Chapter 1371: Chapter 182: Cleaning House!

The judges and police officers from Yungang Intermediate Court have returned, and the enforcement of Gu Liugen’s family ship has temporarily come to an end.

Next, Zhang Lan needs to return to work, and Yuanyuan needs to go back to school. The mother and daughter will take a long-distance bus with Jiang Kun’s family to East Sea, and then take a train from East Sea Railway Station back to Shenzhen.

Han Xiangning is too busy with work to see them off.

Han Yu went with Han Han to see them off. Little Han Han couldn’t bear to see Sister Yuanyuan leave and hugged her, crying loudly...

For most ordinary people, the Spring Festival ends on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival. But for those like Han Yu, who work in government jobs, the New Year has passed, and work officially starts on the sixth day of the first lunar month.

The anti-smuggling boat isn’t home, so there’s no reason to go to the dock.

A garrison of armed police was stationed at the camp of the Rescue Boat Team, so there’s nothing for him to worry about.

While others go to their units for work, Han Yu either returns to the all-too-familiar Sanhe or visits his alma mater. Today, he will talk to Zhang Asheng from the shipping management company, who has rich maritime experience, and Rulan, who has traveled to many Southeast Asia docks, to learn about the naval visiting fleet’s routes through important waterways like the Malacca Strait. Tomorrow, he’ll seek insights from Teacher Xia and Instructor Wang regarding potential docking situations for the fleet at various ports.

Although the visiting fleet has a commander and a captain, and they are certainly busy preparing with all necessary nautical charts, he doesn’t need to manage navigation as a garrison liaison officer. However, as the "escort captain," Han Yu feels it’s necessary to do some homework.

He’s learning every day, even collecting and recording contacts of foreign offices of Chinese shipping companies, Chinese-funded institutions, and overseas patriotic Chinese, in case of emergencies.

While he was busy with this, his former unit leader Wang Wenhong called for the first fourth council meeting of the Water Fire Fighting Association, planning an early election.

As the secretary-general of the association, Han Yu must attend even if he’s busy.

The Changhang Bureau is most concerned about this matter, and Director Qi even invited leaders from the China Water Fire Association and the vice-director of the Changhang Police Bureau overseeing fire safety, as well as the head of the Changhang Public Security Bureau Fire Brigade!

It seems like an excessive fuss, but it’s understandable.

This election isn’t just about transferring the association’s initiative from the local police to the Changhang Police; it also further establishes the Changhang Bureau’s jurisdiction over water fire safety in the Yangtze River waterfront section.

Normally, the president of the association is concurrently held by a leader from the Changhang Bureau.

Wang Wenhong insisted on giving the presidency to Han Yu, but Han Yu refused to take advantage and firmly declined to be a candidate for president.

Ultimately, under the strong recommendation of Director Xu from the Maritime Bureau, Director Zhou from the Ocean Fishery Bureau, and leaders from Binjiang Port Group Co., Ltd., Han Yu had no choice but to be unanimously elected as the association president as an anti-smuggling police officer.

Fortunately, the association only existed for one hour.

Following the superior’s order and the previous year’s agreement, the newly re-elected Binjiang Water Fire Fighting Association immediately became the Binjiang Branch of the China Water Fire Fighting Association, and Han Yu, the president of the Binjiang Water Fire Fighting Association, concurrently became the president of the Binjiang Branch of the China Water Fire Fighting Association.

This position belongs to social group part-time work, independent of administrative duties.

What surprised Han Yu and amused him was that after the election, old friends and colleagues no longer called him "Secretary Han" or "Salted Fish," but instead addressed him as "President Han."

Even Linghai Police Bureau’s Criminal Police Big Commander Wang Yan, who rarely visits Binjiang, referred to him as "President" each time.

"Captain Wang, can’t you call me Salted Fish as before? What’s with the President title? It sounds so absurd!"

"Why is it absurd? It sounds very commanding."

"Alright, call me whatever you want." Han Yu was too lazy to correct him and while pouring tea for Wang Yan, curiously asked, "Are you here for a case or a meeting today?"

