Chapter 1 Victory District Police Department

After receiving Li Mingcheng's call, Su Tianyu immediately waved at Kong Zhenghui and shouted, "Come, come here!"

"What's wrong?" Kong Zhenghui followed him.

Standing in the crowd, Su Tianyu lowered his voice and asked, "Are you sure the higher-ups of Baolong Group are in the police department, right?"

"I'm sure. I have a friend who works as a clerk in the Victory District Police Department." Kong Zhenghui nodded immediately and said, "He personally saw Xu Jinbo in the detention area, dealing with the foreman of Changqing."

Su Tianyu nodded slowly.

"The matter is already very clear. Even if the main culprit who caused trouble in the Baolong Building can't be caught, Xu Jinbo has to squeeze some information out of the mouths of his subordinates. For example, who organized the march, what role did the association play? This way, the Regulatory Commission can use it against us in the future." Kong Zhenghui glanced at his watch. "We don't have much time left. Once someone inside can't hold on and starts talking nonsense, it'll be difficult to explain later! After all, they control the public opinion battlefield, and it'll be troublesome if the media starts hyping it up."

After carefully considering it for a while, Su Tianyu immediately turned around and shouted, "The leaders of each association, get over here!"

Two minutes later, the group gathered behind the workers. Su Tianyu glanced at the leaders of Tianhong Port and Changqing Company and whispered, "There are only two requirements. First, as long as the police department doesn't open fire, we must not attack police officers. This is very important. Second, choose a few people with good skills and squeeze in with me later. We must first hold down the higher-ups of Baolong Group and not let them run away."

The crowd nodded.

"In short, we are forced to resist after failing to legally protest and demand compensation. We are standing on the side of the workers, and our intention is not to riot. Therefore, the premise of all actions must revolve around this core. Everyone must adapt to the situation." After Su Tianyu finished speaking, he waved to Da Bai and said, "Record everything. It will be useful in the future."

"Understood!" Da Bai nodded.

"Let's go, let's do it!"

After relaying his intentions to the higher-ups of the association, Su Tianyu immediately led the team to the front of the crowd. Then, he raised his arm and shouted, "Release the workers!! Give the families of the victims a reasonable explanation!"

The impassioned shouts resounded again. People from the Tongji Association and Changqing Company walked at the forefront, heading straight for the police department's office building.

Inside and outside the courtyard, thousands of people were moving. Some couldn't squeeze in, but they were still shouting slogans at the top of their lungs, with tremendous momentum.

On the outer streets, people from the Longkou District Stevedores Association also arrived at the scene. They found the gate blocked, so they jumped over the wall into the courtyard and rushed towards the main building with the main force.

In the front, Su Tianyu led his people to the entrance of the main building, only seven or eight meters away from the lobby of the office building.

At the entrance, a dozen police officers stood together, wearing bulletproof vests and helmets, looking around in fear and shouting, "Back off! Don't come any closer! You are gathering to attack a judicial unit, and we have the right to shoot!"

Inside the building, the deputy director in charge held the phone and questioned the police department, "How long before reinforcements arrive?"

"They've already left, but there are also workers on the way, and they've blocked the road. We can't do anything about them! Wait a little longer, and we'll detour."

"I...I can't wait any longer. They're about to rush the building. What should I do? Open fire?"

"Handle it according to the situation, and wait for my call...!" The person from the police department hung up the phone directly.

The deputy director looked at the phone screen and cursed, "Handle it according to the situation, my ass!! What does 'according to the situation' mean? Just tell me whether to open fire!"

Next to him, a middle-aged man whispered a reminder, "How could the police department tell us what to do? They're more afraid of taking responsibility than anyone else. Right now, it's questionable whether we can even get through to the director's phone!"

The deputy director swallowed and looked down at the crowd below. He immediately shouted, "Xiao Han, get me a set of plain clothes, something a little tattered, and bring it to the bathroom...!"

Inside the building, Xu Jinbo was completely dumbfounded. He repeatedly asked the police officers next to him if they could control the situation, but their answers were always evasive.

Seeing that things were not right, Old Xu immediately prepared to slip away and had the police officers get him two key interrogation videos.

...

Downstairs.

Facing a dozen police riot guns at the main entrance, the workers all stopped.

At this moment, Da Bai, Kong Zhenghui, and Zhou Tonghui all looked at Yu Mingyuan.

If the leader doesn't step up at this time, who will?

Yu Mingyuan gritted his teeth and raised his arm, shouting, "If you want to shoot, shoot me first!! Charge in!!"

With a roar, a dozen leaders from the Tongji Association and Changqing Company charged up the steps together.

"Don't move...!"

The police officers in the hall shouted weakly, backing away in fear, ultimately lacking the courage to pull the trigger.

The truth was, after actually opening fire, whether the higher-ups would hold them accountable wasn't what they were most worried about. Everyone was more afraid that after firing a few shots and provoking public anger, the workers would completely lose control and beat them all to death.

The police officers didn't fire, and Yu Mingyuan and the others instantly squeezed into the hall.

Su Tianyu turned his head and glanced at Kong Zhenghui, Da Bai, and the others, then immediately bent over and ran towards the corridor next to him.

At the same time, several windows on the first floor were smashed open, and people jumped into the room from outside. Although they tried their best to restrain themselves from hitting people, they still frightened the staff in the police department, who scattered and looked for places to hide.

...

At the second-floor staircase, Xu Jinbo turned his head and glanced around. He immediately shouted, "Come, come, everyone, put in some effort and kick open the anti-theft steel mesh outside! Let's jump out together!"

"People are in here!!"

A shout resounded, and Xu Jinbo looked back.

Five young men crashed through the crowd congested in the stairwell and charged straight towards him.

Xu Jinbo was stunned and instinctively took a step back.

"You're the big shot from outside the district?! The backer of the private armed forces?!" Su Tianyu rushed up first, "Damn you, don't run!"

Xu Jinbo turned to run.

"Whoosh!"

Da Bai, relying on his astonishing weight, squeezed through the surrounding crowd and grabbed Xu Jinbo with a tiger-like pounce.

Immediately, all five tiger generals of the Tongji Association took action, pressing Xu Jinbo to the ground and roaring in unison, "Damn you!! Is our Tongji Association okay?! Huh? Is it?!"

Xu Jinbo was pressed on the steps, his suit disheveled, his head buzzing from the shouts.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

The five men straddled Xu Jinbo, and ten fists rained down on him.

Yu Mingyuan, who had been suppressing himself for a long time, grabbed Xu Jinbo's collar and roared, "Thirty-five thousand for a life?! Is that right? You calculate for me, can stacking over five thousand thirty-five thousands collapse your Baolong Group!!"

...

Inside the Regulatory Commission, Miao Ziwei held the phone and said to the CEO of Baolong Group, "It's over! The Minzheng Party has intervened, which is far beyond expectations! Old Li has made his move. The only thing the Regulatory Commission can do is to use force to clean up the Li faction. To put it bluntly, there is no choice except to open fire, but this responsibility...!"

"Open fire my ass!!" The president of Baolong Group cursed directly, "If we really open fire, who will pay the price in the end? Capital will be the first to be abandoned! Damn it, we have meetings every day, and this is the result we come up with?! Why did we move against Old Li? Why did we force him into a dead end? You're all idiots!"