Chapter 9 A Real Man Who Stands Tall
Inside the Su family courtyard.
Su Tianyu faced Bai Hongbo's almost accusatory "joke" and immediately poured himself two and a half ounces of white wine from the bottle. He stood up and replied, "Brother Bai, even if you didn't mention that moment at the Changqing Company's garbage dump, I still have to thank you in person."
"Hehe, what are you thanking me for?" Bai Hongbo sneered in reply. He was definitely a bit unhappy with Su Tianyu, as the latter had not informed anyone before attacking Lu Feng. After the job was done, for some inexplicable reason, Big Bai took a beating, and the latter was naturally a bit upset.
Su Tianyu looked at the intellectual Big Bai with a pious face and said with a forceful tone, "Brother Bai, I was indeed impulsive at the garbage dump. Originally, Big Brother asked me to go and just observe, but I didn't expect Lu Feng to boast about chopping my second brother, so I couldn't help but do something to him. After the fight, I also regretted it. If it weren't for you calling someone to stop Lu Feng, I might not have been able to get out of the garbage dump, so I must thank you in person."
Su Tiannan listened to his brother's words and immediately interrupted, "Ah, so it was Big Bai who had someone stop Lu Feng for you?"
"Yes, we split up and ran away at that time." Su Tianyu nodded. "Lu Feng was looking for me after coming out of the main building, but Big Bai blocked him for me, and I managed to escape."
Su Miaomiao's eyes were bright and she immediately raised her glass to Bai Hongbo, saying, "Big Bai, I really didn't expect you to save my brother! To be honest, there are not many workers in Zhanan who aren't afraid of Lu Feng. You are truly a real man. Just for this, I also have to drink a toast with you."
Bai Hongbo was a bit confused when he heard this. He thought to himself, "Is this how the Su family understands it?" Since they understood it this way, he couldn't very well say that he got beaten up because he ran too slowly. That would be too damaging for the image of a sophisticated man such as himself.
"What real man this real man that?" Bai Hongbo casually waved his hand and said softly, "Little Su happened to be with me at the time. When Lu Feng came out with his men and ran towards him with a machete, I had a lot of people around me. So, could I just let Little Su fend for himself? Well, since the four families have formed an alliance, we might as well help each other."
"Big Bai is truly a real man! I saw that Lu Feng's side had taken several of your men down." Su Tianyu immediately respectfully raised his glass and said, "I have to toast you no matter what I say."
"Come on, let's all toast Big Bai together." Su Tiannan also called out.
As a professional novel translator, here is my translation of the chapter:
All the young men of the Su family stood up and raised their glasses to Bai Hongbo. Originally, Bai Hongbo had wanted to use words to knock the Su family down a peg, saying that this matter was started by them and that they naturally had to take the lead in the follow-up events. But he didn't expect that before he could say anything, the wine was already being poured, and he seemed to have become the main force against Changqing Company.
"Come on, let's drink together." Brother Bai listened to everyone's compliments, grinned, and downed the wine in his cup.
"Truly a real man!"
The young men of the Su family and Bai Hongbo clinked their glasses and drank them all.
Half an hour later, Bai Hongbo was already dizzy from the drink. He grabbed Su Tiannan's hand and slurred, "After the fight at the garbage dump, I called Lu Feng. Originally, I wanted to..."
"After the fight, you called Lu Feng?" Su Tianyu asked proactively from the side.
Bai Hongbo was startled for a moment, then his mind quickly reacted. He almost blurted out the truth, "Ah... no, he called me, but I scolded him. Others may be afraid of him, but I'm not. What I mean is that since we can't reach an agreement, the four families must be tied together to get this done and get the old man out as soon as possible. Tiannan, don't worry, Brother Bai will definitely support you."
"Okay, okay, Brother Bai." Su Tiannan nodded repeatedly.
Su Tianyu looked at Bai Hongbo with a smile and raised his glass again, "Brother Bai, for what you just said, I have to toast you again."
"Little Su, it's not that I look down on you, but when it comes to drinking, the three of you combined aren't my match."
"Then I'll die drinking with a true man like you."
"Come on, let's drink!"
"......!"
In twenty minutes, Bai Hongbo was lying on the table with foam at the corners of his mouth, his speech slurred.
"Damn it, I forgot, I have a slash wound on my body, the doctor seems to have forbidden me from drinking... Xizi, my heart is beating so fast, am I going to die...?"
A follower from the Bai family stood up and replied, "It's okay, there's no problem with you drinking. The medicine you took doesn't react with alcohol."
"No, my heart is beating too fast. Miaomiao, you studied nursing, can you help me check..." Bai Hongbo, who was drunk like a dead dog, didn't forget to flirt.
