Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 474 - 335: Turning Point

Since we’ve torn the masks off, might as well go all out—what kind of idea is this?

Han Yu suddenly realized that compared to his master, Old Lu is the truly wild one. He only cares about his own Liangzhuang and wouldn’t care less about what chaos ensues outside.

It was different when his master was around. Though also a bit unrestrained, he would plan thoroughly before acting. Perhaps it was because he came from a Civilian Soldiers background and always thought about warfare; he never fought a battle without confidence. He would either not make a move at all, or everything would be under his control.

Not like Old Lu, who just acts, never considering the consequences.

In critical moments, one must stay calm and can’t just listen to everything Old Lu says.

If we really did as Old Lu said, it would mean going into battle shirtless against others, turning the situation into a group of outsiders—public security police—coming here to cause trouble.

It would surely give their opponents headaches, but politically it would cost us because to the superiors, it would seem like hoping for chaos, completely disregarding the big picture.

But, if we don’t do as Old Lu says, what else can we do?

Han Yu hadn’t expected to find himself in such a difficult position and was secretly anxious when detailed reports came through the radio.

Reporter Wang is exceptionally talented and good at summarizing.

Enrollment, false advertising.

Admission, inexplicably accepted.

Qualification, not recognized.

Tuition, cleverly named fees.

Employment, not living up to its name.

Regulation, departments shirking responsibility.

Speaking with facts, the report comprehensively exposed the chaos of private vocational education institutions in Gaozhou!

Listening felt satisfying, but exposing the issue alone wouldn’t solve the problem. Han Yu fretted, and just then, his phone rang again. He looked at the caller ID—it was an area code from the Capital.

He had no acquaintances in the Capital—could it be a wrong number...

Han Yu hesitated, then pressed the call button to answer.

To his surprise, as soon as he raised the phone to his ear, a familiar yet somewhat strange voice came through: "Salted Fish, this is Feng Changzheng. Are you on a business trip to East Guang?"

"Feng Director, weren’t you transferred to Hanwu?"

"I got moved again, this time to Cosco."

Former Yangtze River Binjiang Port and Navigation Supervision Director Feng Changzheng laughed heartily, his voice tinged with a mix of emotions: "I transferred from the Navy to Port Supervision and then to a state-owned enterprise. I’ve been a soldier, enforced the law, and now I’m in business—tell me, isn’t my life exciting?"

Cosco is short for China Cosco Shipping Corporation Limited, a huge state-owned enterprise directly administered by the central government!

Feng Director was once the youngest ship captain in the Chinese Navy and had served as Port Supervision Director for six years. Dealing with cargo ships every day while serving as Port Supervision Director, the move to Cosco was quite natural for him, as it was right in line with his expertise.

Han Yu regained his composure and quickly said, "Cosco isn’t just a large state-run firm, it’s also a good one. Director, did you get transferred to the headquarters?"

"Yeah, I moved there last year."

"I had no idea. During the Spring Festival, the city held meetings, and I was assigned to carry out security duties. Representatives of the People’s Congress and members of the Political Consultative Conference even inspected the Binjiang Shipyard. The shipyard claimed it was cooperating with Cosco, but in truth, it was acquired by them. Did you know about this?"

"I knew. In fact, the acquisition of Binjiang Shipyard by Cosco was facilitated by me."

"You facilitated it?"

"At that time, the shipyard was suffering severe losses and couldn’t even pay the workers’ salaries. The city leaders sought me out multiple times, asking for my help. It so happened that an old comrade-in-arms of mine had transferred to Cosco and was in charge of shipbuilding, so I helped make a connection and build a bridge."

"Director, you’ve really helped the city out big time. The shipyard is doing well now. I visited a couple of months ago, and they were very supportive of our work. When we mentioned setting up an enterprise fire brigade, they immediately purchased firefighting equipment and recruited veterans."

"I know you’ve been transferred to the Changhang Bureau and that you’ve become the Deputy Division Commander of the Changhang Fire Department."

"How did you get my mobile number then?"

"I have something to discuss with you. I called the dunship’s phone, and Ningning answered. She said you’re on a business trip to East Guang and gave me your mobile number."

"What’s it about?"

"It’s not convenient to discuss over this phone. Where are you now?"

What does it mean it’s not convenient to talk over this phone...

Han Yu was puzzled but still quickly replied, "I’m currently in Gaozhou City, East Guang Province. Gaozhou is a county-level city."

"Are you in the city center?"

"Yes, the hotel we are staying at is right in the city center."

"What’s the hotel’s name?"

"Wanghai Hotel, with ’wang’ from ’far’ and ’hai’ from ’sea.’"

"Good, don’t switch off your phone, wait for my call."

True to his military background, Director Feng was quick and decisive, hanging up as soon as he finished speaking.

Han Yu was left confused and was wondering how to explain to Deputy Mayor Jiang, Commissioner Ding, Director Li, and the others who were closely watching him when the lights in the room suddenly went out, and the air conditioning stopped with a click.

Chen Zikun happened to be standing by the door and immediately opened it to call out, "Waiter, waiter!"

"Coming, what can I help with?"

"Why is there a power outage?"

The waiter seemed a bit nervous, instinctively looking back before speaking in accented Mandarin, with an apologetic expression, "Sir, I’m not sure if it’s the main switch or a line fault but there’s no power on this whole floor."

In such hot weather, who could stand having no air conditioning or fans?

