In the conference room at Morrison Group, Jyn was berating her employees in a fit of anger.
"You're all useless! I don't care what you do. You'd better stop Southlake Corporation from expanding its hold on the business market. Otherwise, you're all out of a job! There's no point keeping you useless people around anyway!"
She never expected Southlake Corporation to act this swiftly.
In mere days, Southlake Corporation's latest products had a chokehold on all of the consumers in the towns surrounding Dhord City.
Furthermore, the consumers were leaving nothing but rave reviews.
This was an unprecedented blow to Morrison Group.
The senior executives gathered in the conference room dared not say a word.
"Get out, you pathetic bunch of trash!" Jyn screeched after eyeing them furiously.
Everyone hastily exited the conference room.
Once the senior executives were gone, Jyn turned her sharp gaze toward Ginger and called out, "Ginger!"
"Yes, Ms. Morrison," Ginger replied fearfully.
Jyn slapped Ginger on the face.
"Why haven't I seen the results of what I asked you to do? Come up with a scandal to smear Rebecca right away!" Jyn demanded angrily.
"Yes, Ms. Morrison. I'll get right on it," Ginger said while clutching her cheek.
"I'm giving you two days. If I don't see any bad publicity about Rebecca by then, you can pack your things up and get out of my sight!" Jyn threatened.
"Understood, Ms. Morrison!"
Ginger quickly left the conference room.
…
Seated at a table in a luxurious café, Ginger stared at the young man in a suit before her and pleaded, "You have to help me, Mr. Hoover. You're the only one who can!"
She was talking to Ethan Hoover, the son of the Hoover family, an elite family in Dhord City.
Ginger came to Ethan for help because the Hoovers owned the largest media company in Dhord City.
Mia, the most famous female celebrity in Diatoran right now, was signed to their company, too.
With the Hoover family's help, destroying Rebecca's reputation would be a piece of cake.
"I can help you, Ms. Copley, but what do I get in return?" Ethan asked with a smile.
It was easy enough for Ethan to invent a scandal to defame a celebrity, but why should he waste his time on that?
Gritting her teeth, Ginger promised, "As long as you help me, Mr. Hoover, Morrison Group will invest 1.5 billion dollars into your company's next movie project!"
Ethan smiled. 1.5 billion dollars was nothing to sneeze at.
Even though it could cost a small fortune to produce a movie, projects that didn't involve a lot of CGI certainly wouldn't cost more than a few hundred million dollars.
In fact, 100 million dollars could easily cover all the production costs.
Naturally, the rest of the money would go to him.
If Morrison Group invested 1.5 billion dollars into the movie, he would be pocketing at least a billion dollars.
Plus, all he needed to do was give a few instructions, and he could easily fulfill Ginger's request.
How great would it be to get a billion dollars just by doing something so simple?
"I'll do it!" Ethan declared with a chuckle, much to Ginger's relief.
At the very least, she no longer had to worry about Jyn kicking her out of the company.
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