Fire

Tiancheng Shopping Center is one of the main businesses of Qi's group, with a chain of 21 shopping malls in 19 cities across the country. The annual revenue accounts for about 20% of Qi's total revenue, and the mall that caught fire in T city was one of the earliest to be constructed, and has been in good working order for more than ten years.

In the past ten years, there have been petty thefts, and financial tabloids due to competition in the industry, but there have never been any deaths - or such a large number.

6 dead and 32 injured.

And according to reports, the fire has been extinguished, but the rescue efforts are incomplete, and the casualty figures are still rising.

Just look at the scene back to the picture, Qi Xingchen eyes can not stop a burst of black.

After such a big thing happened at home, he did not have the heart to play in his boyfriend's home, and Bai's mother mom carefully explained, by Bai Ye personally drove, sent back to H City Qi's group headquarters.

Before getting out of the car, Bai Ye patted him on the back reassuringly, "Call me anytime if you need anything."

"Well ...... Sorry I wasn't able to be there for you this time."

"It's all right. The family's important. Go on."

Qi Xingchen looked at Bai Ye, gritted his teeth and jumped out of the car.

This is his first time to come from the family business after the book, I guess the original owner is not often come to the company, when he swiped his face and went in, the security guard at the door and the receptionist looked at each other in disbelief, they did not react.

When they recognized who he was, a large group of people hustled him forward and backward to get him outside the chairman's office.

Master Qi happened to have just put down the phone, looked up and saw his youngest son, surprised, "Xingchen, why are you back?"

"I saw the hot search," Qi Xingchen asked, "Is it serious."

"With so many lives, how could it not be serious. But Yunxiao has already gone to take care of it, so you don't have to worry."

On the other hand, Qi Xiaoming said he was not worried, but the sadness on his face was obvious. Qi Xingchen suppressed his anxiety and made a cup of tea for his father.

After staring at him for a few sips, Qi Xingchen continued, "Did you find out the cause?"

"The preliminary findings are that the electrical fire was caused by a deteriorating circuit pipe," Qi Xiaoming said, "and that the fire started in the warehouse of a clothing store on the first floor."

"Electric fire ......" Qi Xingchen wondered, "If it was a clothing warehouse fire, the smoke should have been bigger, didn't Tiancheng install smoke alarms?"

"An, and the sky Cheng every month have overhauled the circuit and smoke alarms, every year as required to replace the fire prevention appliances, a year did not fall. Wicked is that this time the fire, all the smoke alarms even went off at the same time, the security department received the alarm also the first time to go to the sub-floor to evacuate people, unfortunately ......"

Said here, the character of the strong Qi old man choked down, drink a mouthful of water to smooth the air after continuing: "Unfortunately, the fire warehouse is not far from the safe passage next to the fire, all the people withdrew to the first floor, only to find that the passage of the door handle has been melted to death by the fire, can not be opened. At this time the safe passage inside all the smoke, everyone scrambled to run back ......"

The deadliest thing in a fire is not the fire, but the smoke and the panic. Qi Xiaoming didn't need to say the rest, Qi Xingchen could have guessed it.

-Running back again, the building has been filled with smoke. In order to escape people do not care about order, pushing and shoving each other, trampling ......

Those who ran out survived, and those who were left there, stayed there forever.

Qi Xingchen thought things were a bit fishy, especially the smoke alarm bit.

Unfortunately, now the mall burned without a large portion of the temporary inability to check one by one, can only wait for the completion of repairs to access the recent video, to see if it is really an equipment failure or caused by human factors.

After all, Qi's compression of many small businesses profit space over the years, if some companies are forced to jump over the wall, it is likely to do something on the sky Cheng.

Qi Xingchen's chest was stuffy, and his hands were shaking to the naked eye. Opening his mouth, he realized that his voice had gone mute at some point: "Dad, what are you going to do about it, compensation?"

