Just as he left the United States and returned to Hong Kong in the summer, his Washington Daily News broke out with a shocking scandal.

During the six years of managing the company, Steven Palai, chairman of Columbia Records, has committed infringement, disturbance, intimidation, etc. against many singers under the company. There are at least three private settlements reached through lawyers alone.

At the same time as the scandal broke out, the Washington Daily News also found the victim to speak out, telling how he was attacked by Steven Palai, and how he was intimidated by him and did not dare to call the police. In the end, he was mentally depressed due to excessive pressure and excessive panic.

This report has facts and evidences, and it is a lustful scandal that the general public "loved" and therefore immediately caused a sensation in the United States once it was exposed.

The United States is a country with severe punishment for crimes. Ordinary criminals may reform themselves and reintegrate into society after being released from prison. However, once they become involved in crimes, they will be restricted for life.

Because American law stipulates that no matter where you move, you must go to the local community to register your whereabouts, address, driver's license number, physical characteristics, etc.

These information will be handed over to the local police for publication, and ordinary people can find these information online. Once all infringements are convicted, they will never be able to turn over in the United States and will bear the cross of sin throughout their lives.

This is mainly because the mainstream culture of American society was created by the Puritans who immigrated to the United States in the early days. Puritans were the most pious and holy Protestants. They believed that they shouldered a divine mission and advocated abstinence and saving. Thinking about the "prohibition" promoted by the United States was formulated with their support and promotion.

Even drinking is a sin in their eyes, let alone aggression. In their eyes, this kind of crime is even more serious, and it is as serious as robbery and killing people.

Therefore, after Steven Palai's scandal broke out, it immediately caused an uproar in American society. People were not only surprised by the terrible crimes, but also by the ugliness of American justice.

According to the Washington Daily News, Steven Palai has infringed at least 30 singers, and this is still a conservative estimate. So many are simply shocking.

Several women had called the police and filed a lawsuit against Steven Palai, but they were forced to settle with him in court because of intimidation.

American justice has always been regarded by the public as the most fair and selfless. Anyone who commits a crime can be punished. But now they see that Steven Palai is obviously guilty, but he can play with the justice and escape punishment through the money and power in his hands, which really makes them unacceptable.

For a time, the public questioned the fairness of American laws, questioned Steven Palai's guilty, why he had not been severely punished, and why he could continue to serve as the chairman of Columbia Records.

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In the face of doubts, Steven Palai did not respond immediately. Columbia Records did not take measures against him, but called the Washington Daily News as soon as possible, hoping that they could recover their previous reports and eliminate the adverse effects.

If they promised to do so, they would receive a million dollars in public relations fees. Instead, they would receive attorney letters from Columbia Records to hold them accountable for spreading rumors and slandering others.

If it were other scandals, Jonah James would definitely agree. After all, one million dollars is not a small amount, and selling a full version of the advertisement will not cost so much.

But Steven Palai was the target of summer to be destroyed, so even if he wanted to accept the money, he wouldn't do it. Not only did it not work, Jonah James continued to report that not only revealed more victims, but also sent the tape of Columbia Records calling for public relations to CNN, which was played.

The American people were already quite popular, but now they have seen more victims exposed. Moreover, Columbia Records not only did not fire Steven Palai, but instead favored him and spent a lot of money to buy the media. They were all furious.

"How many people have been hurt by him?! We want the truth!"

"It's really disappointing for Columbia Records to protect the murderer. I'll never buy it again."

"The U.S. Department of Justice should intervene as soon as possible and can't let him get away with it anymore."

The American people roared their own roars one after another.

Seeing that the anger caused by this scandal was getting stronger and stronger, and there was almost no hope of extinguishing it. The mainstream media in the United States finally stopped pretending to be deaf and began to follow the trend to report on the matter.

In fact, they have received similar news before. This kind of news is not news in the United States and Hollywood at all. Although mainstream American culture hates crimes extremely, in Hollywood, shallow rules are popular and have even become well-known rules of the game.

Celebrities and artists are already quite popular when they sell their flesh in exchange for opportunities as early as Hollywood was founded. There is a special term in Hollywood, "sofa interview", which refers to this matter.

And it’s not just the unknown to abide by this rule, even big-name stars like Marilyn Monroe cannot avoid similar incidents. In her private diary, she once wrote, “Yes, I went to bed with the producer, everyone is like that, if you don’t do it, there will be another girl waiting outside the door.”

Hollywood is the pinnacle of movies all over the world. Filmmakers all over the world want to come here to find opportunities and become famous in one fell swoop. But Hollywood has a number of movies shot every year, and the opportunities are limited. Whoever can act and who cannot act often depends on a sentence from a strong person. Therefore, in order to win this opportunity, sacrifices must be made when necessary.

As the chairman of Columbia Records, Steven Palai enjoys extremely high power in the company and even ignores the controlling shareholder Lawrence Texue. He is also a strong figure who can determine the fate of a singer with just one word, so if he wants to have a shallow rule, he basically doesn't run away.

Mainstream media all know this, but because this is a long-standing rule, Columbia Records paid for public relations and strong people also helped to say hello, so they did not report it in a tacit understanding.

But unexpectedly, the Washington Daily News broke this tacit understanding and announced the world of Steven Palai's scandal, which suddenly made a big hole in the sky.

Now they can't hide it from each other anymore, so they just report it together. After all, if they pretend to be deaf and dumb, they may be regarded as accomplices who cover up Steven Palai.

As soon as the mainstream American media joined the report, the scandal became well-known and inauspicious, and it ruined Steven Palai and became infamous overnight.

The US Department of Justice cannot pretend to be dead at this moment and announces an investigation into Steven Palai.

As the news came out, Columbia Records' stock price fell, from the previous eight dollars to five dollars, a drop of nearly 60%, which was even worse than the stock market crash last year.
Chapter completed!