Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 405 - 286: Clean Pot and Washed Bowls_2

"I just transferred here a few days ago, and the procedures were completed on the 28th of the last lunar month."

"All the procedures were completed?"

"Yes!"

Director Chen could hardly believe his ears, staring intently as he asked, "What about the dunship and the law enforcement rescue boat?"

Han Yu didn’t expect the City Bureau leadership to be so concerned about him, and quickly said, "The Port Supervision Bureau bought the dunship and law enforcement rescue boat, but they’re still at Bailong Port, and they’re still available for our use."

"The boats were sold too!"

"Yes, for five hundred thousand."

"That young man is Xiao Yu, right?"

"Yes!"

"Xiao Yu has been transferred to the Changhang Bureau too?"

"Yes, he was promoted upon his transfer and is now a firefighter police officer with the Water Firefighting Team."

"What about the others from your squadron?"

"Reporting to Director Chen, the Water Police Squadron has been disbanded. Director Zhang and Chief Ding were not transferred; they still work at the Four Factory Police Station, with Director Zhang continuing in charge of the water security checkpoint, and Chief Ding in charge of the Bailong Port Long-distance Bus Station police office. Comrade Zhu Baogen came with me and Xiao Yu; he was not assigned a post before, and is now hired personnel."

What on earth is Zhou Huixin up to? Such a major decision and he didn’t even consult or report!

The more Director Chen thought about it, the more irritated he became, and with a calm demeanor, he asked, "What about the old comrade who cooked for you?"

Han Yu realized that the City Bureau leader seemed unhappy and cautiously said, "Uncle Qian has returned home. We don’t cook on the dunship anymore; we now eat at the Bailong Port Passenger Pier cafeteria."

The boat was sold.

Those who could be transferred were transferred; those who could be dispersed were dispersed.

This was a clean sweep, as real as it gets!

Director Chen was so angry he wanted to curse someone out, but he couldn’t vent his fury on a police officer, so he forcefully suppressed his anger and pursued with further questioning: "Did Director Zhang give you a position when he transferred you over?"

"Yes, he did."

"What position?"

"Deputy Director of Firefighting and concurrent Water Firefighting Team Leader."

"Deputy Director level?"

"Yes."

"Do your job well; you came from the Binjiang Police System, don’t disgrace our Binjiang Police."

"Yes!"

"Continue with your duties."

"Yes!"

After sending Salted Fish on his way and seeing Xiao Yu talking to the Vice Director of Binjiang Customs, Director Chen couldn’t hold back any longer. He swiftly walked to the southwest corner of the Port Supervision Bureau courtyard and pulled out his cell phone, dialing the City Bureau Political Office’s number.

After about ten or so seconds, Director Dong’s voice came through the cell phone.

"Director Dong, the Linghai Police Bureau has dissolved the Bailong Port Water Police Team, sold the squadron’s two boats to the Port Supervision Bureau, and transferred the team’s two guys to the Changhang Bureau. Did you know about this?"

"The boats were sold, and the people were poached by Zhang Junyan?"

"So you didn’t know!"

"Director Chen, I really didn’t know."

"Go and find out what’s going on right now."

"Alright, I’ll call Zhou Huixin right away."

Zhou Huixin had just taken office last lunar December. He was neither a Political Consultative Conference member nor a National People’s Congress representative from Linghai, so he couldn’t have come to the city for the meetings.

It had been several days since work resumed after the Spring Festival, but some police officers were still quite slack. He was at the Dongzao Police Station inspecting the work.

When his cell phone rang, he pulled it out to see the caller ID, quickly pressed the call button, and walked into the yard saying with a smile, "Director Dong, Happy New Year, I’m sorry for the late greetings..."

"What late greetings? First, tell me what is going on with the Water Police Squadron."

"Director Dong, what Water Police Squadron?"

"Don’t play dumb with me; were those two boats sold to the Port Supervision Bureau or not!"

"You’re talking about that, yes, it’s been sold for five hundred thousand."

"And the two fish of the Water Police Squadron?"

"They’ve been transferred to the Changhang Bureau."

How could this be? What Director Chen said on the phone turned out to be true.

Director Dong was overwhelmed and asked with incredulous laughter, "Zhou Huixin, have you gone mad with poverty? Do you realize what you’ve done? Why didn’t you just sell yourself off?"

