Chapter 1 The Dragon City Rises

Inside the union.

Su Tianyu was shooting the breeze with everyone when the old man from the guard room at the entrance came in: "Someone outside is looking for you. She said her last name is Zhang, and she's a woman."

"A woman?" Da Bai immediately looked up and asked, "Who is she looking for?"

"She said she's looking for Chairman Yu. She's driving a nice car and dressed quite smartly," the old man replied.

"I'll go take a look." As soon as Da Bai heard this, he immediately got up and went out to greet her.

After a short while, Da Bai led the beautiful woman in. Su Tianyu turned his head and sized her up, feeling that she looked a little familiar.

"Chairman Yu is not here. This is our number two, Chairman Su. You can talk to him if you have anything," Da Bai said, introducing Su Tianyu.

Su Tianyu slowly stood up.

The beautiful woman at the door walked over, extended her hand, and said, "Hello, Chairman Su. I'm Zhang Taotao, the business department manager of Baolong Group's Dragon City branch."

Su Tianyu didn't expect her to come, so he paused slightly before replying, "Hello, Manager Zhang, please have a seat!"

Upon hearing this, the polite Zhou Tonghui gave up his seat: "Please sit here!"

Zhang Taotao was wearing a pure white, form-fitting women's suit with silk stockings. She sat on the sofa with her legs crossed, exuding charm, which made Da Bai quickly close his legs.

"Sorry, Manager Zhang, Chairman Yu is busy today and is not here," Su Tianyu said with a smile, sizing her up.

"If he's not here, it's the same if I talk to you." Zhang Taotao smoothed her hair and said in a gentle and pleasant voice, "Actually, I'm not here for anything major today. It's just that there were some misunderstandings between the mining company and your association before. Now, hehe… the head office has asked me to handle this matter again. I'd like to invite the association out for a meeting to have a good chat, including the issue of compensation for the deceased workers."

"Hehe." Su Tianyu smiled, "We can't make the decision on this."

"Can't the association make the decision on compensation?" Zhang Taotao looked at Su Tianyu with a smile. "Don't worry, the plan we've come up with this time is very fair."

Su Tianyu paused for a moment: "What I mean is, the higher-ups haven't finished negotiating yet, so our contact now…"

"Oh, the higher-ups have their way of negotiating, and commercial organizations have their way of contacting each other. They don't conflict," Zhang Taotao said softly. "If you have time, please help me arrange a meeting with Chairman Yu. I'd like to host a banquet for everyone tonight. Let's go to the Cloud Top Club to sit down, and I'll show you the compensation information."

Su Tianyu replied softly, "Tonight is not good. I have to go to work tomorrow, and I can't be late. Let's do it another day!"

The meaning of this refusal was already very clear. Su Tianyu would rather not be late for work tomorrow than talk to Zhang Taotao tonight, which was enough to show that he didn't want to contact her now.

Zhang Taotao didn't show any embarrassment or strange emotions, but she could understand that he wanted to see her off, so she got up, took out a business card from her small bag, handed it to Su Tianyu with both hands, and said, "Chairman Su, this is my business card. We will definitely have to communicate about the compensation issue later, so you can call me directly at that time."

"Okay." Su Tianyu took the business card.

"Also, our Baolong Mining will definitely be liquidated and prepared to accept all penalties. But it would be a waste of resources to leave the mine there unmined, don't you think?" Zhang Taotao added with a smile.

Hearing this, Su Tianyu slowly nodded, "You're right."

"Then I won't disturb you any longer. I'll leave first." Zhang Taotao nodded slightly.

"Okay, I'll see you out." Su Tianyu didn't have any good feelings for the people of Baolong, but Zhang Taotao took the initiative to come today, and her attitude was also very friendly, so he still had to be polite.

A few minutes later.

Zhang Taotao waved goodbye to everyone, put on her high heels, and drove away.

Da Bai stared blankly at the red business car, and said in a hoarse voice, "I think I can handle the subsequent negotiations. The union should send me! I will definitely complete the task!"

Zhou Tonghui blinked and said firmly, "I can do it too!"

"Damn it!" Su Tianyu looked at the two of them and curled his lips, "You two can do what?! Ten Yang Dechengs tied together are not necessarily as difficult to deal with as this woman."

"Why are you insulting me?! What's wrong with me?" Zhou Tonghui was a little unhappy. "In District One, in that extravagant society, what kind of woman haven't I seen?"

"Yes, the ones you've seen all sing opera," Da Bai added.

"Get out!" Zhou Tonghui cursed, then slowly shook his head and said, "She's really a beauty! I rarely see such a woman with such temperament."

"Yeah, I think I'm going to fall in love with her. I'm going to pursue her passionately!" Da Bai said with fascination.

"We're done for. They sent a woman and directly wiped out our entire group," Su Tianyu muttered with his hands behind his back, "There aren't many people in this association who can do great things."

Afterwards, the two generals Heng and Ha discussed Zhang Taotao while walking back to the union with Su Tianyu.

In the business car.

Zhang Taotao leaned her cheek wearily on her small hand and said softly into her Bluetooth headset, "Tell the board of directors that if they want me to handle the follow-up issues of Baolong Mining, then they must give me enough decision-making power, including the ownership of the mineral resources. If not, then please find someone else. I'm too lazy to care."

…

Su Tianyu understood the meaning of Zhang Taotao's visit today, but he couldn't make the decision himself, so he truthfully informed Li Mingsheng and Yu Mingyuan, preparing to wait for them to consider it before deciding whether to meet with her.

Nothing happened that night.

The next afternoon, Su Tianyu went to work because today was his first time working the night shift. He had to be on duty at night, including going out to sea on patrol boats, so he arrived a little early.

However, he didn't expect the weather to be very bad today. The forecast said there would be heavy rain and a typhoon in the evening, so as soon as Su Tianyu arrived, the coast guard team urgently notified the team members to assemble.

In the hall of the First Squadron, the squadron leader waved his hand and shouted, "Same as usual! There are a lot of temporary ships entering the port tonight because of the typhoon, so we will conduct routine patrols and inspections in the inner harbor. All groups will perform area tasks in the old-lead-new style. Newcomers can ask their group leaders if they don't understand anything. Okay, everyone, get ready!"

The short meeting ended, and Su Tianyu got up to go back to eat, then get his equipment and wait for duty, but he didn't expect the squadron leader to specifically come over and say, "Xiao Su, you just follow me tonight."

"What's wrong, Captain?" Su Tianyu had been working for ten days and got along well with his squadron leader, at least they were familiar with each other.

"There's good stuff!" The squadron leader smiled and patted Su Tianyu's shoulder before turning and leaving.

After eating dinner in the evening, everyone prepared to enter the port when it was time for duty. At this time, Su Tianyu noticed that many temporary personnel were also participating in the patrol operation today, and Hou Guoyu, who had dark skin, was also in the queue.

"Wasn't he fired?" Su Tianyu asked a colleague strangely.

"Ah, his family found some connections and kept his job," the colleague replied casually.

Hou Guoyu stood at the back of the crowd, doing dirty and tiring work listlessly. This is how temporary workers are. They do all the dirtiest and worst work in the entire coast guard team, but their salary and benefits can't compare with those of official police officers.

…

On the sea, a cargo ship was sailing. A man at the bow of the ship shouted into the phone, "There's a typhoon, bigger than we expected. We can't get through, we can only dock at Dragon City. Give them a heads up in advance…"