Late at night, around 11:30, an off-road vehicle stopped in the warehouse yard near Haiyankeng. Yu Mingyuan got out alone and walked into the room with a frown.
In the living room of the main house, a group of workers were changing clothes wet by sea water, while Su Tianyu was standing at the door, having just finished a phone call with Kong Zhenghui.
"The goods are gone, and the people are gone too?" Yu Mingyuan asked bluntly after entering the house.
"Yes, the other party robbed the goods at sea, and all the people on Zhang Hao's ship were taken away." Su Tianyu introduced the situation to the other party again: "There are six speedboats on the other side, more than 30 people, holding spear guns and long forks in their hands, and all of them are masked."
"When will Bai Hongbo and Kong Zhenghui arrive?" Yu Mingyuan asked after a pause.
"They are coming here, and my family is also coming here."
"Okay, then come with me." Yu Mingyuan nodded.
"Okay!" Su Tianyu turned around and ordered, "Mizi, take care of it here. Mr. Yu and I will go out for a while."
"knew."
…
In the courtyard, Yu Mingyuan opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat, while Su Tianyu had to drive.
The two left the bungalow compound, and Su Tianyu took the initiative to ask, "Where are you going?"
"Go back to the company." Yu Mingyuan replied while holding the phone.
Su Tianyu nodded and drove towards Maolin Avenue.
On the way, Yu Mingyuan made several calls in succession and sat in silence on the passenger seat. Su Tianyu frowned and asked, "What did Tang Baiqing say?"
"He's waiting for us at the company gate." Yu Mingyuan looked at Su Tianyu with some annoyance and asked, "If you want to rob the goods, then rob them. Why did you detain the person as well?"
"Either they are trying to show their power, or someone from Zhang Hao's group has recognized the robbers." Su Tianyu thought for a moment and replied, "They are masked."
Yu Mingyuan nodded slowly, sighed and said, "Let's meet Tang Baiqing first."
Su Tianyu glanced at Yu Mingyuan and asked directly, "Brother Yuan, can he protect her?"
"Are you sure that it was the Code Gang that moved the goods?" Yu Mingyuan asked back.
"It's most likely them." Su Tianyu replied.
Yu Mingyuan: "Let's see what Tang Baiqing says."
"My family members have been detained. If it was done by the Code Gang, the people have to come back first, Brother Yuan." When Su Tianyu communicated with Yu Mingyuan, there was no hesitation or embarrassment at all.
Yu Mingyuan glanced at Su Tianyu and nodded slowly.
…
At around 11:30, Su Tianyu stopped the car in front of the office building of Mingyuan Trading Company, and Tang Baiqing opened the door and got in alone.
"Did you ask?"
"I asked, and the Code Gang said they had no idea." Tang Baiqing has been having bad luck recently. He looked particularly haggard and his complexion was very bad.
"Could it be a lie?" Yu Mingyuan asked again.
"The people from the wharf gang wouldn't lie to me." Tang Baiqing waved his hand and replied, "It could be someone on the road who did it, or it could be someone around the wharf who got greedy for money and did it without informing the higher-ups."
"Why are they detaining people if they want money?" Yu Mingyuan frowned and said, "A total of five people from the Su and Bai families have been detained. This is too much."
"I called Wei Xiangzuo, the chief of the Wharf Gang, and Xu Hu, the gang leader, and they said they were investigating." Tang Baiqing consoled him, "If the problem is around the port, we'll get the news sooner or later. Besides, only a few workers were detained, so there's no point in keeping them! I guess they have demands, so they'll talk sooner or later."
Yu Mingyuan was silent.
Tang Baiqing loosened his collar, took out his cigarette case and glanced at Su Tianyu who was driving the car, then said softly: "Xiao Su, get out of the car first. I have two words to say to Mr. Yu alone."
Su Tianyu was stunned for a moment, but without saying anything more, he pushed the door and walked down.
