Chapter 49: Extremely Lucky

After finishing the call, Yang Hai finally calmed down a little. He walked out of the bathroom and, together with Shen Ruobing, toasted the distinguished guests attending the wedding banquet.

Since the wedding banquet has already begun, it must go on no matter what. However, at this time tomorrow, I am afraid that few people will be happy.

Especially Mother Shen and Shen Ruobing’s grandfather who came all the way from Xichuan.

In the evening, Yang Hai finally checked into Shen Ruobing's villa, but he was already drunk. There were too many guests present today, and Yang Hai seemed to want to get drunk, so he did not control his alcohol consumption. He was already drunk and unconscious before the wedding banquet was over.

Shen Ruobing looked at Yang Hai lying drunk on the bed. She always felt that Yang Hai was weird today. He seemed to be worried about something and his smile was forced.

At around 5 p.m. on May 12, almost all primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in Mengchuan, Baichuan and other counties in Xichuan Province gathered in the school playgrounds or squares to participate in the donation ceremony of the Huasheng Charity Foundation to the schools.

After 2 p.m., the donation ceremony did not proceed directly. The staff of the Huasheng Foundation actually began to enter each classroom of the school to check whether there were any students still in the classroom. If they found one, they would ask them to walk out of the classroom and go to the playground to participate in the donation ceremony.

Especially for some high school seniors, as they are busy preparing for the college entrance examination, many students are reluctant to attend the donation ceremony. It would be better for them to do more exercises and review their lessons in the classroom. Maybe they can get two more points in the college entrance examination.

However, if there are still students in the classroom and do not want to go out to the playground to participate in the donation ceremony, the donation ceremony cannot proceed smoothly.

After much persuasion, all the students were finally persuaded to leave the classroom and go to the playground.

Baichuan Middle School, when the last student of the senior year walked out of the classroom and came to the playground.

Suddenly, there was an earthquake and a deafening sound. The ground was shaking violently and huge cracks appeared on it. The students opened their eyes wide in fear and watched the teaching building where their classrooms were collapsed with a loud bang.

Everyone realized that there was an earthquake...

Ten minutes later, news of the Mengchuan earthquake in SC Province spread across the country through television and radio, attracting great attention from people across the country. CCTV canceled all television programs and broadcast news reports on the Xichuan earthquake disaster in a rolling manner. Earthquake relief work was officially launched.

In the Shen family of Linhai City, Shen Ruobing's grandfather and his family are ready to go. Shen Ruobing's parents, including Shen Ruobing and Yang Hai, have also packed their luggage and are ready to take a car to Linhai International Airport. They will go with Shen Ruobing's grandfather and his family to Yingxiu Town, Mengchuan County, Xichuan Province, because Shen Ruobing's grandfather's 80th birthday is coming.

But at this moment, the TV suddenly changed its screen and reported the news of the Mengchuan earthquake in Xichuan Province.

"According to the National Seismic Network, at 2:28:04 this afternoon, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred in Mengchuan County, Xichuan Province. The epicenter was located at 31.0 degrees north latitude and 103.04 degrees east longitude, which is Yingxiu Town, Mengchuan County. The focal depth was 10 kilometers..."

Shen Ruobing's grandfather's family, including Shen Ruobing's family, were all stunned...

Although Yang Hai had been mentally prepared for a long time, when this incident really happened, he still felt powerless and had complicated emotions.

While Shen Ruobing and his grandfather's family were still in deep grief, Yang Hai had already called the person in charge in Tianfu City and asked them to transport all the earthquake relief supplies stored in the warehouse to the disaster area for rescue.

As for the staff of Huasheng Charitable Foundation who were already deeply trapped in the earthquake-stricken area, communications had been cut off and phone calls could not be made at all.

Yang Hai prayed in his heart, hoping that all these staff members were safe and not in danger of their lives.

After all, it was Yang Hai who placed these people in the earthquake-stricken area and put them in danger.

But if Yang Hai didn't do this, what else could he do? He had no other choice, someone had to do it.

In order to save more lives, Yang Hai could only sacrifice the interests of a small number of people and put them in danger.

"Luckily you two held your wedding at this time and brought your grandpa and his family to Linhai, otherwise they would be in danger." Mother Shen said to Yang Hai and Shen Ruobing with lingering fear. "Not only are they in danger, but we are also in danger!" Father Shen also said with a look of shock.

"According to the plan, my family should have already arrived in Mengchuan County by now. We couldn't avoid this disaster."

"Dad! Although we escaped, there are still many people who didn't escape!" Yang Hai said with a heavy heart.

"Yes! The damage caused by this earthquake is very serious, and there are many casualties, so I decided to donate 50 million yuan in the name of Shen Group. In addition, I will personally donate 50 million yuan for earthquake relief and post-disaster reconstruction." Father Shen sighed and said.

"Our Lean Company also plans to donate 20 million yuan, and I will personally raise 10 million yuan." Shen Ruobing also said.

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As the earthquake relief work progressed, the staff of Huasheng Charity Foundation in the disaster area who had lost contact have gradually resumed contact.

According to the final statistics, 17 staff members of the Huasheng Charitable Foundation suffered varying degrees of injuries in the earthquake, but fortunately none of them were in danger of life.

As students from all the schools were gathered in the playground or square to attend the grand donation ceremony, most of them were safe and sound and did not suffer any serious injuries.

However, casualties were inevitable because the ground in some playgrounds cracked due to the strong intensity of the earthquake, and some students accidentally fell into the cracks.

Fortunately, there were not many casualties, and most of the teachers and students in the schools were safe.

Recalling this scene later, many teachers and students of the school felt extremely fortunate. If it weren’t for the Huasheng Charity Foundation’s sudden donation to the school and the grand donation ceremony held at this time, how many of them would have survived?
Just look at those collapsed classrooms and you will know how low the chance of survival is in such a situation.

After understanding the situation clearly, Yang Hai really breathed a sigh of relief, because his hard work finally paid off. Countless teachers and students in the school survived because of his efforts.

Despite this, the donations made by the Huasheng Charity Foundation to all schools will remain valid, and the money will be used for post-disaster reconstruction of the schools.

Although the Mengchuan earthquake occurred in Xichuan Province, donations of money and materials were carried out from all over the country, but for ordinary people across the country, life must go on.

By May, housing prices in major cities across the country continued to fall, especially in Linhai City, where the drop was even more severe.

The price of the newly launched properties in the community, which was previously priced at 18,000 yuan per square meter, has been cut in half to more than 6,000 yuan per square meter, now less than 7,000 yuan per square meter.

This caused dissatisfaction among many property owners, who believed that the developer's price reduction had caused them great losses. They demanded an explanation from the developer and compensated them for their losses.

But the developer can’t even take care of himself and has suffered heavy losses. How can he possibly compensate the losses of the previous home buyers?

Homeowners from various communities have united to launch rights protection actions, refusing to move in, cutting off mortgage payments, and even besieging and smashing the developer's sales office. But nothing helps, and housing prices still have to fall when they should.

Even if housing prices go down, as long as the properties can be sold, developers can still breathe a sigh of relief and have a chance to survive.

If house prices don't fall and houses can't be sold, they won't even have a chance to survive.

　This chapter was so difficult to write. I revised it again and again. Thinking back to that earthquake, I still feel heavy-hearted.

　　And I don’t know if this one will be approved in the end, because some content cannot be written, so this chapter may need to be revised in the end.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)