Why would someone contact us if their project ran into trouble?
Sun Lifang was confused. "Does Aqi have any business dealings with our company?"
There was still no work during the Spring Festival. Sun Lifang remembered that the young man always wore a pair of slightly worn jeans, a black cotton-padded jacket over his upper body, had a round head, a cigarette tucked behind his ear, and would smile ingratiatingly at everyone he met.
He said he came to the city to help his uncle find business, specifically to find sales channels for elevators, and he would get a considerable commission for each successful transaction.
After searching high and low, they finally found Zhou Yunshi's place.
During the Spring Festival, most migrant workers go back to their hometowns to celebrate, and even if they return, it will be about a month later.
Considering the timeline, a death occurred less than a month after construction began?
That sounds kind of scary.
“They didn’t rest during the Spring Festival.” Zhou Yunshi understood them, having worked hard when they were young, but he never expected that things would turn out this way.
After finally getting a job, Aqi and his fellow villagers worked day and night. His mother-in-law and wife also came to the construction site to cook, and the whole family lived on the construction site.
"Due to fatigue from construction, I walked downstairs in the middle of the night and went the wrong way—"
The emergency exit is on the left, and the elevator shaft is on the right.
In an effort to save money, Lin Zhenzhen hired a makeshift team that lacked any sense of safety regarding the installation of protective barriers and did not consider that people would be working upstairs in the middle of the night.
It was dark and I was exhausted, so I was walking unsteadily. I turned a corner and made a mistake.
He lost his footing in the elevator shaft on the fifth floor and fell straight down.
I don't know whether to call it lucky or unlucky.
Fortunately, the steel bars in the elevator shaft avoided vital organs such as the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, preventing his immediate death.
Unfortunately, Archie was used to working at night, and no one came looking for him when he didn't go home.
When people went to work in the morning, they discovered that there was a person stuck in the steel bar, and the person was still alive.
He died after being taken to the hospital.
"You've met them before, maybe you'll—"
It's best to be careful.
Lin Zhenzhen has already run away; she has no choice but to.
"Before, when she cashed out and ran away, she had powerful backers backing her up, but now—"
The project failed, and even the bigwigs couldn't save her.
Archie's mother-in-law and wife gathered a large group of fellow villagers who did nothing all day but hold up a black banner and wailed and cried at the sales office.
A mourning hall has been set up these past two days.
Given this situation, who would dare to buy a house here?
If houses can't be sold, funds won't come back, and the cash flow will break down.
If it were just that, it would be fine; you could just pay someone to smooth things over and it would all be over.
The seafood restaurant owner has already spent so much money, would he still care about compensation and settlement?
But Lin Zhenzhen lost her temper and ran away, which completely angered Aqi's wife.
I called the mayor's hotline and asked the relevant departments to come down and investigate thoroughly.
The result was that a lot of things were uncovered as soon as they dug in, not to mention illegal construction and unqualified qualifications for building high-rise buildings.
The project poses a significant safety hazard and must be shut down.
"Next, the restaurant owner will be in trouble."
The project costs for all materials must be settled, the mortgage on the restaurant must be repaid, and compensation must be paid for any deaths.
These three points were not enough. To make matters worse, it happened to coincide with the Ninth National People's Congress, a crucial time when the higher authorities sent people to investigate people's livelihoods.
Who has ever seen such a scene?
The restaurant owner was in a complete panic; it wasn't something that could be resolved simply by paying money.
If no one takes over and he can't pay back the money, not only will his entire life's fortune be tied up here, but he'll also have to go to jail.
After all, he was the one who organized this whole thing, and he was also the one who verified the bid documents.
"We are currently looking for someone to take over the business, and they might find us."
Who would want to take over a piece of land considered unlucky?
Archie's mother-in-law was the most vocal, shouting, "This isn't over until they give us a million!" when she saw someone backing her up.
Where could you get one million in '99?
If she couldn't get what she wanted, she continued to make a scene. Not only did she set up a mourning hall at the sales office on someone's advice, but she also led people to splash red paint on the door of the restaurant owner's house.
I don't even know who taught her that—
The tables have turned; thanks to this son-in-law, she has earned enough money for her retirement for the rest of her life.
The restaurant owner offered her 500,000 yuan to settle the matter privately, but she refused.
Her daughter told her, "Let's stop now." But she wouldn't listen.
In the end, Archie's wife got angry and scolded her mother, "You forced me to come to Shanghai to work on a construction site. You said he had no money and couldn't give me happiness. You're a disgrace."
“You forced me to work for my uncle, saying he was useless and what he could possibly achieve on his own. He has to listen to you, otherwise you’ll be unhappy.”
"You forced us to switch companies; everything was fine before—"
Now, even with Archie dead, the mother cannot find peace.
In the dead of winter, they dragged a coffin to the entrance of the sales office and drove it around for people to see.
Just for that one million, they completely risked their lives.
The woman's cries gave the old man inspiration.
"Oh right, those two ran away, but what about that Boss Zhou guy?"
Archie had worked with everyone the old man had ever met. He would use sympathy and the excuse of "not looking good" to block the family members and cry and whine, and he could always get a thousand or eight hundred yuan. Not to mention that big boss Zhou.
They're definitely richer.
And so, Aqi's mother-in-law came to Zhou Yunshi and, without any regard for anything else, unleashed her shrewish instincts at the company, crying and wailing.
Anyone who didn't know better would think that Zhou Yunshi was responsible for her son-in-law's death.
"I can't reason with the old man, so I've already sent someone to handle it."
Zhou Yunshi briefly described the situation and told Sun Lifang, "Stay at home, don't answer calls from strangers, and don't see anyone."
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