The Witch's Taste

“The reason is simple: neither Dijing Group nor the government has a solution to the unemployment problem, so the miners will definitely be clamoring for the mining ship to be tested.”

"If the experiment is successful, the cost of mining will be reduced, and many unemployed miners may be able to get their jobs again; but if it fails... Although it will cause damage to the environment, the unemployed miners themselves have nothing to lose. This is called 'the barefoot is not afraid to wear shoes'."

Xia Zili was silent for a moment, then asked:

"Can't the problem be solved through communication?"

"Communication?" Chen Ziang asked in surprise, then shook his head, "Impossible, this is a conflict of vital interests."

"If the experiment is successful, the miners may be able to keep their jobs; if the experiment fails, the cost will be borne collectively by the people of Tianyuan."

"So the miners will definitely do their best to keep their jobs, but the people of Gaotianyuan lack the motivation to unite, and many people even sympathize with the unemployed miners. So in the end, it will become a game between the unemployed miners and the high-level government. Whoever can win more neutral public support will determine the final result."

"He's right." The mother quietly appeared behind Xia Zili, and gently hugged her head, "So..."

"... Zili, it's up to you."

184. Chapter 183 The Wife Watching the Night

The time came to 10pm.

The vast majority of the unemployed miners still gathered around the gate of the Dijing Group headquarters in Shinjuku District, insisting on refusing to compromise and leave, as if they planned to sleep here.

The government and Dijing Group negotiated urgently, and finally decided to open the lobby on the first floor for the miners to rest, and urgently transported a batch of sleeping bags.

There are also some miners who arrived later. Since the road to Shinjuku District was blocked, they could only block the gates of the Dijing Group branch in Sanhe District and Pingan District, as well as near the industrial production park in Sakaguchi District. The posture insists on asking for an explanation.

In fact, after the whole day's events, the Public Security Department also noticed that something was wrong.

Usually, unemployed miners make troubles, basically the workers are trying to form a group, and the higher-ups are trying to divide them.

Miners without a leader are easy to divide, but if they have a leader, it is relatively difficult, so they need to get rid of their leader... Whether it is intimidation or temptation, it can be as effective as possible.

As long as the leader is dealt with, the remaining miners will be easy to deal with.

But the problem with these is that the Public Security Bureau did not find any individuals trying to organize the masses among these miners.

Leaders are actually easy to identify.Most leaders will directly command the masses, so you only need to see who is more active; a slightly smarter leader will organize the miners into formations and arrange captains, and use the captains to command the miners at the bottom, so it takes time to identify identity.

The most troublesome situation is that the leader never talks directly with the captains, but pretends to be an ordinary miner and secretly contacts the captains through electronic devices such as mobile phones. Then experts in electronic equipment are needed to monitor them. dialogue and forensic analysis to find out the specific location of the leader.

The strange thing about the situation this time is that not only did they not find the leader, they didn't even find any captain.

The miners didn't use mobile devices, didn't communicate with each other very often, just maintained a kind of weird silence...but they were definitely not unorganized.

Whether it was the distribution of food and drinking water, or negotiations with the Dijing Group, they maintained a high degree of discipline and unity, and there were no riots or disagreements.

Yuki Izumo is very keen and suspects that it is some kind of "unknown mysterious means" that is maintaining the secret contact between the miners.

The person in charge, Xia Qingyu, was not there, so the Public Security Department could only contact the two section chiefs, Chen Ziang and Suifeng Lixu, to discuss the relevant plans for going to the scene tomorrow to confirm.

Chen Ziang was working late at night. Although Xia Zili was a little sleepy, she didn't plan to go back to sleep, and just sat beside him.

She was wearing light pajamas and shorts, revealing her smooth and white thighs. She was curled up on the sofa at this moment, making her legs look more slender and attractive.

Combining Xia Qingyu and "Zili's mother", it seems that this long-legged gene should be a "royal gene" inherited from the maternal line.

Chen Ziang also had no time to admire her beautiful long legs, so he just said:

"Why don't you go to sleep for a while, I still have work."

"I'm not sleepy." Xia Zili shook her head and said.

In the memory fragments, when the husband stays up late at work, she usually stays by his side, pouring tea or making coffee for him, playing the role of a virtuous wife.

Xia Zili subconsciously imitated herself in memory.

Although she didn't think about why she did this, it was obvious that she was gradually digesting these memories, or... assimilated?

No matter what the situation is, the only thing that is certain is that the relationship between the two of them in her mind has already surpassed the category of ordinary friends.

