industrial overlord

Chapter 704
By the time Chinese shoemakers heard the news, it was already too late.When Lin Zhenhua and others arrived at the Chinese shoe dealer's warehouse in the south of Elche in Zhang Cheng's BMW, the fire was already ablaze. Boxes of Chinese leather shoes were piled up in the large empty yard outside the warehouse. devour.There was a pungent burnt smell in the air, as well as the smell of gasoline. Obviously, the Spanish thugs probably poured a lot of gasoline on the leather shoes because they were afraid that the fire would not be ignited. Once such a fire started, it would be who It cannot be easily extinguished.

Outside the fire, groups of locals stood with gloating expressions on their faces, watching the excitement with their hands crossed.After hearing the news, the Chinese shoe merchants who came here saw their properties burnt to ashes in the raging fire, and they were all heartbroken, but there was nothing they could do.The fire was so intense that no one could rush to save their property.

The police also came very quickly. They quickly pulled out the isolation zone, and at the same time sent people to stand between the Chinese shoe dealers and the Spanish locals, for fear that the angry Chinese would do something radical.Zhang Cheng and the others did indeed come here with anger. They held wooden sticks in their hands, and their eyes seemed to spew out flames.They looked around for the culprits, but the police held out their hands and stopped them from going any further.

"Gentlemen, please put down the wooden sticks in your hands, please trust us, we will handle this matter well." Police Chief Acevez kept shouting to the Chinese shoe dealers with a megaphone.

"Who did it! We demand that the criminals be severely punished!" Zhang Cheng and others shouted loudly.

"Yes, yes, we will definitely find the criminals. Now please exercise restraint and don't be impulsive," Acevez said.The policemen standing next to him held batons in their hands and kept their eyes on Zhang Cheng and the others. As long as they made any changes, the policemen would rush forward together.

The number of Chinese shoe merchants is very small, only 40 to 60 people, and they only have simple weapons such as wooden sticks in their hands.There were [-] to [-] policemen standing opposite them, all with guns in their waists. Behind the policemen, there were hundreds of Spanish locals, and the gangsters who set the fire were among them.Obviously, if the Chinese and the Spaniards clash, it will be the Chinese who will suffer.

Seeing this scene, Lin Zhenhua quickly told Yang Xin to take Lin Fei to stand a little further away and not to move around, and came to the middle of the Chinese shoe dealers who were confronting the police.He first shouted to Zhang Cheng and others: "Everyone, don't be impulsive, we are the victims, don't do anything drastic, and make yourself unreasonable."

"Mr. Lin, look, it's all our hard work for many years! It's gone after a fire!" Zhang Cheng pointed to the burning shoes, tears were about to fall.

"It's over, it's over! All my belongings are here!" Another Chinese shoe dealer simply cried out.

"You hooligans, if you have the ability to compete with me openly, what kind of skill is it to play such a dirty trick!" Some shoe dealers shouted directly at the locals opposite in Spanish.

After shouting and scolding, the Chinese shoe dealers put down the wooden sticks in their hands. They also knew that in the presence of the police, they could not use this method of violence to get back for themselves. Fair.In essence, they are businessmen in their own right, and they have never thought of using force to achieve any purpose. Facing sudden changes, they are all helpless.

"Mr. Lin, what do you think we should do now?" Zhang Cheng pulled Lin Zhenhua and asked.Although he only met Lin Zhenhua once, he could feel that Lin Zhenhua was someone who had seen the world, so he subconsciously regarded Lin Zhenhua as the backbone.

Lin Zhenhua said to the crowd: "Everyone, listen to me. Now that something has happened, it is too late for us to recover. What we need most now is to calm down and deal with the aftermath. The first point is that everyone should Take an inventory of the damage for future claims. We are asking the police to secure the scene while keeping the rest of our property safe."

Hearing Lin Zhenhua's arrangements, Zhang Cheng and others gradually came to their senses.They discussed with each other for a few words, and then sent representatives to negotiate with Aceves.Several businessmen took out their mobile phones and quickly contacted the embassy, ​​the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and other organizations, asking them to rush to Elche to assist the businessmen in handling the incident.

When the Spanish police saw that the Chinese shoe dealer had thrown away the stick, they put away their batons and began to clean up the scene.However, their actions are lazy, and they are not so much handling the case as they are putting on a show to fool them.

Acevez stood still, frowning and said to the representatives of the shoemakers: "I have warned you long ago, I hope you operate with integrity and don't engage in vicious competition. Now look, something happened?"

"Mr. Director, we did not operate illegally, and we have no responsibility in this matter." A Chinese businessman said to Acevez.

