Fishing Livestream

Magic City, a certain residential building.

A young man in his early twenties, sporting a bedhead, sauntered from the living room to the door, took the luxurious takeout delivered by the courier, and returned to the living room to continue lying down and fiddling with his phone.

This young man's name is Wu Fei. He has an account on the streaming platform called Fisherman Fei. Because his streaming style is decent and his fishing skills are passable, he gained over a hundred thousand followers in a little over a year. In the outdoor fishing category, he's considered a minor influencer.

Having just received a five-figure payout, Wu Fei was particularly extravagant with his spending, spending over five hundred on a solo luncheon, eating while not forgetting to keep an eye on the public opinion on the streaming platform.

Following the script provided by his sponsor, Wu Fei posted a snippet questioning and defaming the competition and secretly spent quite a bit on promoting and exposing it with little flames. As the topic was spicy enough, the views quickly surpassed a million, causing a minor stir.

The crayfish was deliciously being eaten when suddenly there was a knock at the door.

"Who is it?"

"Is this Mr. Wu? Your delivery!"

Wu Fei thought it was something he ordered from Taobao arriving, so he sauntered again to open the door.

But what the courier delivered was a folder.

When he opened it, he was dumbfounded! A court summons!!

Yuefeng Fishing Tackle hired professional legal services, gathered the evidence, and directly sued Wu Fei!

A moment before he was eating with his mouth full, but after seeing the summons, Wu Fei's mind went blank.

What's going on? Wasn't it just a ridiculous snippet?

I've never heard of a lawsuit happening this directly! But upon seeing the red stamp on the summons, it was undoubtedly real.

...

The same summons also arrived for several other people, all initiators of this mass defamation scandal.

Dirty money is easy to take, but cleaning up the mess is not. Naming names and lying, if taken seriously, accusations of defamation and damaging reputation are quite severe.

After completing the preliminary preparations for fixing evidence in the defamation scandal, Yue Feng then issued a statement on his account!

Statement!

I am Yue Feng, the actual shareholder of Yuefeng Company. After the inaugural indoor Black Pit fishing competition held a few days ago, many unscrupulous streamers appeared online maliciously spreading rumors and defaming. After reporting to the police and contacting the platform to fix evidence, evidence collection and identifying infringing personnel have been completed.

Yuefeng Fishing Tackle hereby solemnly declares that the internet is not outside the law. We hope all individuals and organizations will not disregard facts for immediate profit and create rumors and trouble! Otherwise, you will definitely face the harshest legal penalties, and Yuefeng Fishing Tackle will entrust professional legal action to pursue the matter to the end!

Once the brief statement was released, the discussion that had already dwindled down flared up once more.

There's some time until the court session, but the summons has already been sent! In the current national climate, saying there is no intervention behind this efficiency is certainly deceiving, Yue Feng's strategy of "letting the bullet fly for a while" is extremely damaging.

According to the previous thoughts of the bystanders, once the statement was released, there was bound to be another verbal battle.

But the reality left people astonished, and the loudest rumormongers amongst small streamers were now silent. Among them, two streamers deleted snippets with over three million views.

Seeing Brother Feng getting assertive, Yue Feng's fans finally felt vindicated, leaving comments under the statement snippet.

"The internet is not outside the law, well said! Isn't it fun to sling mud thinking nobody can clean it up? Look at Brother Feng, isn't he like the parent who won't let the kids run wild!"

"A great relief, outright reject mediation, pursue accountability!"

"Turns out it's not just streamers instigating, but also paid shills participating, no wonder the comments were so heated! Now it's all dug up from the roots, pursue accountability together!"

"The bystanders are pleased, previously the comments section was full of insults, now it's settled, paying for damages and apologies are light, more seriously, jail time!"

"Yue Feng is tough, saying little, no fuss here, truly irritated now, won't even give you the chance to kneel! Brace yourself for litigation!"

...

Sleeping Beauty Bao Butong's office.

Old Bao has been rather quiet recently; his last merchandise debacle hit him hard. Subsequently, Yue Feng cut off his supply line, and now the company's operation relies on old resources, not ideal.

Though Old Deng temporarily surrendered, Bao Butong didn't relent; this defamation incident was his doing!

After Yue Feng arranged for people to file lawsuits, the manager responsible for contacting this matter under Old Bao received multiple calls, all from the small streamers who took money to stir trouble.

After receiving the news, Old Bao made some discreet inquiries, and his heart couldn't help but tighten.

Wow, Yue Feng is serious, all five involved small streamers along with the shill company were tracked down by Yue Feng, and the responsible persons all received court summons. The earliest could be hearing the case trial by next month!

Despite promising to cover it, once trouble arises, it's not so easy to bear.

Seeing the trial date approaching day by day, the manager responsible for contacting the business directly shut down his phone, cutting off contact with these worthless underlings. Meanwhile, Old Bao, fuming over the incident, even developed a sore in his nose that hurt when smoking.

"Old Li! Things are a bit tight, the company will get you a tour group; go play in Thailand for a few days!" Old Bao still felt uneasy, so he called a subordinate over to say.

"Sure! I'll take a stroll, and return once the dust settles!"

...

Lawsuits concerning infringement and violations began to follow procedure, while the indoor Black Pit fishing competition organized by Yuefeng Fishing Tackle continued fiercely.

According to pre-competition scheduling, two matches per week were held, with the filming crew for the Black Pit community recording the entire event and streaming it live on the official account. Essentially, wherever the Black Pit competition went, a small craze erupted,

In the dead of winter, there weren't many good places for fishing; even if not registered, watching the competition live brought joy to these struggling fishermen.

More than twenty days passed, and the day of the court session arrived for the first trial!

The abandoned shrimps miserably responded, yet couldn't stir any uproar.

During the trial stage, the lawyer entrusted by Yue Feng presented the various collected evidence along with backend data from the company platform, which directly left the opposing defense lawyer speechless.

The result of the first trial, publicly apologize, and compensate for reputational damages, each responsible person is to pay a claim of 1 million!

This number might seem large, but compared to Yuefeng Company's current market value, this claim has no issue.

Now those unlucky ones who lost the trial were left dumbfounded.