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After the family banquet ended, Bai Hongbo was supported by his family and left. Meanwhile, Su Tianyu, Su Tiannan, Su Miaomiao, and others sat in a pavilion in the courtyard, chatting.
"Little Yu, do you think the strike can save your second uncle?" Su Tiannan asked bluntly.
Su Tianyu was the type who didn't show any signs of being drunk, as long as he didn't pass out. At this moment, he held a teacup and replied in a soft voice, "The strike can definitely save my second uncle because Changqing Corporation's demand is not to kill anyone, but to seek benefits. In other words, they have no reason to offend anyone to death if there is no profit. However, all of this is based on the premise that we can hold on, form time and event effects."
Su Tiannan nodded and continued, "I'm just afraid we won't be able to hold on for too long."
"The workers are the key. As long as the workers don't scatter and are willing to help speak up, the Changqing Corporation will definitely compromise if we stick to it. But what we can see, they can see as well, because the cooperation between the workers and the four families is our weakest link." Su Tianyu looked at his older brother and added concisely.
"That makes sense." Su Miaomiao nodded slowly.
"My suggestion is that Second Brother should watch the workers these days, especially those who will protest. They are very important to us." Su Tianyu said succinctly.
"What about the other three families?" Su Tiannan asked back.
Su Tianyu was silent for a moment and replied, "Big Brother, we can't control everyone, and neither can the other three families. We just need to stabilize the situation and wait for time to form event effects."
Su Tiannan fell silent.
The next day, the strike continued and gained some momentum and influence among the public. Many workers had already protested at the management office yesterday, and rumors had spread.
Around noon, more than 400 people gathered peacefully outside the district management office, holding banners to express their demands.
With so many people blocking the entrance, the police department in Zhanan District couldn't ignore them. They had sent more than a dozen police officers in the morning to maintain order.
At around one o'clock in the afternoon, a business car with dark-tinted windows stopped at the entrance of the management office. Lu Feng was sitting in the middle row, crossing his legs and scanning the crowd. "Let's see who can shout the loudest," he said.
...
In the Bai family's house, Bai Hongbo was sitting on the bed with a splitting headache. He asked his companion who had gone with him to the Su family's house yesterday, "Hey, why did we go to the Su family's house yesterday? I forgot."
"I don't know either. We were all drunk. I just remember a group of people surrounding you and saying you were a real man," his companion replied in a daze.
Bai Hongbo exclaimed, "Damn, it's something everyone on earth knows. Do I need them to tell me?"
Chapter 9 A Real Man Who Stands Tall
Inside the Su family courtyard.
Su Tianyu faced Bai Hongbo's almost accusatory "joke" and immediately poured himself two and a half ounces of white wine from the bottle. He stood up and replied, "Brother Bai, even if you didn't mention that moment at the Changqing Company's garbage dump, I still have to thank you in person."
"Hehe, what are you thanking me for?" Bai Hongbo sneered in reply. He was definitely a bit unhappy with Su Tianyu, as the latter had not informed anyone before attacking Lu Feng. After the job was done, for some inexplicable reason, Big Bai took a beating, and the latter was naturally a bit upset.
Su Tianyu looked at the intellectual Big Bai with a pious face and said with a forceful tone, "Brother Bai, I was indeed impulsive at the garbage dump. Originally, Big Brother asked me to go and just observe, but I didn't expect Lu Feng to boast about chopping my second brother, so I couldn't help but do something to him. After the fight, I also regretted it. If it weren't for you calling someone to stop Lu Feng, I might not have been able to get out of the garbage dump, so I must thank you in person."
Su Tiannan listened to his brother's words and immediately interrupted, "Ah, so it was Big Bai who had someone stop Lu Feng for you?"
"Yes, we split up and ran away at that time." Su Tianyu nodded. "Lu Feng was looking for me after coming out of the main building, but Big Bai blocked him for me, and I managed to escape."
Su Miaomiao's eyes were bright and she immediately raised her glass to Bai Hongbo, saying, "Big Bai, I really didn't expect you to save my brother! To be honest, there are not many workers in Zhanan who aren't afraid of Lu Feng. You are truly a real man. Just for this, I also have to drink a toast with you."
Bai Hongbo was a bit confused when he heard this. He thought to himself, "Is this how the Su family understands it?" Since they understood it this way, he couldn't very well say that he got beaten up because he ran too slowly. That would be too damaging for the image of a sophisticated man such as himself.
"What real man this real man that?" Bai Hongbo casually waved his hand and said softly, "Little Su happened to be with me at the time. When Lu Feng came out with his men and ran towards him with a machete, I had a lot of people around me. So, could I just let Little Su fend for himself? Well, since the four families have formed an alliance, we might as well help each other."
"Big Bai is truly a real man! I saw that Lu Feng's side had taken several of your men down." Su Tianyu immediately respectfully raised his glass and said, "I have to toast you no matter what I say."
