In the lounge.
Karl sat on the sofa holding a glass of red wine and waited for about two minutes. Then a young man in a suit and tie pushed the door and walked in.
"Mr. Carl!" The young man smiled and nodded at the other party. He was about thirty-four or thirty-five years old and was the secretary-general of the Longcheng City Office.
"Lu, come and sit down." Carl waved his hand.
Secretary Lu immediately moved over upon hearing the voice, and habitually crossed his legs and sat on the sofa with his feet turned inward.
"Come and take a look at this." Carl threw the document to the other party.
Secretary Lu took the document, glanced down, and then his expression became serious.
"Lu, this is the document sent to me by MI7. They have confirmed that from the issuance of Order No. 1 until now, at least nearly 100 million worth of materials have been continuously transported from Longcheng to the warehouses of the Murphy army." Carl spread his hands, stared at the other party and said, "This document makes me very embarrassed. Those idiots in MI7 would call me a waste."
Secretary-General Lu immediately responded upon hearing this: "The control order has just been issued, and the workers have returned to Longcheng in batches. During this period, there may be a small number of lawless elements who are still taking risks to ship goods in order to clear their inventory, but this situation will not last long, and we will also come up with corresponding countermeasures."
"I don't want to hear your damn ideas." Carl waved his hand. "I want to see efficiency, OK? Lu, this is a serious period, and we all need to make some achievements to report to the higher-ups."
"OK, OK!" Secretary Lu nodded immediately: "I won't let you face embarrassment again."
Karl nodded in satisfaction, and continued in Chinese, "Also, there must be two copies of this document. I received one, and the chairman of the regulatory committee must also have received one on his desk! We need to show some attitude to calm the chairman's anger! You know, that guy... is very irritable."
“… What you mean.”
"We need to capture some people for the mission." Carl shrugged his shoulders: "You know what to do?! The people of your nation are always as numerous as locusts, right?"
Secretary-General Lu was not angry at the other party's arrogance and rudeness. Instead, he nodded and replied, "Yes, I will find a way."
"You're very smart, Lu!" Carl stood up with a smile, picked up his glass and said, "Thank you for coming to my birthday party."
Secretary-General Lu immediately picked up the wine glass from Zhuoshan and said softly, "You look as young as a 20-year-old boy!"
"Hahaha!"
The two smiled at each other, and Karl said softly: "My subordinates are all transferred from District 1. They are also very hard-working. I hope you can help them make some money."
"Of course!" Secretary-General Lu nodded again.
…
Five minutes later, Secretary-General Lu left Carl's lounge, came to the lobby on the first floor, and waved to several bosses worth over 100 million yuan in the distance.
Several bosses came over with bows and nods, their fawning expressions and postures exactly the same as Secretary-General Lu's, as if they had been taught by the same master.
Everyone sat down on the sofa in the corner. Secretary Lu loosened his collar and said, "We need to stop shipping goods out. Let's wait until that idiot Karl leaves."
The CEO of a pharmaceutical company lowered his voice and replied, "Boss, Sinaloa hit us hard last year, so we produced an extra 40 to 50 million emergency drugs. If we don't clear out this inventory, we'll lose a lot."
"Yes, the steel and building materials we have transferred here are also stored in the warehouse. This order was issued too hastily, and we were not prepared before. If we can't release this batch of goods, we don't know when we can sell them." Another CEO looked around slyly and said in a low voice: "Can you give me another week? Boss, I can definitely sell them within a week, and they are paying three or four times the price...!"
Secretary Lu frowned slightly: "Do you want heads or money?"
When everyone heard this, they all fell silent.
"Will you die if you make money a few days later?" Secretary Lu said with a gloomy face, pointing at everyone, "Don't cause trouble for the higher-ups! Stop it now and wait until the storm has passed!"
When everyone heard this, they could only nod obediently.
When Secretary Lu was communicating with everyone, Jing Yan came over with Gu Baishun and said with a chuckle, "Secretary General, are you busy?"
"Haha, Lao Jing, come here, come and sit down!" Secretary-General Lu greeted him.
…
A day later, at No. 86 Tufang Street, Zhanan District, in the Labor and Social Security Community, Xiao Yucheng had just bought breakfast and was walking towards home.
This community was originally built to mobilize people to work in Mo, and Xiao Yucheng was lucky because he was among the first group to respond to the call and leave Longcheng. So in the first two years, he was allocated a house here. Although it was only more than 40 square meters, it was completely enough for him to live in given his current situation.
When he got home, Xiao Yucheng served soybean milk and fried dough sticks to his son and called him softly, "Come and eat."
The son knelt on the bed, leaning against the window, looking at the homeless people sleeping in the open air in the alleys on the street. He suddenly asked curiously: "Dad, why don't they go to sleep in the house?"
Xiao Yucheng replied numbly: "They have all been forgotten and have no houses to live in."
"They are so pitiful." said the son kindly.
A large number of workers returned to their hometowns, and many of them were not as lucky as Xiao Yucheng. They left late and did not get any houses. Given their current economic situation, they cannot afford to buy new houses, and are even reluctant to rent houses whose prices have skyrocketed recently. So they can only set up small tents in the alleys or simply sleep on the streets.
The son walked to the dining table and sat down to eat: "Dad, my atomizer is running low."
"I'll buy it this afternoon, you can eat it." Xiao Yucheng replied, turned around and sat on the bed, picked up the phone, and dialed Su Tiannan's number: "Hello, brother!"
"Brother Xiao! I asked a lot of people about your matter, but it's hard to handle. You've been in the Chi Army before, and this resume is a bit sensitive. If you want to become a citizen now, you must have someone to guarantee you!" Su Tiannan replied, "But... many people are unwilling to do this, fearing trouble."
Xiao Yucheng had been in the outside world for so long that he was very familiar with the rules. He immediately nodded and said, "Okay, if that's the case, then let's not owe them favors! Let me go get 40,000 yuan at noon, you take me with you, find someone you know, and we'll do it with money!"
"Okay, then come to the association to find me later."
"Okay, sorry for the trouble!"
"No way, haha!" Su Tiannan replied and hung up the phone.
After the father and son had breakfast, Xiao Yucheng gave his son a bath and told him, "Dad is going out soon, you stay home by yourself and don't open the door to strangers. I will be back in the evening."
"Okay." The son nodded.
After taking a shower and explaining everything, Xiao Yucheng left home with his bank card, preparing to walk to the bus stop and take a bus to Tongji Club.
The sun was scorching hot. Xiao Yucheng walked quickly along the street for two minutes. Just as he was about to stand in the alley to avoid the shade, an SUV suddenly stopped next to him.
“Bang!”
The car door popped open, and four strong men got out of the car and put their hands directly on Xiao Yucheng's shoulders.
"What are you doing?!"
"I'm from the Material Control Department. I have something to talk to you about! Don't talk, just lower your head and squat!" The burly man pulled out a pistol.
Xiao Yucheng looked at the other person in confusion: "What's wrong with me?!"
“Bang!”
The other party punched Xiao Yucheng in the face: "You are fine, how can I arrest you? Shut up! Squat down!"
…
Inside the naval base of Tianhong Port.
You Yifan said to his henchman, "We've already contacted the channel. It's in the Old Triangle. You can take the Yu family and the garrison there in person!"