"… In just one short month, Vila Nova Dônia lost more than two hundred million Divine Coins. Seven churches ultimately chose to withdraw from the market, and two churches out of the twenty-member board of directors. Just like that, we lost ten percent of our market value. Our losses are greater than any war …"
The storm would always pass one day. Even if it wasn't sunny and comfortable after the storm, there would only be a few days of continuous drizzling. Although it was still humid and uncomfortable, it would always feel slightly better.
Rorschach finally returned, or perhaps it should be said that he finally received the order to return.
On the day that he finally received the order, Rorschach, who had been waiting impatiently, returned. The moment he returned, he worked overtime for an entire week.
Rorschach's interview with the leaders of the major churches indicated that they had no intention of withdrawing their investments. This was the most important piece of news to reassure the citizens.
Not only were these interview drafts published on all major media outlets, they were even pasted all over the streets, causing the news to spread rapidly.
Although this method was rather old-fashioned, it was obviously quite effective. Since this was a rumor that originated on the streets, it was necessary to use this method to eliminate it.
Next, the city's government appeared and purchased the original shares of several churches that had withdrawn from the church, so that the original shares wouldn't appear laughably on the market. As for how the shares would be distributed afterwards, whether they would split the original shares or bring in new churches, that would be up to the twenty-member board of directors.
The next step would be to push out a scapegoat.
Wendt F. Te was one of the candidates to become the city lord of Cape Town. Although his chances of success weren't high, his radical slogan still garnered many supporters.
As for the West Moors' radical faction … well, that was naturally the Aishi People's enemy faction.
A large amount of information that seemed both true and false was tossed out. It was almost certain that Wendt was the main culprit behind all this. Wendt had secretly bribed the media to spread negative news in order to attack the citizens of Vila Nova Dônia.
And since Vila Nova Dônia wasn't prepared for this, Wendt had succeeded.
Yep, that was the government's final conclusion.
As for whether or not Wendt really was Wendt, and what his reaction would be … well, who cared?
It was said that because he had "accidentally" accomplished a "major event" that the entire radical faction could not accomplish, his reputation had also strangely increased, and he had inexplicably received a lot of sponsors.
First of all, they had to refute the rumors and show that the situation in Vila Nova Dônia was good. Then, they had to find the "mastermind" and give everyone a reasonable explanation. Next, they had to divert the public's attention.
All the media outlets worked together, and all kinds of good news came out one after another, such as the discovery of important mineral resources, the estimated profit of the train network exceeding the estimate, and many authoritative organizations of Aishi and Saul had upgraded Dounia's rating.
Rorschach and the Game Church were very familiar with the tactics of the bad media from a certain world, and this indeed achieved immediate results.
Was it really the right medicine to cure the disease, or had the mastermind finally stopped and added fuel to the fire? Perhaps no one really knew.
The journals were absolutely true, and the Game Church once again proved their position as the dominant media in the wastelands, as well as warned of the threats that could be caused if the news and public opinion went out of control.
Now that they were on guard, it would obviously be impossible for them to make such huge profits again. However, just this one time was enough for many churches and individuals to survive for the rest of their lives.
The Game Church rose from 20th to 10th place on the new list of twenty-member board of directors (backup churches were added).
Although it didn't seem like much of a change, it actually went from being a "third-rate church with only one skill" to truly becoming a "first-rate church at the end of its ranks."
Another huge impact of this incident was that the so-called joint plan of the Divine Clans had been ruthlessly put on hold.
Right now, all the churches were busy digesting their previous gains, so they didn't have the time to discuss such trivial matters … Actually, the deeper reason was that cracks had appeared in the churches. Before they could eliminate this distrust, alliance would become nothing more than empty words, and establishing a Divine Faction would become a joke.
However, everyone knew that although this slowed down the speed of establishing a Divine Faction, it also confirmed that the Divine Faction would eventually arrive.
"We need to join forces, not just in terms of power, but also in terms of mutual trust."
There would always be people who would say such high-sounding words, but this time, it actually made some sense.
After all, this storm had taken advantage of the cracks and distrust between the churches in Vila Nova Dônia, and the greed and selfishness shown by the churches in front of opportunities only intensified the distrust between the churches.
That was why joining forces became even more necessary, and they also needed more time to accumulate and prepare.
After the topic of establishing a Divine Faction was brought up several times in the twenty-member board of directors, only three or four "delayed" responses were received.
Rorschach and Lori could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Wasn't all of this just for this moment?
Right now, what the Game Church lacked the most was time. As long as there was enough time, anything was possible.
[… When the time comes to establish a Divine Faction, the true Divine Kings might not be those large churches.]
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