Late at night, the moonlight is bright and the stars are dazzling.
Su Tianyu came to the door of his eldest brother's room and knocked on the door: "Are you asleep, brother?"
"I'm here." A voice responded from inside the house. Su Tiannan opened the door in formal attire: "You're not asleep yet?"
"I can't sleep, so I came to talk to you." Su Tianyu replied with a smile.
"Haha, come in." Su Tiannan made way.
Su Tianyu stepped into the room and turned his head to look at the furnishings in the room. He saw that there was not much change from a few years ago. It was clean and tidy, without any extra furniture.
The light in the room was a little dim. There was sandalwood on the desk in the living room. Su Tiannan closed the door, walked to the desk and picked up the teapot: "Little brother, the time you came back this time is not very good. There are indeed some problems at home. I can't accompany you for the time being. Let Miaomiao take you out for a walk later."
Su Tianyu bent over and sat on the sofa, paused and said: "Brother, I didn't come to you to talk."
Su Tiannan came over, placed the teacup in front of him, bent down and sat down and asked, "What's wrong? Is there anything else?"
Su Tianyu thought for a moment and replied, "When you were talking just now, I listened to the general course of events and I have some thoughts in my mind."
Su Tiannan looked at his brother with a little surprise, and took the initiative to ask: "Then tell me, what do you think?"
"I personally think that the turning point of my second uncle's case is not in the judicial department. Even if we spend money and use our connections, we may not be able to get a good result in this case." Su Tianyu said bluntly: "Since Changqing Company can make clear arrangements with the District Police Department and the Municipal Police Department, they will not easily give you the opportunity to leverage the case. To put it bluntly, in terms of spending money, can our family compare with Changqing Company? Therefore, there is only one condition for turning the tables in the judicial department, and that is power checks and balances. Unless we can find a relationship that can make the police department obey us with just one word, otherwise our operation will be in vain."
Su Tiannan held his chin with his left hand, crossed his legs, and nodded slowly: "Go on."
"I have two conclusions on this matter: First, it is important to unite the workers. Eight people may not listen to the words, but eight hundred people will make a loud noise. Second, I heard you say that in addition to our Su family being strangled in Zhannan, three other families were also persecuted. So why can't we unite with them?" Su Tianyu frowned and said, "We don't have an absolute power platform, so we have to find a way to let the absolute power see us."
Perhaps influenced by his father, Su Tianyu is very good at summarizing things when he encounters them. He is willing to summarize complicated things into the most refined points and adjust his thinking accordingly.
In Su Tiannan's heart, he always treated Su Tianyu as a child, because the latter went to school at the age of 18 and had not been home for several years, so his impression of Tianyu was relatively solidified. But at this moment, when he listened to Tianyu's words, he was inadvertently led by the other party and felt that what he said made some sense.
"After your second uncle went to jail, the workers lost their minds. They thought it would be hard for the Su family to survive this, so they all hid from the company. Not only did these people not support the company, but some foremen even wanted to take advantage of the Su family's difficulties and let us subcontract the site to them." Su Tiannan frowned and replied, "So it's hard to unite them."
"I don't think it's difficult." Su Tianyu smiled and looked at his elder brother. He knew him very well: "It's just that it might cause a fallout... and you don't want to do that."
When Su Tiannan heard this, he was stunned again.
"Brother, workers and companies always rely on profit to form cohesion." Su Tianyu persuaded softly: "It is normal for there to be exploitation among the interests. If you are not willing to come forward to do this, then I will be the bad guy."
Su Tiannan fell into deep thought.
"Why don't you make an appointment with the workers and we can talk first. If we can solve the internal problems, we can find the other three companies to sit down and talk." Su Tianyu said again: "Second Uncle's case may be classified at any time. Once it is labeled as trafficking, it will be too late for us to find a solution."
Hearing this, Su Tiannan slowly stood up and replied: "Okay, I'll make an appointment with the foreman tomorrow."
"I think it's still early, so why don't we make an appointment today. Let's get it done early to avoid any more trouble." Su Tianyu actually urged.
"Okay, then let's go to the cargo yard now." Su Tiannan was completely persuaded.
