Chapter 409: 403: A Spitter
Super Spender
Chapter 409: 403: A Spitter
Translator: 549690339
âOr is it that youâre purely trying to enhance your âProdigalâ reputation? Youâre squandering money just for the sake of squandering money? Also, about that game video youâve produced â forgive my bluntness â youâre planning to release it, treating it like a film? Do you think your audience are idiots? Do you think all of them can be easily manipulated?â
âHmm, lately Iâve seen what I guess are his fans, posting insulting comments in my feed, and some have privately messaged me, saying I canât afford to offend him. Sorry, but Iâm the sort who likes to tell it as it is, and Iâm not afraid to offend people, at least Iâm not breaking the law, am I?â
Finn Lewis scrolled through this guyâs recent micro research posts, all of which were published in the last couple of days, likely after the end of the WY video competition. Once WYâs official site announced that they would be seeking to screen the winning video on their platform, this guy started blasting insults.
After reading everything, Finn Lewis became a bit pissed off. Whoa, this guy really has quite a knack for blasting indiscriminate insults, doesnât he? Finn Lewis hadnât known about him before, but given his substantial fan base, he must have blasted plenty of people in the past. Finn quickly browsed through some of his old micro research posts and realized this guy had also blasted him before, especially when Finn made extravagant purchases since he acquired T Company and other assets.
In many of his comment sections, Finn saw numerous fans defending him. However, without Finnâs direct involvement, these defenders were soon silenced by the wave of counter-attacks from the criticâs fans.
After reading several hundred of this guyâs micro research posts, Finn finally understood what kind of person he was dealing with. Plainly speaking, heâs nothing but a clown stirring up controversy for attention, criticizing anything and everything that is news-worthy. He conducts himself as if he holds the moral high ground.
The suicide incident involving a young model that was widely discussed some time ago was largely associated with this individual. The model had just attended one slightly explicit anime convention and, due to the unique angles of some photos which were published by news outlets, this guy got hold of them and spun them into a story about morality and parenting.
As you can imagine, his significant influence in social media and the digital media landscape meant his commentary prompted countless netizens to launch attacks against the young model. The storm quickly made its way offline where the modelâs family faced heavy pressure from people around them, even familiar faces from their neighborhood joined in passing judgments.
In the end, the girlâs parents were infuriated and unfortunately said some things they shouldnât have, which led the girl to jump from the twentieth floor, bringing her young life to an untimely end.
Truth be told, cases like this were not uncommon. Many harmless situations are blown out of proportion by the media, leading to tragedies. Maybe the modeling gig was slightly risqueÌ, but she was making a living with her own skills. Even if she dressed in revealing attire, she wasnât hurting anyone, right? At least, thatâs what Finn thought. To him, she was a lot better than those who made a living by incessantly stirring up controversy.
Finn was not aware that his dispute with the critic had caused a big commotion on the internet because he hadnât been keeping tabs on online events lately. While he didnât explicitly instruct Olivia Thatcher to do so, she also didnât pay attention to it, so Finn was in the dark about the situation. But Finn had a considerable number of fans and, moreover, what was his current status?
Finn held the title of the worldâs richest person. Even though the annual wealth ranking is published every March, he was still a few months away from having his position in the rankings officially confirmed. Nevertheless, his current net worth was easily calculable, so his title as the worldâs richest person was inevitable. When a prominent micro research user like the critic attacked the worldâs richest person, the media was not going to let it go unnoticed.
With the media promoting it so much, ordinary netizens naturally took a greater interest, so the incident gained a lot of traction. However, Finn was absent from the scene, and with just the criticâs one-sided attacks going on, it was like an argument with one party not retaliating â boring and pointless.