Chapter 258: 259. Chapter 256: Inspection

259. Chapter 256: Inspection

In the morning, Vice President Wo En arrived at the wharf union office early.

Recently, representatives of some wharf unions from all over the country have come here to participate in the first Likalai State Wharf Worker Competition held by them. This is a very special honor.

The local union being able to show its face among the General Union, the Labor Federation, and more parallel unions is of great help to the future career development of Sikaote and himself.

And this is a very special experience!

Vice President Wo En understands this point very clearly, so he participated in the whole process almost entirely. Whether it was the competition schedule, how to evaluate, who to invite and who not to invite, or how to arrange these people, he was the one responsible for it all.

Although President Sikaote was also contacting people from all sides, his participation was not deep.

Vice President Wo En also had his own little ideas. If other unions also wanted to hold similar activities and they didn't have experience, then the only person they could consult would be him.

After President Sikaote was promoted to the General Union, he served as the president of the local wharf union and showed his face in front of many unions again, having friendships with them.

In the future, he could completely go to the Labor Federation, not the General Union!

Perhaps the influence the Labor Federation has in a specific field is not as great as the General Union, but what the Labor Federation can influence is not just one union, but all!

From a broader perspective, the future development trend of the Labor Federation is better.

He wants to enter the Labor Federation and become an important member!

Along the way, every union staff member had a smile on their face. Now that the Jincheng Wharf Union has stolen the limelight, they are naturally very happy too.

This represents that they will have a better future. Who can refuse a better future?

No one can refuse!

He had just sat down and hadn't started handling work when the secretary knocked on the door twice. Without waiting for him to respond, she poked a head in.

He had a bit of a headache. "I'm working..." He intended to have a good chat with the secretary later. Although their relationship was good, when working, clearly work order was more important!

But soon the secretary's words made him dispel this thought. "Mr. Lansi is here."

Vice President Wo En was stunned, stood up quickly, bypassed the desk, and walked toward the door. "He has already come in?"

The secretary nodded, then suddenly looked back and pushed the door open.

Lansi was walking over in big strides. Vice President Wo En's face was immediately piled with smiles, and he greeted him enthusiastically. "You should have called me before you came, so I could go pick you up..."

If this scene were seen by those bottom-level union staff members, or seen by those workers, it would definitely spread the rumor that "Vice President Wo En has no airs, is easy to contact, and is very enthusiastic toward people."

But in reality, his lack of airs and his enthusiasm were chosen and issued.

The two shook hands, and Lansi smiled and indicated that he was just passing by, not coming specifically.

Vice President Wo En asked the secretary to get two cups of good coffee, then invited Lansi into his office. He knew that Lansi saying he was passing by was just a pretext.

Reaching his status and level, he wouldn't believe there was anything like passing by or not.

After the secretary delivered the coffee, Vice President Wo En took the initiative to open the topic. "We have prepared almost everything, and there is one thing I also intended to contact you about."

"After some other unions knew about this, they were very interested in what we were going to do. They also wanted to come over."

"Dabi chatted with me about this problem. She thinks this is a good opportunity to expand our influence."

"People from all walks of life will bring back what they see here and then become another kind of template. Our influence might spread to the entire Federation unknowingly."

"So I want to ask your opinion..."

He picked up the coffee and took a sip, looking like he wanted to drink some coffee after finishing speaking, but actually, he was covering up that little bit of embarrassment.

The reason for the embarrassment was that the money might not be enough!

Lansi could read his meaning. More people came; these people had to eat, drink, and shit. It was impossible to let them find places to live.

Even if they really let them find places to live, they had to be entertained for meals, and after so many people came, did they need other activities to entertain them? When they left, did they need to give some souvenirs? These all needed money.

President Sikaote, in order to get promoted, already intended to use up all the remaining money of the union. Asking Vice President Wo En to take out his own savings to contribute to public affairs was absolutely impossible.

So now, the best way to handle this matter beautifully was to let Lansi continue to pay.

There are always a few things in this world that are hard to open one's mouth for—

Borrowing someone else's car, taking off someone else's pants, and taking money out of someone else's pocket!

"If it's not too much over budget, I have no problem, but you need to prepare a material for me to look at."

"I want to know where every cent is spent!"

Vice President Wo En let out a sigh of relief. "No problem. I guarantee every cent is used where it should be used."

Lansi nodded. This topic ended here. Vice President Wo En's interest was good, and the smile on his face was also more sincere. "By the way, you came over today..."

Lansi continued his words. "I came here also because it has something to do with this matter. This time it is a very important thing for you and Sikaote, and it is the same for us."

"I am worried that when the time comes, there will be many people on the wharf, which will trigger some problems we cannot predict."

"For example, crowding, someone being squeezed into the water, or someone throwing cigarettes and matches around, triggering a fire."