In the car, Tang Baiqing lit a cigarette, looked up at Yu Mingyuan and said, "Actually...someone from the Code Gang came to see me yesterday."
"What do I want to see you for?" Yu Mingyuan was a little surprised.
"They wanted to discuss the business of shipping goods at sea, but I was so overwhelmed by family matters recently that I didn't think too much about it at the time." Tang Baiqing took a puff of his cigarette: "What the code gang meant was that at the beginning they thought we were just doing short-term business and the volume was not large, so they accepted the goods at sea as a favor to me. But recently, our volume of goods has been increasing, and our management has become more and more standardized. We are operating completely in the way of long-term business, which makes them a little jealous."
"Go on."
"What the Code Gang means is that they want to join us and get a commission from the goods." Tang Baiqing added.
"How much?" Yu Mingyuan asked back.
"At least 20 percent." Tang Baiqing replied.
"Nonsense!!" Yu Mingyuan raised his eyebrows. "Now Su, Bai and Kong have already taken 30%, and you took another 30%. If I have to give Code Gang another 20, will this company still be profitable? Isn't this equivalent to doing charity?!"
Tang Baiqing was silent for a while, then lowered his voice and replied, "Mingyuan, if you make a living on the sea, you can't bypass the code gang. Each industry has its own way of doing things and rules. If you stretch your hands too far and make a lot of profit, then naturally someone will be jealous. You also know the situation of the code gang. They are similar to Changqing Company. They are both letter-headed organizations. Not only do they have a say on the ground, but they also have many of their own people in the Coast Guard and Customs. They can give me face, but they can also not give it. Do you understand what I mean?"
Yu Mingyuan paused for a while and said, "You mean, they were the ones who robbed the goods this time?"
"No, I didn't mean that." Tang Baiqing waved his hand: "I did ask Wei Xiangzuo and Xu Hu, but they both said they didn't ask anyone to do it. What I just told you was only discussed when they came to me yesterday."
Yu Mingyuan was silent.
"Actually, anyone can do this job. To be honest, the profits you gave to the three families of Su, Bai, and Kong are a bit too much." Tang Baiqing paused for a moment and said, "If you do this for a long time, you can't avoid the code gang, so you might as well give the job to them."
"you mean?"
"Just use whoever is useful." Tang Baiqing replied.
"Kick those three out, right?" Yu Mingyuan asked very bluntly.
"It would be better to do it this way." Tang Baiqing nodded.
Yu Mingyuan looked at Tang Baiqing deeply, thought for a long time and then replied: "Old Tang, are you sure that the people from the Code Gang didn't lie to you, right?"
"Fuck, you don't believe me?" Tang Baiqing said speechlessly, "How about I call Wei Xiangzuo and Xu Hu right now, and you listen in person?"
"That's not necessary."
"This may not be done by the wharf gang. It's possible that someone got jealous and hired someone to rob the cargo to extort some money." Tang Baiqing replied while smoking a cigarette: "The wharf is in chaos. Old Leizi and desperadoes are everywhere."
"Who will join and who will leave? We'll talk about this later." Yu Mingyuan turned around and said, "Let's find people and goods first."
"Okay, I'll urge the wharf gang." Tang Baiqing nodded and replied, "If it was really done by people around the Zhannan Wharf, we can definitely find out."
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Somewhere in Zhanan District, Zhang Hao and five others were pinned to the ground, covered in blood.
"Fuck, you dare to fight back, and you dare to report it? You are just tough! " A sturdy man stomped on Zhang Hao's head several times, then waved his hand and ordered, "Put them in a dog cage and put them in the pool."
A few minutes later, Zhang Hao and others were locked in a cramped dog cage, and then carried by several people and thrown into an artificial marine fish pond.
Zhang Hao's lower body was soaked in water, blood was pouring down his thighs, and his consciousness was blurred. He was supported by another worker and whispered softly: "I... I know who they are..."