The car was filled with smoke. Kong Zhenghui turned his head to look out the window and sighed as he replied, "The dose of poison he took was too large. He stayed in the intensive care unit for four days, but it still caused heart failure. He was pushed into the emergency room in the afternoon and did not get off the operating table."
Su Tianyu listened to his words and remained silent for a long time.
"Alas, life is so hard for this person." Kong Zhenghui, who is always calm and even a little cold in emotion, said emotionally at this moment: "A good family of four, now there is only an underage girl left."
"We tried our best." Su Tianyu also sighed.
After Jiushu's wife chose to commit suicide due to a mental breakdown, all her hospital expenses were paid by Tongji Club. Because the compensation had not yet arrived and her family could not afford the medical expenses, the club decided to use the money to save her first. After all, Jiushu and his son chose to leave the mine early because they considered the association's position.
Everyone tried their best, but the person could not be saved. This is life, and it cannot be changed according to anyone's will.
"Send two people over." Su Tianyu looked at Kong Zhenghui and said, "Send them on their last journey."
"My family has already gone there." Kong Zhenghui nodded slowly.
Having said this, neither of them said anything, just quietly smoking in the dark.
…
Eight o'clock in the evening.
Miao Ziwei had already returned to Baolong Group. He sat in a small conference room, frowned at Yang Decheng and the two managers of the mining group, and said, "For safety reasons, you should be prepared to withdraw."
"Mr. Miao, what do you mean?!" Yang Decheng asked a little confused.
"The people above Lao Li have come down and are currently in talks with the regulators." Miao Ziwei said, holding a coffee cup. "If both sides give in at the end of the talks, the mining industry will probably be dealt with. This is considered a way to give face to Lao Li's superiors."
Yang Decheng was speechless.
"I personally think that the regulators will not back down on this matter. They will definitely fight to the end." Miao Ziwei added: "But politics is the most unpredictable thing. If the upper level reaches an agreement, both sides will be held accountable. The three associations will not be well off, and the mining group will also have to hand in the answer sheet for punishment."
"Then what does this have to do with me?" Yang Decheng said helplessly: "On the day of the mine disaster, I was attending a party in the city. I had no idea what happened in the mine...!"
"Old Pang is gone, and you are the top figure in the mining industry. You said it has nothing to do with you, so does it have nothing to do with you?" Miao Ziwei said helplessly, "I asked you to prepare to leave because it's for your own good. Otherwise, if the higher-ups set up an investigation team to investigate you for half a year, and then pull out the radish and bring out the mud, wouldn't you feel uncomfortable?"
Yang Decheng felt extremely aggrieved because he always believed that the main responsibility for the mine accident did not lie with him. The specific mining plan and the selection of management personnel were all made by Lao Pang, and he basically had no say in it.
But now that Lao Pang is in trouble, he has to take the blame.
Yang Decheng felt that he was very unlucky. He worked hard but got nothing in return.
"Let's find a place to spend our vacation. When the storm is over, everything will be the same as before." Miao Ziwei said softly, "The government cannot do without capital, and capital cannot do without us, Baolong! Even if a bunch of peasants are making trouble, the rules are still the same as before."
"Okay." Yang Decheng responded helplessly.
"This matter is tentative. Whether you will leave or not depends on the attitude of the regulatory committee." Miao Ziwei lit a cigarette and frowned, saying, "I personally think that the upper echelons will not compromise. The regulatory committee has already lost once in the military business of the old triangle, so they will not easily back down this time."
"Well, I hope so." Yang Decheng responded.
…
In the project office on the third floor of the main building of Baolong Mining Company, five managers from the work area are sitting together and talking about the current situation of the company.
"I heard that the higher-ups want to talk about it?" The female project manager surnamed Sun asked softly.
"We have to talk, right? With things getting so serious, what can we do in the end? Are we really going to have an armed conflict? Are you kidding me?"
"Damn, after all this talk, I think our mining industry will be the one that gets hurt in the end."
"The Tongji Association, which is leading the charge, is not doing any better. I don't believe that the attack on the judicial organs can be easily brushed aside."
“…!”
Everyone was talking at once.
Outside, the moonlight is soft and the stars are bright.
An electric tricycle arrived at the gate of Baolong Mining Company. The driver turned off the engine, and wearing a dark blue uniform and a mask, glanced at the lobby of the main building.
"Delivering water?" the security guard at the door stood up and asked.
"Yes, delivering water!" The water delivery worker in dark blue uniform nodded woodenly.
"Come here and sign." The security guard waved his hand.
The water delivery worker immediately took the form, walked up the stairs, and signed in the security room.
"Why are you wearing a mask in such hot weather?" The security guard looked at the water delivery worker and asked curiously.
"I... I have a cold."
"Can you move it by yourself?" The security guard asked casually while looking at the buckets on a tricycle.
"able."
"Okay, go ahead." The security guard nodded, bent down and sat back in his chair, looking up and continuing to watch the news.
The water delivery worker returned outside, put on non-slip gloves, and began to carry water down from the truck bed.
About five minutes later.
The water delivery worker took the elevator to the third floor, turned his head and glanced around, then began to deliver water to the cleaning room's warehouse.
This job is very tiring because it is impossible for people in the company to help the water delivery worker with his work, so there is only one person busy working upstairs and downstairs.
After delivering the water for more than ten times in a row, the water delivery worker stood downstairs and wiped his red, swollen and ulcerated forehead. He looked up at the building again, then took out a canvas bag from the truck bed and put it on his back.
On the last trip, the water delivery worker went to the third floor, asked the cleaning staff to sign the receipt first, and then placed the last bucket of water in the warehouse.
Before leaving, the water delivery worker glanced at the project department's work area again, and finally stopped at the bathroom door. After thinking for a moment, he pushed the door open and walked in.
…
At the same time.
Yang Decheng led his men to leave the group headquarters and drove to the mining company.
On the way, Yang Decheng held the phone and said to the deputy manager of the project department: "I have finished talking to the higher-ups. If both sides reach a consensus and back down, then all of us will have to stay out of the spotlight. Yes, I don't want to do this either, but that's how the higher-ups arranged it. What can I do?"
While Yang Decheng was talking to someone on the phone, the water delivery worker just came out of the bathroom. The canvas bag on him was also full of water.
Two minutes later, the water delivery worker left the mining company on an electric tricycle.
…
In the mining area, after more than a week of excavation, the city rescue team finally blasted a gap in the No. 02 mine tunnel, released a large amount of accumulated water inside, and arrived at the landslide area where the miners were killed.
After the rescue team entered, they saw at a glance more than a dozen bodies of the miners who had died. Their bodies were swollen and smelly due to being soaked in water, and their faces were completely unrecognizable, as well as the remains of bodies that had rotted and were full of parasites.
The most tragic scene in the world is this...