It was Wang Yan’s first visit to Binjiang Shipping School, and curious about the campus environment, he stood by the window, overlooking the playground with a smile, and said, "I’m here for a meeting. If it were for a case, I wouldn’t have time to see you."

"What kind of meeting?"

"It’s a deployment and mobilization conference for a special operation to capture fugitives. There needs to be a crackdown on security before the Spring Festival. During the festival, we must ensure people have a peaceful and serene holiday. Just after the Spring Festival, when everyone can finally breathe a sigh of relief, another special operation kicks off. One wave after another, who knows when it will end."

The police may lack many things, but they never lack special operations. For fugitive capture-related special operations, the criminal police are the main force. Han Yu knows that Wang Yan as the criminal police big commander, has his hands full.

It’s never easy to do anything.

While Han Yu was filled with emotion, Wang Yan curiously asked, "President, why are there so many girls at your alma mater?"

"You’re checking out the girls!"

"Can’t I even look?"

"There are no beauties, what’s there to see." Han Yu walked to the window, thought about it, and then laughed, "Our alma mater not only offers majors like ship piloting, marine engineering, and port machinery but also finance and computer science, so it’s normal to have girls."

"You’re at school every day, visiting juniors daily, how does Ningning feel about it?"

"You’re the criminal police big commander, can you be serious?" Han Yu laughed and scolded, adding with a bit of regret, "The girls admitted nowadays aren’t as pretty as the ones during our school days. Ningning was the beauty queen back then, and her class even had the Three Golden Flowers, and our class even had a class belle!"

"Still pretending to be proper, gotcha! You’ve not only looked but even compared them to the ones you saw during school!"

This topic was too risky; if it reached his senior’s ear, it would spell trouble.

She’s past thirty after the new year, and when women hit thirty, they become extremely sensitive, always looking in the mirror to see if they’ve gotten wrinkles or if their figure has changed. She consistently worries about not being as beautiful as before.

Han Yu dared not continue this topic and promptly asked, "Captain Wang, is there any task in the fugitive pursuit operation?"

"Every special operation comes with a target; there are always tasks, but this fugitive pursuit is different from before."

"How is it different?"

"Our superiors are asking us to report details of fugitives, requiring photos, and preferably fingerprints. The county bureau reports to the city bureau, the city to the provincial department, and the provincial department reports to the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Police. The Criminal Investigation Bureau compiles the fugitive information, burns it onto computer discs, and distributes them batch by batch to police departments of various provinces and cities, which then distribute them further to district and county police departments."

"And then?" Han Yu pressed further.

Wang Yan smiled and said, "We then distribute the discs to stations, docks, and various security checkpoints. The security team and all police stations must also compare guests at hotels, hostels, and rental properties against the fugitives in the discs. In short, this is a large net; there will definitely be results once it’s cast."

"The computer discs store a lot of information; as long as there’s a computer, we’ll be able to catch them off guard at the right time!"

"That’s why this fugitive pursuit is different," Wang Yan smiled and continued, "The superiors will soon send down the discs, and we cannot be without computers. I’ll go back and report to the bureau leaders, urge them to quickly procure computers, train personnel, and hope to catch some big fish."

"This is a good strategy: a nationwide unified effort. You help me catch, I help you catch. Unless the fugitive hides deep in the mountains and forests and never comes out, they’ll likely end up being caught once they show up."

"Yes, we should have done this earlier." Wang Yan raised his teacup, took a sip, and sat down, "President, I have another matter to discuss with you."

Han Yu asked with a smile, "What is the matter?"

"A few days ago, Customs went to Linghai to investigate smuggling and seized dozens of mobile phones suspected of being smuggled. Among the owners investigated, one was the general agent for Samsung in Linghai."

"Selling dog meat while hanging up a sheep’s head, using the manufacturer’s agency rights to sell smuggled phones?"

"Not exactly selling dog meat while hanging a sheep’s head. After all, the seized phones are not fake or inferior products, they were just smuggled in. The manufacturer neither can nor wants to manage the situation, as they are all produced by them anyway."

"And then?" Han Yu asked softly.

