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Chapter 1038 - 1038 1001 It's Unfair Jie!

1038: Chapter 1001: It’s Unfair, Jie!

1038: Chapter 1001: It’s Unfair, Jie!

Ding-a-ling-ling~

The urgent ring of the phone broke the silence in the control room.

Not many people knew this number; they were all acquaintances.

So Wu Jie stared at the screen, didn’t look at the caller ID, and casually picked up the phone with a “Hello.”

“Jie, it’s me, Black Pupil King Xu Wei, save me, bro!”

Xu Wei?

Save me?

Wu Jie raised an eyebrow and couldn’t help but chuckle as he asked,

“What’s so urgent that you call at four in the morning?”

Xu Wei said in a panicked tone, “I only found out today that you’re actually a big shot at the Security Bureau!

Ah, brother…

I’m really screwed this time!”

Wu Jie lit a cigarette and asked unhurriedly, “What’s the panic?

Just tell me what’s up, what are we if not old friends?”

He had known Xu Wei, the demolition nouveau riche, for a long time.

Back when Wu Jie was a penniless, single, nobody, just a miserable office worker, Xu Wei had given him quite a bit of help.

When he just graduated and needed to rent a place, the typical demand was a deposit plus three months’ rent upfront – where could Wu Jie, fresh out of college, find thousands to rent a place?

Xu Wei helped to find something cheap and even lent Wu Jie the money for it.

Besides that, those lonely, sleepless nights alone were eased somewhat by the goddesses in his computer’s hard drive – weren’t they sent by Xu Wei?

If it hadn’t been for Shu Mengyan breaking his laptop on the plane, Wu Jie would from time to time watch a few high-quality luxury car movies to relieve his boredom.

Moreover, during the Sakuragi Hana virus pandemic, Xu Wei risked bringing back virus samples for Wu Jie to test the effectiveness of Detox Pill…

Wu Jie was loyal to his friends; if Xu Wei had any trouble, he would undoubtedly help him without hesitation.

Besides, the guy was a demolition tycoon, lived off rental income, and usually just lived it up, so what could possibly go wrong?

At worst, if he was caught for drinking, hooking, gambling, or betting, could he possibly tear a hole in the sky?

“I…”

Xu Wei let out a sigh and came clean.

Tonight, like usual when feeling empty and cold, he went online looking for movies.

He knew plenty of websites, like cloud storage and disk links, and he was quite adept at it.

However…

Tonight, an accident happened.

His usual websites suddenly became inaccessible, and Xu Wei thought it was a site error at first, but even after trying many backup links, none worked.

What was worse, his social media accounts were all suspended on suspicion of illegal criminal activities because he had occasionally been sending out “benefits” to group friends and receiving little red envelopes, although he wasn’t really selling the stuff.

What’s more, the bank card he used for withdrawals was frozen, and he couldn’t transfer any money out of it.

The bank’s customer service kept reminding him that his account was frozen due to suspicion of illegal activity and he needed to go to legal authorities to accept punishment and get evidence of that to unfreeze his account.

At first, Xu Wei thought his account had been hacked.

As an old netizen, he had experienced having his account stolen, lured by phishing sites imitating others, but this time was different.

Many net buddies he normally shared a good relationship with and exchanged videos with had run into the same problem.

Everyone followed the website instructions and visited the Security Bureau’s anti-crime campaign website, only then realizing it was Wu Jie who had taken action.

The website had a special inquiry window – enter an ID number and it would immediately show the person had been sealed and frozen for illegal dissemination of pornographic information for profit, requiring them to report to their local police station within three days to accept punishment.

And it was incontrovertible evidence: who received what videos and how much money was made were all irrefutably documented.

Now Xu Wei was terrified – the punishment for this crime ranged from fines and detention to at worst, three years in prison.

And it wasn’t just Xu Wei himself; many of his friends had also suffered.

After the demolition bonanza, some were bored and gambled online, and tonight suddenly the websites were gone, and the money they had invested, of course, was unrecoverable.

