yue recorded the video, ate breakfast, and went to the yamen (government office). Before entering the yamen, she sent the video out, just in case she encountered an unprofessional yamen. After leaving the yamen, Jiang Yue took out her phone and checked it. Sure enough, the headlines had changed.
#Jiang Yue receives death threats#
The previous entry about reporting tax evasion had disappeared, and now it had become news of a celebrity's downfall. Jiang Yue smiled and asked Bai Ze to bring the entry back up. She wanted to do what they were most afraid of; her first pot of gold came from the reward for reporting tax evasion.
Looking at the private messages, many suggested she change her accommodation. Jiang Yue had the same idea. She wasn't stubborn and insisted on confronting the issue head-on. She packed some things and moved to an internet cafe, spending 550 yuan to book a private room for 15 days. It even included lunch and a shower. She was desperately poor right now, and being in the spotlight, she couldn't afford to go to a hotel even if she wanted to make money.
Just as she was thinking about where to stay for a few days, Jiang Yue discovered this internet cafe on Douyin. She was surprised that internet cafes were so cheap these days. She was still stuck in the era when internet cafes cost five or six yuan an hour in the lobby and more than ten yuan an hour in private rooms.
After arriving at the internet cafe, Jiang Yue took off her mask and glanced at the environment. It was quite nice, very clean, with chairs that could be folded down to serve as beds, and the computer keyboards were new. To be honest, it was a bit beyond Jiang Yue's expectations. After putting her things away, Jiang Yue closed the door and then scanned the room. There were no cameras or anything like that, so it seemed that the owner was quite law-abiding.
While waiting for her phone to boot up, Jiang Yue scrolled through her phone for a while. She learned that the driver who had called her had been arrested, but Jiang Yue knew that at most he would be detained for a few days and fined a few hundred yuan.
Maybe that's the effect they wanted, to let Jiang Yue know who was threatening her. This matter has been brewing for so long, they probably investigated her long ago and know that she is timid and afraid of trouble, so they were just trying to intimidate her. They probably didn't expect that this trick wouldn't work after they changed people.
The second day at the internet cafe.
Jiang He, Jiang Yue's former boss, has finally spoken out.
In the video, he refuted all of Jiang Yue's accusations against her, claiming that the video was AI-generated. He said that Jiang Yue was immature and that if she took down the video and apologized now, he could issue a letter of understanding.
When the topic of not receiving wages came up, the excuse became even easier. They simply said that the new finance staff member forgot to pay, and that Jiang Yue had already received the back pay. They denied any other tax evasion, and even claimed that Jiang Yue, a computer science major, couldn't possibly understand those financial documents, and that it was just a deliberate act of revenge.
If this had been posted immediately, some people might have believed it. But it's been several days now, and I doubt anyone but his die-hard fans would believe it. Jiang Yue opened her phone and checked; her salary had indeed been paid out—a total of nine thousand yuan for three months.
It seems like there's no problem, but the original owner was essentially paying to work. She had to pay for all the documents herself, not to mention errand services like buying coffee. Most importantly, she had no social security or housing fund, and the compensation for wrongful dismissal was never even mentioned.
Is it possible to dismiss someone with just three months' salary? This is no joke. Jiang Yue saw many people tagging her asking for her opinion. What else could she say? Jiang Yue posted the list she had prepared earlier with accompanying text, stating that even the normal salary had not been settled, let alone compensation, and that she would continue with arbitration.
The boss called shortly after the video was posted.
"Jiang Yue, are you really going to fight to the death?"
"What? Can't I even fight for my legal rights?"
"You are being dismissed because of your work error. You turned a lottery draw for twenty cars into a draw for two cars. This is your work error, so why should you be paid compensation?"
"Oh, so you're recording this to trick me, aren't you? You want me to admit that I made a mistake instead of that you broke your promise, right?"
"Hehe, has anyone ever told you that you're really stupid? You've made such a good thing into this mess. You've gained ten million followers, but you're unwilling to give away twenty cars. Even if you didn't give away the cars worth around two hundred thousand that you promised, giving away twenty cars worth one hundred thousand wouldn't have been a problem. Two million is just the price of one of your endorsements. Is it that you can't afford it?"
"You're trying to push me out to take the blame! Why don't you take a look at how many surveillance cameras you have compared to the company? You could even delete them all after this! What? You think you can bully an orphan like me? Do you know that our country is governed by law? There are laws, so what gives you the right to act like a lawless madman?"
After Jiang Yue finished speaking, there was a moment of silence on the other end of the line before he hung up. Jiang Yue guessed that he was regretting it now, but not about the car; he was regretting not going too far.
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Yue registered several accounts on Q&A forums, both on internal and external networks. Although she had already spent nine thousand yuan, it wouldn't take long. She still needed to find a way to make some more money. Before the hype surrounding her dissipated, she still needed to maintain her persona. She wasn't afraid of it collapsing, but it was troublesome. She still wanted to live a good life.
After registering her account, Jiang Yue didn't use Bai Ze. Instead, she wrote a small program to filter the paid Q&A questions, and then selected the reputable accounts. She then sorted the questions by the amount of money, with the top-ranked question costing ten yuan.
Jiang Yue opened it and saw that it was posted by an iOS developer. The program kept crashing and he didn't know what the problem was. Jiang Yue could tell from the problem that it was posted by a novice or someone who had just been trained, because the crash logs were very clear.
After contacting the person, Jiang Yue originally wanted to explain the cause of the problem, but his need was to resolve the issue as soon as possible, as he was extremely anxious to submit the code after get off work.
Jiang Yue had no choice but to remotely fix it for him. The young man was overjoyed and added Jiang Yue as a friend, saying he would contact her again if he had any problems in the future. He even gave Jiang Yue a 10 yuan tip, and in less than 10 minutes, he had 20 yuan in his pocket.
She worked until 10 p.m. and earned about 1,000 yuan. The problems with smaller amounts were all solved. The remaining problems with larger amounts were more difficult, some of which had been unsolved for many years. Jiang Yue did not plan to touch those, as her abilities were not yet that high on the surface.
After finishing her work, Jiang Yue ordered takeout. Ordering takeout at the internet cafe was very convenient; she could order directly from the machine and also buy drinks, cigarettes, and alcohol. She ordered a stir-fried pork rice bowl, which was delivered in no time. The restaurant and internet cafe were next to each other, and the food was served directly on a plate, still steaming hot even in the dead of winter.
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