Rebirth 77: From Beachcombing to Becoming a Tycoon and Spoiling My Wife

"Late Autumn, you have good taste."

Yang Bai nodded in satisfaction.

As expected of someone from a well-to-do family, she knows exactly what kind of watch he needs.

"Of course, I do have some experience with watches. This one is waterproof and rustproof, which makes it very suitable."

Su Wanqiu gently stroked the watch face with her fingertips and said softly.

Yang Bai immediately inquired about the price.

The salesperson gave a quote.

"This Shanghai license plate number 7120 requires 120 yuan plus ten industrial invoices."

Yang Bai immediately handed over the money and industrial invoices, and after confirmation...

Yang Bai put the watch on his wrist and set the time.

He led Su Wanqiu and her daughter out of the supply and marketing cooperative.

As Yang Bai approached his home, he found Ma Hou waiting for him at the tightly closed door.

Upon seeing Yang Bai, Ma Hou immediately stepped forward and waved.

"Xiao Yang, stop for a moment, I have something important to tell you."

Yang Bai stopped the car and let Wanqiu and Qiaoqiao go home first.

"What's the rush?"

Ma Hou hurriedly said, "The village secretaries from all six villages have come to you; they want to apologize to you."

Yang Bai frowned, somewhat puzzled. He hadn't even done anything yet, and they were all coming to apologize at the same time.

Judging from their appearance, they are not the type to admit their mistakes and turn back. Could it be that someone has already stepped in for them?

"Secretary Ma, do you know what's going on?"

Ma Hou shook his head vigorously, "How would I know? I'm also curious about what kind of madness they've gone mad with."

"That's interesting." Yang Bai restarted his motorcycle and said, "Secretary Ma, let's go to the brigade compound."

As soon as Yang Bai stopped at the gate of the compound, he saw Hu Shaohua, the Party Secretary of Shatou Village, smoking in front of the meeting room.

Yang Bai walked over step by step. "Secretary Hu, what strong wind blew you here?"

"Secretary Ma said you all need to apologize to me, so I rushed here as soon as I got back from the county town."

Upon hearing Yang Bai's voice, Hu Shaohua quickly shoved the cigarette out of his hand.

"Comrade Yang Bai, it was all a misunderstanding before. As you can see, none of the parties suffered any losses, so let's put this matter aside. This is the compensation money, and I added another fifty yuan. It's just a small token of my appreciation for the brothers to have some tea."

He took out a small stack of ten-yuan notes and stuffed them into Yang Bai's hand.

Yang Bai counted the money; it totaled one hundred and fifty-eight yuan.

He did have fifty yuan extra. He took out fifty yuan, put the rest of the money in his pocket, and handed the fifty yuan to Hu Shaohua.

"You think you can get rid of me with fifty yuan? Are you trying to fob me off like a beggar?"

"The one of our men who was beaten the most severely by you is still lying in the county hospital. He won't be out for at least a month. Do you know how much he can earn a month working with the team?"

"Two or three hundred yuan, fifty yuan? That's nothing!"

He was still underestimating the situation; these days, everyone earns at least three hundred yuan.

Fifty dollars is only enough to cover the wages of one of the brothers who was slightly injured.

Hu Shaohua looked extremely pale; this fifty yuan was money he had scraped together from various sources.

In Yang Bai's words, however, it was nothing. If the village hadn't been harassed by Hou Sanli in various ways, he wouldn't have come to apologize to Yang Bai.

He still forced a smile.

"Comrade Yang Bai, please accept this as a token of our goodwill, no matter what."

Yang Bai shook his head, "You should give this fifty yuan to the injured brothers to see if they can handle it."

He bypassed Hu Shaohua and went straight in.

Yang Bai looked at them without saying anything polite.

"What is your purpose in coming here? I don't like beating around the bush."

The atmosphere at the scene turned extremely cold after these words were spoken.

The village secretaries could no longer laugh.

Chen Zhuan was the first to speak.

"Alright, Yang Bai, I'll get straight to the point: Hou Sanli has assigned our village a task of purchasing fish products!"

"At the same time, the retention ratio will be adjusted upwards, the quota for fishing supplies will be cut off, and the settlement of fish payments will be postponed!"

"Did you ask Manager Hou to do this?"

Yang Bai shook his head.

"No, but it's definitely related to what happened yesterday. You brought this on yourselves. The fact that you came to me means you couldn't get through to Manager Hou or even got the cold shoulder, and you want me to put in a good word for you?"

The village secretaries all looked at each other in bewilderment. Yang Bai was absolutely right, which was also their main purpose for coming here.

They also wanted to soften their stance and see if they could get back to the original targets.

They now even think that Yang Bai must have conspired with Hou Sanli and was pretending to be stupid.

Chen nodded.

"That's right. It was Shatou Village that started it, and our village was completely affected. It was just a few ignorant kids who went in and caused trouble, and they have already been punished."

Yang Bai smiled. If Chen Dahai hadn't told him, he really would have been fooled.

Even if we assume the worst, if a few villagers sneaked in, wouldn't the village party secretary know?

Isn't it just tacitly allowing things to develop so they can profit from it?

Now it's all cleaned up.

He turned his head and looked at Hu Shaohua, whose face was ashen, his tone laced with sarcasm.

"Secretary Hu, the business partner you chose isn't very good. They've already distanced themselves from you so quickly?"

Hu Shaohua's face turned pale and then red, as the other branch secretaries had told him before he came.

Yang Bai will absolutely not let Shatou Village off the hook; he will take all the blame himself.

As long as he withstands Yang Bai's attack, the remaining five villages are willing to back down.

Afterwards, some of the fishing supplies can be allocated to Shatou Village to alleviate its current difficulties.

Yang Bai shook his head slightly, his attitude unyielding.

"Yesterday you gathered a crowd to surround our fleet and injured many of my brothers. Now you think you can wipe the slate clean by just saying a few words of pleas?"

Even if I were to agree, my wounded crew members at home would never agree. If you want to negotiate, you'll have to get the understanding of the wounded first.

If he were to compromise and back down so easily, he would be betraying Hou Sanli's support and letting down the crew members who were injured yesterday while protecting the fishing grounds.

After saying that, Yang Bai didn't linger any longer and turned to walk away decisively.

Upon seeing this, Hu Shaohua quickly stepped forward, spread his arms to block Yang Bai, and pleaded in a tone.

"Yang Bai, do you expect me to kneel before you before you'll give in?"

Yang Bai's brows furrowed tightly, his tone cold and hard.

"Don't block my way. If you want to kneel, that's your business, it's none of my concern."

I'll say it again: the wounds on my men will not be suffered in vain.

When you colluded with other villages to target Haiba Village and assault people, you should have foreseen this outcome.

He couldn't help but feel a little impatient. He hadn't expected that even now, Hu Shaohua would still try to force him to compromise by using the moral blackmail tactic of kneeling.

"Thump"

To everyone's surprise, the village's Party Secretary actually knelt down in front of Yang Bai.

Upon seeing this, Ma Hou immediately pulled Hu Shaohua up.

"Secretary Hu, what are you doing?"

Hu Shaohua pleaded desperately, "There's no other way, Lao Ma, Comrade Yang Bai, please be merciful."