Chapter 50 One Finger
At 7:30 in the evening, in the private room of a Chinese restaurant on the 16th floor of the Ronghai Building in the Zhanan district, Yu Mingyuan sat in the main seat with Tang Baiqing on his right, waiting and chatting.
After a short while, the door of the private room was pushed open, and Xu Hu, a sturdy man with a friendly face, walked in with two followers.
"Oh, sorry for being late, Boss Yu," Xu Hu said with a smile. He was about 37 or 38 years old, with a height of around 1.8 meters and a strong, sturdy physique. Although his skin was dark, his face was not fierce, and his features were well-proportioned.
Yu Mingyuan stood up immediately upon hearing his voice and shook hands with him, saying, "Thank you for your help these past few days, Brother Xu."
"It's nothing, nothing at all!" Xu Hu replied, then turned to Tang Baiqing and complimented him, "We rely on Baiqing to take care of our business at the dock. He asked for our help, so how could we not come?"
"Come on, everyone take a seat," Tang Baiqing said, arranging the seating and inviting everyone to sit down.
Once everyone was seated, the feast began.
Yu Mingyuan picked up a wine bottle and said to Xu Hu, who was sitting on his left, "Brother Xu, Baiqing has told me about your idea. But even though the business at sea seems simple, it's actually quite complicated. When I set up this company, my intention was to unite the brothers of the underworld."
"Hehe, I understand," Xu Hu replied with a smile.
Yu Mingyuan poured the wine and continued, staring at Xu Hu, "Brother Xu, what do you think of this? You help me retrieve the goods and people first, and we can discuss the investment later after this matter is resolved. Of course, I won't let you go empty-handed. I'll give you 300,000 yuan as a token of my appreciation."
Tang Baiqing kicked Yu Mingyuan under the table when he heard this, indicating that he was going in the wrong direction. But Yu Mingyuan did not respond.
After a moment of silence, Xu Hu smiled and said, "Boss Yu, if I came here just for a little bit of money, I wouldn't have bothered to come at all. We're all insiders here, so let's talk straight to the point. To me, rescuing people and goods and conducting business at sea are the same thing. As long as I'm involved, I'll help, because it's our own business. I can talk to Old Lei, who's stealing goods from outside the district, and ask him to spit out the goods and people. If we can't come to an agreement, I can even fight with him until he spits out the goods. However, if I'm not involved in the transaction, I can't break the rules of the sea. If Old Lei has worked hard to steal goods, and it's all legal and reasonable, why should an outsider like me ask him to hand over the goods and people with just a word? You offered 300,000 yuan. I have to ask, are the goods and people you're talking about really worth only 300,000 yuan?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Mingyuan furrowed his brow slightly but remained silent.
Xu Hu wore a smile as he spoke, "Yu Zong, don't blame me for being frank. There are rules on the sea, and if we want to do business, we must follow them, don't you agree?"
"Is Xu Ge saying that we must discuss the issue of shares today?" Yu Mingyuan asked.
"Yes, we came here to talk about investing today." Xu Hu relaxed his posture and looked at Yu Mingyuan calmly. His plain words were full of confidence and dominance. "Yu Zong, if I may digress for a moment, the thugs you've hired on the docks and on the sea are useless. They have no connections, no formations. If you give them 30% of the shares for nothing, isn't that just charity?"
Yu Mingyuan remained silent.
Xu Hu paused for a moment and continued, "Yu Zong, are you having a hard time telling the three dirty gangs to sell their shares?"
Yu Mingyuan looked up at him. "The relationships in this circle are indeed quite complex..."
"Hahaha!" Xu Hu laughed heartily. "Complex matters can be simplified, can't they? If you're uncomfortable telling them, I'll be the bad guy."
With that, Xu Hu picked up his phone and dialed a number.
"Hey, Xu Ge, what are you up to?" Yu Mingyuan was not sure of the other person's intentions, so he tried to intervene.
"It's nothing." Xu Hu waved his hand and heard the phone connect. "Hello, Second Brother!"
"What's up, Big Brother?" Xu Er answered from the other end of the line.
"I'm having a meal and a chat with Yu Zong. He said he's having a hard time telling the three dirty gangs to sell their shares." Xu Hu instructed calmly, "So, call Lei Zi outside the district and ask him to do me a favor. Help me teach the little boy who leads the Su family a lesson, and send it to the Su family."
"Okay!" Xu Er replied.
As soon as Yu Mingyuan heard this, he stood up immediately. "Xu Ge, what do you mean by this?"
"If you're uncomfortable, I'll handle it!" Xu Hu hung up the phone directly. "I'm not afraid of offending them. Give them a lesson and let them sell their shares themselves, isn't that it?"
"Old Xu, it's not worth it..." Tang Baiqing frowned and tried to persuade him.
"Hey, Baiqing, like I said before, there are rules on the sea." Xu Hu raised his head and looked at Yu Mingyuan, emphasizing each word as he spoke. "If you agree to our partnership, I'll handle the three families. You don't have to be the bad guy, okay, Mr. Yu?"
