Xue Kui, the deputy mine manager, booked a private room in a five-star hotel in the city, and today he personally made the host and invited guests to dinner. However, although a large box was booked, there were not many people invited, and there were only three guests, namely Gao Kehua, the second deputy mine manager, Zou Qi, the chief dispatcher, and Ge Fukuan, the coal boss.

Ge Fukuan is the owner of a small coal company responsible for transporting and transshipment coal, and the relationship with the coal mine is that of a supplier and a distributor, and they cooperate with each other. Because Ge Fukuan and Xue Kui started from the grassroots level together in the early years, he was several years older than Xue Kui and had taken care of Xue Kui at work. Later, Xue Kui went to study and came back to become the leader of the coal mine, while Ge Fukuan built a small enterprise of his own through hard work. Under Xue Kui's efforts, the coal mined in his coal mine was purchased and transported by Ge Fukuan's company.

The first thing Ge Fukuan said when he saw Xue Kui was to complain about the suspension of production in the coal mine: "I said Xue Kui, deputy mine manager Xue, when will your mine resume normal production? If you don't start work, you will be idle, but our company has nothing to do.

Xue Kui knew that he would come to Xingshi to ask for guilt, so he was ready to take out a cigarette, stuffed it into Ge Fukuan's hand and helped him light it, and replied with a smile, "Old Ge! You are in a hurry, am I not in a hurry? You still have other lists to do, but we have stopped the entire mine, and we have no income of half a cent these days, and we have to spend money to rectify it, so don't be angry, if you want to be angry, I am more angry than you!"

As he spoke, Xue Kui, who was originally calm, was indeed unhappy in his heart, he didn't understand the approach of the mine manager Mei Yuanzheng, and actually took the initiative to stop production and rectify without the requirements above.

For the coal boss Ge Fukuan, the resources provided by Xue Kui are the foundation of his company's survival, and the others are nothing at all.

"Hey, I really don't know what Mei Yuanzheng thinks, I don't understand him more and more now, and it seems to be more and more different from before. Xue Kui complained and said, "He didn't care about the things in the mine, and this time he didn't know which tendon was wrong, so he had to investigate it to the end." ”

"Xue Kui, you don't have to be afraid of him, although you are Mei Yuanzheng's subordinate, but with your relationship, does he really dare to do anything to you?" said the coal boss Ge Fukuan, who knew Xue Kui well.

"Don't mention it, after all, he is the mine manager, and he has been approved by the Mining Bureau to stop production, and I will know when the matter is settled, what is this?" Xue Kui complained angrily.

The two of them are basically talking bad about Mei Yuanzheng, and of course they are also discussing how to make the coal mine resume production as soon as possible, otherwise the profit loss of both sides will be not small.

Then, coal boss Ge Fukuan took out three envelopes from the briefcase he was carrying, and then handed them to the other three people. Anyone with a discerning eye can understand that although there is nothing to see from the outside, everyone present knows that this is the "part" money that Ge Fukuan prepared for himself.

The three envelopes were large and small, the big one was pushed to Xue Kui, and the two small ones were given to Gao Kehua and Zou Qi.

Gao Kehua and Zou Qi took the money, but they still didn't want to speak, today's posture, Xue Kui's mood is obviously very bad, it's better to say less, otherwise if they are not careful, they will be pushed to the forefront again, they are willing to take the money, and they are not willing to take it easily.

Ge Fukuan saw that everyone had collected the money, so he put his mind at ease, he drank another glass of wine, and said with a bulging stomach, "Xue Kui, of course, there are also Deputy Mine Director Gao and Director Zou, you just find a way to operate and resume production as soon as possible, otherwise my small business will not be able to afford it after a long time, don't bankrupt me." ”

Xue Kui's purpose of inviting them to dinner is mainly two, one is to continue to maintain a relatively friendly relationship with the coal boss Ge Fukuan, so that it will be more convenient in the future work cooperation, of course, they have known each other for so many years, it is impossible for anything unpleasant to happen because of this incident, more to vent the dissatisfaction with the mine manager, and the other purpose is to study how to deal with the aftermath of the miner's death and resume production as soon as possible, which is the most important thing.

Now that Ge Fukuan has given the money and asked them for help very sincerely, Gao Kehua and Zou Qi can't help but feel a little apprehensive, this money is a little hot to hold now. But if you don't take it, others will look at it, and you will be regarded as not giving face, and it will be unclear in the future.

"Lao Ge, our relationship doesn't need to be so polite. You know, I'm just a deputy, and at most I ask, but I don't have any power to change the mine manager's decision. Xue Kui told him solemnly.

