Late at night, around 11:30, an off-road vehicle stopped in the warehouse yard near Haiyankeng. Yu Mingyuan got off alone and walked into the room with a frown.
In the living room of the main house, a group of workers were changing clothes wet by seawater, while Su Tianyu was standing at the door, having just finished a phone call with Kong Zhenghui.
"The goods are gone, and the people are gone too?" Yu Mingyuan asked bluntly after entering the house.
"Well, the other party robbed the goods at sea, and all the people on Zhang Hao's ship were taken away." Su Tianyu introduced the situation to the other party again: "There are six speedboats on the opposite side, more than 30 people, holding spear guns and long forks in their hands, all masked."
"When will Bai Hongbo and Kong Zhenghui arrive?" Yu Mingyuan paused and asked.
"They are coming, and my family is also rushing here."
"Okay, then you follow me." Yu Mingyuan nodded.
"Okay!" Su Tianyu turned around and said, "Mizi, you take care of it here. I'll go out with President Yu."
"Got it."
...
In the courtyard, Yu Mingyuan opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat, and Su Tianyu had to drive.
The two left the bungalow courtyard, and Su Tianyu took the initiative to ask, "Where are you going?"
"Back to the company." Yu Mingyuan replied with the phone.
Su Tianyu nodded and drove to Maolin Avenue.
On the way, Yu Mingyuan made several calls in succession, and then sat in silence on the co-pilot seat. Su Tianyu frowned and asked, "What did Tang Baiqing say?"
"He's waiting for us at the company gate." Yu Mingyuan looked at Su Tianyu with some annoyance and asked, "Why did they detain the people?"
"Either they were trying to show off their power, or someone from Zhang Hao's group recognized the robbers." Su Tianyu thought for a moment and replied, "They are masked."
Yu Mingyuan nodded slowly, sighed, and said, "Let's talk about it after we meet Tang Baiqing."
Su Tianyu glanced at Yu Mingyuan and asked very directly, "Brother Yuan, can he cover it up?"
"Are you sure that the code gang is the one who moved the goods?" Yu Mingyuan asked back.
"It's very likely them." Su Tianyu replied.
Yu Mingyuan: "Let's see what Tang Baiqing says."
"My family has been detained. If it was done by the Code Gang, they have to come back first, Brother Yuan." Su Tianyu was not at all tentative or embarrassed when communicating with Yu Mingyuan.
Yu Mingyuan glanced at Su Tianyu and nodded slowly.
...
At about 11:30, in front of the office building of Mingyuan Trading Company, Su Tianyu stopped the car, and then Tang Baiqing pulled the door and sat up alone.
"Did you ask?"
"I asked, and the Code Gang said they didn't know." Tang Baiqing has been having a hard time recently. He looks particularly haggard and in a bad mood.
"Will he be lying?" Yu Mingyuan asked again.
"The people of the Code Gang should not lie to me." Tang Baiqing waved his hand and replied: "It may be done by people on the road, or it may be that someone around the dock was greedy for money and did it without saying hello to the higher-ups."
"Why would they detain people if they want money?" Yu Mingyuan frowned and said: "A total of five people from the Su and Bai families were detained. This is too much."
"I called Wei Xiangzuo, the chief of the Code Gang, and Xu Hu, the gang leader, and they said they were investigating." Tang Baiqing comforted him: "If the problem lies around the port, we will get the news sooner or later. Besides, only a few workers were detained. It's useless for the other party to keep them! I guess there are demands, and they will talk sooner or later."
Yu Mingyuan was silent.
Tang Baiqing loosened his collar, took out his cigarette case and glanced at Su Tianyu who was driving the car, then said softly: "Xiao Su, get off first, I have two words to say to Mr. Yu alone."
Su Tianyu was stunned for a moment, and without saying anything more, he pushed the door and walked down.
In the car, Tang Baiqing lit a cigarette, looked up at Yu Mingyuan and said: "Actually... the people from the Code Gang came to see me yesterday."
"Why did they come to see you?" Yu Mingyuan was a little surprised.
"They wanted to talk about the business of shipping goods at sea, but I was so overwhelmed by family matters recently that I didn't think too much about it at the time." Tang Baiqing took a puff of cigarette: "The code gang meant that they thought we were just doing short-term business at the beginning, and the volume was not large, so they took advantage of the sea trade to give me face. But recently, our volume of goods has been increasing, and the management has become more and more standardized. We are operating completely in the way of long-term business, which makes them a little jealous."
"Go on."
"The code gang means that they want to join the partnership and take a commission from the goods." Tang Baiqing added.
"How much?" Yu Mingyuan asked back.
"At least 20%." Tang Baiqing replied.
"Nonsense?!" Yu Mingyuan raised his eyebrows: "Now the three families of Su, Bai and Kong have already taken 30%, and then you take another 30%. If I give another 20 to Code Gang, will this company still make a profit? Isn't it the same as doing charity?!"
Tang Baiqing was silent for a while, and replied in a low voice: "Mingyuan, you eat at sea, so you can't bypass the Code Gang. Each industry has its own way of playing and rules. You stretch your hands too far, and make a lot of profit, so naturally someone will be jealous. You also know the situation of the Code Gang. They are similar to Changqing Company. They are all head organizations. They not only have a say on the ground, but also have many of their own people in the Coast Guard and Customs. They can give me face, but they can also not sell it. Do you understand what I mean?"
Yu Mingyuan paused for a while: "You mean, they did the robbery this time?"
"No, I didn't mean that." Tang Baiqing waved his hand: "I did ask Wei Xiangzuo and Xu Hu, but they both said they didn't ask anyone to do this. What I just told you was just what they talked about when they came to me yesterday."
Yu Mingyuan was silent.
"Actually, anyone can do this job. To be honest, you gave too much profit to the three families of Su, Bai, and Kong." Tang Baiqing paused for a moment and said, "If you do it for a long time, you can't get around the code gang, so you might as well give the job to them."
"What do you mean?"
"Use whoever is useful." Tang Baiqing replied.
"Kick those three out, right?" Yu Mingyuan asked very bluntly.
"It would be better to do it this way." Tang Baiqing nodded.
Yu Mingyuan looked at Tang Baiqing deeply, and after thinking for a long time, he replied: "Old Tang, are you sure that the people from the code gang didn't lie to you, right?"
"Fuck, you don't believe me?" Tang Baiqing replied speechlessly: "How about I call Wei Xiangzuo and Xu Hu now, and you listen in person?"
"No need for that."
"This may not be done by the code gang. It may be that someone is jealous and hired someone to rob the goods to extort some money." Tang Baiqing replied while smoking: "The dock is very chaotic, Lao Leizi, desperate people are everywhere."
"Whoever joins will be eliminated, we will talk about this later." Yu Mingyuan turned his head and replied: "Let's find people and goods first."
"Okay, I'll urge the code gang." Tang Baiqing nodded and replied: "If it was really done by people around Zhanan Dock, we can definitely find out."
...
Somewhere in Zhanan District, Zhang Hao and five others were pressed to the ground, covered in blood.
"Fuck, you dare to fight back, and you dare to report it? You are so tough! " A strong man stepped on Zhang Hao's head several times, and immediately waved his hand and ordered: "Put them in a dog cage and soak them in the pool."
A few minutes later, Zhang Hao and others were locked in a narrow dog cage, and then they were carried by several people and thrown into the artificial sea fish pool.
Zhang Hao's lower body was soaked in water, his thighs were bleeding, and his whole consciousness was blurred. He was supported by another worker and whispered: "I... I know who they are..."