Early in the morning, around 6:20.
In a high-end apartment in Longcheng City, Yang Decheng, deputy general manager of a mining company, had just finished taking a shower in the bathroom and was about to drink a cup of coffee to wake himself up before going to the Baolong Group headquarters to report on the situation.
About half an hour ago, Yang Decheng finished taking a statement at the police station and took a car back home.
Lao Pang was kidnapped, which was not a good thing for Yang Decheng, because he and the former were close friends, and they worked very well together in the mining company. Now that something had happened, Lao Yang's qualifications made it impossible for him to take over the position of general manager, so the group was likely to parachute in a general manager.
Old Yang was unsure who this person was, so he was afraid that the person sent by his superiors would be a stranger or a European CEO. In this way, Old Yang's black interests in the mining industry would be affected, and he might even be targeted. Because the internal struggles of large business groups are no less severe than those within the system.
In the kitchen, a young and beautiful woman walked into the living room with coffee and breakfast, bent down and sat down and said, "Then you are in a very dangerous situation."
“Yes, I was at the scene when the shooting took place. Don’t mention it, I almost lost my life because of this meal…” Lao Yang replied with a sigh.
"Will Lao Pang's accident affect your company's internal decision-making? Didn't Lao Pang say last time...?" the woman asked tentatively.
"Ding Ling Ling!"
Just then, the phone rang. Lao Yang picked up the phone and pressed the answer button: "Hello, what's going on?"
"Boss Yang, there's an accident at the mine, a landslide!"
"…!" Yang Decheng almost jumped up from the sofa when he heard the shouting on the phone: "Landslide?! What's the current situation? How many people are down there…?"
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Half an hour later.
A helicopter belonging to the engineering department of the mining company sent Yang Decheng and four or five other senior executives to the No. 1 mining area where the accident occurred.
In the violent storm, the helicopter landed carefully. Yang Decheng didn't even have time to put on his raincoat before he jumped off the plane and shouted to the person who was picking him up: "What's the situation now?!"
"We can't contact the people in the deep well, but the communication signal is still there. Lao Wang from the monitoring department is studying the rescue plan. The city rescue team and the fire brigade have received our notice and are preparing to organize people to enter the site. But this place is far away from the city and it is raining heavily, which may delay it for a while..." The mine manager who responded to Yang Decheng also shouted back.
Yang Decheng wiped the rain off his face and immediately ordered, "Ask Lao Wang from the monitoring department to come over and inform our own rescue team at the mine. Don't go down to rescue rashly. With such heavy rain, it is very likely to cause a second landslide. Do you understand?"
"Understood!"
After the two men finished their communication, the group quickly rushed to the office building of the mining area.
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About five minutes later.
The head of the monitoring department rushed into the room where Yang Decheng was, all wet and drenched: "Boss Yang, the rescue team and I have discussed the rescue plan, and we can do this..."
The head of the monitoring department spread out the mine's architectural drawings on the table, pointed to the No. 03 mine where the collapse occurred and said, "The collapse at the entrance is quite serious. With our current capabilities, there is definitely no way to clear the collapsed area. But I just checked and the collapse at the backup escape exit is not large. We can go down with explosives, blow up the passage wall from this side, and go directly in..."
Yang Decheng listened halfway and immediately waved his hand to the rescue team and said, "You guys go out first. I want to talk to Lao Wang."
Everyone nodded and left, leaving only Yang Decheng, Lao Wang from the monitoring department, and two managers of the mining company in the room.
Yang Decheng looked at Lao Wang and said to him in a serious tone: "You need to do two things now: first, contact the city rescue team immediately; second, tell the city rescue team that according to the mine's own judgment, it is basically certain that all the workers in the landslide area have died."
Lao Wang was confused: "Boss Yang, what does this mean?"
"It's raining heavily outside now and the environment is so bad. Our rescue team can't take any more risks, let alone organize a rescue on our own. Do you understand what I mean?" Yang Decheng asked in a low voice.
Lao Wang was stunned for two seconds, and immediately argued: "Boss Yang, there is still a communication signal in the mine, which means that the collapse below did not destroy all the mine tunnels at once, which means that there is a high possibility that there are survivors now. If we miss the rescue time, the person will be suffocated to death inside. Boss Yang, I...!"
"This is just your unilateral judgment, do you understand?" Yang Decheng pointed at the ground and shouted: "Have the miners below contacted you? Have they asked for help?! With so many people in trouble, the rescue work should be handed over to the municipal government, do you understand?!"
"If the backup escape route had not been completely blocked, we could have rescued many workers." Lao Wang argued: "Those are human lives, Mr. Yang...!"
"Rescue? That's easy for you to say. The mine is nearly 400 meters deep. Can you tell the situation below by just looking at it from above? Can you?! If you lead the rescue team down, what if a second landslide occurs and buries the rescue workers as well? What will you do then?" Yang Decheng pointed at the other party and shouted, "Do as I ask, understand?!"
"The rescue team is for emergencies, otherwise what's the point of setting it up? There are more than a hundred people in the mine. If you don't save them, they might all die!"
"You are such a fucking stubborn person!" Yang Decheng's mentality exploded, pointing at the other party and shouting: "Rescue?! The landslide is so serious, and you brought up 30 disabled people. Will you take care of them for the rest of their lives, or will I? If there is a dispute over compensation later, these people will sue the company one by one, then who will respond? How many years will you have to fight the lawsuit with them? Also, if the city knows that there are survivors down there, then I tell you, if there is someone who can't be found or is missing, you have to keep digging, keep digging! You have to organize hundreds, even thousands of people for endless rescue until the body is found. Will you bear this loss, or will I? Are you fucking crazy?!"
When Lao Wang heard this, he was completely stunned.
"A commercial company must have commercial considerations, understand?!" Yang Decheng pointed at Lao Wang and said, "Do as I say, don't argue!"
After listening to Yang Decheng's words, Lao Wang came to only one conclusion in his mind, that is, even if there are still survivors in the mine tunnel, Yang Decheng does not necessarily want them to live.
This is the saddest and most terrifying thing.
A car was driving on the road and hit a passerby due to speeding. The driver got out of the car to check and found that there was no one around. The passerby was not dead, but was seriously injured.
Two situations may occur: First, the victim dies. If the perpetrator has money, he will pay a lump sum compensation. If he has no money, he will bear certain legal responsibilities. If there is no hit-and-run in the case, then the matter will be over after a few years in jail. Second, the victim is seriously injured, the insurance compensation amount is fixed, and the food, drink, defecation and urination of the rest of his life, as well as the judicial process, are all related to the perpetrator...
In the above two situations, ninety-nine out of a hundred drivers will panic and try to rescue the victim immediately, but there may be one person who will choose to reverse the car again, resulting in the victim's direct death.
The evil of human nature and human selfishness are sometimes too terrible.
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In the mine tunnel, the accumulated water had submerged everything. In order to save his son, Uncle Jiu swam to the communication station and picked up the receiver. But before he could dial the number, he found that the communication light that had been on just now suddenly went out...
The water rolled in, and the drunk uncle, who was in his fifties, stared with his eyes wide open, struggled and drowned in the water.