The door of the courtyard house has been welded dead

"Dingling bell~!"

"Yes, understood. Send someone over immediately!"

Inside the security department of Hongxing Factory, even with the ceiling fan turned up to its highest setting, the office remained unbearably hot.

The security personnel, now dressed in police uniforms, seemed to have returned to the time twenty years ago, when the police or the local police station would send someone on a mission with just one phone call.

However, the security situation back then was much better than it is now. At most, they would catch some petty thieves and cooperate with the police station to block roads and shut down speculators in the ghost market.

Even if they didn't actually grab anyone, at most the scene would be a bit chaotic. People on official business would just carry extra handcuffs and ropes, and it wouldn't come to the point of wielding knives and guns. People back then weren't as bold as they are now.

"Yan Yao, take the second team over there. The Chaowai Street Police Station needs our help. Be careful and maintain order at the scene!"

After finishing the phone call, Li Xuewu, the scarred man, walked out of his office, clapped his hands to attract attention, waved, and then assigned the tasks.

"As for guns, you and Lao Xu only need to take two pistols. Don't bring rifles. As for vehicles, the headquarters just got a new van. You guys can get one and try it out first!"

"However, the car belongs to the factory and it's brand new. We can't let the police station borrow it; otherwise, they'll make a huge mess of things!"

Once you put on the police uniform, you can't escape the responsibility of maintaining public order. If you wear the uniform issued by someone else, you have to do their job, even if it's a mandatory assignment, you have to grit your teeth and accept it.

Just like the factory requires its workers to be multi-skilled, not only to take care of the factory's security work but also to manage the outside world. As for wages, the factory will definitely manage those wages; they're not part of the police force.

The Hongxing Factory was located in Dongcheng, but the Hongxing Community now belongs to Chaoyang. As the largest factory in Dongcheng, it had a large number of security personnel, all of whom were skilled veterans.

It's another military factory, fully equipped with firearms, has its own shooting range, and doesn't neglect daily training. It also has factory vehicles for support. Wow, in the eyes of the local police station, it's an excellent candidate for temporary transfer.

Sometimes people would return what they borrowed, but other times they simply wouldn't. The tricycle that was originally assigned to the security department has never been returned to the factory since it was painted with the police logo.

"Well, a new car? Well, I have to try it out. Oh dear, now that you mention it, I'm too scared to drive it. Chief, I see there are quite a few parked over there at the headquarters. Could you get us one or two too?"

Upon hearing that they could use the new vehicles procured by the government, the security personnel immediately cheered. After driving tricycles for so many years, they were finally going to get to drive the new vehicles.

The new vehicle was even more popular than the new gun. People who were used to the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle and the Type 56 assault rifle always felt a bit awkward when they switched to the Type 81 rifle.

"Don't be so cocky. Go there and speak properly. After all, you're not working for the factory. It's already good enough if you can borrow one. You want to get two? If you say that in front of the people at the headquarters, do you think you can still borrow a car?"

Li Xuewu spoke in a foul tone, explaining that the new car was under the unified management of the organization, but it had nothing to do with the security department, which made him feel somewhat aggrieved.

Secretary Li initially claimed that even if the Security Department changed its uniform and became the "Economic Security Department," he would treat everyone equally. But when it came to distributing benefits among the various departments, he became like a stepmother, truly pleasing neither side.

This is something that can't be discussed yet.

The security department's three-wheeled motorcycles were "coordinated" by the branch office, but they haven't been "coordinated" back yet. How could they possibly continue to provide such a spendthrift with new vehicles?

It's a mess, a complete mess, at least that's how Li Xuewu sees it!
They keep taking advantage of you, and it's impossible to refuse. In terms of business, they're your direct supervisor.

When a minivan slowly drove up from the government office and factory area, and the side door opened, the security personnel all looked like they had never seen anything like it before.

Actually, it's not much different from a three-wheeled vehicle with its back door sealed, but it's rare. Nobody has ever seen this type of vehicle before. The biggest difference is that when you sit down, the seat in the van is much softer than the crossbar of the three-wheeled vehicle.

"Hey, this truck can carry quite a few people, it's much more spacious than a small jeep!"

"It's easier to drive than a Jeep. The old Jeep at the branch office has brake lines that are as loose as Old Joe's belt!"

The round-headed Changhe bread was given a brief try by all the licensed drivers in the security department, who made all sorts of risqué jokes. They were unhurried in responding to the police station's call for backup.

"Alright, if you haven't seen enough, hurry up and go. When you're done, come back and return the car. No smoking inside!"

Li Xuewu also opened the side sliding door and tried it out. Before returning to his office, he made a special instruction, saying that he felt like life was going backwards. He recalled how powerful the security department used to be during the rectification campaign.

Now, he's not much different from a grandson. The team leader, sitting in the passenger seat, with a Type 54 pistol strapped to his belt, his elbow resting on the open window, drove all the way out of the factory area, looking incredibly cool.

