Chapter 1 The Negotiation

The next morning, around eight o'clock, Gui Mengjun personally arrived in the suburbs of Hanoi and met with Su Tianyu and the others. Pao-ge brought some breakfast, and the group sat around the dining table, eating and chatting.

At the head of the table, Gui Mengjun ate a steamed bun and said softly to Su Tianyu, "My intention was not to negotiate, but last night, Tai Zhengkang went to Linshan North Courtyard and met with the Pu family. They called my dad and said they wanted to talk."

Su Tianyu took a sip of soy milk, "So, how are we going to talk?"

"Before, everyone thought I was dead, so Tai Zhengkang naturally took over the position of hosting the exhibition." Gui Mengjun said blandly, "The current situation is that whoever is responsible for leading the exhibition will be the leader of the military equipment industry in the future, so the Tai family definitely doesn't want to give up power at this time."

Su Tianyu instantly understood Gui Mengjun's meaning and cleverly used a metaphor, "The old emperor disappeared, and the new emperor just ascended the throne and consolidated his power, only to suddenly discover that the old emperor has returned, so the scene is very awkward, is that what you mean?"

"Very accurate." Gui Mengjun said with a smile, "If you ask the Tai family to hand over power now and continue to work under me, they will definitely be unwilling."

"That makes sense." Su Tianyu agreed.

"You go talk, the bottom line is that after the exhibition is postponed, the hosting rights must be in our Gui family's hands. If they agree, then the matter ends here; if they don't agree, then I definitely won't be able to tolerate it." Gui Mengjun said decisively.

Su Tianyu was dumbfounded, "I'll go talk? Why?"

"You go talk, but not with the Tai family, but with Jing Yan, You Yifan, and those people." Gui Mengjun turned to look at Su Tianyu, "You are all partners selected by the Gui and Tai families. If you talk, whether it falls apart or succeeds, there will be room for maneuver on the surface."

Su Tianyu frowned, "I understand what you mean. This direct conflict between the Gui and Tai families stems from Sinaloa and Casar, as well as the distribution quotas in southern Mexico. And the only ones who have the ability to be distributors are our group and Jing Yan and You Yifan's group, so their attitude will affect the Tai family, right?"

"That's right, whether the Tai family's goods can be sold to Casar and Sinaloa in the future depends on the energy of the local distributors, so Jing Yan's group has a say." Gui Mengjun nodded, "Cooperation requires mutual assistance and equal levels."

Hearing this, Su Tianyu said with a bitter face, "The principle is correct, but the problem is that it's not appropriate for me to talk, right? I guess the moment Jing Yan and You Yifan's group see me, they'll send me to the crematorium to be refined. The hatred is too deep, there's no way to sit down and calmly negotiate."

"People from the Southwest Military Region of Hua District will go with you, they won't dare to move." Gui Mengjun replied.

"Are you sure they won't dare to move?" Da Bai said with some worry, "This matter still needs to be reliable. Don't let my sixth brother give away first blood for no reason."

"The guard battalion commander beside the Prince of Pingxi, do they dare to move him?" Gui Mengjun curled his lips and said, "I'll lend them eight hundred guts, and they still won't have the courage."

"Okay, I'll go." Su Tianyu agreed immediately upon hearing this.

"This afternoon, you go to the island this afternoon." Gui Mengjun wiped his mouth with a paper towel.

Su Tianyu turned to look at Lao Hei and suddenly said to Gui Mengjun, "Big Brother, there's one more thing."

"What is it?" Gui Mengjun asked.

Su Tianyu patted Lao Hei on the shoulder, "My brothers came all the way from District One, five were injured, and one died. Look... shouldn't we reimburse them for their travel expenses?"

Gui Mengjun was dumbfounded upon hearing this, "You're a big association, do you still need me to reimburse you for this money?!"

"Of course, we do." Kong Zhenghui, who was in charge of finance, immediately interjected, "President Gui, to be honest, our association is all done with loans, and we still owe a lot of debt. I estimate it will take until around New Era 150 to pay it all off."

"What kind of people are you?" Gui Mengjun felt a little cheated, "Do you have to ask your partners for this little bit of money?!"

"... President Gui, you are the big brother, you are a figure with connections in the Golden Triangle, you can't let us small families pay for everything!" Su Tianyu said pitifully, "You said that since I started contacting you, our partners have betrayed us, I've almost died twice, and last night I dealt with Gui Mengxiong, and I was in mortal danger again... But after all this, the truck you said I've already prepared, but there's not a single coin in the truck bed! It seems a little empty, don't you think?"

Gui Mengjun helplessly picked up his water glass, "How much money?"

"Four million."

"Pfft!" Gui Mengjun spat a mouthful of water on the ground, almost choking himself to death, "How much money? Four million?! It only cost me four or five hundred to hire a hundred border bandits to enter the Golden Triangle, and you ten people want four million?!"

"These are all industry leaders." Su Tianyu patted Lao Hei's arm, "Look at this body, this quality, he's not a cheap team! Besides, what would have happened last night if Brother Lao Hei hadn't defended the materials factory? They're expensive, but they're effective."

Lao Hei looked at Su Tianyu, his eyes astonished, his mouth open in a small 'o', his expression very dull.

Gui Mengjun turned to look at Pao-ge and said in a low voice, "Coordinate it. Transfer four million from Meng Zheng's company to them."

"Big Brother, you look so domineering when you swipe your card." Bai Hongbo instantly raised his soy milk, "I'll finish this, you can do as you please!"

"Damn, a bunch of scammers!" Gui Mengjun stood up and said to Su Tianyu, "You go this afternoon."

"Big Brother, I'll see you off...!"

"Big Brother, take care!"

Su Tianyu, Su Tianbei, Bai Hongbo, Kong Zhenghui and the others immediately followed him out, sending off Gui Mengjun and the others.

Five minutes later, Su Tianyu returned to the main room with a smile and saw Lao Hei looking at him flatteringly. He then asked, "Why are you grinning like you're missing four million? What do you want?"

"You're really awesome! How can you be so shameless to say those things?" Lao Hei looked at him admiringly and said, "You only gave me three hundred altogether. Not only did you not spend any money yourself, but you also earned a hundred from it."

"What exactly do you want to say?"

"... Shouldn't you take out that extra hundred to split it up?"

"I've noticed that you're just obsessed with money." Su Tianyu scolded Lao Hei, "Are you stupid? You're also a member of our union now. If you take this money out, you'll have to share it with others, right? That's like diluting your union bonus, understand?"

Lao Hei blinked, "Then what do you mean?"

"I've already given your brothers three hundred, that's already a lot." Su Tianyu whispered in Lao Hei's ear, "If you want to share this money, first sign a union elder stock certification with the union. When the bonus for this incident is issued, you'll definitely get a lot."

"What's a union elder stock certification?" Lao Hei asked puzzled.

"... Stop talking to him, he'll trick you out of everything but your pants." Da Bai curled his lips and said from the side, "Elder stock certification means that except for your wife, everything in your house belongs to the union. Since I signed that thing, I've spent three or four million on cash alone, and that doesn't even include the helmet I change three times a month...!"

"Hey, did he pay his membership fee?" Su Tianyu pointed at Lao Hei and asked Kong Zhenghui.

Lao Hei cupped his fist and said to Su Tianyu, "I won't be an elder, I'll just be a henchman, Vice President!"