chapter 4
An hour later, media reported that over a dozen enforcement vehicles entered the Foster Group headquarters, taking away almost all the senior executives.
The entire group instantly fell into chaos, with nearly half the employees resigning or switching jobs.
At the same time, Foster Group's stock price plummeted drastically.
All the names mentioned in the records were taken for investigation. The power structure of New York's elite is about to change drastically.
As the protagonist, I am leisurely scrolling through Foster Group's updates and netizens' comments at this moment.
My phone keeps vibrating, but the caller has changed from Kevin to his family.
I accidentally answered a call from Kevin's mother, Audrey Foster. That usually elegant and noble woman was now hurling insults.
"You shameless woman! When has the Foster family ever wronged you?"
"Let me tell you, you think you can destroy our Foster family like this? Dream on!"
"We will never let you go! You'll die a horrible death!"
I was already familiar with her character, so I wasn't surprised.
The viewers in the livestream, however, were quite surprised. Turns out, even wealthy ladies from prestigious families curse just like common shrews.
I said, "Instead of saying all this, you'd better learn how to beg first."
She wanted to say something else, but I directly hung up the phone and blocked her.
Facing the camera, I said, "Everyone, what you just saw was merely an appetizer. What comes next is the real secret of the Foster family."
Hearing my words, the viewers who were about to leave instantly perked up.
Even that level of scoop is just an appetizer? How explosive must the main course be?
With such anticipation, the number of viewers in the livestream didn't decrease but instead surged, heading toward tens of millions.
At this moment of widespread attention, my livestream was suddenly shut down, and the entire venue's signal was directly cut off.
I immediately called Derek and found out that the Foster family had hired top hackers with a hefty sum to forcibly cut off my livestream channel.
"Don't worry, it'll be fixed within ten minutes," Derek's voice was calm and confident.
I had no doubt about his abilities, so I got up and went out for some fresh air.
When I came back, the livestream had already resumed.
Strangely, the media in the audience were looking at me with somewhat unusual expressions.
I was puzzled and looked at the livestream; the viewer count was skyrocketing.
But to my surprise, the netizens who were cheering for me just moments ago had suddenly turned to insults.
The comments were filled with all kinds of words slandering me.
My heart sank as I quickly opened the trending searches on my phone.
I saw that Kevin had posted an article ten minutes ago.
The article claimed that he and Haley had been together since childhood and were already engaged. It accused me of using despicable means to drive them apart, create misunderstandings, and then blackmail him with private matters to force him to marry me.
After marriage, I relied on the Foster family's power to act arrogantly and was obsessively controlling towards him. If he didn't answer my calls, I would smash things at home.
In the end, he couldn't take it anymore and filed for divorce, but I demanded half of Foster Group's shares. When he refused, I started holding press conferences to maliciously smear him.
The lengthy article, nearly ten thousand words, portrayed him and Haley as star-crossed lovers, while I was painted as the venomous woman who tore them apart.
At the end of the article, the sentence "As long as you stop in time, I won't blame you, I still love you." became the ultimate bait to manipulate readers.
In just a few minutes, the comments exceeded a million, filled with sympathy for Kevin and Haley, and curses and insults directed at me.
[This kind of woman is terrifying, Mr. Foster is truly unlucky to have met her!]
[Lets all stand together and seek justice for Haley!]
[I support Mr. Foster and Haley getting married.]
Looking at these twisted words, I couldn't help but laugh.
It seems Ive been too kind to him.
This time, I directly put a set of bold and provocative photos on the big screen.
The audience in the live stream was instantly captivated.
[Who is this beauty? Her figure is amazing!]
[Alexa is my goddess from now on. Anyone who dares insult her will have to deal with me!]
[Wait, isn't this Mr. Foster's sister, Lena?]
[Don't talk nonsense. How could a wealthy heiress take such photos?]
Everyone kept arguing until Owen cleared it up for them. [That's right, this is Kevin's younger sister, the well-known socialite in the circle, Lena Foster.]
A wealthy heiress? A socialite? Putting two completely opposite terms together made everyone's minds freeze.
Seeing everyone's confusion, I finally spoke, "I suppose you're all curious about why Lena ended up like this? Then we have to start with her background."
"An hour later, I will unveil this wealthy family's secret."