Chapter 636 Burning a Few
"Of course it's true! The test report is out and it's in my hands right now, hahaha!" Qi Minglin said happily into the phone.
"Great, great! So how much is it this time? Have you calculated it yet?" Zhang Ce asked eagerly.
"Not yet. We've only driven one pile. We need to continue driving piles for further testing," Qi Minglin replied.
"Okay, I'm busy right now and can't come to your place. I'll come see you later. If you get specific information on the content, be sure to tell me immediately!" Zhang Ce instructed.
"Definitely, but there's a problem I need to tell you." Qi Minglin wanted to give Zhang Ce a heads-up beforehand.
"Tell me, what's wrong?" Zhang Ce slowly sat down and asked.
“We discovered the mine in a village, and now there are issues related to relocation.”
“The compensation we offered was already very high, but the rare earth issue was leaked, and today we are being pressured to accept higher prices.”
“The contract was already signed, but that villager brought people to prevent the demolition. They insisted on demanding five million yuan instead of the promised compensation of 50,000 yuan,” Qi Minglin said.
"So what did you do in the end?" Zhang Ce frowned upon hearing this.
"In the end, Chen Feng stepped in, took care of that group of people, and then forcibly demolished and burned the house. The house was almost burned down before the pile-driving team was able to start construction."
"If you want to blame someone for this, blame me. It's my fault," Qi Minglin said, taking some responsibility for Chen Feng.
"Didn't we tell you before that you should try to avoid conflicts with local residents and strive for a peaceful resolution?"
"How did things escalate to this point?" Zhang Ce sighed.
"There was no other way. The situation was too urgent. We simply couldn't proceed without resorting to violence."
"Moreover, Chen Feng said that if we back down this time, the other villagers will become even more aggressive. I thought he was right."
"I'm sorry, boss, please punish me instead. I'm the team leader, and Chen Feng was just helping out," Qi Minglin said, taking a deep breath.
"What can I say about you guys? Why are you so impulsive? Chen Feng has a bad temper, why didn't you stop him?"
"Now that things have escalated to this point, how are we going to clean this up?" Zhang Ce said, feeling a bit of a headache.
After a moment of silence, Zhang Ce frowned and continued to press, "How many people actually burned to death?"
"ah?"
Qi Minglin, who had been looking down, was stunned when she heard this. She was so shocked that she suddenly looked up, almost thinking she had misheard.
"What are you 'ah'ing about? I'm talking to you about serious matters. How many people actually died in the fire? Was it reported to the authorities? Has any video been leaked? What kind of impact has it had?"
"Why didn't you tell me about this sooner? You two are really something," Zhang Ce kept complaining.
If you had said this sooner, wouldn't it have been resolved sooner? It's been days, and you're only now remembering to ask me to clean up your mess.
After so many days, the public opinion has fermented to an unknown extent, and now it's too difficult to clean up the mess.
"Forehead…"
Qi Minglin scratched his head, his brain momentarily blank.
No, aren't we talking about the same thing?
"What the hell are you talking about? You didn't burn a dozen or so people to death, did you?" Zhang Ce became more and more terrified as he thought about it, and sweat poured down his forehead.
If it were just two or three, it would be easier to deal with, but a dozen or so? Are you kidding me? Is this a forced demolition? You're just trying to kill people!
"Boss, you've misunderstood. Chen Feng just beat someone up and set fire to his tree. Nobody died, nobody lost an arm or a leg, and nobody even bled from their nose."
"What you're saying is too scary, burning several people to death, we don't have that kind of courage," Qi Minglin replied, patting her chest.
"What did you say? You beat someone up? Really?" Zhang Ce said in disbelief.
"Really, Chen Feng slapped that guy a few times," Qi Minglin replied.
"My God, you scared me to death! Why did you make such a big deal out of just a few slaps!" Zhang Ce leaned back in his chair and let out a long breath, glaring at Qi Minglin from afar.
"I didn't expect that what you meant by not allowing conflict was this conflict law..." Qi Minglin said, scratching his head.
"What kind of conflict is this, even if someone loses an arm or a leg? It's no big deal. This is a national project. How can we let some villagers stop us like this?"
"Besides, what I mean is to try to avoid conflict as it has a bad influence, but they've already brought people to block the demolition, so why are you afraid of them?"
"Tell me the specifics of what happened back then," Zhang Ce asked.
Qi Minglin quickly recounted what had happened.
"Well done! Chen Feng did the right thing. The contract is already signed, and you're trying to raise the price on the spot? That's not how you do things."
"I haven't treated you badly, so what are you doing?"
"You think 50,000 yuan in compensation is too little? You want 5 million? I'll give you a whole city instead!" Zhang Ce said, somewhat angrily.
“We signed the contract this time, but the villagers probably won’t sign it next time. What are we going to do? We can’t keep forcibly demolishing houses.”
“If this continues, it’s only a matter of time before bloodshed occurs,” Qi Minglin said as she sat down.
"No, a conflict involving a thousand people is too serious. We should resolve it peacefully if possible."
"Try to get them to sign the contract. Don't worry, we just discovered a rare earth mine and have taken a breather for now. There's no need to rush this mine."
"And if things really get to the point of no return, I will take coercive measures."
"Until then, let's discuss it as much as possible. Let's leave this matter entirely to Chen Feng. I believe that kid definitely has a plan."
"Just remember this: as long as no one dies, it's not a problem."
"If any department needs it, I will make the arrangements for you, don't worry."
Zhang Ce's words reassured Qi Minglin, giving her a sense of confidence.
"Okay, I understand. Boss, wait for my good news." Qi Minglin nodded and smiled, then hung up the phone.
"We must secure all the demolition contracts within a month, that's my word." Qi Minglin leaned back in her chair and snorted.
Meanwhile, Zhang Richeng was inside the tent, spinning around with his phone in his hand.
He never expected that rare earth minerals would actually be discovered in this place.
His only thought now was to report to his bald eagle master that something terrible had happened.
However, before he could extract the specific confidentiality measures, Zhang Richeng dared not expose himself or transmit any information to the outside world in any form.
If this is discovered, then everything will be over, and all those years of hard work in hiding will be for nothing.
"Damn it, what should I do? If all else fails, I should ask for leave and go home in a while," Zhang Richeng thought to himself.
Once he breaks away from the exploration team, he will have a way to get the message out.
You can monitor me, but can you monitor my every move? You can't monitor the entire city.
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