"Compensation should definitely be compensated, but this is not just a problem that can be solved by money, this is a living human life ah ...... Xingchen, I don't dare to blink now, I feel that as long as I blink, I can see the families of the victims crying in front of me."

Qi Xiaoming took a deep breath, "I will do my best to fulfill the demands of all the families of the victims, and the rest of the debt of human life, if it can't be paid off in this life, I will continue to pay it in the next life after reincarnation, and I hope that they can forgive me and forgive me ......"

Toward the end, the old man choked up until he couldn't make a sound. Qi Xingchen wasn't much better. After a moment of silence, father and son began to contact the best local burn unit in order to minimize the damage to the injured.

Qi Yunxiao went to T city, leaving a large amount of official business unattended. After the phone call, Qi Xingchen stayed at the company, ready to help with whatever he could. Although it can not play a big role, but with his support, Qi's father at least will not be due to the guilt of the deceased and do not think.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Qi Yunxiao finally returned, bringing back some not-so-good news:

I. The final casualties of the fire were 29 minor injuries, 7 serious injuries and 12 deaths, which was characterized as a major fire;

Secondly, the internal surveillance of the mall has been completely damaged in the fire, and the external video search shows that no suspicious persons have been found around the mall in the past three months. The final cause of the fire was in line with the preliminary investigation results - inadequate safety and fire prevention measures, with Tiancheng Shopping Center taking full responsibility.

Thirdly, the general manager of Tiancheng in T city was arrested for the crime of negligent fire, and the fire department ordered all the 21 chain shopping malls of Tiancheng to suspend business for no less than 15 days for rectification, and to reopen for business only after the public security departments of various places had passed the acceptance test and imposed a fine of 2 million yuan.

Fourth, the loss of nearly $10 million in goods stored in the mall building itself and by the tenant businesses is shared by the outsourced property and mall management.

At the same time, the social impact caused by this fire is extremely bad, in the public opinion and take advantage of the counterparts dumping, Qi's Group stock for two consecutive days down, and continued to fall for three days, the market value of a total of twenty-six percent shrinkage.

For the first time, the Qi family business empire, which had always been stable, was dealt a major blow.

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Both Qi Xingchen and the original owner did not have a business background, so there was no point in staying in the company. After the 15th day of the first lunar month, at the urging of his family, Qi Xingchen returned to the set with a heavy heart to continue the shooting of Gray Trace.

As a public figure, appeal is still an advantage. After the incident, many stars voluntarily set up a volunteer squad, organizing a series of activities for the deceased to mourn, visit the injured and so on, coupled with Qi's sincere attitude of apology and rapid and effective means of handling, gradually, the fire faded out of the public's field of vision.

Only a small percentage of people still remember it.

It became an everlasting pain in the hearts of the victims and the QI family.

In mid-March, just before Gray Tracks was wrapped, An Ran took a stack of books and went to Qi Xingchen's room.

She tentatively asked, "Xingchen, what are your plans after the filming of Tracks. Do you want to continue taking notices, or take a break for a while?"

"Take the announcement," Qi Xingchen said, "Do you have the proposal and script in your hand, show me."

An Ran pushed all the books to him and counted them on her fingers, "These are two endorsements, a magazine shoot, two variety shows and three scripts. The endorsements are for the entire spring collection of a luxury brand, and a new product from an internationally renowned cosmetic, which I've already accepted. The magazine is one of the top five, and their editor-in-chief said he knows you. Variety a satellite TV variety, the heat is quite high, a "poor travel" fifth season, your old friend. The script has an anti-war theme starring drama hero; a criminal investigation theme seasonal drama hero; and a ...... There is also a movie male lead."

"...... Number one in a movie?" Qi Xingchen was surprised, "Which director believes in me so much?"

"You shouldn't recognize it, it's a lesser known director. He's made a few literary films, and hasn't been able to make any splashes. But you can just take a look at that book, it doesn't make much sense. The team and I wanted to reject it after evaluating it, but we thought you might be interested, so we put it back for you to see."

