The next day, newspapers and other print media scrambled to report on the breaking news during the President's speech, and the news of Angel saving people and revealing his true identity began to spark intense discussion among the public.
Warren's reputation surged again!
Within a few days, it broke through the 140 mark, just 10 reputation points away from the fourth-tier reward!
However, after breaking 140, his reputation almost stagnated, presumably needing more time for events to ferment before it could increase further.
During this period, Fang Yuan's three newspapers also rode the wave of Angel's popularity, enjoying a huge boost in traffic.
"The Observer Daily" benefited from being the first to report on Angel, and it always had exclusive insider information.
"The Collector Daily" gained fame simply by criticizing "The Observer Daily"; many people who were very prejudiced against Mutants were happy to subscribe to it.
After all, in the current public opinion climate, there were very few newspapers that spoke ill of Mutants, and "The Observer Daily" constantly praised Mutants, which greatly annoyed opponents. Thus, "The Collector Daily," with its harsh criticism of "The Observer Daily," gained a large number of readers.
The daily circulation of these two newspapers is now almost identical, both around 400,000 copies, making them major newspapers in New York, and their fame has also spread to other regions.
However, the newspaper with the most significant increase in influence was "The Neutralist Daily," as it was the first newspaper to expose Mutants.
Angel himself even gave "The Neutralist Daily" a shout-out during a global live broadcast, making the newspaper famous worldwide.
Currently, "The Neutralist Daily"'s distribution area is expanding to cover the entire country, with a stable circulation of over 800,000, rapidly approaching The Wall Street Journal's 1 million copies.
Many conglomerates were already waving cash, wanting to acquire the three newspapers in Fang Yuan's hands, but Fang Yuan rejected them all.
He also constantly monitored the emotions of his high-level executives, nipping any disloyalty in the bud.
Either they commit, or they leave.
Currently, Fang Yuan has entrusted "The Observer Daily" to Old Chuck, an experienced veteran employee who can manage the entire newspaper.
Larry Baker, one of his "Mystery Guest Twins," was sent by Fang Yuan to "The Collector Daily" as a manager, and also to write articles.
Because no one at "The Collector Daily" could be as verbally abusive as Baker.
Of course, the official narrative was that Larry Baker was suppressed by Quentin Blake, so Baker, in a fit of pique, went to work for "The Collector Daily," "The Observer Daily"'s arch-rival.
With Fang Yuan providing the funds, changing workplaces was not an issue at all.
As for "The Neutralist Daily," Fang Yuan himself is still at the helm for now, as it is currently his most important propaganda tool.
It wasn't that no one investigated who the behind-the-scenes owner of the three newspapers was, but aside from "The Observer Daily," Fang Yuan had disguised his identity when acquiring the other two newspapers, so no one could trace him.
However, another matter was thoroughly investigated.
The U.S. government announced the truth behind the collapse of the scaffolding during Kennedy's speech—"The scaffolding suffered metal fatigue from repeated use, ruling out human factors."
"Is that all that could be investigated?"
Inside the President's office, Kennedy asked.
His subordinate nodded: "There were indeed no flaws in the scaffolding. If it were truly man-made, it could only be a superpower."
"Currently, the only person officially recorded as being able to manipulate metal is Erik Lehnsherr."
"But for three days before and after the incident, Erik Lehnsherr and Charles Xavier were not in New York, and Erik was at the CIA building at the time of the incident, ruling him out as a suspect."
Kennedy nodded, accepting the investigation results.
Given the coincidence of the incident, the government certainly needed to investigate thoroughly.
Not only Kennedy, but even the CIA was secretly investigating, but ultimately found no flaws.
Because Fang Yuan had anticipated that someone would come to investigate, he had Mystique disguise herself as Erik beforehand to create an alibi.
"Now, I just need to wait for Charles and the others to deal with Sebastian Shaw," Fang Yuan thought happily to himself.
Even with Mutant abilities, Fang Yuan had no intention of provoking the Black King, that pervert.
He had been busy these past few days, officially establishing Vought Corporation, with its formal name being Vought Media. The company's main businesses were journalism and—entertainment.
To increase fame, becoming a star is truly a good choice.
However, while he was busy recruiting talent for the film and television industry, several people in a submarine far beneath the Atlantic Ocean were also discussing him.
"Fang Yuan? He's the one behind Angel?"
A middle-aged man held "The Neutralist Daily," staring at the evaluation of Mutants on it as he asked.
If Charles and Erik were here, they would definitely recognize that this man was the terrorist they had been searching for, the "Black King"—Sebastian Shaw!
"That's right."
The reply came from a blonde beauty in white, the "White Queen"—Emma Frost.
She is also a very famous Mutant, with the abilities of Telepathy and full-body diamond transformation.
"I read the memories of the newspaper staff, as well as Angel himself, and found that they all follow one person's instructions."
Emma pointed to a photo: "Fang Yuan!"
Although Fang Yuan prevented his employees from having disloyal thoughts, Telepathy is truly an unreasonable thing.
It's impossible to guard against.
Shaw couldn't help but laugh, asking with interest: "Have you met him?"
Emma shook her head.
"While I'd love to meet this handsome man," she licked her lips, "he's always staying at Xavier's Mansion, and that Telepath is also in New York. To avoid being discovered, I didn't get close to him."
"It's alright, that Telepath will probably leave again in a couple of days. Then we can go and properly get to know this Fang Yuan," Sebastian Shaw said.
The White Queen was stunned: "Aren't we going to the Great Bear?"
"Let General Volkov wait a bit; I have a more important target now," Shaw said with a profound tone.
"Fang Yuan?" the White Queen asked.
"Exactly, him!" Shaw said with a smile, "This man has brought Mutants to an unprecedented position, making humanity madly worship his creations."
"But do you know what the most interesting part is?"
Without waiting for the White Queen to answer, Shaw immediately continued: "Although the characters he created are incredibly righteous and full of light, his actual methods are very cunning."
"I need him!" Sebastian Shaw said firmly.
Then he couldn't help but laugh again: "If we had discovered Fang Yuan earlier, perhaps we wouldn't be Terrorists now."
The intelligence was brought back by Emma, and she naturally knew what Fang Yuan had done, so she nodded in agreement.
So Shaw immediately ordered: "Red Devil, turn around."
"We're going to New York!"
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