Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 359 - 253: Make a Fortune Quietly

Director Yang, since joining the government leadership team, became a city leader. He no longer lived in the office nor in the police dormitory but moved into the city leader’s residence building behind Linghai Hotel, like the other city leaders who came from out of town.

Early this morning, as usual, he walked to the bureau to start his workday.

As soon as he entered the bureau’s courtyard, he saw a Santana with a police civilian-use license plate parked in front of the hall.

Deputy Political Commissioner Sun Jiawen also arrived at work early. When Director Yang saw him, he asked, "Did someone from the City Bureau come? That looks like their car."

His old comrade performed splendidly this time, and Sun Jiawen felt very proud. He smiled and explained, "No one from the City Bureau came. This car was sent by Shi Shengyong."

Director Yang was taken aback and then chuckled, "A car from the Four Factory Public Security Department?"

"Yep."

Accompanying the director upstairs, Sun Jiawen animatedly said, "He handled the Four Factory Public Security Department and Economic Police Team cleanly. All the firearms and ammunition from the Public Security Department were collected as civilian firearms, and the personnel were integrated into our bureau’s security company. Old Shan received a call and immediately took the official seal to Four Factory. By now, he’s probably discussing security business with the Four Factory leaders."

Although Binmian Fourth Factory was located in Linghai, it had little interaction with the Linghai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government.

Not only did the factory director have a high administrative level, but he was also a notable figure in the textile industry, known by many departmental leaders.

Thinking of the situation Commissioner Ding reported over the phone last night, Director Yang didn’t dare to be too optimistic. After all, if they hadn’t needed something from Linghai Police Bureau, surely they wouldn’t have disbanded the Public Security Department and gifted a sedan.

The hallway was not a place for conversation.

Director Yang noticed the door to the political commissioner’s office was slightly ajar and walked over to knock before entering with Sun Jiawen.

Just as Commissioner Ding stood up, Director Yang closed the door and asked, "Jiawen, Shi Shengyong mentioned last night there were still two guns missing, were they found?"

"They were found."

"How were they found, and who took them?"

"They weren’t stolen, they were... voluntarily turned in."

Sun Jiawen glanced at Commissioner Ding and continued, "One was with a deputy director named Guo, and Feng Biguo was too scared to speak up last night while pretending to be drunk."

Director Yang pressed, "What about the other one?"

"The other one was with the fleet captain. Three years ago, the sales department went out to collect debts, carrying tens of thousands of cash, and the factory leaders were worried. They asked the Public Security Department to arrange for the Economic Police to carry guns for protection. Seeing that the Public Security Department had many guns, the fleet captain borrowed one from Feng Biguo, saying it was safer to take two guns. After borrowing it, it was never returned. Feng Biguo, who was usually drunk, had completely forgotten about it."

"Is this Feng Biguo someone who should be loaning out guns so casually?"

"That’s why I say their management was a mess."

"Regardless, it’s a relief the guns have been found. Otherwise, even our lives wouldn’t be easy."

Director Yang let out a sigh of relief and then, smiling, asked again, "Apart from the car downstairs, did Mr. Song and Secretary Xue not show any other gesture?"

"There was."

Sun Jiawen said with a grin, "They sponsored a hundred thousand in cash for Four Factory Police Station, Bailong Port Police Station, and the Bai Shen Police Team. Mr. Song and Secretary Xue were afraid of complications and personally gave the money to Liu Xinmin and the police of the police team last night, arranging a car to swiftly send them off."

Taking a cigarette from Commissioner Ding, Director Yang smiled and asked, "Is Changhang Police Bureau certain they’re not pursuing the case?"

"They’ve taken Four Factory’s money; they can’t go back on their word. Now, this case is under our jurisdiction. Nearly forgot, Shi Shengyong and his team even uncovered a case within the case last night. The Public Security Department official worried about being held accountable for the lost guns, had actually gone to steal his colleague’s..."

"This isn’t a Public Security Department; this is a disgrace to our police!"

