The next morning, in the Yu family's suburban villa, Yu Mingyuan and his family were sitting at the dining table eating breakfast.
"Brother Yuan, we have an appointment to go camping at Zhahu Reservoir next weekend. Do you want to go?" An Qiqi asked sweetly.
"I have a lot of things to do recently, so I won't go. You guys go." Yu Mingyuan smiled and replied, "Have fun."
An Qiqi looked at Yu Mingyuan in a quirky way: "Brother, are you in a bad mood recently? What happened to the company?"
"Nothing, just busy." Yu Mingyuan didn't say much.
Seeing that the eldest brother seemed to be in a bad mood, everyone didn't say anything more. After breakfast, they went about their own business.
After Yu Mingyuan finished eating, he put down his bowl and chopsticks neatly and prepared to go out to work.
"Tap tap!"
Footsteps sounded, and father Yu Jinrong came down from upstairs. He glanced at his son and asked, "Are you going to work?"
Yu Mingyuan saw his father coming down, and immediately turned around and walked to the stairs. He looked at him and replied, "I was just about to go to the company, Dad!"
Yu Jinrong went downstairs and walked towards the restaurant: "Is there a problem with the company?"
Yu Mingyuan was stunned for a moment, and immediately stood on the left and followed him: "Yes, the goods were robbed, and several workers were also detained."
"The matter at the dock is a bit complicated, can you handle it?" Yu Jinrong asked.
"No problem, Dad, I can do it." Yu Mingyuan respected his father very much, but he was still quite confident when he answered.
Yu Jinrong didn't ask any more questions after hearing this answer: "Don't be too tired, things are not done in one day, take a proper rest."
"Hey." Yu Mingyuan nodded: "Then I'm going to work, Dad."
"Go." Yu Jinrong bent down and sat at the dining table, smiling lightly and replied.
Yu Mingyuan chatted with his father for a while, and when he saw him start eating, he turned around and left.
The dilemma encountered by the company is actually quite dangerous. If it is not handled properly, it may not be able to win over the three companies of the dirty gang, and it may also offend the relationship on the sea, causing the new business to collapse. But even so, Yu Mingyuan does not seem to be ready to ask his father for help.
After leaving home, Yu Mingyuan sat in the car and called Tang Baiqing: "I thought about it last night, and I decided to talk to the people of the code gang."
"Hey, you finally got it." Tang Baiqing immediately replied: "Okay, I'll make an appointment with Xu Hu, we'll meet in the evening, and then talk to them."
"Okay, that's it." Yu Mingyuan hung up the phone and drove to the company expressionlessly.
...
In the Longqiao Import and Export Trading Company, Tianhong Min Port, Zhannan District, Wei Xiangzuo was sitting on a wooden chair, smoking a cigarette while talking to Xu Hu, the leader of the Zhannan Code Gang, and his younger brother Xu Er.
In fact, organizations like the Code Gang have existed since ancient times. The only difference is that different times have different ways of survival. When the world is peaceful, they are mostly unions, trade companies, groups, and civil groups, making money and surviving in a relatively low-key manner. In turbulent times, such organizations will appear more active and have a greater influence.
For example, before the era, many import and export ports at home and abroad had a large number of companies that traded private cars, parallel imported cars, and even smuggled contraband. The structure of these companies and groups is unclear, the channels are weird, the sales methods are also vague, and the water is deep. If nothing goes wrong, it's fine. Once something goes wrong, it's a large group with hundreds of millions or billions of dollars involved, but it's usually very low-key.
When it comes to turbulent times, such organizations will become more active and online. One is to make money together and ensure that their own interests are not infringed. The other is to form a group and absolute influence, thereby forming a monopoly in a certain industry. During this period, the company, group, and formality of this group will be reduced, and the Jianghu spirit will be heavier. Because the rules are chaotic, it is still necessary to be people-oriented.
