After a night of spring rain, all of the flowers bloomed in the garden; the bright petals added a splash of colors to the greenery, and it made the whole garden seem as dreamy as a magical castle. Sophia, who was barely ever home since she usually stayed back for work at the office, was dressed in a meshed long dress with floral prints as she took a stroll in the garden. She had had her hair styled and her makeup done, and Michael tagged along behind her to snap pictures of her with an SLR camera. Carmen dashed around behind them like an excited butterfly, eager to be a part of the photo.
There were a lot of people in the Edwards Residence that day, but Daniel… wasn’t there. Casper seemed a little dispirited as Carmen dragged him out to play. Alice kept a blank look on her face as she watched Sophia enjoying herself. Alice knew about the fact that Sophia was going to return to Michel Group soon, but she also knew that Sophia would never be able to be separated from Michael. She was aware that Cooper had been trying to mediate the situation, but it seemed like Michael would have to change his surname sooner or later. Otherwise, the Michel Group would definitely split him and Sophia up. Alice felt a sudden surge of respect toward Sophia—the woman was clearly being so independent and working so hard now because she wanted to develop a stable foundation for herself when she entered the Michel Family. On the contrary, Alice, who grew up surrounded by the culture of the Michel Family, completely forgot what it felt like to have to fight for something. She couldn’t even remember how it felt to passionately desire something…
As Sophia was in a good mood that day, she invited a bunch of them to head over to the farm, where they could ride horses and pick strawberries. She wanted to release some stress before the ‘war’ began—she was going to have to fight a huge battle after that day! Alice herself was curious to see how Sophia was planning to restore the reputation of Dragon Eye, and how she was going to turn the tables when things looked so bad for Dragon Eye right then. It seemed too ambitious to hope for Dragon Eye’s sales to surpass Serpent’s when they had been in the Cethosian market for 10 years now. However, Alice wanted Dragon Eye to be second place in the entire Cethosian market.
On Monday, Serpent’s pre-orders achieved a new record high, which placed them farther away from all their other competitors. Dragon Eye, who received quite an amount of public attention, also announced their new spokesperson, Drake Mitchell, but they didn’t announce any upcoming dates for pre-orders yet.
Previously, Nicholas made a post on his social media account about how his Dragon Eye phone couldn’t be used after he dropped it and how the hackers had infiltrated his phone systems. This post denied two of the greatest selling points that Dragon Eye had, and some magazine seemed interested in interviewing him about this. During the interview, Nicholas explained that all his data—his emails, social media accounts, and the private files he had saved in the phone—were lost and may have even been spread after his phone system got hacked. He added that it was a huge loss for Glory Entertainment, especially since he was one of the shareholders of the company. He claimed that he had already made a police report, and that the police were working on the case. Lastly, he declined any apology or after-sales services offered by Dragon Eye, and instead asked for them to repay the hefty sum that he had lost.
After all, the public was largely forgetful—Nicholas’ phone issues could have been a hot topic a month ago, but it would definitely die down after 1 month. Nicholas therefore chose to pull this public stunt right as Plum Technology was attempting to rebuild the public’s trust and interest toward Dragon Eye. Now that Nicholas had brought up this topic of Dragon Eye’s quality once again, the topic began to trend, and the public seemed like they wouldn’t let Dragon Eye off the hook until the entire brand disappeared from the market.
This entire act was schemed and directed by Sandra, of course. Sandra was now the top dealer that worked directly under Lucy, the sole agent of Serpent in Cethos. All Sandra could do now was to find ways to attack Sophia with the use of Serpent as an excuse. She continuously highlighted the low quality control in Dragon Eye and repeatedly used it to generate news and gossip. This didn’t just help create exposure for Nicholas and the Serpent phone; it also served to crush both Sophia and Dragon Eye all at once.
However, a fresh piece of news spread across Cethos on Friday. The headline: ‘Top Male Celebrity in Cethos Got His Phone Hacked: Pornographic Images and Secret Files Leaked!’ At the same time, workers in Mitchell International Energy and Technology, Glory Entertainment, and even Nicholas himself, had pornographic images with their faces on it compressed into a 10GB zip file that was uploaded online and circulated all around Cethos.
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