Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 604 Retreat

Friday evening.

With everything ready, Chen Shu, the deputy captain of the special police brigade in charge of on-site command, finally transformed into the very person he once hated.

A special police officer is actually going to sweep up oranges?

The only consolation is that he has the authority to order all team members to wear civilian clothes and not carry firearms or any riot gear. Otherwise, it would be incredibly embarrassing to think of a fully equipped, formidable force going to raid Orange.

That night, they were just police officers trying to complete their superiors' tasks and targets.

Chen Shu, Chen Chuan, and Zhu Yiba were sitting in a black Porsche Panamera.

Chen Shu sat in the driver's seat, his hands on the steering wheel, watching the old man swagger into A_PARTY from afar. His expression was calm, but he felt a little admiring: old men looking for women were rare, but at least you could see them. However, an old man who went to a KTV to find a woman was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

"It's all because you guys are so good at sweeping up oranges, I can hardly find the place anymore!"

Chen Shu couldn't help but laugh when he recalled the old man's angry and glaring appearance.

Chen Chuan and Zhu Yiba were sitting in the back row. Chen Chuan was explaining to Zhu Yiba the possible relationship between Sunshine Hotel and A_PARTY.

In five-star hotels like these, owners often contract out one or two floors of the annex as an entertainment area (KTV). Nominally, it's operated by a third party, but in reality, it's to avoid the risk of police raids; if something happens, it won't affect the hotel's overall operations.

In reality, hotels and KTVs are a community of shared interests, with each providing the other with what they need.

For example, hotels can provide guest rooms for KTVs, and KTVs can provide customers to hotels.

Generally, a high-star hotel's business is divided into three parts: food and beverage, guest rooms, and entertainment. The hotel keeps control of the guest rooms and food and beverage, while entertainment, such as karaoke, sauna, and massage, is contracted out to different companies.

A large hotel with different business lines caters to the same group of guests. These three different types of businesses have the same impact.

If fewer people eat, fewer people will stay overnight, and the karaoke business will suffer even more; and if entertainment options lack appeal to guests, guest rooms and food and beverage services will inevitably be affected as well.

Therefore, in order to win in the fierce competition, hotels must make their entertainment facilities more distinctive and attractive in the city, or at least in the same neighborhood.

Eating, singing, foot massage, and booking a hotel room – this process is known locally in Dongzhou as a “one-stop service.”

It was a rare opportunity for Chen Chuan to show off his skills in front of Zhu Yiba, so he naturally spoke his mind without reservation, leaving Zhu Yiba completely stunned.

"boom."

As soon as the passenger door opened, Li Chaoyang climbed in.

He first politely nodded to the two people sitting in the back row, then leaned over to Chen Shu and sighed, "I let Lao Ma and the others in, and they've been there for two hours. Forget about prostitution, even the escorts who were originally squatting inside are nowhere to be seen. I guess this operation has been exposed."

It's normal for such grassroots anti-crime operations to be exposed, and it doesn't necessarily mean that there were insiders tipping off the perpetrators. There's also a high possibility that these kinds of criminal gangs secretly have "eyes and ears" watching the local police station compound, the local public security brigade, and the special police brigade's police cars.

If a large number of police cars and unlicensed vehicles parked in the yard disappear, it means something is wrong. In addition to police cars, the windows of the public security brigade's office are monitored by people with binoculars. If a large number of windows are still lit at night, it will be reported.

Sometimes, several professional "eyes" will appear near a workplace. After a while, they will become familiar with each other and even offer each other cigarettes to discuss, exchange experiences and insights.

The purpose is to guard against large-scale police operations. Once a large-scale police mobilization is detected, regardless of the circumstances or whether they are there to arrest them, it's always the right thing to do to stop any illegal activities you're currently engaged in.

Such phenomena include, but are not limited to, casinos, establishments involved in prostitution, and overloaded transportation.

Chen Shu stared at the direction the old man had left in, lingered for a moment, then picked up the walkie-talkie from the dashboard and said in a deep voice:

"withdraw."

"Withdraw? That's such a bad idea!" Chen Chuan was the first to object, indignantly saying, "Chen Shu, we've put on such a grand show, are we just going to leave like this? Wouldn't we be laughed at? Besides, if we leave now..."

He wanted to say a few more words, but was interrupted by the voice coming from the walkie-talkie.

"Chen Shu! Withdraw? What are you thinking? Wait for me in the car, I'm coming over to you right now." Zhao Feifei's surprised voice came through the walkie-talkie, her intention to get in the car and confront him was quite clear.

“Zhao Da, this is what we saw in Zhongshan.”

Chen Shu answered calmly, then simply turned off the walkie-talkie, lightly stepped on the gas, and drove off.

Along the way, Chen Chuan kept complaining, saying that he had originally planned to go to a nightclub to have some fun, and that he had made plans to go shopping and watch a movie with pretty girls. In short, he turned down all his great plans just to go orange-hunting with Chen Shu.

Chen Shu shook his head with a smile: "Chuan, you've been a policeman for so many years, and you're still acting like a rookie, so excited about sweeping the oranges? Didn't you stop me from sweeping A_PARTY's place earlier?"

Generally speaking, most newly recruited police officers, including those recruited from the public, graduates of police academies, and those transferred from the military, are initially very excited and thrilled to participate in these special operations.

But the more I participate, the more I dislike these kinds of activities. The smell is overwhelming, and no man likes to smell other people's odors. If the men and women in the room get carried away and mix in drugs, the sour, stench can linger in your nose for three or four days.

If you're unlucky enough to encounter some disgusting infectious diseases like AIDS or STDs, even though everyone knows that taking precautions will prevent infection, the psychological torment is unbearable.

What I fear most is encountering a prostitute who's been using drugs and is covered in viruses. These kinds of women are bound to have some mental issues, and they'll almost always cause trouble if the police raid their rooms.

They would either kowtow on the spot or hug the policeman's leg and cry bitterly, making it seem as if the policeman was going to sell them or beat them.

They really did have runny noses and drooling, and the thick, yellow liquid kept dripping onto their pants without restraint, which was truly "creepy".

Actually, this is still considered good. The real danger is if these drug kingpins attack and bite the police; that would be a real life-threatening situation.

Some male customers, fearing discovery by their workplace or family, might jump from the building to escape punishment, likely breaking their legs in the process.

What's even more outrageous is that later, when he was fired from his job or divorced his wife, he would use his injuries to retaliate by suing the police for violent law enforcement and assault.

However, Chen Chuan was directly transferred to a government agency after graduating from the police academy, where he stayed for seven or eight years. If it weren't for the city bureau's policy of assigning him to the special police brigade for training, he probably would never have been involved in this orange-sweeping business in his life.

Tonight was my first time experiencing something like this, so I understand why I was so excited.

Now that Chen Shu had brought up his own words and spittle, Chen Chuan could only swallow the sarcasm that had just slipped out in front of Li Chaoyang and Zhu Yiba.

The convoy traveled in silence and soon entered the compound of Zhongshan Police Station.

(End of this chapter)