The personnel around the perimeter had already driven people away, and roadblocks had been set up on both sides of the bridge... Engineering aircraft weaved between the bridge piers.
Ximen Ka, holding a tablet and watching the live feed, could not help showing a grave expression.
"Every single pier was driven with greenwood piles. This is truly outrageous."
Like Ximen Ka, Liu Jinghe also wore a grave expression. Once this matter was exposed, it would probably trigger an unprecedented wave of public condemnation, severely damaging the city government's image—after all, this was an infrastructure project, and it had ultimately passed official acceptance inspection.
It was just that the Huoyun Bridge had been built many years ago. Trying to hold the original contractor responsible...
Ximen Ka suddenly said, "Secretary Liu, do you want to report this matter to your boss?"
Liu Jinghe said calmly, "The mayor already knew about it immediately."
Ximen Ka shrugged. "I was talking about another boss."
Liu Jinghe frowned. "What do you mean? You think the company that originally built the Huoyun Bridge... was Pingtian Group?"
"What happened?" Ximen Ka froze for a moment and carefully checked the construction records for the Huoyun Bridge... It was a construction company with excellent qualifications. Not only had it built the Huoyun Bridge, it had even undertaken part of the construction of Infinite City back then.
Yet the construction company's former parent company had not been Pingtian Group, but... Huoyun King—it had only become one of Pingtian Group's subsidiaries after Pingtian Group had completely taken over Huoyun King Group.
Ximen Ka realized that he had been relying on assumptions... But once he came to his senses, it also meant that Pingtian Group's control over Huoyun City was truly terrifying.
"Secretary Liu!" Xiang Shaoyu hurried over, looking flustered. "Director Ximen... We