Becoming the Richest Man Alive

“I see. This means that your showdown with Sawyer would happen a month later,” she surmised succinctly.

Casper answered in the affirmative. Ever so astute of her to grasp the situation quickly.

“How did you do it? And what kind of dirt do you have on him?”

He cleared his throat. “Just a little trick of mine… It’s enough to keep him in check for a month.”

“In that case, we should get rid of Hanson now. Thanks for doing this, Casper. I’ll share with you my secret soup recipe as thanks.”

After going over the details of their plan, Casper hung up and immediately made another call.

“Hey, Tiana, do you have any media contacts?”

Being in the entertainment industry with her own company, Tiana had indeed established a network of media contacts. “Sure do. I have people I know in several print and new media channels.”

“Great. Can you do me a favor? A food blogger named Hanson will be uploading a video later today to expose himself. I need to make sure that the public flays him enough that he could never make a comeback.”

Though taken aback by what Casper said, Tiana agreed readily. “Okay, I’ll let my contacts know.”

we-media outlet, but they have some questions and I’m not sure how to answer

problem. Ask them to

in. “Hi, is this Mr. Simpson? My name is Alex. Thank you for taking my call. How are

at the deferential attitude. This is the kind of person one should be wary of; who

you have some questions,” he said

the lack of interest in exchanging pleasantries. “Yes, sir!” he said cheerily. “Mr. Simpson, I have heard of Hanson before. May I know how do you intend to create bad press on him? Do you have fabricated

don’t need to worry about the details. Hanson will upload a video on his own account. He’ll confess in the video that he has been stealing content ideas from someone, and he falsely incriminated his ex-girlfriend. Once the spark ignites, all you need to do is fan the flame and ensure Hanson’s name is

understand, Mr. Simpson. How do you know Hanson will release a

to be concerned with. Are you telling me you

just want to understand more so we can help you better. Rest assured, Mr. Simpson. Given enough…

better

knew too well the likes of Alex were sycophantic turncoats who would be all too happy to pledge their

day, a video was posted on Hanson’s account that caught the attention

blogger’s fans had initially thought it was just a new cooking video. They were soon in varying degrees of shock when they realized that the content was decidedly not what

detailing how Hanson had stolen content ideas from his then-girlfriend for those cooking videos made in the early years. Said ex-girlfriend, Sheryl, was also the same one who Hanson had

dismayed to find the famous Hanson Woods, who

the same vigor. The conspiracy theorists in them attempted to turn the tide by declaring that he made the video under

clearing his name. Delivering what he had promised, Alex had his we-media fan the flame by exposing more dirt on Hanson and publicizing it on all

misdeeds, including breaching his contracts and hooking up with girls who were

was essentially giving Hanson that final shove. He went