Chapter 1177
What to do when you encounter such a neighbor 64
They couldn't do anything about the numerous netizens watching from behind their screens, but now that Fang Liangliang, who was in charge of this news, was mentioned, they suddenly got excited.
Oh right, Xiao Fang posted this on the internet, so Xiao Fang has to handle it.
They hadn't seen many of the comments online, and they were busy arguing with netizens, so they didn't notice anyone suggesting that their affairs be investigated. They were still thinking about getting Fang Liangliang to calm things down.
In their view, Fang Liangliang created the news, so why not just find a way to get rid of it?
They take it for granted, believing they can do whatever they want.
They had left Fang Liangliang's phone number last time, and it was Zhou Guifeng, who was more familiar with the Fang family, who made the call.
When Fang Liangliang saw the caller ID, he knew what was going on; the online reactions were pretty much what he had expected.
The only thing I didn't expect was that more and more netizens would mention the outrageous things that happened in this neighborhood.
To be honest, he wasn't very clear about these things. He knew some of them, but he hadn't really gone into depth. It was only after some netizens who had experienced similar situations filled in the gaps that he learned there were so many inside stories.
After all, a residential area is so big that even if you live there for a lifetime, it's impossible to really know every household. And not every household will turn to Cheng Guangming and his people when something happens.
As a journalist, Fang Liangliang's intuition told him that there was another force pushing this matter from behind the scenes.
However, it seems that the hand pushing this forward has no malicious intent; it simply wants to reveal the truth.
Fang Liangliang also had absolutely no good feelings towards Cheng Guangming, Zhou Guifeng, and the like.
Besides, he's just a journalist; reporting the facts is his job.
Wouldn't it be great if we could use this incident to resolve some potential problems?
He chuckled, answered Zhou Guifeng's call, and upon hearing her request, he still felt that people do encounter many absurd things in life.
Let alone him, even if it were his superior, they wouldn't be able to take down a news report unless it had some significant impact.
Fang Liangliang spoke in a businesslike manner, his tone gentle, and he brushed Zhou Guifeng off.
Zhou Guifeng, who usually liked to form cliques, also felt the helplessness. Normally quite well-mannered, she wanted to yell at Fang Liangliang. However, no matter what she said, even with threats in her words—claiming that Fang Liangliang was in charge and that the matter had escalated and was affecting their lives—Fang Liangliang's attitude remained unchanged.
She was completely helpless.
It seems that the old trick no longer works.
Once outside the residential area, Fang Liangliang didn't even live there anymore, so her words were completely useless.
This time, Zhou Guifeng didn't press the matter further and hung up the phone.
When the others learned of the situation, some were outraged and began to curse the Fang family.
Cheng Guangming refused to believe it and dialed the number again, saying, "Xiao Fang, you're not being fair in handling this. Considering we've been neighbors for so many years, can't you help resolve this news?"
“The uncles and aunties in your neighborhood are all getting old and can’t take it.”
Fang Liangliang chuckled inwardly, but still patiently replied, "Uncle Cheng, it's not that I don't want to help. There are regulations for removing news and blocking comments. I'm just a small employee; I don't have that much power. Besides, there's nothing wrong with the content of this news. You all agreed to it at the time, and the process was perfectly fine."
"As for the reactions of netizens, even we journalists can't completely control them." He was telling the truth. At most, they could only grasp the general direction and wouldn't make mistakes most of the time. However, the world is full of surprises, and there will always be times when netizens' reactions are different from what they expected.
No matter how much he pleaded, he couldn't get Fang Liangliang to resolve the matter, so Cheng Guangming had no choice but to hang up the phone.
While they were getting angry, they had no idea that they would face even more troubles.
The neighborhood is so big, and there are so many people, that quite a few people still saw some of the comments from netizens.
Cheng Guangming and his cliques may not care who they cheat, but they will not tolerate anyone who embezzles money from the community.
Especially with the newly installed elevator, which hasn't been around for long, it's one thing to know that someone will definitely try to take advantage of you inside, but it's another thing to have it brought up so blatantly.
"Huanhuan, things are really pretty much as you predicted." Yi Shulan finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the reactions online.
Even if a small number of people thought that she and her daughter were immoral, she pretended not to see them.
As long as the general direction is in their favor, there's nothing wrong with it.
"I never imagined so many people had suffered at their hands. Even though we live in the same neighborhood, we didn't know," Yi Shulan shook her head.
Azhen said, "You don't like hanging out with them. Even if you chat together, they won't talk to you about these things. Deep down, they're all repulsed by you."
Over the years, Yi Shulan has had a fairly good relationship with her neighbors. After all, no interests were involved, and Yi Shulan isn't one to fuss over trivial matters, so there haven't been any major conflicts. Even if something happened in other people's homes, she wasn't one to meddle or inquire about it, so it's perfectly normal for her not to know many things.
But if you were to ask who was particularly close to Yi Shulan, there really wasn't anyone in the neighborhood. She was a rather quiet person who had loved reading since she was young. Aside from meeting up with friends from out of town every year, her usual activity was reading, sometimes at home, sometimes at the library.
Some people in the community think that Yi Shulan is a bit pretentious.
"If these things are really investigated, they might actually find something, it just depends on whether someone wants to investigate or not," Yi Shulan said. She wasn't really a naive person, and she knew about many of the vested interests involved.
Azhen said, "It's gotten this far, they'll definitely investigate. Even if those who were cheated don't care, there are so many people in the community. How can they not be worried when their money has been stolen?"
From the moment this point was raised, it became impossible for the people in the community to be of one mind with Cheng Guangming's clique.
Yi Shulan nodded in agreement; now all she had to do was wait for the results.
In fact, all the things that netizens brought up were planned by A-Zhou.
How could it be that just storing ashes is meant to disgust these neighbors?
Now that we've taken on this task, we need to find a reason to teach them a profound lesson.
Things didn't go too far astray. A few days later, the entire neighborhood, including those who had been scammed before, were all clamoring for an investigation into Cheng Guangming and his associates.
Some people even found evidence from somewhere and reported them directly.
Of course, the evidence was also secretly provided to these people by Azhen through 997. (End of Chapter)