Chapter 8: The Whole Nation's Attention

  Xiao Chen is a freshman who has no other hobbies and has reached the point where he can eat while walking. Guaren Laoshi is Xiao Chen's favorite deity, although he also reads other books, but his most loyal one is still Guaren Laoshi.

  This morning there was no class, Xiao Chen got up early and opened his computer. In the end, he clicked on "Iron Blood" by Guaren Laoshi.

  "Awesome, old wet is so powerful, too brilliant, unfortunately, why only two chapters." But also felt regret.

  "Huh, what's this?" Suddenly, Xiao Chen saw Lao Shui's PS: "Lao Shui is sharing something again, let's see what it is this time. Who is Lu Li again?"

  The video was not long, about half an hour, and after Xiao Chen finished watching it, he was even more indignant.

  "It's really infuriating, if only I had mastered the martial arts skills, I would go and wipe out those bastards."

  However, Xiao Chen knew that this was just his own fantasy, and all he could do was spread the news to let more people know about it, as a way of supporting Lu Li.

  Soon, Xiao Chen copied the video link and forwarded it to several thousand-person groups, all of which were reader groups he had joined himself, where he could ask for book recommendations when he was stuck.

  But Xiao Chen didn't know that the incident at Lu Li's home had already attracted national attention. Lu Li, who was still in a coma, also didn't know that before he could even start his career in the entertainment industry, he had already become a "celebrity".

  China Metropolis Daily Headline: "Withholding migrant workers' wages, beating up an entire family, where is justice?"

  Huaguo Vanguard News Headline: "Future Flower in a coma, Lu family's situation is worrying."

  Huajing Morning Post headline: "Yahai Real Estate owes wages and beats migrant workers."

  ……

  The next morning, most of China's mainstream media made this incident their headline news, and the story spread even more widely.

  Jiang Qiang got up very early this morning, but he still didn't know about these things. He got up so early to go to the hospital and use money to shut the mouths of Lu Yanshen's family before the news spread. Before leaving, he also dragged along Jiang Zhou, who was still sleepy and dazed.

  "Uncle, where are you going so early?" Jiangzhou didn't know what his uncle was dragging him to do so early today.

  "What's the point, it's all because of you, not enough to succeed but enough to fail." Jiang Qiang said angrily after hearing Jiang Zhou's words. Damn it, why didn't you just stop the reporter back then? Now I have to spend money to fix this.

  Before long, they arrived at Huaqing No. 3 Hospital.

  Entering Lu Yanshen's ward, Zhang Wenhui was seen sleeping on one side, and Lu Yanshen also seemed to be asleep.

  "Lu Yanxin, get up already! Manager Jiang is looking at you." Jiang Zhou shouted upon seeing this.

  As expected, Lu Yixin and Zhang Wenhui both woke up after hearing the sound.

  Lu Yixin saw Jiang Qiang and was extremely angry, but he didn't say a word. Zhang Wenhui, on the other hand, showed a fearful expression, not knowing what these people were up to again.

  "Words can't express it, this time it was my nephew who did something wrong, I hope you can forgive him..."

  Jiang Qiang's words were cut off by Jiang Zhou: "Uncle, what did I do wrong? Just give them some money and it'll be fine, no need to lower yourself like that."

  "Shut up!" Jiang Qiang cursed angrily when he heard Jiang Zhou's words. He was really fed up with his nephew's IQ now.

  Jiang Qiang was just about to continue speaking when he suddenly heard applause coming from outside the door.

  He turned his head in confusion, but saw a pale-faced Xu Zhiwen walking in with a drumming applause.

  "Manager Jiang is so arrogant, just give them some money and that's it, humph!" Xu Zhiwen imitated the tone of Jiang Zhou's speech, ending with a heavy hum.

  Jiang Qiang looked at this person who was often seen on TV and in newspapers, broke out in a cold sweat, and a bad premonition rose to his heart. He said with a flattering face: "Secretary Xu is good, my nephew doesn't understand things."

  "Jiangzhou, you still haven't apologized." Jiang Qiang said with a stern face. To be honest, Jiang Qiang's ability to change his expression was not something ordinary people could match.

  "Alright, no need to put on a show here. Your matter will be handled naturally. Now just go home and wait for me." Xǔ Zhìwén said ruthlessly.

  He received a call from Premier Xu last night and was quite frightened. It wasn't until he went through his own connections that he finally understood what had happened.

  After understanding what was going on, Xu Zhiwen was furious. Jiang Qiang was too arrogant and had even let the media expose this matter. There was no way out, so Xu Zhiwen sent someone to investigate overnight.

  This inquiry shocked him. Many things that Jiang Qiang and Qin Hai had colluded on were exposed, which made Xu Zhiwen extremely angry.

  He didn't expect so many shady things to happen right under his nose. If it weren't for Director Xu's phone call this time, he would probably still be in the dark. Knowing that this matter needed to be handled urgently, Xu Zhiwen submitted the investigation results about Qin Hai to the Discipline Inspection Commission overnight.

  As for Jiang Qiang, someone will naturally take care of him.

