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Wang Shouhai sighed deeply, picked up the mellow cup of strong tea on the table, and drank it all. As a veteran practitioner of the corpse industry in this region, he has an in-depth and unique understanding and insight into the current situation of the industry.
Gone are the days of enthusiasm and helpfulness, replaced by callousness and vexatiousness.
Recently, Wang Shouhai has just received an urgent notice from the police station, informing him that someone is missing in Baota Bay, and imploring them to lend a helping hand. Although such calls have long been commonplace, he still did not hesitate to quickly organize a team and rush to the scene to carry out search and rescue work.
However, when they succeeded in retrieving the body from the water, the family's attitude was unusually cold, and they were reluctant to give even a symbolic penny of thanks.
"Human life is at stake, and we risk our lives to carry out this arduous task, can't we even be compensated for the most basic human costs?" Wang Shouhai couldn't help but sigh indignantly.
Their team needs to consume a lot of manpower and material resources every time they go out, and the cost of gasoline and net maintenance alone is already stressful. Not to mention the coordination fees that have to be paid to the various relevant departments.
After some difficult negotiations, Wang Shouhai finally managed to get a reward of 4,000 yuan, which was divided equally among each member of the action, and each person only received 800 yuan.
This is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for a family like theirs.
"We're not greedy, we're just hungry for what we deserve. However, it is really chilling to be treated so coldly. Wang Shouhai's brows furrowed, revealing a trace of helplessness and bitterness.
Such an encounter is not an isolated case, in the depths of Wang Shouhai's memory, similar incidents are not uncommon. Just some time ago, they also received a call from the police station and learned that a man had unfortunately drowned and disappeared.
Despite the team's best efforts, the body was eventually found in the water, but it was unjustifiably blamed by the family.
"Why do you charge tens of thousands of dollars for a corpse? This is simply extortion from us!" the family member angrily asked.
Wang Shouhai reluctantly explained: "We need to pay for the coordination of various departments, as well as various expenses such as gasoline and net maintenance, not to mention the risk to our lives in the execution of our mission."
However, the other party was not swayed by Wang Shouhai, and still sternly demanded a significant reduction in prices. In desperation, in the case of endless disputes between the two sides, Wang Shouhai had no choice but to back down and give the other party a relatively preferential offer.
"Actually, we really don't want to charge such a high fee, but the situation is so serious that there is really nothing we can do. In order to ensure the smooth operation of this undertaking, we must stick to our principles.
Wang Shouhai said with emotion.
In 2009, a shocking news photo attracted widespread attention from all walks of life. In the picture, a corpse collector is skillfully dragging a corpse from the river to the shore, while his other hand is still waving towards the shore.
The headline "Asking for a Corpse" aptly depicts the scene in front of him and arouses strong indignation among the majority of netizens.
The source of the incident can be traced back to the fast-flowing river near Yangtze University. Three brave and fearless college students, Chen Shishi, Fang Zhao and He Dongxu, jumped into the water without hesitation after witnessing the two children falling into the water.
However, after successfully rescuing the children, these three heroic young men died in the river.
After learning the bad news, the teachers of Yangtze University were overwhelmed with grief and determined to find the corpse collector to help recover the bodies of the three martyrs. After many efforts, they finally got in touch with Chen Bo, the person in charge of Jingzhou Changjiang Water Salvage Co., Ltd.
However, in the process of engaging Chen Bo, the teachers were surprised to find that the other party was so ruthless. Chen Bo openly demanded a fee of up to $12,000 and even threatened not to carry out the exhumation operation if the money was not paid.
In the face of the emotionally uncontrollable teachers, Chen Bo had no remorse.
After much fundraising, the teachers were able to raise 3,700 RMB, but this was still far from Chen's huge demand. Under the strong pressure of everyone, Chen Bo reluctantly agreed to this paid corpse removal operation.
However, a tragic scene ensued. When the teachers paid the funeral expenses first, Chen Bo refused to hand over the body and severely criticized the actions of his accomplices, which made the already angry teachers even more angry.
In the end, thanks to the unremitting efforts of all parties, the teachers were forced to make concessions, and after confirming that they had received the full amount of the final payment, Chen Bo reluctantly handed over the bodies of the three heroes.
