By the time Chinese shoe manufacturers heard the news, it was already a little late. When Lin Zhenhua and others arrived at the Chinese shoe merchant's warehouse in the south of Elche in Zhang Cheng's BMW, the fire had already burned, and boxes of Chinese leather shoes were piled up in a large open field outside the warehouse, allowing them to be swallowed by the flames. The air was filled with the pungent smell of burnt and some gasoline, and it was clear that the Spanish rioters were probably afraid that they would not be able to light the fire, so they poured a lot of gasoline on their shoes, and once such a fire was burned, no one could easily extinguish it.

Outside the fire, groups of locals stood with gloating expressions on their faces, watching the excitement with their hands crossed. The Chinese shoemakers who rushed to hear the news watched their property turn to ashes in the flames, and all of them were heartbroken, but they had nothing to do. The fire was so great that no one was able to rush over and save their property.

The police were also quick to pull out the barrier, while also sending people between the Chinese shoe merchants and the Spanish locals, for fear that the angry Chinese would do something drastic. Zhang Cheng and the others did come with anger, holding wooden sticks in their hands, and their eyes seemed to be about to erupt flames. They looked around to find the arsonists, but the police reached out and stopped them, preventing them from moving on.

"Gentlemen, please put down the sticks in your hands, and trust us, we will take care of this." Police Chief Acewes held a horn and kept shouting at the Chinese shoe merchants.

"Who did it! We demand that the gangsters be severely punished! Zhang Cheng and the others shouted loudly.

"Yes, yes. We will definitely find the gangsters. Now please exercise restraint and don't be impulsive. Aceves said. The policemen standing beside him held batons in their hands, their eyes fixed on Zhang Cheng and the others, and as long as they moved, the policemen would pounce together.

The number of Chinese shoe merchants was very small, only thirty or forty, and they had only simple weapons such as wooden sticks. There were fifty or sixty policemen standing across from them. With guns in their waists, and behind the police, there were hundreds of Spanish locals. And the gangsters who set the fire were among them. Obviously, if the Chinese and the Spaniards clash, it will definitely be the Chinese who will suffer.

Lin Zhenhua saw this scene. Hurriedly explained that Yang Xin took Lin Fei to stand a little farther away and not move, and he came to the Chinese shoe merchants who confronted the police. He first shouted to Zhang Cheng and the others: "Everyone, don't be impulsive, we are victims, don't do anything drastic, make yourself ignore it." ”

"Mr. Lin, look at it, that's all our hard work for many years! A fire, it's gone! Zhang Cheng pointed to the shoes that were still burning, and tears were about to fall.

"It's over. It's all over! All my possessions are in it! Another Chinese shoe merchant simply burst into tears.

"You hooligans, you have the ability to compete with Lao Tzu in the open, what kind of ability is it to play this kind of yin!" Some of the shoemakers shouted directly in Spanish to the locals on the other side.

After shouting and scolding, the Chinese shoemakers put down the wooden sticks in their hands in a dejected manner, and they also knew it. In the presence of the police, they cannot use this method of countering violence to get justice for themselves. They are essentially businessmen, and they have never thought of using force to achieve anything, and they are all helpless in the face of sudden changes.

"Mr. Lin, what do you say you should do now?" Zhang Cheng pulled Lin Zhenhua and asked. Although he and Lin Zhenhua are only one-sided friends. But he can feel that Lin Zhenhua is a person who has seen the world, so he subconsciously regards Lin Zhenhua as the backbone. …,

Lin Zhenhua said to everyone: "Everyone, listen to me, now that things have happened, it's too late for us to redeem them." What we need most now is to calm down and deal with the aftermath. First of all, you need to take stock of your losses so that you can make future claims. We need to ask the police to protect the scene and keep our other property safe. ”

Hearing Lin Zhenhua's arrangements, Zhang Cheng and the others gradually came to their senses. They discussed with each other for a few words, and then sent a representative to negotiate with Aceves. Several businessmen took out their mobile phones and quickly contacted the embassy, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and other institutions, asking them to rush to Elche to assist the businessmen in dealing with the incident.

The Spanish police, seeing the Chinese shoe dealer throw away the wooden sticks, also put away the batons and began to clean up the scene. However, their actions are lazy, not so much a case as a show.

Aseves stood still, frowning and said to the representatives of the shoe merchants: "I have warned you a long time ago, I hope that you will operate in good faith and do not engage in vicious competition. Now look at it, something happened, right? ”

"Mr. Director, we are not operating illegally, and we have no responsibility in this matter." A Chinese businessman said to Aceves.