Yu Mingyuan looked down on Xu Hu from his high position and fully understood his intentions.
Was this a way to pressure the Su family? Obviously not entirely. Xu Hu was making it clear to Yu Mingyuan that in this area around the wharf, the Su, Bai, and Kong families were all irrelevant. If the Yu family wanted to do business, they couldn't avoid dealing with the gang!
"I, Xu Hu, can chop off your fingers or seize your goods. You, Yu Mingyuan, have no other options but to choose the gang and Tang Baiqing, or else you won't be able to continue your business!"
Yu Mingyuan looked at Xu Hu, clenched his fists, and then finally bent over to sit down again.
—---
In a courtyard on the middle section of Tianhong Street in Tianhong Civil Port, Xu Er, with a knife in his hand, led three men into a warehouse on the left.
Xu Er was over 1.8 meters tall, but his physique was extremely thin and weak. From a distance, he looked like a long stick. His small facial features and pockmarked face made him extremely ugly, nothing like his brother Xu Hu, who had a more normal appearance.
Xu Er walked over to Zhang Hao and squatted down beside him, waving his hand and shouting, "Hold him down."
Zhang Hao had already been tortured for several days, his thigh wound was infected, and he had a fever. He was lying on a burlap bag and suddenly sat up, asking, "What are you guys doing...?"
"Your boss doesn't know how to behave, so I'm borrowing a finger from you." Xu Er bent down and said calmly, "The knife is fast, so hold on tight!"
"Motherf*cker!" Zhang Hao cursed with red eyes.
Three people held down Zhang Hao's right hand, and Xu Er pointed his knife at Zhang Hao's pinky finger and said, "Just this one."
"Swish!"
"Crunch!"
A finger was cut off, and Zhang Hao was in so much pain that he convulsed and passed out on the spot.
"Take it to the Su family," Xu Er threw away the knife, turned, and left, saying, "I'll keep playing mahjong."
Half an hour later.
Two vans entered Tianhong Civil Port, and inside the car, Kong Zhenghui lowered his head to look at his watch and said, "My friend will call me soon."
At the same time.
Firecrackers sounded in the Su family's courtyard, and Su Zhengcai and Su Tiannan rushed over when they heard the noise. On the ground, they found a white cloth bundled together with a finger inside, with a few words written on it.
"If you don't back out of the partnership, next time I'll chop off his thigh!"
"Motherf*cker!" Su Zhengcai held the finger and his eyes turned red. "Yu Mingyuan really can't hold up, I won't need you later, I'll go personally!"
Chapter 50 One Finger
At 7:30 in the evening, in the private room of a Chinese restaurant on the 16th floor of the Ronghai Building in the Zhanan district, Yu Mingyuan sat in the main seat with Tang Baiqing on his right, waiting and chatting.
After a short while, the door of the private room was pushed open, and Xu Hu, a sturdy man with a friendly face, walked in with two followers.
"Oh, sorry for being late, Boss Yu," Xu Hu said with a smile. He was about 37 or 38 years old, with a height of around 1.8 meters and a strong, sturdy physique. Although his skin was dark, his face was not fierce, and his features were well-proportioned.
Yu Mingyuan stood up immediately upon hearing his voice and shook hands with him, saying, "Thank you for your help these past few days, Brother Xu."
"It's nothing, nothing at all!" Xu Hu replied, then turned to Tang Baiqing and complimented him, "We rely on Baiqing to take care of our business at the dock. He asked for our help, so how could we not come?"
"Come on, everyone take a seat," Tang Baiqing said, arranging the seating and inviting everyone to sit down.
Once everyone was seated, the feast began.
Yu Mingyuan picked up a wine bottle and said to Xu Hu, who was sitting on his left, "Brother Xu, Baiqing has told me about your idea. But even though the business at sea seems simple, it's actually quite complicated. When I set up this company, my intention was to unite the brothers of the underworld."
"Hehe, I understand," Xu Hu replied with a smile.
Yu Mingyuan poured the wine and continued, staring at Xu Hu, "Brother Xu, what do you think of this? You help me retrieve the goods and people first, and we can discuss the investment later after this matter is resolved. Of course, I won't let you go empty-handed. I'll give you 300,000 yuan as a token of my appreciation."
Tang Baiqing kicked Yu Mingyuan under the table when he heard this, indicating that he was going in the wrong direction. But Yu Mingyuan did not respond.
After a moment of silence, Xu Hu smiled and said, "Boss Yu, if I came here just for a little bit of money, I wouldn't have bothered to come at all. We're all insiders here, so let's talk straight to the point. To me, rescuing people and goods and conducting business at sea are the same thing. As long as I'm involved, I'll help, because it's our own business. I can talk to Old Lei, who's stealing goods from outside the district, and ask him to spit out the goods and people. If we can't come to an agreement, I can even fight with him until he spits out the goods. However, if I'm not involved in the transaction, I can't break the rules of the sea. If Old Lei has worked hard to steal goods, and it's all legal and reasonable, why should an outsider like me ask him to hand over the goods and people with just a word? You offered 300,000 yuan. I have to ask, are the goods and people you're talking about really worth only 300,000 yuan?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Mingyuan furrowed his brow slightly but remained silent.
