Chapter 44 The Speedboat at Sea
Although Wu Shixiong had been detained, it didn't affect anyone's daily life. Life had to go on, and business had to continue as usual. However, when Su Tianyu had free time, he occasionally felt bored and restless.
The thing that people feared the most was getting used to something. Over the past few months, Wu Shixiong would come to Su Tianyu as soon as he finished work and follow him around all day, calling him "little brother Yu” nonstop. When he suddenly disappeared, Su Tianyu felt a bit shaken.
On Saturday, Su Tianyu went to the criminal detention center at the police station and deposited 1,000 yuan in monitoring currency for Wu Shixiong. He also deposited the new household items that Third Sister had found at the garbage dump.
Su Tianyu was able to deposit money for Wu Shixiong purely because he thought of him as a friend and sympathized with him to some extent, so spending a bit of money was no big deal. As for Third Sister giving Wu Shixiong the household items, the motive was even simpler. When Wu Shixiong was working at the factory, he helped Third Sister with her work all day. Third Sister felt sorry for him and thought he had a tough life, but his family didn't seem to care. So, she asked Su Tianyu to bring some things for him on the way. Apart from this, there was no other intention.
—---
After depositing the money for Wu Shixiong during the day, Su Tianyu started to arrange the delivery of goods at night.
The third-story building that Linda had leased was definitely unusable, so a few days ago, Su Tianyu used the company's money to rent a dilapidated small courtyard near Haiyan Pit, where they could store the equipment and gather personnel before work.
At around 7 p.m., Su Tianyu gathered with his assistant Zhang Hao, the Bai family, and the Kong family at the small courtyard.
Tonight, Su Tianyu was the main person in charge because the business on the sea had become stable, and everyone had figured out how to deliver the goods and get them ashore. There was no need for Bai Hongbo, Kong Zhenghui, and others to follow him.
Su Tianyu was a die-hard follower of Yu Mingyuan, the boss, and was the embodiment of the boss. Therefore, he had also developed a delivery plan for everyone. He was the overall person in charge of the delivery, and after the goods were delivered, they would be transported to the small courtyard first and then picked up by Bai Hongbo and Kong Zhenghui, who would arrange the delivery to the sales channels at their own time.
The division of labor was clear, and the organizational structure was well-established. One could say that they were treating the sea business as if they were working for a listed company.
—---
At around 9:40 in the evening, a group of people waited in a small courtyard outside a bungalow. The people from the maritime police team called Su Tianyu to inform him that the sea was calm and they could start their work.
Due to recent troubles plaguing Tang Baiqing, he had arranged for a friend from his own unit to handle the coordination with Su Tianyu. Although he was on duty tonight, he had taken a leave of absence and gone home early.
After receiving the call, Su Tianyu took more than twenty people to the beach at Haiyan Pit and followed the usual routine of taking the boat out to sea to collect their goods.
Zhang Hao was responsible for leading the team into the water, and he took twenty people with him on seven speedboats that disappeared from the surface of the water. Su Tianyu led the remaining few people to bring the delivery truck ahead of time and set up a formation to await the other party's arrival.
At the beach at Haiyan Pit, Su Tianyu sat on a reef, blowing the sea breeze and tinkering with his phone, while the other workers gathered together to smoke and chat.
The first half of the operation went very smoothly. Less than half an hour after Zhang Hao left, he shouted over the radio, "The boat has arrived, let's load the goods."
"Call me on the return journey," Su Tianyu responded.
"Okay!" Zhang Hao answered and started working.
—---
Around 11 o'clock.
After all the goods had been loaded onto the speedboats, the transport ship carrying the delivery goods left the receiving area and prepared to enter the formal port after reaching the designated location.
The cold wind howled over the sea, and Zhang Hao stood on the bow of the speedboat, shouting to the workers, "Press down on the top goods and cover the paper boxes with the rainproof cloth to prevent seawater from splashing onto them. Last time we collected goods, five boxes were all soaked with water."
The workers listened to Zhang Hao's words and covered the goods with a rainproof cloth while lying on top of them.
"Da-da-da...!"
Just then, rhythmic engine sounds suddenly emanated from the left and right sides of the seven speedboats.
Zhang Hao raised his head at the sound and saw five or six speedboats coming towards them at high speed with their lights off.
"What the f*ck, why are there still boats over here?" the driver at the helm muttered strangely, turning to shout at Zhang Hao, "We've bumped into someone, what do we do, should we keep going?"
Normally speaking, it is difficult to encounter other ships when working on the sea at night, because Dragon City implements a closed port system at night. Fishing boats, transport ships, and others without formal procedures or special certificates are not allowed to leave the port privately, in order to prevent smuggling or illegal immigration. But sometimes, when people are loading goods, they still encounter other ships. The other party may also be engaged in the same line of work, so neither side will communicate and they will miss each other.
