Chapter 519 The Second Outbreak

Before, those guys didn’t dare to borrow money, and even withdrew loans.

Mainly because the epidemic continues to worsen, they dare not gamble.

Now that the epidemic is improving and is almost over, there is no reason for them to continue to hold up the loans.

By then, Cyrus felt that the predicament on his side could be resolved.

Of course, he suffered heavy losses this time.

It's tragic that those lands were forcibly auctioned off.

For this loss, Cyrus did not think that he lost to Rodon.

All I can say is that Roton was just lucky.

If it weren't for this damn epidemic, with the huge land resources, his real estate company would be able to become the leader in the real estate industry in a few more years of operation.

What's the point of that Sori? Moss was a little unreliable, so Cyrus wasn't too worried.

For government officials like this, they just need to have some connections there, and they have to rely on themselves for the rest.

The next plan is simple, still borrow money.

There is no way. The company is still short of funds. If it wants to turn things around and make up for the losses, it still needs to have enough capital.

Then you have to borrow money.

Sellers has noticed that banks and lending institutions are much more relaxed about lending than before.

So he immediately started contacting some institutions with which he had good relations.

Although it was much more troublesome than before the epidemic, Cyrus borrowed a lot of money in the first two months of 2021 by relying on his status and relationship with the Mistry family.

With the capital, Cyrus felt that he was ready to make a big splash, but he did not expect that the second wave of the epidemic would break out in April 2021. The Delta virus variant was spreading, and India had more than 400,000 new cases in a single day, which was the highest record in the world.

Because this data appeared in India, the number should actually be greatly discounted.

Because in India, no one cares about the lives of many poor people.

The situation of these people will basically not be reflected in these new numbers.

The sudden second wave of outbreak left Cyrus stunned.

However, he still held on to some hope, thinking that this situation would soon be resolved and that investment action had already begun.

But in May and June, the epidemic showed no sign of stopping, and Cyrus panicked.

I just borrowed some money and was preparing to make a big move.

But in this situation, he was simply dumbfounded.

It is too risky to continue investing at this time.

But if he didn't invest, when would he be able to make back the money he lost? Moreover, after borrowing the money, some of it had already been invested. Even if he didn't invest the rest, the high interest rate put a huge pressure on him.

For a moment, Cyrus was in a dilemma.

The panic over the epidemic is growing.

It is not a good thing for many people, but it is a huge opportunity for a few.

For example, for Masoya, this is a great thing.

This means her medical group has a greater say.

Those powerful and wealthy people who value their lives all want to get all kinds of medical resources.

There are really not many private hospitals that can still provide medical services.

For these powerful and wealthy people, money is really not a problem.

Life is the most important thing. If you are going to lose your life, what’s the use of money?

They will definitely choose the best and most expensive medical care, and Masoya is their first choice.

Luoton felt much more relaxed.

Because he is no longer the Commissioner of Mumbai Police, the public security issues during the epidemic are not something he needs to consider.

Since he had just taken office, Luoton still needed to spend some time to sort out some affairs at the Mabang branch, especially in terms of personnel.

Of course, the greatest pressure is on Moss.

As the Director General of the Maharashtra Police Department, he is responsible for the public security of the entire Maharashtra.

With the arrival of this second wave of the epidemic, various social unrests have emerged one after another.

Moss felt like his head was going to explode.

During the previous epidemic, Shiva was still the director of the Mabang General Administration, and as a subordinate, he did not actually have much pressure.

If the sky collapses, Shiva will hold it up.

It’s completely different now. He is now the highest person in Mabang and he has to take responsibility for everything.

Although he has the support of Nirmala, the current security environment in Maharashtra is something he needs to deal with himself.

If Maharashtra is messed up, Nirmala and the BJP will probably be disappointed.

Moss couldn't imagine the consequences.

Therefore, he devoted himself to maintaining law and order.

Roton had heard that Moss had even visited the front line several times in person to demonstrate his importance as the chief to the public security environment during the epidemic.

Roton was very clear about Moss's mentality. It was not that Moss really wanted to improve public security, but it was purely for show.

As soon as he made this move, he called some reporters from news media to report his actions.

