Frederick answered with certainty, “It’s true! We’ll find a way to solve this immediately. Sir, you should come up with an idea on what should we do now!”
“I… Damn it! Not only is she incapable, but she keeps on causing trouble!”
Francis took a deep breath. Now was not the time for him to scold Evelyn because he had to find a way to suppress this matter. He immediately ordered Frederick, “Ask the public relations department to use all means to suppress the video.”
“I’ve already informed them as soon as I saw the video and they’ve already used a huge sum of money to suppress it, but the video went completely viral. I had no choice but to tell you about this.”
Francis was stunned. “How could it spread so quickly?”
Frederick replied, “I’m guessing that someone secretly added fuel to the fire.”
“Who is it?” Francis asked with a fierce glare.
“We don’t know yet. The person that Miss hit is Paisley, who is the eldest daughter of the Anthony family and Ornard’s wife. In this situation, it’s possible that the Anthony family and Ornard would be involved.”
“Didn’t the Anthony family drive Paisley out? Ornard can’t even protect himself now that he was forced to the brink of desperation by the Floyd famil, so how could he have the confidence to do such a thing? There must be someone else involved in this matter! Who is it?”
Frederick also felt that an external party was the culprit. It was impossible for the Gurney family to not have enemies since they have attained such success. Speaking of which, Francis had offended many people because he had always been very ruthless. Hence, it was normal for others to bring the Gurney family down once they were in trouble.
However, it was not the time to determine the culprit. The most important thing right now was to suppress Evelyn’s scandal.
“This is a good opportunity for our enemies to strike us down since Miss created this mess. Not only will our company suffer losses, but our stocks will definitely fall tremendously tomorrow. Now is not the time to analyze who is behind this. We have to find a way to calm down this matter immediately!”
Francis understood what Frederick had said. “The public relations department is useless right now. Is there any other way?”
“How about telling Thomas? He is the person in charge of the Floyd family, and the ability of their public relations department is well-known. There may be a turning point in this matter if Thomas can utilize them.”
Frederick paused for a moment before continuing, “I don’t know if the Floyd family would be willing to lend a hand since Miss offended William last time.”
Francis didn’t care about anything else. “Inform Thomas about this immediately! Since we can’t let go of a glimmer of hope, let’s see what Thomas thinks about this!”
Frederick immediately dialled Thomas’s number and said when the phone was picked up, “Thomas, something happened to Miss and she has gone viral on the Internet. The matter is very serious and you need to find a way to settle it quickly.”
Thomas said, “When did this happen?”
“Just a few hours ago, but it created an uproar amongst the public. Do you have any viable solutions?”
“This happened too suddenly! Let me think of a way.”
“We’re running out of time, so you have to help Sir and think of a way,” Frederick warned.
“Alright, I’ll call you back once I have an idea.”
Thomas hung up and watched Evelyn’s video on the Internet. Then, he frowned and thought for a moment. The Gurney family was not prepared for such a huge scandal and they had no way to suppress it, so there was only one person in B City who could be behind this.
When Thomas recalled that Evelyn had offended William, he guessed that the latter was most likely behind this.
Thomas immediately called William. “Hey, my adoptive father asked me for help on Evelyn’s matter. Was it your doing?”
“Yep!” William admitted it without hesitation.
“Well… I know it’s a little inappropriate for me to ask you for help, but my adoptive father begged me and I couldn’t refuse him. Can you take a step back?”
“Sure!” William said straightforwardly, “Ask the Gurney family to prepare a public relations fee of 200 million dollars to settle this.”
Thomas knew what William meant. “Okay, I’ll tell him right away.”
William chuckled and said, “You don’t have to relay the message because you’re the one who needs this money to suppress the trending hashtags. Mr. Gurney, do you understand what I mean?”
“Yes!” Thomas understood.
William was really decisive. Thomas thought that it was the limit when Evelyn’s hand was broken last time, but he didn’t expect that William would go even further. No one would do such a thing except William, who wanted Thomas to pose as the good guy and ask for 200 million dollars from the Gurney family.
Thomas called Frederick after he pondered for a moment and said, “I asked Mr. Floyd for help and he promised to suppress the trending page, but it’ll require a lot of money to stop such a viral topic.”
“How much?” Francis immediately asked when he heard what Thomas had said.
“I asked the public relations department and they requested at least 200 million dollars! Even so, it might not be enough. Let me try it out first.”
Francis also felt a sense of heartache because he had to spend so much, but there was no other way but to suppress the public. It was better for him to spend 200 million dollars now than to lose billions a day when their stocks plummet.
“Are you sure you can suppress it?”
“I’m not sure, but I can ask Mr. Floyd to use his connections. There shouldn’t be a problem. You have to suppress it as soon as possible before this goes out of control.” Thomas reminded him.
Francis took a breath and said, “Okay, tell the finance department to prepare 200 million dollars for Thomas! We must suppress the trending page!”
William stood at the door with a bitter smile on his face at the maternity centre while he held a pillow. “Dear, open the door! Why don’t you let me in?”
“No!”
“Aunt and Bobby are watching. Can you please do this for the sake of my dignity? Let’s talk about it, and I can do anything for you as long as you let me in. Don’t lock me out like this. If this gets out, I will be ashamed to face the public.”
“How can you meet anyone if you’re affiliated with that jerk, Michael? You’ll be a better person if you’re surrounded by good company, but you’ll slowly turn into a jerk if you get too close to people like Michael. If you don’t cut ties with Michael, you’ll probably end up abandoning your family as well.”
“How could it be so serious? I’ve always listened to you and I swear that I will never do such a thing.”
“Michael also swore the same thing to Abbie, but he lied! There wouldn’t be scum like him in this world if all men kept their promises!”
William continued to say in a kind tone, “Open the door and I’ll tell you something exciting. I just earned 200 million dollars for you to spend, so why don’t you open the door for me?”
“I don’t care! I can’t even finish spending all my money!”
“I just cooperated with Thomas to earn that sum of money from the Gurney family, so it’s different! I promise that you will be very happy after you hear the whole story.”
Only then did Valeria open the door. “When did you cooperate with Thomas? Why didn’t I know anything about it?”
“We started working together a few minutes ago.” William took out his phone with a sneaky smile and showed Valeria the video of Evelyn throwing a tantrum at the police station. Just then, Valeria burst into laughter when she saw Evelyn cursing relentlessly after her wig fell to the ground.
“You’ve really gone all out this time! You’re too merciless!”