Upon hearing the driver's question, Zhang Hao immediately replied, "Just go around, take the normal route."
At this time, Zhang Hao thought he had encountered members of the mafia or colleagues. But he never expected that as soon as he finished speaking, five or six speedboats converged from both sides ahead, charging straight toward them.
"Something's not right, they seem to be coming towards us!" one worker shouted.
The speedboats were moving fast, and both sides were heading toward each other. In just a few seconds, the five or six speedboats had rushed closer.
At this moment, Zhang Hao saw that all the people on the speedboats were masked and holding weapons such as machetes, long forks, and the like.
"Don't you move!" the leading masked man on the speedboat shouted, "Cut the engine!"
Zhang Hao was taken aback, but reacted quickly and picked up the walkie-talkie to shout, "Little Yu, we've encountered someone at sea..."
"I told you not to move, didn't you hear me?" The strong man on the leading navigation boat held a fishing gun over a meter long in his hand and raised his arm directly.
"Whoosh!"
The fishing gun fired, and the arrowhead with the fishing line pierced into Zhang Hao's right leg with a pfft.
This was a fishing gun specifically used to catch medium-sized fish. The arrowhead it shot was as thick as an adult's finger, so one could imagine what the consequences would be if it hit someone's leg.
Zhang Hao was hit and immediately felt his right leg go numb.
"Bang!"
Immediately afterward, the strong man on the navigation boat on the other side used the gun body to pull the fishing line attached to the arrowhead, like walking a dog, directly dragging Zhang Hao.
The arrowhead was still in his flesh, and Zhang Hao twisted his face in pain, screaming and falling onto the boat.
"You better fucking behave, or I'll shoot you like a turtle!" The leading strong man on the other side shouted loudly, "Cut the engine and get on our boat!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the other speedboats responsible for sealing off the path also had people holding fishing guns, forcing everyone.
—---
On the beach.
Su Tianyu lifted the speedboat hidden behind the reef, rushed up, and shouted, "Quick, get on the boat!"
About fifteen minutes later.
Su Tianyu's speedboat arrived in the area where the goods were robbed and saw more than a dozen workers floating in the water, helping each other. But the ships, goods, and Zhang Hao and others were all gone.
Chapter 44 The Speedboat at Sea
Although Wu Shixiong had been detained, it didn't affect anyone's daily life. Life had to go on, and business had to continue as usual. However, when Su Tianyu had free time, he occasionally felt bored and restless.
The thing that people feared the most was getting used to something. Over the past few months, Wu Shixiong would come to Su Tianyu as soon as he finished work and follow him around all day, calling him "little brother Yu” nonstop. When he suddenly disappeared, Su Tianyu felt a bit shaken.
On Saturday, Su Tianyu went to the criminal detention center at the police station and deposited 1,000 yuan in monitoring currency for Wu Shixiong. He also deposited the new household items that Third Sister had found at the garbage dump.
Su Tianyu was able to deposit money for Wu Shixiong purely because he thought of him as a friend and sympathized with him to some extent, so spending a bit of money was no big deal. As for Third Sister giving Wu Shixiong the household items, the motive was even simpler. When Wu Shixiong was working at the factory, he helped Third Sister with her work all day. Third Sister felt sorry for him and thought he had a tough life, but his family didn't seem to care. So, she asked Su Tianyu to bring some things for him on the way. Apart from this, there was no other intention.
—---
After depositing the money for Wu Shixiong during the day, Su Tianyu started to arrange the delivery of goods at night.
The third-story building that Linda had leased was definitely unusable, so a few days ago, Su Tianyu used the company's money to rent a dilapidated small courtyard near Haiyan Pit, where they could store the equipment and gather personnel before work.
At around 7 p.m., Su Tianyu gathered with his assistant Zhang Hao, the Bai family, and the Kong family at the small courtyard.
Tonight, Su Tianyu was the main person in charge because the business on the sea had become stable, and everyone had figured out how to deliver the goods and get them ashore. There was no need for Bai Hongbo, Kong Zhenghui, and others to follow him.
Su Tianyu was a die-hard follower of Yu Mingyuan, the boss, and was the embodiment of the boss. Therefore, he had also developed a delivery plan for everyone. He was the overall person in charge of the delivery, and after the goods were delivered, they would be transported to the small courtyard first and then picked up by Bai Hongbo and Kong Zhenghui, who would arrange the delivery to the sales channels at their own time.
The division of labor was clear, and the organizational structure was well-established. One could say that they were treating the sea business as if they were working for a listed company.
