Chapter 134 Association

In the afternoon, a private plane arrived at The Dragon City Airport. Zhang Ming and others drove two cars through the VIP channel to pick up a middle-aged man returning from the Third District.

This middle-aged man was in his forties, slender, about 1.8 meters tall, with a refined and handsome appearance, resembling a dashing middle-aged scumbag.

His name was Jing Yan, the second president of the Dragon City Dockworkers Association. His father was a major general in the Chinese Expeditionary Force during the war. After the war, the Jing family settled in Dragon City and, with their strong political connections, unified the "docks" to establish this association.

Not long after the old man founded the association, he passed away from a serious illness, and Jing Yan took over his father's position as the big boss of the Dockworkers Association.

Compared to his father, Jing Yan's style and appearance were completely different. He was radical and decisive, always keeping his word. Therefore, although he was young, he had a stronger grip on the entire association than his father, and because of his personality, the people below respected him very much.

...

Two cars drove out of the airport, heading straight for the association headquarters.

Jing Yan sat in the back seat of the car, arms folded, looking slightly tired, and asked Zhang Ming, "What are we eating later?"

Zhang Ming was taken aback: "I ordered a table of seafood and Cantonese cuisine."

Jing Yan waved his hand: "Forget the seafood, tell them to prepare something light."

"Okay." Zhang Ming nodded immediately.

Jing Yan stopped talking, resting his chin and looking out the window, seemingly lost in thought.

The car was quiet all the way. Zhang Ming, who originally had a lot to say, didn't dare to speak first when he saw that Jing Yan didn't take the initiative to say anything.

About an hour later, the car arrived at the Dockworkers Association. The driver opened the door for Jing Yan, and the latter bent down and walked out.

Zhang Ming followed behind, half a step behind.

"Old Zhang, has Gu Tongshan's son talked to you?" Jing Yan asked suddenly.

"Yes, we talked, we talked." Zhang Ming replied immediately, "Elder He of the Elders' Council talked to me first, still about Wei Xiangzuo killing Gu Tongshan, so I asked Gu Baishun what he thought."

"What did he say?"

"Gu Baishun supports Wei Xiangzuo." Zhang Ming said softly, "He said he believes in Wei Xiangzuo's character and is convinced that Xu Hu killed his father."

Jing Yan nodded without replying.

The group quickly walked into the Dockworkers Association and, led by Zhang Ming, entered the restaurant on the third floor.

Inside, a dozen members of the Elders' Council were sitting around the dining table. When they saw Jing Yan walking in, they all stood up immediately, greeting him warmly, calling him "President" one after another.

Jing Yan immediately changed his expression upon entering the room, smiling and greeting everyone: "Sit down, sit down!"

After some greetings, everyone sat back in their seats.

"I'm hungry!" Jing Yan leaned back in his chair and called out, "Let's eat."

As soon as he finished speaking, several waiters from the Dockworkers Association's restaurant brought dishes to the table.

Old He, who had been instigating the Elders' Council members to protest, was speechless when he saw that the waiters were serving rice porridge and stir-fried vegetables: "The President is back, and we're eating this?"

"I arranged it." Jing Yan picked up a pancake and said softly, "We can't handle big meals every day, you know."

Old He didn't say anything more when he heard this.

Jing Yan relaxed and took a bite of the pancake, then took the initiative to greet: "Don't just sit there, everyone, let's eat."

Everyone looked at each other and started eating with Jing Yan.

At the table, Jing Yan didn't mention the Zhanan (Gate South) matter, and Zhang Ming certainly wouldn't bring up the topic, so Old He was getting anxious, and he couldn't help but speak first.

"President, I have to admit my mistake to you!" Old He sighed and said, "The Zhanan matter was not handled well by our Elders' Council, and a traitor rebelled."

Jing Yan glanced at him and asked casually, "Traitor? What traitor?"

"Wei Xiangzuo, that traitor." Old He gritted his teeth and said, "He colluded with outsiders to harm Old Gu first, and then he messed with Xu Hu. Most importantly, he brought very bad social influence to our Dockworkers Association!"

"Hmm." Jing Yan nodded slowly.

"President, if we don't get rid of this kind of person, it will be difficult to establish rules in the future." Old He didn't say anything about not letting Wei Xiangzuo become a bangdai (gang leader), but directly made it a dead end, pinning the label of traitor on him.

"Old He, we are a big association with a system." Jing Yan took a sip of rice porridge and said softly, "Everything must follow the rules. Wei Xiangzuo's matter is a bit complicated, and it's not easy to make a judgment!"

"President, you haven't been home for a while, so you may not be very clear about many things." Old He could already see that Jing Yan didn't want to talk about this topic, but now he had to express his position, otherwise all his previous actions of supporting Xu Hu's internal strife would be wrong: "Now the whole Dragon City knows that Wei Xiangzuo colluded with the Yu family to kill Old Gu! If we want to talk about the system and the rules, then we must deal with Wei Xiangzuo."

Jing Yan paused for a few seconds, then looked up at the other dozen people: "Is this what you all mean too?"

Everyone nodded without hesitation and began to criticize Wei Xiangzuo in a few words.

Jing Yan wiped the corner of his mouth with a napkin and nodded to his secretary.

"President, this matter must be dealt with seriously!" Old He continued to add from the side, "Wei Xiangzuo colluding with the Yu family is like letting outsiders into the country! If he really succeeds, it's like someone planted a flag in Zhanan!"

Jing Yan listened to everyone's words without saying a word, just drinking his rice porridge.

After a while, the secretary walked in with a man, carrying a lot of documents in file bags.

Everyone was stunned.

"Before we talk about Wei Xiangzuo, let's take a look at these things first." Jing Yan pointed to the documents that the secretary put on the table.

Old He and the others looked at Jing Yan suspiciously and each picked up the documents on the table.

After a while, everyone's faces turned pale, their eyes filled with obvious unease.

The documents contained a lot of things, including Old He and others colluding with bangdai (gang leaders) from various districts, embezzling association funds, opening small kitchens, and doing business.

"This is slander!" Old He glared his eyes and shouted, holding the documents.

"Did I say it was true? Why are you so excited?" Jing Yan looked up at him and asked.

Old He was speechless.

"I'll say it once, the Elders' Council doesn't need to interfere in Wei Xiangzuo's matter." Jing Yan stood up slowly, pointing to the wound on Old He's mouth and said, "Your mouth is already split, can't you talk less?!"

"Pre...President...!"

"We're all old faces, don't make me slam your faces on the ground, making it very embarrassing." Jing Yan said to everyone in the room, then turned and left.

At the same time, Zhang Ming called Gu Baishun and told him to come to the general association immediately.

...

Hua District, the Zhou family.

Zhou Yaoxiang was discussing with the company's people who to send to Dragon City in the future to jointly manage the new association with the Yu family.

In the conference room, Zhou Tonghui looked at a group of elders, hesitated for a long time, and then suddenly weakly raised his hand: "Dad, I want to go to Dragon City to participate in management and intern for a while!"

Yes, Zhou Tonghui really wanted to go, because the demons and monsters in Dragon City left him with too many good memories, and he missed those goddamn brothers!