"Come on, let's all toast Big Bai together." Su Tiannan also called out.
As a professional novel translator, here is my translation of the chapter:
All the young men of the Su family stood up and raised their glasses to Bai Hongbo. Originally, Bai Hongbo had wanted to use words to knock the Su family down a peg, saying that this matter was started by them and that they naturally had to take the lead in the follow-up events. But he didn't expect that before he could say anything, the wine was already being poured, and he seemed to have become the main force against Changqing Company.
"Come on, let's drink together." Brother Bai listened to everyone's compliments, grinned, and downed the wine in his cup.
"Truly a real man!"
The young men of the Su family and Bai Hongbo clinked their glasses and drank them all.
Half an hour later, Bai Hongbo was already dizzy from the drink. He grabbed Su Tiannan's hand and slurred, "After the fight at the garbage dump, I called Lu Feng. Originally, I wanted to..."
"After the fight, you called Lu Feng?" Su Tianyu asked proactively from the side.
Bai Hongbo was startled for a moment, then his mind quickly reacted. He almost blurted out the truth, "Ah... no, he called me, but I scolded him. Others may be afraid of him, but I'm not. What I mean is that since we can't reach an agreement, the four families must be tied together to get this done and get the old man out as soon as possible. Tiannan, don't worry, Brother Bai will definitely support you."
"Okay, okay, Brother Bai." Su Tiannan nodded repeatedly.
Su Tianyu looked at Bai Hongbo with a smile and raised his glass again, "Brother Bai, for what you just said, I have to toast you again."
"Little Su, it's not that I look down on you, but when it comes to drinking, the three of you combined aren't my match."
"Then I'll die drinking with a true man like you."
"Come on, let's drink!"
"......!"
In twenty minutes, Bai Hongbo was lying on the table with foam at the corners of his mouth, his speech slurred.
"Damn it, I forgot, I have a slash wound on my body, the doctor seems to have forbidden me from drinking... Xizi, my heart is beating so fast, am I going to die...?"
A follower from the Bai family stood up and replied, "It's okay, there's no problem with you drinking. The medicine you took doesn't react with alcohol."
"No, my heart is beating too fast. Miaomiao, you studied nursing, can you help me check..." Bai Hongbo, who was drunk like a dead dog, didn't forget to flirt.
------
After the family banquet ended, Bai Hongbo was supported by his family and left. Meanwhile, Su Tianyu, Su Tiannan, Su Miaomiao, and others sat in a pavilion in the courtyard, chatting.
"Little Yu, do you think the strike can save your second uncle?" Su Tiannan asked bluntly.
Su Tianyu was the type who didn't show any signs of being drunk, as long as he didn't pass out. At this moment, he held a teacup and replied in a soft voice, "The strike can definitely save my second uncle because Changqing Corporation's demand is not to kill anyone, but to seek benefits. In other words, they have no reason to offend anyone to death if there is no profit. However, all of this is based on the premise that we can hold on, form time and event effects."
Su Tiannan nodded and continued, "I'm just afraid we won't be able to hold on for too long."
"The workers are the key. As long as the workers don't scatter and are willing to help speak up, the Changqing Corporation will definitely compromise if we stick to it. But what we can see, they can see as well, because the cooperation between the workers and the four families is our weakest link." Su Tianyu looked at his older brother and added concisely.
"That makes sense." Su Miaomiao nodded slowly.
"My suggestion is that Second Brother should watch the workers these days, especially those who will protest. They are very important to us." Su Tianyu said succinctly.
"What about the other three families?" Su Tiannan asked back.
Su Tianyu was silent for a moment and replied, "Big Brother, we can't control everyone, and neither can the other three families. We just need to stabilize the situation and wait for time to form event effects."
Su Tiannan fell silent.
The next day, the strike continued and gained some momentum and influence among the public. Many workers had already protested at the management office yesterday, and rumors had spread.
Around noon, more than 400 people gathered peacefully outside the district management office, holding banners to express their demands.
With so many people blocking the entrance, the police department in Zhanan District couldn't ignore them. They had sent more than a dozen police officers in the morning to maintain order.
At around one o'clock in the afternoon, a business car with dark-tinted windows stopped at the entrance of the management office. Lu Feng was sitting in the middle row, crossing his legs and scanning the crowd. "Let's see who can shout the loudest," he said.
...
In the Bai family's house, Bai Hongbo was sitting on the bed with a splitting headache. He asked his companion who had gone with him to the Su family's house yesterday, "Hey, why did we go to the Su family's house yesterday? I forgot."
"I don't know either. We were all drunk. I just remember a group of people surrounding you and saying you were a real man," his companion replied in a daze.
Bai Hongbo exclaimed, "Damn, it's something everyone on earth knows. Do I need them to tell me?"
