Chapter 556: Chapter 544: The True Street Rat! The True Social Death!
UK, BBC headquarters, Director’s office.
Stanley, leaning on a cane, kept pacing in the office with a sour expression.
Ever since the news of Lilith’s assistant having a secret meeting with Lilith’s boyfriend blew up on the internet last night, he felt an unexplainable panic and palpitations.
What’s going on?
Logically, shouldn’t he be happy, celebrating with a toast?
This piece of news is exclusive, and other media must pay a fee to report it!
Moreover, Lilith’s massive fan base has exponentially increased the impact of this explosive news.
As soon as it was released by the BBC, countless media applied to republish it and paid the associated fees.
Throughout the night, the BBC raked in two billion dollars, earning a fortune!
Stanley also received commendation from the financial backers behind the television station, with a chance to move into the management of the large group backing the BBC in the future.
At this point, logically, he should be happy, should be celebrating!
So why does he feel so panicked, so uneasy?
And why does this man look so familiar?
The photo in Stanley’s hand was a clear, unedited version.
Staring at the man’s profile in the photo, he inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity, and a... rising fear!
What’s going on!
"Ring ring ring."
The sudden ringing of the phone echoed.
Stanley wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, sat back in his office chair, picked up the landline phone, and said, "Hello?"
"Hello Director, this is Lorne."
"Lorne? What’s up? Do you have something to report?" Stanley asked.
Usually, an ordinary journalist like Lorne would not have the privilege to directly contact Stanley, but since he helped the station earn 2 billion dollars last night, Stanley temporarily granted him this special privilege.
"Director, I secretly took many photos of Lilith and her boyfriend on a date!" Lorne said from the other end of the line.
While Stanley was filled with joy, his anxiety only grew stronger.
"But... my camera was smashed by Lilith’s unreasonable boyfriend!"
"He... he even hit me!"
"Lilith also hit me and looked down on our BBC!"
Lorne added, crying.
Stanley’s face darkened.
Reporters out in the field represent the face of the television station.
Lilith’s boyfriend attacking Lorne is akin to slapping the BBC’s face. Lilith dares to look down on the BBC?
Courting death!
"Moreover, that Lilith’s boyfriend not only hit me, he also... also insulted you!" Lorne added furiously.
"Insulted me? Insulted me how?" Stanley asked darkly.
"He said... he said..." Lorne stammered twice and then said, "He said he’s your grandpa, Grandpa Ye!"
"Clang."
Upon hearing Lorne’s words, Stanley didn’t get angry, instead, he collapsed to the floor, and the landline also slipped down onto the desk.
Upon hearing the three words, Grandpa Ye, he immediately understood why he felt a sense of familiarity when he saw that man’s profile in the photo, and immediately understood why he felt anxious at a time when he should be happy!
This man was the terrifying figure he offended three years ago!
At a high society gathering three years ago, Stanley got drunk and continuously verbally attacked and insulted the prestigious Huaxia man present, threatening to use his power to smear the man’s reputation, embroil him in public scandal, and even threatened to get people to ruin the man!
And the result?
Stanley’s own leg was broken on the spot!
He had to kneel and kowtow three hundred times, calling him grandpa three hundred times, barely managing to survive!
Due to losing a leg, Stanley was full of resentment and later tried to gather information about the man, to create some rumors making the man become a public pariah.
Who knew that just as the revenge plan started, he received stern warnings and even death threats from the four major ancient western financial groups!
It was at that moment, Stanley realized he had offended someone immensely horrifying, and no longer dared to even mention revenge!
Who knew this time, he accidentally offended Grandpa Ye again!
How could the privacy of a big shot be something the BBC could casually disclose!?
And Lilith looking down on the BBC was only right!
Who is Lilith? The girlfriend of a big shot!
BBC is nothing compared to a big shot, and even less in front of the big shot’s girlfriend!
Stanley’s eyes were filled with fear. If those financial groups, especially the ones that threatened his life, found out that his subordinate was following him and his girlfriend without Grandpa Ye’s permission, infringing on their privacy...
His fate... would definitely end in a miserable death on the street!
Stanley’s whole body shivered, the hair on his back stood on end, and he felt utterly desperate.
"Director, sir, what’s wrong with you?"
"Are you very angry? Actually, there’s no need to be angry!"
"We just need to release those uncensored photos online, then have someone with that guy’s family information, and spread some rumors, letting his family socially die, and just dig out Lilith’s dirt too!"
On the other end of the phone, Lorne made a vicious suggestion.
Damn!
Lorne is adamant about getting me killed!
Stanley, furious, roared, "Lorne, if you dare make me offend Grandpa Ye, I will fire you, I will inform the whole industry to blacklist you, make you infamous, and a public enemy!!!!"
After roaring.
Stanley’s face turned pale, and he dialed several more phone calls, continuously roaring:
"Notify the whole network, delete all of last night’s news, if anyone dares not, cancel cooperation forever!!!"
"Fire Lorne, cancel all his pay!"
"Release a news report: ’BBC reporter Lorne, without the station’s permission, followed Lilith in Huaxia, infringing on Lilith and her boyfriend’s privacy, and faked the news of Lilith’s boyfriend and Diana through PS!’"
"At the same time, post Lorne’s photos and information online!"
"Let Lilith’s fans drown him in scorn, making him a public enemy!"
...
Got the director to offend Grandpa Ye?
Fire myself?
Have the entire industry blacklist me?
Make me infamous, a public enemy!?
Lorne widened his eyes, full of disbelief.
What’s going on!
After the director got angry, shouldn’t he be doing this to Ye Huan and Lilith?
Why is he turning his anger on me instead?
It was as if he suddenly realized something...
Lorne’s heart skipped a beat...
Cold sweat beaded on his forehead.
Grandpa Ye!
What’s with the director, actually calling Ye Huan Grandpa Ye!?
Damn, can’t be serious!?
Lorne shivered all over, beginning to realize he might have offended someone incredibly formidable...
The director said I made him offend Grandpa Ye...
Lorne’s eyes suddenly widened again, larger than eggs!
Could it be that the director meant the business of following Ye Huan and Lilith, and the incident of secretly photographing Ye Huan and Diana’s private meeting last night?
If that’s the case...
Lorne, trembling, fumbled for his phone, opened the news app!
Sure enough!
The news about Ye Huan and Diana spending the night has already vanished from the web!
Replacing that news is...
[BBC Television: Solemn Declaration!]
[Our reporter Lorne, without permission, fabricated photos of Lilith’s boyfriend and her assistant Miss Diana sharing a room through PS and released them online.]
[Not only that, Lorne also privately tailed Miss Lilith and her boyfriend in Huaxia, causing an extremely adverse impact on their privacy and life!]
[To this end, our station, after investigating the truth, has withdrawn all news and dismissed Lorne, while sincerely apologizing to the parties involved!]
Below the news was Lorne’s personal information!
Photo, phone number, home address, all there!
Seeing these, Lorne’s face showed extreme despair and regret, even breathing became difficult.
He knew Lilith’s fans would drown him in spit!
He would become a public enemy, the target of everyone’s wrath!
Using the BBC to pressure Lilith and Ye Huan, to ruin their reputation?
Heh!
Ye Huan is the director’s grandpa!
Offending the director’s grandpa himself is courting death!