On the way back to Yunhai, Chen Fan received a call from Luo Wenjie.

"Done. The other side surrendered."

"Withdraw all newspapers, publish an apology in several mainstream newspapers in Yunhai, and pay compensation of NT$500,000 for the damage to reputation."

Chen Fan was not surprised. He asked while driving: "How did you do that?"

Luo Wenjie smiled on the other end of the phone.

"Don't worry about the method. I have more experience than you in dealing with this kind of villain."

"By the way, send me your account number and I'll have them transfer the money to you."

Chen Fan smiled faintly: "Do I want to spend this kind of dirty money?"

"Why not? This is five hundred thousand?" Luo Wenjie looked puzzled.

Chen Fan said, "Please donate this money to Project Hope, which will be used to improve the school supplies or extracurricular books for students in mountainous areas."

"That's very generous of you. Okay, I'll take care of it for you."

Luo Wenjie then asked, "By the way, when will you be back?"

"Today. On the way now."

"You better hurry back. I heard there's some trouble in the shantytown. Some people went there to protest."

"Um?"

Chen Fan frowned, "What's going on?"

Luo Wenjie: "I don't know the details, I just heard it from other customers in other stores."

"It seems like it's a big deal, and a lot of people are going to protest."

"Okay. I understand. I'll be right back."

After hanging up the phone, Su Ruochu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, asked softly, "What happened?"

"I can't explain it to you in a few words."

"By the way, Brother Jie just called and said that the newspaper has decided to publish an apology, so you don't have to worry about it."

As he spoke, Chen Fan found another phone number on his phone and called.

He called Guo Wendong and asked him what happened in detail.

…

Sea of ​​clouds.

City Hall.

The security guards in the hospital all looked tense and were on high alert.

Outside the compound, a crowd of people surrounded the gate.

Some people sat on the benches, some held up banners, and shouted slogans.

It is obvious that this group of people came here to protest today.

In the office.

Tong Haoran was staring at the area map of the shantytown, and seemed to ignore the shouting coming from outside the window.

There was a knock on the door and Secretary Li Wei walked in.

After taking a look at Tong Haoran, Li Wei's expression became somewhat nervous and worried.

Tong Haoran remained calm and did not raise his head, but continued to look at the picture.

"how?"

Li Wei hurriedly took two steps forward.

"I went to take a look and there were at least three people."

"They are all shouting slogans, and their demands are nothing more than insufficient compensation and that they will have nowhere to live if their houses are demolished."

"Some people also said that the money they were given was just enough for a down payment on a house, and they would have to bear the heavy pressure of repaying the loan in the future. They don't have the ability to earn money and don't want to move."

"Someone else wants to buy an extra house because his son is getting married soon."

Li Wei became more and more angry as he spoke: "A large number of people are tenants living in shanty towns. These people don't even have houses, but they also came here to cause trouble."

"The reason is that we demolished the shantytowns and they have no place to live. Let us arrange new accommodation for them..."

Li Wei was a little angry: "Mayor Tong, it's obvious that they are a group of people who are deliberately looking for trouble."

Tong Haoran stood up straight and for the first time took his eyes off the picture.

I glanced at the secretary and just opened my mouth when there was a knock on the door.

"Secretary Li said the meeting will start in ten minutes."

As soon as the staff member left, Li Wei's expression became a little nervous.

"Mayor Tong, I'm afraid they will question you about this incident."

Tong Haoran sighed.

"That can't be helped. I took the initiative to put the evidence in their hands."

The entire leadership team of Yunhai is not a monolithic entity.

Last time Tong Haoran strongly advocated the renovation of the new district, many people voted against it at the meeting.

Because this project is time-consuming and expensive, if it is not done well, it is easy to not only fail to achieve political achievements but also get into trouble.

However, Tong Haoran was very powerful and forced the resolution through at the meeting.

Although no one said it openly, there were still people who opposed it behind the scenes.

Especially those deputy leaders, who have been waiting for Tong Haoran to make a mistake.

Whenever he makes a mistake, the people behind him will have a chance to move up.

At this time, a meeting was suddenly requested, and Secretary Li personally presided over it.

It's obvious at first glance that this is a bad idea.

But things had come to this, and Tong Haoran had no other choice but to bite the bullet and take a pack of cigarettes and go to the office.

Sure enough, as soon as the meeting started, Secretary Li looked at Tong Haoran.

"Lao Tong, what happened? You saw what happened outside today. How much of an impact does this have on our work?"

Tong Haoran said: "It was my negligence at work. I have arranged for someone to persuade everyone to leave immediately."

"It's not enough to just leave. We have to find a practical solution."

Secretary Li gave a reminder.

This will have no effect on him.

On the contrary, Tong Haoran had strongly advocated this project from the beginning to the end.

But as the top leader, he must stand up and show his majesty at this time.

And in a sense, he actually admired Tong Haoran's style.

Although his approach to some issues is somewhat radical, he appears to be a good leader who gets things done.

So today, Secretary Li did not say anything harsh, but just urged us to find a way to solve this problem as soon as possible.

However, just as Secretary Li finished speaking, someone behind him spoke.

“I’m afraid it’s not that easy to solve.”

"The demolition is almost halfway done. And yet there are still so many people who are unwilling to be demolished."

"If this kind of thing is not handled properly, it can easily become big news."

The person who said this was Sun Gang, the executive deputy mayor who was sitting opposite him and a member of the municipal party committee standing committee.

As the first deputy mayor, he is the one most qualified to be promoted to mayor until Tong Haoran falls.

In addition, Tong Haoran was a mayor who was parachuted in from outside the city. He has been in office for a short time and his foundation is not deep.

Sun Gang, on the other hand, was born and raised in Yunhai. He has been in this position for more than ten years and climbed up step by step.

Therefore, Sun Gang still has many supporters.

Sun Gang usually disagreed with Tong Haoran on some of his ideas, and this time he finally got the chance, so he naturally wouldn't give up.

Sure enough, as soon as Sun Gang opened his mouth, someone immediately began to agree with him.

It's just that this matter has been blown out of proportion and it's not good for anyone.

We must find a perfect solution that satisfies everyone.

Of course, this problem cannot be solved, and someone has to take responsibility for it.

However, everyone present was an experienced person, so they naturally would not speak so directly.

But after all they said, this is basically what they meant.

Tong Haoran sat in his seat without saying a word, remaining silent.

To be honest, he didn't expect this result.

He made full preparations for the start of this project.

Just for the demolition and relocation compensation alone, not only was a mobilization meeting held, but even the conditions for the compensation were far higher than the national baseline.

Tong Haoran had originally anticipated that there would be some people who were unwilling to be relocated, but there would only be a few dozen households at most.

I never expected that so many people would be unwilling to demolish the house.

According to rough statistics, there are at least five or six people, which is almost the population of a small ordinary administrative village.

Seeing that Tong Haoran pretended to be silent, Sun Gang naturally would not miss this opportunity.

"Well, I think we should find a way to deal with it. Have a good talk with those people."