“Stop it, all of you! This is our factory, you're committing a crime! Stop it, I won't let you get away with this. If you want to continue, you'll have to run us over!”
But their voices were still too small in the loud environment, the excavator driver might not even hear them.
It was late at night and there could be blind spots, so tragedy struck.
There was a loud bang, and a wall collapsed.
The workers were too close, and the bricks, beams, and other debris finally hit them, burying them in an instant.
The other workers witnessed everything, naturally they were shocked.
Then some of the female workers screamed, their sharp cries piercing the night, startling everyone else.
Zhao Donglai and Cheng Du rushed over and heard the workers shouting, “Stop it, you're going to kill someone!”
“Hurry and save them, someone's buried under there!”
“What are you all blocking us for, don’t you see someone is hurt? Are you going to let them die?”
“Hurry, one of us is buried! They are in cahoots, we need to save ourselves!”
Zhao Donglai saw the situation and was furious. Without hesitation, he immediately drew his gun and fired into the air.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The sound of gunfire calmed the scene somewhat.
Zhao Donglai shouted, “All of you, stop right now! I am Zhao Donglai, Chief of the Municipal Bureau. Now everyone listens to me. Cheng Du, immediately tell the demolition team to stop. You guys, get out of the way, come and help rescue people, every second counts! Hurry up!”
Seeing that lives were at stake, Cheng Du felt a little guilty and had to obey the order. He told Chang Cheng Hu to stop.
Anyway, the Dafeng Factory was already demolished from one corner, even if they didn’t continue, they wouldn’t be able to stay in this dangerous building.
Everyone joined the rescue effort, pushing aside bricks and concrete slabs. Soon, they found the people.
At first glance, it looked like they were dead, but after a closer look, they were just unconscious.
Later, when they were completely dug out, they found that they had many injuries, some even had broken bones, the most serious one was almost paralyzed!
The scene was chaotic again. Zhao Donglai was still very angry, but a young police officer came over and said, "Chief, Secretary Li of the Municipal Committee is here!"
Zhao Donglai snorted and immediately turned around to greet him.
Li Dakang arrived quickly, because after Zhao Donglai received the call, he immediately notified the bureau to organize forces, and then called Li Dakang.
As soon as Li Dakang got out of the car, he asked, "Donglai, what's the situation?"
Zhao Donglai said with some guilt, "Secretary Li, the situation... isn’t good!"
Li Dakang’s heart sank and he hurriedly asked, “What happened? Did someone get hurt?”
"Yes, someone was almost buried, and they are currently being rescued!"
Li Dakang immediately scolded, "What are you doing? How could this happen? Life is precious, are you so heartless?"
Zhao Donglai argued, "Secretary Li, when I arrived, they had already started the demolition, I…"
“Alright, I don’t want to hear any of this now, let’s go see the situation first!”
"Yes!"
Just as they were about to move, another car drove up and parked next to them.
It was Ding Yizhen. His residence was actually in a luxurious house in the neighboring district, not in the Guangming District.
After receiving Sun Liancheng’s call, he dawdled for a while, so he arrived even later than Li Dakang.
Seeing Li Dakang staring at him coldly, Ding Yizhen immediately apologized.
"Secretary Li, I'm sorry, I live a bit far..."
Li Dakang waved his hand, "Alright, since you're here, let's go see the situation together."
But the next second, he suddenly asked, "By the way, why are you the only one here? Where is Sun Liancheng?"
Ding Yizhen was stunned, he really wanted to ask: don’t you know?
Zhao Donglai quickly said, "Secretary Li, Sun Liancheng has been suspended from work and is under investigation at home."
Li Dakang suddenly remembered, but didn’t say anything. He turned around and went inside.
With Li Dakang in charge, the work was much easier!
At this time, Chen Yanshi, Zheng Xipo and the others hadn’t contacted yet, and didn't know what happened here.
But after Li Dakang took control of the scene, Qi Tongwei arrived.
Looking at the injured people being carried out, Qi Tongwei just stood in silent mourning for three seconds and then walked towards Li Dakang.
"Secretary Dakang, how is the situation now?"
Li Dakang looked at the factory which had one corner demolished and casually said, "That's how it is, the demolition caused chaos, and some people got hurt!"
Qi Tongwei asked again, "Are the people alright?"
"Fortunately, the paramedics said they were just injured and should be fine!"
"Oh, that's good! However, the situation is still chaotic, I think we should evacuate the crowd as soon as possible to avoid further problems."
Li Dakang looked at him with dead fish eyes, then at the workers who were still agitated, and suddenly became tempted.
"Commissioner Qi, your suggestion is good, why don't you take charge of clearing the scene!"
Zhao Donglai couldn’t help but say, "Secretary Li, should we think about this again? The equity issue of the Dafeng Factory is still unclear, and now the factory is demolished, how can they be convinced?"
Qi Tongwei smiled, "Chief Donglai, the main issue now is to control the scene and avoid further trouble. As for the equity issue, it also needs to be resolved within the framework of the law, not through such a confrontational way."
Zhao Donglai just glanced at him and continued to say to Li Dakang, "Secretary Li, we really can’t do this! If they get agitated, it might be more troublesome later!"
Li Dakang was a bit hesitant because he knew a lot of things, and he also felt that it might be a bit inappropriate.
But Qi Tongwei continued to suggest, "Secretary Dakang, clearing the scene is still very easy. And things have come to this point, why not just continue the demolition, so we don’t have to go back and forth later!"
Zhao Donglai was anxious, he had a hunch that this was not the right thing to do.
But before he could say anything, Li Dakang said with an appreciative tone, "Commissioner Qi, you make a good point!"
Qi Tongwei smiled, "Secretary Dakang, the Guangming Peak project has been delayed again and again, and the Municipal Committee has also organized the payment of resettlement fees. I think the Dafeng Factory issue shouldn't be an obstacle, we can solve any problems later!"
"Secretary Li…"
Zhao Donglai was about to say something, but Li Dakang stopped him.
"Alright, Chief Donglai, this matter has to be resolved sooner or later. Moreover, this is indeed an opportunity, you cooperate with Commissioner Qi to clear the scene!"
Zhao Donglai was dumbfounded, he didn’t expect Li Dakang to make such a choice!