"That’s why the Public Security Department must be disbanded, and the Economic Police Team must be dissolved as well."

Shi Shengyong learned his lesson and acted courageously. Not only did he clear the debt of Four Factory Police Station, but he also regained jurisdiction over Four Factory’s security and even managed to secure a vehicle for the bureau and to bring in business for the bureau’s security company.

Director Yang was delighted and couldn’t help but say, "Jiawen, when you suggested transferring Shi Shengyong to Four Factory Police Station, I hesitated at first. Now it seems that sending him to Four Factory was the right decision. Sometimes we really need to put them under some pressure when it comes to employing people."

"Director Yang, Old Shi is indeed capable. The fact that he didn’t do well before has something to do with me. After all, he took over my position, and I was still in the bureau. Under my watch, he was constrained, perhaps feeling he should conform to the existing practices and couldn’t really let go."

"Shi Shengyong has broken through the impasse. Now it’s up to Yang Xihui. He’s been the police station chief at Four Factory for four years, let it get into such a state, and in just a few days, Shi Shengyong helped him wipe his slate clean. He should feel some pressure now."

"Competing at work is what we should do. Director Yang, Commissioner, why don’t we hold a meeting in a few days to properly commend Shi Shengyong?"

"Sure, let’s schedule it for Saturday afternoon."

"Director Yang, Commissioner, I have something to attend to; I’ll be going."

"Go ahead."

Director Yang watched Sun Jiawen leave and didn’t rush back to his office but instead smiled and asked, "Old Ding, when is Salted Fish planning to conduct a serious crackdown on waterborne crime with Bailong Port Police Station?"

The previously silent Commissioner Ding walked over to open the door slightly, peered outside, then closed the door and chuckled, "He was raised under the watch of Liu Xinmin and Jiang Feijun. Those two are as close as can be, handy and ready to share even a pair of trousers. Speaking of cooperation, they cooperate every day. They’ve been doing so for five or six years."

"They were thieves caught onshore, and the firearms were confiscated onshore as well. What do they have to do with the onboard police of the Bai Shen?"

"Not only are they unrelated to the police team, they actually have nothing to do with Liu Xinmin and Jiang Feijun either."

"How do you know that?"

"Zhang Mingyuan wasn’t on duty yesterday, and Zhu Baogen went home yesterday afternoon, leaving only Old Qian on the Dunship. Salted Fish wasn’t quite at ease last night, so he let Xiao Yu go back first with Liu Xinmin and Jiang Feijun who had the money."

Commissioner Ding smiled and continued, "I too was concerned, after all, two firearms were missing. This morning, I called the Four Factory Police Station and the Criminal Investigation Fourth Squad. All the police officers were in the fields organizing workers from Four Factory to look for bullet casings and bullet heads, and the duty auxiliary police didn’t understand the situation and couldn’t explain clearly.

I couldn’t reach Shi Shengyong and Fang Zhiqiang, so I could only contact Salted Fish. At that time, Salted Fish was outside and didn’t return my call. I tried my luck and called the Dunship; this call got through, and Xiao Yu answered the phone."

Xiao Yu is famously honest!

Director Yang was amused, and with a barely suppressed smile, he asked, "What did Xiao Yu say?"

"Not only are we cracking down on crime, but the Changhang Police Bureau is doing the same. They issued over a dozen warrants to Bailong Port Police Station, asking to watch out for fugitives who might have recently committed crimes and could be escaping by ship. This gave Salted Fish a heads up, as he realized that local fugitives might also go to Bailong Port to escape by ship."

"And then?"

"He had experience working with the onboard police team of the East Sea Shipping Public Security Bureau, expertise in passenger inspections. Whenever he had time, he and Xiao Yu would change into plain clothes and wander around the long-distance bus stations and the dock ticket offices and waiting rooms, looking out for suspicious individuals, not expecting they’d actually catch one."

