Chapter 308

Meanwhile, on the other side, Xiao Zhang, who was caught watching the livestream last time at the Real Estate Resources Bureau, was watching the stream while squatting in the restroom.

When he first opened the livestream and saw the scene full of thick smoke and fire everywhere, he was completely dumbfounded.

But after reading the comments in the livestream for a while, he finally understood what had happened, immediately pinched it off, pulled up his pants, and rushed toward the section chief's office.

"Section Chief! Section Chief! Look, look quickly!"

The section chief looked at the rushing Xiao Zhang and was stunned: "You really don't learn your lesson, watching livestreams during work hours again?"

Xiao Zhang's face turned into a bitter gourd: "It's not that, I just happened to take a look while I was in the bathroom, you have to see what Xiang Fangyang dug up!"

"Hmm? The bathroom? Holy crap! No wonder it stinks so much! Xiang Fangyang? Why does that sound so familiar... Hiss~~ are you talking about that Xiang Fangyang?"

"Yeah, yeah!" Xiao Zhang nodded vigorously.

The section chief realized something and quickly picked up his phone to watch.

Two minutes later, the section chief suddenly stood up and patted Xiao Zhang on the shoulder: "Xiao Zhang, from now on I allow you to watch Xiang Fangyang's livestream occasionally during work hours; if there are any important discoveries, tell us immediately."

After saying this, he left the office directly and rushed to the department head's office.

Five minutes later, Department Head Sun looked at the video and listened to the section chief's explanation, his expression grave.

After a while, he took a deep breath and said slowly to the assistant beside him: "Tell the Finance Force to hurry up and prepare 5 million, and also prepare a silk banner; make it now, the faster the better, I need to use it immediately, I must go there in person today!"

After the assistant nodded, he hurried out to handle it.

The section chief asked with some surprise: "Department Head, what is this? 5 million? Surely that's not all for Xiang Fangyang?"

Department Head Sun glanced at him, his eyes serious: "Do you think 5 million is a lot? Like winning the lottery?"

The section chief didn't reply, but from his expression, it was clear that he did indeed think so.

"I can tell you this: if it weren't for government restrictions, I wouldn't think 10 million was too much to give him!"

Once these words were out, the section chief was shocked! He couldn't understand; many people couldn't earn 5 million in a lifetime, and this was being given away just like that.

So when he heard that even 10 million wouldn't be too much, his head was buzzing; he wouldn't earn that figure in his entire life!

Sun Chongguang continued: "You should remember the opal mine he discovered last time; you were on the scene at the time."

"I remember!"

"Yes, but you don't know what this opal mine means to us. In subsequent exploration, we discovered a large amount of high-quality opal inside, which means the quantity here is not only vast, but the quality is also top-tier; it can be said that the value of this one vein is already immeasurable."

"To be honest, at first I also thought giving 2 million was a bit impulsive, but with the excavation of the opal mine, I don't feel bad about the money at all, and even feel it was too little!"

"Look at recent times, the gold mine in the volcano a few days ago; although it hasn't been fully explored yet, the report from the exploration team that went in clearly stated that the gold content per ton of ore is as high as several hundred grams. What kind of concept is that! You should know in your heart that the value brought by this gold mine alone exceeds billions!"

"And let's talk about the uranium mine yesterday, do you remember? The management of this mine is jointly handled by our Real Estate Resources Bureau and the Atomic Energy Department. The Uranium-235 concentration is 3.7%! I was shocked when I saw this data at the time. Do you know the value of this one mine shaft?"

The section chief was already stunned; one was more awesome than the next, one more exaggerated than the next, and all of them were dug up by Xiang Fangyang.

He shook his head blankly: "I don't know!"

Department Head Sun sighed: "Immeasurable!! Even I cannot predict how much this uranium mine is worth; I can only describe it as immeasurable. You must know that in this era, Uranium-235 has long become the standard for nuclear weapons; the value of anything related to national strategy is no longer something you or I can clearly state!"

"Also, do you think I'm giving him 5 million just because he brought these benefits to the country and to our Real Estate Resources Bureau?"

The section chief was still immersed in the shock, his brain unable to keep up with the rhythm, only shaking his head incessantly.

"That's only part of the reason. Xiang Fangyang looks like just an excavator operator now, but his energy is already so great that I can't imagine it. For example, before, the last time I saw him, it was polite, courteous, but in my eyes, he was always just a small figure, more of a thank you!"

"But seeing him again this time, I suddenly felt like I was facing someone of the same level! This feeling is very magical, and I don't know why. But if you think about it carefully, it feels like a matter of course. Compared to all the energy behind him, I really don't count for much."

