Catastrophe, the drastic change in the Earth's climate, plunged the entire world into an ice age. The population sharply declined, resources were scarce, and homes were destroyed. To combat the disaster, humans successively established nine major living areas and declared the entry into a new era.
In the 62nd year of the new era, the world experienced a small ice age lasting for over forty years in the end times, as well as the establishment of political districts, resource wars, and warlord battles. Finally, the land recovered, and spring arrived with blooming flowers.
From the 42nd to the 62nd year, the nine major areas began to comprehensively collect the land of the ungoverned areas awaiting planning on a large scale, reorganize resources, and fully enter the recovery stage. These twenty years were also known as the "Golden Twenty Years".
This is a splendid era where new major areas rise one after another, politics provide the platform, capital takes the stage, ambitious people are everywhere, and heroes, powerful figures, and grassroots villains rise simultaneously!
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August of the 62nd year.
A light rail entered the railway station in Zhanan District of Longcheng Autonomous City on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean. The bustling platform was composed of Chinese-style buildings in red and yellow. Nine dragon-shaped sculptures lay horizontally on the platform dome, and there was a plaque above the main building, reading "Welcome to the Longcheng Living Special Zone".
The arrival announcement sounded inside the train, and the doors of each carriage slowly opened, and a flood of tourists poured onto the platform. A young man in his early twenties, carrying a camouflage backpack, stood in the middle of the moving crowd and took out his mobile phone from his pocket.
The young man was about 1.78 meters tall, dressed in loose sportswear, with a well-proportioned figure, neither fat nor thin, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, with a handsome and sunny face, just like a student who had just graduated from university and was traveling.
The young man was named Su Tianyu. His father used to be a major general advisor but was framed by villains and sentenced to prison. Three months after the verdict was handed down, Su's father died unexpectedly in prison. And half a year later, Su's mother, who was already in poor health, also died of illness in the hospital due to anxiety. From then on, the Su family declined.
Su Tianyu came to Longcheng this time, first to rely on his second uncle's family, and second to prepare to apply for a public position here.
Inside the railway station, when Su Tianyu was about to dial the number with his mobile phone, his right shoulder was suddenly patted.
"Little Six!" A hearty and familiar voice rang out beside Su Tianyu's ear. He turned his head abruptly and saw a young man dressed in a white pure cotton half-sleeve shirt, dark and strong, with a crew cut, appear in front of him.
"Second Brother!" Su Tianyu called out with a smile.
The dark and tough young man in front of him, holding the latest model of mobile phone in his right hand, sized up Su Tianyu up and down, and then punched him on the shoulder: "Not bad. Dog Six, we haven't seen each other for four years. You've developed well. I think you can even work as a host in Charm East. Just your physique looks a bit weak and not suitable for serving older clients."
"You're wrong. I always prefer to win by skills." Su Tianyu adjusted his glasses and replied humbly.
The young man teasing Su Tianyu was named Su Tianbei, the second son of the second uncle's family. Judging from his words, this person was somewhat unrestrained and could be said to be an enterprising young man with rich experience in all aspects of life.
"Oh, you're doing well now. You can even reply to this? Dad also said that you were studious since childhood and better than us. Now after this communication... You've reached the stage of winning by skills? You're indeed stronger than me!"
"Ha ha!"
"OK. I'll find a place to see your skills when I have time later." Su Tianbei affectionately put his arm around his little brother's neck and said as he walked: "Let's go home first."
"Why didn't Big Brother come?" Su Tianyu asked curiously as they walked.
Hearing this, Su Tianbei unconsciously frowned: "There's something going on at home. He's in the urban area."
"What's the matter?" Su Tianyu pressed.
"Let's talk about it in the car later." Su Tianbei sighed, and the joy of welcoming his brother unconsciously disappeared.
...
The two brothers passed through the exit passage and entered the parking lot. There were people everywhere promoting local souvenirs, selling stolen goods and fake watches. The crowd was bustling and it looked very lively.
Su Tianyu felt that his cousin's reaction was a bit strange earlier. After getting in the car and putting down his schoolbag, he immediately asked: "What exactly happened at home?"
Su Tianbei started the car, drove out of the parking lot, and said in a low voice: "Your second uncle was framed. The charge is smuggling military technology equipment."
"Technology equipment?!" Su Tianyu was very surprised: "This has nothing to do with our family's business."
"It's a load of crap about technology equipment. I said it was a frame-up!" Su Tianbei gritted his teeth and cursed when he said this: "A new deputy director of the Environmental Sanitation Management Committee has come up. He's from Changqing Company. As soon as this bastard came up, he wanted to redivide the work areas and mess with our business. Our old man sensed the intention from the higher-ups and was not willing. So he united with the people from three other companies in Zhanan District and wanted to make some noise to resist. But unexpectedly, the other side made a move first and set up a trap to get our old man and the leaders of the other three companies in."
