Chapter 1 Tianhong Port

Li Hongze walked out of the meeting room quickly, heading straight for the outside of the building.

"Boss, there's a restroom on the first floor." The brother behind him reminded him.

"Restroom my ass." Li Hongze frowned and replied, quickening his pace and whispering, "Get them all together, let's pull out."

"Huh?!"

"I said pull out, can't you hear me?" Li Hongze replied hurriedly, already leaving the main building. The lackey behind him came to his senses and immediately called the other brothers to leave.

Li Hongze crossed the courtyard, reached the gate, and got into his car, "Go back to the company."

"Okay." The driver nodded.

"Take the back roads, through the alleys." Li Hongze couldn't help but remind him.

The levels of the people in the car were not too high, and they didn't dare to ask too much, only looking at Li Hongze's expression in the rearview mirror with suspicion.

The car quickly left the vicinity of the courtyard, preparing to return to the Zhanan District through the alleys.

After driving for a while, Li Hongze said uneasily again, "Don't go back to the company, go straight out of the city, don't take Haiyan Pit, go from the north of the city, towards District One."

"Boss, what's wrong?" the driver asked.

"Nothing, don't ask." Li Hongze was too lazy to explain.

Just now, Li Hongze received a call from the upper echelons of Changqing Company, who told him that the Municipal Public Security Bureau might be cleaning up Li Xing, and Wang Daolin was the gun specifically responsible for handling this matter.

The upper echelons didn't say that Li Hongze was also on the list to be cleaned up, but he himself felt the danger. Because he and Li Xing had done too many dirty things together, if the Municipal Public Security Bureau investigated Li Xing and he didn't let go, then he would definitely be in trouble.

Li Hongze sat in the car, feeling extremely uneasy. He was a very smart man, and the Municipal Public Security Bureau's sudden move to deal with Changqing was not a good sign.

This shows that the upper echelons of the city, between the Yu family and the Changqing Wharf Gang, chose to support the former and wanted to knock on the latter two groups.

Why is this happening?

Obviously, the internal strife of the dockworkers' association has lasted too long, and the several incidents have been too big, making the upper echelons unable to bear it any longer, so they want to rectify them.

The political environment of Dragon City is complex. Changqing and the dockworkers' association, such huge organizations, in addition to having a large number of people, also have close contact with the top power echelons here. If it weren't for this reason, Li Hongze wouldn't dare to get involved in the internal strife of the Zhanan Wharf Gang.

Thinking of these things, Li Hongze felt a faint sense of regret in his heart. He regretted that he had placed too much bet on Xu Hu, to the point where the further things developed, the harder it was for him to get out.

After Gu Tongshan's death, Li Hongze should have retreated, but human nature is greedy. He felt that Xu Hu had a great chance, and he also coveted the highly profitable gold brick business.

Li Hongze sat in the car and loosened his collar, urging again, "Drive faster!"

...

Inside Tianhong Port.

Xu Hu, holding his phone, called Bao Cheng, who had gone back to pick up people, "Where are you guys? How much longer? Hurry up, Wei Xiangzuo is about to arrive."

"Entering the port soon."

"Okay, that's it."

After speaking, the two ended the call.

Xu Hu found Zhang Zhengfang and other members of the Elder Council with some anxiety, "Elder Zhang, Elder He, the vice president called you all, right?"

"Called."

"The association supports me, but now Wei Xiangzuo is already red-eyed." Xu Hu said in a low voice, "Our situation is not good. The people from Changqing haven't come, and the people from Fukuoka entered the port first. I just called, and the people below told me that Wei Xiangzuo gathered more than 500 people in Erdao Street. I don't think we can fight head-on."

"Then what do you mean?" Elder He asked.

"We need to block Wei Xiangzuo for a while, to delay him, until Bao Cheng brings people over." Xu Hu replied directly.

The members of the Elder Council exchanged glances, instantly understanding what Xu Hu meant.

"Hehe." Elder He smiled and nodded slowly, "Okay, we'll go."

In fact, they had no choice but to go, because these people not only supported Xu Hu, but also took a lot of money from him. The two sides were completely tied together, and no one could leave the other.

The members of the Elder Council all stood up. Zhang Zhengfang looked at Xu Hu meaningfully and said, "If Zhanan can't be suppressed, then it'll be difficult."

Xu Hu nodded.

After exchanging a few words, the six or seven old men walked out of the meeting room.

At this moment, almost everyone who was present at the beginning of tonight's meeting had left, leaving only Xu Hu and his brothers in the room.

In the empty meeting room, Xu Hu lit a cigarette in frustration and suddenly raised his head to ask, "Hey, where's Li Hongze?"

"He said he went to the restroom!" One of Xu Hu's brothers stood up, "I'll go find him."

Xu Hu turned his head to look out the window, took a puff of cigarette and said, "What's the point of looking for him! He thinks Zhanan is unstable, he must have run back to the company. I'll give him a call."

...

At the entrance.

Old He turned his head and shouted, "Let's go, Old Zhang!"

"You guys go first, I'll make a call." Zhang Zhengfang replied, standing at the door with his phone in hand.

The others didn't think much of it, got into their cars and went straight to Erdao Street.

After seeing everyone leave, Zhang Zhengfang bent over and got into the car, raised his head and said to the driver, "Don't go to Erdao Street, go to Zhengyang Road."

The driver was stunned for a moment, then immediately nodded, "Okay."

...

Inside the riot squad under the Public Security Bureau, more than 300 people had all their communication equipment confiscated by the captain. They gathered at a designated location, supervised by several temporary leaders, waiting for orders from above.

At the same time, the leaders responsible for police affairs in Tianhong Port were all called to the Municipal Public Security Bureau by Director Lin's secretary.

Inside the Public Security Bureau, Director Guo announced the end of the meeting and left through the back door alone, saying to the two men beside him, "Call the reporters, tell the riot squad and the Fukuoka District Public Security Division to get ready, Zhanan is about to be finished."

"Understood!" The two nodded.

...

Inside the Yu family.

After receiving a call, Su Tianyu saw that Yu Jinrong and Director Lin were still chatting, and immediately gave Yu Mingyuan a look.

Yu Mingyuan understood and walked out of the courtyard with Su Tianyu, whispering to each other.

"Zhanan will have results soon, I have to go take a look." Su Tianyu instructed in a low voice, "Don't worry, I'll arrange Wei Xiangzuo properly."

"Will he be willing?" Yu Mingyuan asked.

"He has to be willing even if he's not, because if it succeeds, he will be the biggest beneficiary." Su Tianyu replied briefly.

"Okay, go, be careful."

"Wait for my call." Su Tianyu nodded.

After speaking, Su Tianyu drove away.

...

Inside Tianhong Port's Erdao Street, Xiao Feng, with a white cloth strip wrapped around his arm, stood at the front of the crowd, asking Wei Xiangzuo, "Have we gathered enough people? Let's just do it, boss?"

"What's the rush, wait a moment." Wei Xiangzuo waved his hand.