diskusbooks Chapter 233 Lantian Incident
Chapter 233 Lantian Incident
After Tong Keren finished speaking, Le Huizhen's face showed a hint of bitterness, and then she said, "Keren, I'm not advising you to compromise with the society, but the social environment is like this. The influence of all the societies, big and small, in Hong Kong City is too great."
"Take our police investigations for example. Last month, I spent some time leading people to check on various nightclubs in Tuen Mun. In just half a month, do you know how many complaints I received? The police station's complaint hotline was nearly overwhelmed with calls."
After Le Huizhen finished speaking, Tong Keren said in surprise, "Tuen Mun? I heard that Tuen Mun is now dominated by the Hongxing faction. It's your family's territory. Did he send someone to call and complain about you?"
Le Huizhen sighed, then said dejectedly, "It would be better if he had someone do it. I don't need to be so depressed.
I hired a private investigator to gather information, and the people who complained about me were basically ordinary citizens, and they weren't being instigated by anyone; they were all acting on their own initiative."
As Le Huizhen finished speaking, Tong Keren exclaimed, "How is that possible? What does your inspection of the nightclub have to do with those ordinary citizens?"
Le Huizhen said, "I couldn't understand it at first. I investigated those nightclubs, so logically, I should have offended the gangs. Why did the citizens complain to me instead?"
"Later, a senior from the police station told me the reason. Because when we go to nightclubs to inspect them, they naturally have fewer customers. While the nightclubs suffer huge losses, the businesses around them also suffer significant losses. With everyone losing money, they'll naturally complain about us..."
"Keren, this is your first time taking charge of such a large project alone. I advise you to go home and ask your uncle what he thinks. Otherwise, if something really goes wrong, you'll be the one who'll be embarrassed in the end."
Lu Yongqiang didn't know that Le Huizhen would help persuade Tong Keren. After he left the restaurant, he called Dafei directly and told him that Tong Keren was unwilling to cooperate with him.
Lu Yongqiang just told the truth, without exaggerating or trying to persuade Dafei to let it go.
The public housing renovation project in Lantian is a huge project worth hundreds of millions of yuan. As a local tyrant, Dafei can easily earn 10 or 20 million yuan if he can get the job.
Lu Yongqiang naturally didn't want to do something that would rob someone of their money, and he had no reason to stop Dafei from making money.
Dafei is usually a bit crazy, but he has reached his current position on his own, so he must be smart enough.
At around four o'clock in the afternoon of that day, an accident occurred at Tong's construction site in Lantian.
An old man was walking past the construction site with a pet dog, and just at that moment, a person in charge of the construction site drove out.
The old man's pet dog went crazy at this moment and broke free from the old man's hand holding the rope. The old man seemed to be only focused on chasing his dog and didn't notice that a car was coming out of the construction site. Then a car accident happened and the old man was hit by the car.
When a car accident occurred, the person in charge of the construction site did not run away. Instead, he parked the car, got out, checked the old man's injuries, and prepared to call an ambulance.
But as soon as the man took out his phone, a woman rushed out from the side and started to struggle with the person in charge without saying a word, shouting: The driver hit someone and wanted to run away, and she shouted loudly for onlookers to help.
When the woman shouted, seven or eight people among the onlookers actually stood up. These people, both men and women, looked like ordinary onlookers.
As soon as these people stood up, they started pointing at the person in charge and talking one after another, without even giving him a chance to explain. Every time the person in charge tried to speak, the woman holding him would push him and interrupt him.
It was just past four o'clock at this time, and there were still many workers working on the construction site. The person who had the accident was the person in charge of the construction site, who was considered everyone's leader, so naturally, the people on the construction site could not stand idly by.
After a while, thirty or forty people ran out of the construction site. After these people came out, their first thought was to protect the person in charge of the construction site.
These people originally wanted to push aside the crowd and rescue the leader first, but as soon as someone pushed the onlookers, someone shouted: "You hit someone and you dare to hit him? Are you bullying us because there is no one in Lam Tin Estate? I will fight you." As they spoke, someone actually started to fight.
Thirty or forty people came out of the construction site, and there were also twenty or thirty people watching. These seventy or eighty people suddenly started fighting for no apparent reason, and almost all the onlookers participated in it.
The crowd was already outnumbered, with both men and women, and even several elderly people. A fight was bound to end badly. By the time the police arrived to separate the people, there were already about ten people lying on the ground, all of them onlookers.
After the police investigation, they found that the collision was just an accident and the driver was not responsible. It was the old man who suddenly ran out from the side to chase his pet dog, which caused the car accident.
The old man didn't argue and admitted that it was his fault. The woman who initially grabbed the driver also apologized, saying that she misunderstood the driver and thought he had hit someone and was trying to run away, so she held him tightly.
The car accident was handled, but the brawl was a headache for the police. Sixteen people were injured in the fight, nine with minor injuries, just skin breaks. Seven were seriously injured, mostly with broken arms and legs. Some were even admitted to the intensive care unit, suffering internal injuries. If they had been taken to the hospital later, they might have died.
