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Chapter 177 My Deep Love for Yangbei Forum

When Ye Jintong reported the news to Shen Kang, Zheng Changhao was sitting in front of a teacher in a teacher's office at Yangcheng Business School.

The teacher is looking at a contract that Zheng Changhao brought.

After a long pause and reading it, the teacher put down the contract. "Based on what you've said, this contract is very unfavorable to you. Although it contains content clauses stipulating that the second party must not damage the first party's image, it lacks an exclusivity clause. My current suggestion is that his contract cannot be withdrawn; leave it for now and try to find a breakthrough from the 'ancillary obligations' aspect, but the burden of proof is high. Considering the business environment of the university district, I personally recommend negotiation, ideally by offering certain conditions to terminate this contract."

After chatting for a while, Jung Chang-ho left with the contract.

The teacher also picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

Zheng Changhao is a well-known figure in Yangshang. This teacher had previously thought the young man was quite good, but today, seeing that Zheng Changhao had made such a basic mistake, he was quite taken aback.

He figured he'd won too much, had too many smooth sailing days, and his vigilance had lowered; he'd become arrogant. Like many great figures, he'd made some baffling and disastrous moves. The young man still needed to guard against arrogance and complacency—the teacher thought silently.

Zheng Changhao walked out of the administration building downstairs, feeling slightly annoyed.

This was the third teacher he consulted today, and their advice was similar to the previous two: from a legal perspective, breaking the contract would be quite difficult. They offered some suggestions for his consideration; some suggested sending a letter to create evidence of the other party's breach of contract, others suggested trying to break through based on the principle of good faith, and still others suggested looking for a breakthrough in the ancillary obligations. However, without exception, everyone agreed that while there were directions, the difficulty was considerable.

Zheng Changhao spent the whole day running around, and the idea he came up with was that if all else failed, he would just breach the contract and pay some penalty money.

Of course, it would be best if the issue could be resolved through negotiation.

Thinking of this, Zheng Changhao felt a little more relaxed: he had already laid out his plans, and as long as everything went according to plan, he would still have leverage to negotiate with the other party.

Furthermore, Zheng Changhao was very cautious this time. He didn't personally contact anyone, and he didn't even know or want to know who it was.

In this way, even if the other party guesses something, it will be impossible for him to be implicated.

Jung Chang-ho felt he was starting to feel like one of those behind-the-scenes big bosses from TV dramas.

After receiving Ye Jintong's report, Shen Kang first stopped Qian Jun at Yangbei University of Science and Technology, intending to check the situation at Yangbei Forum first.

Then he opened the Yangbei Forum and saw the post in the main section "You Say, I Say" on the Yangbei University of Science and Technology campus.

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It's hard not to notice that this thing is right at the very top, but there's no "pinned" label, making it seem like it was pushed up by popularity.

"There are risks involved in using laundry services at Jiahe Laundry; please exercise caution."

That's the title of this post.

Upon clicking, the content appeared to be from someone claiming to be a student at Yanghe University of Science and Technology. They said they had sent laundry to a laundry service at Jiahe Laundry, but accidentally lost their wristband. They rushed to the laundry to retrieve their clothes, but were too late; someone had already fraudulently claimed their clothes worth 880 yuan. Jiahe Laundry was unable to locate the person who had taken their clothes.

Therefore, the original poster reminded everyone to be cautious when going to a home laundry or dry cleaning service in the future.

There are already quite a few replies to this post.

Several of these posts were made by different people, who also said that similar things had happened to them. They went to their homes or laundromats to do laundry, but because they lost their wristbands, the people who found their wristbands claimed their clothes.

Other bystanders also chimed in with their comments.

"Huh? Clothes and pants can be stolen? When did the students at Yangko University of Science and Technology become so low in quality?"

"You're making it sound like students at Yang-Tsing University of Science and Technology were ever of higher quality. I've lost over a dozen lighters already!"

"Holy crap, so many people are losing their clothes? I'm almost afraid to go home and do laundry next time."

"Yeah, it seems like it's safer to hand wash them myself, and it saves money too."

"Nonsense!" Qian Jun exclaimed angrily from the sidelines. "This is only the first time clothes have gone missing today! How could so many people have reported missing clothes?!"

"Calm down."

Shen Kang comforted him, then created a new account and replied to the post—did the laundry room lose money?

The reply has been sent.

After waiting a while, he refreshed the post and found that his reply had disappeared; it had been deleted.

Qian Jun, who was watching from the side, also noticed this scene and immediately exclaimed, "I reckon the person who posted this is Zhao Jiayuan! He's deliberately trying to smear us. He clearly received compensation but didn't say anything, and he even deleted posts when people asked about the compensation!"

Shen Kang thought to himself that some privileged accounts on the Yangbei Forum also had the authority to delete replies.