Unfortunately, the public did not buy into this kind of show and even criticized Moss's actions.

Many people said that the Mabang police should come up with concrete and practical measures to solve public security problems, rather than having a big director walking around, which will not fundamentally solve the problem.

On the contrary, the performance of the Mumbai police is quite good.

The newly appointed director actually still adhered to Rawdon's line. Thanks to the good foundation left by Rawdon, he proceeded step by step, and the situation in Mumbai was still very good.

In comparison, the public security in other parts of Mabang is very bad.

The chiefs of the various district police stations had certainly been criticized, but Moss, the chief of the general police station, had been the first to bear the brunt of the criticism.

This made Moss feel very wronged.

There are many other states in worse situations than his, but why do these news media keep catching him? Moss initially thought that Rawdon was behind it.

But later he excluded Rodon.

Because Rawdon is now the director of the Mabon branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation, and the last time Inspector Pirando came, he took ruthless action against his men.

This meant that Roden had no intention of targeting him directly.

He didn't do anything last time, so it's impossible for him to do something like this again now.

After much thought, Moss realized that because Maharashtra is the most economically developed region in India, the situation here will naturally attract great attention.

For India, Delhi and Maharashtra, one is a political center and the other is an economic center, and any slight movement here will be reported by countless people.

If it is a good thing, everyone will like such reports, as it will let all Indians know about their contributions.

But if it is something bad, it will also become known to everyone.

This is a double-edged sword.

CBI headquarters, Vides' office.

"Sir, do we need to communicate this matter with Director Mahesh?" The director of the director's office asked Vides in a low voice.

"This is Delhi's business. Roden is in Mabon, so it's not easy for him to interfere." Vides said, "Besides, he just took office and needs to stabilize Mabon. We just need to cooperate on this matter. It's not a big problem."

The director thought so too.

Since the director said so, he didn't say anything more.

He mentioned this just now because the director usually consulted Luoton when he had any problems.

"Sir, am I to give this order?" asked the director.

"Let's do it this way." Vides took a deep breath and said, "We in the Central Bureau of Investigation can't just keep being suppressed by the Enforcement Bureau without fighting back, right? Do they really think we are nothing?"

The director's face was also filled with excitement.

To be honest, most people in the Central Bureau of Investigation still feel very helpless.

The law enforcement bureau is becoming more and more arrogant, which makes them very uncomfortable.

Although the director felt that this matter was still a little unsound, he thought that he was just an assistant and believed that the problem was not too serious.

It would be good to teach the Enforcement Agency and the BJP a lesson.

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He had long been fed up with the hateful faces of those guys in the Law Enforcement Bureau.

"What's going on?" The old immortal was angry. In front of him stood several of his important confidants, including Nirmala, Urmit and Rajnath.

Everyone was silent.

But after a while, Nirmala spoke up: "According to the information I received, the Central Bureau of Investigation withdrew some people this time, causing the farmers to break through several lines of defense."

"Don't put the blame on the Central Bureau of Investigation. The people they sent there are just for supervision. They can't be asked to stop those farmers." Hermite said immediately.

He certainly could not agree to Nirmala pushing the responsibility onto him.

"The Central Bureau of Investigation was not mentioned in advance, but the police were also derelict in their duty. They failed to control the situation and allowed the farmers to continue advancing towards New Delhi. I don't know what your Ministry of Home Affairs is doing? The Central Bureau of Investigation is not good, and the police are even worse. I think they should be disbanded." Nirmala said bluntly.

Be it the Central Bureau of Investigation or the police, they are all under the Ministry of Home Affairs, so Nirmala is very much on Ermit’s side this time.

"Don't talk about us, what is your law enforcement bureau doing? They don't do their job, but instead make trouble for my people all day long. If it weren't for the law enforcement bureau messing around and preventing my people from doing anything, how could things have come to this point?" Hermite counterattacked.

The Enforcement Bureau is actually also acting as a supervisory body, but these guys are keeping a close eye on the central investigation and the police.

Especially on the police side, any problem that occurs will be magnified infinitely by the law enforcement agency.

Several police officers have fallen into the hands of the Enforcement Bureau.

