Chapter 37: Sitting Hall, Wei Xiangzuo

As soon as the gun came out, Su Tianyu immediately stepped forward, waving his hand and shouting: "Second Brother, Brother Kong, don't move!"

Su Tianbei, Kong Zhenghui, and the others looked at the man holding the gun, their bodies not moving, but their eyes fixed on him.

"You're not convinced, huh?" The young man with the gun pointed at Su Tianbei's head, frowning as he shouted: "Stab him!"

As he spoke, two men stepped forward, gripping their knives and about to start stabbing.

Su Tianyu stepped forward and grabbed his Second Brother's arm, using half his body to shield him as he said: "Brother, we didn't cross the line. We thought the higher-ups had arranged everything with the coastal protection, that's why we came in. It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."

The crew-cut man called Wei Xiangzuo, who had taken down three people with a kick, a knee, and an elbow, turned to the man with the gun and instructed: "They're just a bunch of little brats who've just surfaced. Don't give them a hard time."

Hearing this, the young man shouted again: "Everyone squat down!"

The group hesitated, and Su Tianyu immediately shouted: "Quickly, everyone squat down."

Kong Zhenghui glanced at Su Tianyu, then took the lead in squatting down with his hands on his head next to the truck. Seeing that even he wasn't resisting, the others followed suit, squatting in a row.

In fact, Su Tianyu's decision to de-escalate was the wisest choice, because the scope of work for this business was designed very clearly. The Su, Bai, and Kong families were responsible for receiving, transporting, and distributing goods, not for handling relationships or paving the way.

The fact that this batch of goods was intercepted as soon as it reached the beach, was that a coincidence? It showed that these people in front of them had been watching them for a long time and came with a clear purpose. If the coastal relationships hadn't been established, that was Yu Mingyuan's responsibility, and he should be the one to come out and resolve it, not the Su, Bai, and Kong families who were acting as couriers.

In doing things, the most important thing is to understand one's role and position. Take on as much as you're capable of, and being overly aggressive might end up harming oneself and others.

After the group squatted down, Wei Xiangzuo didn't give them a hard time, and didn't even bother to talk to them. Only the young man with the gun told everyone to contact their boss behind the scenes.

Su Tianyu immediately complied and called Yu Mingyuan.

After contacting the higher-ups, all that was left for everyone was to wait. Su Tianbei and Bai Hongbo asked Tianyu several times: "What did the higher-ups say? Can this be resolved?"

"Boss Yu is making contacts. Let's wait," Su Tianyu replied softly, then lowered his head and asked the two: "I just heard that person is some kind of dock gang sitting hall master. What does that mean?"

"It means exactly what it sounds like. They operate in the Zha'nan docks, but I heard that Wei Xiangzuo had disappeared for several years. Don't know when he came back," Su Tianbei replied.

Su Tianyu nodded and said no more.

After waiting for about half an hour, a car drove up from the southern road and slowly stopped to the right of Wei Xiangzuo's vehicles.

The car door opened, and Tang Baiqing from the Maritime Police got out with a smile: "Oh, Brother Wei, long time no see!"

Wei Xiangzuo also got out of his car: "What's the situation, Baiqing?"

"A friend's company needed to transport some goods, so I found some dirty gang brothers to help out. Oh, there have been so many messy things in the team these days, I forgot to give you a heads up," Tang Baiqing said very politely to him. "I'm sorry, Brother Wei, have a cigarette!"

"The brothers keeping watch called me, saying there were people pulling lines and receiving ships at Haiyan Pit," Wei Xiangzuo said, holding a cigarette for Tang Baiqing to light, then exhaled a thick cloud of smoke and said with a light laugh: "I was wondering which group had come to grab a meal. Didn't expect it was your friend."

"We're all one family. I'm sorry, I didn't understand the rules in this matter."

"Long-distance or short-line?" Wei Xiangzuo asked, squinting his eyes.

"It's like this..." Tang Baiqing pulled Wei Xiangzuo to the side of the car and began to talk with him privately.

