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Chapter 130: You Actually Live Here?
Chapter 130: You Actually Live Here?
Is this kid so arrogant?
Just as Hansen was about to speak, his female assistant Miller leaned in and whispered in his ear, "Owen just called and said Freeman has gone viral online."
Hansen looked down to see, Miller’s phone was playing a short video of Freeman getting out of a taxi and then walking away without looking back.
All these short videos came with eye-catching titles:
[A black Michigan student took a taxi without paying, the taxi driver asked for money to no avail, and had no choice but to leave]
[Black Michigan student takes taxi, gets off and walks away, refusing to pay the fare]
…
Looking at all kinds of titles, Hansen’s face darkened.
"This is called going viral?"
With a look of embarrassment, Miller nodded her head.
"Bad publicity is still publicity, according to our statistics, the topic of Freeman not paying his taxi fare has already surpassed twenty million people discussing it, with many calling for Freeman to get out of Dragon Country."
"Nobody had noticed our Michigan exchange event before, but now it must have caught quite a lot of people’s attention."
Miller had no idea how serious the situation was.
She only remembered that before they set off, the school leaders had given them a lot of tasks.
One of them was to draw widespread attention from the people of Dragon Country to Michigan in the shortest possible time.
Now that Freeman has become so infamous, surely their task must be considered complete?
Seeing Miller looking quite pleased, Hansen felt a terrible headache coming on.
Why was it that every time he went on a business trip, he was stuck with an assistant with no brains?
Before Hansen could come up with a foolproof plan, an impatient Wu Bin interjected, "You’ve seen the discussions online, right?"
"Now, I’m giving you two options, either compensate the taxi driver’s fare or I’ll spend some more money on promotion, letting your group of Michigan exchange students really make a scene."
Hansen glared fiercely at Wu Bin.
"So it was you who filmed the video! You’re the one creating trouble behind the scenes!"
Wu Bin waved his hands in denial, "Don’t spout nonsense at me, I just happened to livestream this outrageous scene."
"Whether or not netizens record or share videos, that’s their spontaneous behavior, it has nothing to do with me."
"But I think these videos are good, so spending money to buy some traffic to promote them shouldn’t be a problem, right?"
It was only then that Hansen noticed that Wu Bin always had a photographer and a video camera following him around.
At first, Hansen didn’t take it seriously, thinking Wu Bin was probably just a small influencer recording his life.
But when Hansen saw that the video camera was high-end, he realized that Freeman had really stirred up trouble this time.
After pondering for a moment, Hansen said to Freeman, "Pay the money."
Freeman looked bewildered.
"What? Hansen, you must be joking, that driver was so dumb, I don’t want to pay."
"I’m an American, a specially recruited student from the University of Michigan, what can they possibly do to me?"
Seeing Freeman touting his credentials, Hansen covered his face with one hand, his expression pained.
Now to make Freeman pay was just to play down the incident.
But this idiot not only had an improper attitude, he had even revealed his identity as a special recruit from Michigan.
Hansen couldn’t understand, had Freeman, who had been an athlete for so many years, developed muscles even in his brain?
Hansen, suppressing his anger, said fiercely, "Freeman, if you don’t want to lose your status as a special recruit from Michigan, then pull out your money now and pay for the taxi fare."
Hansen was much smarter than Freeman.
Freeman often caused trouble and deliberately got into fights, relying on his muscular build.
This would have been alright in the US, they could settle matters with money.
But now they were on the land of Dragon Country.
If they refused to admit their mistake, things could get very troublesome if they escalated.
Seeing that Hansen was truly angry, Freeman reluctantly took out his wallet and pulled out the fare to hand over to Wu Bin.
After Wu Bin got the money, he sneered, "Not bad, seems like not everyone from Michigan is an idiot."
In front of the camera, Wu Bin handed all the money to He Bingbing.
"Sister Bingbing, please ask your TV station to contact that uncle driver, everyone has a hard time making money these days, those few bucks might be his meal money for several days."
He Bingbing nodded, indicating she would definitely contact the driver uncle.
The netizens in the live broadcast room started sending barrage comments.
"Still, it’s my bro Wu who says to make Laowai pay, and he pays."
"We’ve got a lot of viewers in our live room, with so many people watching online, it only took about ten minutes yesterday to make this matter trend on the hot search, how could he not be cowed?"
"I heard the Michigan official website was hacked by the Red Hacker Alliance a while ago, and now that school’s official homepage is constantly looping the video of Laowai not paying the fare, what a huge loss of face."
"Red Hacker Alliance is awesome!"
The netizens in the live broadcast room were all very excited.
After all, Freeman’s willingness to pay the fare was also due to public opinion pressure.
In the matter of creating public opinion, they had put in a lot of effort!
So this time, the netizens in the live broadcast felt a strong sense of participation!
Just as Wu Bin was walking out of the hospital, a small car was parked at the door, and Fang Hao was excitedly waving at him.
"Wu Bin student!"
"Director Fang, what are you doing here?"
Wu Bin looked puzzled.
Fang Hao laughed and explained, "I saw on your live broadcast that you were hospitalized after being attacked, so I drove here as soon as possible to visit you, but to my surprise, you’ve recovered so quickly."
Wu Bin was stunned for a moment, then understood.
After all, Fang Hao had just spent two hundred and fifty thousand on him.
If he couldn’t continue to be the face of the zoo due to an accident, Fang Hao would definitely be the first to come to him for a refund.
That was two hundred and fifty thousand after all. Nobody’s money came with the wind.
Wu Bin said with a half-smile, "Director Fang, did you bring anything for your visit? Showing up empty-handed, huh?"
Fang Hao looked embarrassed.
He hadn’t actually considered all that before coming.
"Cough cough, I was in such a hurry that I didn’t have time to buy any gifts."
"But now that you’ve recovered, Wu Bin student, why don’t you come to my place?"
"Just so happens a friend gave me a fresh crucian carp, I’ll cook for you, and show off my culinary skills."
Wu Bin originally wanted to decline, but couldn’t resist Fang Hao’s enthusiasm.
Besides, Fang Hao kept stressing that he had important matters to discuss with Wu Bin.
With no choice left, Wu Bin could only get into the car and follow Fang Hao to his home.
As the car drove into an upscale, luxurious neighborhood, Wu Bin felt that something was off.
"Isn’t this Splendid Xiangjiang? You live here?"
Wu Bin was shocked.
This neighborhood was a haven for the rich in Magic City, with an average house price of fifty thousand per square meter. Was Fang Hao really that wealthy?
Fang Hao chuckled and explained, "This is a house my mom left me, it can’t be sold, otherwise I would have sold it a long time ago to buy meat."