C564 Greed
C564 Greed
The entire town was almost buried by the collapsed mountains. Except for a few tall buildings that were still exposed, looking from the sky, this place was almost razed to the ground.
The entire Qinghe Town's territory, except for the sound of heavy rain falling, had no other movement. Usually, the noise of chickens barking and dogs barking, people coming and going, and cars disappearing like the clouds in the mountains.
In this silence, there were countless fear and despair that had been buried. No one knew how many people could wait for help, and how many people had slowly passed away in the darkness and suffocation.
The situation was a hundred times, or even a thousand times more serious than Lin Fan had imagined. Hee Jun had to take action if he wanted to save them.
Now that Lin Fan was here, he wanted to contribute a part of his strength.
As the sons of wealthy families, they usually had resources that were beyond the reach of ordinary people. With just a few words, they could mobilize thousands, or even tens of thousands of people.
But under these circumstances, Lin Fan realized that he was no different from an ordinary person.
Lin Fan had many subordinates, but they were all in Mingzhou and Haizhou, which were thousands of miles away. If he wanted to transfer them over immediately, he could only take a plane.
But now, the airport in Yunzhou had been flooded by the water. Even the other two spare airports could not be used because of the flood.
The same thing happened in Qinghe Town. A small town did not have the conditions to send a large plane, and it was impossible to use a helicopter.
It was still raining heavily outside. In the mountainous region, it was almost suicide to send a helicopter in and out in such a heavy rain environment.
Lin Fan looked at Hee Jun's legs, which were trembling due to exhaustion, and heard the helpless cries of the survivors outside. He sighed. "Count me in too. When you're done resting, we'll go and save him together. "
When Lin Fan arrived at Qinghe Town, Hee Shengwen wasn't idle either.
After gathering a large group of guests to attend the birthday banquet, Hee Shengwen didn't bother with pleasantries. He went straight to the point and gave Lin Fan's previous suggestion.
"Everyone knows about the situation in Yunzhou. We are in urgent need of external reinforcements. Whether it is a large group or an individual, as long as there is one, the people of Yunzhou will have a higher chance of being rescued."
"We are all from the entertainment industry. Of course, our connections and resources are indispensable. Therefore, I hope that in this difficult moment, we can stand out and contribute to the suffering people of Yunzhou. No matter if it is the Hee Family or the entire Yunzhou, we are all very grateful."
Hee Shengwen's exciting speech did not resonate with everyone.
The eyes of everyone present were cold and indifferent!
"Tsk, that sounds nice. Hee Family is a big family. It doesn't matter if they provide some help to the disaster. But I don't dare to lose my family business."
"That's right. What does this heavenly disaster have to do with us? It's their misfortune to suffer in Yunzhou. I don't want to involve myself in this."
"If it wasn't for the traffic being blocked, I would have left long ago. Who would be willing to stay here and suffer with us? There's no hot water in the hotel since yesterday. I can't even take a bath!"
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Everyone was whispering to each other. There was only one meaning to their conversation, and that was to not listen to anything and do nothing.
Although Hee's Family was powerful, most of the people in the entertainment industry were present. If they did not listen, Hee Shengwen would not be able to do anything to them.
Xu Haiyan and Han Zhou were also sitting below. Initially, when Hee Shengwen was celebrating his birthday, Xu Haiyan only received the invitation for the occasion outside the birthday banquet.
But now it was different. The Yunzhou was in a huge crisis. What Hee Shengwen needed the most was the appeal of these celebrities standing in front of the stage.
Although the Hee Family was wealthy, what the Yunzhou didn't need the most right now was wealth, but resources!
Hee Shengwen could not exchange wealth for resources in the shortest time possible. He could only rely on everyone's strength to work together.
It would be best if he could organize rescue teams and resource transport teams in the areas adjacent to Yunzhou as soon as possible.
Only these celebrities could gather all their forces on a large scale.
Therefore, Xu Haiyan was only one step away from Hee Shengwen.
She never would have thought that the previously unreachable He Family Patriarch would ask these celebrities to do something.
Yes, it was a request. Hee Shengwen had lowered his attitude. He was no longer the high and mighty Old Master Hee, but a person from the Yunzhou who requested them to contribute a portion of their strength.
"Ms Xu, what do you think about this matter? Isn't it beneficial for our reputation to participate in the disaster relief?" Han Zhou asked quietly.
Xu Haiyan snorted. "Are you stupid? Why don't you take a look at the current situation? It was true that we did charity in the past, but it was all for show. Now, Old Master Hee has come for real. Yunzhou is a bottomless pit. How much money do you have to fill it up?"
"Uh..." Han Zhou scratched his head and did not say anything.
As a newly risen young man, although his fame and status had been made known, in this complicated entertainment industry, his knowledge was still not as good as Xu Haiyan's.
Celebrities were passionate about charities. In fact, it was hard to tell how many of them were real and how many were fake.
However, among the people Xu Haiyan knew, it would be good if one of them was sincere.
The others were all putting on an act. They treated charity as a means and tool to gain fame. After they used it, they threw it away.
Those who really donated money had some conscience. What was more excessive was that it was more of a scam.
Using his own reputation to connect with the charity organizers, he donated tens of millions or hundreds of millions on the surface. In fact, he did not even take out a single one of them. He could even earn quite a bit of money...
Therefore, the situation in Yunzhou was unprecedentedly serious. In the eyes of ordinary people, there was no reason for those celebrities to refuse to help. This was no different from the charity that they usually did.
Contributing a portion of their strength to save the people of Yunzhou, the celebrities could still obtain a positive reputation. Why wouldn't they do it?
However, none of the people here were fools. They would not do business that involved paying money. This time, Hee Shengwen had gathered everyone to help with the disaster. It was different from the charity activities in the past.
In the past, they were all acting. Now, it was true. Who wouldn't feel bad if they took out the real money?
Just as the scene gradually turned cold and no one responded to Hee Shengwen.
"This Jade Cabbage carved from Cang Mountain Jade, I'm going to give it to the person who contributed the most in this disaster!"
Hee Shengwen nodded as expected. He leaned over and lifted Lin Fan's Jade Cabbage from the box beside him.
Instantly, everyone's eyes changed. They looked at the treasure in Hee Shengwen's hand, and their eyes turned into greed!
No one wanted to do charity for losing money, but it would be different if they could earn it without losing money.