Police officer Chen Shu

Jiang Hai, a typical police academy student, was completely dumbfounded after watching the entire process of Yunnan Province's unique trading methods regarding work indicators, and then he asked a profound question.

"Teacher Ma! My God! This works? How come these indicators are like products in a store? You just chat a bit, make a few phone calls, and you've made a sale? This is amazing!"

"Hehe, it's just coordination, just some coordination."

Ma Rongcheng, a provincial expert who had felt suppressed by Chen Shu all along, finally made a name for himself in front of his colleague. He gained face and solved his friend's problem, so he was in a good mood.

Ma Rongcheng chuckled as he recounted old stories: "This time it's not far either, just the next county, an hour or two's drive away, very convenient. Hehe, last year we pushed them so hard they all went to the next province to 'borrow' people, which was quite a joke."

Generally speaking, police officers cannot handle cases in different locations, especially those involving cross-province jurisdictions. They must bring a letter of introduction and register with the local public security bureau.

Not to mention the trouble, if people find out they're here to check drug usage quotas, they'll really get the cold shoulder, which is especially difficult.

The preceding events were alright; Chen Shu had experienced a similar scenario in Dongzhou City.

For example, one year, the higher authorities imposed extremely high quotas for fugitive apprehension. This fugitive apprehension refers to the pursuit and arrest of criminal suspects wanted online by the public security organs.

Those departments and teams that failed to complete their tasks, the leaders with a bit of sense simply paid the units that did complete the tasks to do so, at 5,000 yuan per person, the more they worked, the more they earned, with no upper limit.

This is what is known as buying indicators.

Chen Shu put down his chopsticks and gave the other person a small compliment: "Expert Ma, only an expert like you who can handle cases all over the country can have such influence. You know people everywhere. They still need your help to solve cases. You're very well-connected."

The officer Zhang, who was transferred from Captain Zhang, saw Ma Rongcheng eating here and immediately came over to him, asking for help without any hesitation.

They said they couldn't meet the targets, so they asked Ma Rongcheng to say a few words to his old acquaintance, Old Rabbit, to borrow a few more targets to complete the task.

Ma Rongcheng said with some pride, "After working at the grassroots level for so many years, I've gotten to know quite a few people. Although I'm now in the provincial department, which is far away and we don't keep in touch as much, my old buddies still give me some face. Xiao Hai, you'll understand when you start working; you have to learn how to cultivate these kinds of relationships."

Earlier, in front of Zhang Jian, Brother Ma had made several phone calls to his old buddies but still couldn't borrow a "quota". Now, he slightly raised his chin, with a smug and reserved air about him.

Jiang Hai listened attentively, genuinely feeling that this was a field of public security knowledge that he should take notes of.

Chen Shu smiled, but his heart was filled with mixed feelings.

As a police officer who had worked at the grassroots level for many years, he was well aware of the necessity of such "coordination" in actual work, but he also understood the risks and gray areas involved, and that Jiang Hai should not have been exposed to it so early.

After considering it for a while, he decided to change the subject.

"Expert Ma, I noticed from the few calls you made earlier that several people have been transferred to different positions. Is job reassignment so frequent here?" Chen Shu asked, feigning curiosity.

As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Rongcheng's face fell instantly.

He shrugged and lowered his head slightly, saying, "Well, our situation is special. Even for some less important positions, we basically have to change people every year."

I asked casually, but I never expected to get this unexpected answer.

Chen Shuyi became interested because in Dongzhou, police officers are only transferred out of their original units after staying in one unit for a full ten years, which is called job rotation.

Of course, under normal circumstances, if you work at one police station for ten years, you will go to the police station next door for another ten years. Unless there are special circumstances, this cycle will continue until you retire.

The purpose of this practice is to prevent police officers from staying in the same unit's jurisdiction for too long, which could easily lead to unnecessary entanglements with local individuals or forces.

For leaders, the timeframe will be shorter, but it won't mean that they have to change positions after a full year.

Police officers are human beings, not saints. They need a rigorous system to keep unnecessary dangers out as much as possible and prevent tragedies from happening.