"My meaning is to take advantage of the time we still have sufficient time during this period to check the fire hazards on the wharf, and also centrally overhaul those guardrails and so on."

Vice President Wo En frowned slightly when he heard this. He knew Lansi's words were no problem.

Fire safety on the wharf has always been a big problem. In fact, there have been several large and small fires every year over these years. Perhaps just because of aging wires and short circuits, a big fire could be triggered.

Another point is that the air by the sea is corrosive. Many guardrails, even if painted with anti-rust paint, are severely corroded. If someone really doesn't know this and leans on those dangerous guardrails, the whole person will fall into the sea.

Usually, when such things happen, the union side will become the sanctioner to deal with those capitalists who are unwilling to pay money.

But if it happens at the activity they hold, they have to become the responsible person.

"You reminded me very timely and crucially. I will arrange it as soon as possible..." He seemed to have a headache. "It's just that time is a bit tight now."

Perhaps seeing his distress, Lansi took the initiative to say, "I will let the Blue Work Clothes help, and donate a portion of fire-fighting equipment. But by then, there might be many cars coming in and out. Will there be any influence?"

After Vice President Wo En finished listening, his worries disappeared, and he waved his hand. "I dare not say big words in other places, but on the wharf, what I say still counts!"

The people arranged by Xiao En fed back a piece of news to Lansi: they found a warehouse of liquor, and it looked like it had been there for quite a while.

These should all have been stored by some people before the Prohibition was issued. Their purpose was speculation, to make big money.

Now, although the price of liquor has risen very high, there is still no trend of stopping, so without maximizing the benefits, they will not sell this batch of liquor.

Even if this batch of liquor is all legal, when it reaches Director Dai Er's hands, it will become illegal!

Director Dai Er, who is eager to continue making major cases, won't care whether those storage lists are true or not. Anyway, to him, everything is illegal!

Originally, Lansi didn't think much, but once he turned his head, he felt he should do a bottom-up check on the warehouse area on the wharf, at least let him know what other good things and bad things are here.

So a generous bottom-up check work began. No need to be sneaky; just take a notebook and record the situation of these warehouses.

Vice President Wo En didn't know what Lansi wanted to do, but what he said, for him, for the wharf and the wharf workers' union, was indeed without any harm.

He could even use this matter to levy another sum of money from the enterprises and warehouses on the wharf, for example, something like a "fire protection fee."

With the cooperation of Vice President Wo En, this matter would be easy to push. Lansi let Vice President Wo En contact Xiao En directly.

And Lansi went directly to find Aierbeituo. He had some things he needed to chat with Aierbeituo about.

Lansi just walked into the front door of the Lezhu Financial Company. The pretty girl at the front desk waved her fingers at him and greeted him actively. Lansi heard the scolding sound from the very inside.

He walked to the side of the front desk, his elbows pressed on the front desk. "Hi, you've become much prettier in a few days."

Although the girl rolled her eyes, she was still beautiful. "I have always been this beautiful!"

She was quite confident.

Lansi pursed his lips at the corner at the end of the corridor. "What's wrong with him?"

The little beauty spoke directly. "His bar in the Starlight District was taken down."

Lansi couldn't help laughing out loud after hearing it, and the laughter also startled the "staff" in the room next to him.

Someone poked their head out to look, immediately came over to hug him, and turned to say, "Look who is here!"

Lansi could only walk in first. The people here were indeed good to him, although the initial "good" was based on Aierbeituo's favor for him, not necessarily from their inner hearts.

Just like—your boss talks well to a stranger, and a small person, you won't speak coldly to him, and you will also show a certain enthusiasm.

But whether they were from their inner hearts or not, at that time, they were indeed good to him.

And now, they were probably really from their inner hearts!

Lansi shook hands, high-fived, bumped fists, and hugged them. It took a good while before he stopped completely.

"You didn't come at a good time; he is losing his temper."

Lansi asked curiously, "How much was lost?"

The person speaking laughed and said, "Maybe fifty or sixty thousand."

Lansi whistled. "Indeed should be angry."

"If it were me, I would also shoot."

People in the room all laughed loudly. They didn't really take the loss of so much money to heart.

The gang of Sumuli people is very interesting. The interesting part is that their backbone members are basically relatives, not entirely strangers.

If there are people who are not related to them who want to join, they must have someone as an "introducer" to introduce them, but everyone is very cautious when dealing with this matter.

The situation inside Sumuli Island is also very complex. They won't recruit Sumuli people they don't know to join at will.

Of course, they will also recruit some people from the Federation or immigrants from other countries, but wanting to enter the core circle is still very difficult.

At work, Aierbeituo orders them, and they won't resist, because work is work.

But if it's not at work, some of them are even Aierbeituo's uncles!

You expect them to have much respect for Aierbeituo now; this is clearly impossible.

