Just three seconds after Eric spread the news that there would be no more hiring, the crowd experienced a deathly silence before suddenly boiling over.
"No way!"
"You say no hiring, and that’s it?"
"Who hires for only two or three days?"
"Two or three days? I just ca today! You need to compensate !"
The noise was almost drowning out Eric and Thomas.
Eric had experienced such a scene once before, but Thomas had never seen anything like it.
Seeing countless angry people rushing in their direction, cold sweat dripped down Thomas’s temple, and his feet involuntarily retreated.
At so point, Eric had grabbed his arm.
His hand was like an iron shackle, gripping Thomas’s arm tightly, impossible to break free.
Thomas glared at him angrily, his eyes almost spitting fire.
Without even looking at him, Eric shouted hoarsely, "As far as we know, the Shen Family is also hiring. You can go..."
Before he could finish, soone in the crowd started cursing.
"What hiring? The Shen Family organized their construction team long ago!"
"Are you trying to get us arrested by the police station?"
Hearing this, Eric was shocked, his eyes widening in disbelief.
He knew Lin Nianhe would fight back, but he didn’t expect her to stir people’s emotions so simply and brutally.
"These idiots... Where did they hear such news?" Thomas mumbled, asking, "Eric, when did the Shen Family do these things?"
Eric was confused, "How should I know?"
Lin Nianhe didn’t tell him about today’s events.
As an inside agent, Old Ai was feeling very uneasy.
He felt like he was being ostracized by the organization.
Eric subconsciously began to search the crowd, trying to find his contact and ask what to do in this situation.
Before he could find that person among the thousands, a calm voice from the crowd shouted out, "Let’s stop dealing with these foreigners, let’s go to the Industrial and Comrcial Bureau!"
"Right! Foreigners deceive us! Reject Gem Company!"
"Reject Gem Company from entering Xiangjiang!"
The crowd seed organized, as soon as soone shouted a slogan, the others followed, noisily moving towards the Industrial and Comrcial Bureau.
Eric: "...?"
He was prepared to push Thomas out if they started a fight, but suddenly they dispersed?
"Damn! They’re heading to the Industrial and Comrcial Bureau!" Thomas struggled like an angry little chick in Eric’s grip, yelling, "You idiot, go stop them now!"
Eric snapped back, looking at him as if he were an idiot, "How can I, by myself, stop more than ten thousand people?"
Thomas: "..."
Thomas’s face darkened, "Then what do you suggest? Do we just let them go to the Industrial and Comrcial Bureau?"
Eric: "That’s a matter for soone of your stature to consider. I’m just a secretary, I follow the lady’s orders."
"..."
Furious, Thomas stord into the hotel, banging furiously on Nishi’s door.
After a while, Nishi opened the door, wearing a bathrobe.
She looked pale, as if she were really ill.
"What is it?" Nishi’s voice was sowhat hoarse, and she seed low in spirit.
Thomas didn’t care whether she was really sick or not and said directly, "Your decision has caused us a huge problem! Now these workers are going to the Industrial and Comrcial Bureau! Oh no, they’re already on the way, chanting damned slogans!"
Nishi was montarily stunned, then turned her head towards Eric: "What’s going on?"
Eric glanced at Thomas and said, "It’s indeed as Mr. Thomas said, for so reason, it seems the Shen Family was prepared, not only spreading news early that they weren’t hiring but also embedding people in the crowd to lead them."
"Hmm..." Nishi looked up at Thomas, "Sir, why do you think that happened?"
Thomas was chilled by Nishi’s gaze, widening his eyes in disbelief, "What do you an? You don’t think I was the one who tipped off the Shen Family, do you? You should know I’ve always advised against focusing on the Shen Family..."
As he spoke, Thomas realized sothing felt off.
He never wanted Nishi to focus on the Shen Family because they were currently trying to wrest control of the docks from the Yang Family.
But all these words together, it almost sounded like he had reached so prior agreent with the Shen Family?
"Heh, yes, you’ve never wanted to go head-to-head with the Shen Family." Nishi squinted at him, "Today’s events, only Eric and you knew. Yesterday I had a fever; Eric and the doctor were taking care of , and he didn’t have ti to contact anyone."
Thomas opened his mouth, forcing out a sentence, "Couldn’t he have contacted them when he went to find the doctor?"
When Eric heard this, he imdiately countered, "Why would I do such a thing? I’m the one at the forefront, giving them ti to prepare, so they can point guns at again?"
"I, I..." Thomas opened his mouth, but no words ca to defend himself.
Nishi watched him coldly, her fingers tapping lightly on the table.
The clacking sound was like a deathly countdown.
Thomas’s cold sweat flowed even more, and he raised his hand, waving it frantically, "Listen, it’s really not ... And besides, I think right now, we should be solving the issue with the Industrial and Comrcial Bureau, not fighting internally..."
"I admire a saying from Huaxia — before dealing with external troubles, resolve internal strife first." Nishi supported her fevered head, looking at the panicked Thomas, and said calmly, "And I also don’t think those rabble can cause much trouble, after all, we are a legally operating company with formal procedures, we shouldn’t bow to those hooligans."
"But, but..."
Thomas was really flustered.
He didn’t expect this matter to end up on his head; nor did he expect Nishi to solve internal conflicts before external ones.
She... she had ant to move against him for a while...
Cold sweat dripped from Thomas, and he subconsciously glanced at the phone.
He really wanted to make a call to the matriarch, but undoubtedly, Nishi would never give him that chance.
Nishi signaled Eric with a look, and Eric imdiately stepped forward to restrain Thomas, covering his mouth and dragging him out.
Nishi held her slightly heated forehead, letting out a sigh.
She turned slightly to pull open a corner of the curtain, catching a glimpse of the tail of the demonstration outside.
"Heh..."
She wasn’t too concerned about such a demonstration.
What could it change?
...
The Yang Family’s funeral had ended several days ago, but the oppressive atmosphere hadn’t eased a bit.
"They really went to protest?" Yang Laosan paused for a mont, then beckoned to Yang Jiahao, "Then help them."
Yang Jiahao hesitated slightly, "Daddy, Shen Family and Gem are at odds, do we need to act?"
"Now, how many of those people feed off the Yang Family?" Yang Laosan cast a glance at him.
"About seventy percent."
"So we must help them... help them solidify the accomplishnt that driving Gem Company away was Shen Family’s doing."
Yang Jiahao’s eyes flickered slightly, understanding as he nodded, "I understand now."
"Hmm, go ahead."
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