Chapter 407: Heshia's Distress and Thoughts
Although various environmental improvement plans in the star field are being promoted in full swing, some conflicts are still constantly staged and erupted.
"We protest against the long-term oppression and occupation of the residents of the North Third District by the Temidon Company, and demand that it return the land and property that belonged to the local residents!"
On the road surrounding the Deep Snow Sky Lake, many residents held up signs and slogans, lined up in a long team and marched, complaining about the unfair oppression they suffered in front of the media cameras.
The camera gradually pulled away, and the blue lake below gradually turned into a huge mirror, while the residents marching on the road turned into colorful dots.
"Now I'm reporting to you the demonstrations in the North Third District. What exactly did the Temidon Company, which the local residents complained about, do? Now let the reporter interview and explain it to you."
The camera then switched to the local residents' homes, where a middle-aged dark-skinned couple talked about their life experiences over the years and why they protested.
"It turns out that decades ago, the Temiton company bought local land at a very low price and used it as a power generation site."
"In the early years, this business did bring unexpected income to local residents, and the electricity generated also made local electricity much cheaper." "
But recently, because the Federal Star Domain government decided to restart the environmental restoration plan for the Emerald Skirt, many groups have begun to sign agreements with residents from all over the north to obtain land use rights and undertake purification task indicators."
"These agreements can enable many residents to obtain generous subsidies, and also come with promises to resettle local residents, etc., which has benefited many northern indigenous peoples."
"But the residents of Salt Lake City in the northern three districts, because most of the surrounding land has been acquired by the Temiton company, no group has signed an agreement with them, and the subsidies they have received are very few. In addition, Temiton used this opportunity to raise the price and sold the land to other group companies at a high price, with no clauses for resettling local residents."
"No wonder the local residents are very dissatisfied, but is the behavior of the Temiton company currently legal?" the host talked to the reporter.
"Because the environmental restoration project has just been launched, the star region government has not yet established detailed legal protection, which means that Temiton is not illegal for the time being."
"This is really sad. It seems that the local residents must be very uncomfortable and unacceptable. They have lived in such an environment for hundreds of years, but in the end they cannot get compensation like other northern residents."
"The cause of this incident has been introduced. After the outbreak of today's demonstration, Temiton still has no response. According to some insiders, the company may have transferred its assets to other star regions and is no longer prepared to deal with the follow-up matters in the region."
"This news report is over."
The program on the projection TV was turned off. Heshia sat on the sofa in the empty hall, holding a white light-feathered bird in her arms, stroking it slowly, looking at the ground with her eyes, as if thinking about something.
This is Dolores's home, or a seaside villa of this wealthy lady. The lobby on the first floor is hundreds of square meters and is very empty.
After a while, some footsteps came from the spiral staircase not far away.
Dolores came to Heshia with two glasses of freshly prepared fruit wine in her hands, put the fruit wine on the coffee table, and then sat down.
"Aren't you going to watch the news?"
"Not for now, I'll be more anxious after watching it." Heshia closed her eyes and opened them again, as if she was a little emotional.
"Be a little more open-minded, there are many such things, if you want to take care of every one of them, you may not be able to finish them in your lifetime." Dolores comforted Heshia.
"I know, but sometimes I can't help but want to know the real situation." Heshia sat up and looked at the clear and transparent fruit wine on the coffee table. Several ice cubes were stacked in the orange liquid, and a slice of green lemon was inserted on the edge.
"It's honey grapefruit juice wine, not too strong, even if Heshia drinks it, she won't get drunk." Dolores looked at Heshia jokingly.
"I'm not that easy to get drunk." The girl picked up the wine glass and tapped her tongue to taste it.
"If you're serious, Heshia will definitely not get drunk, but you don't look like you can drink." Dolores said with a smile covering her mouth, her body swaying slightly.
"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. It should be smooth recently. I saw in the official data that the environmental restoration plan is progressing very quickly, and many areas have already determined the future schedule."
"It's fast, but it's not perfect." Heshia's eyebrows moved slightly, and she said what she knew.
"Some places with less pollution and lower difficulty in governance soon have groups willing to take over, but some bad places are not popular, such as the area in the North Second District."
"Not only is the pollution in the North Second District serious, there are also many ruins of past buildings there. If we want to rebuild and restore, we need to spend a lot of money on cleaning up the ruins, and the cost is higher than those empty and desolate places." The girl said the imbalance in the northern region now.
"It will be difficult, and companies are basically profit-seeking." Dolores shook her head slightly. She herself was born in such a circle and understood the habits of those people very well.
"If it is a listed company, it will not do such a project with huge investment, high risk and low return, because once such a plan is released, it will face a sharp drop in stock prices before it fails."
"Everyone may scold those big companies for being greedy, but once they say they want to buy stocks, they will definitely choose those companies that put profit first, because the benefits and dividends will be higher."
After talking about the shortcomings of the upper circle, Dolores turned her eyes to Heshia.
"What do you think about Heshia? You look like you want to control her." After three years of getting along, she knew this girl very well. If Heshia spoke up, it meant that she had actually cared about this matter for a long time.
"I want to control it, but I am just a singer after all. I don't have actual assets. If I spend other people's money and let them spend all their energy and money to do good things with little return, this kind of thing is always not good." She also has her own insistence.
"Is that so..."
After listening, Dolores thought carefully.
"Although the Federation treats singers generously, it seems that there are some restrictions on singers actually controlling a large amount of assets."
"Because the referee can't leave the court." Heshia stood up and looked through the glass on the outer wall of the hall to the sea in the distance.
"As singers, we are already in a position to command and dispatch many large group forces. If we have huge assets, it is easy to change the nature."
"I understand the necessity of this restriction, but many times I feel powerless, unless..." She remembered something.
"Unless I can directly influence the Federation Star Region Government."
(End of this chapter)
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