The code gangs in Longcheng are the latter. Since the infrastructure level here has not yet reached full modernization, many types of work and industries still rely on manpower to maintain operation. With more workers, various groups will be formed, and the organizational structure will also be formed.
Longcheng is a port city, and the number of code gang workers is very large, far from comparable to the organizations in the sanitation circle. But its internal structure is also relatively loose, and the gangster spirit is heavier. The code gangs in Longcheng have a general association of code workers, which is defined as a non-governmental organization. To put it bluntly, the responsibility is to deal with the government, and the code gangs in various districts are members of the general association.
On the surface, the general association of code workers is reasonable and legal, and it is considered an officially recognized non-governmental organization, but the distribution of territory under the table is more naked and gangster. For example, the code gangs in Zhannan District often fight with the code gangs in Longkou District and Xinjie District. Because they are close, they have to compete for private goods channels and markets.
Su Tianbei said before that Wei Xiangzuo disappeared for several years. It is said that he seemed to have caused a death with people in Longkou District, so he ran away.
The leaders of the code gangs in each district have very underworld nicknames, such as sitting in the hall, helping the leader, and so on. Moreover, these people have seniority in the code gangs. They have really worshipped their masters and recognized their masters and elder brothers. For example, Wei Xiangzuo and Xu Hu worshipped the masters of the General Association, so they are both of the Xiang generation. However, before Xu Hu started this business, his name was already well-known, so when outsiders call him, few people call him Xu Xianghu.
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In the center of the hall of Longqiao Import and Export Trading Company, there is a two-meter-high statue of Guan Erye, and there is an incense burner in front of it. In short, it looks very social.
Xu Hu is the leader, or in layman's terms, the top leader of the Zhannan District Code Gang, and Wei Xiangzuo is the sitting hall, mainly responsible for various specific businesses under the table.
"Brother Wei, I have an appointment with Yu Mingyuan tonight. Do you want to go together?" Xu Hu invited.
"You can do what you want to talk about. I won't get involved." Wei Xiangzuo replied while smoking, "I'll just deal with what's available."
Xu Hu smiled, "Okay, I'll discuss it with him tonight."
"Well, if he's willing to hand over, you can help him get the person out." Wei Xiangzuo made a suggestion, "Just follow the rules."
"Okay." Xu Hu responded.
"Okay, I'll leave first." Wei Xiangzuo finished talking and got up to leave.
...
At noon.
Near Haiyankeng, Kong Zhenghui and Su Tianyu were sitting in the car. After waiting for about 20 minutes, a three-wheeled motorcycle drove over. The person riding the motorcycle was the man with shifty eyes that Kong Zhenghui had seen last night.
The man stopped his three-wheeled motorcycle, opened the door and got into Kong Zhenghui's car: "I asked around, but I didn't hear any news about seven speedboats."
Kong Zhenghui was unhappy when he heard this: "For six thousand yuan, you only gave me this much news?!"
"I asked everything I could, but no one heard about the seven speedboats. I also asked friends outside the district, and they said that no one had gone to the water to collect goods." The man with shifty eyes said softly: "That's all I can say."
Kong Zhenghui blinked: "Can you get more information, such as news from the upper echelons of the Code Gang?"
"You have to pay more." The other party thought for a while and replied.
"Go, go, go, get out!" Kong Zhenghui waved his hand directly.
The man with shifty eyes was also angry, and he pushed open the car door and replied: "I am the most particular person. You give me six thousand yuan, and I tell you there is no news, and you make money."
After that, the man closed the door and left.
"Damn, this is a bit weird!" Kong Zhenghui looked at Su Tianyu and said, "This guy has been hanging around the docks for a long time, and he can't get any information. What about this...?"
"No information is actually the biggest news." Su Tianyu interrupted and replied, "Since you can't get any information, why not just be direct?"
"How direct?"
"...!" Su Tianyu pondered for a while, took out his phone and dialed a number.