Chapter 240: Chapter 240: Luring the Snake Out of Its Hole

Sometimes, before the victims even have the chance to see the light of justice judging the evildoers, they are already trampled upon by this self-proclaimed civilized society and pushed straight to the abyss of despair.

“Hearing your tone this calm, perhaps you already have a solution in mind, right?” Lucas Hill was now less worried, asking out of curiosity.

“First of all…” Julian Sterling paused for a moment, his fingers lightly tapping on the wooden desk in a rhythmic manner, and then continued in a clear voice: “Help me take screenshots of the entire post and the most typical comments, saving them as original evidence. After that, ask around to see if our people can secretly trace the origin of the poster’s IP address before someone else intervenes to erase the traces. Once we have solidly grasped the evidence, just let it loose, blow the whole matter out of proportion, the louder the better.”

“Hmm? Are you crazy?” Lucas Hill’s voice immediately rose a few pitches, filled with surprise and bewilderment. The matter of initially collecting evidence he completely understood. Anyone who encountered this unjust situation would want to find the person behind spreading baseless rumors about them to settle the score. But supposedly, according to common sense when encountering such scandalous smearing matters, would not those with status in the wealthy circles all choose to use money to force the platform to take down the post, manipulating search engines to suppress the topic to the lowest level in order to quiet everything down? No one wanted to bring out the reputation of being humiliated for the world to gossip about, so why did Julian Sterling go against the current, wanting to blow things up?

“Listen to my analysis. First, I guess the underlying purpose of the person posting this is absolutely not just because some random student suddenly found me an eyesore and looked for trouble. The way the lawsuit file was thrown out like that proves that there is definitely someone with power pulling the strings behind the scenes. They want to use the pressure of public opinion; it is just that currently, I still do not know if their ultimate goal is to threaten me, or to strike at Ethan Caldwell’s prestige. Therefore, making a big deal out of it is exactly the way to lure the snake out of its hole.”

In fact, deep down in his heart, Julian Sterling had also vaguely envisioned a little bit about the faction playing this trick; it was highly possible that the remnants of Gabriel Cole’s group had still not given up their intentions. But being over the phone, there were sensitive things related to the business situation that did not need to be spoken too clearly with Lucas Hill.

“As for the second matter, and also the most important one… the issue that needs to be resolved here is not simply my personal honor. Because to tell the truth, I do not care about those worthless words. I know how I live my life myself, so no matter what they say on the internet or how they curse, my life will still remain the same. But what we need to do to thoroughly resolve the problem is to use the law to catch a few ringleaders spreading baseless rumors to bring them to court as a warning precedent. Perhaps what I am doing cannot help much in changing the prejudices of the entire society… but I truly hope this fierce counterattack can comfort a few people who were once victims and are having to hide themselves, and it can also rebuild a little trust in people’s hearts. That if unfortunately violated or slandered… at least bravely find a way to save oneself, using the law as a weapon, and never bite one’s teeth to endure it, only to let the evildoers run rampant.”

“Furthermore, I want to see the reaction of the crowd. Human nature is actually not that bad. Among those thousands of filthy and negative comments, they will certainly be divided into two types. There are those who are truly maniacs, living by criticizing and humiliating others, but there are also those who are simply thoughtless, following the herd mentality for fun. The bigger the fire of the event is fanned, upon facing legal consequences, the true nature of each individual will be revealed more clearly.”

Lucas Hill on the other end of the line seemed to be shaken by Julian Sterling’s words, staying silent for a moment to ponder before slowly asking again: “Your meaning is, if that person’s true heart is already rotten and wicked from the very beginning, then when seeing public opinion uproar, they will be even more complacent, cursing obscenely and more aggressively. On the contrary, for those who merely tag along, when the matter becomes serious, there will be ones who begin to feel the prick of conscience, fearing responsibility and choosing to remain silent or delete their comments and run away?”

“Perhaps it is so…” Julian Sterling only replied in a vague manner, leaning his head back against the chair. Because the depths of human hearts are hard to fathom, once hidden behind a computer screen, he also did not dare to be certain how anyone would react: “But all in all, my goal is that whoever is more stubborn, cursing the most aggressively and enthusiastically, then when extracting the archived data, it will be easier to gather enough evidence to convict their crimes in court. Going online to attack and insult others’ dignity is inherently a blatant act of violating the law already, why must we yield to them?”

“Are you planning to sue? I thought you would have a more wow idea than that.”

“My brain is small, I temporarily cannot think of it yet. Wait a bit, I will ask my husband and see.” The reason Julian Sterling said that sentence was because Julian had heard the sound of hurried footsteps echoing outside, it was likely Ethan Caldwell returning.

And so Julian Sterling said to Lucas Hill: “I am relying on you for that matter, thank you for informing me. I will discuss this with my husband for a bit, and I will report back to you later.”

“Alright, if anything comes up, remember to message me.”

“Okay.”

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