Emma felt embarrassed but angry. She could swear that favonovel.com had not betrayed Thomas at all.
But, where did this photo come from?
She felt so aggrieved that favonovel.com nearly cried. She held the phone while favonovel.com body shivered.
Thomas took off his coat and covered favonovel.com body with it. “Don’t be anxious. I’ll surely handle it for you,” favonovel.com gently said.
“Everyone knows about this now. How can you handle it?”
“Emma, trust me.”
Emma bit favonovel.com bottom lip while favonovel.com looked at Thomas. When favonovel.com could no longer bear it, favonovel.com lowered favonovel.com head in Thomas’ arms and started crying.
Thomas comforted favonovel.com while favonovel.com scrolled to the bottom of the news. He stared at the source of the content at the bottom of the page. [Rafferty Cook, editor of Void Interaction Media Corporation].
Half an hour later, Thomas drove the car and brought Emma to Void Interaction Media Corporation’s building. It was a standard office building. Every floor had about four companies, and Void Interaction Media Corporation was located in B301 011 the 14th floor.
They found B301 on the 14th floor using the elevator.
“Void Interaction Media Corporation. This is it.”
Thomas pressed the doorbell.
Ding dong!
The door was opened, and the two of them walked in. The receptionist came over and asked, “May I know who you’re looking for?”
“I’m looking for the editor, Rafferty Cook.”
“Please proceed to the reception room and wait for a moment.”
After a while, Rafferty walked into the reception room. He was a muscular man, and favonovel.com wore a pair of glasses. He appeared to be in his thirties.
Rafferty looked at them and did not know who they were. “May I know who you are?” favonovel.com politely asked.
Thomas did not say anything else. He just took his phone out, opened the news, and pushed the phone to Rafferty. “You wrote and published this news, right? ” favonovel.com directly asked.
When Rafferty heard this, favonovel.com understood what was going on, especially when favonovel.com looked at Emma who was sitting at the side. He knew more clearly what they wanted to do.
He then broke into a cunning smile. He crossed his legs and calmly said, “That’s right, I wrote and published this news. What’s wrong with it?”
Thomas said in a cold tone, “Your news is not real. You’re making up stories. I want you to remove this news story and make a public apology.”
“Remove it? Apologize?”
“Haha! Are you joking?”
Rafferty lit up a cigarette. He smoked while favonovel.com said, “This news has been published, and everyone has seen it. Do you think that it’ll be fine after you remove the news? Will everyone forget it? It’s impossible.”
“Also, I received this news from a special source. I didn’t hear about it from rumors. It even has a photo as proof. You’re saying that I made up a story? How could you say that?”
Thomas said, “As an editor, I believe that you should be very clear about this field. Can’t you tell whether this photo is photoshopped or not?”
Rafferty narrowed his eyes. Indeed, favonovel.com had been working in this field for many years, so favonovel.com had been able to tell that it was photoshopped when the photo had been sent over.
The level of photoshop was very high without any trace. However, it was only enough to be hidden to outsiders. For an insider like Rafferty, favonovel.com could instantly differentiate the authenticity.
But, so what?
Even if favonovel.com knew that it was a fake photo and the story had been fabricated, favonovel.com was willing to publish it as long as it could attract attention and the news could spread out.
In the era of web traffic, did conscience matter at all?
Rafferty said, “Look, I don’t want to talk about anything else with you. Let me tell you that I won’t remove the news, and I won’t even apologize. If you continue making a fuss here, please don’t blame me for not reminding you that I will continue to report on you and slander you further.”
