Chapter 764 Found Out
A bunch of messed-up folks started looking at each other, clearly moved.
"You're looking at some serious cash payouts, like, ten million bucks each. How much did you pocket in kickbacks? Is it really worth keeping quiet?" Abella kept pushing, "No one's gonna fix your face. You'll be stuck looking like that forever. And if you end up in jail, broke and disfigured, is it really worth it?"
The messed-up folks seemed to hesitate, but no one said a word.
Just then, Abella got a message.
After reading it, she turned to the college kid. "You said you took out a $2,000 loan to buy stuff from Beauty Skincare Group?"
The college kid looked up, nodding, totally shocked.
Abella went on, "From what I know, you didn't even use the stuff yourself. You gave it to your sister as a wedding gift. Then you saw on Stories that some reseller was hawking unbranded products, saying they were just as good as Beauty Skincare Group's main line and came from their factory store. So, you bought a bottle of moisturizing spray and a jar of cream. Two days later, your face freaked out. You kept using it for a week, then confronted the reseller. They kept saying the product was fine, so you kept using it. When you asked for compensation, they blocked you. You were broke and scared your face was ruined. Then someone offered you a kickback to trash Beauty Skincare Group, and you took it. Am I right?"
The college kid was floored. She never thought anyone would dig up her story so fast and accurately.
The other messed-up folks saw her shocked face and knew Abella was spot on.
"I told you, even if you keep quiet, the cops will figure it out," Abella said, turning back to the college kid. "I can tell your allergic reaction's been less than two weeks, and it's not as bad as the others. If you trust me, you can be better in less than a week."
"Really?" The college kid was excited but nervous. "How much will it cost me?"
"Free. I'll even give you Beauty Skincare Group products so you can see the real deal. Just tell me everything you know, and I promise to help you recover and give you all a set of Beauty Skincare Group products."
The college kid was tempted. A doctor had told her that her face had recurring dermatitis and would be tough to fix.
But now, someone was offering to help her for free.
And in less than a week.
The college kid decided to spill everything.
The other messed-up folks realized it was better to team up with Abella than to piss off Phillipe and Caleb. At least she could fix their faces for free and give them pricey skincare products.
If they stayed quiet, they'd get nothing.
So, they finally made up their minds.
The media on the scene caught the whole thing, planning to put it on their website.
But a call from Caleb made them edit out all footage of Abella's face.
The final cut that hit the web showed a bunch of messed-up folks causing a ruckus at the entrance of Beauty Skincare Group, drawing in a swarm of reporters and cops.
Later, a rep from Beauty Skincare Group showed up, but you only saw her back, and her voice was all distorted.
They moved the whole thing to the employee cafeteria after a long standoff. The rep still only showed her back but looked young.
With her smooth talking, the messed-up folks started spilling their guts to the cops, revealing the truth.
The curly-haired lady fessed up, "The receipt for the stuff bought at your store ain't mine. Someone told me to buy it at a high price from someone else to make the lie stick and be harder to debunk."
She went on, "My face got wrecked at some shady beauty salon by a sketchy beautician. She pushed all kinds of skincare junk on me, which made my face blow up. She said it was my skin 'regenerating,' and I bought it. Dropped $400,000 there. If the place hadn't been shut down, I'd still be clueless I got scammed."
The cops put together these statements and updated the online crowd.
They all had different reasons for their messed-up faces and, out of desperation, took kickbacks to trash Beauty Skincare Group.
As for who was behind it, that needed more digging.
Meanwhile, other cops found that the messed-up folks' stories matched their real experiences. The curly-haired lady did blow $400,000 at a beauty salon, using dodgy products that wrecked her face. To save face, she took kickbacks to smear Beauty Skincare Group.
Another short-haired lady had shown surveillance screenshots, claiming she used Beauty Skincare Group masks three times a week at home, which ruined her face. But the screenshots only showed her putting on a mask, with no brand in sight.
Another woman took Beauty Skincare Group products to the big-shot testing agency, CCT Company in Verdania. The test results said Beauty Skincare Group's stuff had banned substances.
The cops followed the trail and found the products tested were indeed from Beauty Skincare Group.
But the CCT Company staff who did the test had been bribed with $200,000, so the results were fake.
However, the agency's official seal was legit.
Netizens following the drama were floored by the lengths these folks went to trash Beauty Skincare Group.
Then, the cops found out the person who bribed these messed-up folks was from KT Group, a skincare company that used to compete with Beauty Skincare Group.
When Beauty Skincare Group first started, it was on the same level as KT Group.
Both were small-time brands.
But then, Beauty Skincare Group started blowing up, while KT Group stayed stuck.
The more popular Beauty Skincare Group got in Verdania, the more KT Group hated it, wanting to take its place.
When the cops dropped this bombshell, the internet exploded with hate for KT Group, and people started buying up Beauty Skincare Group products.
This news turned out to be the best ad for Beauty Skincare Group. In less than an hour, all their stuff was sold out.
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