Inside the municipal building.
Li Mingsheng sat on the sofa, drinking tea and asked, "How many coast guard members did we injure?"
"Two were seriously injured, and two were slightly injured." Su Tianyu replied truthfully: "A few of my friends who went with me were also injured."
"Superintendent Zha Nanhai will be your team member in the future." Li Mingsheng reminded him briefly, "You must settle your people well."
"Yes, in addition to the compensation given by the company, I will also pay some money." Su Tianyu nodded heavily.
Li Mingsheng frowned and said, "Tell me what you know."
Su Tianyu organized his words and reported in the shortest possible words: "According to the captured traffickers, all abducted people will be sent to a place called Island No. 7. This place was invested and built by Huihong Pharmaceutical, Baolong Group, and the foreman of a military enterprise in District 1. We don't know what is going on there yet."
Li Mingsheng was slightly surprised when he heard what Su Tianyu said: "They are making it so big?"
"Yes." Su Tianyu lowered his voice: "I guess it has something to do with the military project."
Li Mingsheng rubbed his palms and fell into deep thought.
Su Tianyu looked at Lao Li's expression and seemed to be able to guess what he was thinking: "Leader, I am afraid of a problem now."
"You say." Li Mingsheng asked.
"If the project on this island cannot be made public, or if once made public it will infringe upon the interests of the entire region and damage the image of the region, then if we investigate further, won't you be under too much pressure?" Su Tianyu asked incisively.
Li Mingsheng raised his eyebrows and fell silent. He had completely understood the underlying meaning of Su Tianyu's words. As far as the current political environment in District 1 is concerned, there is indeed a fierce internal struggle for power between the Republican Party and the Civil Affairs Party, but this is limited to internal conflicts. In terms of the general direction and pattern, they are both the ruling parties in District 1, so naturally they have a common position on the interests of the district.
In other words, if Su Tianyu continues to investigate and luckily pokes this hornet's nest, will the Civil Affairs Department continue to support Li Mingsheng?
If the higher-ups think that Li Mingsheng's secret actions have damaged the region's image and interests, then there will be trouble.
Currently, Lao Li is in charge of Longcheng. Although his foundation is weak, he can deal with the Regulatory Commission and its upper-level parties with ease. His biggest reliance is the Civil Affairs Bureau, so once the upper level does not support him, he will be in trouble in minutes.
Su Tianyu's perspective on the problem was very thorough. Not only did he bring back important news, he also considered in advance the problems that Lao Li needed to face.
Li Mingsheng was sitting on the sofa, and suddenly turned his head and asked, "Are you saying that this Island No. 7 was built for a certain area or a certain group of people?"
Su Tianyu was stunned when he heard this, and felt that Li Mingsheng had raised the question to a higher level in an instant: "This...!"
"I didn't ask you to make a judgment, I just asked you to tell me your guess." Li Mingsheng waved his hand and added: "You can talk freely."
Su Tianyu licked his lips and said, "Among all the abducted people, there are no white people. We Chinese account for 60%."
When Li Mingsheng heard this, his face became even gloomier.
Su Tianyu didn't say much, just stared at Lao Li, waiting for his instructions.
"Wait a moment, I'll make a phone call." After thinking for a long time, Li Mingsheng sat up with the help of his legs, turned around and ran towards the office.
…
In the Laomo area, near a coastal port.
Bald Lao Fei sat in the carriage, his body leaning against the cold wall, his eyes closed, as if he had completely laid down, ready to be slaughtered.
“Squeak!”
There was a teeth-grinding sound, and the door of the truck was pulled open from the outside, allowing the bright and hot sunlight outside to shine into the car.
The abducted people in the car had not seen the sun for a long time. When the sunlight came in, they even raised their arms in panic and covered their faces with them.
"Line up and get your meal!" A man with a Middle Eastern appearance shouted outside the door in both English and Chinese.
After hearing the shouting, everyone in the carriage immediately squatted in a row and waited for food supplies.
At the end of the queue, Fei Pingsheng looked outside the carriage expressionlessly and saw that the meals provided were surprisingly rich, even including steak and nutritionally balanced vegetables.
"Fuck, the food is better than the Governor's." Fei Pingsheng felt a little strange.
"Food is God's gift. You must eat it all. Whoever leaves any will be punished." The manager outside the door shouted with a ferocious look.
After receiving their meals, everyone sat in the carriage and started eating.
Fei Pingsheng also received one. He chose a clean place at the door of the carriage, sat down, lowered his head and began to eat with big mouthfuls.
Outside the carriage, two men were supervising everyone's meal while smoking and chatting. Next to them was a young man who did not communicate with anyone but just kept swiping his phone with a frown on his face.
After a while, the young man who was playing with his phone suddenly yelled angrily, "Fuck you! Who said there was inside information? Damn, I went in with 3.3 yuan, and in four days I was down to 2.5 yuan!"
“Haha!” The smoking man grinned, “You are truly a philanthropic financier…!”
"Get out!" the young man cursed irritably, and lit another cigarette with an extremely ugly expression.
"Don't worry, we'll have a drink with you once we get on board!"
"Damn, drink DDT." The young man who was browsing his phone replied with a sneer.
Fei Pingsheng chewed the beef in big mouthfuls and glanced outside the carriage with his peripheral vision. He could roughly see that there should be a dock nearby.
…
Inside the mayor's office.
While Su Tianyu was sitting on the sofa waiting, he could vaguely hear Li Mingsheng arguing with someone on the phone in the lounge, using very harsh words.
After waiting for more than twenty minutes, Li Mingsheng finally came out with his cell phone in his hand, his face showing no emotion.
When Su Tianyu saw Li Mingsheng coming out, he immediately poured him a cup of tea: "Drink some water, leader!"
Li Mingsheng bent down and sat down, pointed at Su Tianyu and said, "The higher-ups will also investigate, go back and wait for the news, if nothing unexpected happens, we will still pursue him."
"Then let me prepare here?" Su Tianyu asked tentatively.
"If Wang Zhen calls and asks for a hostage exchange, then I will give you the right to ask Wang Xiong to leave the city." Li Mingsheng's brows were filled with anger: "But you can ask for it, but you must not throw this bastard away! I must kill him in Longcheng!!"
"Yes!" Su Tianyu nodded.
"Wait for Ouyang Zhen to give me news."
"good!"
The other end.
After having lunch with the old man at home at noon, the eldest brother Su Tiannan left and drove away from Longcheng alone.