The heavy rain in July was coming at any time, and the heavy raindrops hit the iron roof of the prefabricated house with a loud banging sound. Liu Handong hid in the car and saw the villagers in the distance running around after being soaked, but the riot police remained motionless and strictly guarded their front. , the harvested wheat fields still have charred traces of burned crop stubble, which reminds people of the four words "strong walls and clear fields".
The leaders came out of the boardroom. She Xiaoqing held up an umbrella. An Xin and Shen Hongyi whispered a few words to each other. Director Shen said something to the leader of the branch next to him. The leader picked up the walkie-talkie and gave orders. The police team was in the heavy rain. Advancing forward, dozens of excavators behind them also roared.
The villagers who were running to escape from the rain just now saw the land expropriation army moving and gathered again. The two sides got closer and closer. In the heavy rain, they started fighting in the mud. Not only were they soaked to death, but also covered in blood. In the mud, many villagers were dragged away by riot police. Just as the villagers' defense line was about to collapse, suddenly an orange-red fireball rose up, and someone seemed to be dancing in the fireball.
"Quickly put out the fire and save people!" Liu Handong, who was sitting in the car, could hear Shen Hongyi's shouts. He knew that some of the villagers had set themselves on fire.
The police quickly launched an emergency plan. In fact, self-immolation is common in the process of demolition and land acquisition. It is no longer new. Five foam fire extinguishers sprayed white foam at the same time, quickly extinguishing the flames. The self-immolation person was carried into an ambulance and taken away. first aid.
The heavy rain suddenly stopped, and there was a tragic atmosphere in the air. Heart-wrenching cries came from the villages behind, but the villagers became more determined and united. However, the morale of the land acquisition team plummeted and it was difficult to continue. Shen Hongyi picked up the walkie-talkie and issued an order. Got the order to retreat.
When Liu Handong saw An Xin approaching, he quickly got out of the car and opened the door.
"Thank you." An Xin said expressionlessly, sat in the back row, took off her glasses and twisted the bridge of her nose, with a tired and confused expression. She Xiaoqing also sat in and told Liu Handong to return to the company.
The rain started to fall again, much lighter than before. The misty rainwater splashed on the windshield without turning on the wipers. The country roads that had rained were muddy and difficult to walk. Fortunately, the Mercedes-Benz was four-wheel drive and would not be affected by it. Trapped on a bad road, Liu Handong looked at the two people in the rearview mirror, and She Xiaoqing silently handed over a tissue to An Xin to wipe her tears.
Mr. An cried. This iron-blooded woman could actually cry. Perhaps seeing the villagers self-immolating touched the remaining sympathy deep in her heart. Liu Handong was greatly influenced by Shu Fan, and subconsciously he had a hostility and resistance to An Xin. But he couldn't bear to see women crying, so he thought he should say something to comfort her.
"During the British land enclosure movement, sheep ate people. Now we are eating people's houses. Don't feel too guilty. If it's not Qingshi High-tech, there will be other developers who expropriate their land and steal their houses. In this era, ordinary people Having a house and land is the original sin." Liu Handong said.
An Xin didn't say anything, but She Xiaoqing got angry: "What do you know! Drive your car honestly."
Liu Handong ignored She Xiaoqing. This girl just didn't like him and choked at any time as if she had been given gunpowder.
An Xin raised her head, her eyes were red, she smiled and said, "Thank you, Master Liu."
"What is our company acquiring that land for?" Liu Handong asked.
"No one will treat you as a mute if you don't speak." She Xiaoqing rolled her eyes at him.
An Xin explained: "The company is developing rapidly and we need to prepare for a rainy day. If we don't buy land now, it will be too late to buy it in the future when the factory buildings are not enough and land prices soar. The Zhuzhuang land parcel and our industrial park can be connected. It’s the most suitable.”
Liu Handong said: "Then what should we do now? I have long heard that the people in Zhuzhuang are tough and tough, and today they are indeed well-deserved. Even our anti-riot brigade can't defeat them."
An Xin said: "There will always be a way, but it will consume time and money."
Liu Handong said: "Every inch of time is worth an inch of money. Money can be used up, but time cannot be used up."
An Xin was a little surprised. In her mind, Liu Handong was a simple-minded and brash man with well-developed limbs, but she didn't expect that he had the courage to show off in front of her. It sounded a little childish and ridiculous, but everything was true.
She Xiaoqing was really angry. Normally Liu Handong would just talk and offer treasures. When Mr. An was in a bad mood, he was still here talking nonsense. He was about to scold him, but An Xin said: "Master Liu
, do you have any solution?"
Liu Handong said: "I believe that the plans I can think of have already been thought of and implemented by you, but they don't work, right? That's because the implementation is not strong enough, or the right medicine is not prescribed. Each household must come up with a plan individually.
The underworld can handle this kind of thing better than the government. If there is a shrewd person in the underworld, it will be easier to handle."
"Oh, do you know such a person?" An Xin looked interested.
She Xiaoqing snorted coldly: "I don't know anyone, he is."
Liu Handong quickly clarified: "I am not a gangster, and I have no experience in demolition. In fact, I have plan B, which is to acquire another piece of land as a reserve."
"Tell me about it," An Xin said.
"I suggest that the company acquire Omi Transportation Vocational and Technical Training College. This school is a subsidiary of the Transportation Bureau. It was originally a transportation technical school to train bus and truck drivers. The school is very large and has a training ground that has been in disrepair. It can be renovated.
It can be used as a test track, and the school itself is also a resource. Although Qingshi High-Tech is a high-tech
Enterprise, but it is also a production-oriented enterprise. If my prediction is correct, in the future we will produce complete electric vehicles, which will require a large number of high-quality workers. Now there is a labor shortage everywhere. If you have money, you can’t recruit people.
