Chapter 196 The Yu Family's Residence

The next morning, inside the Yu family's villa.

Yu Mingyuan, wearing pajamas, came to the living room, poured a glass of water, and shouted, "Is there anyone here? Get me something to eat!!"

Su Tianyu yawned as he walked out of his room and echoed, "Ah Bai, Second Brother! Go to the kitchen and whip up some breakfast."

Inside the house, Da Bai, squatting in the toilet and playing with his phone, shouted, "If you ask me to cook, I definitely won't. But if you ask me to poop, I got you covered!"

Downstairs, Su Tianbei, lying on the sofa, shouted at Kong Zhenghui, "Old Kong, I'll give you two hundred, can you make breakfast?"

Kong Zhenghui walked out of his room, staring blankly at everyone: "Let's just eat at a breakfast stall, Dutch treat."

Su Tianyu and Yu Mingyuan exchanged glances and said in unison, "Sounds good to me!"

These five guys in the fencing dorm were all lazy as hell, not one of them could be pulled out to do some housework. Su Tianyu looked at these bastards, feeling a little regretful, thinking that since no one ever cooked, if he got hungry at night, he'd probably have to eat shit.

In the morning, after everyone ate at the breakfast stall, Bai Hongbo and Kong Zhenghui left first. One went to the company to contact suppliers for maritime trade, and the other went to the Sanitation Management Committee to discuss the full resumption of work for the Su, Bai, and Kong families.

After those two left, Yu Mingyuan turned to Su Tianyu and said, "Hurry up and contact Lao Tong!"

"Already called him. He's coming to pick us up."

"Okay, then let's wait." Yu Mingyuan nodded.

And so, the remaining three sat at the breakfast stall, waiting for about half an hour before Lao Tong, a friend of Wei Xiangzuo, arrived in a private car.

At the roadside, Yu Mingyuan politely extended his hand to Lao Tong and said, "Sorry for the trouble, Brother Tong!"

"No problem, get in my car, I'll give you a brief overview of the situation on the way." Lao Tong nodded.

"Okay!"

The three heard this and got into Lao Tong's car. They drove toward Tianhong Port, listening to the latter's introduction on the situation.

"The Dockworkers' Association's official relationships within the port can be mainly divided into two parts." Lao Tong said, driving the car and explaining clearly, "One part is judicial relationships, and the other is military relationships. Judicial relationships include customs, coast guard, anti-smuggling departments, and the port's police department. The military is simpler, just the navy."

Yu Mingyuan nodded, "Please continue."

"Before, Xu Hu and Lao Wei were about equal in judicial relationships, each with their own circle of friends. For example, I have a good relationship with Lao Wei. As long as I'm on duty when he's moving goods, there will definitely be no problems." Lao Tong continued, "But Xu Hu had a stronger relationship with the navy, otherwise he wouldn't have dared to openly mix gold bricks into ordinary cargo. Although the goods are under the jurisdiction of the judicial system once they enter the inner port, they are escorted by armed ships during transportation in the outer port. So, if the navy isn't satisfied, their goods can't even get in. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Understood!" Su Tianyu nodded, "You're saying that if you want to do business in the port, you have to take care of both judicial and military relationships!"

"That's right." Lao Tong nodded.

"Then Tang Baiqing, was he one of Xu Hu's more reliable connections?" Su Tianbei asked.

"Tang Baiqing is a fart!" Lao Tong nodded, "He only got into the Coast Guard because of his father, and worked with Xu Hu to smuggle some gold bricks and earn some pocket money. Think about it, if his family really had boundless influence, why would he show up and get involved in these dirty things himself?"

Su Tianbei nodded upon hearing this, "That's true."

"Xu Hu is gone, we can compete for his relationships in the judicial departments. As long as the money is there, it's not hard to talk to these people." Lao Tong continued, "To put it bluntly, that's the situation in Dragon City right now. Everyone only sees money. As long as the new boss can balance the relationships on all sides, then naturally people will support him!"

Su Tianyu understood immediately, "So, balance is very important."

"Exactly!" Lao Tong nodded immediately, "That's why Lao Wei has a great chance of becoming the boss. If the Dockworkers' Association parachutes in a new face, and the people below don't accept him, and he can't balance the relationships above, then it's bound to collapse."

Yu Mingyuan nodded slowly.

"...My personal suggestion is to clarify things with the military before trying to win over Xu Hu's old connections." Lao Tong said again, "As long as the military supports Lao Wei, then the port's judicial relationships will naturally come to our side, because maritime business can't be done with only the support of the judicial departments without the military's consent."

"Is it easy to win over the military?" Yu Mingyuan asked.

"The person I'm taking you to see today is called You Yifan, he's a major in the navy, his family has a lot of influence, and he's specifically responsible for defending the Zhanan Port." Lao Tong turned his head to look at Yu Mingyuan and said, "As long as he nods, then Lao Wei can come up, and it won't be difficult for you to do business in Zhanan."

"If he nods, but the Dockworkers' Association doesn't agree with Lao Wei taking over! Who will have the final say?" Su Tianyu asked a very crucial question.

"No matter how powerful your Dockworkers' Association is, you still rely on the sea for a living! How can you afford to offend the navy?" Lao Tong said without hesitation, "As long as You Yifan is willing to support Wei Xiangzuo, I personally think that the Dockworkers' Association won't say much."

"Okay, I understand."

"I'll take you over there later, but you'll have to handle the negotiations yourselves." Lao Tong said frankly, "To be honest, I don't have enough clout to talk to You Yifan. He only agreed to see you today because I asked someone close to him to communicate with him twice."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Tong."

"It's nothing, helping Lao Wei is helping myself." Lao Tong grinned and replied honestly.

...

Forty minutes later, inside the third-floor corridor of a seaside hotel in Tianhong Port.

A young man in plain clothes glanced at Yu Mingyuan and the others, and said lightly, "Brother Fan is playing mahjong, wait a moment!"

"Okay!" Lao Tong nodded immediately.

"Go to that room and sit wherever you want." The young man pointed to a room with an open door and left.

...

Inside the resting room next door, a young man with a buzz cut was sitting on a chair, playing mahjong with several middle-aged men.

Outside, the person who had just greeted Lao Tong came back and whispered in the young man's ear, "Brother Fan, they're here, what do you think...!"

"Aren't they asking something of me?!" You Yifan touched a tile and replied languidly, "Then let them wait."

"Okay!"

...

At around four in the afternoon, Zhou Tonghui arrived in Dragon City and called Su Tianyu: "Hey, where are you guys? I'm here?"

"We're out discussing something, go to my house and wait for a while!"

"...How long will you be?"

"I don't know, haven't even seen the person yet."

"...Ah, then tell Da Bai to send me the phone number of the manager of that entertainment city we went to last time, I'll go there for a while."

"Brother, you're going alone?"

"Yeah!"

"...Brother, it's still daytime?"

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, just have him send it to me." Zhou Tonghui said, carrying his luggage and wiping his sweat.

...

Asia-Alliance, unknown region.

A man with a satellite phone asked, "Are you sure? The First District is going to order the control of material exports?"