My Life with Narration

Chapter 594 - 585: Reaching a Settlement

Threats, blatant threats, without a hint of subtlety, but rather openly threatening you.

Han Wei, having been through so much over the years, had become battle-hardened. In the past, he wouldn’t take such direct threats seriously, but now was different.

For one thing, Jiang City wasn’t his home turf, he was an outsider here; for another, the other party indeed had the strength to threaten him.

What made him uncomfortable was that Su Qing laid things out so bluntly. Wasn’t this intentionally making him lose face?

Everyone’s doing business here. How did your business get so big? Isn’t everyone supposed to make money with harmony, and even if the deal falls through, maintain good relations?

Who overturns the table right off the bat? It left him at a loss.

Even Qu Hongfei on the side was shaking his head internally. To him, President Su’s negotiation style was indeed... hmm... very Gen Z.

Really, not indulging at all. Human relations? Where’s the human relations, it’s all just accidents. Luckily, he’s just an employee, even if things went wrong, Su Qing would take the hit in front, and President Wen couldn’t blame him. With this thought, Qu Hongfei swallowed the words that were at the tip of his tongue.

He’s a big shot, big shots have their own way of speaking, which someone as minor as him, working for scraps, could not understand.

Maybe that’s just how straightforward it is in the world of big shots?

Facing Su Qing’s gaze, Han Wei exhaled heavily after a long while.

Even though the other party’s negotiation tactics were extremely crude, they happened to hit his Achilles’ heel. Although he wasn’t afraid of the Wen Family, ultimately he was on their turf, and his project wasn’t finished yet. He didn’t want any additional trouble from a brash young man like this, especially when the local renowned company was backing them.

The more Su Qing behaved this way, the more Han Wei felt that this young man had an unusual background, surely there were other means at play, and he couldn’t gamble on it.

However, Su Qing wasn’t as formidable as they imagined. The reason Han Wei and others felt this way wasn’t anything more than Su Qing being financially secure and his relationship with Wen Jingqi and the Wen Family.

A wealthy person is bound to have connections, just as Su Qing said, this was Jiang City, not his Shanxi Province.

From this point, it was evident that Su Qing had done some investigation on him, even knowing where he came from so clearly. Could an ordinary person have done that?

It was based on these various conditions that Su Qing’s simple and direct threat could stand, forming an effective threat.

Thinking of this, Han Wei smiled and asked, "So, how does little brother Su want to resolve this?"

"Resolve it? Doesn’t that depend on your sincerity?"

Han Wei: ...

Where was that straightforward threat from just now? Now you’re kicking the ball back to me. I’m just here to solve the problem. The sooner it’s solved, the better. Isn’t it just money?

"Since we’ve come to this point, I’ll be frank as well. How much compensation do you think is suitable, little brother Su? Name a figure and we’ll see if we can accept it, how about that?"

Hearing this, Su Qing turned to look at Ding Qiang and his mother.

"Qingzi, you decide. My mom and I have no objections!"

"That’s right, little Su, you handle it. Auntie trusts you!"

Ding Qiang trusted him because he knew Su Qing wouldn’t harm him because of their relationship, and Ding’s mother trusted him because Su Qing had already contributed 300,000, which was a favor to their family. Although they didn’t save the person, that was fate.

Besides, looking at it now, maybe they could ask for more. Initially, she could have accepted one million.

Hearing this, Su Qing nodded, turned back to Han Wei, and smiled, "Regarding the compensation, I have no opinion, but the person didn’t pass away at your construction site, it was at the hospital. Does that count as a work injury?

I have no other demands. Compensation is compensation, medical expenses are medical expenses. They can’t be mixed together, and since he was injured at your company and entered the hospital, you should cover the treatment costs, isn’t that reasonable?"

Hearing this, Han Wei thought for a moment, then nodded, "Reasonable. We indeed neglected that and should cover the medical expenses upfront."

Upon hearing this, Su Qing smiled slightly, then looked at Ding Qiang and said with a smile, "Da Qiang, you and Auntie figure out, since Uncle had the accident, all your expenses, count everything in, approximately how much is it?"

Hearing this, the mother and son were overjoyed. If they could also get reimbursement for the medical expenses on top of the compensation, then that would be great, at least the family wouldn’t have any outstanding debts.

After all, the family would now lack an important labor force, and Ding’s mother was quite worried. Moreover, the dead couldn’t be brought back to life, and now she could only try to get more compensation for the family.

Seeing this, Qu Hongfei spoke up at this time, "President Su, I have already organized this with little brother Ding over the past few days for the lawsuit."

Speaking, Qu Hongfei took out a document from his briefcase and said, "The cost of two major surgeries, plus the hospital stay, medical expenses, various examination costs, and the ICU costs of the last seven days, as well as expenses during this period, roughly amount to around 700,000. Among this, they have advanced 150,000, and the remaining is 550,000. Also, since I’m also in engineering, I think the compensation of 1 million is a bit low, 1.2 million is the normal standard. Death compensation plus medical expenses, I think 1.75 million is acceptable."

Listening to Qu Hongfei, Su Qing couldn’t help but nod, finding it reasonable, otherwise the other party pays 1 million, and along with the 150,000 fronted, it’s only 1.15 million. After deducting medical expenses, how much is left?

Is a human life only worth that little and you expect to settle it? There’s no such reasoning in the world.

In contrast, Han Wei’s face became darker, as this obviously exceeded his prepared compensation expectation.

But as for not compensating, would it mean letting the deceased’s family bear the medical expenses themselves? Saying nothing else, this young man in front of him wouldn’t agree.

In response, Han Wei gritted his teeth and nodded, "Alright... we can accept this outcome!"

Hearing this, Su Qing smiled, "No problem. Since we’ve settled this, let’s talk about another matter."

"Another matter?" Han Wei asked, puzzled.

Su Qing grinned, pointing at Zhao Zhengguo with a cold smile, "This idiot initially asked people below to bring 350,000 over to trick my friend, trying to embezzle my uncle’s death compensation, how should this be handled?

You surely don’t think just an apology would suffice? I’m a person who holds grudges. If you don’t give me an explanation, I don’t mind playing along with you!

Of course, you can ignore him. This matter has nothing to do with you. I can have a separate talk with him, but what will happen then is uncertain."

"President Han... I..." Zhao Zhengguo hurriedly spoke up.

"Shut up!" Han Wei’s eye twitched as he suppressed his anger and said, "So how does little brother Su want to resolve it?"

"It’s very simple, 1.75 million is unlucky, inauspicious. Just have him make it even at 2 million. Of course, if Boss Han is willing to pay it on his behalf, I don’t mind, what do you think?" Su Qing showed his pearly white teeth, smiling in a way that was somewhat eerie.

"What? I pay 250,000? Why..."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhengguo exclaimed. He didn’t earn that much, otherwise, he wouldn’t have had the idea of claiming that death compensation. Now, without making money, he still has to put in his own money, what kind of sense does this make?

"I told you to shut up!!!" Han Wei shouted angrily, frightening Zhao Zhengguo into silence, then gritted his molars and said:

"Alright... let’s put an end to this matter!"

Hearing this, a warm smile appeared on Su Qing’s face:

"Naturally!"

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