Amidst their complaints, Evelyn responded in neither a humble nor a pushy tone.

"I've asked my assistant to investigate the matter. Please go to the 22nd floor and help yourselves with a cup of tea. I promise to get back to you once I have more information on the matter."

“No, we'll stay right here! We won't leave and you can't go anywhere either!"

"Yes! We have tried to reason with your company, but you just keep ignoring us! We are not Leaving!"

Looking at the security guards, Evelyn said, “Let go of them.

Everybody, please sit down. I'll be here waiting for news from the person in charge.”

Her reaction and calmness astonished everyone.

The security guards released those they had detained earlier. The protestors had no intention of giving up, but when they saw Evelyn standing on stage and showing no intention of leaving, they all sat down one by one.

The launch event was being broadcast live, and as such, the incident was viewed by almost everyone online. The conflict had become a hot topic for discussion online. The words “Hilton Group's new product launch event" had sparked a sensation on the Internet. The amount of searches had soon reached five million.

The number of searches online under Evelyn, the trustworthy CEO of

Trend Enterprise soared through the roof. As graceful as a queen,

Evelyn showed neither anger nor embarrassment in the difficult situation. Netizens were amazed by her composed disposition and elegance. She had become their goddess.

The Live broadcast was still on-going. As a matter of fact, Nadia was the one who had arranged for the security guards to get the media journalists out of there. However, Evelyn stopped her. The viewers had only seen the beginning of the story. If they were to stop the broadcast now, it would look like their company was trying to hide something disgraceful. It would change the entire narrative of the situation. Evelyn wanted everybody to see the whole truth. And if her company was in the wrong, she would set things right and hold the person in charge responsible.

Five minutes later, Nadia hurried inside with her phone in her hand.

She briefly told Evelyn about what had happened.

It turned out that last year Trend Enterprise had begun demolishing clusters of dilapidated housings in the city. When the people involved in the affair knew that it was related to the Hilton Group, they began asking for exorbitant prices.

The protesters were asking for fifty million dollars as compensation for every two-story house. When the manager of Trend Enterprise who was in charge of the relocation project didn't compromise, they ganged up on him one day after work and beat him up.

Now, they had become these so-called “nail households"—-families who didn't accept the compensation and refused to leave their home. The result was that, over time, they became more anxious and they started to cause more trouble than they did before when they saw that the other houses around them were already torn down.

Under everyone's expectant gaze, Evelyn spoke on the microphone.

“The amount of monetary compensation for housing demolition is mainly determined by two factors. One is the assessment price of the legal house property, and the second is the compensation for house decoration according to the market price. We have hired professionals to assess the price of each house property of the West Village and calculate the compensation price for decoration. After the calculation process, we've estimated that the fair compensation for each household involved in this relocation project to be 1.2 million. However, in light of the problems, our company has agreed to increase that amount to 1.5 million. We are willing to help, but don't you think asking for 5 million dollars is being highly unreasonable?"

This produced such an uproar that the reporters stared at each other in awe.

"Fifty million? That doesn't sound right?"

“How can they come here and make such unfair demands?"

"Yeah, they have gone too far this time! I support Hilton Group and

Trend Enterprise!"