Chen Ziang was completely unaware of this, and just continued to discuss the plan with Rio Hokaze and Izumo Yuuki when he suddenly felt his shoulders sink.

Xia Zili, who was next to him, couldn't bear the sleepiness any longer, and fell on top of him.

He carefully carried Xia Zili back to the bedroom, covered her with the quilt, and then returned to the living room to continue working.

Fortunately, this time her "mother" did not show up.

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The next morning.

Chen Ziang woke up from his sleep and hurried to get his phone.

The unemployed miners did not riot for the time being, but continued to surround Dijing Group's various companies and factories in Jibei City, waiting for a response from the company or the government.

Their original appeal was to either arrange reemployment or provide resettlement fees, but now they propose a third option:

Let the mining ship stationed in Gao Tianyuan.

Re-employment is definitely impossible. What kind of unit can accommodate so many unemployed laborers?

Resettlement fees are also out of the question, where does the money come from?

The stationing of mining ships in Gaotianyuan became the most likely path among the three options, but the higher-ups did not intend to let go of this, but urged the Public Security Department to act quickly.

Chen Ziang got up to wash up, walked down the stairs, and saw Xia Zili wearing a kitchen apron, frying eggs and bacon in a pan.

"Breakfast will be ready soon!" she cried without looking back. "Go to the table and wait a while."

"I asked you to make breakfast for me." Chen Ziang was a little embarrassed, "Thank you for your hard work."

Xia Zili was startled when he heard the words, then smiled and said:

"It's okay, and thank you for letting me borrow it again."

"If it's Suzuna Tsukimiya." The mother's phantom beside the refrigerator said faintly, "He would never be so polite. Politeness is the proof of alienation."

"It doesn't matter." Xia Zili turned the bacon over, "Now we are just ordinary friends, and... After all, Yuegong Suzuna knew him earlier."

"Then what if Suzuna Yuegong took advantage of the first mover advantage to snatch him away from you?" Mother continued to whisper, as if bewitched by the hell devil.

"As long as he can be happy." Xia Zili replied calmly, "Mother, I'm fine."

"Stupid child." The mother's voice revealed pity and sympathy, "When I assumed that Tsukimiya Suzuna took him away, your subconscious reaction was to force yourself to accept the reality instead of thinking about finding a new partner..."

"In your heart, this life has already depended on him."

Xia Zili's movements stopped.

"But, it's weird, isn't it?" she asked hesitantly, "Why am I doing this?"

"Obviously...Obviously we haven't been together for long, why do I have such deep feelings for him? It's just a few dreams..."

"Because he should belong to you." The mother's voice became weird, as if she was suppressing some deep emotions, "He can only belong to you."

"If someone were to take him away from you..."

"...you have to resist with all your strength."

Xia Zili stood silently for a long time before bringing the breakfast to the dining table, and then began to feed Chen Xiaozhu.

"What are your plans next?" Chen Ziang looked at the phone and asked casually.

"What's the situation outside now?" Xia Zili asked him back.

"It's still about to come." Chen Ziang said with a sigh, "Everyone knows there may be chaos, but we don't know when it will come, so it's quite troublesome."

"If it's convenient, can you let me stay for a few more days?" Xia Zili said in a low voice, "Sister Ji Xiang told me not to go back to Sanhe District as much as possible."

She took out her mobile phone, opened the office's work group, and showed Chen Ziang a video uploaded in the group.

It seems to be a surveillance video of a convenience store: a group of unemployed miners (the number of people seems to be about seven or eight) entered the store, took all the bread and drinking water, and then made up at the checkout counter and took out a lot of coins And scattered banknotes, finally got the money together.

The video itself does not show any violence, but anyone who sees this video will inevitably have some anxiety in their hearts:

There are so many people who consume a lot of food and water every day, and the money on them is no longer enough from the video.

So what should they do when the money runs out?

It is definitely not advisable to assume that others are criminals.But if you don't do anything to prevent it, then don't blame other people when you encounter an accident.

In short, the boss of the firm has issued a notice that all artists and staff will work from home in the future. At the same time, it is recommended that everyone lock the doors and windows, do not go out easily, and keep the phone numbers of the local public security department and emergency hospital, etc.

Chen Ziang looked at it with emotion: You can work at home, but as the head of the Field Service Section of the Intelligence Bureau, I have the duty to go out.

After breakfast, he told Xia Zili to stay at home and not to open the door to strangers, then he took his equipment and went out.