  After Xu Zhiwen drove Jiang Qiang away, Yu Li and Meng Ye walked in. Although they knew that this incident would make a big noise, the two did not expect that there would be such a quick reaction, and the next morning they received a call from the station to go to the hospital for an interview with the Huajing Municipal Party Secretary and take pictures.

  Xu Zhiwen walked to the bedside of Lu Yanshen and said kindly: "Comrade Lu Yanshen, I owe an apology to your family. I didn't expect that your family would suffer such injustice and unfair treatment. This is my dereliction of duty, and here I apologize to you."

  Lu Yanxin usually reads the news, of course, knows who the person in front of him is. At this moment, hearing Xu Zhiwen's familiar words to himself, he was a little excited and more embarrassed: "I... I..." stuttered for half a day, but didn't know what to say.

  Xu Zhiwen saw this and knew that Lu Yanzheng was a bit nervous, so he continued: "How is Comrade Lu Yanzheng's injury?"

  "It's almost healed, the hospital treated it very well, I'll probably be fine after a short rest." This time Lu Yanxin was slightly better and spoke in complete sentences.

  "That's good, then Comrade Lu Yanxin, you take care of your injuries. This matter will certainly be handled fairly for you." After saying this, Xu Zhiguo didn't stay any longer, as he also had many things to attend to at the moment.

  Yu Li and Meng Ye also finished filming these things, comforted Lu Yanxin and the two of them, and left.

  "Secretary Xu, how will this matter be handled?" Yu Li started her interview with Xu Zhiwen at the hospital entrance.

  "After learning about this matter last night, I arranged for someone to investigate overnight, but I didn't expect that there were even more things that I didn't know about. The specific handling of the situation will be announced at a press conference at 2:30 pm today, and there will be results then."

  At 2:30 in the afternoon, the Huajing Municipal Party Committee held a press conference as scheduled. When Yu Li and Meng Ye arrived, many reporters were already present.

  "Welcome everyone to the Huqing Municipal Party Committee press conference. Next, I will first announce the handling results of this incident." The spokesperson said after finishing, then handed over the speaking right to Xu Zhiwen.

  "After investigation, it was found that Jiang Qiang, the general manager of Yaha Real Estate in Huqing City, had repeatedly withheld wages from migrant workers, amounting to over one million yuan. He also threatened and beat the workers multiple times, causing serious consequences. As a result, Yaha Real Estate is ordered to pay back the owed wages, and its excess assets will be confiscated. Jiang Qiang, the general manager of Yaha Real Estate, was sentenced to three years in prison. His accomplice, Jiang Zhou, was sentenced to one year in prison.

  Additionally, Qin Hai, the director of Huqing City Public Security Bureau, had colluded with Jiang Qiang multiple times when he threatened and beat the workers, severely damaging the image of the people's police. He also accepted bribes totaling 300,000 yuan on multiple occasions. The Organization Department decided to remove Qin Hai from his position as director of Huqing City Public Security Bureau and sentenced him to three years in prison.

  Xu Zhiwen read out the decision over the phone."

  "That's all for now," the press officer said, "and we'll move on to questions."

  "May I ask Secretary Xu, did you know about the good private relationship between Ya Hai Real Estate and the Director of Public Security Bureau beforehand?" a reporter from Huashi asked.

  "I don't know."

  "Excuse me, Secretary Xu, wouldn't you still be unaware of the situation with Yaha Real Estate owing wages to migrant workers if it weren't for this face-to-face exposure by the common people?" a second reporter asked.

  "Yes, I was previously unaware of this, it's a dereliction of my duty, and many migrant workers suffered unfair treatment. Here, I want to self-reflect. At the same time, I guarantee that in the future, I will pay more attention to these matters and avoid similar incidents from happening again." Xǔ Zhìwén said with a sincere expression.

  Then some reporters asked questions, all of which were unrelated and painless. Half an hour later, the press conference ended on schedule.

  That afternoon, Yu Li and Meng Ye returned to Huashi by plane. That night, the program "Face to Face with Citizens" also broadcast the situation of Xu Zhiwen visiting Lü Yuxin in the hospital that morning and the press conference that afternoon. The ratings for that day's "Face to Face with Citizens" were exceptionally high, making it the highest-rated program in the same time slot.

  At the end of the program, the host A Feng also said: "I'm delighted to see such a satisfactory result. I believe that Lu Li's family will receive good treatment and recover soon. At the same time, we also hope that such things will never happen again, and all citizens can have a happy and healthy life. Finally, I wish Lu Li a speedy recovery, back to school for classes, and achieving good grades in the college entrance examination."

  The major media and newspapers also reported the incident on the second day, with the People's Daily publishing an editorial that stated the speed and outcome of handling the incident were very fast, proving the government's attitude and determination to serve the people, while also hoping that such incidents will not happen again.

  The General Office of the State Council also issued an urgent notice on effectively solving the problem of enterprises' wage arrears to migrant workers.

  Later, some cases of wage arrears for migrant workers were also found in various places, but they were all handled quickly, and only a few people knew about it.

  With this, the nationwide sensational event came to an end, and Lu Li also woke up after being in a coma for three days.