Michael walked into his office with a cold look on his face. From afar, people could see that the man was angry, making those who had wanted to say hello immediately stopped their intentions, because they didn't want to be scolded by their boss who was famous for having a bad temper when he was angry.
As soon as the elevator that took him to his room stopped, Michael came out with long strides, towards the man sitting at his desk and looking very busy.
"James!"
The heavy and cold voice made James, who didn't notice Michael's arrival, flinch and stand up.
"Tell me what you found!" asked Michael in a demanding tone. He didn't care if James had not found anything, he just had to tell him something.
James' facial expression still looks normal. He'd worked with Michael a long time to know that the man was angry, but that didn't frighten him.
"The news spread so quickly," James replied calmly. "And… It seems that information about Mrs. Smith with Young Master Raphael and Young Master Gabriel has been spread on the internet."
Michael gritted his teeth when he heard that answer. Not only the kids, but Sarah's information has also been spread?
"Then what have you done?" asked Michael in a displeased tone.
Normally, James would explain what happened and end with but I've worked it out or something like that. However, this time James didn't say anything like that.
"That…" James had a troubled expression on his face. "We have successfully taken down all the articles, but…"
"What?" Michael asked, raising an eyebrow when he heard James look like that hesitating.
"There was one social media account that shared that information, and people have already shared the post, so the information is still spreading," James replied after taking a breath.
James then took his cellphone and showed the social media account to Michael. The account posted photos of his kids, as well as Sarah.
In fact, in that account's latest post, there is a video that records Sarah kicking a man.
Michael gritted his teeth and clenched his fists tightly. From the video taken from the side, Michael could see several people behind Sarah and there were quite a number of them.
So those people who go to their kids's school?
"Why won't that person delete it? Have you contacted them?" Michael asked in a cold voice, holding back his emotions so as not to scold James.
"That… we are still figuring out the identity. The account is a new account, and it looks like that person accidentally contacted some influencer to share the posts, making the post go viral," replied James.
For something like this, he was indeed very careful. He couldn't possibly have messaged the person telling them to delete the post by offering a monetary reward in exchange.
That could backfire later.
So James was always looking for that person's information, and went to them in person to sort it out.
"You are still looking for that person's identity?!" Michael repeated James' words with an even expression. How long had it been since he had parted ways with James because he had to go home, but James had still found that person's identity? He doesn't even know if that person is a man or a woman?!
To be honest, finding someone's identity through social media accounts is very easy. However, this is a new account and it seems difficult to do so.
James had also tried to track down the person's IP, but that person was deliberately using a fake IP, as if they wanted to deliberately avoid being found by others.
James wanted to tell Michael about it, but he knew it would sound like an excuse to that man's ears. So James decided not to say anything.
"Just call the social media company," Michael replied when he saw James didn't say anything.
"Eh?" James looked confused.
"If you can't find him, just contact the social media company to close the account, right? We must immediately prevent that information from spreading any further," explained Michael.
He knows this is not the best solution, because that person can create a new account and share the post again.
However, right now Michael's goal was to prevent that information from being spread so widely, and the only way he could think of at the moment was that.
"Okay, I get it," James replied, nodding.
Although he felt that the idea was not the right solution because it was only temporary, he would still follow his boss' orders.
Seeing James' nodding head, Michael then stepped into his room, but suddenly he stopped and turned to look at James.
"Oh yeah, tell the IT team that their salary this month will be cut by 10%," said Michael. "I'm still giving you a chance James, next is you if you don't make that account post disappear before office hours end!"
After saying that, Michael entered his room, leaving James who could only curse in his heart.
He knew that Michael had a bad temper when that man was angry, but did he have to take a pay cut too? He has a wife and kids! Isn't that man too cruel?!
James sighed, there was no point in cursing Michael at this point. He better get to work before Michael takes his pay cut!
Once in his room and sitting at his desk, Michael took his cellphone and looked for the person's social media accounts.
His face hardened when he opened a post with Sarah's photo and read the comments written there. The comments were very offensive, and some even blasphemed Sarah by calling her a slut.
Michael then went to post photos of his kids. The comments there are not as bad as the comments on Sarah's photo, some even say that his kids look cute and adorable.
However, not all of the comments are good comments. There are those who insult Gabriel who looks fatter than Raphael, or Raphael who looks slimmer than Gabriel like he does not eat properly, and there are those who clearly ask doubt whether Gabriel is Michael's son because of their dissimilar hair and eye color.
Michael's clenched fists were smacked against the table, making them redden in pain as he hit them hard.
However, Michael couldn't feel the pain at all because right now his heart was filled with rage.
How could those people curse Sarah, and his kids?!
They can curse him, curse him, but not the people he loves!
He won't allow that!
Michael then stood up and left his room to meet James. He was so angry that he forgot that he could reach James on the intercom on his desk.
"James!" Michael said in a deep voice, holding back his annoyance.
"Michael?! I was just about to meet you!" said James with a troubled look on his face.
Michael ignored James' facial expression and then showed his cellphone screen which was showing comments from people who commented on Gabriel.
"Look for these people! Ah, forget it, look for all the people who commented badly on Sarah and my kids! Take screenshots of their comments before they get deleted and put them all in jail!" said Michael in one breath.
His chest seemed to rise and fall with emotion as he said that. He was really angry.
James looked surprised to hear that. The expression on his face showed disbelief.
"Everyone?" asked James, repeating Michael's question.
Michael rolled his eyes when he heard James' stupid question.
"Are my words not clear enough?" Michael asked in a slightly sarcastic tone.
James just kept silent hearing that.
"Oh yeah, look for these people too!" said Michael and then showed the video post earlier. "They came to my kids's school and swarmed them! I want them to rot in prison!" He had almost forgotten about it.
James once again just nodded at that. Looks like the next few days will be busy for him.
After saying what he wanted to say, Michael immediately turned around and headed back to his room.
"Michael."
James' voice made Michael stop and turn his head with raised eyebrows without saying anything.
"Mr. Taylor is holding an emergency general meeting," James said with a troubled look on his face.
"What?" asked Michael in confusion. "Why?" he continued, not understanding.
Why did the old man suddenly want to summon the shareholders for an emergency meeting?
James licked his lower lip.
"It seems… it was to discuss your dismissal as CEO of Collins."
Michael's eyes widened when he heard that, before finally a smile appeared on his lips. Evil smirk.
"That sly old man! Finally he showed his true face! Looks like he's been waiting for this day to come," Michael said with a snort.
"Are you going to be okay?" asked James, looking worried.
In recent years James and Michael have realized that there are some movements that want to get rid of Michael as CEO of Collins. However, James was not at all worried that it would work because Michael's performance was excellent.
But this time James couldn't just calm down. Michael was suddenly hit by a scandal, and the scandal was quite big. He was worried that Michael's position would be eliminated because of this scandal.
"Don't worry, I won't be that easy to get kicked out," Michael replied confidently and got a little excited, looking forward to what the old man would do.
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