Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 360 - 254: Discuss Again Later

The Four Factory Police Station and Binmian Fourth Factory organized more than two hundred employees to search the rice fields for three days, and finally found the shell casings left behind from Wu Qingjun’s firearm test.

The bullet itself could not be found, so they had no choice but to call off the search.

Compared to searching for shell casings and bullets, it took even longer to trace where the Public Security Department’s bullets had gone.

The Four Factory Police Station "collaborated" with the Binmian Fourth Factory to form a "task force" that detained all personnel involved in a guesthouse, locking them in rooms two by two. They could only return home once they remembered the details and could verify the facts.

Feng Biguo had it even worse, subject to daily interrogation, like being put under "Double Rules." It was said that when he came out, he had lost more than a dozen pounds and his hair had turned white.

After tormenting him for over half a month, the investigation supervised by Shi Shengyong finally came to a conclusion yesterday morning, only after the Binjiang City Bureau approved the demolition of the Four Factory Public Security Department and the disbandment of the Economic Police Team. Everyone from the top to the bottom of Binmian Fourth Factory could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

This morning, a plaque unveiling ceremony for the police service room of the Four Factory Police Station and Binmian Fourth Factory took place at Linghai City Police Bureau.

Under normal circumstances, the unveiling of a police service room wouldn’t involve bureau leaders.

But the situation at Four Factory was special, and Director Yang personally attended the ceremony, with Mr. Song warmly welcoming Director Yang’s presence...

Han Yu also attended, but only as a spectator.

After clapping for a while, taking a group photo, and enjoying a lavish lunch, he returned with a souvenir from Four Factory.

"Bedding, all cotton, just perfect for keeping until I get married."

"My brother and sister-in-law wholesale these items, they’ve prepared them for me in advance."

"Although Sanxing also deals in home textiles, the quality of bedding sold at the Sanxing Home Textile Market is not as good as that produced by Four Factory."

"That’s true, but the ones my brother wholesales are cheaper."

"Cheap goods aren’t quality."

Old Zhang smiled, then thoughtfully said, "Shi Shengyong won’t take action until he sees the rabbit, not until the City Bureau agrees to the document abolishing the Public Security Department. Factory leaders won’t say anything out loud, but they must be cursing inside their hearts."

Old Ding curiously asked, "Now that the Public Security Department has been abolished, where will Feng Biguo go?"

Han Yu put aside the bedding gifted by Four Factory and looked up, "The City Bureau and the City Textile Bureau both know about the lost gun, and the Textile Bureau is Four Factory’s supervisory department. It’s said that a decision was made for Secretary Xue to step down and stop going to the factory. Feng Biguo is taking early retirement and going straight home."

"Feng Biguo must hate Shi Shengyong to the bone."

"Uncle Ding, he’s lucky to get away in one piece."

"Are you saying he narrowly escaped being held accountable for dereliction of duty?"

"Not just dereliction of duty, he’s got other issues too."

"Economic problems?"

"Hm, the Public Security Department’s financial management was even messier than the firearm management. He definitely embezzled money, just the invoices he falsely claimed would fill a drawer. Second Brother said the factory leaders didn’t want to escalate the issue, so they let him off easy."

Such a large and prosperous unit, how could there not be any issues? Surely there are more people with dirty hands than just Feng Biguo.

Compared to others, Mr. Feng might just be a little grasshopper.

But this topic was too sensitive; Old Ding didn’t want to discuss it and quickly changed the subject: "What about Li Jingen, the one who stole his colleague’s gun?"

Han Yu said, "Li Jingen isn’t as lucky as Feng Biguo, foolishly framing his colleagues to save himself. With such poor character, factory leaders wouldn’t protect him. Even if the factory wanted to, Director Shi would not let him off. Especially now during the crackdown, it’s not easy to take down a major case."

Old Zhang opened a drawer, pulled out the "Criminal Law" book, flipped through it, and said, "Theft of guns and ammunition from national institutions or military/police personnel constitutes a crime endangering public security, punishable by up to seven years in prison. He’s really gone and shot himself in the foot. Wu Daqing’s kid is in for more serious punishment, probably over seven years."

Old Ding was not very concerned about these, but jokingly asked, "Salted Fish, now that the Public Security Department is abolished, how are the economic police being arranged?"

"There’s no longer a Security Department in the factory, the security work is contracted to our Bureau’s security company, and the Bureau’s security team took up positions half a month ago."

