Rebirth 08: Equipment God

Chapter 278 Director Niu's Amazing One-for-Three Exchange
Half an hour before Wu Yue received the phone call, at the back gate of Harbin Institute of Technology.

Everything still seemed peaceful and amicable.

Director Niu, who came to inspect, was actually a nice person. During our chat, I learned that he had just been parachuted in. I guessed that he had just transferred from the military and was still a bit excited about the new experience. He liked to conduct unannounced visits and on-site investigations.

The veterans' resettlement office is a department that exists in various places. It is neither important nor particularly important, and it may not even be able to do anything practical. For example, Qin Yang and his group still have to find jobs on their own.

But Gao Di is a leader, and he's waving his flag big enough.

They came with goodwill, and "Yueda Catering" warmly welcomed them, showing Director Niu around.

"Great! That's wonderful. With companies like yours, our work will be much easier. What are the company benefits like? Do you offer the five social insurances and one housing fund?"

Qin Yang smiled and said, "The benefits are very good. The boss takes good care of everyone. In addition to social security, there is also housing provident fund."

"Wow, that's quite rare. Is your boss coming back today?"

"Unfortunately, both bosses went on inspection tours today."

"It's alright, it's alright. We'll be dealing with each other again in the future. I plan to use your place as an outstanding example of military-civilian integration!"

This is also his achievement. He was just parachuted in, and outstanding role models emerged in the area under his jurisdiction. Isn't this a win-win situation for everyone?
As he was talking and walking outside, Qin Yang heard a commotion outside.

Looking outside, I saw three blond-haired men holding sticks, banging on empty wine barrels piled up by the roadside.

"Hey! Who's in charge here? Come out and speak!"

The thirty-odd men who were busily moving things all stopped what they were doing and silently looked over.

The three blond-haired men suddenly sensed that something was wrong.
But he rallied his forces and arrogantly retorted, "Are you all mute? Who gave you permission to do business here? Don't you know this is Brother Duck's territory? Did you pay protection money?"

The thirty-odd men looked at each other.

They had received professional training, so no one laughed.

These skinny, blond-haired guys are just too young.
They seem to be around high school age. If they actually get into high school, they're clearly being used as pawns.

Moreover, the dialogue is textbook-level, and it's the kind of speech you get from watching too many Hong Kong and Cantonese gangster movies.

Even local street thugs don't talk like that!
Qin Yang sighed inwardly. Why did it have to be at this time? Normally, a few kicks would have been enough to make them behave, but today it just so happened that there were leaders inspecting the area.
Sure enough, Director Niu showed no sign of leaving, seemingly curious about how he would handle the situation.

Watching a spectacle is human nature.

With both big bosses absent and Wang Xiaolong, the only A-level employee in charge of miscellaneous tasks, also outside, he was the only one who could step in. He first glanced at Director Niu, coughed lightly, and said in a calm and composed manner, "Young man, we are a legitimate company with all the necessary permits. Don't cause trouble."

The guy with the tattoo perked up as soon as someone spoke up: "I don't care about any formalities or anything. I only know that this is Brother Duck's territory. Not giving him permission is disrespectful."

A comrade behind me gave me a look, as if to say: "Shouldn't we just kick that lecherous guy away? Why are you talking nonsense?"

Qin Yang pressed his hand down and made a tactical gesture: Keep quiet.

Then he said, "If you keep doing this, I'm going to call the police."

Comrade: ???
Most people didn't know that the person standing behind Qin Yang was a leader; they were all busy with their own things and were quite confused.

Is Yang Ge being so gentle today?

The tattooed blond man laughed, "Police? Do you think I'm easily scared? If your boss doesn't want to live anymore, go ahead and call the police."

Hearing someone threaten their boss, the thirty-odd men could no longer remain indifferent. They each took a step forward, effectively blocking the three men's escape route.

The tattooed blond guy seemed to have finally come to his senses. The ruthlessness he used to use to scare students gradually faded, and his eyes became much clearer. But remembering what his older brother had told him, Bangzi raised his head and yelled, "What do you guys want? You want to die?!"

As a result, the crowd gathered even closer.
As for the three sticks in his hand, they were utterly intimidating; if anyone was hit, the person hit would be laughed at for a year.

Finally, the silent pressure snapped the tattooed blond man's rationality. If he had any, he suddenly remembered the true essence of his invincible prowess in group fights:
It's better to break one finger than injure all five; fight with fewer fingers against more! Just grab one and beat them to a pulp!
After looking around, the arrow finally landed on the middle-aged man who looked the weakest. With a strange cry, it swung out a stick.

There's really no way to defend against that; Pei Yuanqing and Yuchi Gong both lost this way, directly hit in the face.

Qin Yang: Holy crap! Oh my god!
Before Qin Yang could even finish his shock, the tattooed blond guy had already launched a flying kick at him. Qin Yang barely managed to regain his senses and attempted a takedown in mid-air to intercept the attack, but it seemed to be too late.

