Chapter 119 Making Trouble
"Even my assistant can understand this, Manager Huo, how could you not understand it?" Huo Xilin looked at the group of people coldly and said, "Invite them to the office and calm them down first. They can't come to the scene to make trouble anymore. Keep an eye on public opinion and be careful of people fanning the flames."
"Yes, yes, Mr. Huo, I'll handle it right away!" After Manager Huo said this, he called two staff members to go and negotiate with the old lady.
Unexpectedly, no matter what he said, the old lady just wouldn't listen, and a group of relatives and friends even cheered behind her and supported the old lady.
They were numerous and powerful, while Manager Huo was alone and weak, and very helpless.
Xu Qingsui and Huo Xilin watched all this.
Huo Xilin asked Xu Qingsui: "If it were you, how would you handle it?"
Xu Qingsui said: "I'll try."
After that, she walked towards the group of people, squatted in front of the old lady, and said, "Grandma, I am the person sent by the company to discuss compensation. We are very sorry for this tragedy. Let's go to the company first and talk in detail, okay?"
The old lady stopped crying and scolding, and looked Xu Qingsui over from head to toe. She said, "Since you are here to negotiate compensation, you should know our demands. My son is dead, leaving behind a pair of children with no one to take care of them. I am an old woman, buried up to my neck in the dirt, and I don't know how many days I can live. You are all rich and kind-hearted people, you can't bear to see us, an orphan and a widow, left without anyone to take care of us, right?"
"Grandma, our company already knows about your family situation, and we understand your difficulties and worries. It's getting late now, and judging by the clouds, it's going to rain. Let's find a place to sit down and have a good talk. Believe me, since I'm sent by the head office, I will definitely be able to solve your problem."
Xu Qingsui spoke to the old lady using both reason and emotion.
The old lady's face showed some emotion. She was about to nod her head in agreement when a young man behind her suddenly pushed her and said, "Aunt, my cousin died tragically. My nephews and nieces are so pitiful. Their mother ran away, their father died, and you are the only one left. What are you going to do in the future?"
"Aunt, don't believe this woman. They are the best at deceiving people in big companies. If you have anything to say, just talk here. Why do you have to find a place where there is no one? They just want to coerce us. Aunt, we must not be fooled by them!"
With the young man fanning the flames, the old lady's finally moving expression disappeared in an instant, and she started crying again: "My poor son, you left us, the old, the weak, the sick, and the widowed, to be bullied. They killed you and wanted to fool us. Someone come and take a look. Who will make a decision for us? Woo woo..."
Seeing this, the crowd joined the crusade, pointing fingers at Xu Qingsui and saying, "Now the people are dead, and they have an old man and two children, and they can't survive. You are such a big company, can't you afford to pay one or two million?"
"Yeah, if you have money, just compensate them right away. Why keep dragging it out?"
"Yeah, it's so pitiful. This woman looks decent, but I didn't expect her to be so vicious. Did she want to trick people away and then threaten them in private?"
"Ordinary people are so miserable. These powerful people can do whatever they want. It's really hateful..."
The more people talked, the more excited they became, as if they were being treated unfairly, so they vented all their anger on Xu Qingsui.
At first they just criticized him verbally, but suddenly someone threw a stone and hit Xu Qingsui on the head.
"Assistant Xu, be careful!" Manager Huo exclaimed.
Xu Qingsui looked up and saw the stone coming towards her. She was so frightened that she quickly closed her eyes.
However, the expected pain did not come, and she was hugged and pressed to the ground.
She suddenly opened her eyes and saw Huo Xilin's worried face.
"Mr. Huo! Protect Mr. Huo!" Manager Huo shouted, and several staff members on the scene quickly gathered around him.
Xu Qingsui saw blood flowing from Huo Xilin's neck, one drop, two drops... dripping onto her clothes, so bright and dazzling that it instantly stung her eyes.
She was so anxious that she almost cried, and asked quickly: "Where are you hurt?"
"It's okay." Huo Xilin stood up, helped Xu Qingsui up, and turned to look at the crowd.
At this time, everyone saw that something bad had happened, and the group of people who were filled with indignation just now gradually calmed down.
Huo Xilin looked at the man who threw the stone and said calmly, "I have called the police. They will be here soon. It is better for those who have nothing to do with it to leave as soon as possible. As for the person who did it, don't even think about running away. We live in a society ruled by law now. You can't run away."
"You... who are you threatening? The law does not hold everyone responsible. We represent justice. It is obviously you unscrupulous businessmen who do not treat people as human beings. We just couldn't stand it and wanted to teach you a lesson!" The man blushed and lost his confidence in speaking, but he still stiffened his neck and refused to bow his head to apologize.
"If we have any problems, the judicial authorities will punish us. You don't need to come here to do justice. But now you have injured me. You have violated the law, do you know that? I now suspect that you called the people to gather a crowd to cause trouble!"
"You...you are talking nonsense. Do you have any evidence? If not, you are slandering me!" the man said angrily.
If Huo Xilin was just suspicious at the beginning, but from his current reaction, he can be sure that his suspicion is correct.
"I still say the same thing, it's best for irrelevant people to leave, and those who gather to cause trouble don't even think about running away." Huo Xilin said coldly.
In an instant, the group of people who had just gathered together left one after another.
The man who threw the stone also wanted to take this opportunity to escape, but Huo Xilin gave him a look, and Manager Huo and two men rushed over and grabbed him.
Soon the uncle in the hat arrived and took everyone at the scene away to the police station.
In the police station, Huo Xilin personally negotiated the issue of compensation with the old lady, but no matter how he talked, the old lady refused to budge and the matter eventually ended in nothing.
After finishing the statement and coming out of the police station, it was almost dawn.
"What should we do next?" Xu Qingsui said to Huo Xilin, "From what I see from the old lady, she will continue to make trouble at the scene. As long as the company does not agree to her demands, she will not compromise."
"Even if we agree to her request, she will go to the scene and make trouble." Huo Xilin sneered: "Someone is behind this, and only by catching that person can we really solve the problem."
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