I am a super cop

Chapter 3017 Zhao Guozhi's Pressure
Yuan Shasha's words are very realistic, after all, this is also a problem that everyone needs to face after the experiment.

But at this moment, Gu Chen seemed to have his own ideas, so he looked up at everyone and explained:
"After summarizing and reviewing the failure of this experiment, I found a problem."

"what is the problem?"

Everyone's morale was initially low, but after hearing what Gu Chen said, everyone immediately became interested.

Gu Chen slowly said, "I discovered that Pan Xu, He Lili, and the deceased on the first floor all died on a rainy day."

"Rainy day?" Lu Weiwei looked puzzled and quickly asked Gu Chen, "What does this have to do with the weather?"

"It's hard to say right now." Gu Chen paused, then continued to explain, "But I know that the weather does have some impact on the evaporation of gases."

"I don't know if the weather that day will have any impact on the gas diffusion, but it wasn't a rainy day when we did the experiment."

"I understand," Officer Wang said slowly, listening to Gu Chen's analysis.

"You mean that rainy days might affect the evaporation of gases, but it wasn't raining on the day of our experiment, so we can't determine how much the weather affected the gases?"

“Yes.” Gu Chen nodded silently, then added, “Also, when I went to the boiler room, I found that the coal they were using seemed to be from different batches.”

"If we use the same batch of coal, choose a rainy day, and match the environmental conditions to the highest level, and then conduct the experiment again, we might get the answer we want."

"Gu Chen, you should think this through." Hearing Gu Chen's words, Officer Wang quickly reminded him.
“The city agreed to our previous proposal, but the resources required were simply too large.”

"But we've only just finished two days of this ordeal, and you want to experiment again? I'm afraid it won't be easy to explain to the city and the municipal bureau."

"Senior Brother Wang." Seeing Officer Wang's response, Gu Chen calmly replied:

"It would be irresponsible to keep the truth buried underground. Of course, the experiment will affect too many people, but if this problem is not solved, can you guarantee that there won't be any more cases of carbon monoxide poisoning in the future?"

"This……"

Officer Wang was rendered speechless by Gu Chen's retort. He sighed and said helplessly, "I can't guarantee that."

"So we need a permanent solution." As Gu Chen finished speaking, he stood up, paced back and forth a couple of times, and continued:
"I reviewed our entire experiment and found that we couldn't completely simulate the situation on that day. The weather was the first problem."

"It was raining that day, but it's sunny here now. I think we need to re-test whether the rainy weather will affect the diffusion of the gas here."

"Because all our experimental procedures are fine, the only problem is the weather, and I don't want to give up this opportunity."

Seeing Gu Chen's determination, Officer Wang sighed and said helplessly, "Gu Chen, of course I support you, but what are you going to say to Director Zhao?"

"I'll take charge. If there are any problems, I'll bear the consequences myself." Gu Chen also took the initiative to assume responsibility.

Seeing this, Lu Weiwei quickly said, "Then let's call Director Zhao and explain our thoughts again."

"Although it will be difficult to get Director Zhao to agree to our experiment again, we can't stop the experiment or the pursuit of the truth because of this. I think Director Zhao will understand us."

“Yes, I believe Director Zhao won’t have any objections,” Yuan Shasha quickly echoed.

With the support of his team members, Gu Chen felt more confident. After nodding silently, he took out his phone and dialed Zhao Guozhi's number.

After the phone rang a few times, Zhao Guozhi responded: "Gu Chen, what's up?"

"Director Zhao, I'd like to... conduct the experiment one more time."

After Gu Chen finished speaking, there was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone before he asked again, "What's the reason?"

"The weather is not right," Gu Chen said.

"Is the weather off?" Zhao Guozhi asked, puzzled.

Gu Chen continued to explain, "I checked the weather forecast for these past few days, and I found that it was raining heavily on the day of the incident."

"But when we conducted the experiment, we chose a sunny Saturday to make it more convenient for the residents of the community."

