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

of the total losses within three

in his voice. "Don't drag

won't. We won't." Adam shook his head repeatedly. "Nothing like this will

by a thread. Every death would bring him scorn,

His days

crowd to leave, but before leaving, everyone shot Stephen a glare. Stephen kept his head down, too ashamed to meet

would lead to death. Even more shocking was how everyone seemed

he

did not step in today, things would have

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

They needed to compensate a staggering 600

nearly popped

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

looked at

Aqua City's economy relies heavily on fishing and tourism. Only compensating 600 billion dollars

After Adam's reminder, he finally remembered how Aqua City used to generate revenue in the past. Now that their financial lifeline had been severed, 600 billion

go ahead with the

lose 600 billion

once the industrial sector took off. Industrialization was

Adam, news about Aqua City