"Little Oliver, you've done a great job this time. The Little Boy you invited is a Boss! For the subsequent episodes, you need to communicate more with Little Boy. Our program's viewership depends on you."
William Black patted Director Oliver's shoulder.
After saying a few more words, the director went back to being busy.
"Old Oliver, tell me, what's the background of this Little Boy?"
A bespectacled director nearby came over and asked curiously.
"I don't know either."
Director Oliver shook his head.
"You don't know either?"
"I really don't know. Little Boy is very mysterious. Although he live streams on TrendTok, he has never revealed his identity. As you can see, he wore a mask from start to finish. When I contacted him, his voice used a voice changer the entire time. I haven't even heard his real voice."
"He's making it so mysterious?"
"It's understandable."
Director Oliver said, "First of all, since he's a
"That's true."
The bespectacled director nodded, then said, "I have a feeling that with Little Boy, this Boss, our program will definitely become popular!"
"I have the same feeling."
Director Oliver nodded with a smile, feeling fortunate that inviting Little Boy was the most correct decision he had made.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was the next day.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Elliot woke up.
He silently chanted, "
A virtual light screen appeared, displaying his points:
62 million.
"Haha, in one night, my points increased by another 3 million."
Elliot laughed, "Okay, okay, I've really made a fortune this time!"
He picked up his phone and scrolled through the news.
As expected, TrendTok, VidStream, and major web portals were all reporting on the content of yesterday's "I am a Geek" program.
The two news stories, "StarTech Phone Battery Explosion" and "
The name "Little Boy" also became popular.
Overnight, Little Boy became an internet sensation, reported by the entire Federation internet.
Calm down.
This is nothing, it's not the first time being popular.
That's right, it wasn't the first time Elliot had become famous overnight.
Last time, as "Joker," he took down a Solarian helicopter, and overnight, he also became popular across the entire network.
Alright, time to get up.
Elliot got up, washed up, made a cup of milk, prepared a sandwich, sat in front of his computer, and continued scrolling through the news while eating breakfast.
First, he opened Zephyr News and saw a news headline about StarTech on the homepage:
"Breaking # StarTech Stock Price Plummets 3%, Market Value Evaporates Billions of Credits!"
The specific content of the news said that StarTech Electronics' stock price plummeted by 0.3% at the opening of the market in the morning due to the battery safety hazard incident, with a massive market value evaporation.
This was within Elliot's expectations.
It would be strange if StarTech's stock price didn't fall after such a major safety hazard was exposed for their phones.
However, what surprised Elliot was that after searching for StarTech news, he couldn't find the latest information about StarTech.
It meant that after a whole night had passed, StarTech had surprisingly not responded or taken any remedial measures.
Regarding the battery hazard, they didn't even issue a single announcement.
They couldn't possibly think this matter could be concealed, could they?
Elliot remembered that he had already sent the vulnerability and patch code to the "I am a Geek" program team.
StarTech's Federation branch should have already contacted the program team, right?
But he hadn't received any news from Director Oliver either.
Elliot continued to search for news about StarTech... Oh, he found a news article, "StarTech Urgently Clarifies Galaxy NOTE Series Mobile Phone Battery Safety Issues."
Clicking into the news, the article generally stated that StarTech Electronics had published a statement on social media denying that the batteries in the NOTE series phones had safety hazards.
Is it true or false?
Elliot's first reaction was to doubt the authenticity of the news.
"StarTech official website" Elliot opened social media to search.
Found it.
It was true.
Elliot saw that the official StarTech Electronics account had indeed posted a clarification announcement.
"Holy cow, these executives actually won't admit it?"
Elliot felt somewhat surprised.
He hadn't expected that StarTech would adopt such an "ostrich policy," denying the existence of battery safety hazards and not taking any remedial measures, such as offering free battery replacements for users, etc.
He really didn't understand this move.
Can such a major safety hazard be concealed?
Even without the exposure from the "I am a Geek" program, it would be exposed sooner or later.
"Did these people's brains get waterlogged?"
Elliot complained.
However, after thinking carefully, Elliot wasn't surprised.
Large conglomerates like StarTech are consistently arrogant and disregard others, so they wouldn't care about consumers' interests.
"Beep beep..."
At this moment, the virtual dialing software on Elliot's laptop rang.
The caller ID displayed: Director Oliver.
Elliot turned on the voice changer and then answered the call.
"Great God, good morning!"
Director Oliver's enthusiastic voice came through.
"Good morning."
"Great God, you must know by now, our program is popular. Last night, during the live broadcast, the peak online viewership reached 22 million, and the viewership rating for Federation TV-1 also reached 0.82%. Now, the entire network is reporting on our program."
Director Oliver said excitedly.
"Haha, I saw the news, congratulations!"
Elliot said with a smile.
"Likewise, likewise, Great God, the program is popular mainly because of you!"
Director Oliver said, "However, with the program being popular, trouble has also arrived."
"What trouble? Is it related to me?"
Elliot asked.
"This morning, we received a lawyer's letter from StarTech Electronics. I have already forwarded it to your email."
"Lawyer's letter?"
Elliot wasn't surprised, "Let me take a look first. What kind of lawyer's letter?"
Elliot opened his email and found the lawyer's letter forwarded by Director Oliver.
The content of the lawyer's letter basically stated that StarTech Electronics believed the "I am a Geek" program maliciously slandered StarTech's products, causing them significant economic losses and brand damage.
It demanded that the program team immediately withdraw the video, publicly apologize, and clarify the facts, otherwise, they would file a lawsuit against the program team.
"Hehe..."
Elliot finished reading the lawyer's letter and laughed.
A lawyer's letter is just something to scare children; to him, it had no deterrent effect whatsoever.
Besides, the program team didn't fake anything.
StarTech's phone batteries indeed have safety hazards, and consumers have the right to expose product problems.
"Director Oliver, if StarTech Electronics wants to complain, they should complain about me. What does it have to do with your program team?"
Elliot said.
"Hehe..."
Director Oliver laughed.
From his laughter, Elliot could tell that the program team didn't take StarTech's lawyer's letter seriously either.
"Great God, StarTech also wants to send you a lawyer's letter, but they have to find you first!"
"Haha!"
Elliot also laughed.
That was true.
(End of this chapter)
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