Aseves said: "Whether there is responsibility or not, we need to wait until we finish our investigation to find out." But since you Chinese came here, the local shoe market has been greatly affected, and many shoe workers have lost their jobs because of this, and you have to reflect on this matter. ”

"Mr. Chief, can I take your words as the attitude of the Elche police station towards this shoe-burning incident?" Lin Zhenhua stepped forward and said to Azerves. He didn't know Spanish, but when he heard the words of Aceves, which Zhang Cheng had translated for him, he couldn't help but be furious.

The Chinese businessman on the side translated Lin Zhenhua's words into Spanish and spoke them to Aseves. Aseves looked Lin Zhenhua up and down and asked, "Who are you?" You're not a merchant in the city, are you? ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "It's true that I'm just a tourist, but these businessmen are my compatriots, and I'm asking you questions on their behalf." ”

"Sir, you are not a party to this case and I am not obligated to answer your questions." Aceves said proudly.

"Mr. Lin, don't tell him, it's useless, they usually favor the locals and don't care about us Chinese at all." Zhang Cheng whispered to Lin Zhenhua, "When we have disputes with locals, the police have always sided with their locals. ”

Lin Zhenhua smiled coldly and said, "Zhang Cheng, you ask him for me, who is he willing to answer, and whether he is obliged to answer the question of Chancellor of the Exchequer Frutos." ”

"What do you think of Spain's Chancellor?" Zhang Cheng was taken aback, "Mr. Lin, you won't bluff him, right?" ”

Lin Zhenhua took out his mobile phone, dialed a number, and then spoke into the phone in English. In less than five minutes, the mobile phone in Aceves' pocket rang, he took out the mobile phone, pressed the answer button, and as soon as he heard a sentence, he subconsciously stood up straight and shouted: "Yes, Your Excellency, Governor." ”

"Is it the governor you contacted?" Zhang Cheng heard Azerves' words and asked Lin Zhenhua in a surprised whisper.

Lin Zhenhua said: "I contacted the Spanish Minister of Finance, and I happened to have a business relationship with him. I just told him about what happened here and the attitude of the police chief. He told me that he would immediately contact the governor of Alicante and ask him to speak to the police chief. The current official is not as good as the current management, and it is the same in any country. ”

"Do you really know Spain's Chancellor?" Zhang Cheng asked. …,

Lin Zhenhua said: "It's just a coincidence, he has something to ask me to help him do, so we got to know each other." ”

During their conversation, Aseves had already finished talking to the governor, and he walked over to Lin Zhenhua with a depressed face and asked, "Excuse me, are you...... Mr. Lin? ”

"I am." Lin Zhenhua replied in Chinese, and Zhang Cheng acted as an interpreter for him.

"Uh, I'm sorry, just ...... I really didn't know that you were our valued guest in Spain. Aceves said with a grin.

Lin Zhenhua shrugged his shoulders and said: "Actually, I'm not a distinguished customer, it's just that a loan of 2 billion euros from your country has something to do with the company under my name." ”

2 billion euros! Zhang Cheng looked at Lin Zhenhua in surprise, as Lin Fei said before, the full set of clothes on Lin Zhenhua's body is not worth 1,000 yuan, which is really hard to believe that he will have anything to do with the 2 billion euro loan project.

Lin Zhenhua smiled and said, "Xiao Zhang, you can translate it to him according to my original words." Spain is in a bit of a financial trouble and wants to borrow some money from China, so my unit and several other companies have formed a consortium to lend them 2 billion euros, but this money has not yet been given to them. If the Spanish side can't give us a satisfactory explanation of this matter, they won't want to get the money. ”

Zhang Cheng translated Lin Zhenhua's previous sentence, Aceleves' face became even more ugly, he tried his best to pretend to be humble, but his huge belly was really difficult to put away, he could only pout his ass desperately in order to make his head lower.

"Mr. Lin, our provincial governor called me just now and asked me to do my best to meet your request. You see, what do you command about this case? Aceves asked.

Lin Zhenhua said: "My requirements have two points. First, arrest the criminal suspects as quickly as possible, and give justice to our Chinese businessmen; Second, strengthen the protection of Chinese stores to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents. Both of these are the responsibilities of your police department, and if you can't do that, I wouldn't mind asking the governor to have a more competent police chief. ”

"No, no. I mean, we can do it for sure. Aceves said repeatedly. With that, he turned his head and picked up his horn again, but this time he shouted to his men: "All the police officers listen, control all the people at the scene, register their names, and make a record of them one by one." Sans, Quevedo, take your men and protect the Chinese shops and warehouses in the city, and if the same thing happens again, I'll remove you! (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )