So what are you going to say? We think your son is responsible for a major crime and we want you to do something about it? A crime which hasn't even been reported to the authorities? What ability do they have to determine whether or not Zhou is responsible?
This isn't being proposed as a "your kid's got himself into a tight spot and he could use your help" kind of thing. What additional benefit is there to involving Zhou's parents?
Don't get me wrong, I think the way this is being handled is sketchy as hell but I don't see how involving Zhou's parents is going to make it any less sketchy.
As strict as his parents sound from an interview with ZT by the Bitcoin Magazine they might whoop his ass like no other.
Q: So, lets start out with the basics. What type of family did you grow up with? What portions of your childhood do you think contributed the most to your character and work ethic?
A: I grew up in an ordinary Chinese extended family with hard-working parents. My grandparents were the ones looking after me in childhood. Up to the age of 12, I had no pocket money at all because my family pretty much decided everything for me. The only thing that I had to concentrate on was studying. I was not good at anything else, basically.
I would say theres nothing interesting in my childhood. No toys, no cartoons and no comic books. I stayed happy because I could always get very good results and everyone in family was proud of me, and luckily I loved most of the compulsory subjects in school especially Math, Physics, Chemistry and English.
The greatest influence to myself happened after going to Singapore. After being posted to The Affiliated High School of SCNU