Chapter 56: Next Year's Application Direction

The goods were retrieved, Zhang Hao and the others were rescued, the dock gang's Xu Hu had his face slapped, Yu Mingyuan had slapped Tang Baiqing, and in the end, Mingyuan Company hadn't paid any economic price.

On the surface, Yu Mingyuan had led everyone to a complete victory in this power struggle, and had also vented the necessary anger. But looking from a future perspective, Mingyuan Trading Company was actually facing a situation where there was no business to be done.

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Two days later.

Su Tianyu had arranged for the brothers injured in this incident, organized people to distribute the retrieved goods, and dealt with the aftermath before he finally went to the company.

In the office, Yu Mingyuan, wearing a white shirt, sat on the sofa, smoking heavily.

"Brother Yuan!" Su Tianyu walked in, greeted Yu Mingyuan, and then sat down beside him: "Everything that needed to be done, I've finished."

Yu Mingyuan nodded: "As long as it's all arranged properly."

Su Tianyu looked at Yu Mingyuan but didn't take the initiative to discuss the company's current situation, because the other was the boss. Since he had made a choice, the direction should be in his hands.

Sure enough, after taking a couple of drags on his cigarette, Yu Mingyuan turned to look at Su Tianyu and said: "Having offended the dock gang and the port connections, it will be difficult to import goods from now on."

"Yes," Su Tianyu nodded in agreement.

"Do you have any good insights?" Yu Mingyuan asked.

"We need to find new connections to come in and re-establish the interest chain," Su Tianyu replied, cupping his chin. "The dock gang and port connections will definitely seek revenge, but we can't be hasty. We need to sort things out before deciding how to counterattack."

"Do you have any specific ideas?" Yu Mingyuan asked.

"I'm thinking, but it's not fully formed yet," Su Tianyu replied softly. "We should walk on two legs, on one hand making connections, on the other hand thinking of countermeasures."

"Doesn't Wang Daolin have any customs connections? If he can help establish new channels, I don't mind giving him a share," Yu Mingyuan said.

"My Second Uncle will go talk to him about that side. They're war comrades, easy to talk to," Su Tianyu replied. "After they've talked, I'll give you an update."

"Mm!"

Yu Mingyuan suddenly stood up and walked to his desk, pulled open a drawer, took out some documents, and placed them on the table in front of Su Tianyu, saying: "Take a look at these."

Su Tianyu picked up the documents and skimmed through them, seeing that they were lists of conditions for applying for customs civil service positions and related course materials.

"What does this mean?" Su Tianyu looked up and asked.

"When you apply for civil service next year, choose the customs industry, preferably maritime police or anti-smuggling departments," Yu Mingyuan bent down to sit, picking up his teacup and saying: "I'll help you work it out when the time comes."

Su Tianyu asked with a bewildered look: "Is this... asking me to infiltrate the enemy?"

"Damn it, relying on yourself is better than relying on anyone else," Yu Mingyuan said frankly. "This business won't be short-term. Having our own person at the official level will make things much more convenient. You want to take the civil service exam anyway, so just choose this."

"Shouldn't this matter be discussed with me first?" Su Tianyu asked.

"If you go take the exam, I'll spend money to cultivate you, encourage you, and work things out for you; if you don't go, I couldn't care less which department you end up in," Yu Mingyuan said very pragmatically.

Su Tianyu looked at the documents and immediately started to backpedal: "Dragon City is a port city, the customs department has real power, and the promotion channels are quite broad. It's actually not a bad choice!"

"It's more than just not bad!" Yu Mingyuan continued: "Currently, out of Dragon City's four district chiefs, seven or eight main department leaders of special zones, and the current mayor, all came from customs. Seventy percent of this city's economy relies on seaport trade. On a larger scale, the customs department is a place to quickly accumulate achievements and experience; on a smaller scale, it's a place full of benefits. If you do well, you can fucking become the sea king!"

"Alright, for the sake of this sea king, I'll study it," Su Tianyu agreed with a smile.

Yu Mingyuan grinned and looked at his watch, saying: "Come on, follow me out for a bit, we're going to meet someone."

"Who are we meeting?" Su Tianyu asked.

"You'll know when we get there," Yu Mingyuan stood up and called out: "Let's go."

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Inside Tianhong Port.

Tang Baiqing, sweating profusely, drove his car hurriedly to an entertainment center of the dock gang.

In the lobby, a manager who was chatting with the receptionist saw Tang Baiqing walk in, sweating all over and pale-faced, and immediately went up to greet him: "What's wrong, Brother Tang?"

Tang Baiqing, breathing heavily, frowned and replied: "Get me some, quick!"

"Come, come, quickly into the private room!" The manager immediately understood his meaning and led him to the second floor, into a private room with a hidden door, then took out needles, rubber tubes, and other equipment from a cabinet.

Two minutes later, Tang Baiqing lay on the sofa, his face ruddy and refreshed: "Call... call a woman over."

"Right away," the manager smiled and walked out, pushing the door closed.

Tang Baiqing curled up on the sofa, just about to relax for a moment when his phone rang.

"Hello? Dad!"

Seeing the caller ID, Tang Baiqing immediately sat up straight and answered the call.

"Where are you?" his father asked.

"I'm at the unit!" Tang Baiqing replied.

"...You've fallen out with the Yu family?" Tang's father asked in a cold voice.

Tang Baiqing rubbed his head and replied, looking down: "Dad, it's not that I fell out with them, it's that the Yu family didn't take us seriously at all. The dock gang saw that Yu Mingyuan's business was getting bigger and bigger, and they weren't happy about it, so they wanted a share. I tried to mediate in the middle, but who knew Yu Mingyuan would turn on me!"

"...How many times have I told you? Although the dock gang and customs units have a fish and water relationship, your identities are different! You're a civil servant, you should stay back when things happen, especially in ground-level conflicts. You shouldn't have gone down there to fight with them yourself," Tang's father scolded, very irritated. "In this matter, you should have been able to play the good guy, but now not only have you fallen out with the Yu family, you've also put yourself in a position where you have no choice but to help the dock workers. You really have a pig brain!"

Hearing his father's scolding, Tang Baiqing didn't dare to talk back.

Recently, Tang Baiqing's life had been extremely unlucky. For the previous case, the Tang family had spent who knows how much money and used how many connections to suppress the matter. Now, after all this back and forth, they had fallen out with the Yu family. In short, in the past few months, not a single thing had gone smoothly for Tang Baiqing, and his mood was very depressed.

On the phone, Tang's father's scolding was incessant. Tang Baiqing loosened his collar, and his mood, which had just relaxed, began to become irritable again. He was so angry that he immediately gave himself another injection.

......

In a Chinese restaurant in Zha'nan District.

After ordering food in the private room, Su Tianyu asked Yu Mingyuan in a low voice: "Who is it exactly? Do I know them?"

"Bang!"

Just as he finished speaking, a man walked in. When Su Tianyu saw him, he said in surprise in a low voice: "Damn, you arranged to meet him?!"