Chapter 877: Burning and Opportunity

An old security guard at the factory gate looks at the flames dyeing the sky red in the warehouse area, his small eyes filled with a light of fear!

He is an old employee of Jinbiao Wine Industry; he has worked for this factory since he was in his twenties, doing security work.

For so many years, he has seen two big fires, and the losses caused by each big fire were extremely heavy!

The most fatal thing is the wine in the warehouse!

It is precisely because there have been two fires, so the company moved the warehouse from next to the production workshop to a farther place, just to avoid terrible things happening if a fire occurs again!

His brain thought of the scene like hell on earth when the last fire occurred!

He has a few scars left by burns on his body, which were also left at that time.

At this moment, compared to other young people, middle-aged people running toward the warehouse, his first thought is to run!

Run as far as possible, run far away from here!

No one noticed that in the dark night, the old security guard in the security room at the factory gate, who always hung "the factory's honor is my life" on his lips, ran toward the outside of the factory without looking back.

In fact, not only him, some old employees in the factory knew that the warehouse was on fire, and their first thought was not to put out the fire, but to run as far as possible!

No one knows where this fire started; by the time they discovered it, the warehouse was already full of big fire.

Accompanied by the sound of utensils cracking, the warehouse constantly emitted "boom-boom" explosive combustion sounds.

Quite a few people used water pipes to pour into the warehouse, but it seemed to have no big effect, and it was also at this moment that suddenly the roof of the warehouse was completely blown into the sky by a violent explosion!

The shock wave caused by the huge explosion made everyone around the warehouse feel like a wall had hit them straight on, and then they saw an incredible scene!

A large amount of flames "flowed" out from the warehouse along the water flowing on the ground; people screamed and began to flee in all directions, accompanied by the constant explosions of the warehouse, constantly falling fire rain...

At 12:15 at night, Mr. Licha suddenly sat up, he gasped for air, and his eyes in the dark night were exceptionally bright.

He looked back at the luminous small bedside clock on the bedside table; since people discovered this kind of thing that can glow at night, it is rapidly becoming a trend.

Luminous clocks, luminous decorations, and luminous baseboards as well as luminous paint; people believe that these luminous materials and the radiation they emit can bring health to people's bodies.

Because there are academic reports proving that the light emitted by these radioactive materials can kill some harmful cells.

Some foods with luminous materials added are also on the market on a small scale, but people can only see them from those fashion magazines, because things like "luminous steak" and "luminous milk" are only provided for the rich.

Can't afford to buy, refers to having the qualification to buy, but not enough money.

Many poor people don't even have the qualification to buy, so they can't talk about whether they can afford it or not; they don't know the price, and they don't know where it is sold, but they know some people can eat it, can drink it.

The Opera Emperor even mentioned in an interview that he would drink a cup of luminous milk to replenish energy before going on stage to perform opera...

Mr. Licha belongs to those who have the qualification to buy, but he feels some unease about those radioactive cooking that enters the stomach; he only used these in some decoration designs and trademarks.

Looking at it being only 12:16, he rubbed his cheeks and picked up the water cup on the bedside table to take a sip.

He had a damn nightmare, in which the Lansi family retreated from Denuozhou, lost to him, and caused the Lansi family's business in Likaizhou to also suffer challenges.

Lansi lost all his foundation, became a stray dog, and disappeared.

Then one day, the moment he came out of the car, Lansi appeared in front of him and pulled the trigger at him.

One cannot feel pain in a dream, but it can make people feel fear; the submachine gun in Lansi's hand seemed to have infinite bullets, and the bullets tore him apart completely, tearing him into pieces.

Whether it is the body or the soul, it is like this, so he was frightened and woke up.

Fortunately, everything is a dream!

A sip of water swallowed, his mood was slightly better.

Psychologists say that people's dreams at night are an extension of their encounters during the day, which also proves from the side that their offensive against the Lansi family is fatal!

Thinking of this, he picked up the phone and dialed the internal number.

There is someone on the first floor of the villa on night shift, it is his bodyguard.

The phone was connected at the first time, and the familiar voice came from inside, "Sir?"

"Um, it's nothing; I just want to ask, there's no strange movement at night, right?"

The bodyguard grinned and said, "Very quiet, sir; I can even hear the sound of mice breeding!"

This was obviously a small joke, and Mr. Licha laughed twice, "I hope you didn't disturb them!"

He paused, "Alright, I'll continue to rest."

"Okay, good night, sir."

After hanging up the phone, Licha lay back on the bed, and just as he was about to fall into a dream, the harsh ringing of the phone made him glance at the colorful dream in the distance, and he woke up.

He already had some unease in his heart; generally speaking, no one would call someone so late after twelve o'clock, unless there was a very urgent matter.