Some believed rumors that they could easily make money by investing in virtual currencies, metal futures, speculating on Gold, and so they poured money into what seemed like legitimate sites, only to find those sites also disappeared overnight, resulting in total losses.

Compared to that, his friends and family only lost money, while Xu Wei was facing prison.

He didn’t steal or rob, nor did he do anything atrociously wicked.

Sharing videos was just for entertainment and to alleviate boredom; he never intended to make money selling them.

He was a demolition tycoon; he didn’t care for those tiny red envelopes.

Others received the videos, and sending a small red envelope was just a courtesy, and Xu Wei often sent out red envelopes too – it was all just for fun, never expecting to be swept up by the “anti-crime campaign.”

If he were to go to jail for beating or hurting someone, Xu Wei could come to terms with that.

But to go to jail just for sharing videos and receiving red envelopes…

that was just too damn humiliating.

“…

Jie, I know sharing is illegal, but for years, everyone’s been acting with a bit of the gambler’s fallacy, thinking sharing some movies online is no big deal, but…

but I really didn’t expect, this time…

sigh!”

Listening to Xu Wei’s sighs, Wu Jie also found it a bit absurd.

Although he initiated this operation, it was the AI program Blue Planet that did the actual execution.

Indeed, it was loyal, precise, and swift, leveraging four supercomputers and several large data centers, and completed a massive sweep with a speed unheard of.

But smart as it might be, it was just a program after all, not an emotional creature like humans.

Laws are, after all, for people.

When humans handle cases, they consider personal emotions, social impact, severity, and other factors comprehensively.

For someone like Xu Wei, who shared videos and exchanged red envelope profits, though strictly speaking it was illegal, what about the actual circumstances?

He didn’t aim to make money, but Blue Planet wouldn’t see it that way; it would only judge according to laws and rules without giving him a pass just because he didn’t profit much.

So AI programs have their limitations; minor crimes like Xu Wei’s could be dealt with in a milder manner.

Furthermore, in this age of advanced networks, many people entertain themselves online; there are many who share videos, and even more who send red envelopes.

He estimated that tonight, numerous people who committed minor crimes like Xu Wei but were still banned and frozen, would not be few in number.

Indeed!

Wu Jie did a search and was truly startled.

“Alright, Xu Wei, you are not alone in this situation.

I did a check; almost tens of millions of people have encountered the same ordeal tonight!”

“With so many people, it’s impossible to arrest and imprison them all for sharing movies.

There wouldn’t be enough space in all the prisons and detention centers in the country!”

Xu Wei gasped in surprise, “So, does this mean we’ll get off lightly?”

“No sh*t!”

Wu Jie cursed with a laugh, “The crime is clear, and there’s no denying it, but if the offense is minor and doesn’t cause much social harm, I guess you’d only get criticism and education at best, or a public security penalty at worst, maybe just a fine, but detention is out of the question, let alone a sentence.”

“Of course, those who profited from selling discs and spread pirated content and various illegal information, with severe circumstances, will not escape punishment!”

After a couple of uh-huhs, Xu Wei joked, “Well, if it’s just a fine, that’s not too bad.

But considering you’ve caught several tens of millions of people at once, if you collect fines, isn’t that going to rake in several billions?

This rate of amassing wealth is even crazier than printing money, right?”

Wu Jie sneered coldly, “What?

You think I’m launching this crackdown because I’m short on cash?”

“Oh no no no, I was just joking.

Breaking the law is breaking the law, and we must deal with it as we should.

This operation is excellent; it wiped out many cybercriminals in one swoop, making the internet life of the people healthier and safer!”

Then, changing his tune, Xu Wei said with a flattering smile, “But Jie, you’re really incredible.

Silently you’ve orchestrated such a massive operation and kept it so low-profile!”

“I can’t believe I once loaned money to a big shot at the Security Bureau to rent a house, and I’ve even shared movies…

I can brag about this for a lifetime!

Ha ha!”

