You're supposed to be a security officer, what case are you solving?

Chapter 332 Glory List, or Dragon and Tiger List?
"Old Yao, look, there are so many cars on the road. What kind of car is this? Is it a Mercedes-Benz W14? I don't really recognize them. They're all nice cars. You rarely see such nice cars on the roads of An'nan."

"Sister Cai, look, there are girls in the park wearing leggings, jogging and walking their dogs at the same time. Aren't they cold wearing leggings...?"

"Wow, Captain Yang, the buildings in the provincial capital are so tall, several times taller than the buildings in our unit."

At this moment, they stood at the entrance of Qincheng Public Security Bureau. Maozi stared at the surrounding environment and kept muttering to himself.

The four of them took a train all afternoon and then a taxi to get here. It was exactly six o'clock in the afternoon, almost time to get off work.

Yao Weihua scoffed: "Brother Cat, don't make a fuss. You're making us sound like country bumpkins who've never been to a big city before."

Cat retorted, "I've never been here. When I was a child, I thought the most prosperous place was our town. I used to think, how wonderful it would be to live in the town."

Later, during my school years, I thought our county town was the most prosperous place, until I went to police academy and lived in the city. Only then did I realize how narrow-minded I had been.

Cai Ting took off her sunglasses and smiled, "In a few years, you'll realize that the place where you grew up was the best."

Yang Jinwen, carrying his luggage, said, "Let's go inside."

Since they came from a unit under the jurisdiction of Qincheng, no one greeted them.

The four guards in the gatehouse looked like retired soldiers, standing ramrod straight at the entrance.

"Hello, we are from the An'nan City Public Security Bureau."

Yang Jinwen took out his ID from his pocket to show them. In front of them was a double iron gate painted blue, which blocked them from entering.

The middle-aged man who was in the lead walked over and saluted him.

"Hello, comrade."

The other person took the ID card with a straight face, looked at it carefully, and then handed it back to Yang Jinwen, saying, "Please register your identity at the guard room."

"Okay, thank you."

When Yang Jinwen and his three companions arrived at the guardhouse, a young man in uniform ran over, opened the access door next to them, and took out a registration book from inside the house, asking, "Are you the criminal police officers seconded from Annam?"

"Yes, brother, what's your surname?" Yao Weihua took out a cigarette from his pocket and very solicitously handed it to him.

"Thank you, I don't smoke. My surname is Li, you can just call me Xiao Li."

After the young man finished speaking, he gestured towards the middle-aged man from before: "He is our captain, Wu Daqing. We are all soldiers who have returned from military service."

Yao Weihua jogged a few steps and said to Wu Daqing, "Team Leader Wu, come on, have a smoke. And these comrades, everyone have a smoke."

Wu Daqing waved his hand very seriously: "No smoking during work hours, thank you."

Yao Weihua shoved a cigarette into his hand: "Have one after get off work, don't be shy. We're from Annam, please take care of us in the future."

Wu Daqing could only nod and put the cigarette in his pocket.

Yao Weihua returned to the guardhouse, took the registration book from Yang Jinwen, and while registering, asked in a low voice, "Comrade Xiao Li, this is indeed a big organization; your discipline is so strict."

Xiao Li said, "We're alright. We can eat and drink as usual after get off work. The criminal investigation team is really strict. It's terrifying."

"Oh, what do you say?"

"You'll see when you get there," Xiao Li said with a smile.

After registering his identity, Yang Jinwen asked, "Which building is Director Wen's office in?"

"Director Wen?"

"Director Wen Mo."

Xiao Li pointed to the flagpole behind him: "See that building on the right? It has five floors. It's where the Criminal Investigation Detachment works. Director Wen and the detachment leader's offices are on the fifth floor."

"Okay, thank you."

"You're welcome."

As Yang Jinwen and his three companions walked toward the small building, uniformed police officers passed by in the courtyard, glancing at them from time to time.

If it were a woman, she would linger on Yang Jinwen for several more seconds before turning her face away.

Of course, after turning away, he couldn't help but look back.

There were also some plainclothes officers, who were obviously criminal police officers. These people were all disheveled, with stubble, and walked very fast. Their eyes were also very shrewd, as if they had a grudge against someone.

As I approached the building, I encountered more and more people in plainclothes, almost all of them looking the same. If I had to describe them in one word, it would be 'busy'.

Upon entering the building, Yang Jinwen and the others heard a commotion.

"Don't give me that crap. Your second team was investigating a case, and you came across our case. You even uncovered some clues, so why didn't you tell us?"

"No, you said the case is your team's responsibility, what does it have to do with our team?"

"If that's how you put it, then I won't hold back."

"What, you're welcome? Did you eat me?"

The two groups were locked in a tense standoff in the police reception hall, ready to fight at any moment.

The group was led by a middle-aged criminal police officer and a young man, both surrounded by people.

The middle-aged detective scoffed and said, "Hey, don't give me that crap, Mr. Sun. Your team's case-solving rate is the worst in our branch. Where do you get your confidence?"

“Team Leader Ma, you are the senior, I won’t argue with you. Your team has only solved two more cases than us. It’s only the end of October, and there are still two months until the New Year. It’s hard to say who will win the rotating red flag.”

"Alright, we'll wait and see. It's a deal: whoever comes in last place will dance at the year-end awards ceremony to liven things up. We all love watching Captain Shen dance ballet."

