Chapter 167

Evening.

Gui Mengjun, along with three of his family's top strategists, once again arrived at the suburban Hanoi bungalow to meet with Su Tianyu and the others.

The group closed the door, brewed a large pot of coffee, and sat down in the dilapidated living room to talk.

Su Tianyu, with a grim expression, said to Gui Mengjun, "Don't even think about it. There's no room for negotiation. Jing Yan, You Yifan, and the Thai family are all on the same page. They not only want control of the military supply business, but they're also determined to devour the Casallo and Sinaloa lines."

Gui Mengjun, with his hands clasped, asked, "What's your take on it?"

"Heh." Kong Zheng Hui smiled upon hearing this, "Our bets have long been placed on the table. We've offended everyone we needed to, and we've risked our lives when necessary. If we were to back down now, we'd truly lose everything."

Su Tianyu looked at Gui Mengjun and retorted rather sharply, "President Gui, we're all on the same side, so let's not test each other. Just get your plan out as soon as possible so we can discuss it."

Gui Mengjun looked at Su Tianyu, somewhat taken aback, "You seem a bit off today. Is something on your mind?"

Su Tianyu replied with an unpleasant expression, "Everyone says it's difficult, but I'm having the hardest time! I'm being inexplicably cornered by You Yifan."

"What's wrong?" Gui Mengjun asked, frowning.

Su Tianyu directly pulled out his phone, opened the text message You Chengcheng had sent him, and said, "Take a look for yourselves."

Gui Mengjun took the phone first, glanced at the message's content, and his expression turned somewhat astonished.

"What is it? He didn't show me during the day." Da Bai, seeing Gui Mengjun finish reading, snatched the phone and scanned it, then cursed, "What a goddamn bitch!"

The text message You Chengcheng sent to Su Tianyu was actually a dossier. This dossier contained a detailed record of Su Tianyu's military service, including his participation in the Independence War.

However, many details in this record had been altered. Some parts clearly pointed out that Su Tianyu had shown cowardice on the battlefield, had deserted without permission, and had even bribed certain officers in the army, spending money to buy commendations for military service.

Su Tianyu was a soldier and had attended the Army Academy, so he only needed to look at the dossier once to know its damaging potential.

First of all, this dossier couldn't be called entirely fake, because the You family was a military family, and they had a strong network of relationships within the upper echelons of the army. Especially within the Chinese Corps, they had many protégés and disciples, so it wouldn't be difficult for them to do something dirty.

This fabricated dossier wasn't just random scribbling; it was supported by a lot of corroborating evidence. For example, when Su Tianyu showed cowardice and deserted, many soldiers from the same battalion provided testimonies accusing him. Many of these people were from the logistics unit and weren't familiar with Su Tianyu, so they had clearly been bribed to fabricate these accusations.

Furthermore, there were also witness testimonies and even material evidence of how Su Tianyu had bribed officers in the army.

Of course, Su Tianyu could never have done these things, because his family had already fallen before he joined the Independence War. Even if he wanted to find connections and pull strings, he wouldn't have had the money to do so. Therefore, this was blatant slander.

According to the army's litigation process, Su Tianyu would have at least three opportunities to submit materials to clear his name: first to the brigade headquarters, then to the army headquarters, and finally to the judicial arbitration department of the Chinese Corps.

But by the time this whole process was completed, it might be the New Era year 100, and he couldn't afford to wait. Because the purpose of You Chengcheng sending this threatening dossier was to directly submit this fabricated material to the relevant units two days before Su Tianyu officially became a public official, which would definitely disqualify him from being admitted.

If that happened, even if Lao Li wanted to protect him, he wouldn't be able to. Because the army and the local government were two different systems, and if this stain couldn't be cleared, then once the fabricated dossier in the army was made public, no matter how strong your local connections were, there would be no way to openly admit you.

Therefore, Su Tianyu was extremely frustrated. He had finally gotten rid of the stain his family had brought him, and now they were adding another trumped-up charge, and he couldn't even resist, because with his current connections in the army, there was no way to resolve this matter.

