Inside a room in the Ma Bang branch.

Xu Hu frowned as he glanced at the Black men on the sofa, then turned to greet Gu Tongshan, "Master."

"Good to have you back. Sit," Gu Tongshan gestured.

"Hey, brother." A burly Black man in the center of the sofa waved at Xu Hu, greeting him.

Xu Hu looked at him and nodded.

The Black men in the room were dressed in trendy, baggy jeans, colorful cotton T-shirts, and some wore baseball caps and colorful bandanas.

These men were Gu Tongshan's suppliers, the ones who provided the gold bricks swept from the sea, belonging to the "company" with the warhammer logo.

After Xu Hu sat down, the burly Black man, the leader, reached into his waistband and pulled out a small, clear plastic bag. He tore it open with his teeth and tapped some powder onto the table. "Brother, relax a little!"

Xu Hu frowned at him, saying nothing.

"What's wrong, brother? Cheer up!" The burly Black man's Mandarin was poor, and he waved his hand at Xu Hu again, unclearly.

"Nick!" Gu Tongshan frowned. "This is Dragon City. Show some respect!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the man named Nick picked up a gun from the table, stood up abruptly, and pointed it directly at Xu Hu's head.

Wei Xiangzuo sat in the corner, smoking, watching the scene unfold without saying a word.

Xu Hu looked at Nick in surprise. "What do you think you're doing?!"

"Damn fool, you didn't honor our agreement!" Nick held the gun, his eyes fierce, and demanded directly, "Are you trying to steal our market?!"

"Put the gun down!" Gu Tongshan shouted.

Nick turned to him. "We had a deal, mister! Cheap goods, you get exclusive rights, okay?!"

"I told you to put the gun down!" Gu Tongshan shouted again.

The two men faced off. Nick stared at Gu Tongshan for a few seconds before slowly turning his head and suddenly pulling the trigger.

*Pop!*

A BB pellet hit Xu Hu's head, making a light sound.

"Hahaha!" Nick laughed. "Just kidding, brother!"

Xu Hu's forehead was a little red and swollen. He glared at Nick and slowly stood up.

Gu Tongshan sat back in his wooden chair. "Xu Hu, sit down!"

Xu Hu stared expressionlessly at Nick for a good four or five seconds before reluctantly sitting down again.

"Yo ho!!"

Nick swung the gold chain on his wrist, waved the fake gun around, and shouted while shaking his head, before sitting back down on the sofa and crossing his legs. "My dear friends, when can we get back to work?"

Xu Hu was furious, but with Gu Tongshan present, he gritted his teeth and replied, "Although Yu Jinrong has been hit hard, and the three dirty helper companies have been shut down, it's not over yet. We can't move goods now. Otherwise, if something goes wrong at sea and we get the attention of those above, it will be difficult for us to handle. Especially with the commotion in Zhan Nan this time, the police department is angry."

"Not moving goods is the right thing to do," Wei Xiangzuo interjected. "And it's best not to move them at all in the future."

"What are you talking about?" Nick looked at Wei Xiangzuo in surprise and demanded, waving the fake gun around.

Wei Xiangzuo glanced at him. "Show some damn respect! Don't act like an idiot. This is Dragon City, not your old Mexican slums!"

"Enough!" Gu Tongshan shouted, looking up at Nick, and continued with his hands clasped, "There's really no way to start work now. We can retaliate against Yu Jinrong, and they can retaliate against us!"

"Then how long will we have to wait?" Nick asked.

"At least until Yu Jinrong completely softens and talks to us," Xu Hu replied.

"Oh, man! Are you kidding me? How fierce is the competition for these goods? Do you think those addicts are your fans, waiting for you to start before buying?" Nick spread his hands and roared, "We have to face the competition, okay? A constant supply of goods is your market."

Xu Hu ignored him and looked up at Gu Tongshan, saying, "Master, we still have to make money by reading the faces of those above."

Gu Tongshan slowly nodded. "We can't start work for the time being. Even normal smuggled goods will have to wait."

Black people's expressions and body language are difficult for Chinese people to understand. Although Nick looked hip-hop and mentally ill, he was actually very angry, otherwise he wouldn't have made that excessive joke as soon as Xu Hu entered the room.

Nick pondered for a moment. "Waiting for negotiations takes too long. We can find a way to use external force to interfere and force that Yu to compromise."

"This is an internal conflict in Dragon City. Don't interfere," Gu Tongshan said without a doubt, then softened his tone and made a promise, "After work resumes, the volume will increase by 30% as compensation. What do you think?"

"You Chinese are too troublesome!" Nick shook his head. "With competition, you have to quickly kill your opponent. I... I don't understand why we have to wait."

Everyone fell silent.

"That's it for now!" Nick stood up, took his "colleagues," and left the room.

Inside, Xu Hu picked up a pack of cigarettes from the table, lit one, and said in a low voice, "Lao Wei, I want to talk to Master alone for a moment!"

"Okay!" Wei Xiangzuo stood up. "I'll wait in the corridor. Call me when you're done."

After Wei Xiangzuo left, Xu Hu sat in his chair, took a deep drag on his cigarette, and said with a forced tone, "Master, I...!"

"Don't beat around the bush. Speak your mind," Gu Tongshan replied.

"After locking down Yu Mingyuan, if the sea trade can resume, do you think we can let the brothers below have 20% of Zhan Nan's pie?" Xu Hu looked at Gu Tongshan. "These old Mexicans are too greedy. High prices, and the goods aren't enough. The brothers risk their lives, and in the end, they don't get much money."

"Heh!" Gu Tongshan grinned. "You think... those above are taking too much?"

"That's not what I meant, Master," Xu Hu immediately explained. "I mean, this channel...!"

"Since the beginning of this business in Zhan Nan, we've been working with the old Mexicans. If you change to someone else's channel, something will happen," Gu Tongshan said with his hands clasped. "You know the profits this thing generates! We're fighting like this with Yu Jinrong just because he wants to do some cigarette and alcohol business at sea. What kind of situation would it be if you brought in another channel?"

Xu Hu looked at him. "We can do it privately, without telling the old Mexicans!"

"Like before? Six million worth of goods, and in the end, it turned out to be over eight million?" Gu Tongshan asked, staring at Xu Hu.

"......!" Xu Hu was stunned.

Outside the door, Wei Xiangzuo stood in the corridor, his brow furrowed, his expression complicated.

...

The Su Residence.

Su Tianyu sat in his room and asked in a low voice, "Did you find the place I asked you to find?"

"I looked, but I couldn't find him." Su Tianbei shook his head and asked, "...You want to help Da Xiong?! I advise you to calm down. His case is too big. Whoever gets involved dies!"

"Help me find him. If I can find him, I'll find a way to get him out of here!" Su Tianyu replied.

"Are you crazy?! What's your relationship with him? Why do you have to get involved in this?"

"He killed Zheng Wei to help me," Su Tianyu stood up and replied. "Never mind, I know what I'm doing!"

Su Tianbei pondered for a moment. "The police department hasn't caught him yet. Where can we find him? That kid's mind isn't like a normal person's. It's really hard to guess where he's hiding!"

"If he hasn't left the city, he's definitely still in Zhan Nan District." Su Tianyu thought for a moment and said, "Be discreet when you ask around. Just take the people around you and look for him. Let's just do our best."

"Okay." Su Tianbei nodded.

"Ring-ring-ring!"

As the two were talking, the phone rang.

"Hello, Brother Yuan!"

"Get ready. We're leaving tomorrow," Yu Mingyuan's voice sounded.