"I think the weather might affect the diffusion of the gas, because there was no problem with our entire process. The problem might be that we didn't recreate the weather conditions of that day."

"If the weather conditions during the experiment are highly similar to those at the time, and the same batch of coal is used, then if we still cannot detect the problem, then our investigation direction is flawed."

Gu Chen's words forced Zhao Guozhi to reconsider.

After all, this is the only way.

Zhao Guozhi had previously been very optimistic about Gu Chen's experiment because no direct clues could be found.

However, on the day of the incident, the bathroom was undergoing renovations, and coincidentally, the exhaust pipe was directed towards the sewer. During the two days of renovations, the gas produced by burning coal in the boiler room was discharged into the sewer.

This coincidence is crucial at the scene of the crime.

Moreover, only places like bathroom boiler rooms can produce a huge amount of carbon monoxide at once.

After thinking it over, Zhao Guozhi agreed, saying, "Okay, I'll discuss your suggestion with Director Qin, but that might take some time."

"In addition, we need to pay close attention to the weather these days. If the weather is suitable and the higher-ups agree, then the work of relocating the residents needs to be completed efficiently. At the same time, we also need to explain the issues to the residents of the community and seek their understanding."

"Understood, I'm sorry to trouble you." Seeing that Zhao Guozhi had agreed, Gu Chen thanked him.

After exchanging a few words, the two hung up the phone.

At that moment, He Junchao also checked the specific weather forecast and looked up at Gu Chen, saying, "Gu Chen, we will have a heavy rain here in two days, probably starting in the afternoon."

"If we were to simulate the weather on the day of the incident, I think the third day would be more suitable, but of course, I'm not entirely sure."

"We need to prepare contingency plans first," Gu Chen said.

“Okay, I’ll keep a close eye on the weather, but you need to get Director Zhao to handle things with the Municipal Bureau,” He Junchao said.

"I believe Director Zhao can handle this." Gu Chen also had great confidence in Zhao Guozhi.

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Over the next two days, Zhao Guozhi actively communicated with his superiors and repeatedly explained the issues.

Qin Gang naturally gave his full support, since if the cause of death of these three people could not be found out, it would inevitably affect the reputation of the police force.

Naturally, the city leaders would have some opinions.

After all, another large-scale relocation of the masses is needed, which cannot be accomplished in just a few words.

Moreover, if the local residents can understand after the first time, but if it happens a second time, it will inevitably cause some residents to feel resistant.

Weather is a factor that is difficult to predict and can change in an instant.

If not handled properly, or if some residents disagree, it will greatly affect the survey experiment.

Furthermore, if this experiment fails, it will be a complete disgrace to the police force's reputation. This will put pressure on the city bureau and city leaders, creating a significant, albeit invisible, pressure for them.

Gu Chen originally thought this was a long-debated issue among the leaders, but he received the final notification later that afternoon.

When Zhao Guozhi arrived at the office, he took a deep breath and encouraged everyone:
"Don't be so discouraged, everyone. I have some good news to share: the municipal bureau and city leaders have approved our plan to conduct another experiment."

"Director Zhao, are you saying that the higher-ups have agreed?" Lu Weiwei was overjoyed to hear this.

"Yes, I agree." Zhao Guozhi nodded silently and said without further ado:

"This is all thanks to Gu Chen's reputation. If it weren't for Gu Chen's request, I doubt the city bureau and city leaders would have agreed so readily."

"After all, everyone had a high opinion of Gu Chen's work ability, so when Gu Chen insisted on conducting a second experiment, the city leaders quickly discussed and came up with specific results."

"Although a small number of leaders have reservations about this, most leaders are understanding."

"After all, this problem needs to be solved sooner or later. It's better to solve it as soon as possible than to leave it unresolved."

"If we resolve this issue sooner, the public pressure can be transformed into motivation and the public's trust in us. In any case, it's a win-win situation."

After a pause, Zhao Guozhi calmed himself down and said, "However, we do need to do some work again to mobilize the masses for the second time."

"Some people are unwilling to leave, and some have a sense of resistance, which is understandable. But even if it's a tough nut to crack, we have to crack it."