However, I didn't say anything, I just refreshed the page again and looked at it, and found that the public opinion trend of "it's best not to go to Jiahe Laundry" has gradually taken shape in this post.

"Huh?" Qian Jun was taken aback for a moment, but immediately realized, "Yes! Should we take pictures of those compensation documents from earlier?"

"Um."

So Qian Jun immediately took a picture of the compensation documents he had just seen.

Shen Kang also asked him to continue what he had been doing before, and to post the bounty notice in the Beiming Community, but with the addition of a few more pictures of the compensation documents.

After finishing, Shen Kang logged into his administrator account and pinned the bounty post to the top, but without adding the pinned mark.

After doing all that, Shen Kang switched to another account and posted a reply to the thread himself—There's a post on the Yangbei forum next door from someone who lost their clothes, everyone go check it out!

"Uh—" Qian Jun looked on in confusion.

He knew that Beiming Community was run by Shen Kang, but why was Shen Kang directing traffic to his competitors? Qian Jun couldn't help but ask, "Boss, why are you directing traffic to your competitors?"

"Maybe it's because I have a deep love for Yangbei Forum?" Shen Kang thought for a moment and sighed, "After all, it is indeed quite useful."

As he spoke, he switched to the administrator account and pinned his own alt account's reply to the top—the replies in the Beiming Community posts are not all sorted by reply time, but also by popularity.

Furthermore, these posts on the Beiming Community also have a "like" function, allowing users to like the original poster's post or other users' replies.

For example, if you reply to a post and many people like or reply to your reply, even if you reply relatively late, it may appear at the top of the list.

After finishing all that, Shen Kang called Yin Zhiqian: "Senior Yin, is your Singles Association still having activities there? — Perfect timing, I have some last-minute work to do —"

In the girls' dormitory, Du Nanxin was sitting in front of her computer browsing the "Fitness" section of the Beiming Community.

When posting in the square of Beiming Community, you will be asked to select a tag. For example, if you select the "fitness" tag, your post will not only be displayed in the square, but also in the corresponding interest community.

In addition, if you post in the "Fitness" section, when your post reaches a certain level of popularity, it will automatically appear in the main forum and be marked as "going viral".

Therefore, if you specifically want to see content on a particular topic, you can simply go to the relevant interest community.

Du Nanxin also noticed this, which is why she browsed the "Fitness" section and found it quite enjoyable. It's just a pity that there are still too few male "Boys-in-Law" characters, only three. And perhaps influenced by Li Su, the latter two are also headless knights in style.

Of course, whether or not they have heads is not important; what is important is that there are too few male bodhisattvas.

"Sigh, it's still too little—"

Du Nanxin sighed, tired of looking at it over and over again, and returned to the square to see if there were any new and interesting themes.

Then she saw the bounty post at the very top.

Jiahe Laundry is offering a 1,000 yuan reward for clues about the boy in the picture.

One thousand dollars?

Du Nanxin immediately became interested, clicked on the link, and quickly understood what was going on. She couldn't help but exclaim, "Qiuzhu, something's happened in your laundry room!"

The four girls in their dorm were all in the room at the moment, each doing their own thing.

He Qiuzhu was browsing the web, searching for ways to train for abs. When she heard Du Nanxin's words, she wasn't very interested and just said "Oh".

"Someone has fraudulently claimed the clothes, and Shen Kang has offered a reward of one thousand yuan to find this person!"

Upon hearing the name "Shen Kang," He Qiuzhu's ears immediately perked up. She stopped looking at the abs workout instructions and walked over.

Fu Rong and Xia Meng also squeezed over to watch the commotion.

Du Nanxin then showed them the contents of the post and summarized it for them: "Your man is really rich. He offered a reward of 1,000 yuan to find someone! He'll also double the amount to compensate that person for their clothes!"

He Qiuzhu's eyes narrowed slightly when she heard "your man," a hint of pleasure in them.

Fu Rong was quite excited: "Quick, zoom in on that person, let me see if I recognize him!" After all, that's a thousand yuan, and as long as you recognize him, you can get it, so she couldn't help but be excited.

Du Nanxin simply clicked on it and zoomed in on the surveillance footage of the person inside. Everyone tried to identify him, but no one recognized him.

It was a great pity that they missed out on the thousand yuan.

Fu Rong noticed something new, "The first reply said the victim posted on the Yangbei Forum? Nanxin, go check the Yangbei Forum, maybe there'll be some clues!"

Du Nanxin thought about it and agreed. So she opened the Yangbei Forum again and found the post from the victim in the "You Say, I Say" section of the Yangbei University of Science and Technology campus. You could tell from the title that it was the victim's post.

After clicking in and looking for a while, everyone was a little puzzled: "Why did he only mention losing clothes, but not that Jiahe compensated him double the cost of the clothes?"

