Su Tiannan

Biodata

Background / History

Taking Charge of the Family

After his father, Su Zhengcai, was detained in a case involving contraband found at the family’s storage yard, Tiannan and the younger generation took charge of household affairs. He initially sought help through his father’s military connections, paying Wang Daolin fifty thousand to buy time. Wang agreed to stall matters but would not intervene decisively 1 2 16.

When Changqing Company arrived to seize the storage yard, Tiannan stopped Su Tianbei and the relatives from fighting. He argued that a mass brawl would harm both sides and offered to surrender the operation if his father’s case was definitively ruled against him. Although he requested a week, Lu Feng granted only five days 2.

Organizing the Four Companies

Su Tianyu persuaded Tiannan to rally the company’s managers and unite the other threatened sanitation businesses. Tiannan convened the managers, allowed Tianyu to handle the confrontation, and promised them the company’s assets if the family went bankrupt 3.

At Fuhai Teahouse, Tiannan warned the Bai, Liu, and Kong representatives that surrender would not protect them from further exploitation. He volunteered to lead the resistance and take the blame if it failed, securing the support of Kong Zhenghui, Bai Hongbo, and the hesitant Second Liu 4.

After Tianbei was wounded in an unauthorized attempt to capture one of Lu Feng’s managers, Tiannan joined the four-family delegation to confront Lu Feng. When Tianyu pinned Lu Feng’s ear to a table with a knife, Tiannan prevented Bai Hongbo and Second Liu from abandoning the group by threatening to kill Lu Feng and surrender to the police. The representatives subsequently escaped through a window as their waiting men stormed the compound 5 6.

Tiannan then helped coordinate the four companies’ shutdown. He accepted Tianyu’s advice to protect their own management team and maintain the stoppage, while remaining concerned about the other companies’ workers and the alliance’s cohesion 7 9 13.

Restaurant Shooting

Following the armed raid and fire at the Su Family yard, Tiannan approached Wang Daolin with the captured attackers as leverage. He offered thirty percent of the company’s annual profits in exchange for police pressure on Changqing Company, emphasizing that his immediate goal was his father’s safe release. Wang refused because intervening would antagonize Changqing’s powerful connections 16 17.

As they left the restaurant, Tiannan spotted an approaching gunman, pulled Wang back, and seized the attacker’s gun wrist. During the struggle, he deliberately twisted the muzzle toward the left edge of his own abdomen and was shot. The bullet passed through without striking his major organs, but damaged his intestine and required surgery 17 18.

The attack changed Wang’s position. He agreed to take custody of the captured men and act against Changqing, while requiring Tiannan to compensate the contacts who helped them. Tiannan coordinated the handover through Tianyu from the hospital 18.

Recovery and Later Activities

Li Hongze contacted Tiannan to arrange negotiations at Fortune House. From his hospital ward, Tiannan discussed demands for the detained men’s release and compensation. He offered to attend because he feared Lu Feng would lash out, but Tianyu insisted that the younger representatives could handle the meeting 20.

After his recovery, Tiannan praised Tianyu’s contribution and again encouraged him to remain in the family business. Their conversation also showed that Tiannan understood there was more behind the restaurant shooting than the public account: he admitted that discovery of what had happened would put them in serious trouble. Tianyu explained why his ambitions extended beyond sanitation work 25 26.

Following Su Zhengcai’s release, Tiannan accompanied his father, Tianyu, and Tianbei to kneel before Yu Jinrong and other Management Council leaders. The family secured a backer, the sanitation companies resumed normal operations, and Tiannan returned to his regular duties. Later, during the investigation into missing cargo and crew, he located Lu Feng at Qiu Mountain Temple for Tianyu’s team 27 30 46.

Appearance

• Build and features: Handsome and slender, appearing about thirty years old when he arrives at the storage yard 2.
• Clothing: Wears a suit during Tianyu’s late-night visit to his room 3.

Personality

Tiannan is steady, cautious, and attentive to consequences. He recognizes that shareholders unite around profit rather than enthusiasm, and initially favors negotiation and established connections over escalation. His loyalty to familiar employees makes him reluctant to pressure them harshly, even when he understands the business logic behind doing so 2 3 4.

His restraint does not prevent forceful action when relatives are threatened. He suppresses his anger after Tianbei’s beating, disperses the furious younger family members, and orders his brother to recover; later, he threatens lethal consequences to keep the alliance from splitting. He also revises his view of Tianyu, moving from treating him as a child to accepting him as a capable partner in family decisions 3 4 5.

Abilities & Skills

Negotiation

• Defuses the storage-yard confrontation by emphasizing mutual risks and invoking his Police Bureau contact 2.
• Secures cooperation from three families with conflicting priorities by offering to lead and bear responsibility 4.
• Uses captured attackers and financial incentives to seek official intervention, though these initially fail against Changqing’s political network 16 17.

Business and Household Leadership

• Commands the younger relatives during emergencies and assigns responsibility for guarding the yard 2 4 5.
• Coordinates managers, allied companies, and police contacts during the sanitation dispute 3 7 13 18.
• Retains final decision-making authority while incorporating Tianyu’s proposals 9 28.

Threat Awareness

• Notices the restaurant gunman before Wang Daolin does and reacts by pulling Wang back and restraining the weapon hand 17.
• His intervention does not prevent him from being shot and seriously injured 17 18.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Concealed weapon from Su Tianbei: Reveals it during the confrontation with Lu Feng to reinforce his threat against the representatives attempting to leave 5.

Relationships

• Su Zhengcai — Father. Tiannan leads the household during his detention and prioritizes securing his safe release 2 17.
• Su Tianyu — Younger cousin and strategic partner. Tiannan supports his civil-service plans but repeatedly invites him to build the family business instead 4 26.
• Su Tianbei — Younger brother. Tiannan restrains his reckless plans, protects him after his beating, and orders him to recover rather than retaliate 2 5.
• Su Miaomiao — Younger sister. Helps manage family affairs and is entrusted with watching the yard 2 4 14.
• Wang Daolin — Police contact and his father’s former army comrade. Initially provides only limited assistance, then commits to acting after the restaurant shooting 2 16 18.
• Bai Hongbo, Kong Zhenghui, and Second Liu — Allied company representatives who agree to resist Changqing under Tiannan’s leadership 4.
• Lu Feng — Changqing Company adversary. Their dealings progress from a negotiated delay to threats, violence, and efforts to force a settlement 2 5 20.

Notable Quotes

“That’s Dragon City for you: power decides the big things, money decides the small ones.” 2

“Whatever you do from here on, the brothers in our generation have to stick together. Nobody can break us up or tear us apart. We’ll help each other make something of ourselves.” 8