Seeing that the people had been successfully driven away by the security guards, Medea didn't take it to heart. He felt that the matter was settled, but when he went to bed, Medea couldn't fall asleep. An ominous premonition began to surround Medea's heart. When Medea came to the company the next day, he was in a very bad state.
What's worse is that the group of people from yesterday actually came to the door of the company again, still holding signs and banners begging to be let go, but unlike yesterday, many of them were wrapped in bandages, their hands were in plaster, and some of them were even in wheelchairs. Medea felt miserable when he saw them.
"Let the security guards drive them away!" But when he returned to the company, Medea still gave the same order. Soon, these people were successfully driven away by the security guards, but the ominous feeling was getting stronger and stronger.
"No, there must be some conspiracy in this, but what is the problem?" Medea walked around the company's office until the afternoon, when his secretary rushed in and put a newspaper in front of Medea.
"President, look at the news in this newspaper!" Medea's secretary said nervously.
"Let me see!" Medea glanced at the title and had a feeling of dizziness. The title was written like this.
"Shocking! Hasbro is so overbearing, a small gaming studio was forced to kneel down and beg for mercy! "
Medea read the report as fast as he could. The report here said that Blizzard Entertainment was a small computer game company that was just founded a few years ago. They finally released their first computer game, Warcraft, in April this year, but for some reason, they offended Hasbro. Hasbro ordered them to ban their game, and all channels were not allowed to sell Warcraft.
Just like this, they spent millions of dollars to produce 100,000 Warcraft game disks, but all of them were piled up in the warehouse and couldn't be sold.
These millions of dollars were a loan borrowed by the company. If this batch of goods can't be sold, then the company will go bankrupt, and all the employees will be dismissed. Moreover, these employees haven't received their salary for several months, and they can't even afford bread at home.
So in desperation, the company's employees, under the leadership of their president, Alan Adehan, could only collectively go to Hasbro to beg for mercy, hoping that Hasbro would let them go and give their company a way out, but Hasbro didn't want to see them at all.
So these poor people could only gather at the door of Hasbro, holding various banners and posters begging for mercy, begging Hasbro to remove the ban order and give them a way out.
One had to admit that the author of this report wrote very well, and it was as if he had experienced it personally. The article was written vividly, and everyone who read it could not help but be brought into the role of Blizzard Entertainment. It was as if they had felt the same pain and torture.
Even Medea himself, after reading this report, he couldn't help but want to denounce Hasbro.
"Damn it …" The corner of Medea's mouth twitched, and then he looked at the name of the newspaper, it was called the Rhode Island Herald!
"Fortunately, it's a local newspaper, and a small one at that!" Medea breathed a sigh of relief, and then ordered his secretary, "Call this newspaper immediately and tell their editor-in-chief that as long as they are willing to withdraw this report, they will be able to gain Hasbro's friendship!"
"Yes!" The secretary took the order, and then began to make the call. A few minutes later, the secretary came back with a bitter smile and reported, "The editor-in-chief of this newspaper asked us, how much is Hasbro's friendship worth? Can we exchange it for cash now? "
"No!" Medea said angrily. It wasn't that he was reluctant to spend the money, after all, it wasn't much, but it needed to be approved by the company. He was just a vice president, not the president, and definitely not the chairman. How could he give them money with just a word?
"Then there's no other way …" The secretary whispered. The Rhode Island Herald was a small newspaper, and this kind of newspaper valued money as much as its life. If they didn't pay, it was impossible to withdraw the report.
"How about this, I'll go through the approval of the public relations project, so that I can pay him tomorrow!" As soon as Medea said this, there was a hurried knock on the office door.
It was Medea's other assistant who knocked on the door. She whispered a few words to Medea's secretary, and then handed a few newspapers to the secretary.
"What's wrong? Is there another newspaper that published the same news? "Medea's face was a little stiff.
"Yes, president!" The secretary put a few newspapers on Medea's desk, and Medea took a few glances at them.
The headlines of these news were all changed, but each of them made Medea's heart jump.
"Extremely tragic! The pitiful path of a small game studio begging for mercy! "
"What grudge? Why does a five billion dollar company have a grudge against a small company? "
"Too horrible to look at! The path of a small company's destruction! "
"Kneeling and begging for mercy! How much is the dignity of the poor worth? "
These news headlines were really shocking, and they were particularly fascinating. The audience couldn't help but want to know what was written in the news when they saw the headlines.
The content of the articles was actually the same. They were all about Blizzard Entertainment, a small gaming studio, and their newly released game, Warcraft, which was inexplicably banned by Hasbro. Every article was accompanied by a corresponding photo of Blizzard Entertainment's employees holding signs and begging for mercy in front of Hasbro's company.
Medea looked at the origin of these newspapers, and they were basically local newspapers in Rhode Island. This made Medea feel a little relieved. It seemed that the public opinion could still be controlled.
But when it was three o 'clock in the afternoon, another batch of newspapers was delivered. The content was similar, and there was no repetition. However, the origin of these newspapers was different. Not only were they local in Rhode Island, but there were also newspapers in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, etc. Almost all the major cities in the United States published this news.
"It's the Daqian. This must be the doing of the Daqian!" No matter how stupid Medea was, it was impossible for the news media to spontaneously report this news. There must be a mastermind behind the scenes controlling these media.
Otherwise, how could a small piece of news in Rhode Island be reported by all the newspapers in the United States in just one afternoon? Can they all fly?
So, someone must have bribed these newspapers and magazines to publish this news. Medea, who used to be in charge of the public relations department, was very clear about the nature of these news media.
What reporters? What newspaper? What uncrowned king?
They were all people who only had money in their eyes. As long as they were paid, they would report any news. Not to mention that this time, the news itself was basically true. These news media didn't even have to go against their conscience. They only needed to publish the news according to the script. Of course, they were happy to do so!
"No, this can't go on like this. We must stop the public opinion immediately. Ask the head of the public relations department to come over for a meeting. We must contact all the major newspapers tonight. We must stop this trend!"
The relevant personnel of the public relations department quickly came over for a meeting. After a unanimous discussion among these professional public relations personnel, they offered a price of 500,000 USD.
That was, the Daqian spent at least 500,000 USD to bribe these media to publish the news. If Hasbro wanted to calm this storm and silence the media, they would have to spend no less than this amount of money.
500,000 USD was not a small amount of money. It was not something that the public relations department could give out. Even Medea couldn't approve it.
"Everyone, don't worry. I will submit an application to the president tomorrow to approve this 500,000 USD public relations fee!" Medea said. Everyone in the public relations department nodded. When they were about to leave after the meeting, a phone call suddenly came in. Then, the manager of the public relations department turned on the TV with an ugly expression and switched to NBS TV. At this time, it was the time for the news program.
At this time, a large group of people holding banners appeared on the screen. In addition, there was a company's door.
Everyone closed their eyes and looked. Oh my god, isn't this Hasbro's door?
"President, I'm afraid that this time, we won't be able to get it even with 1 million USD!" When the news was over, the head of the public relations department said with a bitter face. Bribing a TV station and bribing a newspaper were not the same price.
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