668 The Work of a Hacker (1/2)

Just as the UA Department of Justice officially launched a court case against the State Court and sued Future Technology's UA subsidiary, Future Group sent a team of lawyers to the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea to actively respond to Blue Seagull's lawsuit.

At the same time, Future Group hired a legal team to officially sue Blue Seagull's headquarters for slander because of the information published on its official site. It caused ”detrimental damage” to Future Group's international reputation and Future Group demanded reparations of 1.7 million USD as well as immediately deleting the defamatory comments against Future Group.

With the support of the B City Consortium, Blue Seagull definitely wouldn't stop and expressed that it was bizarre for Future Group to sue a non-profit organization. They also emphasized their stance on their official site on remaining firm against the capitalists! They also stated that Future Group had detained ”peacefully protesting” members and demanded their immediate release.

The UA Embassy also contacted Celestial Trade, but events took a different turn.

When the UA Ambassador to Xin, Marchi Bocas, came to see Celestial Trade's CEO, Ivan, he was surprised to discover that the Blue Seagulls members hadn't received unjust treatment from Future Group but instead, had been welcomed by Jiang Chen?

They appeared in front of the media and Barney accepted an interview from a reporter.

”The rumors of being treated unfairly by Future Group were untrue. When Jiang Chen learned of Katie and my intentions, he personally met us and highly praised our efforts in protecting marine life…”

Barney's mouth twitched and he hesitated.

But since he was already standing on the opposing side of the B City Consortium and as he realized he couldn't afford to breach the contract signed with Jiang Chen, he took a breath and spoke into the mic in front of him.

”With his assistance, I completed filming for our documentary… And the name of the documentary is called 'A Lie'.”

The crowd began to cause a commotion and the reporters, sensing major news, all bombarded Barney with a load of questions.

Barney didn't respond to any questions.

As per the agreement with Jiang Chen, he maintained an expression that showed he was lied to, and he criticized Blue Seagull for accepting bribes and slandering Future Group under Matrix's directions without any evidence. He claimed he was dragged into this disgusting business without being aware.

The crowd became rattled.

”Mr. Barney, is what you're saying true? Do you have evidence supporting your claim?”

”What are the exact details? Please tell us! All the environmental advocates around the world will stand by your side!”

”Mr. Barney, I want to ask if you've been threatened to say what you just said?”

Barney raised his hand and held out three fingers in the face of the flood of questions from the media.

”I can swear on my dignity that what I said is 100% true! No one threatened me. As you see, I'm safe. As for the evidence, it's all in the documentary and uploaded onto YouTube!”

In the documentary named A Lie, the first thirty minutes documented the state of the ecosystem under Future Group's Penglai, Mining Platform, Desalination Platform, and the second half revealed the bribes between the Blue Seagull organization and Matrix, aiming directly at the Saudi freshwater project.

The documentary led viewers from suspense to reflection to revealing the truth in front of the public.

With promotion from Future Group, Barney's documentary caused a mass commotion on the web.

Blue Seagull's president, Brent Lancy, had accepted a bribe of $2 million. Since he couldn't stand the pressure of public opinion, he was forced to resign. Matrix immediately came out with a press release. However, in the face of public opinion that already formed a perfect storm, their so-called clarification was insignificant.

It could be foreseen that negative public opinion would cause a critical blow to Blue Seagull's reputation. Once a non-profit organization lost its credibility, it would completely lose its lifeline.

Blue Seagull and Matrix were all just pawns; Jiang Chen knew the real opponent of Future Group was B City Consortium.