"you……"

"Alright, Sun Yue, come up here for the meeting!"

Just then, a voice rang out from upstairs.

The Criminal Investigation Detachment building is different from other units. The interior of the building is open, and you can see the dome when you look up. There are circular corridors on all four sides, and the offices are all inside.

This building was likely requisitioned and doesn't quite meet the building specifications for the public security system. In other words, the people working upstairs could hear the arguments going on on the first floor perfectly clearly.

At this moment, a woman with her hair tied in a ponytail, who looked to be in her thirties, held a document in her hand, glared fiercely at the middle-aged criminal police officer, glanced at Yang Jinwen and the others standing on the periphery, and finally shrank back into the crowd.

The young man named Sun Yue pointed at the middle-aged criminal police officer and said sternly, "Captain Ma, just you wait."

After saying that, he led seven or eight people up the spiral staircase.

"It's outrageous. He keeps saying I'm a senior, but I've never seen this kid show me any respect."

At that moment, Yang Jinwen was also going upstairs.

"Hey, wait a minute, where did you come from?" the horse team pointed at them.

Yang Jinwen stopped and took a few steps down before replying, "We came from Annam to report."

"Team Three?"

Yang Jinwen squinted slightly, noticing that several people in the hall were looking at them curiously.

"What do you mean?"

"Ha, from a small town."

Yao Weihua frowned: "No, that's an impolite laugh."

"Don't mind me, that's just who I am. By the way, we're from the same brigade. My name is Ma Hui, you can call me Brother Ma."

"Are you the captain?"

"Our captain is Captain Lu Ruixiang, and I am the deputy captain."

After saying that, he smiled contemptuously and said to the people around him, "Find them a blackboard later."

Then, the group of people smiled knowingly.

Yao Weihua and Cai Ting became increasingly annoyed, but since they had just arrived, they couldn't easily lash out.

Yang Jinwen said, "Ignore them, let's go upstairs first."

Yao Weihua said indignantly, "When I heard him say 'from a small place,' I wanted to curse him."

Cai Ting nodded: "There's disharmony inside. I think we've stumbled into a den of wolves."

Yang Jinwen narrowed his eyes slightly: "Then let's capture the dragon and fight the tiger."

Upon reaching the second-floor platform and turning to walk towards the third floor, the four people stopped in their tracks.

Because there was a huge mirror embedded in the opposite wall, two people wide and two meters high.

Next to the mirror hung two blackboards, each with a red grid of paper on it bearing the words "Honor Roll".

There were two blackboards, one on the left and one on the right. The top of the blackboard on the left was written "First Brigade", and below it were two tally marks written in blue chalk.

At the top of the blackboard on the right is written "Second Brigade," and below it are two tally marks written in red chalk, but the last tally mark is missing its last two strokes.

Cat exclaimed in surprise, "Now I understand why they were arguing. Who could stand having their team's case-solving numbers displayed on the wall? It's no wonder they were arguing."

Yao Weihua curled his lip: "No wonder the gatekeeper, Xiao Li, was acting so mysteriously. This is no place for a human to stay."

Cai Ting asked, "Just now, Ma Hui said he'd get us a blackboard and say we're Team Three?"

Yao Weihua nodded: "They must have known about our temporary transfer already."

"Let's go," Yang Jinwen instructed.

The group went up to the fifth floor. Along the way, they encountered some people who all gave them sidelong glances, especially Yang Jinwen, who was walking at the front, and was stared at the most.

Upon arriving at the deputy director's office on the fifth floor, Yang Jinwen knocked on the door.

A short while later, Wen Mo opened the door, looking exhausted.

"Director Wen."

“温局……”

Several people greeted each other.

When Wen Mo saw them, his expression relaxed: "You've finally arrived. Come in and sit down. I'll make you some tea."

Since they were all from Annam, Wen Mo naturally treated Yao Weihua and the others with great friendliness.

The office was bright and spacious, and the desks and chairs were spotless.

Yang Jinwen knew that Wen Mo had some obsessive-compulsive disorder. He could tell from the items on the bedside table when he slept in Wen Mo's bed these past few days.

Since they were from the same place, Yao Weihua naturally didn't hold back and immediately asked, "Director Wen, what's going on with the Qincheng branch? It seems like there's some disharmony within them."

Wen Mo sighed first, then said, "It's not just disharmony; there have been several fights and brawls."

The cat was shocked: "No way? It's that serious?"

Wen Mo said, "That's how it is in this place. They'll stop at nothing to solve cases. They'll rush to solve cases. As long as they solve a lot of cases, especially big ones, they'll not only get credit, but they'll also be praised in the newspaper. The higher-ups tacitly approve of them doing this."

Furthermore, by the end of the year, the party at the bottom in terms of both the number and quality of settled cases will have to perform a cultural program in the auditorium. Did you see the 'Ranking List' when you came up here?

Yang Jinwen nodded: "What we see is the 'honor roll,' and there's nothing wrong with performing cultural programs."

Wen Mo shook his head: "The honor roll is the dragon and tiger list, a battle of dragons and tigers. The winner will choose the program for you to perform, and you'll perform whatever they tell you to perform."

Cai Ting blinked: "What if I go too far? Won't it affect my conduct?"

"It's not that bad, it's just a kind of humiliation."

Yao Weihua asked, "Director Wen, when we first came up, they told us we were from the Third Brigade?"

(End of this chapter)