…
At the headquarters of Changqing Company in Zhannan District, a fat man in his forties, wearing a black suit, sat on a spacious leather sofa, crossed his legs, smoked a cigarette and asked, "What did Su Tiannan say?"
"He asked us to give him another five days." Lu Feng lazily slumped on the sofa, stroking his short hair and replied, "This kid is not giving up. He might still be thinking of getting his father back from the police station."
The fat man in the black suit is the boss of Changqing Company, named Li Hongze. The so-called Changqing Company is also an organization with a long history. Before the 19th century, it was called Changqing Gang. The members of the organization are all Chinese living overseas. This organization has its namesakes all over the world, but its reputation has always been bad.
"Then why did you agree to give him five days?" Li Hongze asked.
"There are more than a hundred people at the scene. If they don't agree, we will beat them today. Beating them will easily attract attention, which will not benefit us." Lu Feng's answer was also very concise: "Old Wang from the police station will also have to mediate. There is no need for us to argue with Old Wang over something that is in our hands. After all, he is not one of us."
Li Hongze smiled when he heard the voice: "Haha, our top knife in Zhannan now uses his brain when doing things. Great, the company is getting better and better."
"Brother, after you take down these four families, Su, Bai, Liu and Kong, I want half of the plate, is that okay?" Lu Feng asked with a smile.
Li Hongze picked up the cigarette box, took out a cigarette and threw it to Lu Feng: "Five years later, I will make you the best swordsman in Longcheng!"
"Okay."
…
About an hour and a half later, more than thirty worker leaders had gathered in a small conference room on the second floor of the office building at the Sujia Freight Yard in Zhanan.
The room was filled with smoke and the sound of people whispering could be heard. Su Tiannan sat on a wooden chair with a solemn expression.
"Xiao Nan, we have been working for the Su family for quite some time. There are no outsiders here, so let's talk face to face. If the Su family goes bankrupt this time, how are you going to arrange for us workers? Will our pensions and labor insurance be affected? Can the year-end bonus be paid on time?" A leading worker in his forties asked very bluntly.
"Yes, if the Su family hands over the work site to Changqing Company, then what will happen to our work records and files?" Someone immediately spoke up in agreement, and the tone of his voice was quite radical, with a bit of a palace coup.
Before Su Tiannan could even open his mouth to ask for the support of the working class, they took the lead in attacking him. In a difficult situation, personal feelings seemed unworthy of mention.
"It's like this, my younger brother just graduated and came back, and the family has entrusted the matter of worker placement to him." Su Tiannan pointed at Tianyu beside him and said softly: "I'm listening here, you guys talk to him."
Hearing the voice, everyone turned to look at Su Tianyu. Seeing that he was young and well-mannered, they were all a little dissatisfied.
"He's just a kid, and he's never run a dirty business. What can we talk about with him?"
"That's right, a kid, what does he know?"
“…!”
Su Tiannan looked at everyone and said, "I told you, I will stay here and listen. I won't run away."
After hearing this, everyone fell silent.
After everyone quieted down, Su Tianyu adjusted his glasses with his hand and said politely, "Then let me say a few words, ok?"
The workers' leaders looked at Su Tianyu coldly, some whispered to each other, and some smoked in silence.
Su Tianyu took out the information he had just sorted out in the car and said expressionlessly, "My eldest brother went to the city yesterday and talked to his connections at the police station, but the results were not ideal. To put it simply, my second uncle's case basically has no room for operation. If you want to bail someone out, you have to pay money and hand over the Su family company's territory. Our family members also discussed it and felt that we couldn't afford to fight Changqing Company, so we could only pay for the bail."
The workers didn't seem surprised by the result and didn't respond.
"Before handing over the land, we will prepare termination contracts for everyone." Su Tianyu frowned and said, "Files and work records will all be returned to individuals. The monthly salary can be settled, but don't think about the year-end bonus. Because it's only the middle of the year, the management committee will not settle the year-end bonus. After the procedures are issued, everyone will find a way out by themselves."
When everyone heard this, there was an uproar.
"What do you mean? You terminated the contract and didn't even care about our year-end bonus. Why?"
"Yes, you terminated the contract, and returned our files and work records to us. Isn't that the same as firing us?! Our pensions and labor insurance are no longer guaranteed, right?"
