The Guardian's Return by Old Pumpkin

Chapter 198

Adam was terrified. Why was Stephen still hesitating at a time like that? Was it so difficult to admit his mistake?

He quickly grabbed the loudspeaker, determined not to let Stephen continue speaking.

"We will! We will compensate you! We'll buy all dead fish at half the market price and live fish at full price! For those who took out loans to lease fish farms in the past year, we will pay half the amount..."

Adam was pulling out all the stops he had learned in his career, thinking on his feet. He was prepared to compensate half the losses of the villagers, fishermen, and hotel owners.

Faced with that explanation, the people were relatively satisfied.

Adam continued, "As for the eight individuals we lost, we deeply regret this tragedy. We will all attend their funeral today."

After finishing his statement, Adam was drenched in sweat.

The town's mayor looked at him for a while before taking the loudspeaker and asking, Everyone, what do you think of this solution?"

"Sounds good!"

"It's not bad."

"Let's get it done with!"

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After all, all the mess was now Stephen's and his team's responsibility. Even if they

"This time, we will complete the calculation of the total losses within three days and provide the necessary compensation. Please give us some time and return home

urgency in his voice. "Don't drag it

repeatedly. "Nothing like this

his position was hanging by a thread. Every

were eight deaths. His days in office were

shot Stephen a glare. Stephen kept his head down,

it would lead to death. Even more shocking was how everyone seemed willing to risk their lives to demand

he said

did not step in today, things would have ended

We need to get a team together to assess the compensation. We must compensate these families. Otherwise,

came back quickly. They needed to compensate a

the numbers, his eyes nearly popped out of his head.

would leave just 1.6 trillion dollars! It was not just a hit to Aqua City's economy; it was like burying

much." Stephen looked at Adam, hoping to

economy relies heavily on fishing and tourism. Only compensating 600 billion dollars isn't actually that much in the grand scheme of

revenue in the past.

the compensation," Stephen finally

lose

back many times over once the industrial sector took off.

Stephen was still discussing with Adam, news about Aqua City spread