Like other construction sites, Changda’s builders had surrounded the site with a safety iron wall. Inside, the sounds of construction were continuous.
Gu Nuan saw that the piles had already been driven into the ground, all the subterranean levels of the building site had been excavated, and several building towers had been constructed to several stories. Two of the main buildings had already been topped off.
This progress could only be described as not fast, after all, once completed, the initial interior decoration of the buildings was Changda’s responsibility.
At the entrance of the site, there was control over the movent of personnel.
Tang Qingzhong and Gu Nuan each showed their employee badges to the inspectors, declared their identities, and were allowed to pass.
The truck carrying building materials followed them into the site.
Tang Qingzhong took Gu Nuan to the site command center, found the site workers, stated their purpose, and said they wanted to visit the place where the worker had had the accident.
The site worker said, "You can go too, but honestly, there’s nothing to see. The accident was his own fault for not following the standard procedures, he didn’t secure his safety rope and fell from the top floor. Fortunately, he fell on the railings of the construction elevator, saving his life. Then he and his family asked for an exorbitant amount, saying he was disabled and demanding our company pay tens of millions. The local police and safety supervision have all been here, and the law is on our company’s side, there’s no way we’d pay him that much. The funny thing is, his injuries were almost completely healed, yet he refused to leave the hospital."
This account ant that the injured worker had only broken a leg, and with the use of tal plates and screws, there was no imdiate danger to his life.
Tang Qingzhong insisted on visiting the scene of the incident to have another look.
The other party thought they did not trust his words and simply allowed Gu Nuan and the rest to go see for themselves.
Tang Qingzhong got two helts and each of them wore one as they went to see the main building where the accident occurred.
Fortunately, the main building had been topped off. Inside, the elevator was already installed, and the exterior tal scaffolding had been removed by half.
It appeared to be very safe.
While Tang Qingzhong took her to ride the elevator, he asked a construction worker along the way to confirm there was nothing wrong with the elevator before taking her up.
The two rode the elevator up to the top floor, which had been completed. It was said that the worker had fallen from this top floor.
The top floor was already finished. When Gu Nuan and the others went up, they noticed that the surface of the top floor had undergone preliminary treatnt and was not rough.
They walked around on top, looking around, trying to recreate the scene of the incident.
Tang Qingzhong scratched his head, feeling that he was not as ticulous as Gu Nuan, and turned to ask her, "Did you notice anything?"
"I think it’s very likely it was man-made," Gu Nuan said. "Considering the construction progress, I find it hard to believe that there were no safety asures around here three months ago when the accident occurred. Senior, perhaps we can ask a worker on the scene."
This was not difficult; there happened to be a cent worker on the top floor. When Tang Qingzhong and Gu Nuan approached to ask about the accident, he said, "Are you talking about Amo? That jerk, we’ve always thought he might be a scam artist."
A scam artist?
"Yes. At the ti of the accident, it just so happened that everyone had gone downstairs to eat. Sohow, he chose to go up to the top floor during the lunch break, and when he fell, of course, the company couldn’t be blad. Who works so diligently during lunchti? Usually, you don’t see him being so active. There’s an internal investigation going on in the company."
"Soone from the company is investigating internally?"
"Yes, just like you, soone ca before, also dressed in a suit and tie, told to keep quiet, said it was an internal investigation. Are you guys with him?"
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