"How's the situation now?" Su Tianyu asked.
"Four boxes of smuggled technology equipment were found in our garbage storage area. This stuff is very sensitive." Su Tianbei said in a low voice: "Longcheng has very strict control over such items. If these four boxes of goods are confirmed, the old man might be sentenced to death by shooting."
"What did our big brother say?" Su Tianyu immediately asked.
"He's also at a loss now. The Environmental Sanitation Management Committee is pursuing responsibility and wants to hold us in breach of contract. The police station is not only interrogating the old man but also trying to involve our big brother in the case. And Changqing Company is also looking for an opportunity to seize our work area." Su Tianbei sighed: "The situation at home is really not good now, but you don't need to worry. We can handle it...!"
Due to some historical reasons, Longcheng is a main overseas Chinese gathering city under the leadership of the First District. It is located in North America before the epoch and has a very special political situation. Coupled with the fact that Longcheng has a history of less than twenty years and is in the stage of wild development, it can be said that there is gold and opportunities everywhere. Therefore, the government managing Longcheng is also crossing the river by feeling the stones.
Corruption is rampant here, all kinds of people gather, and all kinds of chambers of commerce, business organizations, and power organizations under the names of companies are firmly controlling all industries. Today someone rises, commanding with authority; tomorrow they might make a wrong move and lose everything. Its political pattern is somewhat like a certain coastal city in the fifties and sixties before the epoch, or the Republic of China in the twenties and thirties, but the living conditions are high-tech, low-life, with the rich being extremely rich and the poor being extremely poor.
The daily garbage disposal in Longcheng is the responsibility of the Environmental Sanitation Management Committee, and the Environmental Sanitation Management Committee contracts all aspects of garbage cleaning to private companies by region. These companies are composed of people with regional characteristics and are relatively united and exclusive. There are more than 20,000 garbage disposal workers in Longcheng. Because they are all grouped organizations and there are more people than jobs, the competition is very fierce.
The Su Family of Longcheng is a small company in the eyes of environmental sanitation. They are responsible for garbage disposal in Zhanan District and have 800 sanitation workers under them.
In the car, Su Tianyu heard that his second uncle was in prison and did not show excessive worry or panic: "Didn't Second Uncle leave any words before the incident?"
"Before he went in, he said that we must not give up the existing work area even if we die. But now... Alas, this matter can't be explained clearly to you in one or two sentences. You just arrived and don't understand the situation here, so don't worry blindly." Su Tianbei frowned slightly and replied: "Damn it. If Changqing Company really wants to be ruthless, I will definitely not let them get away with it! Don't worry. Our family has a plan."
If it were someone else who heard that something happened to their family member, they might be very anxious and keep asking various reasons and details. But Su Tianyu wouldn't. He wouldn't express his inner emotions on his face in some matters.
The joy of the reunion of relatives was diluted at this moment when something suddenly happened to the Su family. The two brothers sat in the car and couldn't be happy either. The atmosphere was a bit dull as they returned home.
At the end of Tianhe Road in Zhanan District, there is a courtyard covering an area of about 1,400 square meters. The overall architecture is mainly Chinese style. There are many sundries and dilapidated vehicles in the courtyard. It looks very lively and like a large courtyard with a prosperous family.
This is the residence of the Su family. More than fifty people of the second uncle's family all live here.
Su Tianyu returned, and all the elders and youngsters of the family came out to welcome him. Especially a girl with a hot figure and short refined hair, who was very lively and happy: "Little Dog Six, did you miss your Third Sister?!"
"I missed you so much, Third Sister!" Su Tianyu looked at his cousin and walked forward with a smile.
"Second Brother, Second Brother!"
Just then, a young man of about seventeen or eighteen years old ran out of the courtyard, shouting in a somewhat panicked tone: "Something happened in the stockpile area. Many people from Changqing Company came and want to talk to us about the receiving area. Xiaowei called me and said their attitude is very tough."
At the entrance of the Su family, everyone looked towards the courtyard upon hearing this.
Silence, after a brief silence, Su Tianbei directly waved his hand and shouted: "If we can't hold the stockpile area today, Changqing Company will come and demolish our house tomorrow! All the men of the Su family, follow me!!"
"Second, calm down," the Third Sister immediately shouted: "Wait for Big Brother to come back and then decide."
"Why wait? If we can't hold the stockpile area, for sure all 800 workers will run away tomorrow." Su Tianbei turned and headed towards the car: "All follow me. Protect our family's livelihood!"