After breakfast, Luo Xiyun took Sun Yuping to Kaiyun Investment. Zhou Yinghong kept thinking about what to do out there when there was such a flood.
"Mom, I have to leave too, but I'll be back early today, don't worry." Xia Zekai said.
He then said to his two daughters: "Girl, Tongtong, you two must listen to grandma at home, you know."
"If anyone acts naughty again, I will beat her."
"Okay, Dad, please come back early. It's so boring at home." The girl said pitifully.
Xia Zekai said "Yeah", which was regarded as agreeing to his daughter.
There is a lot of water outside, so you can replace it with a raptor and everything will be taken care of.
As long as you don't deliberately go to deep water, the car can drive smoothly without any need to worry about water accumulation.
When we encountered a traffic light intersection and stopped with the flow of traffic, the car was much higher than the surrounding cars.
Looking at the unbranded Raptor F150, many people are wondering which 'rich second generation' bought it?
Occasionally, you will see one or two cars parked in front of the bar. Except for those young people who are out of touch, most bosses will not buy these.
But Xia Zekai didn't care what others thought. After waiting for the green light, Wang Yi saw the opportunity and accelerated forward, arriving at the company in less than an hour.
The arrival of this monster caused another strange noise in the company, but when they saw their boss Xia Zekai coming out of the car, they felt it was natural.
There is still no night shift today.
Xia Zekai wandered around the company and then went to the second phase, which had just been completed but had not yet opened. He found nothing unusual. He asked Li Mumu, Yan Jinghua and the others about the situation. So far, they have not received any calls.
Feedback from employees is difficult.
"Boss, look at it like this. The rain should stop today. Even if it doesn't stop, it will be lighter. I think the water on the road can be drained out. I think we can resume the night shift starting tomorrow, otherwise the production capacity will be greatly reduced.
It’s not easy.” Li Mumu said tentatively.
Because of the heavy rain, the company's night shift has been suspended for two days. All the 'Jingtong Baby' directly-operated chain stores in areas with heavy rain have also been suspended for two days. Online shopping cannot be shipped. These visible losses add up.
The impact on the company is very large.
Xia Zekai pondered for a while and said: "Look at the situation this afternoon. If the rain obviously subsides, we will start work and resume the night shift."
"Boss, I think we won't do the completion ceremony of the second phase now. Let's start production. If it doesn't work, we can wait for the rain to stop and then add another one." Li Mumu pointed to the second phase factory that has not started production yet. He felt heartbroken.
It's like dripping blood.
What is this called?
The construction of the first phase of the second phase of the factory went smoothly, but who knew that a natural disaster would happen at the last moment. This felt bad, and Li Mumu even thought of finding a place to worship.
Xia Zekai also agreed: "Let's have a small ceremony by ourselves. We won't invite others over. Let's give birth first."
"Okay!" Li Mumu nodded, and he and Yan Jinghua discussed how to make a small ceremony.
Try to start production tomorrow.
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After leaving the company, Xia Zekai went for a walk on the street. The water accumulation showed no signs of reducing. He had to lament that the city's drainage system was useless, and he didn't know who would be cleaned up first after the heavy rain.
"Boss, where are we going?" Wang Yi asked.
Xia Zekai said: "Go to Kaiyun to invest."
He was worried about his wife going to the company, so he went over to take a look before talking.
At this time, at Kaiyun Investment, apart from Geng Yuqin and Lin Yi, there were only two people, Luo Xiyun and Sun Yuping.
Sun Yuping also lamented that she has been busy all the time, but she is not used to it when she is free.
"Xiao Sun, study hard and don't limit your sights to HR. You are still young and there are many other things to learn." Luo Xiyun said.
Sun Yuping nodded and didn't say anything big. She was just learning investment knowledge.
When Xia Zekai came over, many of the stores along the street were closed. The tree next to Kaiyun Investment Co., Ltd. was still the same. The broken tree head had not been cleared away, and the shop next door was smashed by the tree head.
The broken glass door was not repaired, and the store blocked it with wooden boards, but rainwater still seeped in.
There are white garbage bags floating in some places, which is a worrying situation.
"Why are you here?" Luo Xiyun asked him.
Xia Zekai chuckled: "Come and take a look. If you have nothing to do, go home early."
"Well, let's go back now." Luo Xiyun said.
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After three consecutive days and two nights of heavy rain, nature has completely demonstrated its ruthlessness and fury to people.
News came from many places in Qicheng that flash floods broke out near the mountains. Bocheng, a county in the mountains, was completely submerged in water. The water accumulation was far more serious than that in Qicheng.
According to the news, the depth of the water there is due to the terrain, and many people are submerged up to their waists.
Fortunately, most houses in Bocheng County are built on mountains and on higher ground, otherwise the houses would be directly flooded.