Director Niu was hit in the face and fell to the ground.

Five seconds later, the farce ended smoothly with Director Niu's brilliant one-for-three exchange.

Then came the police, and then the ambulance.
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When Zhai Da and Wu Yue rushed back, Yue Da Street was in complete chaos. Two police cars were parked on the side of the road, and the bright lights of the ambulance were circling around. In the old residential buildings above the storefronts, almost every window had an elderly man or woman standing behind watching the commotion.

As soon as he got out of the car, he saw a stretcher being pulled into an ambulance. Wu Yue went over and asked, "You must be Director Niu, right? How is he?"

Director Niu chuckled dryly, "Is it General Manager Wu? It's nothing serious, just a minor injury."

He did look less serious than expected; he had a small bruise on his face, but otherwise seemed fine. It was just unclear why an ambulance had been called. Wu Yue asked the nurse, "How is he? Is it serious?"

Before Director Niu could stop him, the nurse had already betrayed him: "It's probably a ruptured hemorrhoid. The bleeding is a bit heavy, but it's not dangerous."

Director Niu remained calm and said with a smile, "Minor injuries don't keep us from the front lines. It's a small matter. I'll be going now, Mr. Wu. I'll come visit you again later!"

As he spoke, the ambulance doors closed.

Wu Yue and Zhai Da, who had been silent all along, exchanged a glance: This Director Niu is actually a pretty good person.
How can someone still laugh?
Next, the police arrived. The three troublemakers appeared to have been taken into custody, and two officers were speaking with company employees to gather information.

"I want to confirm again, did they come to cause trouble for no reason? There was no prior dispute?"

One employee nodded vigorously: "That's right! We're all operating legally."

The police officer's tone was strange: "Three people have come to cause trouble for dozens of you?"

Is this reasonable?

The employee touched his neatly trimmed buzz cut with his muscular arm: "I don't know, maybe it's because we're just ordinary people, they think we're easy to bully."

Police: What the hell is this ordinary citizen?
Even though Zhai Da and Wu Yue were not present, as business owners, they were still asked a couple of questions and then given their contact information.

Actually, the police officers were quite nervous and secretly thought it was troublesome.

Although it seemed like a farce, the outcome didn't appear to be serious.

But that Director Niu was a legitimate cadre, and at a fairly high rank.

Even a seemingly insignificant government office is still a government office. Even if Director Niu himself doesn't say it, his peers and military personnel will exert pressure.

Otherwise, how will I carry out "Operation Thunder" when it's my turn next?
If it weren't for the embarrassing situation of Director Niu's injury that made him too shy to make a phone call, the green pickup truck would probably be here by now!

Finally, after the police left, only their own people remained. Zhai Da and Wu Yue called Qin Yang to the Misty Tavern.

The female bartender, Han Qi, quickly switched roles, serving beer to the two bosses.

Zhai Da said helplessly, "Right under the noses of over thirty of you, three high school students took down one of you."

Is that what you call a delinquent? Underdeveloped? And he still got ambushed!

Qin Yang lowered his head, feeling utterly ashamed.

"We will definitely strengthen our training and vigilance in the future."

"Alright, alright, just tell me everything that happened today."

A dozen minutes later, after listening to Qin Yang's retelling, Zhai Da seemed to be deep in thought.

He said to Wu Yue, "Do you think it has anything to do with Gao Cheng?"

Wu Yue stroked his wine glass, seemingly in a bad mood: "We have too little information."

Wu Yue downed the cup of monastery wine in one gulp and said in a deep voice, "I told you on the way here that you could rest assured to leave everything to me, but I didn't expect to be proven wrong so quickly."

Wu Yue stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked straight outside: "But I'll say it again, leave all these troublesome things to me, you don't need to worry."

Zhai Da nodded: "I'm not worried, but where are you going?"

"To find out information."

Finally, only the sound of the copper bells from the Misty Tavern remained as he walked outside.

Zhai Da glared at Qin Yang: "Aren't you going to lend a hand?"

Qin Yang quickly chased after him, saying, "Brother Yue, wait for me! I'll drive you!"

Around the same time, at another bar in Nangang District.

Gao Cheng was furious and agitated.

His slicked-back hair was a bit messy, his glasses were askew, and he looked somewhat hysterical.

"I told you to cause trouble every now and then, and all you did was find these three little kids? Are you crazy?"

A burly man standing nearby said with his head down, "Nobody expected that someone would go to investigate today. I guess they didn't notice on the spot that the person wasn't wearing a work uniform, just a jacket."

Gao Cheng felt like he was about to explode. He sniffed and pointed his finger sharply at the burly man's forehead, saying:
"How many times have I told you, the dirtiest work needs to be done by people with brains? How many times have you outsourced it and found these idiots!"

"That's a damn executive jacket!"

(End of this chapter)