Chapter 124

In this case, it is useless to explain it from the perspective of the Thorns Award.

Raymond's trick was to create momentum, and it seemed that he had the right time, right place, and right people. But this kind of play is not uncommon in the circle, and it is not the first time that Su Ning has seen this kind of tactic, it's just that the battle this time was particularly large.

In addition, he timed the process to make everything seem just right, and Arnold, who always followed the rules, became a "saboteur" who deliberately broke everything. However, there are loopholes in this way of playing.

They praised Raymond too much, piling up various personalities to make him look like a perfect person, because only this kind of personality can arouse the sympathy and empathy of the public and make most people speak for him.

But is he really that perfect?

It is just covered up by a created halo. Once this halo is broken, everything will cease to exist.

Regarding this point, those who were present to discuss the matter quickly understood what Su Ning meant, especially Shen Zhaolan.

This time, Su Ning and Wellington also brought people from Hong Kong Island to cooperate, which was considered to be a great honor for him. If you get along with Shen Mingzheng and Su Ning more, you will understand that with them, as long as you follow the rules, even if there have been unpleasantness before, it is not necessarily impossible to continue cooperation after the conflict is resolved.

There is no eternal confrontation, only eternal interests. This is the case with Zhu Lan. Shen Zhaolan chose the right side and did the right thing at the critical moment, and all the staff in Hong Kong Island are also capable, so it is the same for him now.

Just think of it as a way of returning a favor. This is something that Hong Kong Island can do, and Shen Zhaolan took the initiative to bring it up.

After all, Hong Kong's entertainment journalists are indeed world leaders in their ability to uncover breaking news, and some entertainment weeklies have been around for 20 to 30 years and have their own survival philosophy.

For them, as long as they have attention, they dare to offend anyone, not to mention that this time there is someone backing them up.

Raymond's attention was so high that Shen Zhaolan only needed to give a little hint and the media would understand. Several weekly magazines got some clues from them and soon went abroad.

In the past few days, Raymond's voice has become louder and louder, as if not supporting him as a judge is unfair and discriminatory.

He was full of confidence, even a little proud, but this kind of talk pushed to the top and made people somewhat rebellious, and Arnold was also holding on tightly, which was also beyond his plan.

At this time, several pieces of news came out.

It was an entertainment reporter from Hong Kong Island who first released the news, along with a 20-minute investigation video. In order to prevent the public from noticing it because it was too long, an abridged version with pictures was also included.

Then, the true story of this "potential" Thorns Award judge officially unfolds.

Raymond was indeed born in a slum, but he had received considerable investment in his early twenties, and then made friends with the powerful and wealthy, and spent a lot of money lavishly. Some pictures of him living a life of luxury were dug up before, but they were suppressed and did not cause any waves. After all, he attended some banquets and so on, which is something many people do, so it cannot be considered as strong black material.

But this time the revelations are very different.

It was revealed that Raymond had previously made a documentary about wildlife protection, which is one of his representative works.

But now, when reporters visited the remote area, they found that while filming the documentary, in order to achieve good results, Raymond made a mistake and injured a snow leopard. At the same time, two little snow leopards were abandoned and died by their frightened mother.

At the same time, the installation of cameras caused irreparable damage to certain local landforms. Moreover, this happened more than once. There were many times when he resorted to any means necessary to film.

Most of these wild animals live in remote areas. Even though local residents and conservation organizations are very dissatisfied and even ban the Raymond team from entering the country again, their voices on the Internet are too small to attract much attention.

Raymond soon noticed this.

He did not resist such questioning, but apologized quickly and posted a large donation he had previously made to wildlife and environmental protection. He said it was a filming accident, that staff members including himself were injured, and that he had been providing rescue services.

He was quite exaggerated about this, but in fact, many things could not stand up to further investigation, for example, his current identity as a disabled person who arouses sympathy was entirely his own fault, as he ignored the meteorological department's advice and insisted on going into the mountains, which resulted in an accident and even a rescue team member lost his life trying to save him.

Raymond didn't dare to mention these.

He still wanted to get away with it by relying on his previous practices, but this time it won't work.

The public's attention is too high, and it is no longer something that can be easily controlled as before. At this time, lying cannot be easily covered up. Cracks have appeared in his "perfect" personality. Once the truth is investigated, many things cannot be hidden.

Harming wildlife was just the beginning, but once this incident started, more and more things started to come out.

Especially the "charity" he mentioned. By bringing this up, he is shooting himself in the foot.

