There were two mourning tents not that far away from them, and two coffins were quietly put inside them.
Daniel walk towards the tents and looked at the families of the bereaved. Among them, there was also a pregnant woman, and she seemed to be extremely grieved. She leaned on the pillar and was wailing, devastated by her loss.
"Hello, " said Daniel.
The pregnant woman then opened her tear-filled eyes and looked at him. She was daunted by Daniel's manner of speaking, and in an instant forgot how to even reply to him.
"Are you a relative of Deal Fu?" asked Daniel. Daniel didn't mind the woman forgetting to reply to his salute.
The pregnant woman nodded, "Yes. Who are you?"
Shirley came forward and introduced Daniel to the woman. "This is Daniel Si, the CEO of the SL Group. He is also the boss of the supervisor of this construction site."
When she heard that the man in front of her was Daniel, the big boss, the pregnant woman immediately stood up from the ground and shouted at the protesters, who were not that far away from them, "Everyone come here! Daniel Si is here! We can air our grievance now!"
Daniel frowned.
Hearing the woman's shouting, tens of workers ran towards them, and they immediately surrounded the mourning tent.
"Daniel Si, you finally showed up! You are an unscrupulous merchant, and you are treating people's lives like dirt. You must give us an explanation, today!"
"Yes! You are an unscrupulous merchant! We want an explanation! And that sly William, he even didn't dare to show up!"
"You are not allowed to leave here until you give us an explanation!"
...
Daniel's appearance at the site had stirred quite a sensation here. Most of the protesters were airing their grievance against Daniel and his partnering CEO, William Zhou.
Daniel stood silently, listening to every word they said.
Finally, the protesters finished their complaints, and everyone had their eyes on Daniel, expecting a reply. Daniel asked the pregnant woman beside him, "How much money did William give you as compensation?"
"We didn't ask for money! No one stood out to apologize after the accident. My Deal can't even die in peace!" The pregnant woman suddenly became very emotional, and she stared at Daniel with fury gleaming in her eyes.
But she immediately looked away because she was again daunted by Daniel's imposing manner.
Daniel continued to ask, "What about Cedric?"
A construction worker reached out from the crowd, and griped bitterly, "That bastard Cedric only offered to give us five hundred thousand, but he refused to apologize. He said that he wasn't responsible for the tragedy."
At that moment, four cars drove into the construction site, and Cedric, William and some other supervisors came out of the cars and hastily walked towards the mourning tent.
While still panting, William ran to Daniel, and asked, "Mr. Si, when did you arrive? We didn't know that you came here, so sorry for being late." He stood submissively beside Daniel, with his beer belly bulging out of his belt buckle.
Cedric spat the areca nut from his mouth, and said, "Mr. Si, please go this way. We'll handle the protest from here." His golden necklace and golden ring were shining under the sun, and he was asking Daniel to leave and to let them handle the protest.
Daniel glanced at them with a cold look in his eyes, and asked them, "Mr. Zhou, what did I say to you before about this accident?"
William wiped the sweat from his forehead and stared at Cedric, who was standing next to him. "Didn't I tell you to offer one million to solve this problem?" continued Daniel.
One million? Daniel's look became even more colder by the minute.
Cedric thought that he was done! "Err... Well... We haven't... reached an agreement with the relatives yet."
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