After Su Tiannan finished recording his confession, he had just joined Yu Mingyuan and others when he received a call that something had happened in the mining area.
On the phone, Yang Decheng said to Su Tiannan in a hurried tone: "You go directly to the mining company headquarters, and I will ask the helicopter to pick you up to the mining area. Hurry!"
After ending the call, Yu Mingyuan, Su Tiannan, Su Tianbei, Kong Zhenghui and others rushed directly to the mining company.
When everyone arrived, it was around 7:10 in the morning, and the heavy rain at this time was even heavier. When Su Tiannan and others rushed to the main building, they saw the city's rescue team's plane hovering over the mining area and organizing a rescue.
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The group quickly entered the main building and arrived at the small conference room, where they met Yang Decheng and Lu Feng, who had just arrived.
After Su Tiannan and Lu Feng looked at each other, they immediately asked Yang Decheng: "How many of our workers are buried underneath?! What did you do? Our workers haven't officially joined the job yet. Who informed them to go to the mine...
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"Xiao Su, calm down first."
"How can you be so calm?" Yu Mingyuan also felt a little angry: "We are a labor union, and if such a big thing happens, we must share the responsibility."
"Is it useful for you to question me now?" Yang Decheng also roared and asked: "Did my decision-making cause the mine disaster? Xiao Su, you know that we were together last night and entered the police station together. I still don't know
I have no rest and am still in a daze!"
When everyone heard this, they stopped questioning Yang Decheng, because Su Tiannan was indeed with him last night, and they also recorded a confession at the police station together, so the mining disaster did not have any direct relationship with him.
The atmosphere in the quiet small conference room was a bit dull. Yang Decheng winked at his secretary and asked him to lock the door to prevent others from disturbing him.
Yang Decheng pondered for a long time and then spoke first: "There are no outsiders in the room. I will speak out if I have something to say. The headcount is out, there are fifty-eight people from the Tongji Association, thirty-three people from Changqing Company, extra small contracting companies, and the dock union
There are twenty-two people over there. In this disaster, your two families suffered the most workers, so I looked for you first."
"How is the current rescue situation?" Yu Mingyuan couldn't help but ask.
"The city rescue team and the mining area's own rescue team are working hard to rescue. However, the depth of the mine is nearly 400 meters, and the entire mine tunnel building structure has been destroyed by the landslide. I personally think that the hope of the workers' survival is very slim." Yang Decheng pointed out.
Lit a cigarette: "Let's make a long story short. What I mean is very simple. Since something has happened, we must make it controllable. When we report to the superiors, we must also have reservations..."
"What do you mean by reservation?" Lu Feng asked.
"We cannot report actual figures," Yang Decheng said bluntly.
"Concealing the report? How is this possible?!" Kong Zhenghui frowned and said: "The insider involves multiple associations and multiple mining area departments. Once the secret is exposed...!"
"As long as there are no problems in your association, there will definitely be no problems in the company." Yang Decheng interrupted and replied: "I have finished taking care of the relationships above, and all the management below the company have also finished their meetings. We have asked
The city government only reported the death data of 22 people, and kept the mine disaster level to the lowest level, so that it would not attract high social attention and make it easier for higher authorities to communicate."
"What about the workers who suffered?" Su Tiannan asked.
"The company will compensate!" Yang Decheng said bluntly: "The maximum insurance compensation is about 980,000. Let's settle privately. I can raise the price to about 1.2 million per person. This will be much more than the normal compensation.
Twenty percent! I believe the workers’ families will definitely agree. Let’s put it bluntly. The person is dead, so the money is a guarantee, right? If we give an extra 20%, they can get it.
More benefits.”
When everyone heard this, they all fell silent.
In fact, it was not difficult for the people in the room to guess Yang Decheng's true thoughts. The other party's motive for concealing the death data was very obvious. They wanted to protect the group's interests as well as their personal interests.
Speaking more broadly, the mining company under the Baolong Group has just started working, and more than a hundred mining accidents have occurred. Is it possible that the upper-level departments will not pursue the case? As soon as you reported the numbers, the public will pay attention.
Then things will get really big.
A large-scale mining disaster involving more than 100 people, no matter what excuse you have for managing the company, it means there is a heavy responsibility. Either it is a management loophole, or it is an operational error of a specific department. In short, it is definitely a shutdown for rectification.
Four large mining areas, with thousands of miners, thousands of managers and technicians, as well as equipment that needs management and maintenance, etc., will all be at a standstill.
How much money will this cost?
Mining development also has a construction period. Contracts that have been signed with partners and sellers will result in huge economic losses and even lawsuits if they are not fulfilled in the end.
Therefore, from the Baolong Group's standpoint, they definitely hope to reduce major issues to minor issues. As for human life, it will definitely not be the first factor to consider in the face of pure commercial interests.
On a smaller scale, those at the top of a company like Yang Decheng are those who are absolutely linked to the company's interests. They may have huge dividends from mining companies, or they may have shares themselves, or even have gambling agreements.
Wait, and the prerequisite for protecting these interests is to maintain the normal operation of the mining company. So at this juncture, they are more anxious than anyone else, and they hope that the matter will be as small as possible, and they will even hide it from the superiors.
In the conference room.
Yu Mingyuan thought about it for a long time and said: "It's impossible to hide the report. We are an association, and if there is a problem..."
As soon as Yang Decheng heard Yu Mingyuan say no, he immediately interrupted: "Xiao Yu, let's not talk nonsense. If you can suppress the workers' families, I will sign a ten-year labor contract for you, ensuring that you have a long future."
There will be work for a period of time. As for cash, you make a price, and as long as it is not outrageous, our mining group will support you in the form of donations."
Yu Mingyuan frowned when he heard the sound.
"It's not good for everyone to stop work. You need to live, and we need stability." Yang Decheng spread his palms and said urgently: "An accident has happened to the miners. To put it bluntly, everyone is gone. How can we be more serious about this?
What are we doing? We pay more, the families of the miners get benefits, everyone is in peace, and the higher-ups don’t have to worry about the death toll of more than 100 people. This is a win-win situation for all companies!"
Yu Mingyuan turned to look at Lu Feng, who pondered for a long time and said directly: "The person is mine, but it is managed by Changqing Company. I can't make the decision on this matter. I want to discuss it with the superiors."
"One hour, I'll give you one hour." Yang Decheng stood up and said to everyone: "Everyone, I still say the same thing, the dead are dead, don't compete with yourself. Otherwise, you workers and others will stop living.
You can’t get a dime from the association, and you have to withdraw from the advance payment. That’s it!”
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District 1, New York City.
Su Tianyu also learned about the union's trouble, but when he was about to return, he received a text message from the airline.
"Due to heavy rains in many areas such as Longcheng, flights have been postponed indefinitely."