We acquired the Transportation Technology Institute and used it as a worker training base for Qingshi Hi-Tech to continuously provide qualified workers..."
While Liu Handong was still delivering a long speech, the Mercedes-Benz had already entered the gate of Qingshi High-tech Headquarters. She Xiaoqing knocked on the backrest: "Master Liu, wake up, we're at the station, hurry up and wash the car."
An Xin got out of the car and said to Liu Handong: "Your suggestions are very inspiring. I will consider them."
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After get off work, Yin Zhiguo wanted to treat Liu Handong to dinner. The income of being a doctor was low, with a monthly subsidy of more than a thousand yuan, and he was as exhausted as a dog. However, his doctoral supervisor was a veteran, and he would defraud project funds. Real scientific research results were not available, so Yin Zhiguo was eager to find a job.
When the two met, Liu Handong gave him Xia Qingshi's business card. Yin Zhiguo said that I have already sent an email to your HR and will have an interview tomorrow. Having Mr. Xia's business card is like a divine help. I will definitely pass. I'll treat you to a good meal.
Call your girlfriend.
Liu Handong calculated Ma Ling's shift and found that he would be in time for dinner, so he asked Yin Zhiguo where he was going to treat him, whether it was a barbecue stall or a rice noodle stall.
"Don't be rude to me. When I walked up to Maxim's restaurant, I drank Lafite and Sprite in 1982. I can't do it today." Yin Zhiguo said with great pride.
Liu Handong burst out laughing, not realizing that the nerd Yin Zhiguo had quite a dark sense of humor.
At half past six, Liu Handong and Yin Zhiguo were already seated at the Maxim Restaurant on Central Street. There were two glasses of mineral water on the table. Yin Zhiguo looked at the menu and tried to calm himself down. The air conditioning was so strong that he was still sweating.
"What, it's too hot?" Liu Handong took the menu and looked at it. Even he was shocked. French and Western food was expensive, and the alcohol was even more scary.
"How about barbecue?" Liu Handong said.
"It's okay, but I'm not used to Western food." Yin Zhiguo wiped the cold sweat on his fat head with a tissue and stood up to leave.
Two beauties happened to come in from the outside. One was in a light and elegant white dress, the other was hot and cool in black shorts. They were both about 1.7 meters tall and had excellent figures. Yin Zhiguo couldn't help but whistle, but Liu Handong was stunned.
The white one is Xuan Donghui, his first girlfriend, and the black one is Ma Ling, his current girlfriend. Why did they come in together? He couldn't help but look at Yin Zhiguo.
"Don't object if I call the class beauty here." Yin Zhiguo said with an innocent look.
Who said that PhDs in science and engineering have low emotional intelligence? Liu Handong just spat in someone's face. Fatty Yin Zhiguo is not stupid at all. He also had thoughts about the class beauty, but he was not as explicit as Wang Yaming and Li Xin. People knew it very well.
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Dong Hui liked Liu Handong. In order to nip the problem in the bud, the fat man used a trick to invite Xuan Donghui and Liu Handong's girlfriends to dinner at the same time, and the potential problem was solved subtly.
Liu Handong, a mute man, couldn't speak while eating Coptis chinensis, so he had to greet each other with a smile. The two ladies didn't know each other, so they both thought Liu Handong was coming for them, so they waved and shouted in unison: "Liu Handong."
After shouting, the two women looked at each other with searching and a hint of hostility in their eyes.
The waiters and guests in the restaurant also looked in the direction they were facing. Liu Handong came up to them with a smile and said, "Let me introduce, this is Ma Ling, my girlfriend, and this is Xuan Donghui, my high school classmate."
"Hello." The two women nodded in greeting, smiling like flowers, but secretly began to compete. Xuandonghui was about 168cm tall, five centimeters shorter than Ma Ling, but her heels were high, which made up for her height disadvantage.
Moreover, her skin is white, which can cover up all the ugliness. For an ugly girl, Xuan Donghui is born with it.
Beauty and skin color are extra points, but Ma Ling's wheat-colored and healthy skin is also eye-catching for everyone, no matter how much they give in, their temperaments are completely different. Xuan Donghui is a flight attendant, and her gentle and sweet smile created by the working environment and
The style of Ma Ling's tough female bus driver is very different. In short, it is difficult to distinguish between them.
Fatty Yin Zhiguo came up to you and pushed up his black-rimmed glasses: "You two beauties, please sit down quickly. I'm treating you today."
This was a table for four. Ma Ling and Liu Handong sat together naturally. Xuan Donghui had no choice but to sit side by side with Yin Zhiguo. Yin Zhiguo handed over the menu, called the waiter, and ordered a saffron prawn very elegantly and calmly. Yin Zhiguo
She slyly said that she was not good at ordering and asked Xuan Donghui to make the decision for herself, so she ordered another French baked escargot for him.
Liu Handong ordered steak for himself and foie gras for Ma Ling.
"Is it enough to just eat one dish?" Ma Ling asked in a rustic manner.
Xuan Donghui pursed her lips and smiled: "The set meal includes appetizers, soups, main dishes and desserts. Bread is optional."
Ma Ling said: "Oh, that's it." But he was very unhappy in his heart. He took this out on Liu Handong and stepped on him hard.
Liu Handong bared his teeth.
"What's wrong?" Xuan Donghui asked with concern, which made Ma Ling even more angry.
"It's okay, my tooth hurts. What should I drink?" Liu Handong said nonchalantly.
"Cabernet Sauvignon." Xuan Donghui ordered a bottle of red wine worth more than 200 yuan, which made Yin Zhiguo, who was secretly sweating, relieved.