Starting from scratch, Batman crushed my dream of getting rich

Chapter 566 exploded again.

This is the first time in recent times that Oceania Marine Park has been this lively.

Ever since that damn news exploded online, Oceania has been torn apart by angry netizens. One out of every three comments insulting Walter also includes a dig at Oceania’s marine park—its fame has certainly increased, but all for negative reasons.

Even among the visitors who entered Oceania later, there were some people who came specifically to protest. Pointing at the billboards and cursing was considered polite, and loudly promoting the news and photos in the park could be considered restrained. There were even some animal rights activists who had no contact with Walter who went into the dolphinarium just to take pictures and record the dolphins' condition.

The worst part is that the organization actually has experts who understand dolphins, so they can tell the current condition of the dolphins from the photos, and these photos become evidence that indirectly confirms the online allegations.

The owner of Ocean Park, having reached his limit, initially closed the dolphinarium temporarily. However, he later discovered that people were constantly sneaking into the dolphinarium from other areas, and he couldn't stop them. In the end, he reluctantly announced the closure of the dolphinarium until the day of the press conference.

As for the situation where so many cameras and flashes swarmed into the dolphinarium today, it made the owner of Ocean Land, who was standing next to them, secretly pleased. Just as Barrett had revealed before, they had replaced the dolphins in the pool with a new batch that was healthy enough and had not yet developed any psychological problems from being cooped up.

Therefore, all the footage recorded by the cameras present will become evidence of Oceania's whitewashing. Afterwards, by finding a few sufficiently influential experts and media outlets, people can be made to believe that the previous news was false.

"A future of making a fortune every day is beckoning to Oceania."

The boss wasn't as calm as he appeared on the surface. He was thinking to himself, "Even though it's a case of infamy gaining popularity, it's still a very widespread form of publicity. I hope Shenhai's speech later will be even more high-profile, generating even more buzz. I wonder how much Ocean Park's revenue will increase after today if the haters turn into true fans?"

At this moment, Shen Hai was standing at the front of the press conference stage, which could probably be described as the eye of the storm. When he slightly raised his head, the dazzling flashes and support effects combined were undoubtedly a bit dazzling.

But his attention remained focused on the dolphins in the pool. As someone who could communicate with fish, he realized that the dolphins in the pool had indeed been replaced. He felt secretly resentful about this, and at the same time, he was wondering where the dolphins he had originally wanted to save had gone.

"Don't panic, don't panic."

He took a deep breath, trying to reassure himself—it's too late now, the owner of Oceania can't possibly lose money by killing or releasing all the dolphins. They're probably hiding them somewhere, waiting for the impact of the incident to pass before bringing them back to be used as tool fish.

"Focus on doing the task at hand well first."

Amidst the clicking of cameras, the press conference finally began. A few moments later, several reporters were the first to hand over their microphones and start asking questions.

"Mr. Deep Sea, regarding the recent accusations against you, Oceania, and Walter on the internet, some say that Oceania abused animals, while others say that you and Walter colluded with Oceania and actually knew about these things all along. What are your thoughts on this? Are these things true? What is the truth?"

"Mr. Deep Sea, the dolphins here today don't seem to be suffering from long-term malnutrition and depression as reported in the news. They are very lively when they move around. You are an expert in marine biology and are able to talk to them. Could you please tell me how the dolphins in the Oceania Dolphinarium are doing right now?"

"Mr. Deep Sea."

Questions rang out one after another. At first, the questions were asked normally, but as the reporters rushed to speak, the scene suddenly became chaotic, and one could only vaguely make out what they were asking—in essence, the questions were the same as those of the first two reporters.

Shen Hai took a deep breath, recalling what Barrett had said to him in the office that day.

"Nobody really cares about the condition of those dolphins. You just need to repeat the lines we give you and tell them that the dolphins in the ocean are healthy and have no problems."

“The boss of Oceania is willing to give you an additional ten million in cooperation fees. Walter’s situation is already very bad. Deepsea, you know what you should do. Don’t ruin your own career.” So Deepsea spoke directly.

"That's right, those news articles online are all true."

wow——

A simple sentence silenced the entire audience of reporters for a second, followed by an uproar; their minds seemed to freeze.

Did Deepsea just accuse Walter?

But Shenhai ignored them and continued talking to himself.

“I knew from the beginning of our collaboration that many of the fish in this marine park were not in good condition, and I also later confirmed that the dolphins in the ocean were indeed malnourished and depressed. I reported this to higher authorities, but Walter completely ignored my report. They asked me to take on the job and do my best to promote it.”

Upon hearing this, the owner of Ocean Land next to him was already feeling cold and weak in the knees. He wanted to rush onto the stage to stop Shen Hai from continuing to speak, but he was already half-paralyzed on the spot.

What's the point of stopping them? The words have already been spoken; who on the scene can control a superhuman?

“I feel very guilty about this collaboration and I originally planned to rescue these dolphins, but today I discovered that all the dolphins in the dolphinarium have been replaced. I don’t know where the original dolphins are now—I am really worried about their safety.”

“This was originally a business collaboration that I had no choice in. The company assigned me to do the publicity, but I regretted it after seeing those dolphins. I didn’t want to go against my conscience to endorse Oceania.”

"Starting today, I will be leaving the Water Corporation."

The owner of Oceania fainted backstage at the press conference, and it's easy to imagine that Barrett and Edgar are probably not in a very good mood right now.

At this moment, everyone in the black-robed team was glued to the explosive press conference on television.

"To be honest, I don't have high expectations for the deep sea."

Ma Zhaodi shrugged: "He has never been tough in his life. In fact, I was mentally prepared for him to give in to the company."

"And now?" Franky asked, "Can we trust him and cooperate with him?"

"No need, just let him leave on his own."

Ma Zhaodi replied, "He will be arrested by the CIA on the way. He will eventually have to pay for the sins he has committed."

"Only after paying the price can one have the right to talk about redemption."

(End of this chapter)