Chapter 948 This is South Africa (1/2)

Helicopters could not fly into the mine. Otherwise, the rotor would spin out an airflow in the mine that would disperse the dust and cause a sandstorm. Five or six kilometers from the mine, an open area had been cleared for helicopters to land on, and two SUVs with large base tires waited quietly there for them.

Li Du looked at the logo. Both of the SUVs were also Chinese brands. Lion Hunter noticed his eyes and smiled. ”Made in China. We have a lot of Chinese goods here. Chinese goods are cheap and durable. Who doesn't like them?”

Li Du responded with a smile. This was a recognition toward Chinese products.

They got off the plane to get on the car when a group of black people rushed out from nowhere. They emerged suddenly and no one knew where they had been hiding. They were old men and children, thin, ragged, and poorly dressed.

As they ran out, they shouted to Lion Hunter:

”Give us back our fields, sir! We have no food!”

”Don't destroy our home!”

”Pay me damages, or I'll blow up your mine!”

Li Du was surprised and asked, ”What happened?”

Li Du was asking intentionally. There was farmland around this mine, therefore Li Du had a feeling that most likely the farmland had been taken by Lion Hunter without proper compensation for the original owners.

The locals now regretted selling their fields to Lion Hunter. The foreign miners from western countries used to take their farmland as well, but they would either follow the rules and compensate them or offer them jobs to make up for the locals' loss.

Lion Hunter lit his cigar, waved his hand leisurely, and said, ”Two hundred thousand for an acre, and a thousand kilograms of grain a year for you. That was the deal, wasn't it?”

A woman cried, ”My husband has run away with the money. My parents have taken away the food. What shall I do?”

”I have fulfilled my promise,” Lion Hunter said mercilessly. ”I have given you money. I have given you food every year. You have taken the money and food, the rest is not my business.”

Hearing this, Li Du didn't say anything else.

Earlier, Li Du asked the question intentionally because he wanted to put some pressure on Lion Hunter. He thought these people were victims and were vulnerable, but now that didn't seem to be the case.

People shouted and whined and complained. Lion Hunter ignored them. He waved and the strong guards came up and shoved the crowd away.

When they got on the cars, Li Du and the others were driven to the mine. The people who had come to demonstrate moved back and the cars behind just followed them.

There were several children in the crowd who looked about the same age as Victoria and Ivana. They stumbled at the end of the crowd, clearly flustered.

Sophie could not bear to see the children drinking from the river next to the road. She said, ”Stop the car. We brought some food and drinks, didn't we? Give it to them. I don't think we would use it anyway.”

Brother Wold had packed food and water. He was thinking that in case they were going into the wild, they needed to prepare enough food.

Lion Hunter sitting in the passenger seat slowly said, ”Miss Martin, I admire your kindness and your brilliant character, but you don't understand this place, and your decision may not be right.”

Hearing this, Sophie immediately said, ”Please explain in detail.”