Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 470 The Work and Benefits of Police Officers with Public Sector Status

The second day after arrival.

The administrative work hours here are two hours later than in Donghai Province. That is to say, in Donghai Province, the administrative units start work at 8:30 a.m., while in Keshi, the start time is 10:30 a.m.

So when Xiaoqiang woke up after a very long nap, it was already seven in the morning, and it was still a bit dark outside.

Chen Shu was sitting on the small sofa flipping through a book when he saw Xiao Qiang wake up. He smiled, closed the book, and put it aside. "Xiao Qiang, how come you seem to have a lower alcohol tolerance here, even though everyone drinks like it's water? Oh, right, we drank beer last night!"

"Don't even mention it." Xiao Qiang sat up and leaned against the headboard, wiping his face with both hands, still shaken. "You can't treat the beer here like ordinary beer. Tsk tsk, this is the deadly Urumqi beer."

Thinking of that internet celebrity from Northeast China last night, who used to boast that he could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, he turned out to be only slightly better than Xiaoqiang and ended up getting completely drunk too.

After getting up, Xiaoqiang curiously flipped through the books Chen Shu had placed on the small table. Looking at the title "...History and Current Situation" on the cover, he sighed, "Brother Shu, as a policeman, I respect you as a man. But do you know why you've never been able to make a fortune?"

Chen Shu chuckled upon hearing this: "As a policeman, the salary the government gives me is more than enough. Why would I need more money?"

Xiao Qiang said shamelessly, "Hey, Brother Shu, I'm just rambling on, can you give me a chance to finish what I have to say?"

"Okay. Then tell me why I've never been able to make a fortune?"

"Brother Shu, these days, people who make a fortune don't read any books, they just watch the 7 o'clock news. People who make a little money read 'The Art of Thick-Skinnedness and Black-Heartedness' and 'Sun Tzu's Art of War.' People like you who like to read history and worry about the country and its people deserve to be poor for life!"

Xiaoqiang spoke with absolute certainty, like a wise man who had seen all the truths of life, and concluded: "Brother Shu, those who are spiritual aristocrats are usually penniless in reality!"

Chen Shu kicked his chubby butt and said irritably, "Stop watching those brainwashing videos on Douyin. If you watch too many, you'll think you're a success guru, always lecturing and showing off. Aren't you ashamed? These people used to run pyramid schemes. All they know is how to fool people!"

Xiao Qiang scratched his head, embarrassed, and said, "Brother Shu, just let me show off a little. Working here is incredibly stressful. If we don't find some fun to relieve the pressure, we'll go crazy!"

"Do you work this hard?" Chen Shu took a pack of cigarettes from the small table, took one out and offered it to Xiao Qiang.

"There's not much to do, just patrols and responding to calls, but the hours are unbearable. Sometimes I have to work 24 hours straight before I can sleep, and as soon as I wake up, I have to keep working! Compensatory rest is just a pipe dream." Xiaoqiang spoke calmly, without any complaints.

"How is the treatment?"

"It's alright, a bit better than our institute. After deducting the five social insurances and one housing fund, there's still over six thousand left. In winter, with heating expenses, it can reach seven thousand. I don't know the exact amount, but the unit provides food and accommodation, so you can save money." Xiaoqiang counted on his fingers for Chen Shu, seemingly not caring much.

At the Zhongshan Police Station where Xiaoqiang worked, the auxiliary police officers had various contract types. Some were recruited directly from the community and worked at the station, some were recruited by the branch bureau and assigned to subordinate police stations, and some were dispatched by third-party security companies. Their salaries and benefits differed, and some didn't even have social security, let alone housing provident fund.

Chen Shu was somewhat shocked.

He knew the wages here would be higher than in other parts of mainland China, but he never expected them to be this high.

The key point is that the admission process wasn't difficult at all!
“I did some research before I came here. It seems the average price of a second-hand house is only three or four thousand. If you settle down and work for a few years, you can save up for a down payment.” As he got older, Chen Shu’s first thought was to settle down and start a family, and he earnestly helped Xiao Qiang plan ahead.

Xiao Qiang chuckled and chimed in, "Yeah, I heard from the veteran team members that a couple of years ago, houses here were only 2,000 yuan a month, but now you can buy a high-end apartment for 4,000 yuan. It's because more and more people from outside came in that the housing prices were driven up."

