Chapter 298: Heshia's Distress and Thoughts
Although various environmental improvement plans in the star field are in full swing, some conflicts are still staging and erupting.
"We protest against the long-term oppression and encroachment of the residents of the North 3rd District by the Temilton Company, and demand that they return the land and property that belonged to the local residents!"
On the highway around the deep snow lake, many residents held signs and slogans and marched in long lines, complaining bitterly in front of the media cameras about the unfair oppression they had suffered.
As the camera zooms out, the turquoise lake below becomes a giant mirror, while the inhabitants of the road parade turn into tiny dots of color.
"Now we are reporting on the demonstrations that took place in the North 3rd District, and the reporters will now interview and explain to you what the local residents complained about about what the Temilton Company did."
The camera then cuts to a local resident's home, where a middle-aged, swarthy couple recounts their experiences over the years and why they protested.
"It turns out that decades ago, Temilton bought the local land at a very low price and used it as a power generation site."
"In the early years, this business did bring windfall income to the local residents, and the electricity generated also made the local electricity much cheaper."
"But recently, due to the decision of the federal star field government to restart the environmental restoration plan of the Emerald Skirt, many groups have begun to sign agreements with residents in various parts of the north to obtain land use rights and undertake purification tasks."
"These agreements have benefited many northern natives by providing generous subsidies and promises to resettle local residents."
"But because most of the surrounding land in Salt Lake City was acquired by the Temilton Company, the group did not sign an agreement with them, and the subsidy was very small, and the Tamilton also took advantage of this to sell the land to other group companies at a high price, which did not come with any provisions for the resettlement of local residents."
"No wonder the local residents are very dissatisfied, but is this kind of behavior of the Temilton Company legal at present?" The moderator talks to reporters.
"Because the environmental restoration project has just been promoted, there is no detailed legal protection in the Star Field government, which means that Temilton is not illegal for the time being."
"It's really sad, it seems that the local residents must be very uncomfortable and unacceptable, living in such an environment for hundreds of years, and in the end they can't get compensated like other northern residents."
"The cause of this incident has been explained here, and after today's parade broke out, the Temilton Corporation still did not reply, and according to some insiders, it is likely that this company has transferred its property to other star fields and is no longer prepared to deal with the follow-up matters in the region."
"This news report is over."
The projection TV program was turned off, and Heshea sat on the sofa in the empty hall, holding a white light-feathered bird in her arms, stroking it slowly, her eyes looking at the ground, as if thinking about something.
This is Delores's home, or a seaside villa of this wealthy lady, and the hall on the first floor is hundreds of square meters, which is very empty.
After a while, the sound of footsteps came from the spiral staircase not far away.
With two cups of freshly brewed cider in her hand, Deloris walked over to Hesia, placed them on the coffee table, and sat down.
"Don't watch the news anymore."
"If I don't watch it for the time being, I'll be more anxious after reading it." Hesia's pupils closed and opened, as if with some emotion.
"Look at it a little bit, there are many such things, if you want to manage everything, you may not be able to do it in your lifetime." Deloris comforts Hesia.
"I know, but sometimes I can't help but want to know what's really going on." Hesia sat up and looked at the crystal clear cider on the coffee table, with several ice cubes stacked on top of each other in the orange liquid, and a slice of lime stuck in the edge.
"It's honey grapefruit juice wine, it's not high, even if Heshia drinks it, she won't get drunk." Deloris looked at Hehia with a slight amusement.
"I'm not that easy to get drunk." Picking up the wine glass, her tongue tapped it, and the girl felt the taste.
"If you're serious, Heshea wouldn't be drunk, but you don't look like you can drink." Deloris said with a chuckle on her lips, her body shaking slightly.
"Okay, let's not talk about that, it should be considered smooth recently, I see that in the official data, the environmental restoration plan is progressing very quickly, and many regions have already determined their future schedules."
"It's fast, but it's not perfect." Hesia's eyebrows twitched slightly, and she said what she knew.
"In some places where the pollution is less serious and the treatment difficulty is lower, some groups will soon express their willingness to take over, but some bad places are rarely cared about, such as the area in the North 2nd District."
"Not only is the North 2nd District heavily polluted, but there are also a lot of ruins of past buildings, and if you want to rebuild and restore them, you need to spend a lot of money on cleaning up the ruins, which is more expensive than those empty and barren places." The girl was talking about the imbalance in the northern region today.
"It's really going to be difficult, and companies are basically profit-seeking." Delores shook her head slightly, she herself was born in such a circle, and she knew the habits of those people very well.
"If it is a listed company, it will not do this kind of project with huge investment, high risk and low return, because once such a plan is released, it can't wait to lose, and it will face a sharp drop in stock price first."
"Although everyone scolds those big companies for being greedy, once they say that they want to buy stocks, they definitely choose those companies whose interests are paramount, because in this way the benefits and dividends are relatively high."
After talking about the ills of the upper circles, Delores continued to turn her gaze to Hesia.
"Then Heshia has any ideas, looking at the way you look, it seems like you want to be hard to manage." After three years of getting along, she still knows this girl very well, and if Heshia speaks, it means that she has actually cared about this matter for a long time.
"I want to manage it, but I'm just a singer after all, and I don't have actual assets, if it's generous to others, let others spend their energy and financial resources to do good things that don't pay off, this kind of thing is always bad." She also has some persistence of her own.
"That's ......"
After listening, Deloris pondered.
"Although the Federation treats Singer well, it seems that there are some restrictions on Singer's actual possession of a large amount of assets."
"Because the referee can't get off the field." Heshea stood up and looked through the glass of the outer wall of the hall to the sea in the distance.
"As singers, we are already in the position of commanding and dispatching many large group forces, and if we have huge assets, it is easy for our nature to change."
"I understand the need for such restrictions, but many times I also feel powerless, unless I ......" she remembered something.
"Unless I can directly influence the federal star field government."
(End of chapter)