185. Chapter 184 The Third Witch

Dijing Group is currently the only large enterprise in Gao Tianyuan that can be called a "chaebol".

Of course, it’s still not enough to compare with the galaxy-level super monopoly companies such as Klublef and Bacht, but it is already a well-deserved giant in the plateau star region, and even dared to carry out layoffs of [-] people under the pressure of the government. The government can only negotiate with it.

In the communication at the meeting last night, Chen Ziang had roughly learned about Dijing Group's attitude from Yuuki Izumo.

Re-employment is impossible;

placement fee, nor;

The miners surrounded the company and caused trouble. We hope the government can help solve the problem as soon as possible. We are willing to provide any support except "re-employment" and "relocation fee".

This matter sounds like the capitalists are starting to play tricks again, but according to some news channels in the system, Dijing Group also has reasons to do so.

For resource-based enterprises, the exhaustion of resources is the most fatal fatal point. No business wizard can save them. Industrial transformation is the only way out.

Dijing Group's choice is to invest in new energy research and development, hoping to break through from this direction.If you want him to spend enough funds now, he can only withdraw from the R&D project, which will directly interrupt his transformation process.

Only when his transformation is successful will new jobs be created.If it is not successful, more mines will be exhausted every year, and more miners will be laid off. This is equivalent to "drinking sea water to quench your thirst". The more you drink, the thirstier you become, and the problem becomes bigger and bigger.

Therefore, the people above weighed it from the perspective of utilitarianism, and in the end they must stand on the side of Dijing Group. As for the unemployed miners, although everyone is indeed pitiful, it will not do any good if they continue to fight, and it will only hurt both sides.

The leader of the unemployed miners must be found, and the communication and discussion must be clear.

When Chen Ziang arrived at the headquarters of Dijing Group in Shinjuku District, he saw that the hall was crowded with people.

Judging from the appearance, figure, and clothing, these unemployed miners are mainly men, usually around the age of 40 to 50. If you count, this group of unemployed miners are basically in the late Governor Shi Jintang's administration. into the mining industry.

Of course, at that time, the superficial mineral resources of the earth's crust were not exhausted at all, and the entire industry was thriving.The Dijing Group is also well-funded, expanding wildly, and even established [-] mining towns within a month. The media exaggeratedly described it as "Once the mine is opened, ten thousand taels of gold. The money is used to lay the floor and the sacks are used to pack it." "

The income of the miners is also quite generous, and there is even a saying in most towns and towns: the husband goes to the mine, the wife takes care of the family, has worked hard for ten years, and has a garage and a house.

The income of a miner can support a family and buy a car and a house. It is indeed a high-paying occupation.

Who knew that with the passage of time, it would end up in such a situation now?

For these miners, they have spent most of their lives in the mines. They do not know anything except physical work, have no professional skills, and most of them are not even good at communicating with others.How can you let them find a job by themselves?I will definitely fight you to the death.

Chen Zi'ang glanced at the miners who were sitting quietly. Their faces were numb and indifferent, covered with dust and ravines, which made him think of Mie Nishikawa and Seiko Takano for no reason.

Someone from the side came over, but it was Ayaka Sawada, a colleague from the intelligence department.

"Section Head." She whispered, "We have checked, and there are no mysterious traces in the hall, but the results given by the divination system are completely opposite."

"Did the divination system give you the result?" Chen Ziang asked in a deep voice, "Send me your phone."

"it is good."

After getting the results, Chen Ziang quickly browsed through them.

The divination system in Jibei City is very complicated, and the accuracy rate is not very high. The only advantage is that it can directly give corresponding answers without any existing evidence, so it is usually applied to many ambiguous things, such as Is there a mutation somewhere.

On the question of "is there any mysterious force involved in the Dijing Building", the divination system gave a clear and positive answer: yes.

But where exactly?In what form?What is the result of the impact?There is no way to answer these, otherwise it will become a universal question answering machine.

However, it seems possible to guess by "reasoning".

First of all, assuming that there is indeed a mysterious force involved, what is it doing here?

Answer: Organize miners.

The unemployed miners do not have the ability of telepathy, and the reason why they can maintain the same action must be the unified command of some kind of information.

Because of this, it attracted the attention of the Public Security Department, and Yuki Izumo found the Intelligence Bureau.

Second, what form does this ability take?

Intangible, silent, unknown form, and unknown method, it fits the characteristics of most mysterious forces.