industrial overlord

Chapter 568 Fighting Alone

"Mayor Yu, something happened on the construction site, shall we go there?"

A staff member ran to the car where Lin Zhenhua and Yu Ping were sitting and reported to Yu Pinghui.

"Boss Lin, look..." Yu Ping didn't dare to monopolize, he turned his head to ask Lin Zhenhua for advice.

Lin Zhenhua asked the staff member, "What happened?"

The staff took a look at Yu Ping, and Yu Ping said: "It's okay, just tell me what's going on. We have nothing to hide from Boss Lin."

The staff nodded and said to Lin Zhenhua: "Mr. Lin, it's like this. This morning, an unidentified woman suddenly ran to the construction site of Yanling Chemical Plant and asked to stop the construction, saying that the chemical plant cannot be built here. The construction workers ignored her, so she blocked the roads in and out of the construction site and asked the construction party to call the county leaders."

"And then?" Yu Ping asked.

"Then, a fight broke out," said the staff member.

"A fight?" Lin Zhenhua's eyes widened. "Didn't you say she is just a woman? Can she fight with so many men in the construction team?"

"Uh... Actually, everyone didn't dare to beat her, for fear of accidents. However, because she stopped the construction, some people watching the hot spots hit her with clods, and she may have been slightly injured. Then, the police Here it is. Look, didn’t the police bring her out?”

While talking, I saw two policewomen squeezed out of the crowd with a woman about 25 years old sandwiched between them, and there were several male policemen around to maintain order.Behind them, there was a group of people who looked like ordinary people cursing, and some people were holding clods in their hands. Seeing that, if the police were not present, the clods of those people would have smashed on the woman.

Lin Zhenhua and Yu Ping had already got out of the car. Seeing this situation, Lin Zhenhua frowned slightly. Seeing Lin Zhenhua's expression, Yu Ping knew that he was dissatisfied. Rebuked: "Which sub-bureau do you belong to, why are you brutally enforcing the law?"

One of the leading policemen recognized Yu Ping, stopped quickly to salute, and explained: "Mayor Yu, we are not law enforcement brutally, we are just rescuing this Ms. Xie. Many people are throwing clods at her, if If we don't arrive in time, there may even be some danger."

At this time, Lin Zhenhua also followed. In order to make a good impression in front of Lin Zhenhua, Yu Ping said to the two policewomen who were holding Ms. Xie, "Let her go, don't hold her."

"Mayor Yu, you can't let her go. As soon as she let go, she ran back." A policewoman complained.

"Comrade, I am Yu Ping, the deputy mayor of Jingxi City. If you have any demands, you can tell me and don't take drastic measures. Now I ask the police comrades to let you go. Can you exercise restraint and stop making inappropriate actions?" what?" Yu Ping said to the lady with a pleasant face.Normally, he might not interfere at all when encountering this kind of thing, let alone negotiate with the other party so politely.In fact, now that Lin Zhenhua is standing beside him, he must let Lin Zhenhua see how the Jingxi Municipal Government is close to the people.

A gleam of disdain appeared in Ms. Xie's eyes, and she said bitterly: "I have nothing to say with your officials, I only have one request, that is, the construction of this chemical plant must be stopped, and it must not be allowed to endanger the people of Jingxi."

Hearing that she refused to negotiate with Yu Ping, the two policewomen dared not let her go, and the two sides were deadlocked.Lin Zhenhua stepped forward and said to the lady, "Ms. Xie, right? Let me introduce myself. I am Lin Zhenhua, chairman of Jiangnan Province Hanhua Heavy Industry Group Corporation. I also came to invest in Jingxi. Can you give As a saving grace, state your reasons for opposing this chemical plant. If your reasons are valid, I may be able to do some work for you."

"Hanhua Heavy Industry?" Ms. Xie nodded and said, "I have heard of your company in the United States, and you have sponsored many Chinese students studying abroad. Well, please let me go, I will report the situation to this Chairman Lin, tell me."

The two policewomen let go of Ms. Xie. As expected, she did not run back to stop the construction. Instead, she stood where she was, raised her hand to straighten her messy hair, and then pulled her clothes to make herself look uncomfortable. So embarrassing.

Lin Zhenhua saw that she had finished tidying up, and then asked: "Ms. Xie, you can tell me now, why are you obstructing the construction of this enterprise? By the way, can I take the liberty to ask your name and identity?"

Ms. Xie looked at Lin Zhenhua and said, "My name is Xie Mingcheng, Mingcheng Hongyi's Mingcheng. You may not know that this is the school motto of the old Wuhan University. Because my parents graduated from the old Wuhan University, they gave me such a name. Name. I am a native of Jingxi. I also studied at Wuhan University. Later, I went to the United States to study and then returned to China. I am currently unemployed. I and a few friends who also returned from studying abroad are planning to set up an NGO, which means non-governmental organization. It is committed to the cause of environmental protection.”

