The next morning, in the Yu family's suburban villa, Yu Mingyuan and his family were sitting at the dining table eating breakfast.
"Brother Yuan, we have agreed to go camping at Zhahu Reservoir next weekend. Would you like to come with us?" An Qiqi asked sweetly.
"I've been busy lately, so I won't go. You guys go ahead." Yu Mingyuan smiled and replied, "Have fun."
An Qiqi looked at Yu Mingyuan in a quirky way: "Brother, are you in a bad mood recently? What happened in the company?"
"Nothing, just busy." Yu Mingyuan didn't say much.
Seeing that the eldest brother seemed to be in a bad mood, everyone didn't say anything more. After breakfast, they all went about their own business.
After Yu Mingyuan finished his meal, he put down his bowl and chopsticks neatly and prepared to go out to work.
“Tramp!”
There were footsteps as Yu Jinrong, the father, came down from upstairs. He glanced at his son and asked, "Are you going to work?"
When Yu Mingyuan saw his father coming down, he immediately turned around and walked to the stairs, looking at him with his eyes and replied: "I'm just about to go to the company, Dad!"
Yu Jinrong went downstairs and walked towards the restaurant: "Is there a problem with the company?"
Yu Mingyuan was stunned for a moment, then immediately stood on the left and followed: "Yes, the goods were robbed, and several workers were also detained."
"The matter at the dock is a bit complicated. Can you handle it?" Yu Jinrong asked.
"No problem, Dad, I can do it." Yu Mingyuan respected his father very much, but he was still quite confident when he replied.
Yu Jinrong didn't ask any more questions after hearing this answer: "Don't be too tired. Things can't be done in one day. Take a proper rest."
"Hey." Yu Mingyuan nodded: "Then I'm going to work, Dad."
"Go ahead." Yu Jinrong bent down and sat at the dining table, replying with a faint smile.
Yu Mingyuan chatted with his father for a few words, and after seeing him start to eat, he turned and left.
The dilemma the company encountered was actually quite dangerous. If it was not handled properly, it might not only fail to win over the three companies of the dirty gang, but also offend the sea surface relations, leading to the collapse of the new business. But even so, Yu Mingyuan did not seem to be ready to ask his father for help.
After leaving home, Yu Mingyuan sat in the car and called Tang Baiqing: "I thought about it last night and decided to talk to the people from the Code Gang."
"Hey, you finally got it." Tang Baiqing immediately replied: "Okay, I'll make an appointment with Xu Hu, we'll meet in the evening, and then talk to them."
"Okay, that's it." Yu Mingyuan hung up the phone and drove to the company with an expressionless face.
…
In the Longqiao Import and Export Trading Company in Tianhong Mingang, Zhanan District, Wei Xiangzuo was sitting on a wooden chair, smoking a cigarette while talking with Xu Hu, the leader of the Zhanan Wharf Gang, and his younger brother Xu Er.
In fact, organizations like the Code Gang have existed since ancient times. The only difference is that different times have different ways of survival. When the world is peaceful, they are mostly unions, trading companies, groups, and civil groups, making money and surviving in a relatively low-key manner. In turbulent times, such organizations will appear more active and have a greater influence.
For example, before the 1930s, many import and export ports at home and abroad had a large number of companies that traded in private cars, parallel imported cars, and even smuggled contraband. The structure of these companies and groups is unclear, the channels are weird, the sales methods are also vague, and the water is deep. If nothing goes wrong, it's fine. Once something goes wrong, it's a large group with hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars involved, but they usually keep a low profile.
When the turbulent times come, such organizations will become more active and online. On the one hand, they want to make money together and ensure that their own interests are not infringed. On the other hand, they want to form a group and absolute influence, thus forming a monopoly in a certain industry. During this period, the corporate, group, and formal nature of this group will be reduced, and the gangster atmosphere will be heavier. Because the rules are chaotic, people should still be the focus.