In this process, which was full of difficulties, dangers, and fierce debates, the bad behavior of Chen Bo and others aroused great indignation and condemnation from the public. The in-depth media reports were like a surging torrent, which quickly aroused enthusiastic responses among the public, causing Chen Bo and others to fall into the whirlpool of public opinion and have nowhere to escape.
In the end, they were forced to accept a full refund from the bank, bear heavy financial losses, and undergo criminal detention for up to 15 days Behind this tragedy, the dark corners of human nature and the ruthlessness of society are revealed, although justice may be long overdue, it will never be absent! We pay our highest respect to those three brave and fearless college students, and at the same time call on all sectors of society to work together to build a harmonious and fair homeland.
Looking back at the development of the corpse salvage industry, we can see that it has gradually grown from the initial small fights, and has gone through a long and tortuous road. In the early days, whenever a similar tragic event occurred, people tended to seek the help of rural neighbors who were familiar with the local water conditions and paid appropriate remuneration as a token of gratitude.
However, as the number of such cases continues to increase, some business-minded people are beginning to see the huge business opportunities and are turning into the industry Most of the people engaged in the work of retrieving corpses, in the past, fishing for a living, although this life is full of hardships, they have always maintained a simple and kind heart, when they are eager to change the status quo, all kinds of professional teams have sprung up, in order to pursue higher income, those who have struggled in the fishing career have begun to turn to the industry In the initial stage, because it mainly relies on interpersonal recommendations, the price is relatively reasonable, however, as the industry competition becomes more and more fierce, the market demand gradually expands, and the price naturally rises, forming a complete industrial chain system Nowadays, a huge group composed of corpse collectors all over a certain area has formed a monopoly effect, therefore, once it comes to factors such as time and geographical location, the price may rise to a certain height, which is an unavoidable reality.
According to a veteran of the industry, in just one week in 2000, he set an impressive record of scooping up 70 corpses!
However, in 2015, the leader of a large team of corpse diggers confessed that the average price of each corpse was about 18,000 yuan.
Although the industry is not as visible as other fields, the moderately high returns are well understood and accepted by the general public. After all, they need to risk their lives to accomplish this daunting mission.
However, if some leaders benefit too much, such behavior must be resolutely resisted and severely criticized.
Through an in-depth analysis of the above cases, it is not difficult to find that there are two main reasons why the corpse collectors do not receive the remuneration they deserve:
First, there is a serious imbalance in the distribution of income within the team. In fact, most of the people involved in the exhumation were unpretentious middle-aged laborers whose only desire was to make ends meet through hard work.
However, they are no match for leaders, who possess superior intelligence and decisive decision-making skills, and can easily reap the benefits of relying solely on relationships.
Take Wang Shouhai as an example, when he led a team to carry out a search and rescue operation in Pagoda Bay, he successfully recovered a body, but was treated indifferently by his family. In the end, after hard work, Wang Shouhai reluctantly recovered the labor cost of 4,000 yuan and distributed it evenly among each participant, with only 800 yuan per person.
This is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for ordinary workers like them.
Second, there is a serious phenomenon of leaders grabbing the vast majority of profits. This can be seen from the previous "extortion price" incident, where the leader Chen Bo openly demanded a whopping 12,000 yuan for the corpse, and even after repeated pleas from the teachers, he only reluctantly agreed to accept 3,700 yuan.
And those who actually do the work can only receive a negligible remuneration.
The same situation is also manifested in Wang Shouhai. As the core of the team, he can't directly bypass the intermediary links, and can only receive such a meager income. This is clearly caused by the fact that the leaders are grabbing most of the profits.
As Mr. Wang Shouhai clearly pointed out: "We are not greedy, we just want to get the rewards we deserve." "However, the cruel facts of real life are often heart-wrenching.
The simple and low-key salvage hunters, with their incomparable courage and outstanding skills, have provided vital help to those families who have suffered misfortune, but they have never been able to get the reward they deserve.
What is even more puzzling is that in the face of the cold and even indifferent attitude of the bereaved family members, they can only choose to remain silent.
Despite this, they insisted on being paid, but they firmly refused to pay any money on the grounds that "you are charging too much".