"I see." Lin Zhenhua nodded.He raised his eyes to look at the surrounding crowd, and said to Xie Mingcheng: "Xiao Xie, this is not a place to talk, why don't we talk in another place, it happens that Mayor Yu is here, let's talk about environmental protection together, have a look Does what you say make sense, what do you think?"

Xie Mingcheng looked displeased, and asked: "Chairman Lin, are you trying to turn the tiger away from the mountain? As I said, I won't leave this factory if it doesn't stop working."

Lin Zhenhua smiled and said: "Xiao Xie, a factory is not built in a day, you come with us now, if we can't reach an agreement, you can come to protest tomorrow, and you can even bring more people, isn't that so? You may There are many reasons, but do you think you can make it clear on such an occasion?"

After all, Xie Mingcheng is just a girl in her 20s, with a tough personality but little experience.Hearing what Lin Zhenhua said, she nodded and said: "What you said is also reasonable, so I will go with you. I hope that Chairman Lin can have an open mind. After all, in the mouth of our overseas students, You are a very tall figure."

"That's a myth. In fact, brother is just a legend..." Lin Zhenhua said with a smile.

Naturally, Yu Ping was also happy for an incident to end in this way, so he immediately asked people to make arrangements, found a meeting room in the county government of Yanling County, and brought Xie Mingcheng there.The doctors of the two county doctors also arrived quickly, and treated Xie Mingcheng's bruises on his body.

"Well, now Mr. Lin, me, and the leading comrades of Yanling County are all here. Comrade Xiao Xie, if you have any opinions, you can put them here." Yu Pingduan sat on the chair of the host , Said to Xie Mingcheng.

Xie Mingcheng was not stage-frightened. Facing a room full of people, she talked eloquently: "Leaders, I think everyone knows the harm caused by environmental pollution. The pollution caused by Western countries in the first 200 years of development cost a lot of money afterwards. Trillions of funds have not been completely cleared. Our country is now in the process of rapid industrialization, and the pollution caused by excessive industrial development in various places is very serious, which has attracted the attention of the country.”

"Xiao Xie, we all know what you said. You see, we are here today, and there are also comrades from the Yanling County Environmental Protection Bureau." Yu Ping pointed to an official sitting at the corner of a table and said.

"I know him." Xie Mingcheng glanced at the official and said, "He is Tang Dingfang, deputy director of the Yanling Environmental Protection Bureau, right? I have approached him many times for the Yanling Chemical Plant."

Tang Dingfang said: "Yes, Ms. Xie, our Environmental Protection Bureau has already given you a formal answer to the question about Yanling Chemical Plant. The environmental protection measures of this chemical plant are very complete. The investor promises that there will be absolutely no Any waste gas and waste water that exceed the standard are discharged, have you read these materials?"

Xie Mingcheng said: "What's the use of environmental protection measures? There are places that cannot be taken care of by any measures. Jingxi is a place with green mountains and green waters, and the environment is beautiful. If you build factories here, you are destroying the local environment and infringing on the local people." Welfare."

"You mean, all factories destroy the local environment?" Lin Zhenhua keenly noticed the difference in Xie Mingcheng's words.

"Of course!" Xie Mingcheng said, "As long as it is an industry, it will pollute the environment, but the degree of pollution is different. Jingxi should not develop industry at all. The development of industry is entirely to meet the local officials' pursuit of GDP. need."

Lin Zhenhua couldn't help but laugh. It seems that the girl in front of her is a very extreme environmentalist, not only against chemical plants, but also against all forms of factories. In her opinion, only the original ecology is the most beautiful.But is such an ideal really consistent with the ideals of the local people?
"Xiao Xie, I heard that you were besieged just now, do you know who besieged you?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

"Of course it's the people from the factory. I've delayed them from making money, so they will hate me." Xie Mingcheng said.

Lin Zhenhua shook his head and said, "You are wrong. The people who threw the clods at you were not the people from the factory, but the people in the surrounding area, that is, the people who you keep saying you want to protect their interests."

"No! They must have been disguised by people from the factory." Xie Mingcheng said, "Which ordinary people don't want their living environment to be clean? They are not officials, so why would they support such a project for the sake of GDP?"

"Who did you hear that the common people don't need GDP?" Lin Zhenhua couldn't help scolding, "Let me tell you, I have already understood that the people who smashed clods at you are the people around you. Some of them, After the factory is completed, they can work in the factory, and the wages they receive are more than five times higher than their current income from farming. Others among them plan to rent houses to workers in the future factory, and one can get thousands of yuan. Income. Can they not hate you if you block the construction of factories and prevent them from making money?"

"Why are these people so short-sighted!" Xie Mingcheng yelled aggrievedly.

(End of this chapter)