The documentary attracted a lot of attention at the time. The local conservation organization worked diligently and tolerated the Raymond team for a long time, but finally couldn't stand it anymore. At that time, they thought they would use this documentary to call on everyone to pay attention to the protection of rare wild animals. After it was broadcast, it did have a good effect, but many people's kind donations went into Raymond's charity organization. The local volunteers who actually did the work had to work hard and didn't get much money at all.

Raymond's charitable foundation is simply a fur company.

Such a large fund has never disclosed the details of its use of funds and has serious financial problems. It has even been questioned by supervisory agencies for several consecutive years, but no solution has been given. This news has been suppressed for several years and few people paid attention to it.

It is untenable for him to use this as a whitewash. In fact, this charity fund is simply a means for the capital behind him to launder and collect money.

If Raymond was just a big blogger and director, he could not be the confidant of capital. Therefore, his identity is not ordinary. With such a status, it is impossible for him to be clean.

This matter can only be resolved if the truth is revealed to bring Raymond down and put him back to where he should be.

The Hong Kong media only started this, and many things that followed were dug out step by step by other news teams and omnipotent netizens. In today's Internet world, a person can be made into a god through some marketing methods, but there are no secrets on the Internet.

You can hide for a while, but you cannot hide forever. If your virtue does not match your position, it will only take a moment to fall from a high place.

Whether it was abusing rare animals that eventually led to the death of their cubs, willfully killing rescue team members, donating money to charity, or the constant revelations about his messy private life, each one was enough to make Raymond socially dead in cyberspace.

He definitely cannot be a judge for this Thorn Award.

This online discussion was a sensation and ended in a shocking ending. Only then did some people take a closer look at Chairman Arnold's speech at the time and review the incident, only then did they realize that what he said made a lot of sense.

Raymond is no longer a "god", nor is he the representative of justice for a certain group. After this halo faded, Arnold's attitude of sticking to principles was understood by the public.

He was right. There was something fishy about the matter at the time. It was unfair that the judges' seats were decided in this way. Raymond had been using public opinion to force the Thorn Award to submit.

Thus, the doubts about the Thorn Award ceased.

Soon, Raymond’s personal media accounts with tens of millions of fans were banned, and he himself was also under investigation.

Although Arnold had a hard time after this incident, it was not a completely bad thing for him in the end.

At least after this incident, he proved to the public that his judgment and persistence were useful. As a newly appointed chairman, he would have encountered doubts sooner or later, but this incident was so big that he was caught off guard.

Moreover, Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng saw that Matthew's choice was correct. Even though his response was not the best, it was very rare that he could hold on under so many attacks.

Besides being a good guy, he is also tough enough.

After this matter was resolved, Arnold made a special trip to Haicheng.

He came here under the pretext of attending the banquet, but actually he came to meet Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng, so, to show respect and courtesy, he came here in person.

Although in this matter, the public only knows that it was discovered by the entertainment news media, and the first person to question it was a reporter from Hong Kong, who is also an influential self-media blogger. The investigation was indeed detailed and timely, and he gained a lot of fans because of this, but this is only on the surface.

The initial direction of the investigation was learned by Haicheng from Wellington, who then informed them. Without the support from Haicheng, the blogger and many of the initial news media might not have had the confidence to conduct the investigation.

Just as Su Ning said, the situation is created in the same way that it should be solved.

The news media is good at attracting attention, and the public is easily led astray. We cannot judge whether these groups are right or wrong based on just one thing, but only on how they are used. Public opinion is blind and lagging. Objectively speaking, it is impossible for everyone to maintain rationality and understand everything from a God's perspective all the time.

But the end result will tell.

After Arnold met the two of them, he also felt emotional when talking about this matter.

He had been with old Matthew for a long time and had learned a lot of things, but at that time there was someone leading the way, so he just had to follow instructions many times. He had never actually done anything, it was just talk on paper, and in reality, everything is different, there is no unified formula.

People cannot learn things through teaching, but things can make people understand things immediately. His expression has changed compared to when we first met.

After this incident, Arnold, who was still a little unfamiliar and a little distrustful of Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng, completely let down his guard.

"I was surprised when old Matthew found you two. I thought you were too young and unfamiliar, and he was just too impatient," Arnold said. "But now I understand that his choice was right and I was wrong."

He sincerely thanked Shen Mingzheng and Su Ning for their help this time, and then said firmly: "Thank you, my friends, my partners. I hope we can protect this award together."

Only at this moment did the two sides shake hands with each other in true like-mindedness.