Chapter 146: Only crooked ways are useful
After hearing Chu Yang's words, Village Chief Long's haggard face did show some changes.
But he took a deep puff of his cigarette, and seemed to calm down, and said slowly: "Leader, I don't quite understand what you said. I work as a farmer in the countryside, and I only studied in junior high school for three years. You said it is a great thing that benefits the people, and the pattern is too big. I don't understand. What's more, I am 58 years old today, and I don't have many years to live. I just want to do a few good things for the village..." In his eyes, Chu Yang was actually a leader.
Chu Yang's eyebrows raised, knowing that this old man was pretending to be ignorant, he became angry and said, "Village Chief Long, tell me the truth, I know you are making trouble here with your own intentions, but in fact you just want money, right? Let's be honest."
When Long Bin heard that Chu Yang had guessed his thoughts, his face turned red, and he said shamelessly: "Leader, let's not talk about whether the substation has radiation or not, and how much harm it will cause to our human body. Now you have built a substation here, occupying the hill where we graze cattle, and using the road we built ourselves. Every day, the machines are roaring, and the dust is flying everywhere. It has a great impact on our village. We want some compensation, it's not too much, right?"
This may sound pitiful, but it is groundless. Isn't it too much? But to be frank, this is extortion, and it is said so blatantly. Sometimes poverty is not terrible. What is terrible is that one is so poor that he does not know right from wrong, and uses his poverty as an excuse to do whatever he wants and commit crimes.
Chu Yang looked at Long Bin with a straight face and said seriously, "Village Chief Long, what you said is a bit unprofessional. It is inevitable to do some noise and dust when doing livelihood projects, and it is only temporary. It is totally untenable for you to ask for money on this ground. Let me ask you, if your family is building a house and renovating it in your own place, and you also make noise and dust, can the people living next to you ask you for money? Hmm?"
After hearing this, Long Bin's face turned red immediately. He had no excuse at all, but he would not back down so easily. This time he mobilized the villagers to cause trouble just to get money, and he would not give up until he got the money.
"Leader, I won't argue with you about this. I'm not well educated, so I'm sure I can't win an argument with you. Anyway, we're not afraid of you making fun of us. We in the village have already reached a consensus. You must compensate each of our households with 2,000 yuan, which is not much, and you must also promise that after the project is completed, you must pave our village road with asphalt, otherwise you will definitely not be able to start the construction. This is non-negotiable."
Finally, the old village revealed its trump card: 2,000 yuan per household plus helping them pave the road. Sometimes you have to admire their ideas, as if traps could fall from the sky.
Chu Yang asked sternly, "How many households are there in your village?"
Long Bin thought he had a chance, and said with a smile: "Leader, there are not many households in our village, only about 100 households, it won't cost you much money, your power company has a lot of money, it's nothing, you don't care about this little money at all."
Honestly, if Chu Yang hadn't seen his old age, he would have really cursed. This statement was simply outrageous. 100 households, that's 200,000, it doesn't seem like a lot, and the power company is indeed rich, but there are so many rich people in this world, are they going to cut your money?
Why should they give you 200,000?
Moreover, Mr. Xie has already made it clear that this project will lose money. How can I give him the money? If I go back and ask the company, they will not approve it.
Chu Yang still suppressed his anger and said patiently: "Village Chief Long, first of all, our company is not a charity. All the money spent must be based on something. Your current situation does not apply, so there is definitely no way to solve this problem."
Long Bin added: "Then you can exempt our village from electricity bills in the future. This can be done, right? I heard that your leaders don't have to pay for electricity."
Damn, this is simply a rumor.
Chu Yang replied: "Village Chief Long, I don't know where you heard this rumor from. Even the chairman of our company has to pay the normal electricity price. No one is exempt. But people in your village have more discounts. We exempt all five-guarantee households from 15 kWh of electricity per month."
Village Chief Long got angry when he heard about the five-guarantee households: "There are so few places for five-guarantee households, and you guys are not the ones who can say it casually. Huang Dazhuang from our village drives a car and lives in a western-style building, but he is also a five-guarantee household. My nephew, whose family can't even afford to eat and can't find a wife, can't even apply for a five-guarantee household. It's simply a joke. The five-guarantee households protect your own people."
Chu Yang knew something about this matter. What he said was indeed true. When he was at the Jianzui Power Supply Station, he also encountered people who came to apply for five-guarantee households. However, the number of five-guarantee households in a village was limited. Your information had to be approved, and the director had a lot of power.
There is a huge trade of interests involved here, but Chu Yang is not the director and cannot get involved in matters at this level.
Chu Yang calmed down and said, "Five-guarantee households are not within my jurisdiction. If your nephew has any problems, he can take his ID to the power supply station to file a complaint. I can also help you go back and report to the leader. But let's solve the problem here first. In any case, you must tell your villagers not to cause any more damage and the road cannot be closed. You, as the village chief, must set a good example."
