Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 846 - 574: Catching a Good Era

"Xiao Zhang, your place is really well done. Amazing, not easy at all, even Secretary Chen from Province W has written an inscription for you!"

These two old friends have been fishing at home every day, almost getting dumb, and they actually know nothing.

Old Ge gave a dry cough and then introduced, "Secretary Wang, Village Chief Song, I just mentioned Zhang Lan’s spouse Xu Mingyuan, but forgot to tell you that Xu Mingyuan, like Salted Fish, is Sanye’s apprentice, and he’s Sanye’s first apprentice."

"So you are all one family!"

"If we weren’t family, would I have brought you here? Hahaha."

"No wonder when the city assigned tasks, you chose to go to the development zone instead of San Zao Port; your kids are all here!"

Old Ge liked this, and said with enthusiasm, "Actually, I wanted to go to the Four Factory, just like last year. It’s so nice to go to the Four Factory, close to the dormitory. But the city leadership already arranged for Shameless Zhang and the others to go, I can’t compete with them."

Shameless Zhang, this name sounds familiar.

Zhang Lan suddenly remembered that he might have been the former head of the Agricultural Bureau, and the nickname Shameless Zhang was given by the master years ago. Didn’t expect Director Zhang to have stepped back from the frontline.

Old Ge took his old friends around to show off, asking about work just like he was their elder leader, "Zhang Lan, where did Xiao Luo and Xiao Ma go?"

"Uncle Ge, Director Luo and the others are inspecting ships at several locks along the line."

"What about 001?"

"Isn’t there a set of depth detection equipment on 001? That equipment can also map the underwater riverbed terrain. Recently, it assisted the Binjiang City Flood Control Command in inspecting the entire length of the river embankment, and the computer malfunctioned on the way back. Salted Fish told Guo Weitao and Captain Fan to take 001 to the hydrological bureau dock on the opposite side to ask for the engineers’ help to see what’s wrong. We don’t have anyone who understands here, they do over there."

"Salted Fish didn’t go?"

"He didn’t have time, he’s gone back to his school for exams today."

"What exam?"

"Exam for the captain’s certificate."

"He hasn’t been on oceangoing ships since he returned, can he take the exam now?"

Zhang Lan smiled and explained, "He’s not taking the oceangoing captain’s exam, but the inland river second-class captain’s certificate. Once he gets the certificate, he can be the captain of Linggang Tuo 001 like Captain Huang from Linghai Port Tug Company."

Old Ge really hadn’t known this, and asked further, "Even for tugboats, a captain certificate is needed?"

"Linghai Port Tug Company’s new tug is not very large in tonnage but has high power, 1440 kilowatts, nearly 2000 horsepower, categorized as an inland river second-class ship. Without the second-class inland river captain’s Certificate of Competence, even knowing how to operate, he can’t operate that new tug."

"But that’s Linghai Port’s tug, and he’s not working there."

"Usually it’s used as a tug, but if there’s a fire aboard a vessel on the river, that tug becomes a firefighting vessel, and then he’ll need to direct firefighting, or even personally operate the ship."

"Almost forgot, he’s not only a cadre in our development zone, but also the secretary-general of the Water Firefighting Association." Old Ge nodded and thought to ask again, "Is the captain’s certificate easy for him to pass?"

"To those who know, it’s not difficult; to those who don’t, it is, but it’s simple for him." 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Really easy?"

"I asked Ningning this morning, Ningning said the exams require ship handling, collision avoidance and signals, duty and regulations, and waterways and pilotage, all of which Salted Fish knows perfectly, as he was originally the chief officer on an unrestricted ocean zone ship and an assistant pilot."

Zhang Lan chuckled and added, "The reason why he delayed until today is primarily because applying for the inland river second-class captain requires first obtaining a second-class river chief officer certificate and actually serving as an inland second-class chief officer for 24 months."

Old Ge nodded, "Applying for a ship job certificate of competence indeed requires certain onboard service duration."

As Zhang Lan invited the three old seniors to sit down, she smiled, "Today, there are over ten people going to the examination in the city, mainly the crew of Linghai Port Tug Team."