They even overshadowed the local police station, who were short on funds and still riding sidecar motorcycles. Damn it, even the security guards from the Red Star Factory were driving cars.

Tell me, where can anyone go to seek justice?

"Your factory is doing really well! You've even got these new cars to drive!"

The branch office, even with its outdated Jeeps, is reluctant to distribute them to the grassroots police stations. But when they saw the new car driven by the comrades from Hongxing Factory, their eyes immediately lit up with envy.

I was truly envious. Backed by such a large organization, their benefits were simply incomparable.

"Tsk, the driving school needs to change cars, so the factory simply bought a batch directly. But, Director Liu, don't even think about getting these cars. The factory office manages the cars, and our department hasn't been allocated a single one."

The team leader was very sensible. He immediately clarified the ownership of the vehicles. The factory had already made arrangements with the security department to prevent the vehicles from being "borrowed." If you wanted to borrow one, you had to go to the factory office.

"Good heavens, Captain Yan, you mean you're just keeping an eye on us? Your Ping An Driving School is so clueless, they didn't even bother to let us know when they auctioned off the used cars!"

The head of the local police station was displeased when he heard this. It made them seem like they were specifically looking for the Red Star Factory to plunder the local tyrants. It was just borrowing people for a short while, why did they have to be so vigilant?

"If we auction it off, the driving school might at least get some money back. But let me tell you, not only will you lose the car, you won't get your money back either!"

After two or three years of support, everyone knows each other well. Not to mention that each three-wheeled vehicle can fetch several hundred yuan, when the police station brings the three-wheeled vehicles back and asks for money, they will definitely push it to the branch office. The driving school might even have to pay for the repairs.

As everyone knows, Principal Jiang would never do a losing business. The driving school earned so much tuition for the factory, and he was also Secretary Li's former section chief, so he was someone who dared to slam his fist on the table.

"We received word that a fight is planned at the Workers' Stadium at 4 PM. There will be about a dozen people involved, and knives might be used!"

"You all don't need to be taught anymore. Times have changed. These days, young people can easily cause deaths when they get carried away with their passion. We'll be responsible for catching them, and you'll be responsible for blocking them. Let's try not to let a single one escape."

Inside the police station's meeting room, the station chief began assigning tasks. Whether it was the factory's security guards or the police officers at the station, they were all his comrades, and it wouldn't be good if any of them got hurt.

"Good heavens, they're even daring to engage in gang fights in broad daylight now! So blatantly, they're disrespecting Director Liu, which means they're disrespecting our factory! Deal with them!"

Upon hearing this, Captain Yan of the Security Department raised his eyebrows and immediately began to mobilize the team, saying that with the new vehicles, no one could escape.

"Our situation is relatively good. Most of the time, we don't actually fight. Often, we just don't want to lose face in those so-called underworld circles, so we just bluff!"

"I heard a couple of days ago in Tangshan that a passenger minibus on its way to Qinhuangdao was hijacked in broad daylight on a national highway. They even slashed people and injured the driver. The worst part is that the injured person was from our textile factory!"

"It's not like we're using you for nothing. Go back and tell your factory's transportation department that any more trucks going to the Northeast should avoid that area. Going through Chengde is safer. I've heard it's already quite a trend!"

Director Liu shook his head. The change in the security environment was obvious to the naked eye. It was fortunate that the higher-ups had started implementing the economic crime policing system a few years ago. Without the support of the factory's security personnel, a single police station would not have been able to manage.

"Ever since the earthquake, the security situation over there has been quite poor. Our former No. 2 factory is located there, and I've heard stories of people looting relief supplies. It's time to crack down hard!"

"To be honest, bad people come from poor and remote areas. When reasoning doesn't work, you have to use guns. If we have Secretary Li's temper, we can drive the armored vehicles from the factory over, set up the anti-aircraft machine guns at the entrance of their hideout, and no matter how many people there are, it won't matter. Let's see who can still jump up and down. We can even shoot through the concrete walls!"

A fight involving a dozen or so people isn't a big deal; at least compared to the carjacking incident mentioned by Liu, the latter is definitely more serious.

Robbery, knife use, and injury—that crosses the line and constitutes organized crime.

That's because they didn't dare to act recklessly in front of the Red Star Factory. If they dared to rob the factory's military supplies, they would have their teeth knocked out.

"I almost forgot, you're a military factory. Don't even mention it, your equipment is better than our police station's, and even the branch office can't catch up!"

I'm so envious! The security personnel drive small cars when they come out to work. The factory also produces big machines, but that falls under the military category and has nothing to do with police equipment. But that doesn't stop them from driving around and scaring people!

Just hearing about those armored vehicles capable of mounting anti-aircraft machine guns is impressive. If the police station had even one, damn it, all those bastards who were arranging a fight at the Workers' Stadium would have to run to Shichahai instead! (End of Chapter)