The fight was inexplicable. The workers said that the onlookers started the fight first, but the onlookers said that the workers started the fight first. There was no camera at the scene, so what happened was entirely determined by the oral statements of both parties. It was a confusing matter.
When Tong Keren found out about the accident, she was still shopping with Le Huizhen. Upon hearing that something had happened, she immediately rushed to the police station with Le Huizhen.
After understanding what happened, Tong Keren didn't think much of it, thinking it was just a car accident and a misunderstanding that led to the fight, and that the whole thing was just an accident. The Tong family was already wealthy, so since there was an accident, they just had to pay compensation and let it go.
Tong Keren didn't stay in the police station for long. After understanding what happened, she asked the company's legal department to handle it. She and Le Huizhen had been shopping for the whole afternoon and just wanted to go home and rest quickly.
Tong Keren didn't notice anything was wrong, but Le Huizhen was different. She had been a police officer for several months after all, and she always felt that something was strange.
On the way home, Le Huizhen spoke up and reminded her, "Keren, there are a lot of strange things about this matter. I asked my seniors at the Kwun Tong Police Station, and they also said that the whole thing seemed to be an accident, but it seemed very much like someone was manipulating everything behind the scenes."
Tong Keren didn't take Le Huizhen's reminder to heart. She smiled and said, "Ah Zhen, you're not trying to say that someone from the society was behind this, are you?"
"When I heard about the accident at the construction site, I also thought it was caused by gang members. When I went to the police station, I asked the officer in charge, and he said no one in the crowd had a gang background; they were all from Lam Tin Estate."
After Tong Keren finished speaking, Le Huizhen still had some doubts. She thought for a moment and said, "I'll call Yongqiang. He's in the club and knows how clubs work. He'll definitely know if someone from the club is behind this."
After Le Huizhen finished speaking, she took out her cell phone and called Lu Yongqiang without caring what Tong Keren said.
At that time, Lu Yongqiang was processing documents at the food company and had not heard about what happened in Lantian. When he heard that the call was from Le Huizhen, he thought that Le Huizhen wanted to invite him to dinner.
After answering the phone, Lu Yongqiang said, "If you want to have dinner with me, it's definitely not possible today. I still have a lot of documents to deal with."
Le Huizhen said, "You wish for it. Why should I invite you to dinner?"
"You're not asking me out for dinner? So you want to go on a date with me? That won't work either. I really have something to deal with today, and I'm afraid I'll have to work overtime until ten o'clock." As he spoke, Lu Yongqiang casually glanced at the watch on his wrist.
Le Huizhen gritted her teeth and said, "Lu Yongqiang, do you want to die? Can you please stop interrupting me when I'm talking? I have something serious to discuss with you."
"Is there something important? Then tell me. I promise not to interrupt this time."
After Lu Yongqiang finished speaking, Le Huizhen directly told him what happened in Lantian, and then asked, "Yongqiang, do you think there is someone behind this?"
Lu Yongqiang thought for a moment and said, "This sounds like an accident and a coincidence, but there are too many accidents and coincidences, so it's almost certain that someone is playing tricks.
Since you are Miss Tong's friend, I would like to kindly remind you that Miss Tong is in quite a bit of trouble this time. If possible, it would be best to find someone with experience to handle this matter."
After Lu Yongqiang finished speaking, Le Huizhen didn't hang up the phone. She said to Tong Keren beside her, "Keren, you heard what Yongqiang just said. This is most likely someone from the society."
Tong Keren may have little social experience, but she's not stupid. After Le Huizhen finished speaking, she frowned, took the phone from her, and said, "Mr. Lu, you're saying this is most likely someone's doing something fishy. Is this your guess? Or did you hear something, or did you know this was going to happen?"
When Tong Keren said this, Lu Yongqiang felt a little unhappy. He had given her a kind reminder, but now she was doubting him.
Lu Yongqiang said coldly, "Miss Tong, I'm only giving you this kind reminder for Ah Zhen's sake. Whether you believe it or not is up to you. If you doubt me, you're just overthinking it. This matter has nothing to do with me."
As soon as Lu Yongqiang finished speaking, Le Huizhen snatched the phone from Tong Keren's hand and said, "Yongqiang, Keren just said the wrong thing in a hurry. For my sake, can you please stop arguing with her?
Keren and I are not only old friends, but also best friends. Please help explain for my sake."
Le Huizhen spoke, and Lu Yongqiang hesitated for a moment before saying, "Actually, there's no need for me to explain. Tomorrow you'll know whether what I say is true or false.
Those people lying in the hospital cannot be solved by just paying some money. If the reward amount is too low, they will definitely not be willing to pay. Then they will organize a group of people to surround the construction site and make a big fuss. In the end, the Tong family will be the one who suffers.
But the compensation is high, so this matter can indeed be settled. But it's like opening Pandora's box. After all, if you can get tens of millions of dollars in compensation by just hitting the car, the poor people in Lam Tin Estate will definitely be willing to give it a try. Of course, Tong's International is rich and powerful, so it's not impossible for them to be willing to pay more.