Su Tianyu, squatting at the other end of the car, couldn't see the two and couldn't hear their conversation.

After about three to five minutes, Wei Xiangzuo waved his hand at Tang Baiqing and said: "Alright, that's settled then. We'll be leaving first."

"Alright, Brother Wei. I'll treat you in the next couple of days!"

"Hehe, no need," Wei Xiangzuo waved his hand and left with his brothers.

Tang Baiqing turned back and immediately called out: "Come on, quickly move the goods away, hurry!"

Su Tianyu was responsible for receiving and delivering the goods, so after seeing Wei Xiangzuo and his people leave, he immediately approached and asked: "Everything's okay now, right?"

Tang Baiqing resumed his lazy demeanor, yawning as he replied: "Damn it, they just wanted to come and make a point, remind us. It's fine, I've known them for a long time. Everything will be as usual from now on."

"That's good then," Su Tianyu nodded.

After the small, thrilling incident ended without mishap, everyone immediately drove away from the scene.

Around five in the morning, when everyone returned to the garbage yard, Yu Mingyuan's car had also arrived. Tang Baiqing and Su Tianyu both got into his car.

"No problems with the dock gang?" Yu Mingyuan asked directly.

"No problem, hehe!" Tang Baiqing loosened his collar. "It's all been settled."

Yu Mingyuan paused, then took out 50,000 yuan from his bag and threw it beside Tang Baiqing: "Take this money and use it to grease the palms of the little ghosts."

"Oh, no need!" Tang Baiqing didn't even look at the 50,000 yuan, just replied domineeringly: "I'm maritime police, specifically for dealing with the dock gang. If I actively pay tribute to them, how can I continue to operate in the future?"

"You really don't need it?" Yu Mingyuan looked at him and asked.

"No need. I'll just get together with those dock gang people later," Tang Baiqing looked down at his watch. "Alright, it's late. I'm heading back."

Yu Mingyuan looked at him and joked: "Live a healthier life, will you? Stop injecting that stuff."

"Life is dull, just looking for some fun," Tang Baiqing casually replied, pushed open the door, got out of the car, and left the garbage yard.

"All the goods accounted for?" Yu Mingyuan looked at Su Tianyu and asked.

"Yes, all accounted for."

"...!" Yu Mingyuan thought for a moment, then took out his handbag again and pulled out three more bundles of cash. He handed them to Su Tianyu, saying: "The profit from this batch of goods is about 270,000. As agreed before, your three families each get 10% as a starting share. Here's 85,000, take it and distribute it to everyone. The remaining change is for you."

"The goods haven't been distributed yet, and we're already dividing the money?" Su Tianyu asked with a smile.

"They've landed. This small amount of goods will be distributed in no time. Linda will give you the address later, you just need to deliver them there," Yu Mingyuan replied.

Su Tianyu looked at the full 85,000 in cash, his gaze slightly dazed, while also taking this industry more seriously in his heart.

In less than six or seven hours, there was a profit of over 80,000. How was this any different from printing money?

"In the future, there will be dedicated accountants to reconcile with you. This time, let's just do it this way," Yu Mingyuan added.

"Okay," Su Tianyu nodded and got out of the car. "Take care, Big Brother!"

"Hehe," Yu Mingyuan smiled and drove away.

Su Tianyu held the cash and called out: "Second Brother, distribute the money to everyone."

Su Tianbei took the money and began to pay wages to everyone.

Kong Zhenghui walked over and stood beside Su Tianyu, saying: "This business is really fucking profitable!"

Su Tianyu glanced at him: "Don't you think... tonight's events were a bit strange?"

"How so?" Kong Zhenghui was taken aback.

"The goods hadn't been on the beach for five minutes before people came. It seems the dock gang's information is even more accurate than customs," Su Tianyu turned his head to look around and added in a low voice: "...Our location was so hidden, and it was surrounded by open space. I'm just wondering, how did they spot us?"

Kong Zhenghui blinked, his expression also becoming strange.