—---
At around 9:40 in the evening, a group of people waited in a small courtyard outside a bungalow. The people from the maritime police team called Su Tianyu to inform him that the sea was calm and they could start their work.
Due to recent troubles plaguing Tang Baiqing, he had arranged for a friend from his own unit to handle the coordination with Su Tianyu. Although he was on duty tonight, he had taken a leave of absence and gone home early.
After receiving the call, Su Tianyu took more than twenty people to the beach at Haiyan Pit and followed the usual routine of taking the boat out to sea to collect their goods.
Zhang Hao was responsible for leading the team into the water, and he took twenty people with him on seven speedboats that disappeared from the surface of the water. Su Tianyu led the remaining few people to bring the delivery truck ahead of time and set up a formation to await the other party's arrival.
At the beach at Haiyan Pit, Su Tianyu sat on a reef, blowing the sea breeze and tinkering with his phone, while the other workers gathered together to smoke and chat.
The first half of the operation went very smoothly. Less than half an hour after Zhang Hao left, he shouted over the radio, "The boat has arrived, let's load the goods."
"Call me on the return journey," Su Tianyu responded.
"Okay!" Zhang Hao answered and started working.
—---
Around 11 o'clock.
After all the goods had been loaded onto the speedboats, the transport ship carrying the delivery goods left the receiving area and prepared to enter the formal port after reaching the designated location.
The cold wind howled over the sea, and Zhang Hao stood on the bow of the speedboat, shouting to the workers, "Press down on the top goods and cover the paper boxes with the rainproof cloth to prevent seawater from splashing onto them. Last time we collected goods, five boxes were all soaked with water."
The workers listened to Zhang Hao's words and covered the goods with a rainproof cloth while lying on top of them.
"Da-da-da...!"
Just then, rhythmic engine sounds suddenly emanated from the left and right sides of the seven speedboats.
Zhang Hao raised his head at the sound and saw five or six speedboats coming towards them at high speed with their lights off.
"What the f*ck, why are there still boats over here?" the driver at the helm muttered strangely, turning to shout at Zhang Hao, "We've bumped into someone, what do we do, should we keep going?"
Normally speaking, it is difficult to encounter other ships when working on the sea at night, because Dragon City implements a closed port system at night. Fishing boats, transport ships, and others without formal procedures or special certificates are not allowed to leave the port privately, in order to prevent smuggling or illegal immigration. But sometimes, when people are loading goods, they still encounter other ships. The other party may also be engaged in the same line of work, so neither side will communicate and they will miss each other.
Upon hearing the driver's question, Zhang Hao immediately replied, "Just go around, take the normal route."
At this time, Zhang Hao thought he had encountered members of the mafia or colleagues. But he never expected that as soon as he finished speaking, five or six speedboats converged from both sides ahead, charging straight toward them.
"Something's not right, they seem to be coming towards us!" one worker shouted.
The speedboats were moving fast, and both sides were heading toward each other. In just a few seconds, the five or six speedboats had rushed closer.
At this moment, Zhang Hao saw that all the people on the speedboats were masked and holding weapons such as machetes, long forks, and the like.
"Don't you move!" the leading masked man on the speedboat shouted, "Cut the engine!"
Zhang Hao was taken aback, but reacted quickly and picked up the walkie-talkie to shout, "Little Yu, we've encountered someone at sea..."
"I told you not to move, didn't you hear me?" The strong man on the leading navigation boat held a fishing gun over a meter long in his hand and raised his arm directly.
"Whoosh!"
The fishing gun fired, and the arrowhead with the fishing line pierced into Zhang Hao's right leg with a pfft.
This was a fishing gun specifically used to catch medium-sized fish. The arrowhead it shot was as thick as an adult's finger, so one could imagine what the consequences would be if it hit someone's leg.
Zhang Hao was hit and immediately felt his right leg go numb.
"Bang!"
Immediately afterward, the strong man on the navigation boat on the other side used the gun body to pull the fishing line attached to the arrowhead, like walking a dog, directly dragging Zhang Hao.
The arrowhead was still in his flesh, and Zhang Hao twisted his face in pain, screaming and falling onto the boat.
"You better fucking behave, or I'll shoot you like a turtle!" The leading strong man on the other side shouted loudly, "Cut the engine and get on our boat!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the other speedboats responsible for sealing off the path also had people holding fishing guns, forcing everyone.
—---
On the beach.
Su Tianyu lifted the speedboat hidden behind the reef, rushed up, and shouted, "Quick, get on the boat!"
About fifteen minutes later.
Su Tianyu's speedboat arrived in the area where the goods were robbed and saw more than a dozen workers floating in the water, helping each other. But the ships, goods, and Zhang Hao and others were all gone.
