America's Greatest Villain: I Defeat Magic with Magic

Looking at Vanderbilt's mocking face, Vivian calmly retorted:

"Please provide your reasonable grounds for objection, Mr. Vanderbilt. To my knowledge, the 'Southern District Homeless Hot Meal Care Program' launched by Rongding Pavilion has already gained considerable attention on the Internet, and USC has benefited greatly from it."

The allocation of 3 yuan was personally decided by Vivian, so of course she had to be the first to stand up for Chen Yuan.

"Moreover, providing freshly prepared hot meals for the homeless is no easy task; the preparation of ingredients and labor costs are considerable. Therefore, I believe that a grant of $3 is a reasonable figure."

"Community service can certainly bring positive reviews to our school's reputation," Vanderbilt sneered, "but only if this restaurant of dubious origin doesn't use fraudulent means to deceive the public!"

"Deceiving the public?"

Vivian raised her eyebrows slightly, her tone becoming serious:

"This is a rather serious accusation. Do you have any solid evidence, Mr. Vanderbilt?"

"certainly!"

Vanderbilt confidently operated his phone, and soon a photo appeared on the 100-inch LCD TV on the opposite wall.

That photo was taken by Anna, a top student at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, showing Lisa, a young woman dedicated to public service, handing golden fried chicken to an elderly Black homeless man.

Vanderbilt stood up, pointed at the photo on the screen, and said loudly:

"The reason why Rongding Pavilion's charity activities have received widespread praise on the Internet is precisely because this photo has aroused compassion and resonance in the hearts of countless people."

Vivian nodded noncommittally, then pressed, "Is there a problem with this photo?"

"Of course there's a huge problem!"

Vanderbilt glanced smugly at Chen Yuan, who sat silently in the corner, and then showed another photo.

What appeared before everyone at this moment was a spirited young woman with smoky makeup, a pink afro, lip and nose piercings, and even tattoos on her arms!

These are photos of Lisa, a troubled teenager, in her daily life.

Although the two photos are very different in style, many people present immediately recognized that they were the same person based on their bone structure and facial features.

The way everyone looked at Chen Yuan instantly changed.

The "charitable girl" created by the "South District Homeless Hot Food Care Project" is actually a problem girl with strange clothes in real life?

If this matter were to be exposed, it would be a huge scandal and would certainly deal a heavy blow to USC’s rigorous academic reputation.

Vanderbilt pressed his advantage, saying:

"As you can see, the girl in both photos is actually the same person. The so-called 'charity girl' that Mr. Chen Yuan painstakingly cultivated is actually quite unlike her in real life!"

"Therefore, I believe that Mr. Chen Yuan is using despicable deception to gain public sympathy. His egregious behavior does not deserve special fund allocation at all."

Finally, he took a deep breath, stared at Chen Yuan, and declared fiercely:

"Therefore, I suggest that Rongdingge's student practical cooperation pilot program be revoked immediately, and this hypocritical philanthropist be expelled!"

Vanderbilt's harsh accusations plunged the entire conference room into a pin drop.

After all, everyone in charge knew that Rongdingge's status as a pilot cooperative partner was spearheaded by Vice President Vivian.

And just minutes earlier, she had personally announced that she would allocate $30,000 to Chen Yuan.

At this moment, Vanderbilt brought up Chen Yuan's forgery, ostensibly targeting Rongdingge, but actually using the opportunity to deliver a resounding slap to Vivian's face.

Although Vivian's family foundation controls the allocation of funds for the college's activities.

However, Vanderbilt is also backed by a well-known pharmaceutical company and has close ties with the USC School of Life Sciences.

This sudden power struggle made everyone hesitant to express their opinions.

However, Vivian, at the center of the storm, remained unmoved. She calmly turned her gaze to Chen Yuan and asked without any bias:

"Mr. Chen Yuan, do you have anything to say about the accusations against Mr. Vanderbilt?"

At this moment, Chen Yuan understood perfectly well that Vivian had specially invited him here today in order to deal with Vanderbilt in front of her.

After all, in the afternoon, Vanderbilt's charity bus promoted his family company's new drug under the guise of charity, and even induced immigrants to sign organ donation documents.

These practices have clearly crossed the line.

At the same time, a new information panel reappeared above Vanderbilt's head:

[Target: Charles Vanderbilt, 22 years old, junior at USC School of Life Sciences]

[Recent heinous act: Providing unproven targeted therapies to low-income immunodeficient patients under the guise of free treatment has left one female patient in critical condition.]

Upon seeing this line of bloody text, Chen Yuan felt a slight jolt.

In the afternoon, the system panel had already issued a warning: there was a problem with the targeted drugs provided by Pioneer Medical, a company owned by the Vanderbilt family, which caused the condition of several patients to worsen.

Unexpectedly, just a few hours later, one of the patients was already in critical condition!

However, Vanderbilt himself spoke freely here, accusing Chen Yuan of fraudulent activities in his charity work!

Such a hypocritical and sanctimonious face opened Chen Yuan's eyes.

"Mr. Chen Yuan, do you have anything else to say?"

Faced with Vanderbilt's repeated questioning, Chen Yuan knew he had to respond.

However, directly exposing Pioneer Medical's misdeeds here would only result in their outright denial.

After all, he had no evidence.

So he leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs, and stared at Vanderbilt with a cold smile:

"Mr. Vanderbilt, are you openly engaging in appearance discrimination and objectification of women?"

This enormous accusation was slapped on Vanderbilt without warning, leaving him completely stunned.

However, his reaction was extremely quick; he immediately retorted angrily:

"Don't try to confuse the issue! We're talking about your fabricated public image; what does that have to do with discrimination against women?"

"Of course there's a direct causal relationship!"

Chen Yuan suddenly sat up straight and pointed at the screen.

"This Lisa is not only an active volunteer in community service, but also a 16-year-old soon-to-be high school student!!"

"To satisfy your own vile desire for political attacks, you published illegally obtained photos of her life without her or her guardian's permission. This not only constitutes a serious invasion of privacy but also constitutes cruel bullying of a minor's physical and mental health!"

Chen Yuan's accusations were extremely serious, both morally and legally. Vanderbilt immediately blushed and somewhat flusteredly defended himself, saying:

"I showed her photo simply to prove that a delinquent like her is completely unfit to be a public relations advocate. I promise that her photo will not be leaked to the outside world after the meeting."

Chen Yuan smiled slightly and continued his pursuit:

"But your words just now precisely expose your deep-seated stereotypes and discrimination against the underprivileged!"

He looked around, his eyes piercing!

"What makes you think that a girl from the lower class who wears smoky makeup, a nose piercing, and tattoos for self-protection is inherently guilty? Does she not have the right to wear a white dress and participate in charitable work to help the disadvantaged?"

"Mr. Vanderbilt, your actions not only arrogantly deprive a marginalized girl of her right to strive for a better life, but also constitute the most vicious class discrimination against all the disadvantaged groups struggling to survive at the bottom of society across America!"

Chen Yuan was well aware that Lisa was by no means a flawless charity worker.

What about the aspirations of marginalized girls to improve themselves? What about the protection of the underprivileged?

It's just the bullshit rhetoric that those leftists love to spout.

But so what?

In this land, the truth is never the first thing to be seen.

People first see the stance, then decide right from wrong; they first decide who to sympathize with, then go back and choose reasons to support that sympathy.

Since Vanderbilt wants to use these rules to crush people, Chen Yuan doesn't mind turning the tables and using the same rules to smash his face.