Chapter 83 - Chapter 83 - StarTech's Stock Price Plummeted. Yes, It Was Me Who Did It.

At eight in the evening, Elliot was eating out while scrolling through his phone, keeping an eye on StarTech news.

Just then, a piece of breaking news about StarTech caught his attention.

StarTech held a board meeting, and afterward, released a statement claiming that the spontaneous combustion incidents at StarTech global stores were due to malicious attacks, and StarTech was fully investigating the matter.

"Those corporate executives, still avoiding the real problem," Elliot muttered.

Clearly, they had no intention of admitting the battery had safety hazards.

Elliot was speechless.

For a large conglomerate like StarTech, if they had taken the battery fault seriously and announced a voluntary recall of the phones and free battery replacement for users immediately after the incident, it wouldn't have been a big deal at all, and they might even have been able to turn a "bad thing" into a "good thing" and enhance their brand image.

Now, they had a good hand but played it terribly.

...

The night sky was dotted with stars.

Elliot finished eating and returned to his rented room; it was already half past nine in the evening.

He sat down in front of his computer and logged into Apex Portal.

Whoa~~

Apex Portal was practically exploding.

In the comment section, tens of thousands of new comments had been added:

[Bow down to the Great God!] [Just saw the news, spontaneous combustion incidents have occurred at dozens of StarTech stores globally!] [@Little Boy, StarTech said they were attacked by , could it be you, Boss?] [I was originally planning to buy a StarTech phone, luckily I saw your video, otherwise, I would have become a 'victim'.] [StarTech said they were attacked by , Boss, do you know about this?] [@Little Boy, what's the situation with the attack StarTech mentioned? Any inside information?] ...

Elliot noticed that many netizens had tagged him, and some netizens even directly asked if he was the one who did it.

Elliot edited a post and published it:

"I just saw the news and learned that StarTech was attacked by . Let me first state that this matter has nothing to do with me, and I don't know the specifics. However, I am glad that this incident did not cause any casualties."

Elliot "clarified" that this matter had nothing to do with him.

In fact, he had already publicly disclosed the battery vulnerability of StarTech phones, including the attack code, and other could completely use the information he disclosed to launch attacks on StarTech phones... Okay, Elliot couldn't keep lying.

The StarTech phone spontaneous combustion incidents were his doing.

What's wrong with messing with those foreign executives?

Who has an opinion?

He just liked messing with those executives, and also Solarians; messing with them, Elliot had no psychological burden.

", check the points," Elliot silently chanted in his mind.

A virtual light screen appeared, Total Points: 66 million.

Haha!

In one day, the points increased by 4 million.

It was all thanks to those corporate executives' popularity.

Thanks again, executives, thank you!

Elliot was happy.

As for StarTech's executives, they were probably about to cry.

The next day, as soon as the market opened, the share price of StarTech Electronics plummeted by another 0.3%.

At eight in the morning, major media outlets in Elysium City received invitations from StarTech to hold a press conference.

This news quickly spread back to the Federation.

Elliot had just gotten up when he saw this news.

"StarTech is holding a press conference?"

A mischievous smile curled up the corner of Elliot's mouth.

He was about to cause trouble again.

What Elliot was waiting for was StarTech's press conference.

Elysium City, ten o'clock in the morning.

It was raining continuously, the sky was gray, as if casting a shadow over the share price of StarTech Electronics.

In the press conference hall on the third floor of the StarTech headquarters building, reporters from all over the world were packed in, with their cameras and microphones ready.

"Here she comes, here she comes!"

A woman around thirty years old, surrounded by a group of people, walked into the press hall.

The woman was wearing a black business suit, a pearl necklace around her neck, and a pair of diamond earrings in her ears, exuding an aura of nobility and elegance from head to toe.

"It's StarTech's heiress, Elena Sterling!" a reporter recognized her and exclaimed.

Elena Sterling is the eldest daughter of the StarTech conglomerate founder and a popular candidate for the next president of the StarTech conglomerate.

It was actually her personally hosting the press conference.

StarTech was truly in big trouble this time.

"Click, click, click!"

The flashes on the scene lit up in a continuous burst.

Elena Sterling, escorted by bodyguards, walked to the podium.

The reporters immediately became agitated, raising their hands vying to ask questions:

"Ms. Sterling... May I ask about the StarTech phone battery spontaneous combustion incidents..."

"Ms. Sterling, will StarTech compensate the affected consumers?"

"Ms. Sterling, who do you think is responsible for this incident?"

"Ms. Sterling, how will StarTech improve the safety performance of its products in the future?"

...

The reporters' questions came one after another, like a barrage, bombarding Elena Sterling.

Elena Sterling couldn't hear what they were asking at all, and she waved her hand helplessly.

At this point, a male secretary walked onto the podium, picked up the microphone, and said loudly: "Reporters, please be quiet! Please be quiet! Please be quiet for a moment, thank you!"

The reporters on the scene gradually quieted down.

"Good morning, reporters, I am Elena Sterling, President of StarTech Electronics," Elena Sterling began speaking. "First of all, I would like to thank all the reporters for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend our press conference..."

In the rented room, Elliot was watching StarTech's press conference through the live broadcast of a Zephyr News reporter on the scene.

On the screen, StarTech's heiress, Elena Sterling, first thanked the reporters for coming, then said a few opening remarks, and then began to deny that the battery of the StarTech Note phone had significant safety hazards.

"I myself am using a Note phone, and I can assure everyone that this phone absolutely has no problems..." Elena Sterling said while taking out a Note phone from her pocket and showing it to the reporters on the scene.

"As for some incidents that have occurred recently..." Elena Sterling continued.

Elliot didn't continue listening.

He knew that what Elena Sterling was going to say next would definitely be the same old routine, shifting all the blame to the so-called .

"This level is too poor," Elliot shook his head.

attacks are a fact, but the premise is that your product must have vulnerabilities! are not gods; they can't just casually make a phone spontaneously combust remotely.

The phone's problem still existed and had not been resolved.

Elliot had originally thought that after the spontaneous combustion incidents at dozens of stores globally, StarTech would take the battery fault seriously, recall the problematic phones, and replace the batteries for users for free.

Unexpectedly, they just held a press conference and had the heiress come out personally to condemn the .

(End of this chapter)

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