However, years of habit had made Chen Shu think before he spoke, especially Ma Rongcheng's rapid emotional shift, which made him realize that this policy, which changed every year and clearly reflected local characteristics, was not a good thing.

Drug prohibition or anti-fraud?
The rule of rotating staff every year might not resonate with others, but for Chen Shu, who has been handling cases on the front lines at the grassroots level, this rule is nothing short of a fantasy. In practice, even a simple criminal case takes at least a month to complete. If it's complicated, and they try to get bail or place the case under house arrest, the time limit for the case will increase dramatically.

If I'm reassigned to the municipal bureau's special task force again, it might take a whole year for that to happen.

No matter how you plan it, this timeframe is very unsuitable for public security work. But since this system exists in Yunnan Province, it must have its own necessity.

In the end, Chen Shu chose to remain silent.

A moment later, Ma Rongcheng turned to Chen Shu and said softly, "We'll go to Zhang Jian's station later. Their director is an old friend of mine. Let him investigate your girlfriend's matter. In this area, if you want to find someone, you still have to go to the police station."

Previously, Chen Chuan had taken it upon himself to reveal to Ma Rongcheng that Zhang Yang had gone to the border of Yunnan Province alone. In order to show his closeness to Chen Shu, Ma Rongcheng offered to help.

Chen Shu had been unable to contact Zhang Yang recently, and he didn't know if she was refusing to contact him out of spite or if something had really happened.

The phone call went through but no one answered. They didn't reply to WeChat messages or return the call. And the last location shown on the other party's TikTok IP was Myanmar.

It would be impossible for Chen Shu not to be worried, so when Ma Rongcheng offered to help find Zhang Yang, he chose to acquiesce.

"Shouldn't we go to the station first?" Jiang Hai began to speak, but Chen Chuan, who was sitting next to him, kicked him under the table. "Oh! I know, I know."

After finishing breakfast, the group rode in Chen Chuan's "First Love" car, which he had just bought in Kunming, and headed smugly towards the police station where Zhang Jian worked.

Chen Chuan was driving, chewing gum casually, with one hand on the window that was lowered to the floor and the other hand casually hanging on the leather steering wheel.

With a "poof," because of the inaccurate force, the chewing gum that Chen Chuan spat out stuck to the car frame. Chen Chuan flicked it out the window with his delicate fingers.

As it turned out, the finger wasn't very accurate, and the small piece of chewing gum, unsurprisingly, was flicked to the corner of the windshield.

Chen Chuan, who was being restrained by the seatbelt, was driving and had no way to clean it up, so he could only leave the small, bright white object on the window.

This attitude towards Horthy is as if he were sitting on nothing more than a van.

As a guest, Ma Rongcheng, who was invited to sit in the passenger seat, maintained a calm expression, leaning back in the comfortable leather seat and quietly closing his eyes to rest.

My hands, resting on my thighs, would casually touch the leather on the seat; the wonderfully soft feel was simply indescribable.

This isn't some of the microfiber or synthetic leather that's popular on the market these days; it's 100% top-grain cowhide, and I'd guess it's even from a calfskin.

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Just then, a gentle breeze blew in through the open car window.

Ma Rongcheng slightly opened his eyes, his gaze calmly fixed on the scenery rushing past outside, but his heart was in turmoil.

If Ma Rongcheng hadn't seen the temporary license plates lying under the front and rear windows when he got in the car, he would have thought that the Audi was just a car that Chen Shu and his group had rented temporarily for their vacation.

Upon getting into the car, everything inside was brand new, and the smell was surprisingly pleasant, unlike the squalor one would expect from a rental car.

Is this even human?
They came here for vacation and immediately bought a new car?

The reason given was simply that she was clean?

Would a clean person spit chewing gum on their car windshield?
Ma Rongcheng was inwardly terrified, but outwardly remained calm. After all, he was an expert from the provincial department, well-informed and experienced, and had seen it all.

But an Audi? He can manage to buy one if he tightens his belt for a few years.

I can manage the down payment. (End of Chapter)