When it came to crew members, Old Ge suddenly remembered something, "Zhang Lan, has Zhu Baogen’s grandson’s job been arranged?"

"It’s been arranged. Salted Fish helped him find two jobs, one is to learn to operate boats at Customs, and the other at Water Administration. The child saw the Law Enforcement Boat at Customs was outdated, so he chose to go to the Water Resources Supervision Enforcement Team. The Water Resources boat is docked right here, and there’s a Water Resources office downstairs, that kid is now watching and maintaining the boat with us, no need to go to the team for work."

"He’s downstairs now?"

"He might be on the Water Administration boat, the kid is quite diligent, keeping the boat clean and helping us clean up too."

"What’s the kid’s name?"

"Jiang Bin, we call him Xiao Jiang."

"Has Xiao Jiang attained certification? Can he operate the Water Administration boat?"

"He currently has a Seaman’s Certificate, knows how to operate the boat but temporarily can’t. Since he graduated from vocational school, he’s been working with Old Zhu on the ship, was even on 001, service at sea for nearly a year now, by this time next year, he’ll have 24 months of waterway service experience, and can apply for the fifth-class ship driver’s license."

The kid now is a temporary worker but it’s foreseeable that once he attains the fifth-class ship driver’s license, he might secure a formal position at Binjiang City Water Resources Bureau.

Having served Xu Sanye and his apprentice diligently for so many years, arranging a good job for Zhu Baogen’s grandson is a must.

Old Ge nodded satisfied, and jokingly asked, "I noticed during our tour that the dunship seems to have only two dorms, the rest are offices, where do your many police officers and auxiliary police usually stay?"

"On the dunship at Linghai Port Company, next door is the ’old antique’ with three floors, originally the office for Linghai Port Engineering Command and Linghai Port Company, now, with their new office building onshore ready, they’ve moved onshore."

Mentioning the "Living Ship" thrilled Zhang Lan genuinely, she thought about it and laughed, "Facilities on the old antique are complete, with kitchens, dining, meeting rooms, bathrooms, toilets, rooms are renovated, air conditioning installed, even the large meeting room and dining area have air conditioning, conditions are better than onshore."

Old Ge, puzzled, asked, "Since the Engineering Command and Linghai Port Company have moved to the shore, haven’t they shifted those air conditioners to the new office building?"

"Salted Fish said initially the management committee planned on dismantling them for the onshore building, but considering Hailuo Cement would come to the development zone to invest, there’s no living facility by the river, especially for managerial and infrastructure folks they might have nowhere to stay, thus those air conditioners were left intact, saved for Hailuo Cement as a Command Center cum dormitory for executives."

"Is Hailuo Cement coming to invest in the development zone?"

"It seems they’ve signed the agreement."

"They plan to build on the river edge?"

"Yeah, and they’ll also construct their pier. Seeing Secretary Wang and Village Chief Song’s stunned expressions, Zhang Lan smiled adding, "Salted Fish said their cement isn’t just for domestic use, it’ll be exported, after its operation it’ll contribute foreign exchange to the development zone."

The development zone that was once the towns of Sanhe, Jiangbin, and Tianbu has visibly transformed.

Thinking about the development zone lending out such a well-facilitated large dunship to attract a publicly listed company like Hailuo Cement to invest, Secretary Wang remarked emotionally, "Director Ge, the Yangtze thrives as new waves replace old ones, young cadres nowadays are indeed liberally minded and indeed more capable than us old-timers."

"That’s not entirely true."

Old Ge, a bit defiant, tapped the table, emphasizing, "Times are different, they’re benefiting from a favorable era, had we had such policies back then, we could have done just as well!"

"True indeed, had we work like today’s context, not discussing execution risks, but definitely not viable for cadre roles."

"This is how heroes are shaped by times, it’s merely that we missed good policies and times, doesn’t mean we lack ability."

"Secretary Wang, Director Ge’s observation is apt, if we truly had no ability, would the city commission us for flood control?"

Listening to them boasting, Zhang Lan realized these three senior figures were indeed amusing. Clearly admiring leaders like Secretary Ye, Mayor Qian, Deputy Mayor Shen, and Secretary Chen of the present day, but stubbornly refusing to acknowledge that younger cadres surpass them.