Han Yu paused, then continued, "The factory gave the original twenty-six economic police two options: join our Bureau’s security company or be dispersed to various workshops in the factory. But our Bureau’s security salaries are quite low, and the positions arranged by the factory weren’t very good either; it’s said that most have resigned."

The salary and benefits at Four Factory were already higher than those of local officials, and the economic police in the Four Factory Public Security Department enjoyed high wages and the privilege of wearing police uniforms, looking impressive when walking outside, which was quite a point of pride.

Now their livelihoods were at stake.

Old Ding could imagine how much those people must hate Shi Shengyong, and he couldn’t help worrying about him, asking, "What’s Shi Shengyong busy with?"

"As soon as the unveiling ceremony ended, he led a team on a business trip to catch a fugitive. Before, there was no money and no way to proceed, but now with funds, they split into two teams. He personally leads one capture group, while Director Jiang also heads one. The station is now under the charge of Instructor Li."

"How many police officers are there in total at the station? So many people are on business trips, and now they must also look after Four Factory’s security. Later on, I’ll call Instructor Li and tell him that if the station is too busy, you and Xiao Yu can go help."

"Okay, I’ll call now."

...

Meanwhile, Director Yang had already rushed from Four Factory to the Binjiang City Police Department, ready to attend the afternoon’s crackdown work advancement meeting.

The crackdown had already begun, with the City Bureau holding monthly meetings to hear reports on the crackdown from various district and county police departments, summarizing last month’s achievements, analyzing existing issues...

He was about to find a place to review the report materials prepared by the Office of the Secretary Secretariat when Xiao Liu, a police officer from the City Bureau Office, suddenly ran over and said, "Director Yang, you’ve arrived just in time. Director Chen is looking for you for something."

Director Chen is the City Bureau’s top leader, having arrived less than a month ago, and hadn’t had the chance to inspect the Linghai Police Bureau.

Director Yang had only seen Director Chen once during the office transfer meeting hosted by the City Committee, and couldn’t believe that Director Chen would summon him personally. He quickly packed up the material, "Where is Director Chen?"

"In the office, this way please, Director Yang."

"Alright, thank you."

Is Director Chen here to listen to the report of the gun theft from the Four Factory, or is he dissatisfied with the work of the Linghai Police Bureau?

Director Yang was somewhat apprehensive, and followed Xiao Liu into the chief’s office, only to be surprised to find an old acquaintance sitting across from Director Chen’s desk.

"Good to see you, Director Chen."

"Old Yang is here, please sit down. Xiao Liu, make a cup of tea for Director Yang."

"Yes!"

Director Chen invited Director Yang to sit down and asked with a smile, "Old Yang, you should be familiar with Director Zhang, right?"

Director Yang quickly replied, "Familiar, good to see you, Director Zhang."

Zhang Junyan patted his arm, turned around with a smile and said, "Director Chen, I was the director of Bailong Port Police Station for five years, and I am both an old neighbor and an old friend of Director Yang."

"Since you are old friends, that makes things easier to discuss."

Director Chen laughed heartily, took a document out of the paper tray, and gently placed it in front of Director Yang: "Old Yang, this is transferred from the city, Mayor He and Secretary Zhao of the Political and Legal Committee have made comments on it, asking our bureau’s party committee to study it.

However, the dunship and law enforcement rescue boat mentioned in the document are not under the City Bureau, so I can’t make decisions for your Linghai affairs. Director Zhang is attending today’s meeting just in time, and since you are old neighbors and friends, you can discuss it. If feasible, I can report back to Mayor He and Secretary Zhao."

"Director Chen, what is the matter with our bureau’s dunship and law enforcement rescue boat?"

"You should read the document first and then we’ll talk."

"Yes!"

Director Yang wouldn’t have known if he hadn’t read it; upon reading, he immediately found it amusing.

Zhang Junyan was asking for money from the city and when he saw they didn’t want to give it, he settled for Linghai Police Bureau’s dunship and 001 instead.

The city leaders probably found him annoying and actually thought the plan was feasible, intending to use the opportunity of allocating special funds for the City Bureau’s crackdown campaign to give 400,000 yuan to the City Bureau and have Linghai Police Bureau transfer the dunship and 001 to Changhang Navigation Police Branch.

This deal could be done; after all, what was being transferred was not only the dunship and 001, but also security and firefighting rescue in the Linghai section of the Yangtze River.

