"Fellow villagers, Tianyu Group is here to bring you warmth! Come and collect your food! The location is the gymnasium!"
Lin Lele, holding a megaphone, stood outside the stadium and shouted loudly.
However, the effect was not obvious. Lin Lele's voice was almost hoarse from shouting, but not many people came out.
Most of those who came to collect the grain were elderly men and women.
Looking at the few bags of grain piled on the ground, several elderly people who came to collect the grain frowned. With just a few bags of grain, how could they talk about disaster relief? Isn't this a joke?
An old woman stepped forward, grabbed a handful of rice from the bag, and smelled it.
His expression changed drastically, and he said with a grim face, "You're just going to try and fob us off with this? Is this even fit for human consumption?"
Several elderly people around her also gathered around. Seeing the quality of the grain, they all began to criticize Chen Yu and his two companions: "You have some nerve! You even dare to pass off inferior disaster relief supplies!"
"People's hearts have really gone to waste! I've dedicated my whole life to the country, and now that I'm old, I'm being bullied like this!"
"Who's your leader? Tell him to come out! I really don't believe that no one can handle you anymore, hmph!"
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"Seniors, please calm down and let me explain," Feng Xinran quickly reassured them. "These supplies are not disaster relief grain allocated by the government, but were donated free of charge by General Manager Chen of Tianyu Group from his own inventory."
"Hehe, everyone, my name is Chen Yu. First of all, I want to apologize to you. There isn't much grain, and the quality is a bit poor, which may have disappointed you." Chen Yu explained, "However, I am just an ordinary citizen after all, and my abilities are really limited. I hope you can understand!"
"Chen Yu, right?" An elderly man with gray hair stared intently at Chen Yu and said in a deep voice, "I've heard of you, a big boss with a net worth of hundreds of billions."
"Do you really think we're old and easy to fool? A billionaire entrepreneur can't even provide disaster relief supplies?"
"Exactly, what a joke! Do they really think we're beggars? They have the nerve to call this disaster relief with all this junk!" an old woman sneered in agreement.
The crowd also criticized Chen Yu, and the scene was chaotic.
Just as the situation was about to spiral out of control, an elderly man wearing glasses pushed open the gymnasium door and, supported by two middle-aged men and women, entered the gymnasium, shouting in a deep voice, "What kind of behavior is this, making such a racket!"
Although the old man's voice was not loud, it seemed to contain some kind of magic, instantly silencing the noisy scene.
Everyone looked at the old man. Although he was old, he was in good spirits and his eyes revealed an undeniable pressure, exuding the aura of a superior.
"Old District Chief, what brings you here?" Everyone looked surprised.
Chen Yu was somewhat surprised by this. The visitor was named Cao Jianping, a retired police officer.
This person served in Anping for over 40 years, rising from the grassroots level to the district head, making him quite a legendary figure.
Because of his extensive experience, even though he has been retired for several years, he still enjoys great prestige in Anping. In some cases, even the words of Li Xiubo, the current district head of Anping, are not as effective as his.
"Xiao Liu, Xiao Wu, how could you be so inconsiderate! The weather outside is so bad, and you still brought the old district chief out. If he gets cold, can you take responsibility for that?" An elderly woman wearing glasses sternly reprimanded the two middle-aged men and women, while quickly stepping forward to take over the task of supporting them, her eyes filled with a mixture of concern and reproach.
Cao Jianping waved his hand gently to indicate that he was fine, and said to the old woman, "Little Li, don't blame them. I asked them to bring me down."
As he spoke, Cao Jianping looked at everyone with a smile and said, "The old man heard that people from above had been sent to provide disaster relief, and he was worried that there would be chaos and looting at the scene, so he came here specifically to take a look."
At this point, Cao Jianping's smile vanished instantly, and he said in a deep voice, "Now it seems that my worries were not unfounded. Many of you are retired government officials, and some are even still in office. I never expected that you would turn the disaster relief site into a vegetable market!"
"Old district chief, you don't know, this isn't legitimate disaster relief at all. This so-called disaster relief is just something Tianyu Group is doing themselves. And look at this, this is the food they're going to distribute... is this even edible?"
"Yes, old district chief, they're practically harming us! I think they're clearly dissatisfied with us veteran officers; they're deliberately trying to annoy us!"
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Everyone complained.
Upon hearing this, Cao Jianping's face immediately darkened.
He looked at Chen Yu with a scrutinizing expression and said in a deep voice, "Is what they said true?"
"Hehe, sir, you've misunderstood." Chen Yu patiently explained, "Our Tianyu Group has set up a total of 10 relief points in Anping for this disaster relief effort, and the supplies allocated to each location are the same."
Upon hearing this, Cao Jianping became even angrier: "Are you saying that I'm being unreasonable with you?"
Chen Yu quickly waved his hand and explained sincerely, "Sir, you misunderstood. I was just stating the facts."
"Hmph! Calling him 'old man' all the time, he has no manners at all!" someone sneered.
Chen Yu frowned upon hearing this and said coldly, "What? Since when has the word 'old gentleman' become a bad word?"
"You sharp-tongued fellow! This is our former district chief. You keep calling him 'old man,' which is clearly disrespectful!" an old woman angrily accused.
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