After the explosion, Longcheng City Police Department received the report immediately. A large number of criminal investigation police officers from the General Department and on-duty personnel from the anti-terrorism and anti-riot departments rushed to the scene.
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Longkou District, Mayor’s Mansion.
As soon as Ouyang Zhen returned, he saw Li Mingsheng standing at the window, answering the phone.
"Please sit down for a moment, Minister." Li Yuan followed beside him and served Ouyang Zhen some tea and cakes. "The mayor said you haven't eaten yet. We just asked someone to prepare dinner. Please wait a moment."
Ouyang Zhen nodded.
After Li Mingsheng had been on the phone at the window for less than three minutes, he walked over with a strange look on his face.
"What's wrong?" Ouyang Zhen noticed that Li Mingsheng's face looked a little strange.
Li Mingsheng sat on the sofa with a serious expression. After a long silence, he suddenly said, "Baolong Mining was hit by an explosion. It was very serious."
As soon as these words came out, Ouyang Zhen's expression became very serious: "Explosion?!"
"Well, the people from the Municipal Police Department have been there, but there is no definite situation yet." Li Mingsheng, sitting on the sofa, intervened and said, "I asked the director of the Municipal Office to go over there."
After the words fell, the two fell silent at the same time.
At such a sensitive time, the explosion at Baolong Mining was an accident. How stupid must the staff there be to place explosives in the building where the clerks work
Obviously, the possibility of this being an accident is too low, and it is most likely man-made.
Who would place explosives in Baolong Mining Company at this extremely sensitive time
This is so weird!
Li Mingsheng and Ouyang Zhen are both experienced politicians. They think about problems in a more complicated way, so the first thing that comes to their mind is whether the Baolong Group is directing and acting in this drama on purpose to relieve the pressure on the regulators
The three major associations are now protesting. If Baolong Mining were to suffer extreme attacks at this time, it would easily be associated with workers behaving excessively.
Baolong's counterattack is undoubtedly very effective. They put themselves in the position of victims, which can effectively reduce the negative news that is unfavorable to the regulatory committee and the parent group.
The more they thought about it, the more they felt that this possibility was very high.
After a long silence, Ouyang Zhen spoke first: "Lao Li, the longer things are delayed, the worse it will be for you! In the eyes of the people, you are the mayor, and you cannot escape blame for all the vicious incidents that happened in Longcheng. But the supervision will be different. If they have a corrupt president, they can still replace him with a second one, but we can't do that."
Li Mingsheng nodded slowly: "You also guessed that it was the other side who did it?"
"That's possible, but it's also possible that the neutral party or a third party is causing trouble." Ouyang Zhen rubbed his palms and said, "I think we can't delay any longer. If the regulatory committee doesn't give us a reply tomorrow, then we'll stir up a big fuss and let the media in District 1 get involved in the mining accident."
"Okay!" Li Mingsheng immediately replied, "I'll also have someone check what exactly caused the explosion."
"Um!"
After the two finished their discussion, Li Mingsheng walked into the study and called Su Tianyu directly: "I remember you have connections in the police department?"
"Yes, Wang Daolin." Su Tianyu replied immediately.
"Have you heard about the explosion?" Li Mingsheng asked.
“I have heard about it, but I don’t know the situation yet.”
"My people in the police department are not available for the time being. You should find someone to inquire. It's best to start from the grassroots level. Sometimes they know more about the situation." Li Mingsheng ordered.
"I understand, leader!" Su Tianyu replied immediately.
"Okay, that's it." Li Mingsheng hung up the phone.
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Outside the mining company.
After arriving at the scene, the fire department fighters used various equipment to enter the main building, put out the fire and rescue survivors as soon as possible.
Six rooms on the third floor of the mining company's main building were completely destroyed, including four offices, a bathroom, and a clerical work area of approximately 200 square meters.
The floors adjacent to the third floor of the main building were also affected to some extent. Some windows were shattered, and some floors and ceilings were blown out with holes, but the overall degree of damage was not too serious.