"That's for sure. I will definitely go to the community in person to apologize to everyone and ask them to understand my work," Gu Chen said proactively.

Zhao Guozhi nodded silently: "Very good, but this job will probably be very difficult."

"How about this, I'll call the community director and ask him to send out some outstanding volunteers from the community, and have the grid staff promote it more in the group chat."

"After all, we are conducting experiments for the benefit of everyone in the community; it just takes time."

“Okay, then I’ll arrange the personnel and prepare for the next experiment.” Gu Chen echoed.

Yuan Shasha quickly reminded everyone, "It will rain heavily in the next few days, so we need to let everyone know in advance that we can't schedule the experiment for the weekend. We can only conduct the experiment according to the weather conditions."

"Yes, let's all work together to make this experiment complete and successful," Zhao Guozhi said.

It must be said that Zhao Guozhi is a good leader after all. Although he spoke to everyone in a nonchalant manner, everyone knew how much pressure he was under.

Gu Chen was merely a guarantor for the job, but in reality, the person bearing immense pressure was Zhao Guozhi, who shouldered all of it himself.

If this experiment fails, Zhao Guozhi will face significant accountability from higher authorities.

Therefore, Gu Chen knew that this experiment was extremely important.

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So in the afternoon, Gu Chen led his team, along with the community volunteers who had already made appointments, to the neighborhood.

Everyone set up the table, hung up the banners, and diligently promoted the message to everyone in the community group.

Many elderly men passing by were curious and gathered around to watch the spectacle.

When everyone saw the notice on the bulletin board that the smoke extraction experiment was being conducted again, many people had displeasure on their faces.

"Why are we having another experiment? It's only been a few days!"

"Yeah, is it really that exhausting?"

"It's really not comfortable to sleep in the gymnasium. For us old folks, going back and forth like this is just torture."

"Yeah, what was that policeman thinking?"

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Everyone had their own opinions, and since it was the first time they'd gone through all that trouble, some people already had complaints.

But just a few days later, the police proposed to continue the second experiment, which immediately caused some resentment among the residents of the community.

A community volunteer wearing a red vest quickly explained, "Because it was the first experiment, the weather was different from the day of the incident. We definitely have to consider the conditions at the time when we conduct experiments."

"If the weather is different, the results will also be different, so the test results on that day may not be very accurate and we need to test again."

“But this is very troublesome,” an old man complained.

The volunteer sister smiled and said, "I know it's troublesome, but there's no other way. We're doing this for the safety of the public."

"Nobody wants to suddenly and inexplicably experience a gas leak in their home, and then just fall asleep and die. Who could bear that?"

Thanks to the efforts of these community volunteer women, some residents who had previously expressed their grievances began to calm down.

Even if everyone is unwilling, the police are doing this for everyone's safety.

Those who don't want to die, of course, have to cooperate.

After everyone explained, the elderly people who had previously complained gradually began to accept reality.

Gu Chen's team and the community volunteers worked tirelessly from day to night to promote this work.

It was already 10 p.m. when several police officers drove up and delivered the late-night snacks to Gu Chen and his companions.

"Director Gu, how about we grab some late-night snacks?" a trainee police officer said.

"Thank you," Gu Chen said, then distributed the remaining late-night snacks to everyone.

The trainee police officer asked curiously, "Director Gu, it's so late, you should go home. You can come back for the publicity tomorrow."

“Yes, it’s late at night, and the local residents have all gone home to rest. I think we should come back to promote this tomorrow morning,” said another third-level superintendent.

Gu Chen glanced at the time and nodded silently, "Okay, we'll promote it again tomorrow."

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The following morning, Gu Chen's team rearranged the promotional table and continued their outreach in the neighborhood.

With the rainy days drawing ever closer, Gu Chen needed to convince everyone so that the experiment wouldn't be delayed.

After all, many residents were unwilling to cooperate this time, which would inevitably have some impact on the experiment.

Gu Chen knew that this failure might really be the end for him.

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