Yu Mingyuan finished reading the dossier, looked up at Su Tianyu, and said, "I'll call my uncle and have him help you with this."

"That'll take too long." Su Tianyu's anger was hard to express. He looked at Gui Mengjun and said, "I have only one thought now: if we take out You Yifan in the Golden Triangle, then all problems will be solved. I don't want to bring the conflict back to Dragon City."

"That's right." Kong Zheng Hui agreed, "Only by sniping him there can we truly solve the problem."

"The problem is that he's not easy to snipe." Bai Hongbo said, somewhat frustrated, "You Yifan and Jing Yan are not fools. Now that the two sides are in such a deadlock, and their positions are so important, how could they easily give you an opportunity to act?! It's estimated that the Thai family's people and the Pu family's connections are all watching Shuangniu Island! If we move rashly, we'll only fall into their trap."

Gui Mengjun rubbed his palms, "I already have a plan."

"Speak, tell us quickly!" Yu Mingyuan's tone was also urgent when he saw his beloved Sixth Brother being targeted.

"You explain it." Gui Mengjun pointed to the middle-aged man beside him and instructed softly.

The three people Gui Mengjun had brought were his own brains trust, his advisors, who were specifically responsible for devising strategies.

The balding middle-aged man took a sip of coffee, looked up at everyone, and said, "Acting on the island right now is just asking for death. I've received news that a battalion commander from the Pu family is currently on the island, saying that there was an explosion before, so soldiers must be there to keep things in order."

Everyone nodded slowly.

"If we can't act on the island, then we have to find a way to get them to come out." The balding middle-aged man pointed to the other two advisors and added in a low voice, "We discussed it and think we can do this..."

Su Tianyu and the others listened quietly to their plan, analyzing the details one by one with great patience.

About half an hour later, the balding middle-aged man finished explaining the plan in detail, turned his head to look at everyone, and asked, "What do you think?"

Su Tianyu remained silent, clasping his hands together, without replying.

"The idea is good, but... but I think it's a bit too direct." Kong Zheng Hui thought for a moment and replied, "Don't take offense, I'm just stating my own opinion. Although this plan has backup options, there's one very crucial point: we can't all get on the island, so the people who actually do the job on the island have to be outsourced, and these people are uncontrollable. Look at how they targeted President Gui before, they had the Xue family find someone to do it, but it ended up in a complete mess. But we're different from them. We only have one chance... once we fail, it's over."

Kong Zheng Hui's mind was always quite sharp, and the advice he gave was crucial.

Su Tianyu thought for a while, looked up at Gui Mengjun, and said, "I think we shouldn't even bother finding insiders to do it. Instead of letting uncontrollable people do it, why not find the kind that are completely uncontrollable...?"

"What do you mean?" Gui Mengjun didn't quite understand Su Tianyu's idea for a moment.

Su Tianyu stood up directly, wiped clean the blackboard in the room that was previously used for bookkeeping, and drew on it forcefully while saying, "Let's sort out who the key players in this event are! The Thai family supplies the goods, the goods enter the port, and the dock gang acts as carriers, delivering them to Sinaloa and Casallo. Only when this entire line runs smoothly can the business be considered a success. Then the key point here is very clear: without someone from Dragon City Port sitting there, the business can't be established. Therefore, You Yifan is the link between everyone, the most crucial link; otherwise, the Thai family can't send out the goods, and Jing Yan can't receive them. Once we sort it out like this, the main opponent becomes clear. When I said to replace him with someone completely uncontrollable, that's the first link..."

Everyone listened quietly, occasionally asking questions to help Gou Liuzi refine his ideas. The group sat like this from evening until dawn the next day.

...

On the other side.

After Jing Yan got the information You Chengcheng gave him, he also sent people to District One; they were going to make their move in advance as well.

At this point, the final battle of the exhibition event was about to be staged!