He might be interested?

Qi Xingchen curiously pulls out the script and flips through the synopsis.

Immediately, I was captivated by the first sentence: This movie is about an acrobat, an ordinary and extraordinary life.

"You sure know me," Qi Xingchen was more curious, "Why do you guys want to turn it down, is there something wrong with the script?"

Knowing he'd ask that, An Ran sighed, "You should ask where it's okay."

Qi Xingchen : "...... So many hard feelings?"

"First of all, the script has been out for over two years. During the two years, the director and screenwriter have approached countless movie and television companies, but all of them were unwilling to invest because the subject matter was too niche. The reason they found you this time is that they hope you can star in the movie with zero pay and invest a portion of the money - that is, the legendary empty glove."

"Secondly, the director and screenwriter come from the academy and are at a good level, but their team is too harsh on aesthetics and camera language, and there have been jokes about shooting a scene sixty-six times, and the actors directly tearing up the script and striking. We do not have so much time to accompany them slowly grinding."

"Plus ...... It's the problem of your current situation," An Ran turned to Qi Xingchen and said seriously, "After your public romance with Bai Ye, your popularity has gone up, and the naysayers are likewise growing. Homosexuality isn't a good sounding tag by any means, plus there was an accident in your family some time ago, and now you're in desperate need of a positive image to turn your reputation around ...... You should be able to understand that."

"Can." Qi Xingchen nods

"That's why we suggest you pick one of the anti-war dramas or criminal investigation seasonal dramas, both of which are full of positive images, and you'll definitely earn a wave of word-of-mouth when they're aired."

"Okay, I know," Qi Xingchen responded as he crisply and cleanly dumped the two variety show proposals, "I'll mull it over tonight and give you an answer tomorrow."

After a pause, Qi Xingchen said, "By the way, you've come at the right time, there's something I need to discuss with you."

He seldom used the word "discuss". An Ran was about to leave, but sat back down and signaled him to speak.

Qi Xingchen said, "Counting the time, you've been with me for quite a long time and have been moonlighting as an assistant in order to take care of me, which I appreciate."

An Ran frowns, "What are you talking about, there's no need to be polite to me."

"I'm telling the truth, not being polite. So I've decided."

Qi Xingchen pulled open a drawer and took out a two-part equity transfer agreement, "So I've decided to give you ten percent of Star Asset Management as payment for taking care of me personally-don't say no, you know you won't be able to convince me."

First reaction is denial An Ran : "......"

Yes, it was true that she couldn't convince him.

"You be a good boy and keep it, because I have a favor to ask of you next."

Qi Xingchen opened one of the agreements, "This is an equity power of attorney, I want to give the remaining ninety percent of the equity to you for safekeeping and change the name of the legal person to you. That is to say, when the agreement comes into effect, this ninety percent equity on the company's articles of incorporation will also be yours, and you will be the sole owner of Star Asset Management, while I will be the actual controller of the private ...... How about it, are you willing to help me?"

An Ran looked at the equity proxy.

The format is simple and only a few sentences are written. It was not notarized by a notary public and was a private agreement.

If she got up the idea of rolling up money and running away, she could completely disavow the account and say that Star Assets was her absolute holding.

One would never take such a risk if they didn't trust someone 100%.

Qi Xingchen trusted her so much, how could she refuse and solemnly said, "I am willing."

"Thank you, Sister An Ran."

Seeing that she agreed, Qi Xingchen's long-depressed mood finally got a little better.

During this period of time, he has transferred the money in his hand to Liang Jing's lab one after another. But while a private account is good for transferring money, there are restrictions on transferring money from a company account to a private account. He had to prepare a company that had nothing to do with him on the surface, just in case.

If this company could go public, it would be easier to do things. Sending An Ran away, he reads the script while opening the stock software.