"This is Licha."

"Mr. President, it's not good; the warehouse is on fire, and the production workshop side also seems to be on fire!"

The explosion sound suddenly coming from the receiver made Mr. Licha's hair stand up; he climbed up with a start, "You'd better not be joking with me!"

He actually knows that this is not a joke, but he hopes the other party can tell him that this is actually a joke.

The silent receiver had no answer except for heavy panting and the faint screams that could be heard.

He cursed, "Fuck!"

"How could it catch fire? Have you reported the fire?"

"Already reported, but they said they need time to assemble."

"Compare this group of bitch-raised, fuck!"

"I'll be there immediately; notify the other members of the board of directors!"

He casually changed into a top, wore pajamas, and walked directly downstairs.

Two bodyguards were chatting by the sofa; they stood up the first time they saw Mr. Licha.

Mr. Licha nodded slightly, "I'm going to the factory; you come with me."

The two bodyguards didn't refuse, one of them went to drive, and the other carefully probed, "Did something happen?"

These bodyguards need to protect Mr. Licha closely; they trust each other very much, so Mr. Licha didn't hide anything and told the story of the factory fire.

The bodyguard didn't know what happened during the last fire; in his view, it was just a fire, and it would be fine after the fire truck came.

It's just that he didn't understand what terrible consequences would be caused by stacking those high-degree alcohols together!

And the production workshop's barrel wine, or wine that is fermenting.

The boiling point of alcohol is very low, only seventy-something degrees; as long as the temperature of the wine reaches seventy-something degrees, the alcohol will begin to accelerate evaporation.

Once these evaporated gaseous alcohols are ignited by an open flame, they will cause instantaneous explosive combustion and cause explosions, and will also let more alcohol begin to burn.

During the last fire, the entire factory became a sea of fire.

Thinking of this, Mr. Licha felt a bit chilly!

Not only the problem of burning and explosion, but if it causes major casualties again, they are very likely to be expelled from this city!

The sky near the winery had already been dyed red, and the sirens of fire trucks, police cars, and ambulances in the distance rang non-stop; the city that had completely settled down seemed to be starting to wake up in advance.

When Mr. Licha arrived outside the winery gate, his eyes went black.

The entire production workshop was burning with raging flames, and there were constant explosion sounds, and some houses had already collapsed—

Since a genius invented steel structure prefabricated parts, the Federation people have been very keen on this construction method that can always create miracles.

Just like building blocks, assemble the steel structure prefabricated parts according to the drawings, and then fix them with electric welding; a building can be built overnight, "Federal Speed" is talking about the astonishing construction speed of steel structure buildings!

It has too many advantages, but it also has a disadvantage, and it is a fatal disadvantage, which is that it is not heat-resistant.

Once high temperature appears, the steel structure will become soft, and if there is enough gravity, it will collapse faster and easier than the concrete frame structure.

Watching the constantly collapsing factory buildings, watching the flames flowing everywhere like a flood, Mr. Licha fell into a state of tinnitus in an instant.

He stared blankly at the constantly burning factory buildings, watching the firefighters who were incapable of this, and everything seemed to be destined!

The firefighters actually came long ago, but after they saw the situation at the scene, they didn't consider putting out the big fire; the only thing they did was not to let the flames continue to spread.

Pouring water into those buildings had no big use, but would increase the fluidity of those flames, so the best way was to wait for them to burn out by themselves.

All night, people were counting the injuries; this time because it happened at night, the place where the fire first occurred was the warehouse, so the casualties were not very serious.

Except for a few missing people, it can be said that not a single one truly died in the fire; they were "died after rescue failed," not burned to death.

As many as hundreds of people were injured; when the warehouse exploded, there were constantly burning hot alcohols spraying out accompanied by the explosion, and many people around who were putting out the fire were hit.

The burning hot alcohol quickly ignited them, which is also the main source of casualties.

Because the warehouse explosion came very fast, the production workshop side had enough reaction to evacuate; in terms of the number of casualties, this casualty was the least among the three fires.

But...

The sky gradually brightened, and some people felt something strange after getting up, especially those living near the winery; they smelled a more intense wine fragrance, as if the whole world was filled with the smell of wine.

This is not a huge city, and soon some news spread among the crowd; the winery burned again, damn it!

Before work, quite a few people had gathered outside the winery; looking at the winery that had burned all night and only ruins remained, people's emotions became complicated.

Ninety-five percent of people viewed this matter with slightly pitying and happy emotions.

For them, the winery burned again; although it is pitiful and a pity, it also makes people feel refreshed.

Because they are too profitable!

Everyone is poor, but you are so rich; this is not gregarious!

Now it's good, they are gregarious.