Commissioner Ding extinguished his cigarette butt and smiled again, "Actually, it wasn’t just last night’s catch; a couple of days ago, they also nabbed two thieves."

Director Yang, having clarified the sequence of events, pondered, "So, it turns out that it was Salted Fish and Xiao Yu who caught the man, and also they who seized the weapons together."

"Yes."

"Going under the tiger’s skin as the flag, looks like this kid is also quite cunning."

"He is a closed-door disciple of Xu Sanye, now with Liu Xinmin, Jiang Feijun, Old Ding, and Old Zhang, these old foxes advising him, how could he not be sly? Shi Shengyong has busied himself the whole night, though he managed to get one hundred thousand yuan and a car, helped the security company get business, he also offended a lot of people and was muddledly used by others."

"Who wouldn’t be willing to be used by others if they could get me a hundred eighty thousand yuan?"

Commissioner Ding smiled and said, "Unfortunately, we only have one Four Factory in Linghai, and such opportunities are not something you can seek out."

Director Yang turned to look back, and with a hint of a smile, asked, "Old Ding, are you saying Shi Shengyong tossed and turned all night only to get a small share, and the big share of money was actually taken by Salted Fish?"

Commissioner Ding nodded, "It should be."

"That’s two hundred thousand yuan!"

"The amount is not small, but the money was taken by Liu Xinmin, Jiang Feijun, and the police officers of the Bai Shen Police Team. Even if Shi Shengyong knew about it, he would not be able to go to Salted Fish to ask for it, nor could we."

"Xu Sanye not only trained him to be a squad leader, but also put a heavy burden on his shoulders. At just twenty-two years old, he has to think about where to find hundreds of thousands of yuan to repair the ship, his situation is also not easy."

"Director Yang, you mean to say..."

"We’ll just keep these matters to ourselves. You give Old Ding a call later and tell him to give Xiao Yu a warning, to keep his mouth shut and stop spreading words carelessly."

Iron gates of governance, but officials flow like water; Director Yang, the assistant to the mayor and Police Chief, won’t hold the position for much longer, and Commissioner Ding is also due to step down to a second-line position in a few months.

Both of them had surprisingly consistent attitudes regarding this matter, not wanting Salted Fish to be targeted by others after their retirement.

At the same time, Han Yu was sitting in the office of Bailong Port Police Station, looking at the pile of oil tickets just swapped back, grinning foolishly.

Just as pleased, Old Ding raised his head and said, "Director Liu, Director Jiang, leave the oil tickets here with you for now, keeping them with me would make them too tempting for others."

"Okay."

"Salted Fish, you have money now, no need to use your personal funds anymore. Anyway, there are proper records, later on I will convert these oil tickets into money and return your lecture fees and water-lead service fees."

"No need, I’m not short on money."

Just as Han Yu finished speaking, Jiang Xiaojun pointed to the telephone at hand, "I just reported to Director Zhang. Not only was Director Zhang very pleased, but he also said that now that there is money, we should no longer use your personal funds for ship repairs."

Zhang Mingyuan concurred, patting Han Yu on the shoulder, "Listen, you are getting married after the new year, you’ll have many expenses."

Han Yu hesitated for a moment, then with an embarrassed face said, "How can I accept this?"

"That’s your earned income, what’s there to be embarrassed about?"

"Alright."

Han Yu didn’t want to discuss that anymore and instead smiled, "So much money converted into oil tickets will also depreciate. The Dunship doesn’t need major repairs for now, why don’t I first replace the main and auxiliary engines of 001?"

Old Ding glanced at him, smiling and scolding, "What are you thinking? Wouldn’t replacing 001’s main and auxiliary engines right now be a dead giveaway?"

"Indeed, then I’ll replace them after the new year."

"That’s fine after the new year, but wherever the funds for replacing the main and auxiliary engines come from, we need to find a convincing excuse. Otherwise, Shi Shengyong will definitely become suspicious. If he knows he’s been used as a pawn and that you’ve reaped all the benefits, he certainly won’t be happy."

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