Xu Hu wore a smile as he spoke, "Yu Zong, don't blame me for being frank. There are rules on the sea, and if we want to do business, we must follow them, don't you agree?"
"Is Xu Ge saying that we must discuss the issue of shares today?" Yu Mingyuan asked.
"Yes, we came here to talk about investing today." Xu Hu relaxed his posture and looked at Yu Mingyuan calmly. His plain words were full of confidence and dominance. "Yu Zong, if I may digress for a moment, the thugs you've hired on the docks and on the sea are useless. They have no connections, no formations. If you give them 30% of the shares for nothing, isn't that just charity?"
Yu Mingyuan remained silent.
Xu Hu paused for a moment and continued, "Yu Zong, are you having a hard time telling the three dirty gangs to sell their shares?"
Yu Mingyuan looked up at him. "The relationships in this circle are indeed quite complex..."
"Hahaha!" Xu Hu laughed heartily. "Complex matters can be simplified, can't they? If you're uncomfortable telling them, I'll be the bad guy."
With that, Xu Hu picked up his phone and dialed a number.
"Hey, Xu Ge, what are you up to?" Yu Mingyuan was not sure of the other person's intentions, so he tried to intervene.
"It's nothing." Xu Hu waved his hand and heard the phone connect. "Hello, Second Brother!"
"What's up, Big Brother?" Xu Er answered from the other end of the line.
"I'm having a meal and a chat with Yu Zong. He said he's having a hard time telling the three dirty gangs to sell their shares." Xu Hu instructed calmly, "So, call Lei Zi outside the district and ask him to do me a favor. Help me teach the little boy who leads the Su family a lesson, and send it to the Su family."
"Okay!" Xu Er replied.
As soon as Yu Mingyuan heard this, he stood up immediately. "Xu Ge, what do you mean by this?"
"If you're uncomfortable, I'll handle it!" Xu Hu hung up the phone directly. "I'm not afraid of offending them. Give them a lesson and let them sell their shares themselves, isn't that it?"
"Old Xu, it's not worth it..." Tang Baiqing frowned and tried to persuade him.
"Hey, Baiqing, like I said before, there are rules on the sea." Xu Hu raised his head and looked at Yu Mingyuan, emphasizing each word as he spoke. "If you agree to our partnership, I'll handle the three families. You don't have to be the bad guy, okay, Mr. Yu?"
Yu Mingyuan looked down on Xu Hu from his high position and fully understood his intentions.
Was this a way to pressure the Su family? Obviously not entirely. Xu Hu was making it clear to Yu Mingyuan that in this area around the wharf, the Su, Bai, and Kong families were all irrelevant. If the Yu family wanted to do business, they couldn't avoid dealing with the gang!
"I, Xu Hu, can chop off your fingers or seize your goods. You, Yu Mingyuan, have no other options but to choose the gang and Tang Baiqing, or else you won't be able to continue your business!"
Yu Mingyuan looked at Xu Hu, clenched his fists, and then finally bent over to sit down again.
—---
In a courtyard on the middle section of Tianhong Street in Tianhong Civil Port, Xu Er, with a knife in his hand, led three men into a warehouse on the left.
Xu Er was over 1.8 meters tall, but his physique was extremely thin and weak. From a distance, he looked like a long stick. His small facial features and pockmarked face made him extremely ugly, nothing like his brother Xu Hu, who had a more normal appearance.
Xu Er walked over to Zhang Hao and squatted down beside him, waving his hand and shouting, "Hold him down."
Zhang Hao had already been tortured for several days, his thigh wound was infected, and he had a fever. He was lying on a burlap bag and suddenly sat up, asking, "What are you guys doing...?"
"Your boss doesn't know how to behave, so I'm borrowing a finger from you." Xu Er bent down and said calmly, "The knife is fast, so hold on tight!"
"Motherf*cker!" Zhang Hao cursed with red eyes.
Three people held down Zhang Hao's right hand, and Xu Er pointed his knife at Zhang Hao's pinky finger and said, "Just this one."
"Swish!"
"Crunch!"
A finger was cut off, and Zhang Hao was in so much pain that he convulsed and passed out on the spot.
"Take it to the Su family," Xu Er threw away the knife, turned, and left, saying, "I'll keep playing mahjong."
Half an hour later.
Two vans entered Tianhong Civil Port, and inside the car, Kong Zhenghui lowered his head to look at his watch and said, "My friend will call me soon."
At the same time.
Firecrackers sounded in the Su family's courtyard, and Su Zhengcai and Su Tiannan rushed over when they heard the noise. On the ground, they found a white cloth bundled together with a finger inside, with a few words written on it.
"If you don't back out of the partnership, next time I'll chop off his thigh!"
"Motherf*cker!" Su Zhengcai held the finger and his eyes turned red. "Yu Mingyuan really can't hold up, I won't need you later, I'll go personally!"