Wang Yan took out a cigarette, felt for a lighter, and said with a knowing smirk, "But being involved in smuggling is not only illegal but also disgraceful. That kid Niu Bin took advantage of the situation to secure the Samsung phone agency rights here in Linghai."

"Killing with a borrowed knife, taking over the position, that kid Niu Bin really is something."

"Not only did he become the general agent for Samsung phones in Linghai, but he also rented out a storefront next to Hualian Supermarket, which used to sell leather jackets, and converted it into a large phone store. He’s been busy recruiting businesses there these days. If not for your second senior brother’s reminder, I wouldn’t have known he’s using our name to lure those small bosses, who were investigated by Customs, into his store to sell phones."

After a moment of silence, Han Yu furrowed his brows and asked, "He became a sublandlord? Not only does he want to earn money from selling Samsung phones, but also from collecting counter rent from others?"

"Yes."

An old colleague playing this trick.

Wang Yan was more than a little frustrated, saying angrily, "Although he hasn’t made it clear to those small bosses, the implication is very obvious. Rent his counters, sell phones at his place, and with our protection, Customs won’t come again."

"Damn, it’s an open scheme!" Han Yu took a deep breath and quietly asked, "Do Director Shi and Inspector Wu know about this?"

"They might know, maybe not. Even if they do know, so what? After all, he was indeed in the police force for two years, Director Shi and Inspector Wu were indeed his old bosses, and we indeed were his colleagues."

Wang Yan lit his cigarette and sighed helplessly, "Besides, it’s just selling phones. If he doesn’t sell them, someone else will. Even if he doesn’t open the store, someone else might. I heard that in big cities, there aren’t just many phone stores, but also electronics malls like large department stores where they sell phones, pagers, and electronic products like computers."

Han Yu understood the implicit meaning of Wang Yan’s words, nodded, "If he gets rich, he’ll at least treat Old Shi and Inspector Wu to a meal, and it’ll feel right; after all, he was their old subordinate. If others get rich selling phones, it’s irrelevant to Old Shi and Inspector Wu."

"Don’t make it sound so harsh; anywhere they go, Director Shi and Inspector Wu have food to eat and drinks to drink," Wang Yan tapped off the ash from his cigarette, changing his tone, "However, Director Shi and Inspector Wu do seem to like him; they think he’s thoughtful and loyal."

"Yes, last Lunar December he also gave New Year gifts to Instructor Li and Chief Ding, made early New Year calls. Who wouldn’t like such an old subordinate?"

"Stop being sarcastic."

"Then how should I put it?"

"Salted Fish, I know you don’t approve of these things, but you can think of it another way, he didn’t open a karaoke bar; as he said, he doesn’t cause trouble for the old leaders, doesn’t let them lose face."

"Captain Wang, are you here to mediate, to speak well of him to me?" Han Yu asked, staring closely at Wang Yan.

"Do I need to speak well of him?" Wang Yan glared at Han Yu, then leaned close to Han Yu’s ear, "Salted Fish, perhaps I’m being paranoid, but I always feel he won’t stop at this."

"What do you mean?" 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"He used Customs and our old colleagues to scare those small phone dealers into selling phones at his place. And he returned from East Guang, where in just a few years he made a fortune by flipping phones. Don’t you think he has the advantage of timing, location, and connections? Doesn’t it seem like he should be doing something to make more money?"

Without hesitation, Han Yu replied, "Release goods! Release smuggled goods!"

Wang Yan patted his arm, speaking seriously and earnestly, "He now has both supply channels and distribution channels. He went to a police school for three years, worked as police for two, knows us very well, has strong anti-investigation capabilities, and even by networking has spun a protective web."

"The problem is, there’s no evidence."

"I’m not in a position to investigate, and neither is Zhiqiang. Whether any evidence can be collected depends entirely on you."

"On me?" Han Yu asked in surprise.

Wang Yan nodded, speaking with justification, "You are the anti-smuggling police, if you don’t investigate, who will? The 825 boat has gone to the South Sea for a rotating mission, you now have plenty of time! Plus, he is Ming Yuan’s apprentice, Ming Yuan has been transferred to the special zone, and is out of reach. Cleansing the portal is a task only you can handle."