But that's it, there are still many stores and bungalows in low-lying areas that were flooded.
The people didn't even have a place to live, let alone their furniture and appliances that were soaked by the ruthless floods.
The matter went far beyond that. Bad news also spread frequently from other areas. Old houses in a certain village collapsed one after another after being soaked by floods.
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There are reports of missing people again.
Liu Changhong, Zhou Wenyi, and Wang Hongsheng have been awake all night since yesterday, and their eyes are red and swollen.
They took the bus out for a tour yesterday, and they realized that the seriousness of the situation was far more serious than they imagined. The economic losses must be huge, and they are now thinking about how to minimize this loss.
They all think it is a foolish dream to use human power to fight nature.
The top priority is to do a good job in dealing with the aftermath.
"Comrade Changhong, after such a big disaster happened, the finances are a little tight!" Zhou Wenyi had to remind him.
This is no joke. Heavy rains are raging and expenses in all aspects are high. However, Qicheng's economic development in the past two years is not as good as it appears on the surface. In short, their pockets are also very dry.
"Well, if it really doesn't work, let's wait until the heavy rain stops to issue bonds!" Liu Changhong said.
Even if Zhou Wenyi is very knowledgeable, he has no better way. He knows that the method Liu Changhong said is the most reliable.
"I agree!" he said.
While the two were talking, Liu Changhong's secretary Cheng Wanli hurried over and knocked on the door.
Liu Changhong was a little unhappy. He didn't like a third party coming to disturb him when he was talking about official business with others, but he still suppressed his temper and said: "Come in!"
After Cheng Wanli came in, he quickly said: "Secretary Liu, I came down just now to report that a teaching building in Zicheng has collapsed..."
"Teaching building? How many people were injured?" Zhou Wenyi became anxious upon hearing this.
Liu Changhong also frowned: "How could the teaching building collapse? Are you kidding me?"
He was also very nervous. What bastard built this teaching building? The other buildings were all fine, how could the teaching building be ruined by someone?
Cheng Wanli was oppressed by the two big guys one after another, and he became even more nervous: "There are no students, and it happens to be summer vacation, but there is an old security guard on duty at the school who was on duty at the time!"
"Rescue people, have they taken any measures?" Liu Changhong asked in a deep voice.
But he also knew that he was just asking and it would not help anything.
Zhou Wenyi looked at Liu Changhong and said: "Comrade Changhong, this matter needs to be investigated carefully. The quality of the teaching building is seriously worrying!"
Liu Changhong also knew the seriousness of the matter, so he nodded: "Check!"
But this is still just a microcosm of this heavy rain.
At this time, there are many places across the country that are more serious than Qicheng.
Especially in mountainous areas, flash floods and mudslides abound. When heavy rain breaks out, these are serious disasters.
From news reports, we can see that houses in many places were directly destroyed by the debris flow that broke out. The houses were all filled with mud and stones. Most people were displaced and had no fixed place to live, waiting for rescue.
There are still some people who cannot be found directly.
In the Purple Jade Garden Villa area, Xia Shande is watching TV in the living room, and all the news is playing is these contents.
After reporting on this area, move on to the next place.
After reporting on this province, then move on to the next province.
In one sentence, the impact of this heavy rain is quite wide, far beyond just Jidong Province.
"It's miserable! It's terrible!" Xia Shande shook his head while watching the news. He felt very sad.
Xia Weicheng saw it from the side and comforted his old father: "Dad, please don't feel bad. Your body can't have too many mood swings. When the rain stops, I will ask how to donate, and then I will donate some for you."
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"I still have some money here, please donate it to me." Xia Shande remembered that he still had tens of thousands of dollars, which were given to him by his grandson Xia Zekai.
But he had no place to spend money. His youngest son and grandson were responsible for all daily expenses, so he didn't need to think about 'money'.
"Hey! Okay!" Xia Weicheng agreed.
He couldn't stand it anymore in the face of natural disasters.
He knew very well in his heart that compared with the outside world, Qicheng was considered good.
"How is our hometown?" Xia Shande asked.
Xia Weicheng said: "I called and asked where I was at home. It was okay. There was no big problem."
"That's good!" Xia Shande breathed a sigh of relief.
But Xia Weicheng didn't tell him that the ground was all soaked.
The terrain in Xiazhuang Village is generally high. When people build houses, they will deliberately raise the foundations of the houses. It is not flooded, but the terrain of the farmland is generally low. After the water enters, there is no place to flow.
The waist-high corn stalks were completely soaked.
I don’t know how bad it is this time, so I can’t count on this season’s harvest.
"Have Zekai and the others not come back yet? Ask him to donate some too. Why do you keep so much money?" the old man asked.
Xia Weicheng said: "Dad, he hasn't come back yet. When he comes back later, I'll let him know."
Xia Shande shook his head: "Stop talking, I'll tell you."
