Chapter 408 Public Outrage
"Mr. Anderson, I never thought your livestream would blow up like this! It's amazing!" Tomas exclaimed, clutching his phone and watching Noah's Facebook Live. He was completely floored.
He had no idea the influencer Rolls-Royce Guy—Noah—had such a huge following.
"Just on Facebook Live alone, there are already over twenty million viewers!"
"And if you count all the other platforms, it could easily top a hundred million! In Eagleland, out of every ten people using short video or livestreaming apps, one might be watching Mr. Anderson's stream!"
Tomas was in awe, but it made sense to him.
Noah was different from other influencers.
Most influencers were all about showing off their wealth, using beauty filters, selling products, or doing random street interviews.
But Noah was fundamentally different from these people.
Although he was wealthy, he was low-key and never flaunted his riches. His videos were always taken by others, and he probably didn't even know who filmed them.
Secondly, Noah was a genuinely positive influencer. Unlike those who pretended to spread positivity with fake videos, he actually did good deeds. The two Good Citizen Awards he received were the best proof of that.
That's why Noah had so many loyal fans. When he went live, the viewership skyrocketed instantly.
"Mr. Anderson is truly a person of high moral character!"
Looking at Noah in front of him, Tomas was filled with admiration and respect.
"Mr. Anderson, there's a problem. The livestream is lagging. I think the server might have crashed!"
Tomas glanced at his phone again, his expression changing.
The screen was lagging so much that Noah was barely visible.
There were just too many people watching.
"I'll contact the managers of the major livestreaming and short video platforms right away and ask them to add more servers to ensure the livestream runs smoothly!"
Tomas pulled out his phone and started making calls.
After about five minutes, the lag gradually disappeared.
Messages came in saying that each livestreaming and short video platform had added six servers to ensure Noah's stream could run smoothly.
[Finally, no more lag!]
[My idol is amazing! He started a livestream and crashed the servers!]
[No wonder he's my idol!]
[Send those gifts!]
Gifts started flooding the screens of various livestreams.
Glow sticks, sports cars, treasure maps...
In just a few minutes, the gifts alone amounted to over a million dollars.
Viewers noticed that Rolls-Royce Guy wasn't showing his face; he was wearing a mask, revealing only his clear eyes.
[Rolls-Royce Guy, what are you planning to stream this time?]
[I want to hear you play the guitar. I listen to your 'Wedding in a Dream' in sleep every night!]
[Take off the mask, Rolls-Royce Guy. I want to see your face!]
[You must be so handsome!]
[My prince charming!]
"This livestream isn't about performing or chatting with everyone, nor is it about selling products. I just want to inform you all about a few things," Noah said slowly to the camera, then gestured for three people to come over.
The three people, who had come from another state, walked over, and Noah had chairs brought for them to sit beside him.
Noah began to explain what he wanted to say.
[No way, just to say a few things?]
At first, the viewers were surprised. After all, a nationwide livestream for just a few announcements seemed a bit over the top.
But as they listened, the viewers' expressions gradually turned to anger.
[What? The Harris family runs a sweatshop? How did I not know about this?]
[Well, it makes sense. I spend all day gaming and watching streams, never paying attention to this stuff!]
[The key point is, Rolls-Royce Guy said the Harris family controls the media! They deleted all the negative news about them!]
[Boycott the Harris family's sweatshop!]
[Those workers' salaries are so low! That's exploitation!]
By the end, the viewers were furious, flooding the comments with outrage against the Harris family.
[Does the Harris family have any conscience?]
[A sweatshop like that, aren't they afraid of going to hell?]
[Boycott the Harris family!]
The entire livestream's comments were filled with anger.
The viewers couldn't believe that in modern society, such things were still happening.
"Good!" Seeing the comments, Tomas nodded.
"Originally, the negative news about the Harris factory was only circulating in the eastern part of Eagleland, but now it's nationwide. This kind of public opinion is too widespread to suppress."
After exposing the sweatshop, Noah turned the camera to the three people, letting them recount how their wives and children had died from overwork at the Harris factory.
[The Harris factory caused deaths and even threatened and beat people to prevent them from reporting it!]
[The Harris family is worse than animals!]
[The Harris family shouldn't exist in this world!]
[So pitiful! If my wife and child died in such a sweatshop, I wouldn't want to live either! I can't even imagine that kind of despair!]
[Doesn't the Harris family fear retribution for doing such things?]
[This is murder!]
After hearing the three people's stories, the viewers were even more enraged. Some were in tears, hating the Harris family to the core.
["The Harris family should be destroyed!]
[Down with the Harris family! Down with the Harris family!]
[We want justice! The Harris family, give us justice!]
[The Harris family can't think that by controlling the media and giving workers a ten thousand dollar compensation, their past wrongdoings will be forgotten!]
[ I'm going to report them, even if it's not in my state. I'll report the Harris family!]
[Worse than animals!]
[Justice will prevail!]
The viewers were furious, demanding justice for the three people and the deceased workers.
Noah's livestream, from start to finish, took about twenty minutes.
In those twenty minutes, Twitter's trending news changed dramatically.
Trending news number one: #Rolls-Royce Guy's nationwide livestream!
Trending news number two: #The Harris factory's worker deaths!
Trending news number three: #Down with the sweatshop, justice for the workers!
In just twenty minutes, these three news items shot to the top of Twitter's trending list, catching even the news managers off guard.
It happened so fast!
And no one had contacted them; it was entirely spontaneous! There was no corporate backing!
All of Eagleland was furious with the Harris family, demanding justice!
Each trending news item had tens of thousands of comments!
At the Harris Manor.
"It's 3:10, and Noah still hasn't shown up." Isaac checked his watch. "Since he's so uncooperative, someone go kill Noah's father-in-law!"
"Yes, Mr. Harris!"
A burly man in black took the order and walked out.
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