"This isn't really speculation; it's just that people like you who come in here get their salaries and are so busy with nothing to do with them that it all ends up going towards housing. But even though prices have gone up now, I feel that with your salary, the down payment should be no problem, and the subsequent loan payments can be covered by your housing provident fund, so the pressure shouldn't be too great."

As Chen Shu spoke, he recalled his terrible experience buying a house in Dongzhou two years ago. Back then, he walked with his parents through every housing development, and looking at those staggering house prices, he really wished he could just live at his workplace and remain a bachelor for life.

It all boils down to one word: poverty. So when Xiaoqiang's income increased, the first piece of advice was to buy a house. Only with a house can one start a family. It's not that a good girl necessarily needs a man's house, but in today's society, no responsible parent would allow their daughter to marry a boy without a house.

The boy and girl are young and can do anything for love, but their parents, who have been through it all, know the misery of being homeless.

Xiao Qiang nodded in agreement, his face calm.

Chen Shu suddenly remembered seeing Xiao Qiang carrying a Type 95 rifle last night and asked suspiciously, "Xiao Qiang, although you have a permanent position as a police officer, according to regulations, auxiliary police officers are not allowed to carry slingshots. Besides, with your headache when you see exam papers, do you think you can pass the slingshot certification exam? Was the slingshot you were carrying last night a replica, just to scare people?"

At this point, Xiaoqiang's eyes lit up, and an barely suppressed smile spread across his face: "Brother Shu, here are the only auxiliary police officers in the whole country who can openly carry slingshots! If they're veterans, they don't even need to take a test! They just give you a slingshot as soon as you come over, the real thing! It's top-notch!"

Chen Shu stood up, patted Xiao Qiang on the shoulder, and encouraged him: "You still need to take more exams. I remember seeing in the news that some auxiliary police officers here were mentioned as deputy directors? Those kinds of people must have good grades and be able to take exams."

"By the way, you were on duty last night, so you should have a day off today, right? Why don't you come with us for a walk around later?"

"what!"

Xiao Qiang suddenly woke up, raised his hand to check the time, and stammered, "Oh no, I'm late."

In no time, he pulled up his pants, dragged his shoes, and ran out of the room.

"Hey Shu-ge, let's go for a drink after get off work!"

The work hours here are late, so everyone had a good night's sleep and was now standing in the hotel lobby, full of energy, waiting for the special car sent by the local public security bureau to pick them up.

As expected, Wang Hao, who had come to pick them up earlier, drove his imposing black Land Cruiser and parked it imposingly at the hotel entrance.

"Professor Lin, how did you sleep last night?" Wang Hao asked with a cigarette dangling from his lips, his left hand resting on the car window as he smiled.

"That's good, that's good. Actually, there's no need to spend so much money. A budget hotel would have been fine. We don't care about these things."

Sitting in the passenger seat, Lin Dakai looked radiant today, suggesting he must have had a good night's sleep.

Sitting in the back seat, Chen Shu listened to Lin Dakai's words and suddenly recalled that more than a year ago, Lin Dakai had taken Zhou Qinghu to Dongzhou City to investigate the kidnapping case, which was said to involve the highest IQ in the country. At that time, Chen Shu was in charge of driving them, and Lin Dakai, who was sitting in the back seat, had said the same thing.

However, Chen Shu, who was driving, and Li Meng, who was receiving guests, were both his students, so Lin Dakai was quite strict and directly ordered the car to be driven into a budget hotel next to the Public Security Bureau.

Along the way, Lin Dakai and Wang Hao chatted idly while the others listened.

In Wang Hao's view, although he arrived two months earlier than Chen Shu and the others, he was rooted in the grassroots every day, and what he saw and heard was basically the most authentic.

"I can confidently tell you that this is currently the safest area in the country, bar none!" Wang Hao said, his face beaming, and his tone leaving no room for doubt.

Chen Shu looked out the car window at the rows of houses and shops, thinking to himself, with the police force arrangement of a police station every other intersection, and the speed, configuration and equipment of the police response to yesterday's ordinary 110 dispute case, it would be hard for this place not to be the safest area in the country.

Chatting casually along the way, the mainland patrol successfully entered the Keshi City Public Security Bureau.

(End of this chapter)