I Play Dungeons in the Police Station-Chapter 378 - 233: One Million Yuan Reward

Li Xiang mentioned this, and Song Jun immediately understood, quickly responding, "Yes, Director, you see, Li Xiang is now the captain of our first squad. He is usually responsible for various criminal cases and already quite busy. Last time, you took him away for two months, and we were clearly understaffed at the grassroots level. Moreover, Li Xiang is a pillar of our police force, and we can’t deploy him again."

Upon seeing this situation, Fan Yonglin realized that Li Xiang probably didn’t want to leave Jinghai.

This was indeed no mistake, as Lin Feifei had just moved in with Li Xiang. Now was the time to deepen their relationship. While a career is important, love is also indispensable, especially since Li Xiang’s mom had been urging the two of them to get married and have children.

However, Fan Yonglin didn’t want to give up either and could only ignore Song Jun’s words, continuing, "Currently, nationwide, experts who have mastered the Skull Restoration Technique are extremely scarce. Latecomers lack sufficient time and cases to grow, and moreover, this field emphasizes talent. Many people struggle to make any significant achievements in their lifetime."

"Indeed, mastering the Skull Restoration Technique requires not only an understanding of the human skull but also a culmination of experience and testing one’s own drawing skills; none can be lacking. This is the reason there are so few people who master this skill."

The issues mentioned by Fan Yonglin were certainly known to Li Xiang, weren’t they?

If he did not have a game hack that allowed the enlightenment-like learning of skills, he wouldn’t have been able to learn this skill either, given its high requirements for talents and difficulty to master.

"Exactly, our provincial department’s expert has reached retirement age and is still busily devoted to cases across the province. His health eventually gave way. Facing the scarcity of Skull Restoration Technique experts nationwide, the provincial department decided to explore whether we could utilize the currently hot AI technology to program the Skull Restoration Technique, allowing the program to automatically generate a deceased person’s appearance once the skull data is scanned in."

With Fan Yonglin’s introduction, Li Xiang also felt that this project was very promising. It was an extremely practical application of AI technology. Once this software was developed, Skull Restoration Technique experts could retire early.

With this technology, police forces nationwide could share it, aiding case solving, just like giving Li Xiang a cheat code.

Simply by scanning the skull data into the computer, a foolproof one-click generation of an image would produce a clear photo of the restored skull.

"It’s a good idea, leaders, to keep up with the times and use AI technology to replace experts by integrating skills that cannot be broadly applied, upgrading police investigation technology. This idea has great potential."

Not only is Li Xiang skilled in the Skull Restoration Technique, but his computer skills are also top-notch, especially as he has recently been developing artificial intelligence. Fan Yonglin’s words opened up new ideas for him.

After quietly calculating in his mind, he felt that developing this technology wasn’t difficult.

"Indeed, if this technology is developed, it would be extremely beneficial for the country and its people. However, one project expert’s health is failing, preventing them from continuing their participation, leading to a bottleneck in the project now."

Actually, Fan Yonglin left out a detail: to complete this project, a lot of skull materials are needed, and experts in Skull Restoration Technique must sketch these manually for the AI to learn deeply. This process requires great patience.

The experts are old and can’t endure such hardship. Then he suddenly remembered that he heard an expert talk about a person in Jinling City who excelled in the Skull Restoration Technique to the point where even Professor Liu lavishly praised them, admitting to be inferior in comparison.

Upon hearing this, Fan Yonglin kept this in mind and made a call to Yu Chuanfei for confirmation.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be true and, to his surprise, the person in question was actually someone he knew, none other than Li Xiang.

So when the project hit a bottleneck, he immediately thought of using Li Xiang.

If this matter gets successfully resolved, it will be yet another merit in his records.

Yet, unexpectedly, Li Xiang seemed disinterested.

Song Jun didn’t seem very supportive either since they were being recruited right in front of him.

Indeed, just as Song Jun pointed out, they were short-staffed at the grassroots level. Pulling out Li Xiang would definitely be a significant setback for their criminal investigation squad.

Thinking of this, he continued, "As Director Song mentioned, this is indeed a common grassroots issue. How about this, for this provincial recruitment quota, I will allocate an additional ten spots to Jinghai City. What do you think?"

Fan Yonglin’s words were equivalent to negotiating. If Song Jun took the ten slots, he shouldn’t complain about pulling out Li Xiang; otherwise, he’d get zilch.

Sure enough, upon hearing that Fan Yonglin generously gave them ten more slots, Song Jun nearly burst into a smile but still restrained his joy and reasoned with Fan: "Thank you, Director Fan, for considering the difficulties of us at the grassroots."

Fan Yonglin managed to handle Song Jun with a few slots and some perks.

But this couldn’t be attributed to Song Jun’s small appetite since they had been used to being tight-fisted.

Asking for individuals resulted in refusals, shortages here, understaffing there; it wasn’t easy for anyone.

Now that Fan Yonglin had suddenly come up with ten slots, it wasn’t surprising that Song Jun couldn’t keep hold of himself and was afraid the leadership would suddenly backtrack, leading to a major loss.

He had incidentally voiced his thoughts following Li Xiang’s words, not expecting an unexpected benefit.

With Song Jun handled, the only one left was Li Xiang. So, he said, "Li Xiang, this technology benefits the country and the people, and it truly can’t do without you. Would you find some time to join the project team? Of course, we won’t let you join for nothing. The provincial department allocated a research fund of 30 million. As a project team member, you’ll receive a subsidy, and there will be a bonus upon completion."

"Director Fan, no need to say more. For the country and the people, this great technology must come to life in my hands, I’ll head back to take care of things in Jinghai and report in right away."

Li Xiang, who was reluctant moments ago, immediately had a change of attitude upon hearing about the subsidy and bonus, agreeing without hesitation.

Song Jun and Fan Yonglin were dumbfounded.

Especially Fan Yonglin, who felt like a thousand alpacas ran through his mind: If I had known you were like this, I wouldn’t have bothered with lofty talks, just talked money from the start.

Returning to his senses, Fan Yonglin recalled that Li Xiang mentioned bonuses at the closing meeting earlier, realizing he had been muddle-headed for forgetting such a crucial detail.

Seeing the need to urge the provincial finance department, Li Xiang’s bonus should be transferred soon, wouldn’t it? With the motivation of the bonus, would he not actively participate?

Fan Yonglin felt like he had grasped Li Xiang’s weak point. In future assignments, he’d talk money first, leaving other discussions for later.

He didn’t think there was anything wrong with Li Xiang’s behavior.

A gentleman loves money, obtaining it rightfully.

Especially in modern society, where even a hero can’t survive without money.

Having learned about Li Xiang’s family background, he knew his parents were from the countryside and hadn’t yet been able to afford a house in the city, and he wasn’t married yet.

How could he get married without money or a house?

So he especially understood Li Xiang’s situation. Having his uniform meant earning money righteously, thus spending it with peace of mind.

A policeman’s salary may be enough for survival, but to live well, bonuses are necessary.

These words were pointedly spoken.

Li Xiang returned to Jinghai for only a couple of days before receiving a bank notification on his phone.

His salary account showed a deposit of one million yuan.

His first reaction to this huge amount was to suspect a scam message. But upon seeing the payment source was the provincial finance department, he realized it was indeed his bonus.

A whole million!

He thought even tens of thousands would be a big deal but hadn’t expected it to be a million.

"To the provincial department, now, right now, I need to work; work makes me happy!"