The problem was that the city intended to give that 400,000 yuan to the City Bureau, not to the Linghai Police Bureau!

As a subordinate, Director Yang couldn’t bargain with Director Chen, let alone ask for money. How could he accept such a losing deal?

They say an official should bring prosperity to his tenure; he was about to be transferred, and it was not worth securing a bad reputation over such a small sum of money.

Scholar Yu once wanted to take over Yanjiang Police Station, but Director Yang didn’t "lose sovereignty or humiliate the country." He wouldn’t today either; after hesitating for a moment, he said with a bitter face: "Director Chen, it’s not about the money."

Director Chen offered a cigarette, perplexed, he asked, "Then what is it about?"

"Director Chen, you’ve just taken office and have a lot to do; you haven’t had time to go to Linghai for research, and you’re not very familiar with the situation of the Linghai Police Bureau. The dunship and law enforcement rescue boat mentioned in the materials are actually our Linghai Police Bureau’s former Yanjiang Police Station, now the Bailong Port Water Police Squadron of Four Factory Police Station.

Since its establishment, this unit has assisted Port Supervision in rescuing no less than fifty accident-stricken vessels and saved nearly a hundred people from the river. Every year they assist the Fishery Administration in combating illegal fishing of eel fry, and even aid Linghai flood and typhoon disaster relief command, known by the department leaders, who have even inscribed words for the dunship."

Director Chen was indeed unfamiliar with these details and asked with interest, "What did they inscribe?"

"First Post of the Yangtze River!"

"That is a high compliment."

"That’s why I said it’s not about the money; it involves a unit’s honor and even its excellent traditions. Recently, when guns were stolen from Binmian Fourth Factory, the criminals were captured by the Bailong Port Water Police Squadron during a joint crackdown operation with Director Zhang’s team."

A case involving guns is not ordinary; a report must be made to the City Bureau as soon as it happens.

Director Chen not only knew about a gun theft at Binmian Fourth Factory Public Security Department, but also severely criticized the City Bureau’s Internal Security team, responsible for guiding Four Factory Public Security Department. He even specially issued a notice, urging all district and county police bureaus to strengthen firearm management in state-owned enterprise security departments, protection departments, or economic police forces.

Thinking that what Zhang Junyan really wanted was a capable unit with a stellar tradition, Director Chen half-jokingly scolded, "Director Zhang, you didn’t mention these details in your application materials."

Director Yang was a bit afraid of Director Chen.

Zhang Junyan was not afraid because they were from different systems, and smiling, he said, "Director Chen, this application material was submitted a few months ago before you transferred over here."

"You can’t do this with me, and you can’t do this with anyone else either. It’s not right of you to do this," Director Chen responded.

"Director Chen, it’s not what you think. Your predecessor and even his predecessor are well aware of the situation with the dunship and law enforcement rescue boat. If you don’t believe me, you can ask Director Yang. I bet Director Yang hasn’t been sparing in reporting to the City Bureau about the dunship and the law enforcement rescue boat."

"Old Yang, what’s going on?"

A new official must set things in motion.

Director Yang saw this as an opportunity and immediately reported the entire situation of the previous Yanjiang Police Station, now the Bailong Port Water Police Squadron, and how strenuous it had been to maintain and care for the dunship and 001.

"Fuel tiger, it burns a lot of fuel every time it’s deployed?"

"If it was just about burning fuel, we could find a way to deal with it. The key is that like any vehicle, ships need maintenance, going into dry dock for overhaul every few years. Besides, the main and auxiliary engines of the law enforcement rescue boat, which is an old tug remodeled, are already failing and urgently need replacement."

"How much money would that approximately require?"

"A conservative estimate, 300,000 yuan."

"Just for maintenance, you’d need 300,000 yuan?"

"Director Chen, I forgot to bring the request report today. I’m really not exaggerating, you can ask Director Zhang if you don’t believe me."

Seeing Zhang Junyan confirm with a nod, Director Chen realized that the dunship and law enforcement rescue boat were like chicken ribs – keeping them could achieve results, but investing for those results would be substantial.

If it were just 30 or 40 thousand, Director Chen could make a decision right now.

But it was 300,000 yuan. Director Chen neither wanted it nor wished to bother with it, coughed softly, got up and said, "Let’s go to the meeting first. We’ll discuss these two boats another time."

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