Chapter 231: The Reception

In the car, Su Tiannan asked on the phone: "What counts as special background?"

"Close interactions with Mofi government departments, holding positions in certain departments, obvious acts of supporting them - these all count as special background," Wang Daolin seemed very busy, speaking urgently. "Too many laborers are returning, and now with Zone One and Mofi's relationship so tense, the upper levels fear military spies might mix in, so citizenship checks are very strict. I can handle it, but need guarantees, understand?"

Su Tiannan understood his meaning: "Among these laborers, many were doing business there, dealing in goods - they definitely had contact with the other side."

"Then it can't be handled for now - can only wait for the wind to die down," Wang Daolin said directly. "Or have him spend money to find someone - naturally some will be willing to guarantee for him. Not much money, thirty to forty thousand - many gap-exploiters are doing this now."

"Hehe, alright, I understand, Uncle Wang."

"Mm, ask him, then call back."

"Alright."

With that, they ended the call and Su Tiannan sneered: "Life is hard!"

......

At the Chi Army base.

Company Commander Zhou looked at Zhao Weihu smiling: "Commander, whether you join Old Mo's side actually doesn't much affect our business. Because when selling goods to Xinaluo, the biggest buyer will definitely be Old Mo - if we're afraid of this, then business can't be done."

Zhao Weihu wiped his mouth with a napkin, still speaking very directly: "Just two conditions: First, allow me to delay some payments; second, try to deliver goods at ports on the Xinaluo side, otherwise receiving is too troublesome."

"The first is fine to discuss, but the second might be difficult, because the goods source is... the navy side at Tianhong Port - they need to make some profit too, hehe," Company Commander Zhou said with a bright smile.

"Then I can only receive goods outside the district," Zhao Weihu replied after thinking.

"Fine, if there are no other issues, I'll discuss with those above when I return, then we can talk details later, including goods prices and such."

"Mm, that's it." Zhao Weihu waved his big hand: "Stay here tonight. Little Guang, arrange good rooms for them."

"No, no," Company Commander Zhou stood up. "No need to trouble - we'll head back now."

"Haha," Zhao Weihu glanced at him. "True - with the situation so tense, for you as Wen Zhanbo's company commander to stay a night here, if word got out it could affect your career. Alright, I won't keep you - I'll have someone send you back."

Hearing this, Company Commander Zhou pulled Yu Mingyuan over to introduce: "This is Yu Mingyuan - you've met before. Next time for talks, I probably won't come - let them communicate with you, more convenient this way."

"Good," Zhao Weihu understood his meaning and immediately called his deputy: "Take down his contact information."

Thus, after just sharing a meal, both sides roughly settled the process, and everyone returned by car.

The reason they could communicate so smoothly was because the relationship between the garrison troops and Chi Army was quite familiar, with frequent previous contact - otherwise with strangers, Zhao Weihu might not have agreed so readily.

Since You Yifan found the Tongji Association, Yu Mingyuan's team's bad luck seemed to have run its course - everything progressed much more smoothly than before, settling relationships with several parties in just days.

After returning to Dragon City, Yu Mingyuan and Su Tianyu continued playing the role of lubricant, beginning to move between the garrison and navy, discussing profit distribution and future responsibility division.

This work was dirty and stinking, because whenever discussing money, face-reddening and neck-bulging were unavoidable and might even offend people, so You Yifan and Wen Zhanbo didn't show their faces, only having subordinates express positions to Yu Mingyuan and Su Tianyu, who then mediated between them.

Taking abuse from both sides, but for the association's prospects, they could only endure temporarily.

......

Ten straight days passed, and just as the navy and garrison sides were about to settle cooperation details, the Mofi official army finally formally announced externally that they had incorporated Zhao Weihu's Chi Army. Unexpectedly, this not particularly eye-catching military news triggered several huge cases that shocked all of Zone One and even the entire Omei continent.

This Friday evening, the head of the Materials Control Department under Zone One's Supervision Assembly had his birthday, and many Dragon City leaders attended his birthday party, including two Dragon City vice mayors and several main city council leaders.

What did this Materials Control Department do? It was actually a power department temporarily established by Zone One's General Supervision Assembly for smoothly implementing the previous No. 1 policy.

Simply put, it monitored whether Dragon City's various departments and functional units were being outwardly compliant but inwardly resistant, whether they were implementing policies - so it had extreme power and qualification to reach the emperor's ears.

This meant many Dragon City leaders were very polite to them, even somewhat fawning, because if they said you implemented, you implemented - if they said you were passively lazy, you were passively lazy.

Moreover, this Materials Control Department even had fucking arrest powers - if they discovered individuals or units still privately maintaining illegal trade relations with Xinaluo and Kasalo regions, they could directly detain and handle cases, taking people back to Zone One for interrogation, completely bypassing all Dragon City judicial departments.

This approach was unavoidable, because those white people in the Supervision Assembly also had sense. They understood very clearly that without giving the Materials Control Department an imperial sword, Dragon City's united Chinese power levels might not give them face - from district police patrol points to upper-level police bureaus were all their own people - how could you investigate anything?

For all these reasons, this Materials Control Department head's birthday party became much more grand - Dragon City's prominent political figures either came personally or specifically sent people to visit.

Among this group of social elites were also Jing Yan and Gu Baishun - the former specifically brought the latter to see the world, moving among political figures.

The Materials Control Department head was called Karl, a fat man in his forties. His previous background was ordinary, but his family was core to Zone One's Republican Party, so when he reached the age, positions naturally came.

In the second floor reception room, while Karl was drinking with people, he was suddenly called to the office by his secretary.

"Mr. Karl, this is a document just sent from Military Intelligence Section Seven," the secretary said softly.

Karl frowned as he picked up the document, roughly scanning it before suddenly cursing: "Damn stupid fools, still deceiving us!"

......

Downstairs.

Jing Yan sat on the sofa, softly asking his follower: "That side is settled?"

"Mm, heard under Yu Mingyuan's work, the garrison and navy have finished talks," the follower said quietly. "Seems they're preparing to do it."

Jing Yan held his wine glass, saying softly: "Why is this Yu Mingyuan everywhere! His father's gone but he's still not behaving!"