Seeing that many people in the replies said they would no longer use Jiahe Laundry, Du Nanxin specifically replied, saying that Jiahe Laundry had already compensated this person with double the cost of the clothes, since the real owner of the laundry was her roommate, and it was not good to be misunderstood.

After sending the reply, I quickly discovered that it had been deleted.

"Is this poster deliberately trying to smear you guys? They even deleted my reply!"

Du Nanxin immediately realized something, so she simply left the thread and posted a new thread in the "You Say, I Say" section, saying that Jiahe Laundry had already compensated that person twice the cost of the clothes.

But her post was deleted shortly afterward.

This is clearly not something the original poster who lost their clothes can delete; only the administrators of the Yangbei Forum can delete it.

Everyone immediately understood—it seemed that Shen Kang had opened this Beiming Community, creating a competitive relationship with Yangbei Forum. This was Yangbei Forum deliberately targeting Jiahe Laundry Room.

It's just unclear whether this was orchestrated by Yangbei Forum, or if Yangbei Forum simply used this incident to do something underhanded.

Regardless, this infuriated Du Nanxin and her friends, since He Qiuzhu was one of their roommates, and they all liked her.

They liked her. The other person's actions made them feel like they were being bullied as well.

"I have to do something." Thinking this, Fu Rong suddenly had an idea: "Since I don't have class today and have nothing else to do, I'll send private messages to everyone in that thread, telling them that the truth about this matter is on the Beiming Forum, and telling them to go check it out!"

The idea was immediately approved by everyone. He Qiuzhu was the first to run back to her desk, abandoning her research on abs and starting to send private messages on the Yangbei Forum.

Du Nanxin and the others also took action.

Xia Meng was the only one feeling a bit conflicted: the laundry room belonged to her sister, so this task was indeed necessary, but the website belonged to Shen Kang, and recruiting people for his website was a real headache for her.

Meanwhile, Wu Chenhui was sitting in his dormitory, feeling very depressed.

He's already accepted the trial voucher deal, so at least he didn't lose money, right? Not only did he not lose money, but if he sold all those points, he would have made at least two thousand.

So Wu Chenhui has gradually put the matter of the trial voucher aside, and was just browsing the Beiming Community to see if there were any new female bodhisattvas.

This website is great in this respect; it embodies the "learning" principle of Room 302, which made him fall in love with learning very quickly.

Just now, while browsing, Wu Chenhui stumbled upon the bounty post and was immediately drawn in, only to find he didn't recognize anyone there. Later, like Du Nanxin and the others, he was also drawn to the Yangbei Forum by the replies to the post about the victim, and saw the post and the prevailing opinion.

Wu Chenhui had also benefited from the owner of Jiahe Laundry and made a lot of money, so he wanted to reply and talk about the double compensation. However, he encountered the same situation as Du Nanxin.

Wu Chenhui and Shen Kang had no further relationship, so it should have been over. However, the feeling of being silenced was really frustrating for him, and his rebellious side started to emerge.

"Damn it, is this still our Yangko University of Science and Technology?!"

Wu Chenhui also started sending private messages to some users on the Yangbei Forum, but his messages were a little different from those sent by Du Nanxin and the others.

"The Beiming Forum has some explosive new dirt on Jiahe Laundry, come quick!"

In a male dormitory at Yangko University of Science and Technology, Su Jialun, a sophomore, sat in front of his computer, browsing the gossip about the lost clothes at the home and laundry room on the Yangbei Forum. He also shared the news with his roommates: "Latest update, two more people say they also had their clothes stolen from the home and laundry room."

His roommate exclaimed, "Damn, now I really don't dare go there to do laundry anymore."

"You went there several times before and your clothes weren't stolen, so you're lucky."

As Su Jialun was speaking, he received a private message from Yangbei Forum. He casually clicked on it and found that it was sent by a stranger, saying that Beiming Forum had some shocking dirt on Jiahe Laundry!

Su Jialun immediately became interested and went to the website. Although it was his first time using the site, the simple left-center-right layout and the bounty post at the top of the central square made it easy for him to know what to click without any learning.

So I immediately clicked on it and entered the square. Then I clicked again and entered this post to enjoy the latest gossip.

After eating for a while, Su Jialun felt that the taste was not right.

Where's the dirt I was promised? What I'm seeing here is completely different from the Yangbei Forum! Jiahe Laundry actually compensated that person double the cost of the clothes, a whole 1760 yuan! Documents, signatures, receipts, everything is there, the evidence is conclusive.

Su Jialun was green with envy, wishing he had been the one to lose the clothes so he could have made hundreds of yuan!

Furthermore, in this post, Jiahe Laundry also stated that this is the first time since the opening of Jiahe Laundry at Yangke University that someone has fraudulently claimed clothing, and offered a reward of 1,000 yuan for clues about the man who fraudulently claimed the clothing!