"Hey, brother, why are you a little reluctant, it turns out that you are afraid that you have no power! This is easy to do, if it doesn't work, you go and find our big backer, isn't it said to be very powerful?"

"Hahaha! Lao Ge, you can do it! Okay, we are our own people, and the Ming people don't say dark words. ”

However, when everyone was about to listen to Xue Kui's words, Xue Kui easily pushed the big envelope in front of Zou Qi, and signaled that he didn't move, "This envelope was like this when I gave it to me just now, Director Zou, you worked hard to get down to the Mining Bureau, find a deputy director named Qin Xuechuan, and bring this envelope with my meaning, understand?"

Zou Qi only then knew that Deputy Director Qin Xuechuan of the Mining Bureau and Xue Kui were actually very familiar, I had heard that he had a hard background, but he couldn't figure out where the hard was. Zou Qi was also glad that when he had a conflict with Xue Kui back then, he didn't go to the top to complain and say bad things about Xue Kui, otherwise he would not have been able to sit in this position today.

"Hey, Director Zou, what are you thinking?" Xue Kui was surprised to see that Zou Qi had not moved for a long time.

Zou Qi was distracted for a moment, and hurriedly stood up and explained, "It's nothing, it's nothing, Deputy Mine Manager Xue, I'll go over now." ”

After Zou Qi left, after three rounds of drinking, Xue Kui pulled out another thing, that is, Wang Mazi's death. After the rectification of the coal mine began, the idle and bored Xue Kui was also thinking about this matter, and he gave his opinion, "Wang Mazi actually died in the abandoned No. 2 mine, this thing is really weird, the police currently suspect that it is murder but there is no evidence, so the case hangs here, making people panic." I see, not long after the explosion occurred in the mine, there was another murder, and the one who died was still the team leader, which is obviously someone who can't get along with our mine, if it weren't for the death of this person, Mei Yuanzheng would not suddenly intervene in the rectification, let alone stop production for rectification. ”

The fat coal boss Ge Fukuan was also a little drunk at the moment, he took another cup, and said with his fingers, "Xue Kui, you are right! Wang Mazi, this kid is an ordinary character, he has no money and no power, who is idle and has nothing to kill him! I think, if he is not careful, it will be the ghost of your competitors." ”

"Lao Ge, I think so too! But I have no evidence, it was too early, and the people in the mine hadn't come yet, God knows why Wang Mazi went to the mine so early?" Murder and arson are not trivial matters, and ordinary people will not have this kind of behavior that harms others and is not beneficial to themselves, so they can only take the opportunity to make ghosts and take the opportunity to try to bring down the coal mine, but the problem is that suspicion is suspicion, and they do not have the slightest evidence, so naturally it is impossible to really investigate.

Gradually, Xue Kui and Ge Fukuan drank a little too much wine, the ethanol was on the top, and the words they said gradually became illogical, it sounded like just a few words that didn't work, and in the end they could only complain, and they didn't really help them solve the doubts in their hearts, but so many words were all silently listened to by Gao Kehua, who was always silent on the side.

But no matter how far those two are nonsense, Gao Kehua has an attitude that it has nothing to do with himself, and he has thought a lot about the successive events in the mine as the second deputy mine manager, but he has no idea, and after listening to Xue Kui's words today, he understands a lot. Although Xue Kui has a deep background and does things sloppily, he is not confused at all, Gao Kehua doesn't know if the gas explosion case and Wang Mazi's killing have anything to do with Xue Kui, but he just feels in his heart that this person is pretending to be confused, even now, in front of himself and the coal boss, it doesn't seem like he is telling the truth completely.

Regarding the explosion, Gao Kehua was indeed not present that day, so he didn't know anything. But when Wang Mazi died, he knew something inside, Xue Kui said that no one was in the mine so early, but what he didn't know was that Gao Kehua went to the mine early that day, and he was wandering around for a while.

The man didn't see Gao Kehua, but Gao Kehua saw him very clearly, and he was still very strange at the time, how could this person come to the mine so early? And he shouldn't have appeared!

After Wang Mazi's death, Gao Kehua immediately thought of this matter, he has always wondered if the appearance of that person has anything to do with Wang Mazi's death? But he has always wanted to be a bystander, and no one has come to inquire about him, of course, he doesn't want to take the initiative to say, and he is afraid of providing clues casually to offend some people who should not be offended.

In fact, the person Gao Kehua saw was Tao Sansheng, who was injured.