Six o'clock in the evening, No. 72 Huanhai Road, Longchengzha South District.
This is a warehouse area close to the harbor. It is a bit deserted because of the sea closure.
However, one of the warehouses was brightly lit. There were about 70 to 80 people with red ropes tied around their arms, gathered inside the warehouse.
These people held signs and banners in their hands, and some even wore homemade breastplates made of steel plates and hemp ropes.
In the crowd, a leading man, who looked to be in his forties, was sitting on a chair, puffing on his cigarette.
He looked down at his watch, threw his cigarette butt to the ground, turned around and clapped his hands at the crowd, "Come on, come on, listen to me!"
Everyone looked over immediately. The man cleared his throat, stood up and said loudly: "Don't panic, everyone. Tonight, there are at least two to three thousand people in Zhannan taking action together! Our target is the Coast Guard! When we get there, we will protest according to our demands. Don't listen to the nonsense from above and don't get too excited! Shout slogans and make a louder noise! However, you must use your brains and don't really have a head-on conflict with the police officers! Our mission is..."
Inside the warehouse, the man was speaking passionately. Outside the warehouse, two cars drove over and stopped in front of the gate.
The two guys in charge of surveillance hurriedly took out their walkie-talkies and prepared to contact the people inside.
“Crash!”
The car door opened, and more than a dozen young men jumped out and stood in front of the warehouse. Immediately afterwards, Wei Xiangzuo, wearing a cloth shirt and cloth shoes, also stepped out of the car.
The two people who were in charge of following him were stunned when they saw him. One of them reacted first and greeted him stutteringly: "Vice-President, why are you here..."
"Don't move!"
Two young men stepped forward and directly held down the guy holding the walkie-talkie.
Wei Xiangzuo glanced at them with his chest heaving, and whispered, "What a bunch of bullshit!"
After saying this, Wei Xiangzuo walked towards the warehouse door.
The young man hurriedly shouted: "Vice President, there is no one inside!"
Wei Xiangzuo ignored him and pushed open the door and walked in with a dozen people.
“Bang!!”
The door opened, and the people in the room turned around. When they saw that the person coming was Wei Xiangzuo, they were all stunned, including the middle-aged man who was leading the group.
Wei Xiangzuo put his hands behind his back and scanned the faces of everyone here. Then he turned his head to look at the middle-aged man who was leading the group, pointed at him and said, "He Laoer, He Laoer, what are you going to do with us?!"
He Laoer lowered his head and said nothing.
Wei Xiangzuo said, "I'll give you five minutes. Disperse immediately! Not only you, but also inform others to disperse as well!!"
Everyone remained silent and did not respond.
Despite Wei Xiangzuo's nearly ten years of ruling in Zhanan, at this time, no one agreed and no one left.
Wei Xiangzuo looked at them and shouted angrily, "Can I not control you guys now?! Ah!!"
He Laoer thought for a long time and finally said, "Brother Wei, you will always be the top leader in our Zhannan. We all obey you and respect you. But now, we can't survive! Once this area is surrounded by the port, it will not be a matter of one or two months. We may not be able to eat for one or two years! You say that we work hard every day just to support our families. But now what can we do? Once the maritime trade stops, we are all dumbfounded. Even the mahjong parlor is empty."
Wei Xiangzuo stared at He Laoer and asked, "Are you feeling wronged?"
He Lao Er said without hesitation: "Of course I feel wronged! My whole family is waiting for me to make money!"
"Yeah?"
Wei Xiangzuo walked up to He Laoer.
There was some timidity in He Laoer's eyes, and he couldn't help but take a step back.
Wei Xiangzuo stretched out his hand, pointed at He Laoer's chest, and asked sternly: "Haven't you made any money in these years?! You've bought two villas, don't you know? How much more money do you want, and how are you going to live?! Is what the association gave you not enough? Huh?!"
He Laoer's face turned pale and he said nothing.
Wei Xiangzuo turned his head again, his eyes swept over everyone in the warehouse, and continued to ask: "You have been with the association for so many years, and your salary is not stable?! Hasn't your life improved? Who gave you the job of not committing crimes and doing dangerous jobs?! As a person, we can't just say that when things are good, everyone adds fuel to the fire. But when you encounter some difficulties, you turn around and kick the fire out. Is there anyone who does things this way?! Let me ask you, you who are waving flags and shouting, can you hold guns or fight? Do you know what the situation is outside? If you are not careful, you will lose your life!! Others load bullets for you, and you start a fire? And you even raise a banner!! I have been in Longcheng for most of my life, and I don't understand politics. Can you understand it?"
Many people showed a trace of shame on their faces and lowered their heads.