Fifty or sixty thousand dollars is a lot, but after seeing the huge profits of liquor, their vision is also different from the past.

The past Aierbeituo wouldn't even let go of business worth a few dozen dollars. If someone came to borrow money now, he might directly send them to others to receive them.

A few tens of thousands, can be earned back in a week.

In fact, they all know that the reason Aierbeituo is angry is not because he lost a large sum of money, but only because he feels he lost face.

Other people's bars are all fine, but his bar had a problem.

Everyone chatted for a while around the grey dogs of the Hazardous Materials Administration biting people everywhere recently. After the scolding in Aierbeituo's office stopped, Lansi bid farewell to these people and went inside.

When pushing the door open, Aierbeituo was standing by the window smoking a stuffy cigarette. When he saw Lansi, he wasn't as enthusiastic as before; he really didn't have the mood to support it.

"Sit wherever."

He seemed a bit depressed. "You knew?"

Lansi sat on the chair and casually took a cigar to light it. "Of course, I feel this is nothing; I have had two bars taken down."

Aierbeituo felt a bit better all of a sudden after hearing this. He rolled his eyes. "I'm just angry why they could find the location of my bar so accurately!"

"I believe my guests; we haven't received any new guests these past few days. Someone sold me out!"

Lansi nodded. He hesitated for a while, which made Aierbeituo catch something. "What do you want to say?"

He then said slowly, "The Hazardous Materials Administration arranged undercover agents to enter my company, and they are passing information out. If I hadn't found them, another bar of mine would have been finished yesterday."

Aierbeituo seemed to think of something. He directly picked up the phone. "Let Fudisi come back; I have something to say to him."

"Looks like you realized."

Aierbeituo's mood began to return to normal. "These bitches, don't let me catch that bastard, otherwise I will let him understand how terrible the anger of the Sumuli people is!"

Actually, it's not just Lansi who realized that a chaotic Jincheng is coming; Aierbeituo and others also realized it. They were all recruiting troops and buying horses, but... it couldn't be seen usually.

This doesn't mean they didn't do anything. Recently, a large number of Sumuli people have been coming to Jincheng from other places. Maybe there are undercover agents of the Hazardous Materials Administration among them.

Thinking of this, he cursed for a while in the Sumuli Island dialect before letting out a heavy sigh, looking much more normal.

"Let these unpleasant things pass first. So, I believe you definitely didn't just come to give me a reminder today." He made a judgment quickly.

The fact is indeed so. Lansi didn't deny it. "There is one thing I need to chat with you about, or it can be said I need your help."

"Say."

Very concise; Lansi likes this.

"Lu Yiji cut off my supply; he breached the contract."

When hearing this, Aierbeituo's eyebrows stood up again. "This dog bastard, I knew the people of the Kalosi family couldn't be trusted!"

Lansi looked at him. "Then why did you introduce us?"

This made him look very embarrassed. "Actually, most of the time they are still..." He tried hard to make a very serious expression. "... still not bad."

"I'll give him a call..."

Lansi stopped him. "This is not my style, Aierbeituo."

Aierbeituo's hand also moved away from the receiver. "Then what do you want me to do?"

Lansi also took back his hand. "He must still be shipping to the Federation. If there is goods sent to Jincheng, I hope I can know the receiving location and time."

This matter is basically impossible for others to do, but for the Sumuli people with complex relationships, it is not very difficult.

Aierbeituo considered for a while. "No problem, I will solve this matter."

Lansi nodded slightly. "Actually, coming here today, there is still one thing I want to tell you. Next month, the Congress will pass a proposal to strengthen the armed forces of the Coast Patrol. By then, all smuggling groups will not be able to continue to ship goods on the sea unscrupulously."

Aierbeituo's eyes widened. "I didn't know you still had connections in the Congress!"

That appearance was just like seeing some magical treasure, full of incredibility.

Lansi didn't explain. Sometimes maintaining a certain sense of mystery can instead keep friendship better.

He said with a smile that wasn't a smile, "I also have connections in the Presidential Palace, just afraid you won't believe it."

Aierbeituo's eyes widened even more. "You still have such a path?"

However, he then cursed "Xie Te" in Lansi's loud laughter and followed along with a laugh.

Actually, Lansi originally had other things to do when coming here, but after thinking about it for a while just now, he still didn't talk about it.

He needs a large number of liquor bottles.

Initially, he provided Mr. Qiaobafu with a suggestion to set a fire, but Mr. Qiaobafu refused. Now he wants to use this move himself.

So the fewer people who know, the better.

Aierbeituo kept Lansi for lunch. At the dining table, he chatted with him about the recent military friction on the Tanfeite Continent, as well as some problems on Sumuli Island.

This also gave Lansi a clearer understanding of Sumuli Island and the international major events that are happening... ===== CHAPTER 259 =====