I didn't lose the clothes myself, but maybe I can get a reward?

As Su Jialun thought this, he stared intently at the photo, feeling he didn't recognize the person. But perhaps it was just his imagination, the face seemed vaguely familiar, so he clicked on the photo to zoom in and get a closer look.

A pop-up message appeared saying that photos cannot be zoomed in while in guest mode, and that you should log in first.

"Damn it."

Su Jialun cursed, but for the sake of the possible thousand yuan, he quickly registered an account and was finally able to enlarge the photo.

After looking at it carefully, he gave up in dejection, realizing he didn't recognize it.

But then I quickly thought, maybe I don't know him, but others do?

So Su Jialun called over his roommates who were currently in the dormitory and asked them to identify him, but none of them recognized him.

Su Jialun had no choice but to give up in the end.

After all this, everyone saw the content on the Beiming Community and realized that the opinion on the Yangbei Forum was somewhat biased—they did lose your clothes, but they also compensated you double the amount.

The boy who had just said he would never dare to go home or do laundry again also walked away silently, starting to have wicked thoughts.

But as I thought about it, the thought of the 1,000 yuan reward made me a little hesitant.

After watching the excitement, Su Jialun originally wanted to leave the Beiming Forum, but just as he was about to exit the square, he noticed some posts on it.

"Is yoga instruction really that popular?"

Su Jialun clicked into the post out of curiosity and then forgot to leave. It wasn't until half a day later, when his eyes felt a little dry, that he reluctantly took a break.

"Yoga is great, I should learn it!"

As Su Jialun was thinking this, he suddenly realized that since there were people who taught yoga, there must also be people who taught other things.

Thinking this through, he immediately went back to the square and, sure enough, saw a fashion tutorial. Clicking on it, he was utterly captivated; his eyes were glued to the enormous array of styling tips! ————

Meanwhile, in a male dormitory at Yangcheng Business School, only Wei Mingrui and Zheng Changhao were present.

Zheng Changhao sat while Wei Mingrui stood. On the desk in front of them was a computer displaying the contents of the bounty post from the Beiming Community, with several compensation documents clearly visible.

"Snapped!"

Zheng Changhao slammed his hand on the table, lowered his voice, and angrily said, "What kind of idiot did you hire? How could they leave this kind of thing behind!"

He understood perfectly well that Shen Kang, with a forum at his disposal, would definitely not sit idly by and would defend himself on his forum.

However, both sides have their own version of events. As long as the public opinion on Yangbei Forum is well controlled and the narrative is firmly established that Jiahe Laundry Room did not lose money, that will be fine.

Zheng Changhao has been running forums for several years and knows that online, whoever has the most people has the loudest voice and what they say is the truth.

At that point, Shen Kang could do whatever he wanted: if Shen Kang chose to resist, he would continue pouring dirty water on the laundry room, first cutting off one of Shen Kang's wings, then taking it step by step, like playing chess, first capturing the knight, then the rook, and finally checking the enemy; if Shen Kang chose...

He lowered his head and used this as leverage to get Shen Kang to first agree to cancel that GG contract, and then continue to gradually cripple Shen Kang's influence.

Zheng Changhao felt he had calculated everything perfectly, but he never expected that the people Wei Mingrui hired could pull off something like this!

Wei Mingrui also felt wronged: "It's all because you insisted on this 'isolation as much as possible' thing, and you even emphasized that the other party shouldn't know too much. It made me afraid to contact reliable people I knew, so I could only randomly look for people I had never even met. Who would have thought that guy could be so stupid?"

Wei Mingrui immediately added, "But don't worry, the other party doesn't know anything. The other person isn't a college student either; they're someone from outside the university. They won't be able to find anything about them."

Jung Chang-ho didn't know what to say, so he could only sigh inwardly.

He was careless before, causing such a simple mistake with the contract. This time, he's being too cautious, prioritizing his own safety and inadvertently amplifying the risks of contacting others, resulting in new problems. Honestly, I don't know whether to be cautious or not.

Just then, I saw Wei Mingrui remove the phone battery and take out a SIM card.

"What are you doing now?"

"This is the card we use to contact them. Since things are already like this, just throw the card away for safety's sake."

As Wei Mingrui spoke, he took the SIM card and left the small dormitory room. Soon, the sound of flushing water came from the bathroom, and Wei Mingrui returned.

Zheng Changhao thought to himself that being too cautious might not achieve the desired effect, but at least he was safe.

But soon they saw Wei Mingrui staring blankly at his phone.

"What's wrong now?"

"—I think I accidentally washed my SIM card."

"—So why did you have to flush it down the toilet? Wouldn't it have been better to just throw it out the window? You could have gone down and retrieved it."

"No action, no professionalism."

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