Chen Zikun pressed on, "When will it be fixed?"

"I don’t know."

"I don’t know?"

"I... I’m not an electrician; we have to wait for the electrician to find out."

What happened next caught everyone off guard.

Zhang Lan and Chen Zikun went down to find the manager, who also hemmed and hawed, saying he didn’t know when the power would be restored.

They asked if they could have a few rooms moved upstairs or downstairs, but the manager said there were guests both upstairs and downstairs. And in the hotel lobby, there were suddenly a few individuals who were obviously not guests. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Without asking, it was clear that if they made things difficult for others, others would not want to make it easy for them.

Han Yu discussed it with Director Li and decided to change locations, instructing Director Jiang and Xiao Gong to split up and look for a place to stay. However, after asking around six or seven places, including very basic hotels, every one of them found various excuses not to accommodate them.

By the time Jianghai and Xiao Gong returned to the hotel, Han Yu and the others who had stayed behind were sweating profusely from the heat.

Director Li hadn’t expected the other party to act so swiftly. Standing by the window and peering down, he said, "Mayor Jiang, it seems they don’t welcome us and want us to leave."

Deputy Mayor Jiang also didn’t expect such an incident and, wiping sweat from his brow, asked with a wry smile, "What do we do now?"

Director Li didn’t answer, turning to look at Han Yu instead.

After weighing the options, Han Yu resolutely stated, "They can arrange people to keep an eye on us and alert other hotels not to accommodate us, but they wouldn’t dare confront us directly, and it’s also impossible for them to notify every merchant."

"Salted Fish, are you saying..."

"Mayor Jiang, it’s too hot here; it’s not suitable for people to stay. Why don’t you and Commissioner Ding go back first? We’ll just stay here. If the hotel restaurant doesn’t serve us food, we’ll go out and buy something."

"Mayor Jiang, Han Yu is right. We can’t leave; leaving like this would be almost like admitting defeat."

...

Meanwhile, Huang Wenhua hurried from the City Committee to the station and immediately said to the Deputy Division Commander upon arrival, "Old Liu, take a few people and bring Lin Hexiang, Jiang Yan, and Zhang Dongmei back."

"But we just granted them bail awaiting trial yesterday!"

"That was yesterday, and this is today."

"But if we bring them back, what about those students from Huayuan?"

"The city has formed a task force; there’s someone in charge of handling the aftermath. We don’t need to worry about it."

Old Liu realized that the sudden change must be related to the news from the morning and couldn’t help asking, "Director Huang, what does the superior say?"

Huang Wenhua looked back and replied with a wry smile, "We’ll confront soldiers with generals and stem water with earth; what else can we say?"

"What do you mean by ’confront soldiers with generals and stem water with earth’?"

"The Propaganda Department will handle the media. Mayor Qian is personally in charge of the task force to rectify those schools. Secretary Zhong is responsible for receiving the investigation from the superiors."

"Are the superiors sending someone to investigate?"

"Don’t worry about the superiors. The investigation team is sent by Mao Ming. Mao Ming himself has quite a few private vocational colleges. The main purpose of the investigation is to show an attitude. Of course, some irregularities really need to be corrected."

"And what about Mayor Wang?"

"He wasn’t mentioned. In these situations, you understand, someone has to take responsibility."

"What about our Chief Dai?"

"He’s still in a meeting at the City Committee."

Huang Wenhua thought that the Chief was at a meeting with the City Committee, but in fact, Chief Dai was sitting in the conference room on the third floor of the City Committee, constantly making and receiving calls, and issuing orders repeatedly.

Half an hour ago, Han Yu and the others started to enjoy high-standard security protection.

In and around Wanghai Hotel, there were at least twenty plainclothes police officers. Every move of Han Yu and the others was under Chief Dai’s control.

"That female Vice Mayor left, right? Keep monitoring. Report promptly if there’s any situation."

After hanging up the phone, just as Chief Dai was about to report to the Secretary in the next office, the rarely seen City Committee Member and Armed Forces Minister hurriedly approached.

"Minister Yang, hello..."

"Hello, I have an urgent matter to report to Secretary Zhong."

The old Minister nodded slightly, then promptly knocked on the office door of the Secretary.

Secretary Zhong was on the phone, signaling the old Minister to wait.

Chief Dai was about to step aside when he saw Secretary Zhong beckoning him, so he had to stand by the door.

The Secretary was still discussing the exposed incident from the morning with the superiors. After waiting for about fifteen minutes, the call finally ended.

After taking several deep breaths to regain composure, trying to appear relaxed, Secretary Zhong asked, "Minister Yang, what’s the matter?"

"I just received an emergency notification from the Military District. They need to use the secure phone in your office."

"To use the secure phone? Who do you need to contact?"

Secretary Zhong encountered such a situation for the first time and subconsciously looked at the red phone beside him.

This was also Minister Yang’s first time facing such a situation; he quickly explained, "I don’t need to make the call; someone needs to take a call."

Secretary Zhong pressed on, "Who’s coming to take the call?"

Due to military secrecy, it wasn’t clear why the phone needed to be used, as after all, the only highly secure phone in Gaozhou was on Secretary Zhong’s desk.

The old Minister hesitated for a moment and then said in a low voice, "Commander Xiang from the Military District said it seems to be a call from the headquarters. He doesn’t know whether it’s from the General Staff, General Politics, or the General Logistics Department."