CHAPTER 104: CHAPTER 104: RECRUITING AUSTIN WHITE

Ethan Lloyd listened to Melanie Lloyd’s words, and his temper flared up instantly, staring at her with dissatisfaction.

Judging by what Melanie Lloyd said, she must have caused other trouble outside.

"Are you not talking about today’s press conference?" Melanie Lloyd was somewhat puzzled by Ethan Lloyd’s dazed expression and asked softly.

"Press conference! You stirred up trouble at the press conference again? Melanie Lloyd, do you have to make the Lloyd Group turn upside down to be satisfied? Do you know Peter Lynch called me today, demanding that I take responsibility?"

Ethan Lloyd’s emotions were clearly out of control after hearing Melanie Lloyd’s words, and his tone was filled with anger.

Melanie Lloyd didn’t expect things to escalate to this point today and was somewhat frightened, quickly stepping forward to hold Ethan Lloyd’s hand, tearfully explaining: "Ethan, believe me, I really just wanted to think about the company... I didn’t expect things to turn out this way!"

"Enough, Melanie Lloyd, I don’t want to hear these words anymore. This time, if you can’t resolve things with the Lynch Family, then prepare to pack up and leave! We are getting a divorce!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ethan Lloyd pushed Melanie Lloyd away furiously and stormed out of the villa.

Due to the force he exerted, Melanie Lloyd was pushed to the ground, the cold tiles pressing against her skin, causing her to tremble slightly.

Very soon, she opened the bag at her waist, took out her phone, and dialed Shirley Lynch.

The call was answered.

"So? Miss Lloyd has figured it out and wants to collaborate with me?"

Shirley Lynch spoke with a relaxed tone as if she had anticipated that Melanie Lloyd would call her.

Melanie Lloyd gritted her teeth and said viciously, "Is this your doing again?"

"Mrs. Lloyd burns the bridge after crossing it; I naturally cannot sit idly by."

"You’re ruthless, as long as you can help me resolve this issue, we can sign the contract tomorrow." Melanie Lloyd gritted her teeth as she spoke, having prepared for so long, scheming endlessly to marry Ethan Lloyd, she absolutely couldn’t let things end just like that.

"OK, then wait for my good news."

Currently, both Shirley Lynch and Melanie Lloyd are fighting with their backs against the wall, so despite their mutual disdain, they have to tolerate each other and cooperate.

It must be said that Shirley Lynch indeed had her tricks. Two hours after Melanie Lloyd agreed to collaborate, she successfully propelled Melanie Lloyd and Seraphina Sinclair to the trending topics.

Having learned from past events, Shirley Lynch became wiser, no longer acting under her own name, but instead using Melanie Lloyd’s identity to purchase a batch of online trolls.

These trolls, upon receiving their wages, began frantically posting to guide public opinion, with most of their content aimed at discrediting Seraphina Sinclair.

Regarding Melanie Lloyd, most of the content implicated her with Ethan Lloyd as childhood sweethearts and insinuated Seraphina Sinclair as seducing a certain CEO for higher status and having a chaotic private life back then to seek male escorts.

As soon as the news came out, several reckless media outlets reprinted it, instantly blowing up the internet, even dominating the trending topics for an entire afternoon.

Even Desmond Fairchild and Seraphina Sinclair, who usually don’t pay attention to trending topics, inevitably were influenced and pressured by subordinates to understand what’s happening online.

"Boss, there is a large amount of negative news about Miss Sinclair appearing online, with many suggesting false reports of you keeping Miss Sinclair."

"Go find out who released the news, and bring out the mastermind behind it. Also, get Austin White to come over."

Desmond Fairchild observed earlier that most of the commenting accounts had few stars, indicating someone was manipulating public opinion, hiring a large number of trolls to direct the narrative.

Ace, upon receiving the instructions, immediately called Austin White.

About half an hour later, Austin White arrived at Desmond Fairchild’s office.

"I say, President Fairchild, our collaboration is finished, so why are you still calling me over?"

"Did you check the trending topics today?" Ignoring Austin White’s dissatisfied tone, Desmond Fairchild directly inquired about the specific situation.

"I’m not a person from the entertainment industry, nor am I famous; why would I care about trending topics?"

Desmond Fairchild’s questions only left Austin White baffled, with an exceedingly dissatisfied tone.

"Seraphina Sinclair has been blacklisted."

"What? Someone actually dares to offend my godmother?"

Austin White’s temper flared up immediately, quickly taking out his phone from his pocket and briefly checking his Weibo.

"It’s sheer nonsense!"

Austin White became angrier the more he looked, quickly walking up to Desmond Fairchild, his tone slightly anxious: "Let me use your computer, I want to hack all these websites!"

Austin White acted very swiftly, and within ten minutes, he launched attacks on the software, causing the entire trending topics to become paralyzed.

Even if the software engineers want to re-optimize, it will probably take nearly two days to complete.

"Done!"

After hacking the software, Austin White smirked, clearly holding contempt for those things.

Throughout the process, Desmond Fairchild did not speak, merely stood quietly against the edge of the table, observing Austin White in front of him.

Now he is increasingly curious about Austin White’s true identity.

Although Desmond Fairchild knows little about the hacker industry, due to work requirements, he has always been having Ace search for skilled hackers over the years, just in case.

After all, Cloudsea Group’s success today means companies like the one Melanie Lloyd utilized through backend monitoring systems are not the only ones.

If they can achieve optimal cybersecurity, incidents like this will not occur again. Moreover, having been warned by Shadow previously, Desmond Fairchild suddenly had a thought: if he could recruit Austin White under his command, wouldn’t he foresee not having to worry about these problems anymore?

"Austin White, I admire your skills; would you like to come work at Cloudsea Group?"

"What?" Desmond Fairchild’s proposal certainly shocked Austin White.

He stared at Desmond Fairchild incredulously.

"President Fairchild, are you kidding me?"

Austin White is not dumb; he naturally senses Desmond Fairchild’s bias against him, but he doesn’t understand, why despite their mutual disdain would Desmond Fairchild want to bring him into the company for work?

"I never joke about such matters."

"I appreciate President Fairchild’s kindness, but I, Austin White, have no such plan."

Austin White came to Bayside City mainly for the Y-state forces, so he didn’t plan to stay for long.

Moreover, every time he sees Desmond Fairchild’s gloomy face, his mood inexplicably worsens, naturally wanting to stay as far away as possible.

"OK, I was merely making a suggestion; the doors of Cloudsea Group are always open for you if you ever wish to work here."

Just as Desmond Fairchild finished speaking, there was a knock at the door.

"Come in."