Long Bin was indeed a little shaken and looked back at the people in his village.
A young man in his 20s rushed over and asked angrily: "Uncle, what's the matter? Will they agree to our request and give us the compensation?" It seems that this is his nephew. He looks quite arrogant, a typical rural second-rate guy.
"Your request is totally unrealistic. This is impossible." Chu Yang said directly.
“Fuck you, you want to die, don’t you?” This bastard seemed to be a gangster. He rushed over to attack Chu Yang, which scared Chu Yang and made him take a few steps back.
Fortunately, the village chief grabbed him and said, "Long Si, what are you doing? Don't hit anyone and don't cause trouble for me."
He said with a serious face: "Uncle, why the hell are you talking to him? Anyway, I don't know if your project can go on without money. Brothers, let's go. They don't want to compensate us. Let's come back to play in the evening..."
Soon, the group of people accelerated on their motorcycles, raising a cloud of dust, and then left, leaving Chu Yang and Lan Bingqing eating mud and sand on the construction site.
"Chu Yang, President Chu just called me and asked us to deal with this matter as soon as possible and not to delay the progress of the project." Lan Bingqing was also at a loss. She walked in front of Chu Yang and looked at him with clear eyes. She had no other choice but to rely on Chu Yang.
"Boss Chu also asked about this matter?"
"Um."
"What did you tell him?"
"I said we will take care of it, just rest assured, Mr. Chu." Lan Bingqing replied without blinking.
Chu Yang couldn't help but look up at her and asked, "Do you have a solution?"
Lan Bingqing hesitated for a moment and pretended to be cute: "What can a little girl like me do? I know you definitely have a way, right?" But for some reason, her cuteness was really not cute at all, and was completely different from Zhiying.
This woman is not simple.
Doesn't this put the two of them in a very awkward situation?
Chu Yang originally wanted to go back to report his work, but now in this situation, he stood there and thought for a while, and suddenly thought of Director Wu Jian.
After Uncle Huang was promoted, he promoted Wu Jian to be the director. Whenever he had dinner with his fellow villagers, he invited Chu Yang along and treated Chu Yang with great respect. He even asked Chu Yang to call him Brother Wu and he called Chu Yang "Brother Chu".
Maybe he had a way, Chu Yang immediately called him.
"Brother Chu, what's wrong? What's the matter? Your Uncle Huang just called a meeting for us." Wu Jian said with a smile. This guy is a grateful person, very good.
"Brother Wu, I need your help with something."
"Tell me about it, I'll definitely be able to help." Wu Jian is a straightforward person.
Chu Yang briefly explained the matter to him: "Brother Wu, you should be very experienced, right? What do you think is the best way to deal with this matter? As long as the project is very urgent, this is a project approved by Mayor Huang himself, and it cannot be delayed."
Wu Jian was lost in thought for a moment, as if he had moved to another place, and then he began to talk to Chu Yang: "Brother Chu, we have dealt with this kind of thing many times. It's not the same dispute as the sewage plant last time. Those country bumpkins are crazy about money. I can send a police officer over to coordinate with you now, but the process may take a little longer, and the effect will not be very obvious. We can't stay there all the time."
Chu Yang heard that Wu Jian seemed to have other ideas, so he quickly asked, "Is there any other way to solve it quickly?"
The person on the other end covered the microphone and whispered, "Then you should make it bigger, preferably something that draws blood. This way it will be quicker and easier."
This! What does this mean? This is incredible.
Chu Yang was confused: "Seeing blood, what does that mean?"
Wu Jian added, "Brother Chu, this is a normal civil dispute, and it's very troublesome to coordinate. You can find someone to argue with them, and finally there will be a conflict, and then you can fight, and just blow your head and make some blood. Then I will immediately call for someone to arrest them, and the effect will definitely be obvious. Then you can do whatever you want with them."
After hearing this, Chu Yang was shocked again, it is possible to do this!!!
This! Is this how it is done?
Is this a fishing expedition?
Deliberately create conflict.
"How about it, Brother Chu? I don't teach this method to ordinary people. You just said a few more words. If you follow my advice, the matter will be resolved tonight."
Chu Yang was silent for a while, thinking of the arrogant and domineering look of Long Si just now, and also thinking of his own future. If he could solve this problem, he would be able to take credit in front of President Chu and President Xie.
In the darkness that Chu Yang couldn't see clearly, it seemed as if a knife was slowly reaching out...
"Brother Wu, that's fine. I'll trouble you to help me then."
"Small things."
After hanging up the phone, Chu Yang looked up at the sky, feeling that being a good person was not easy. You wanted to solve the problem, but others didn't cooperate. What could you do? You could only resort to crooked means.
But, damn, crooked ways can often solve problems.
What’s more, it’s very fast.
So who the hell is taking the right path?
