Chapter 411
Within just half an hour, topics such as "Sophia is A Bastard" and "The Vinci Rivera Group's Recruitment Talk at Trinity University Failed Miserably" made it into the trending list.
Sophia had set a perfect image beforehand. Those hashtags, including "# orphan", "#inspiring", and "#rising against all odds", which had meant to be her labels, became sharp weapons against her after her image collapsed. Since she was in high school, she had used her "orphan" status to gain attention from the public and become a well-known "inspirational internet celebrity".
Almost all of her fans followed her due to her "miserable" childhood and "never give up" attitude toward life.
Therefore, when her image collapsed, her former supporters turned on her instantly. Every time her social media page was refreshed, she would lose hundreds or even thousands of subscribers. In just ten minutes, she could lose tens of thousands of fans.
Sophia had often said on her social media that, [I've been through the stormy rains, so I want to hold an umbrella for others].
Whenever there was a disaster or mishap, she would immediately call on her fans to donate and even opened a reward function on her social media posts. She claimed that all the rewards would be donated to charitable organizations.
However, now, some netizens discovered that the donation receipt numbers Sophia had provided were not found in the respective charitable organizations. This aroused suspicions of fraud. As soon as the news came out, the public immediately condemned Sophia. Fraud was a despicable act, especially when it was done by exploiting the sympathy of netizens to raise donations.
The netizens stated, [What Sophia has been doing is certainly not "holding an umbrella for others’ after she had been through "the stormy rain". On the contrary, she is inflicting more pain on others despite being through the adversity herself]
Meanwhile, Albert's side was also in chaos. As soon as Sophia's identity as his illegitimate daughter was exposed, the media swarmed in like flies that smelled rotting flesh. They instantly surrounded Albert's company.
Albert was trapped in the company and could not leave.
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