Time flies when you're busy.
For the seasoned veterans at the Daily Bugle, snagging a juicy target like the Life Foundation wasn't an everyday occurrence.
This was a big deal! Time to boost the KPI and look forward to those year-end bonuses!
Morale was high.
Since they were redoing the front page, everything had to be redesigned.
Moreover, Anton had stressed the need to quickly use the video footage to spark public discussion.
Time was of the essence.
Fortunately, the newspaper usually finalized everything in the evening, printed it overnight, and delivered it to distribution points by early morning.
Scrapping the original front-page article a day early was hardly a loss. At most, it would just annoy the editors.
But in the face of a big story and a bonus, any annoyance had to give way.
"How's it going?"
Anton looked at the exhausted Betty, showing no signs of sympathy.
He asked, "Everything arranged?"
"Yes."
Betty had been incredibly busy today, while Anton had just given orders. She was so annoyed with him.
That was the boring life of a boss.
Anton nodded. "Then get the video up on our official website as soon as possible. Get the hype train rolling online. I want to see our people active on Twitter, Facebook, video websites, and all the major forums."
"No problem, you won't be disappointed."
Betty was very confident.
In her two years on the job, she was far more familiar with the newspaper's standard operating procedure for hyping up hot topics than Anton was.
"Right, send an email to the Life Foundation's official email address right now. Warn them to immediately cease their illegal experiments on human volunteers."
Anton hadn't forgotten about Eddie. He sighed, "You know, this is the only way we can guarantee Eddie's safety."
First, expose the situation at the Home for the Homeless.
With video evidence, the proof will be undeniable. The Life Foundation will be immediately condemned by public opinion.
At that time, he would expose the Life Foundation's illegal and unethical human experimentation, which crossed the line of human morality.
Even without evidence, it would force the Life Foundation to be cautious.
The Life Foundation would be in a dilemma.
To quell public pressure, the San Francisco city government would likely launch an investigation into the Life Foundation.
This might give them a chance to save the homeless volunteers caught in the experimental base.
The worst-case scenario is that the Life Foundation would "dispose of" the homeless volunteers to eliminate all evidence.
However, the Life Foundation's recruitment of homeless volunteers wasn't a secret – the secret was that the Life Foundation's unethical conduct, which violated human morality, wasn't known to the public.
Early traces couldn't be erased; doing so would be like self-destruction.
Carlton Drake is a smart man; he shouldn't do anything that stupid.
"Eddie, all I can do now is wish you luck!"
Anton sighed.
This was the only thing he could do for Eddie at the moment.
At least for now, maintaining the status quo was the best option.
The rest was to be dealt with as it came.
While the Daily Bugle staff uploaded the news and waited for it to gain traction...
The Life Foundation received an email from the Daily Bugle, with several photos attached that depicted the interior of the Home for the Homeless.
The sender had deliberately used Eddie Brock's name.
This was also a way to mislead the Life Foundation, and to keep Eddie from being exposed to Carlton Drake too early.
"This..."
The staff member who received the email was shocked.
They reported it up the chain.
When Carlton Drake received the news, his expression was extremely unpleasant.
Bang!!
"What's going on? Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on the Home for the Homeless? How did Eddie Brock get those photos?"
He slammed the ashtray next to him, glaring at the senior assistant.
The senior assistant, dressed in a suit and exuding an elite aura, was now crestfallen and trembling like a quail.
"Bo-Boss, I don't know how they got the photos. I just checked, and everything is normal at the Home for the Homeless; there's no sign of anyone infiltrating..."
The assistant swallowed hard, trembling as he spoke, "I suspect they might have disguised themselves as homeless people and infiltrated."
"Investigate all the homeless people at the Home for the Homeless and compare their information. If you find that person, you know what to do." Drake took a few deep breaths, his tone icy.
"Understood."
The assistant nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
"What's the Daily Bugle saying?"
Drake continued, "Besides this email, has Eddie Brock sent any other messages? For example... how much money does he want to hand over all the photos without any further trouble?"
"N-no!"
The assistant shook his head.
He opened his mouth, just about to say something.
Bang!
The office door was opened by someone else.
It was the head of the Life Foundation's publicity department, a person with extremely strong personal abilities.
Previously, it was this person who turned public opinion around after the Life Foundation's rocket crash, which Drake valued greatly.
But at this moment, this person's face was extremely anxious, and they rushed into the office without bothering to knock.
"Mr. Drake, something's happened!"
The speaker, perhaps feeling the statement lacked sufficient impact, added in a grave tone, "Something big has happened!"
Seeing this, Carlton Drake seemed to anticipate what was coming. His face instantly turned ashen, and his already displeased expression became as grim as death.
It was exactly as Drake had feared.
The email the Daily Bugle had sent to the Life Foundation had been completely exposed online.
Everything not in the email was available online.
Attached was an introduction to the Life Foundation, along with… satire.
What enraged him even more was that the photos he was receiving were merely screenshots from a video.
The video circulating online wasn't just a still image, it was a dynamic video.
Ironclad evidence!
Even trying to refute it was impossible now! The propaganda department head, a veteran of countless battles, was suddenly at a loss.
In the video, Life Foundation personnel, their logo clearly visible, were shown bullying and abusing the homeless at the Home for the Homeless.
The helpless and utterly humiliated plight of the homeless deeply stirred the sympathy of the online community.
Information about the Home for the Homeless was quickly exposed by those with ulterior motives.
The Home for the Homeless was originally a charity organization, and the Life Foundation had previously collaborated with the San Francisco city government, garnering a lot of goodwill from the city's residents under the guise of charity. Many people were quite familiar with the name.
Now, seeing the real situation, these people were instantly enraged.
They felt like monkeys, being toyed with by the Life Foundation and the San Francisco city government.
"There are bots pushing this topic."
Carlton Drake flipped through the comments. He saw obvious bot activity on major forums, video websites, Twitter, and Facebook.
"Investigate!"
He grit his teeth, his eyes filled with rage. "Find the source of these bots! I want the person behind this to pay!"
"And the Daily Bugle?"
The head of the propaganda department hesitated.
He glanced at his assistant, who didn't dare to meet his gaze.
"Use your connections in New York's upper circles to talk to them. Whatever terms they offer, we can't let this situation get any worse."
Drake said coldly, "Also, Eddie Brock. I don't want to see that man again. Get rid of him."
"Understood."
The head of the publicity department nodded.
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