Wei Xiangzuo softened his tone and said to them, "It's difficult now, and it's also difficult for the association! But I'm still reporting it to the higher-ups today, and the administrative department has agreed to provide financial subsidies to our workers. We all come from poor backgrounds, and I've been adhering to one principle in all these years!! Being righteous may cause you to suffer losses in the short term, but in the long run, you will definitely benefit!! As I said, don't smash the bowl when you don't have food to eat, because when the food comes again, you will have nothing to put in it!"
No one said anything, and the warehouse fell into silence for a long time.
That night, there were only coders from Zhannan District in the entire Longcheng. There was no movement and they were directly held down by Wei Xiangzuo.
Because, no matter when, at the bottom of Nanzha, among the poor brothers, he is always the spiritual leader with the straightest back!
…
6:30 pm, No. 1, Yanhai Road, Fugang District.
More than a hundred workers came out of a dock warehouse, holding banners and wearing red armbands, and walked silently along the street.
After walking more than a hundred meters and leaving the warehouse compound, they began to shout loudly and protest.
"Stop the war and demand peace talks!"
"stop… "
The crowd continued to move forward, with more and more people joining along the way.
Soon, the number of people increased from 100 to 200. And from 200 to 2,000.
The crowd grew like a snowball, and after walking less than a kilometer, there were already four to five thousand people gathered.
The entire coastal road was filled with dense crowds of people. The more they shouted, the more angry they became!
Because of the current tense situation, patrol posts have been set up on the main streets of Longcheng.
The crowd surged on the street like a tide, and soon arrived in front of a street guard post. A dozen police officers stood in the guard post, looking at the dark crowd in front of them with expressionless faces.
A leading man looked at the police officers and shouted bluntly: "Get out of the way! We want to express our opinions!"
Hearing this, the police officer, holding a cigarette in his mouth, kicked down the guardrail next to him with a bang.
All the police officers stepped aside and watched the group of people walk out of the street without doing anything.
Four or five thousand people soon became six or seven thousand. The whole Fugang District made the biggest noise!
At the same time, similar events were taking place in several other districts!
…
Longcheng, administrative hall.
In the mayor's office, Li Mingsheng received the relevant news and directly told Li Yuan: "Connect me to Gu Baishun's call!"
In front of Li Mingsheng, Li Yuan directly called Gu Baishun's cell phone.
Soon, the other party answered the phone and asked, "Hello?"
Li Mingsheng picked up the phone and asked directly: "How long will it take to solve the problem?"
Gu Baishun immediately said: "Leader, call me again in an hour."
"Okay, I'll give you an hour!" Li Mingsheng hung up the phone with a snap, frowned and said, "Fuck, a bunch of ungrateful wolves!"
…
In Fukuoka District, large crowds were advancing along the streets, shouting their protests loudly.
At this moment, the leader suddenly received a call, and hurriedly took out his cell phone, covered his ears and asked: "Hello, Mr. Shang?"
Shang Shixun's voice rang out: "Old Wei, don't worry, except for the accident in Zhannan, all the districts are now in full swing! You don't have to worry about anything, just go forward, the police system will not care about you."
Lao Wei nodded repeatedly: "Okay, let's prepare to gather now! Apart from Fugang, we will meet at Longkou and push to the administrative building together!"
"good!"
The two hung up the phone.
The huge crowd, like a long dragon, shouted as they arrived at the next street intersection.
“Squeak—”
At this moment, seven or eight cars suddenly stopped in front of them, blocking the middle of the empty road and directly blocking the intersection.
The crowd was a little surprised and stopped subconsciously.
A large number of soldiers jumped off the vehicles, led by a young officer, probably in his twenties, who shouted at the crowd with a megaphone: "I order you to disperse immediately and go home as the Longcheng Garrison Commander!"
The old guard in the lead was stunned for a moment, then he immediately yelled at the young officer: "Machine guns and cannons can't scare us! We want to express our demands! You bunch of lackeys, get out of my way!"
Behind him, the crowd also shouted excitedly.
“Get out of the way!”
"Stop the war, demand peace talks..."
At the intersection, in a military vehicle, Gu Baishun sat in the back seat, looking at the rioting crowd expressionlessly. He picked up the intercom and ordered softly, "Shout again."
Outside the car, the young officer adjusted his headset, picked up the speaker again, and shouted, "On behalf of the Longcheng garrison, I warn you again! You must disperse on the spot within ten minutes!"
"Get out of here!"
At this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly ignited a gas bomb and threw it at the military vehicle!
“Bang!”
"call!"
The gas bomb exploded into a ball of fire, and someone in the crowd roared.
"Down with these lackeys!"
"Don't be afraid! Keep going forward!"
The flame seemed to be a signal. The crowd instantly became chaotic and desperately squeezed forward, trying to break the blockade!
The young officer could only lead the soldiers to retreat, pressing the headset and asking, "What should we do?"
Gu Baishun sat in the car and said after a long silence: "Kill him!!!"