Section Fifty-one Investigation

  Zhang Zhengyuan sat solemnly in the middle position, with Political Commissar Niu Zijian beside him making arrangements for the reception of Liu Zhaoguo, the new Deputy Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, who was visiting Jiangkou County Public Security Bureau for research.

  The phone call from the municipal bureau office came two days ago. After investigating the urban and suburban branch offices, the first stop of the investigation at the suburban county public security bureau was chosen in Jiangkou, which made the entire Jiangkou County Public Security Bureau team, including Luan Zhengyuan, feel both honored and pressured.

  Zhuang Zhengyuan was pondering why the newly appointed Deputy Director Liu chose Jiangkou as his first stop for investigation, and from any aspect, Jiangkou didn't seem to be a priority among the eight suburban counties.

  In terms of economic strength, population, social security situation, and the ranking of Jiangkou County Public Security Bureau in the municipal bureau, Jiangkou is always a mediocre role, but Vice Director Liu specifically chose Jiangkou!

  Miao Xian, the director of the Municipal Bureau's office who had a good relationship with Yuan Zhengyuan, privately told him that Deputy Director Liu personally vetoed the office's arrangement to conduct research in Huayang County and instead chose Jiangkou as the destination for the research trip, which made Yuan Zhengyuan somewhat busy.

  "Alright, just now Comrade Zi Jian made arrangements for the reception of Director Liu from the Municipal Bureau who is coming to our bureau for research. I completely agree. Additionally, I want to emphasize two points: according to my understanding of the situation, Director Liu is not very interested in researching the bureau's offices, but he must visit the criminal police team and the police stations, especially those with complex public security situations. Xingwen and Fengxiang, you two should pay high attention to this."

  "Also, Director Liu has high requirements for reporting, concise and to the point, it's said that generally not exceeding twenty minutes, mainly on-site inspection. I'm worried that Director Liu may not follow our arrangements for investigation, like the traffic police team and public security department, I reckon he won't bother with them, but the criminal police team is fine. However, the city police station, North Suburbs Police Station, West Outer Ring Road Police Station, Jiang Temple Police Station, and Bridge Police Station must make all necessary preparations. Fengxiang, you take care of this, tell these police station heads that if there's any problem, I'll hold them accountable!"

  "Director Liu, I've heard he's not easy to get along with?" He Fengxiang also had some apprehensions. To be able to squeeze out Directors Guan and Chen and sit in this position, he must have a strong backing. Moreover, it was said that Director Liu liked to conduct inspections of police stations, and both the Huaxi and Longtan branches had made mistakes during these inspections. This kind of thing must not happen to himself.

  "We haven't had much contact, it's hard to say." Yuan Zhengyuan was also a bit headache, before this he had only met once, that is, at the cadre conference announcing the change of municipal bureau team, and then there was no further communication. It came down so quickly to investigate, without even having the opportunity to establish emotional connections.

  "What I'm afraid of is that Director Liu has come to pick on us, and that's not easy to deal with." Niu Zijian was also worried. The news from Huaxi Branch and Longtan Branch said that although Director Liu didn't speak much, his words carried weight.

  "Everyone just needs to make various preparations, and if there really are problems, it's not like they can be covered up. If problems are found, that's a good thing, as it will help us in our future work." Luan Zhengyuan saw the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive, so he gave everyone a boost of morale.

  The Municipal Public Security Bureau arrived at Jiangkou for investigation very quickly. As expected by Luan Zhengyuan, Deputy Director Liu listened to the report for only 20 minutes and then asked to go to the grassroots level for investigation. However, all the administrative departments of the Jiangkou County Public Security Bureau were removed from the list of units to be investigated, but the Jiangmiao Police Station was specifically named as the most remote police station to visit. This made Luan Zhengyuan quite proud of his foresight.

  Zhao Guotong never expected to meet Liu Ge in such a situation, the two words "Liu Ge" that were about to come out of his mouth were forcibly suppressed and turned into "Director Liu", his strange expression made the county leaders who accompanied him all feel suspicious.

  Fortunately, Director Liu's investigation at Jiangmiao Temple went very smoothly, and what was even more rare was that he proactively suggested having dinner right there at Jiangmiao, which made Ruan Zhengyuan and Niu Zijian extremely happy. It is worth noting that in Huaxi Branch Bureau and Longtan Branch Bureau, Director Liu had declined the hospitality of those two bureaus.

  After seeing off the municipal research group, Yuan Zhengyuan and his colleagues sat down in Jiang Temple to analyze the situation of this municipal research.

  "Little Zhao, come sit down." When Zhao Guotang stepped into the conference room, he was really startled. Apart from Qiu Yuanfeng, there were also Luan Zhengyuan, Niu Zijian and He Fengxiang present.

  "Zhu Ju, Zheng Wei, He Ju."

  "Little Zhao, sit down. The police officers want to know some things. I heard that Director Liu from the Municipal Bureau came to our Jiang Temple not long ago?" Qiu Yuanfeng was also a bit nervous and uneasy. Director Liu casually mentioned at the dinner table that he had been to Daguan Kou recently and even had dealings with the police station, which scared him quite a bit. Fortunately, Director Liu was very satisfied with the performance of the police officers at the police station, which finally made Qiu Yuanfeng feel relieved.

  "Hmm, I didn't know he was Director Liu either. It was just a chance encounter at the Da Guan Kou on August 15th, and Liu... oh no, Director Liu went to Da Guan Kou probably to rest, lost a notebook, and I helped him find it back, that's all." Zhao Guodong also knew that trying to downplay this matter wouldn't be easy, but in fact, the situation was just that simple.

  As expected, Qiu Yuanfeng and He Fengxiang asked some details in a roundabout way, and Zhao Guozhong answered them one by one, which finally satisfied the leaders of the bureau.

  Zhang Zhenyuan believed that Zhao Guocong's words were not exaggerated or intentionally concealed, but at the dinner table, he felt that Director Liu had a good impression of this young Zhao, and it was beyond the kind of simple goodwill for having retrieved his notebook. This was the most important thing - wasn't there an unmarried daughter in Director Liu's family?

  Zhuang Zhengyuan had some wild thoughts, saying that Director Liu came from a very high place, not only did he have connections in the provincial party committee, but also a certain leader of the Military Commission highly appreciated him. When he was about to retire from his military post, this leader even personally tried to persuade him to stay on, and later, after his retirement had been finalized, still personally called the Anhui Provincial Party Committee to request that they arrange a suitable job for Director Liu.

  Rumors say that the tone and language used are vivid, even to the point of mimicking the tone of the military commission leaders, as if they were standing next to the phone. However, one thing is certain - this Director Liu is absolutely not just an ordinary political commissar, from his performance in investigations, although it can't be said that he's an expert in business, but he also has a good understanding of public security work, and some problems can hit the nail on the head, if given time, I'm afraid he will become an insider leader from an outsider leader.

  Zhao Guotang also realized that if he could get on the right side of Liu Zhaoguo, his own efforts might be greatly accelerated. However, he also roughly understood the temperament of this Liu brother, and if he deliberately asked for something, it would probably backfire, so it's better to focus on doing his own job well.

  Moreover, Zhao Guocong's mind is not on this matter at the moment. The steady stream of income from the sand and gravel yard and the upcoming black market stock frenzy are what he cares about most.

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