The fire brigade rescued almost no survivors in the building because the security guards on duty who were able to run and other staff working overtime had already escaped immediately after the explosion, so the only ones left in the house were the five project managers in the office on the fourth floor.
None of the five people survived. After the explosion, they were crushed to death or melted immediately. None of their bodies was intact.
After the five badly mutilated bodies were pulled out, the fire in the building was brought under control. Then the technical staff from the anti-terrorism and anti-riot department began to enter the building to investigate the scene.
During this period of time, Miao Ziwei from the Baolong Group also drove to the vicinity of the company, but did not show up. He only sent senior executives of the group to follow the police and inquire about the situation.
Inside the car.
Miao Ziwei held the phone and said urgently, "I don't think Li Mingsheng instructed the three major associations to do this, because doing so will not benefit them at all. It seems that someone is deliberately fanning the flames to let the regulatory committee and the Li faction continue to fight to the death. Damn, how come this matter is getting more and more out of control...!"
The unexpected incidents kept coming one after another, which made Miao Ziwei a little tired of dealing with them. He held the phone and talked to a major shareholder of the group for a long time before hanging up the phone.
Miao Ziwei rubbed his chest, which was a little stuffy, turned his head and looked at the secretary and asked, "Did you get through to Yang Decheng on the phone?"
"No." The secretary shook his head: "I have been trying to contact him just now, but his phone is turned off!"
"Didn't he say he had returned to the company?!" Before coming, Miao Ziwei had already asked the mining group's security department and learned that Yang Decheng had not returned when the explosion occurred.
“Yes, but we can’t get in touch with him right now…!” the secretary replied helplessly.
"Damn it, this bastard, why does he disappear when something happens!" Miao Ziwei cursed in frustration.
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At around 12:00 a.m., after a preliminary inspection of the scene, the riot squad's technical staff immediately reported to Deputy Police Chief Lao Guo.
In the command vehicle outside the building, the technician said to Lao Guo with a strange expression: "... Director, something is wrong with this."
"What's wrong?"
"Based on the scope of the explosion at the scene, the degree of damage to the building, and the direction of spread of the primary and secondary shock waves, I can basically determine that the explosives used by the bandits are not under military control, nor are they like the finished explosives used for crimes on the black market." The technician replied in a low voice.
"What is that?"
"It's the explosive used for mining. The intensity, spread direction, and targeted destructive power are all very consistent. Of course, this needs further identification."
“… A miner?!” Upon hearing this, Lao Guo unconsciously looked towards Miao Ziwei’s vehicle outside.
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In the urban area.
Wang Daolin sat in the car, looking at Su Tianyu and yelling, "Nephew! Now that you're so awesome, why don't you just stop looking for me? You guys are doing too much, I can't stand it...!"
"Mayor Li said that he will find an opportunity to promote you to deputy director." Su Tianyu replied.
"Do you think I'm stupid?!" Wang Daolin interrupted and asked, "In this situation, if I, a small deputy director-level cadre, get involved, I might end up going in and joining Lu Feng if I'm not careful."
"Uncle Wang, can you help me get some information? Just ask what happened to the explosion. I'm really worried...!"
"…!" Wang Daolin looked at Su Tianyu and said, "I heard that the head of the Patrol Department is here?"
"Yes, we're here." Su Tianyu nodded.
"…Okay, I'll help you again!" Wang Daolin pointed at Su Tianyu's nose and shouted, "I want to go to the victory zone now, do you understand me?"
"I understand!" Su Tianyu nodded immediately.
"Okay, go back and get the first-hand information. I'll come back to you." Wang Daolin waved his hand.
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In a botanical park in the urban area of Longcheng.
Yang Decheng and others were tied up and lying on the ground struggling.
At the water's edge, the man in the dark blue uniform turned his head and looked around, saying softly, "I've been here before, and I've contributed to the beautiful scenery here..."