Chapter 1528: Chapter 1030: Abandon Illusions
“In short, according to your plan, Miss Cao, we’ll need to organize a special engineering team.”
Yamashita Kasaburou, who had been walking on thin ice, said awkwardly, swallowing as he spoke.
“So? Dongying is so big, don’t tell we can’t find even one engineering team.”
Many things can indeed be solved by waiting.
But Cao Jinse didn’t want to wait any longer, “If we can’t find one in Dongying, then we’ll look elsewhere.”
The governnt officials from Dongying remained silent, and the other shareholder representatives also didn’t rush to speak.
“Miss Cao, it’s not about the engineering team,” said Yamashita Kasaburou with difficulty. “People, they can be found anywhere. The most important thing is the spirit of… sacrifice.”
Cao Jinse frowned, “Make it clear.”
Yamashita Kasaburou looked around, but no one stepped up to share the pressure, so he decided to speak all at once.
“If we want to repair the reactor, we must send people inside it, aning we’ll have to rely on human bodies to resist nuclear radiation.”
“Don’t we have professional protective gear?”
“Professional gear can only withstand limited nuclear radiation, whereas the reactor’s radiation could exceed the safety limit by millions of tis.”
“So, at least a suicide squad of three thousand people is needed.”
Three thousand people?
A suicide squad?
Cao Jinse suddenly fell silent.
No outsiders.
And the phones were already collected.
There’s definitely no need to lie now.
At first, it sounds shocking, but considering similar accidents in history, the most severe had casualties reaching hundreds of thousands.
Of course.
The value of human life cannot be calculated in numbers.
It’s not right to say that the lives of a few thousand people are less valuable than those of hundreds of thousands.
“Is the risk factor really that high?”
Finally, soone spoke up.
Not a foreign stakeholder.
And not a high-ranking governnt official.
But a native capitalist from Dongying.
The ever-glorious Fujiwara Family.
“According to our team’s repeated research and demonstrations, once inside, there’s a nine out of ten chance of not surviving.”
“It seems it’s indeed not just a matter of funds.”
Fujiwara Takuya, representing the Fujiwara Family at the eting, looked solemnly at Cao Jinse and said, “Miss Cao, we have no right to decide others’ life and death.”
What a joke.
Have they forgotten who caused the disaster?
Don’t have the right to decide others’ life and death, yet they have the right to shift the harm onto the entire world?
This is the ti to test a nation’s responsibility and virtue.
Of course,
Cao Jinse wasn’t that naive. No matter how innocent she might be, she wouldn’t expect a nation, which relies on flattering others for protection, to have much sense of responsibility. After a brief silence, she spoke again, “We may not have the right to decide others’ life and death, but we have the responsibility to solve the problem. Nuclear leakage accidents have happened before, and many brave people have stood up…”
“Miss Cao, are you suggesting the Dongying people should go to their deaths?”
The senior official from the energy sector finally stopped playing dead and stared righteously at Cao Jinse.
Cao Jinse did not dodge, eting the gaze without retreating, and retorted sharply, “Dongying people’s lives are lives, but aren’t the lives of people from other countries also lives?”
The senior official was imdiately left speechless, his face flushed with anger.
The other Dongying forces present no longer looked kindly at Cao Jinse.
After all, she was playing an away ga.
She should have brought the negotiation expert, Boss Jiang, with her.
“It doesn’t necessarily have to be Dongying people; we can recruit globally.”
Cao Jinse’s tone softened slightly. Her goal today was not to vent; offending these Dongying people didn’t concern her much. Still, her main objective was to solve the problem.
“But the premise is that we must make all the consequences clear. No deception, fraud, or trickery.”
“That being the case, the entire world will know what happened.”
Another senior governnt official glared at Cao Jinse, “Miss Cao, can Jiuding handle such pressure?”
A blatant threat.
So far,
Yingdong Electric Power has taken the bla, and the massive network of interests behind it has not been exposed to the public.
But that’s just for now.
If the situation continues to develop, or rather, if it develops unfavorably, it’s uncertain whether it can remain confidential.
This senior official was implying that.
What does it an to be tied to a pirate ship?
Yet, even Jiuding Group, strong as it is, has no choice when under the eaves.
“Jiuding Group is willing to bear the responsibility it should bear.”
Cao Jinse calmly and resolutely stated, unafraid of threats, even if exposure would cause incalculable damage to Jiuding’s reputation.
Several Dongying officials looked displeased.
“Miss Cynthia, what do you think of Miss Cao’s proposal?”
Fujiwara Takuya turned his head.
anwhile, everyone’s eyes fell on the silent silver-haired figure.
Including Cao Jinse.
Although they were both foreign capital, the weight was completely different, and this gap did not solely stem from the size of the shares.
“It’s worth trying.”
In the full attention of the room, Cynthia spoke, surprisingly opting to support Cao Jinse, even though her stance wasn’t that clear. Still, it counted as a statent.
Cao Jinse breathed a small sigh of relief.
Although the other side had its own position, in the case of the Ying Power problem, her judgnt was correct, and the other side’s view aligned with hers.
This is why she was willing to discuss the acquisition with her.
Don’t forget.
To those Jiuding industries, even without considering external capital, the Dongying people coveted them.
She hadn’t expected the other party to support her and expressed gratitude with her eyes.
Cynthia remained as calm as a still water.
“Miss Cynthia, this isn’t a matter of trying. Once we decide to do this, there’s no turning back. I personally think caution is necessary.”
“Indeed.”
It seed to return to the procedures of previous etings.
Watching the Dongying officials trying every ans to delay, Cao Jinse was utterly disappointed. Having made her best efforts, she no longer wasted words and remained silent until the eting concluded.
Like previous etings, it adjourned without resolution.
Cao Jinse was the first to walk out, then deliberately waited for a while in the corridor.
Cynthia ca over.
“Thank you.”
Waiting here, Cao Jinse seed only to say a special word of thanks, even if the other had only offered a word in her support.
Fujiwara Takuya also walked out of the eting room; seeing the two won talking, he stopped and didn’t interrupt.
“When is the next eting?”
Cynthia asked succinctly.
Looking at that seemingly unreal face, Cao Jinse smiled and then shook her head, equally clear.
“A waste of ti, aningless.”
“Sixty percent. Jiuding Group can extricate itself without future worries.”
Cynthia said.
Obviously.
This was the bottom price offered.
It was a notch higher than her previous offer.
Perhaps it was due to Cao Jinse’s persistence earlier, earning her respect.
Cao Jinse was a bit surprised, even if it fell five points short of her bottom line, but sixty percent was a completely acceptable price.
“I’ll discuss it with the group and, once decided, contact Miss Cynthia.”
Cynthia nodded.
Cao Jinse turned and left.
“Miss Cao, how did the talks go?”
Outside the governnt building.
Yan Guangyi approached imdiately.
“Give up illusions, prepare for a complete withdrawal of investnt.”
Passing by, Cao Jinse bent down and got into the car.
“Miss Cynthia.”
After Cao Jinse left, Fujiwara Takuya, who had just been shut out, quickly stepped forward.
He said, beaming at Cynthia.
“Congratulations, Miss Cynthia.”
“Congratulations for what?”
“Jiuding Group is definitely going to lose heart this ti, and they will definitely withdraw from Dongying imdiately.”
Smart.
That’s a good trait.
But his smile froze as Cynthia had already left, leaving him hanging there.
Just as he himself said.
Latching onto the strong for survival is the way of the world.
It’s only natural.
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