It is precisely because of the intervention of the Law Enforcement Bureau that the police set up various obstacles, and the checkpoints were often useless, and they dared not take any tough measures against the farmers who marched in.

It was a movement called the Farmers' March to Delhi.

In fact, this movement started last year.

At that time, the old immortal wanted to implement three agricultural reform bills. The reforms in these bills naturally affected the interests of many people today.

Because one of them is to reduce subsidies to agriculture.

You should know that in India, agriculture is almost guaranteed to yield a profit regardless of drought or flood. The Indian government will give various agricultural growers a minimum purchase price, as well as various subsidies.

Now we need to reduce or even cancel subsidies, and the minimum purchase price must also be cancelled, and the market price will be adopted.

This made the big landowners very dissatisfied.

You know, these big landowners are the biggest beneficiaries of these subsidies.

Because they have a lot of land, they receive huge financial subsidies from the government every year.

Punjab in particular, as a major agricultural state in India, has been most affected by these reforms.

In fact, these reforms did not have that much impact on farmers.

However, the lower-level farmers are easily influenced by those above them.

For example, if the big landlords told them that the minimum purchase price would no longer exist in the future, they would be exploited by the grain buyers, who would definitely purchase grain at a lower price.

Under some benefits provided by the big landowners, such as when marching into New Delhi, the big landowners provided these farmers with funds, food, etc.

In short, on the surface it is the farmers’ dissatisfaction and the farmers’ marching, but in fact it is mainly the big landlords who are supporting them behind the scenes.

Because these reforms hit them the hardest.

How much land can those ordinary farmers have?

There wasn't much land, and the amount of grain produced was barely anything to speak of.

Also in India, there are very few farmers who can own land.

Most people do not have land and can only rent land from large landlords.

These people generally obey the orders of the landlords and dare not resist them.

This is the caste system in India.

The big landowners are usually of high caste, and those below them are usually of low caste.

After all, these low castes depend on the big landlords for survival, and the words of the big landlords are like imperial decrees to them.

If you were given some subsidies and food when you go to New Delhi this time, then there would be no need to hesitate. Immediately, countless farmers flocked to New Delhi.

On the road leading to New Delhi, the government and police set up many roadblocks in an attempt to prevent these people from continuing to move towards New Delhi.

This confrontation has continued from last year to now.

But a few days ago, the stalemate was broken.

The farmers suddenly broke through several checkpoints, which made the old immortal very angry.

To be honest, in order to implement this agricultural reform, Laoxian is still very tough.

In his mind, he was doing this for India.

Agricultural subsidies consume a large amount of national finances every year.

Given India's current financial situation, there are many areas where savings must be made.

So Laoxian set his sights on these subsidies.

Of course, in addition to financial pressure, there are other reasons, that is, to strike back at opponents.

The Congress party is now in power in Punjab.

Punjab occupies an important position in India's grain production, with wheat production accounting for about 20% of the country's total, rice production accounting for 10%-12%, and total grain production accounting for 10%-15% of the country's total.

The cancellation of agricultural subsidies will have the greatest impact on Punjab, a major agricultural state. Once it is forcefully implemented, the people of Punjab and various local forces will certainly be dissatisfied with the current Congress Party.

As long as it can deal a heavy blow to the Congress Party, the old immortal will do it without hesitation.

"I also think that the Enforcement Department has gone too far in some things recently," Rajnath also spoke up.

He is now the Minister of Defense, but he was the former Minister of the Interior and his relationship with the Ministry of Finance was not good.

Although Arun was in power at that time, since Nirmala came to power, he has been clearly more powerful than Arun.

Some of the budgets of their Ministry of Defense also have to go through Nirmala.

Nirmala and he didn’t get along too well.

Maybe it’s because he once served as Minister of the Interior.

Also, Rajnath and Ermit had always had a good relationship, and Rajnath supported Ermit on many things.

"Okay, I'm not asking you to look for anyone's responsibility by asking you to come here. Now we need to suppress this matter as soon as possible." The old immortal stopped the quarrel among several people.

They are all his confidants, so it is actually a good thing if there are disputes among the people below.

However, sometimes, if the differences of opinion are too great, it can give him a headache.

(End of this chapter)