I knew that selling the boat, selling the ’First Post of the Yangtze River’ signboard to someone else, the city bureau’s leadership would definitely not be pleased. I just didn’t expect them to find out so quickly.

Zhou Huixin steadied his mind and said helplessly, "I would sell myself if I could, but I’m not worth anything. No one would want me."

"I know your position as bureau chief isn’t easy, and I know you’re short on funds, but you can’t sell those two boats! Even if you really must sell them, you should wait another two or three years at least."

"I’m in a tight spot now; I can’t wait another two or three years."

"People? Why did you let the people go?"

"Director Dong, are you talking about those two fish?"

"Uh-huh."

"They’re Water Police; it’s beneath them to be grounded."

"So, you’re saying you’re justified in that?"

"I know it’s a unit that can produce results, but you’re aware of our bureau’s situation. If we didn’t sell the boat, creditors would be spending the New Year in the bureau with me."

"As if the District County Police Departments aren’t facing difficulties like Linghai?"

Director Dong retorted, fuming, "You didn’t just sell two result-producing boats, nor just the ’First Post of the Yangtze River’ signboard, you sold a unit with excellent traditions, where everyone from the squad leader to the cook are party members and have been awarded for their service!"

What’s done is done.

Zhou Huixin bit the bullet, resigned to his fate, and said: "I know."

"What do you know? I’ve got to tell you, you’ve also sold a standard unit in the process of professionalizing, a model unit that was showing early signs of success!"

"Director Dong, you’re exaggerating too much."

"Not at all. Just think, from the squad leader to the police officers, down to the cook, each and every one holds a professional qualification certificate for working on water. This isn’t as simple as every cop in the traffic police team being able to drive; not even all traffic cops can drive."

"It seems so."

"What seems? It’s downright so! Sailing boats isn’t driving cars; looking across the entire provincial police system, no other police bureau’s maritime law enforcement units can achieve this. I reckon there wouldn’t be a second one nationwide!"

A fine model unit it was, and there were plans to promote it well, turning it into a highlight within the Binjiang Police System, and indeed, it would have been a unique highlight. But Zhou Huixin sold it.

Director Dong grew angrier the more he thought about it and gnashed his teeth: "All you know is that the boats are valuable, but the people are more valuable! Even if you had to sell the boats, you shouldn’t have sold off the people. I really don’t know what you were thinking, how do you even function as a bureau chief!"

"Director Dong, I was wrong. I’ll reflect on it."

"What good does reflecting do now? Just wait, I’ll report this to Director Chen first, then I’ll deal with you!"

Director Dong cursed, hung up, and immediately dialed the director’s mobile phone number to report the situation he just learned about.

Director Chen was so furious he needed to take blood pressure medication, and after a long silence, he coldly said, "He’s deliberately defied me, acting first and reporting later."

"He’s undisciplined and unorganized, but he’s only just taken office; it’s not appropriate to make adjustments now."

"Forget it, this isn’t entirely Zhou Huixin’s fault. One can imagine that he wouldn’t have gone against us and sold under pressure if he weren’t desperate."

"Not his fault?"

"If there’s anyone to blame, it’s our lack of funds."

Director Chen sighed, then added thoughtfully, "Zhang Junyan has invested heavily in undermining us, transferring those two ’fish’ over with a promotion to Deputy Director for one and a career path for the other. It’s both impossible and inappropriate to want those two back."

Director Dong asked with a pained expression, "So that’s it?"

Director Chen weighed the options and said in a low voice, "It’s not too late to mend the pen after the sheep are lost. This incident is a wake-up call. In the future, we need to pay more attention to the grassroots, focusing on those grassroots stations and police officers who can achieve results."

"How do we pay attention?"

"Arrange a time to visit several District County Police Departments for research, start by getting a lay of the land, and figure out what promising talents we have in the Binjiang Police System. Everyone is setting up expert databases now; we need to establish a reserve talent pool. If we come across talented individuals like Salted Fish again, we must prioritize their development."

"Understood."

"Such research is a long-term project, to be carried out at least twice a year—once in the first half of the year and once in the second. After all, personnel changes."

"I understand, rest assured, Director Chen. Burned once by milk, one will blow the next time even when drinking water; our Political Office will not allow such incidents to happen again!"

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