"Today he dug up another coal mine, and looking at this posture, it's another open-pit coal mine, low mining difficulty, high profit, and maybe the reserves are also very large. If I don't make some kind of gesture, I'm really afraid the Mayor will want to have a talk with me! I don't need to say much about Xiang Fangyang's status in the Mayor's heart."

Department Head Sun said a whole lot and let out a heavy breath.

It was as if he had spat out all the congestion in his heart, and he felt much more comfortable.

After listening, the section chief was shocked for a long time and couldn't recover.

He knew Xiang Fangyang was very popular; the whole city knew it.

But he didn't know that Xiang Fangyang's status had already reached this level.

In his view, no matter how popular he was, he was just a celebrity-like figure, and compared to their Department Head, it was completely not in the same league.

But now he knew how ridiculously wrong he was.

At the same time, he was also rejoicing that thanks to Xiao Zhang discovering the coal mine while watching the livestream today, he came to report it immediately, which could be considered a merit.

Looking at the section chief who hadn't recovered for a long time, Sun Chongguang smiled: "Alright, prepare yourself. When the silk banner is done and the money arrives, come with me to the scene. By the way, I'll keep this phone to watch the livestream for a while, and I'll return it to you later."

"Ah... er... okay."

On Xiang Fangyang's side, after waiting for more than half an hour, fire trucks and cement mixers lined up in a long dragon and arrived at the scene, followed by trucks loaded with coal ash and other debris.

They smelled the pungent temperature from far away and also saw the thick smoke constantly rising in the basin.

Even across the small hills, one could see a distortion in the sky.

In such a high-temperature environment, everyone felt an invisible pressure.

When they arrived at the scene and saw flames and thick smoke everywhere in the basin, a thought popped into their minds.

This was perhaps the real Flaming Mountain; the only difference was that it was burning on the ground, not on a mountain.

The on-site fire commander arranged for all firefighters to work in division of labor.

On the way here, they had already started mixing with the mixer trucks.

All materials were already fully prepared.

The vehicles dragged over a drilling machine and aimed it at the nearest crack to drill downwards.

After bursts of buzzing sounds, the flames in the crack instantly grew much larger.

But the firefighters didn't panic; first, they had to determine which layer the fire had burned to.

Under the high-speed rotation of the drill, pieces of coal were brought out.

2 meters, 2.5 meters, 3 meters!

It wasn't until the drill bit reached a position of more than 4 meters that the coal finally brought out was no longer from the burned coal seam.

With an order from the commander, the firefighters who had been prepared on the side lifted huge pipes and aimed them at the drill hole to pour the mud slurry down.

The crack before them instantly billowed with thick smoke, choking everyone nearby so they couldn't open their eyes.

But a few minutes later, the flames were decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

With the continuous pouring of mud slurry, even the flames in the adjacent cracks became much smaller.

This phenomenon made everyone pleasantly surprised.

This was truly an unexpected surprise.

But this crack was like a bottomless pit; the water pipe as thick as a calf had been pouring for more than ten minutes without any sign of filling up.

Seeing this, the commander immediately arranged for the other three groups to join in simultaneously to pour mud slurry inside.

Now, four large pipes were aimed inside, pouring continuously.

Whoosh, whoosh~~~

The flames in the crack before them had been completely extinguished, leaving only a wisp of smoke rising.

But the mud slurry couldn't stop; it had to be poured continuously to ensure this entrance was completely sealed.

If it wasn't sealed and it was still spontaneously combusting inside, open flames would appear again sooner or later, and at that time, wanting to extinguish the fire would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.

As time passed, everyone was stunned!

The crack before them was like a bottomless pit; the original four groups had become everyone joining the battle.

The mixer trucks behind had already been replaced with a new batch.

But even so, there was still no end in sight.

However, there was another good phenomenon.

The flames in other cracks near this crack were gradually extinguished one by one, and thick smoke began to rise.

It was clear that the area under the cracks must be connected.

Everyone also understood why the previous flames had spread so quickly.

From this, one could also see that the firefighting method of blocking oxygen was absolutely a safe and reliable method.

All firefighters were pouring mud slurry tirelessly, rotating in batches to avoid exhaustion and heatstroke.

Behind them, a large number of personnel were constantly continuing to mix mud slurry to ensure that the supply in the front could keep up.

As time passed, a large number of Xihai City residents arrived at the scene at some point.

The road near the entrance of the entire Flaming Mountain was full of vehicles.

These people were not here for tourism.

They all saw the fire trucks responding to the call and learned about Xiang Fangyang's situation through local forums, so they came to help voluntarily.

Most of the residents who came to the scene brought a lot of drinking water.

There were also those who brought parasols, fruit, and even mung bean soup they had boiled themselves, and some even brought electric fans and floor-standing air coolers; in short, they were thinking of ways to supply everything that could help the fire brigade cool down and relieve the heat.

The firefighters were all incredibly moved!