The video was uploaded to YouTube, detailing the entire process of an ordinary person being strapped to an operating table and transformed into a monstrous bio-beast.
The content was incredibly gory, with no censorship or pixelation! Everything, including the logo of the Bayer Pharmaceutical Group, was clearly displayed for everyone to see.
After watching the video, many people were nauseated, but even more began commenting furiously below.
"I never imagined that the outwardly respectable Bayer Pharmaceutical Group would engage in such disgusting activities behind closed doors!"
"That was my son! He said he was participating in a drug test for the public good, and I never expected him to end up looking like this!"
"A life for a life, a debt for a debt! Bayer Pharmaceutical Group, I want you to pay for my child's life!"
...
Seeing everyone start to condemn the Bayer Pharmaceutical Group, its head, Hudson Allen, was furious and immediately called the CEO of YouTube, demanding that the video be taken down.
To this request, the CEO of YouTube felt like crying without tears. "Mr. Hudson, if I could take it down, I would have done so long ago. This video is like a stubborn rash; no matter how we try to operate the backend, it always occupies the prime spot on the homepage recommendations."
Finally, he emphasized again, "We can't even remove it from the recommended list, let alone take it down!"
"We can't let this continue!" Hudson Allen was exasperated. Gritting his teeth, he said, "How about this, you shut down the website directly, and our group will be responsible for all losses!"
The CEO of YouTube hesitated. "Mr. Hudson, if we shut it down now, it will cause significant negative impact on YouTube's reputation, and coupled with the lost advertising revenue and breach of contract fees, it would be an enormous sum."
Hudson Allen was unwavering. "Ten billion? Twenty billion? Or fifty billion? No matter the amount, our group can afford it, as long as you quickly make this video disappear from public view!"
"Alright, I'll do it for you, Mr. Hudson!" The CEO of YouTube called his secretary and arranged for the shutdown of the website's main server.
Ten minutes later, YouTube announced it was shutting down for maintenance, and the video exposing the Bayer Pharmaceutical Group was temporarily removed from the internet.
Hudson Allen breathed a sigh of relief and quickly contacted internet trolls to spin the narrative, claiming it was a movie promotion and that Longguo was slandering them, attempting to confuse the public.
Jing Mingqiu, sitting in the SUV on the way back to the city, typed on a laptop purchased from the system mall. Upon discovering that YouTube had forcibly shut down by cutting off the main server, he raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, that was quick. Shutting down the world's largest video website directly means Bayer Group will be bleeding a lot of money this time! However, it's useless!"
With that, Jing Mingqiu tapped a few keys on the keyboard, and a new command was rapidly transmitted across the globe via satellite.
In the United States, at the Bayer Group building.
Hudson Allen was in a meeting, discussing how to deal with the crisis.
His assistant suddenly burst in, panicked.
"Mr. Hudson, this is bad! Twitter, TikTok, and various major television stations have started broadcasting our modification surgery videos."
"Furthermore, each one is playing a completely different version. Our excuses are completely useless now, and our internet trolls have been overwhelmed by angry netizens!"
"Now, it's not just online; they are also holding large protest rallies in reality. The White House and our group's building are already surrounded by protestors!"
Hudson Allen's face instantly turned ashen. "What did you say? How is this possible! So many websites and television stations have all fallen. Contact people immediately and take down all these videos, block them all!"
"That's impossible," the assistant shook his head vigorously. "I've already contacted them. It's the same as on YouTube; they're like stubborn rashes. They have these videos but are helpless!"
Hudson Allen roared, "Where are the hackers we trained? Send them out quickly to hack those websites and television stations!"
"It's no use either!" the assistant looked desperate. "Our trained hackers have gone all out, and the US Hacker Alliance has also joined, but none of them can do anything about these videos."
"According to them, these videos use a completely new encoding method. It's not English but a very strange blocky script, very similar to Chinese, but not exactly the same as the characters used in Longguo today."
Upon hearing this, the current CEO of Bayer Group, Alec Ulysses, suddenly stood up.
"Mr. Hudson, the sudden widespread dissemination of our laboratory video must be the work of Longguo acting in secret. With this as evidence, we can protest to Longguo and demand compensation for all our economic losses!"
"Compensation! Compensation my foot!" Hudson Allen was so angry his fingers were trembling. "Longguo is attacking our laboratory in Afghanistan, and now that the information has suddenly leaked, who doesn't know this was done by Longguo?"
"But what good does it do to know! Are we admitting that we leaked commercial secrets by suing Longguo, or are we admitting that all the programmers in the United States combined are not as good as Longguo!"
"But?" Alec Ulysses, having been lectured, mumbled resentfully, "Mr. Hudson, are we just going to suffer this loss silently?"
Hudson Allen sneered, drew back the curtains, and looked at the angry protestors holding banners below. "This loss is too great for Bayer Group to bear?"
Alec Ulysses became anxious. "Then what should we do?"
"Don't rush, things haven't reached a point of no return," Hudson Allen patted Alec Ulysses on the shoulder and showed a 'kind' smile. "In a while, you will do this, and then like this..."
As the video spread wildly, public opinion grew even more intense. That evening, Bayer Group held a press conference at its headquarters.
Facing the surging crowd below, Bayer Group CEO Alec Ulysses, pushed forward as a scapegoat, was covered in cold sweat. He took out a meticulously prepared speech and began to read it haltingly.
"I was completely unaware of everything that happened in the video. I only recently learned that those scientists resorted to such insane acts for their research."
"First, please allow me to represent Bayer Pharmaceutical Group in extending our sincerest apologies to the victims. I am truly sorry that such an incident occurred due to my poor management."
"All employees involved in the video have been dismissed and handed over to the police for processing!"
"For the families of the victims, we are willing to provide one million yuan in emotional consolation payments to each of them to compensate for the psychological trauma caused by the loss of their loved ones..."
Alec Ulysses had barely finished reading halfway when the audience began to murmur incredulously. With so many experiments and so much funding involved, how could he, as CEO, be completely unaware?
Jing Mingqiu couldn't watch any longer and placed his hands on the keyboard, preparing to release more evidence. Suddenly, two American police officers appeared and immediately pinned Alec Ulysses to the ground.
Then, with two clicks, his hands were cuffed!