The code gang in Longcheng is the latter. Since the infrastructure level here has not yet reached full modernization, many types of work and industries still rely on manpower to maintain operation. With more workers, various groups will be formed, and organizational structures will also be formed.
Longcheng is a port city, and the number of code workers is very large, far from comparable to the sanitation circle. But its internal structure is also relatively loose, and the gangster spirit is stronger. Longcheng's code workers have a general association, which is defined as a non-governmental organization. To put it bluntly, their duty is to deal with the government, and code workers in each district are members of the general association.
On the surface, the Code Workers Association is a legitimate and officially recognized non-governmental organization, but the distribution of territory under the table is even more naked and underworld. For example, the code gangs in Zhannan District often fight with the code gangs in Longkou District and Xinjie District because they are close to each other and have to compete for private goods channels and markets.
Su Tianbei said before that Wei Xiangzuo had disappeared for several years. It was said that he had caused a murder with someone in Longkou District, so he ran away.
The leaders of the code gangs in each district all have nicknames that are very popular in the underworld, such as Zuotang, Gangdai, etc., and these people have seniority in the code gangs. They have really worshipped their masters and recognized their masters and elder brothers. For example, Wei Xiangzuo and Xu Hu worshipped their masters from the General Association, so they are both of the Xiang generation. However, before Xu Hu started working in this industry, his name was already well-known, so when outsiders called him, few people called him Xu Xianghu.
…
In the center of the lobby of Longqiao Import and Export Trading Company, there is a two-meter-high statue of Guan Erye, and there is an incense burner in front of it. In short, it looks very social.
Xu Hu is the gang leader, in layman's terms, he is the top leader and big shot of the Zhannan District Code Gang, while Wei Xiangzuo is the one who sits on the rostrum, mainly responsible for various specific businesses under the table.
"Brother Wei, I have an appointment with Yu Mingyuan tonight, would you like to go with us?" Xu Hu invited.
"You can do whatever you want to talk about. I won't get involved." Wei Xiangzuo replied while smoking, "I'll just deal with what's available."
Xu Hu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll discuss it with him that night."
"Well, if he is willing to hand him over, you can help him get him out." Wei Xiangzuo suggested: "Just follow the rules."
"Okay." Xu Hu responded.
"Okay, I'll go first." After Wei Xiangzuo finished talking, he stood up and left.
…
noon.
Near Haiyankeng, Kong Zhenghui and Su Tianyu were sitting in the car. After waiting for about twenty minutes, a three-wheeled motorcycle drove over. The person riding the motorcycle was the shifty-eyed man that Kong Zhenghui had seen last night.
The man stopped his motorcycle, opened the door and got into Kong Zhenghui's car: "I asked around, but I didn't hear any news about seven speedboats."
Kong Zhenghui was unhappy when he heard this: "For 6,000 yuan, you only gave me this kind of news?!"
"I asked everyone I could, but no one had heard of the seven speedboats. I also asked friends outside the district, and they said that no one had gone into the water to collect the goods." The man with shifty eyes said softly, "That's all I can say."
Kong Zhenghui blinked his eyes and said, "Can you get more information, such as the news from the upper echelons of the Code Gang?"
"You have to pay more." The other party thought for a while and replied.
"Go, go, go, get out of here!" Kong Zhenghui waved his hand.
The man with shifty eyes also got angry, pushed open the car door and said, "I'm a very particular person. If you give me 6,000 yuan, I'll tell you there's no news. You'll make a profit."
After saying that, the man closed the door and left.
"Damn, this is a bit weird!" Kong Zhenghui looked at Su Tianyu and said, "This guy has been hanging around at the dock for a long time, but he can't get any information. What's going on? "
"No news is actually the biggest news." Su Tianyu interrupted and replied: "Since we can't find out anything, we might as well just be direct."
"How direct?"
"…!" Su Tianyu pondered for a while, took out his phone and dialed a number.