Chapter 73: Why don’t I give you the position of captain?
Unfortunately, Huey and Billy did not get any useful clues at the mutual aid meeting.
Instead, Frankie thought of a man named Metzmer, who had a special superpower and could see what the other person was thinking through physical contact.
As far as he knew, the other party should appear at a hero autograph session a week later. As for this hero autograph session, it had nothing to do with the Vought Group. It was formed voluntarily by a group of superhuman beings who had expired.
The superhumans inside earn some meager income by signing autographs and taking photos with their former fans.
You know, before joining Walt, Metzmer helped the New York police solve many cases and became famous for a while. However, with his mind-reading ability, he was soon targeted by Walt.
The olive branch that Walt extended to him was quite tempting. They promised Metzmer that as long as he joined Walt, they would train him to be a superhero like a locomotive, with fame and money. In the end, Metzmer couldn't resist.
Resist the temptation and choose to join Watt Company.
Everything was normal at first, and he did enjoy the pleasure of soaring popularity. The feeling of being admired by countless people was as addictive as gambling. But gradually, Metzmer discovered that Walter was constantly weakening his
His sense of presence gradually shrank from one event every half a month to one every two months, one every half a year, and even ended up being completely hidden away.
The shelf life of a superhero is not long, especially as more and more superheroes appear.
Soon, Metzmer, who had the ability to read minds, was forgotten by the masses.
At first, Metzmer wanted to leave Walter, but was told that he would have to pay a large amount of liquidated damages. Looking at the long list of breach of contract amounts in the contract, Metzmer was silent. For such a large sum of money, even if he sold him, it would be a big deal.
Can't afford to pay.
Later, Walter actually used his superpowers to conduct stock trading on Wall Street. After completing the primitive accumulation of capital, he abandoned him like a hot potato, which made him infamous. He was jointly sued by several financial companies and divorced.
got married and lost custody of the children.
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The next afternoon.
The Superhero All-Star Promotional Conference opened as scheduled in the New York Plaza.
The reason why Madeline held this all-star promotional meeting was to eliminate the impact of the previous plane crash on Walt.
The first person to take the stage was a native of the motherland. Compared with his previous unruly attitude, he now had a gentle attitude, with a sunny smile always hanging on his lips. He greeted the fans and even shook hands with a white man in the audience.
Shake hands.
"People of the motherland! People of the motherland!" the white man shouted excitedly, raising his arms and shouting the names of the people of the motherland.
When other people saw this, they responded one after another, and the reaction on the scene was quite enthusiastic.
Seeing this scene, the smile on the face of the motherland became brighter. He came to the microphone and said, "Welcome to the All-Star Promotion Conference today! And I am the chief guest! Welcome you!"
Being able to see their idol up close, the crowd in the audience was so excited that they could only roar in response to the motherland.
"I have been thinking, why are superheroes born? It wasn't until I saw you that I understood the meaning of superheroes! Please always believe in me, my responsibility is to protect the entire United States, and superheroes are born to protect ordinary people!"
Madeleine, who was in front of the TV, was very satisfied with the speeches made by the people of the motherland. It was rare that the people of the motherland were able to give a speech according to the speech notes she provided in advance. It seemed that after the plane crash, the people of the motherland had indeed restrained themselves a lot.
However, Starlight's next speech left Madeline stunned.
Starlight actually revealed that she had been sexually harassed when she first joined Vought, instantly leaving the audience stunned.
As Xingguang shed tears, the audience at the venue and online became excited for a while.
"Starlight! Please be brave enough to say that person's name."
"Is it a locomotive? Or is it black?"
"Are you from the motherland?"
The crowd in the audience wanted to know who the bastard who sexually harassed Starlight was.
Ashley on the side did not expect that her carefully planned publicity meeting would turn out like this. She was immediately frightened and lost her ability to manage her expressions. And Madeleine in front of the TV was extremely angry. If her eyes could kill people across the screen, I'm afraid.
Starlight will be burned to ashes by the rage that bursts from Madeleine's eyes.
However, Deep Sea in the lounge breathed a sigh of relief.
He still can't forget what the people from his motherland said when they passed by him a few days ago.
"Congratulations, it seems that your popularity is about to surpass mine, why don't I give you the position of captain."
The moment he heard these words, he felt horrified and a chill came to his heart, so when Xia Shang found him, he shed tears of gratitude to Xia Shang.
"The fact that Xingguang can tell her terrible experience is enough to show that her courage is admirable." The motherland man walked to Xingguang calmly, as if he was not surprised by Xingguang's revelation just now, and patted him with a serious expression.
Starlight's shoulder: "I didn't expect that something like this could happen in the group of seven. I am also responsible for this. Tell me, tell me the name of that person. The people of my motherland will always be your solid backing."
His speech won him the favor of many listeners.
It also made many people begin to doubt whether the air crash was really related to the people of the motherland. After all, there is still no accurate evidence to prove that the people of the motherland were the initiators.
"Thank you." Starlight looked at the side face of the motherland, and then said: "I'm sorry, he has only succeeded recently, and I don't want to ruin it."
After saying that, Xingguang turned around and left the promotion meeting.
Boom! Starlight’s words were like a bombshell!
Countless people began to discuss who that bastard was, and the matter quickly became a hot topic of discussion on the Internet in just two or three days.
After this incident, Walter International's stock, which originally rose slightly, gradually declined.
Walter's shareholders wanted Madeline to give them an explanation, so unfortunately, Ashley became the victim of this accident.
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A few days later, the incident continued to unfold. Just as Xia Shang expected, Xingguang's brave actions won her the support of more than ten million women, and she was nominated as the image spokesperson of the Women's Rights Protection Association. At the same time, she helped Walter
Resisting the continuous downward trend of stocks.
Watt Building, in the vice president's office.
Madeleine is worried about who will be the head of the talent and public relations department.
Her original plan was for Ashley to stay away from the limelight for a while, wait until the storm was over, and then find any reason to transfer her back to the company.
However, several shareholders in the shareholders' meeting uncharacteristically put pressure on her, asking her to quickly determine the person to be the supervisor to avoid similar incidents from happening again without anyone handling them.