After leaving the trading center, Edward quickly got into the black SUV he came in.
I have to say that the reporters behind me were really crazy.
Their questions were endless, and they seemed to want to ask all of Edward's future thoughts and all the measures that the Umbrella Company would formulate, and then print them one by one in newspapers and publish them on the homepage of the website.
Sitting in the car, looking at the group of reporters who were still unwilling to let Edward leave easily despite the darkness outside, Edward felt a little helpless.
It seems that I will have to prepare a few bodyguards to follow me in the future.
Otherwise, just dealing with these followers of journalists would make me feel inadequate.
The SUV started slowly and squeezed its way through the waves of the ocean that were flooded by camera flashes.
Edward ignored these, he was thinking about what he would do next.
At this time, he suddenly noticed that the assistant sitting next to him and following him had turned pale.
Edward asked: "What's wrong with you?"
"Master, you... you made this decision too suddenly. To be honest, this... this is very reckless!"
It seems that because he felt that he was about to be fired, the assistant let go and said that he no longer had any scruples.
"Really?" Edward raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, this is an extremely stupid decision!" the assistant said weakly: "This villa is worth a lot of money, but you gave it up. Is it just because of your so-called... kindness?"
"Young Master, although you used to live a life of luxury and luxury, this is the first time I've seen you do something as stupid as today."
"How come you are so good? You didn't want to do charity before, but now you are suddenly interested in charity?" The assistant said all the words he had been holding in his heart for a long time.
He was going to be fired anyway, so he had nothing to fear now.
Listening to his assistant's "revelation of true feelings", Edward smiled and said nothing.
He just lowered his head and silently took out his mobile phone, then clicked on a news webpage and showed it to his assistant.
"This is..." the assistant took it with a confused look.
He saw that on the web page, a huge title was displayed: The Umbrella Company donated a villa to Project Hope. What secret was hidden behind this?
"You can look for several other news websites. I believe what you see on the headlines on their homepage must be today's donation event."
assistant:"......"
"Maybe you think my sudden act of kindness today is silly, but it is also an investment. Umbrella companies have not always had a good reputation in society, such as too expensive medicines, unfair competition, involvement in the defense industry, etc.
Citizens have always been very critical of us and very dissatisfied with matters like this."
"The last T-virus leak incident in the lakeside town directly detonated hot spots of public opinion, putting us in an extremely disadvantageous position. This is a trend and it is very dangerous. We need to pay special attention to it and not let our customers lose it.
trust in us.”
Of course, there were more deeper things that Edward did not tell this assistant.
This assistant's status within the family has not reached the level where he has access to core secrets. The Umbrella Company's next action plan is indeed extremely dangerous, and the fewer people who know about it, the better.
"Master, you mean that you donated the villa... just to deal with public relations? To improve the company's image?"
"This is indeed one aspect, and probably the most important reason." Edward nodded, and then said: "But there is another aspect, that is, doing charity is an act of doing good deeds no matter how you look at it.
Right? Why, it’s no longer enough to do more good things now?”
The assistant was speechless, the expression on his face was almost like crying.
Of course, it was not that he was moved by Edward's words, but that he regretted why he had been so impulsive just now, standing still and accusing Edward.
If I had known that the young master was doing this to do public relations for the company, then I would not have "told the truth" like I did just now. If it was really like what the young master said, at least the matter of my dismissal would have been alleviated.
There is room. But now, I am absolutely doomed.
Seeing the sad expression on his assistant's face, Edward understood what he was thinking in his heart.
Edward said: "Don't worry, the company will not fire you. But since you did offend me just now, according to regulations, verbal abuse and physical conflicts are not allowed between employees within the company. I will ask the manager to deduct one week's salary from you.
As a punishment."
The assistant was stunned for a moment, and Edward didn't give him a chance to be grateful: "Okay, don't say anything else, I need to rest."
After saying that, Edward closed his eyes.
"Master, I'm so... so grateful!" the assistant said excitedly.
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Back at Industrial Park No. 1 of the High-tech Zone, Edward got out of the SUV.
"Master, please go slowly!" the assistant said loudly in the car with his head stretched out.
Edward waved his hand, indicating that they could leave.
Edward walked into the industrial park and happened to see a security team from the Umbrella Company patrolling. They were fully armed, and the weapons in their hands were replaced with the latest standard equipment.
This was Edward's previous request to the person in charge of the industrial park, asking him to increase the vigilance in the industrial park and increase the patrol team's attendance time and frequency three times compared to the past.
At that time, the person in charge did not understand Edward and the significance of what he did, but due to Edward's identity, he still did it.
Edward was so cautious to prevent SHIELD from infiltrating.
SHIELD will not give up its investigation of Umbrella Corporation easily. This is SHIELD's responsibility.
When SHIELD was first established, it was a special force created by the United States International Security Council to deal with various bizarre incidents.
In the disaster that occurred in the lakeside town where dozens of people mutated into corpses, the T virus revealed its brutal infectivity and morbidity rate. Moreover, the physical strength and agility of the zombies after infection were greatly enhanced.
S.H.I.E.L.D. has a very keen sense of smell and has decisively detected the horrific influence behind this virus once it is used in war. After all, the "Winter Soldier Plan" organized by Hydra back then is still around the world today.
Create a terrorist attack.
Edward had also had the idea of cooperating with the Hydra organization before, hoping to purchase some "special items" from them and create some trouble for SHIELD.
However, due to the current tense public opinion environment of Umbrella Company, Edward finally gave up this plan temporarily.