"Su Tiannan, what do you mean? We have worked here for half a year, why should the year-end bonus just disappear? Why should we workers pay for the trouble caused by your Su family?!"
“…!”
When the workers heard that the Su family no longer cared about them, they were furious.
Su Tiannan frowned and looked at everyone without replying, while Su Tianyu looked at everyone without any emotion in his eyes, and continued softly: "When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. The Su family can't even protect themselves, so there is no way they can take care of everyone."
"You're talking nonsense! We have been working with the Su family for so long. Even if we don't have any feelings for each other, we should at least have a friendship, right? I tell you, if Su Laoer hadn't gone in, he would never have done things this way!" The leader, a middle-aged man in his forties, almost yelled at Su Tianyu.
"Brother, you were the one who talked about benefits first, and you were also the one who talked about friendship. If you do this, it will be very difficult for the Su family." Su Tianyu replied with a smile.
"You know nothing!" The middle-aged man in his forties stood up and said to Su Tiannan, "If you want to do things this way, then let's not talk about reason. Tomorrow, we will bring more than 200 workers to your house and start a fire."
Su Tiannan sighed, lowered his head, and still did not answer.
Su Tianyu adjusted his glasses and slowly stood up: "Are you threatening me?"
The head worker looked at him and said, "Get lost. This has nothing to do with you."
Su Tianyu smiled and looked at the other party. He reached out and took out a small piece of worker information from his bag and said concisely: "The worker registration and files are in the hands of the company. When you join or leave, the company submits the materials to the management committee. Does this mean... If I say you are a formal employee, you are one, and if I say you are a temporary worker, you are one too?"
The head worker was completely stunned when he heard this.
"Look, you are shameless, but capital can be even more shameless than you." Su Tianyu put down the information: "Brother, do you want to talk about profit or friendship now?"
Everyone was silent.
Su Tianyu turned his head and looked at everyone: "You think that the fall of the Su family has nothing to do with you. As long as the Environmental Sanitation Management Association wants to operate normally, it cannot do without workers. But is this really the case? The Su family handed over the land, do you think you can still eat the dirty gang's food? I tell you, this is a dream! Why does Changqing Company want to deal with the Su family? There are only more than 30 people in our family who do the dirty gang's work. What good will it do to them if they deal with us? Wake up, Changqing Company is going after the 800 dirty gang workers in the hands of the Su family. The purpose of grabbing the land is to give their own people work to do, for the sake of monopoly, do you understand? Family members!"
The head worker listened to Su Tianyu's words, thought about it carefully, and then sat down in his seat with a gloomy face.
"If we don't stick together, we will die." Su Tianyu pointed to the termination contract on the table and said, "Whether to sign the contract or to tide over the difficulties with the Su family, it's up to you to decide."
"What if we can't defeat Changqing Company?" an old man in his fifties asked concisely.
Su Tiannan, who had been silent, stood up decisively at this moment, pointed at the cargo yard and said, "I, Su Tiannan, will never treat any of you unfairly. We can sign a contract. If the Su family goes bankrupt and hands over the equipment, the existing equipment will belong to the workers."
The interests of the grassroots workers have always been simple, nothing more than the word "life". When these two words are guaranteed, the people are always docile and will work hard to contribute to society. But if anyone is blind and touches these two words, then it will be troublesome. So now many business tycoons are shouting to be close to the people on the surface, but secretly shouting to cut the leeks quickly, and after cutting them, they have to say, family, we will always be together.
Looking back at history, it has always been like this.
Su Tianyu never thought of confronting the workers, he just wanted to take advantage of the situation.
After the negotiation, Su Tiannan sat in the empty meeting room and sighed, "They are all familiar faces. It's really not a good thing to see such a mess."
In fact, the eldest brother of the Su family understands everything, but there are some things he is unwilling to do.
Su Tianyu drank tea and said softly: "Brother, after the workers have united, we need to talk to the other three companies."
…
In the urban area.
Su Tianbei sat in the car and held the phone and said, "Can you give me two rings?"
"Your dad made a noise, so you're going to make a noise too? What? Are you planning to kill your whole family?!"