The mayor also came in the morning; in fact, he knew this news in the middle of the night yesterday, but because of some other reasons, he didn't come over immediately.

In the morning, board members, shareholders, mayors, government officials, worker representatives, union members, all surrounded him saying their own words, plus tinnitus, eventually Mr. Licha closed his eyes and fell to the ground.

When he woke up, it was more than an hour later; he was lying on the hospital bed, and the whole hospital looked very busy.

After his bodyguard saw him wake up, he walked to his side while calling the company's secretary and doctor.

"How is the situation now?", he asked.

The secretary who walked in from the outside shook her head, "Very bad."

Perhaps the secretary felt that this word was very difficult to describe the current real bad situation, she added another sentence, "Unexpectedly bad!"

"They found those missing bodies from the fire scene, and they were all burned to charcoal."

"The families of these dead are making trouble with the company; they demand that the company compensate them for losses other than the pension."

"And the injured have already been in the hospital, but none of them have received treatment..."

Mr. Licha couldn't help but ask, "Why?"

"Because the insurance company refused to pay them the work injury insurance fee immediately; the insurance company said they first need to investigate whether this fire is an accident, and whether the injured workers were at their work stations when they were injured..."

Hearing this sentence, Mr. Licha was silent; obviously, the insurance company didn't want to compensate.

According to the current regulations of the insurance company, they can provide about 400 to 600 dollars for each person.

After statistics, a total of more than 200 to 300 people have different degrees of injury; they need to pay about 150,000 in expenses, not to mention the factory's insurance also needs them to pay; the total compensation amount probably needs to exceed 400,000!

400,000, what concept?

The money they earned from Jinbiao Wine Industry will not only all be spit out, but also add a large sum.

So the insurance company directly refused to compensate; they want to investigate first, and then they will consider compensation only if they meet the compensation terms.

Mr. Licha has already guessed that those who were injured because of putting out the fire will not be on the insurance company's compensation list, because they were not injured at work, but were injured in personal behavior unrelated to work.

And then there is the fire problem; if they find traces of arson, etc., they will also refuse to compensate with high probability, or they will refuse to compensate 100%.

It is not easy to get compensation from the insurance company; there is no other way except to go to court.

Mr. Licha rubbed his temples, "Besides these things?"

"Some customers demand that we pay liquidated damages and cancel orders, and the board of directors is also under great pressure. And I heard..."

The secretary was slightly hesitant, "They think that because you lowered the price too much, leading to too many orders, we might face sky-high liquidated damages."

Mr. Licha was laughed at by anger, "Good, very good, are there any other worse things?"

The secretary pursed her lips, "The bank is urging us to repay the loan; in addition, the Ministry of Defense also called, asking if we can complete the Ministry of Defense's second-quarter orders and ship them before the end of the month."

"There is one more thing I don't know if I should tell you, whether it is useful."

Mr. Licha lay back on the hospital bed, "You don't know if it is useful, which means it is useful!"

"Say it."

The secretary lowered her voice, "Golden Lion Wine Industry announced that starting today, their copper-lion whiskey will rise to twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents per bottle."

In fact, there are some things the secretary didn't say, for example, quite a few citizens are holding signs outside the factory and company to protest.

They demand that Jinbiao Wine Industry move out of this city; these people think that sooner or later, Jinbiao Wine Industry will be swallowed by flames with the whole city!

They don't welcome this bomb to continue to exist in the city!

But at this moment, Mr. Licha's attention was focused on the last sentence the secretary said; the Lansi family's wine began to rise in price.

Almost instinctively, Mr. Licha associated that this matter might have something to do with the Lansi family, but he had no actual evidence and could only always maintain silence.

The Lansi family's reaction was so fast, as if they knew the answer in advance.

The news that Jinbiao Wine Industry had a big fire, and the inventory and production workshop were burned to the ground, spread very fast; in these years, things related to money spread very fast.

Even Nanya'an State (west of Denuozhou) knew this news, and Christopher also heard it.

Their wine sales were not bad, bringing huge profits to the family, which also made him no longer a mascot, a waste, in front of Leonardo.

Leonardo gave him greater power, which also gave Christopher more motivation.

He convened the cadres under his command the first time and discussed this matter with them.

"Jinbiao Wine Industry will be difficult to restore production in a short time, leaving a vacuum market; I think this is an excellent opportunity for us to enter Denuozhou!"

His subordinate asked, "But in this way, we have to face the Lansi family head-on; do we have the ability to confront them?"

Hearing this name again, Lansi, Christopher still felt his scalp itchy; he scratched his head, "We sell brandy, they sell whiskey; these are two different, non-overlapping fields..."

Facing the look of his subordinate looking like a fool, Christopher smiled embarrassedly, "If you don't try, how do you know we are not their opponent?"

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