Aceves said: "Whether there is any responsibility, we need to wait for our investigation to find out. But since you Chinese came here, the local shoe market has been greatly affected, and many shoe workers have lost their jobs. , you must reflect on this matter."

"Mr. Chief, can I take your words as the attitude of the Elche Police Department towards the shoe burning incident?" Lin Zhenhua stepped forward and said to Aceves.He didn't understand Spanish, but he couldn't help but get angry when he heard the words of Aceves that Zhang Cheng translated for him.

The Chinese businessman on the side translated Lin Zhenhua's words into Spanish and told Acevez.Aceves looked Lin Zhenhua up and down, and asked, "Who are you? You are not a businessman in this city, are you?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "It is true that I am just a tourist, but these businessmen are all my compatriots, and I am asking you questions on their behalf."

"Sir, you are not a party to this case, and I have no obligation to answer your question." Aceves said arrogantly.

"Mr. Lin, don't tell him. It's useless. They usually favor the locals and don't care about us Chinese." Zhang Cheng whispered to Lin Zhenhua, "When we have a dispute with the locals, The police have always been on the side of their locals."

Lin Zhenhua sneered, and said, "Zhang Cheng, ask him for me, who is he willing to answer, and is he obliged to answer the question of Minister of Finance Frutos?"

"What do you think is the Minister of Finance of Spain?" Zhang Cheng was taken aback, "Mr. Lin, you are not trying to fool him, are you?"

Lin Zhenhua took out his mobile phone, dialed a number, and then spoke to the mobile phone in English.In less than 5 minutes, the mobile phone in Acevez's pocket rang. He took out the mobile phone, pressed the answer button, and just heard a sentence, then subconsciously stood up straight and shouted: "Yes. , Your Excellency Governor."

"Is it the governor you contacted?" Zhang Cheng asked Lin Zhenhua in a low voice in surprise when he heard Acevez's words.

Lin Zhenhua said: "I contacted the Minister of Finance of Spain. I happened to have some business relationship with him. I just told him what happened here and the attitude of the police chief. He told me that he would immediately Contact the governor of Alicante and ask the governor to speak to the police chief. It’s the same in any country.”

"Do you really know the Minister of Finance of Spain?" Zhang Cheng asked.

Lin Zhenhua said: "It's just a coincidence, he asked me to help him with something, so we got to know each other."

During their conversation, Acevez had finished talking with the governor. He walked towards Lin Zhenhua with a depressed expression on his face and asked, "Excuse me, are you... Mr. Lin?"

"I am." Lin Zhenhua replied in Chinese, and Zhang Cheng acted as an interpreter for him.

"Uh, I'm sorry, just now... I really didn't know that you were our distinguished guest from Spain." Aceves forced a smile and said.

Lin Zhenhua shrugged and said, "Actually, I'm not a distinguished guest. It's just that there is a loan of 20 billion euros in your country that has something to do with the company under my name."

20 billion euros!Zhang Cheng looked at Lin Zhenhua in surprise. As Lin Fei said before, all the clothes on Lin Zhenhua's body were not worth 1000 yuan. It was really hard to believe that he would have anything to do with the 20 billion euro loan project.

Lin Zhenhua chuckled and said, "Xiao Zhang, please translate my original words for him. Spain's finances are in trouble, and I want to borrow some money from China. My unit and several other companies have formed a consortium. They loaned 20 billion euros, but the money has not been given to them yet. If the Spanish side can’t give us a satisfactory explanation for this matter, they won’t even think about getting the money.”

Zhang Cheng translated Lin Zhenhua's previous sentence, and Acevez's face became even uglier. He tried his best to put on a humble appearance, but his huge stomach was really hard to put away, and he could only do his best. pouted to keep his head lower.

"Mr. Lin, our governor called me just now and asked me to do my best to meet your request. Look, what orders do you have for this case?" Aceves asked.

Lin Zhenhua said: "My request has two points. First, arrest the criminal suspect as quickly as possible, and give us Chinese businessmen justice; second, strengthen the protection of Chinese stores to prevent similar incidents from happening again. These two points That's what your police department is all about, and if you can't do it, I wouldn't mind asking the premier to put in another, more capable police chief."

"No, no. I mean, we can definitely do it." Acevez said repeatedly.After that, he turned his head and picked up his megaphone again, but this time he shouted to his subordinates: "Listen, all police officers, control all the people at the scene, register their names, one by one Make a record. Sanz, Quevedo, take your people and go to protect the Chinese stores and warehouses in the city. If the same thing happens again, I will remove your posts!"

(End of this chapter)