"President Maggie, I have an idea..." Agent Cara leaned into Maggie's ear and whispered, "We can first stabilize them, pretending to agree to negotiate with them."
"Negotiate? How?" Maggie's eyes lit up, as if she had grasped a life-saving straw.
"We can first send a representative down to tell them that we are willing to resolve the issue, but it will take some time, and ask them to go back and wait for news." The agent laid out her plan, "Once we send them away today, we can then figure out how to deal with them one by one."
"But even if we send them away today, the problem still hasn't been solved!" Maggie said with a frown.
"President Maggie, listen to me," the agent lowered her voice, "Among this group, the leader is that guy named Jared. We can talk to him privately, refund his money, and give him a sum for his silence so he won't cause trouble anymore. As soon as he leaves, the others will be leaderless, and by then, we can handle things however we want."
"Then... what if they refuse to leave?"
"Don't worry, President Maggie, these people are all afraid of trouble. As long as we drag it out with them, they won't be able to outlast us. At most, in one or two days, they will disperse on their own." Agent Cara said confidently, "As for the impact on the internet, you don't need to worry too much either. The internet has no memory. This matter will only be a hot topic for two or three days at most before being drowned out by other news. By then, we can just find any excuse to explain it, and it will be fine."
...
Elliot heard Maggie and the agent's conversation clearly through the monitoring program.
Hehe!
This is the true face of a capitalist.
Actually, wouldn't just refunding the money solve everything?
Maggie isn't short of this money either.
70 people only amount to around $140,000. She spends more than that on her gigolos.
To put it bluntly, anything is possible, but wanting the money back is impossible. It's like asking for her life.
Since that's the case, let's play. Let's see who can outplay whom.
"Jared! Jared!" Elliot called out loudly.
"Boss." Jared's avatar appeared on the screen.
"You can now lead people into the building. Be careful not to engage in excessive behavior. There are so many of you, a few security guards won't be able to stop you." Elliot said.
"Understood." Jared turned around and shouted loudly at the crowd behind him, "Brothers, everyone follow me inside! Let's go find Maggie inside! Keep shouting the slogan: Maggie, return our hard-earned money!"
"Maggie, return our hard-earned money!"
"Return our hard-earned money!"
"Maggie, you liar, get out!"
...
A crowd of people surged into the building, shouting slogans.
The seven or eight security guards panicked. How could they possibly withstand so many people?
"President Maggie, this is bad! They're charging in!" The female assistant ran into the office in a panic and shouted at Maggie.
"What?!" Hearing this, Maggie and the agent's expressions changed drastically.
They quickly went to the window and saw the crowd downstairs holding banners high, rushing inside while shouting slogans loudly.
"President Maggie, you leave the company first. Go out through the back door of the building." The agent made a decisive call.
Hearing this, Maggie immediately headed out of the office.
"Trying to run?"
Elliot chuckled and spoke to the live stream camera, "Jared, Maggie is about to sneak out through the back door of the building. Quickly take people to the back door to block her."
"Received!" Jared received the instruction and immediately took a dozen people around to the back of the building.
As soon as they reached the back door, they saw Maggie and her agent running down from upstairs in a panic.
"Maggie!"
"It's Maggie!"
"Maggie, stop!"
"Return our hard-earned money!"
"Maggie! Don't run!"
"Stop! Return our hard-earned money to us!"
Jared and the group shouted loudly.
Maggie was scared out of her wits and no longer cared about her image. She turned around and ran back.
Jared and the others chased after her.
Netizens saw this scene clearly.
[Maggie: My head is buzzing.]
[Hahaha! Maggie has her day too!]
[Maggie still wants to run.]
[Don't let her run! Make her spit out the money!]
[This woman is truly despicable!]
[Speaking of which, how did the streamer know Maggie was going to escape through the back door? Could he be psychic?]
...
The live stream room was very lively. Netizens watched the excitement and gossiped.
Some netizens also noticed that the streamer seemed to have anticipated Maggie's escape.
Elliot smiled without speaking.
Continued gossiping.
At this moment, the live stream footage was shaking violently. Jared was running and chasing.
They chased all the way into the building and went up the stairs.
Maggie ran up the stairs.
This woman ran incredibly fast, all the way up to the 2nd floor, 3rd floor, and kept running up to the 4th floor.
Shouting loudly all the while.
She hid inside the office.
The agent called twenty or thirty employees to block the outside of the office.
Thus, this scene appeared: Jared and a group of people were confronting the employees of Dream Media in the corridor.
"Maggie, return our hard-earned money!"
"Maggie, return our hard-earned money!"
"Maggie, return our hard-earned money!"
Jared and the others shouted loudly, their voices rising in waves.
Inside the office.
Maggie was slumped on the sofa, breathing heavily, her face pale. Never before had she felt so utterly defeated.
"Pre... President Maggie, how about... how about we just return the money to them?" The female assistant said timidly, "If this continues, I'm afraid something bad will happen."
"Impossible! Not a single cent of money!" Maggie suddenly raised her head and said through gritted teeth, "They want money? No way!"
Elliot sat in front of the computer, listening to the sounds coming from his headphones, and narrowed his eyes.
Even at this point, this woman is still stubborn.
Elliot could see it now. Trying to get Maggie to voluntarily return the money was like cutting her with a knife.
The standoff between the two sides at the scene continued, but the atmosphere in Elliot's live stream room was getting increasingly lively.
At this time, the number of online viewers had exceeded the 200,000 mark, the bullet comments in the live stream room were dense, and the
Without a doubt, this live stream had achieved tremendous success.
However, for Elliot, this was still far from enough.
Only by helping Jared and the others successfully reclaim the money they were cheated out of could it be considered a true victory.
Ten minutes later, the police finally arrived at the scene. A captain leading the group mediated between the two sides.
"President Maggie, just like we discussed before, pretend to agree to negotiate with them first and try to stall for time." The agent's voice came from Elliot's headphones.
At the same time, in the live stream room, Jared also received instructions from Elliot.
"Boss, Maggie says she wants to negotiate with us. Should we agree?"
"Of course we should talk, but if I were Maggie, I definitely wouldn't really negotiate with you." Elliot said calmly.
"You mean she still has some schemes?" Jared asked.
"Exactly! Getting her to obediently return the money is absolutely not that easy. People like Maggie value money more than their lives. Trying to pry money out of her hands is even more painful than killing her." Elliot analyzed, "The reason she is willing to negotiate with you now is simply to stall for time and stabilize you first. As long as the matter can be dragged out, even if it's just past today, it will be easier to handle."
Elliot paused, then continued:
"Furthermore, I'm sure Maggie will contact you privately soon, because you are the leader of these victims. As long as she deals with you, the others will be leaderless, and naturally won't be able to cause any significant trouble."
(End of this chapter)
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