Wu Jie laughed, “Everyone has their embarrassments; the masters just don’t let them show.

Who hasn’t been impulsive when they were young?

So don’t worry about tonight, it’s no big deal.

If you were actually making money off selling movies, then you’d really be in trouble!”

Xu Wei laughed heartily, “No way, don’t you know me?

I was just messing around.

I’ll turn myself in at the police station shortly, so I won’t disturb your late-night work, Jie!”

Wu Jie grunted his acknowledgement and was about to hang up when Xu Wei suddenly said:

“Oh right, Jie, staying up all night is bad for your kidneys, aren’t you really working yourself to death for the country and the people?

Take it easy!

Let me know when you’re back in Tianyuan, I’ll treat you to a meal!”

Without waiting for Wu Jie to respond, Xu Wei quickly hung up.

“Snort!

Worried about my kidneys now!”

He had just muttered to himself when the landline rang again.

This time, it was Tang Xin.

“Dear Jie, please be lenient; my accounts have all been blocked.

Do you really have the heart to send me to jail?

Wuu wuu wuu…”

“I just sent a few movies to my girlfriends, I’m not trying to make money by selling films.

The red envelopes I received were just everyone’s share of the money after going Dutch at gatherings!”

“I’m more wronged than Dou E*, my bank cards are all frozen now…”

On the other end of the phone, Tang Xin was complaining incessantly.

Wu Jie patiently listened without a word.

But his hands didn’t stop working, he was quickly adding new features to the dedicated network for this ‘cyber crackdown.’

With advanced network communications, people often share movies with each other through social media.

The artificial intelligence program Blue Planet, in determining whether netizens have violated the law, will not only scrutinize chat records and shared file contents but will also check for financial transactions between the parties.

However, sending red envelopes and making transfers online is far too common nowadays, and this could easily lead to false positives.

For example, if someone shared movies with a few friends without asking for red envelopes in return and there were no financial transactions, such people would not be investigated, though they would still get a warning.

But in the cases of Xu Wei and Tang Xin, they weren’t trying to profit from the movies, they were merely sharing for entertainment.

Even if there were financial transactions, they were minor or for reasons other than selling movies.

But how could artificial intelligence discern that clearly?

How would it know that Tang Xin, after sending movies to others and receiving red envelopes, wasn’t profiting from selling films?

Artificial intelligence treats everyone based on factual evidence, enforcing the law and regulations uniformly.

The final result…

led to tens of millions being investigated and hundreds of millions warned.

Of course.

This shocking and outrageous data also proved just how many people are ‘prim and proper on the surface, but not so much behind closed doors.’

They appear to be refined and well-behaved, but secretly they’ve been avidly sharing movies with one another.

What’s more interesting is…

Big data analysis showed that women aged 27 to 36 had an exceptionally high volume of movie views.

Wu Jie didn’t look too closely at more analytical data.

It was late at night, many people were asleep, unaware of the crackdown, nor that they had been investigated.

Come morning, when more people realize their bank cards are frozen, their social media accounts blocked…

the fun really starts.

Although ‘the law does not punish the masses’ is a misguided notion.

But when too many people are seriously affected in their lives due to minor mistakes, the methods of dealing must be adapted.

Therefore, Wu Jie made appropriate adjustments.

For people like Xu Wei and Tang Xin, who were minor offenders and first-timers, their accounts would be blocked and frozen for twenty-four hours as a warning.

If they were to reoffend in the future, then they would be dealt with strictly.

As for those with a high volume of shared movies, they must turn themselves in for education and fines.

After making these changes, Wu Jie spoke solemnly,

“Enough, no more complaints!

I’ve already changed the punishment rules!”

“Really?

Jie, you’re so good to me!”

Tang Xin giggled,

“So when are you coming back to Tianyuan?

Fengling and I miss you to death!”

“Do you have time to chat now?

How about we show you a dance we just learned?”

…

[*Dou E was a woman from a Chinese play who was wrongly executed and became a symbol of innocence and wrongful persecution.]