"But you are going to face bankruptcy sooner or later!"
"Yes! Even without today's event, our newspaper will still close down!"
"Well then, you'd better utilize yesterday's report to ask me for investment!"
"Without making any significant progress, financially or whatnot, how can we attract your attention, Mrs. Long?"
"Hmm, it makes sense." Molly said, nodding. "But since you took advantage of the affair concerning my husband and I to get my attention, it may lead to a result worse than the bankruptcy of your newspaper."
"That's why I'm betting, Mrs. Long!" Luis said, his eyes glittering, like stars in the night.
"Betting? What bet?" Molly repeated, her face colored with confusion. Her stupefied reaction only lasted for a few moments as she quickly understood what Luis meant. Laughing, she said, "Yet a bet requires chips."
"My chip is Mrs. Long's mercy and timeless love and trust for Mr. Brian Long!"
Hearing this, Molly burst out laughter. "As a senior journalist, you should not utter such unreliable words."
"As long as it works!" Luis exclaimed, shrugging again.
'Well, as long as it works.' An effective approach is the best approach in all situations.
Even Molly herself had no idea whether she was merciful or not. After getting used to XK Intelligence Agency's cruelty, and going through a lot of other things on the side, she felt like she no longer had any mercy in her. Everyone had their own life trajectory and no one had the right to interfere with it at any given time. However, when Luis said "her timeless love and trust for Bri", she felt moved.
It was this statement that changed the destiny of Public Voice suddenly, forever.
So far, Public Voice not only had been saved from bankruptcy, but it also moved to the CBD. In addition, Brian even purchased a large commercial office building for it and only for it. Furthermore, journalists heading out for interviews would be followed and protected by XK Intelligence Agency's staff, so that plenty of cases about corruption would exposed to the public without the journalists being scared for their lives. Of course, Brian didn't do all those things without benefiting from the situation himself. Brian was never a sentimental man, except when the one in front of him was Molly. He merely did what he aspired to do.
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