CHAPTER 658: CHAPTER 651: FACING SETBACKS

After Ai Hua Company was instructed to establish a waste electronic device recycling and processing plant, Mr. Yun again said that the country has already established a dedicated team to prepare legislation related to environmental protection, and it is believed that these laws will be introduced soon.

Although not very confident in the current enforcement strength of Z country’s laws, Sisi still felt very happy. The first step of the Long March was finally taken, and the dawn has already been seen. She believes a bright future will definitely come.

However, before that, she and her team still have a lot of work to do!

After Sisi exposed Guiyu Town to the world, many domestic media also paid attention to this small town, and many journalists have gone there to interview.

Overnight, the little-known Guiyu Town became famous, not only in Z country but also worldwide.

According to Shi Lei, all kinds of people go to Guiyu Town every day, either for interviews, research, or like Sisi, as environmental defenders.

In short, everything is moving in a positive direction, but changes in everything will not be smooth sailing; there will always be some twists and turns.

According to Shi Lei, who later went to Guiyu Town several times, the workshops there are not as open about handling electronic waste as the first time they went. Instead, they have become more secretive in their work.

For example, work like gold washing and burning boards is now done at night or moved to remote wilderness. The trees on the hills have been killed by the thick smoke, and the dismantling of circuit boards, which used to be done at the door, has now been moved indoors.

In other words, the work in Guiyu Town has shifted from open to covert, but the essence remains the same. Only the working time and place have changed.

Damn it, they don’t care about their lives!

"Aren’t those workers already aware that this work is toxic? Why do they still continue? Are they really not afraid of death?" Sisi really couldn’t figure it out.

Shi Lei smiled bitterly and said, "What’s the point of knowing? Those workers, instead, use this point to demand higher wages from their bosses. The workshop owners give each of them a raise of one or two hundred, and they are very satisfied and continue to work happily."

Seeing Sisi’s incredulous eyes, he continued, "I also asked those people about this, Mr. He, do you know what their answer was?"

Sisi shook her head.

Shi Lei said helplessly, "They said they are in good health and want to make some money for a few years so they can go home and build houses and live like high-status people later. It’s worth it!"

"And what about the destroyed environment? Don’t they think about future generations?" Sisi couldn’t help but ask.

After hearing Sisi’s words, Shi Lei looked extremely angry.

"Think about future generations? I really don’t feel a bit sorry for those people. Do you know what they said? They said they are not locals, so if it’s ruined, it’s ruined, what does it have to do with them? And they said why should they care about future generations? By then, their bones will have turned to dust, how could they care about so much? The priority is to live well in this lifetime first!"

Hell, indeed, pitiful people must have something detestable!

Sisi also felt a surge of anger, really wanting to stop caring for these selfish, ignorant people anymore!

After the anger, Sisi tried hard to calm herself down.

Even if not for those selfish people, for the sake of Du Du, Ya Ya, En’en so they can have a beautiful and clean living environment in the future, she still has to care about it!

How can anything be done smoothly every time?

Sisi sighed and comforted the still-angry Shi Lei a few words.

Since you guys don’t fear death, I will cut off all your supplies, and let’s see what you will use to wash and dismantle then?

Sisi thought viciously, threatening that when she couldn’t stand it anymore, she would smuggle all the waste into Space and return it to where it came from!

Alas, this was just a thought, how could she really do that? She didn’t want to expose Space!

Still needs to figure out a complete solution!

Sisi glumly patted her head, thinking of ideas is definitely not her strong point!

The matter of Guiyu Town can be put to a temporary end, and for the moment, Sisi couldn’t think of a good solution, but what they did was not without results. At least the developed countries like U country and R country, under pressure from international environmental organizations, have reduced some of the electronic waste, and compared to before, it should be reduced by more than a third!

As for the remaining two-thirds, we can’t really blame others for sending it over, can we? It’s because some people in our own Z country are too disappointing!

Begging others to bring this trash back so actively, who wouldn’t give it?

Tang Qiubai is one of these disappointing people.

At this moment, he was just hanging up the phone with his partner in R country. That person said there would be a container of waste electronics arriving at the port in three days, and he needed to go inspect the goods then.

Who knows what the situation would be with this batch of goods coming over? Moreover, that person also mentioned that due to the current tight situation in R country, his commission needs to increase to 40%, or else he would find another partner.

Tang Qiubai frowned even deeper; he was not even willing to give 30%, let alone 40%? But if he doesn’t agree, he won’t be able to guarantee the goods in the future.

Business has been getting harder and harder to conduct! Many small workshops in Guiyu Town have stopped work because of supply shortages, and on his side, it’s only with a fixed supply source that he could barely sustain it, but even so, the reduction from Europe and America made things much quieter.

He didn’t expect He Sisi could make such a big commotion, he indeed underestimated her before!

Looking at the desolate workshop, Tang Qiubai felt bitter and resentful.

He Sisi, why do you always have to go against me?

Sisi wasn’t able to receive Tang Qiubai’s grievances, for she was currently going to the beach in T City with Shangguan and a bunch of kids.

This trip included Sisi and her four children, Shangguan’s family of four, Mao Dou and Bian Dou, the two brothers. Although Kang Mianhua had switched to a desk job, he couldn’t come due to work. Thus, the two brothers eagerly clung to Sisi’s side.

Zhang Jie was given a long holiday by Sisi, and the mother and son went to reunite with Lei Gang’s family, although Lei Haiyang really wanted to join the sea trip, the desire to reunite with his dad prevailed in the end.

The little leopard was taken to his parents as usual.

Sisi and the others arrived at Tian Xinhua’s place in early July, the hottest time of the year.

Shangguan and Yang Shu first went to G City to visit their parents, arranging with Sisi to play by the sea over the weekend.

Sisi stayed home, being the devoted wife and mother, with the five children.

Fortunately, Du Du and Mao Dou were older and could play with the three younger siblings without needing much care from Sisi.

Early in the morning, Sisi was awakened by the phone ringing. Having been exhausted all night by the energetic Tian Xinhua, Sisi didn’t even want to open her eyes.

Ya Ya, following her brother’s good habits, waddled her chubby legs to the phone and picked up the receiver.

"Hello, where are you? This is Tian Mansion, I am Tian Yajing of Tian Mansion."

The little girl had learned this from Mr. Yun because every time Mr. Yun answered the phone, he would say: This is Yun Mansion, I am Yun Po Bi.

However, perhaps the little girl thought her name didn’t sound grand enough like her great-grandfather’s, so she added ’Tian Mansion’ on her own initiative.

A pleasant male voice came through the receiver, speaking with a smile: "Princess Ya Ya, I’m Uncle Mo Liu, could you wake up your mom to answer the phone?"