Chapter 71: The Hope of the People
War clouds seem to be spreading over the town, but ordinary people don't feel anything.
Even Cai Ruichen, who was attacked, did not make any drastic moves, and the mobilized soldiers who blocked the streets quickly returned to normal.
If it weren't for the people who knew that Cai Ruichen had taken a trip from the Ghost Gate, they would even think that it was just an ordinary terrorist attack at noon.
Those reporters on Iraqi state television thought they had collected heavy news, but before they could leave the town, they were intercepted by agents of the Iraqi intelligence department as soon as they got on the highway, and the video footage was directly confiscated, and it was strictly forbidden to report on the matter.
Obviously, the Iraqi side does not want the matter to escalate, let alone let the outside world know about the attack on Cai Ruichen.
To put it mildly, the Iraqi government does not want to deteriorate its reputation with the outside world.
However, the Iraqi government's condolence call was not slow at all, and after talking to those politicians, the Iraqi government was also relieved after learning that Cai Ruichen did not want the matter to expand its impact.
For this reason, Cai Ruichen specially requested that on top of the 2,000 gun licenses, apply for another 100 copies.
Originally, Cai Ruichen wanted to apply for the right to take the initiative to fight, but it was impossible for those politicians in the Iraqi government to agree.
Passive belligerent rights, 2,000 gun licenses are already their bottom line.
Just to appease Cai Ruichen's emotions, coupled with the attack on Baghdad, the Iraqi government also had to agree to add 100 gun licenses.
Because Cai Ruichen made it clear that his safety could not be guaranteed, and he refused the protection provided by the Iraqi military, if this demand could not be met, he would leave Iraq.
At the same time, Cai Ruichen also demanded that in order to ensure the safety of the town, the future security company must also have the right to actively engage terrorist and extremist forces.
The Iraqi government directly agreed to this, but in the future, the security company will only have the right to actively engage with extremist forces, and this extremist force must also be recognized by the Iraqi government.
Armed forces that are not recognized by the Iraqi government, the future security company cannot take any military action against them on their own initiative.
Cai Ruichen didn't say much, agreed to the Iraqi government's conditions, and the two sides quickly and simply reached a consensus.
At the same time, Cai Ruichen also said that the attack would not affect the normal business of the hospital, and those Iraqi politicians hung up the phone with confidence, and finally said that they would send 100 gun licenses to Cai Ruichen as soon as possible.
In fact, Cai Ruichen didn't plan to get anything from the Iraqi government at the beginning, and he also planned to deal with this matter in a low-key manner.
It was never intended to use international public opinion to exert pressure on the Iraqi Government on security issues, but the Iraqi Government reached out to him to extort money, and he was happy to obtain some additional benefits for himself on the matter.
A hundred gun licenses are still secondary, because it doesn't matter whether it's two thousand or two thousand one hundred.
However, the right to take the initiative to engage with extremist forces has loosened the shackles for these soldiers who have gun licenses.
At least here in Marin Town, it is known that there is an extremist group entrenched, and even Cai Ruichen has sent soldiers to the surrounding areas where extremist forces are active to fight extremist groups whenever he wants.
This is also a good reason for bell, which can spread the influence of the forces on a large scale.
It's just that this attack still has some impact on the town, and many people in the town are gathered around the No. 1 warehouse of the Future Technology Group.
Most of these people are people Cai Ruichen is more familiar with, some business owners on the street.
Others don't know, but they know that the attack at noon was aimed at Cai Ruichen.
If these people used to have some instinctive rejection and indifference to Cai Ruichen's arrival, now this relationship has changed.
They saw the tall hospital towering in the town, and they also saw the free medical help provided by the doctors to the residents of the town, and a large part of the people who were living in difficulty were receiving Cai Ruichen's salary.
In just over 20 days, unconsciously, Cai Ruichen's status in the hearts of these people has changed significantly.
Exclusion and apathy are being replaced by acceptance and gratitude.
At this moment, almost all of them gathered at the door of the warehouse came over because of their concern for Cai Ruichen.
Similarly, they are also worried that Cai Ruichen will leave the town, after all, if no one comes here to invest and develop, their living environment will return to the old one.
Finally, life began to change for the better, and most of the people in the town are still waiting for Cai Ruichen to expand the recruitment quota, and at this time, don't retreat to the original life.
Not so many people go to extremes, and the vast majority of people still yearn for a normal life.
Life may be very cheap here, but who would refuse to live a stable life and live a good life?
When the sun was setting, Cai Ruichen, who had studied in the afternoon, walked out of the warehouse again, and the people gathered around had not yet dispersed.
After seeing Cai Ruichen come out as always, they were all relieved.
A group of people greeted Cai Ruichen with a lot of chatter, almost asking if Cai Ruichen was injured or something.
Cai Ruichen knows every one of these people, and he can also name them, because he has chatted with these people.
There were also a lot of children around, and if the mobilizers hadn't stopped them, they would probably have surrounded them.
Cai Ruichen was very surprised by the reaction of these people, in his eyes, the Iraqis who have been devastated by the war should be very indifferent.
But those words of concern made him realize that in addition to being indifferent to their future lives, they were still ordinary people, but the cruelty of reality suppressed their emotions.
At the same time, Cai Ruichen also felt an emotion, which is called caring.
For now, maybe the word caring is not enough, but at least these people are concerned about his situation, and that is enough for him.
As long as these people can recognize him, then he has the confidence that more people will recognize him.
Although he could not get every Iraqi to recognize him, he could get the vast majority to recognize him.
And now it's just the beginning of everything, and he also sees the possibility of integrating into the town and achieving no distinction between them.
Cai Ruichen's heart moved, and he couldn't help but think: Maybe he doesn't need to wait for the mind controller to appear, and he may have a certain number of supporters in Iraq.
Thinking of this, Cai Ruichen walked over and greeted everyone and thanked them for their concern.
In fact, in the town, there have always been many rumors that are unfavorable to Cai Ruichen.
However, with the support of the elders of the town, the so-called rumors stop at the wise, and in the town, there is a word from the elder, which is more convincing to the residents than thousands of rumors.
It is also for this reason that Cai Ruichen will integrate into the town so quickly.
"Mr. Cai, will you leave here?"
In the midst of various greetings, this sentence suddenly came out of the crowd, which made the surroundings quiet all of a sudden, and hundreds of eyes looked at Cai Ruichen, waiting for his answer.
"Please rest assured, what happened at noon was mentally prepared before I came here. I know very well who I am, and it is difficult for everyone to accept it, but I will also use my actions to tell everyone that I am here for the sake of those war-torn Iraqis, and I will not bow to the evil forces, let alone change my ideals and original intentions because of the slightest threat. ”
Speaking of this, Cai Ruichen raised his arms high, clenched his fists, and said firmly to everyone: "Unless I die, Iraq will change because of me, I have such ability, and my belief is firmer than the mountains." ”