Su Tianyu and Jiangzhou sat in the room, eating the special spicy snacks sent by Sichuan Prefecture.
While eating, Jiangzhou said to Su Tianyu with a smile: "I'll go back and see Lao Li. How is his health?"
"Very good." Su Tianyu replied while picking up the food.
Jiangzhou nodded and said, "That's fine. Well, the problem with the Chinese workers has been solved, and Lao Li's future life...!"
Su Tianyu didn't really listen to Jiang Zhou's words. After a long silence, he suddenly asked, "Brother Jiang, it's boring to just eat without doing anything. How about we have a drink?"
Jiang Zhou nodded and responded: "Okay, let's drink some."
"Okay." Su Tianyu reached out and picked up the phone in the room and asked someone to bring some wine.
Soon, several bottles of liquor were delivered upstairs. After the waiter left, Su Tianyu took the initiative to pick up the bottle and filled Jiangzhou's and his own glasses with liquor.
Jiang Zhou raised his glass and was about to speak, but was interrupted by Su Tianyu: "Brother Jiang, I'll drink three glasses first!"
Jiangzhou was stunned for a moment: "Why?"
Su Tianyu didn't answer either. He picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
As the spicy liquor went down his throat, Su Tianyu frowned slightly and raised the bottle again.
Seeing Su Tianyu about to pour wine again, Jiangzhou grabbed his arm and said, "Xiaoyu, what do you mean?"
Su Tianyu held the bottle of wine, looked down at Jiangzhou and asked, "Brother, is there something wrong with my document?"
Jiangzhou replied softly: "The plan is good, there is no problem."
"Brother." Su Tianyu stared into Jiangzhou's eyes: "We have worked together for such a long time. If I can't even feel your emotions, then wouldn't my life be in vain? Just tell me, there is nothing wrong with this plan, let's talk about it openly. There is no need for this between you and me."
"well."
Jiang Zhou sat on the chair, sighed, picked up the cigarette box and replied: "You better make it clear... There is indeed no problem with this plan. The problem is the people."
Su Tianyu thought for a moment, slowly put down the bottle and asked, "Are you talking about Mingyuan?"
Jiangzhou no longer hid it and nodded straightforwardly: "Yes, it's Yu Mingyuan."
Hearing this, Su Tianyu sat back in his chair.
After the two of them started arguing, they remained silent and no one spoke.
After a long time, Su Tianyu spoke first: "Brother Jiang, Yu Mingyuan did this for the sake of the overall situation. Although it harmed the interests of some people in the process...!"
Jiangzhou waved his hand and interrupted Su Tianyu: "You have to understand that this is not a question of interests. If it was just about interests, you would never drink this glass of wine today. I can mediate this matter myself. Whoever lacks interests, I will make up for it. This is a human life...!"
Su Tianyu was silent.
Jiang Zhou stretched out his hand and tapped the table lightly: "How many innocent people from the Wang family died in this incident? Let's not talk about the four or five hundred people who died in front of the Chinese Workers' Union. Let's just talk about the dozen members of the Wang family's action team. They were messed with in District 1, and finally Wang An was executed... Yu Mingyuan is directly responsible for this, right?"
Su Tianyu clenched his fists.
Jiang Zhou continued, "If Huo Dongsheng is a knife, then Yu Mingyuan is the one holding the knife! Tell me how I should solve this kind of thing?"
Su Tianyu was silent for a while, and while pouring wine, he said in a trembling voice: "Brother, there is no way to settle this matter later. If you want to solve it, you have to dig up small scores, then the An faction will also have something to say. The first time we rescued Wu Boxin in Manchester City, how many people from the An faction died because of the Wang family's mistakes?! In the end, we finally got the person back, but Huo Dongsheng detained him privately. We didn't even see Wu Boxin, and we had to hold a meeting in Saint Paul City. Let me ask you, at that time, did Wang Xiao stand on a neutral position and say a word? Since you stand on Huo Dongsheng's side, you can't investigate the subsequent protection behavior of the An faction, right?"
"Manchester City's mistake and Wang An's execution are two different things!" Jiang Zhou frowned and replied, "One is a mistake, and the other is taking the initiative to kill someone and provoke a conflict. Are they the same in nature?"
Su Tianyu retorted: "The positions of both parties are full of confrontation, so you can't investigate the way things are done! To put it bluntly, you, Wang Xiao, can't tell the difference between inside and outside, and you insist on standing on Huo Dongsheng's side. What should we do? Did the people of the An faction die in vain? Yu Mingyuan is indeed a catalyst, but the facts prove that Huo Dongsheng never trusted the Wang family at all! As soon as there is any sign of trouble, he is ready to kill them immediately. This is a question of political strength."
"Then how do you say we should deal with this? Force the two groups involved in the murder case to merge?" Jiang Zhou slammed the table, his words a little excited: "I didn't say I must do anything to Yu Mingyuan, but he has to take a step back, give me a way out, give me face, then I can deal with it."
The two looked at each other. Su Tianyu looked at Jiangzhou and shouted very realistically, "Brother! Mingyuan is responsible for what he did, and the leaders are the ones who benefited! It was you, me, and Lao Li! Without his blow, you wouldn't be in this situation even ten years later."
Jiangzhou stared at Su Tianyu in silence.
"If we have to choose between the two, the Wang family may be eliminated." Su Tianyu said bluntly.
"That won't do." Jiang Zhou was also very frank, staring at them and asking, "Put yourself in my shoes and think about it. In this matter in Shengbao City, has the Wang family ever done anything wrong? People died, they fought a war with you, and even Wang Xiao's own brother was shot. Now that the dust has just settled and we are ready to talk about integration, you want them to be kicked out??? If you do this, who will work for you in the future? Moreover, the Wang family is not an organization we support. They left their hometown 20 years ago and came here to open up wasteland. The older generation of their family has a close relationship with my family. In many things, I have to take care of both reason and human feelings. What can I do?!"
The atmosphere in the room was tense and unusually silent.
After a long time, Jiangzhou poured wine while saying in a hoarse voice: "Yu Mingyuan is out, that's just one person. Without him, the An faction still has Qiqi, and there can be others. It's just a different way of saying it, the way of cooperation remains unchanged. But when the Wang family is out, it's a group of people. Without them, who will clean up the mess of the Chinese Workers' Union for you? Will the grassroots below recognize you or me? Considering the overall situation, there has to be a difference. Let's put it this way, as long as there is an explanation, it will be easy for me... Xiaoyu, you just had a drink, I'll have one too!"
After saying that, Jiangzhou tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp.
Having said this, the two fell silent again.
…
Late at night, on a remote street in Bana City, Wang Xiao sat on a cement platform, his cheeks facing the cold wind, smoking a cigarette with a dull look in his eyes.
At the nearby intersection, Wang Xiao’s family were squatting on the ground, crying and burning paper money.
A gust of cold wind blew over, blowing up the ground and rolling up balls of black confetti.
Wang Xiao narrowed his eyes and turned his head to look around.
Looking around, the whole street was ablaze with flames, and there were about a thousand people burning paper money...