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

Chapter 334 Giving You a Chance!
"No, Feng Xiaocai, what are you thinking?"

"Let me tell you, the Third Brigade has no future. Haven't we been good to you? Haven't you been good to Captain Lu? Don't just stand there, come over here right now."

Faced with the persuasion and 'threats' of her colleagues, the young policewoman named Feng Xiaocai glanced fearfully at Lu Ruixiang, who was standing at the front.

She asked timidly, "Captain Lu, may I go back to the Third Battalion?"

Lu Ruixiang merely glanced at her: "Our Fifth Detachment has already said that you can go wherever you want. However, the cases our team is currently investigating must not be disclosed."

Feng Xiaocai nodded quickly: "I know."

Wu Kai squinted: "Comrade Xiao Feng, have you made up your mind?"

"Yes."

"I approve. Go pack your things now."

Feng Xiaocai glanced at Yang Jinwen, then at Gu Jun standing behind him, and hurriedly ran back to her office.

She was wearing a uniform, her waist was slender, and her ponytail swayed back and forth.

At this moment, Wu Kaizhen said in a deep voice: "Alright, now that the Third Brigade has been reorganized, let's work together to improve the security of our provincial capital and reduce the crime rate. I will recommend you all for commendation at the year-end commendation meeting!"
"By the way, Lao Lu, how long until you solve the case you're working on?"

Lu Ruixiang didn't look at him, but lowered his head and said, "One more week."

Wu Kai asked again, "That's fast, what about the second team?"

The female team leader, named Feng Wenzhu, said coldly, "If it weren't for welcoming new comrades, we would already be on our way to arrest them."

As she spoke, the people of Team Two raised their heads and looked at Team One with a sense of pride, especially Sun Yue and Ma Hui, who had been arguing on the first floor earlier. They looked like two male bulls, their eyes locked in a fierce confrontation.

Wu Kai raised an eyebrow: "Then hurry up, I won't take up any more of your time."

"it is good."

Feng Wenzhu responded, "Second team, let's set off now according to the arrest plan we just discussed!"

A dozen or so people rushed back to the office, grabbed their equipment, and quickly went downstairs.

Similarly, the large group of dozens of people didn't linger at all, quickly returning to their offices to begin their work.

Their unified actions and competitive spirit, treating solving cases as a competition and the highest honor, only gave Yang Jinwen and his team a headache.

Before setting off, Feng Wenzhu glanced at Yang Jinwen, her eyes seemingly lost in thought.

Yang Jinwen looked at her as well, feeling as if he had seen her somewhere before.

After the people dispersed, Wu Kai stopped pretending and directly asked Gu Jun to arrange things for Yang Jinwen and his group.

Gu Jun was in his thirties, with stubble on his chin, deep-set eyes, and a somewhat aloof personality.

He had always been a member of the Third Brigade. It wasn't that he didn't want to join other teams, but rather that he needed to leave someone behind so that if there were any follow-up issues in cases that the Third Brigade had previously solved, there would be no one to take responsibility.

"Captain Yang, everyone, I'll take you to the office," Gu Jun said.

Yang Jinwen nodded: "Thank you for your trouble."

"Hey, isn't this the Third Battalion? You're not all alone anymore, are you? You have comrades now."

As they descended from the fourth floor, some members of the technical team on the third floor looked at Gu Jun and made jokes.

"Get out!" Gu Jun cursed.

These people shrugged, not caring, and just chuckled.

Yao Weihua asked, "Comrade Gu, does everyone in this building know we've come over?"

Gu Jun shook his head: "The 'Third Brigade' they were talking about wasn't referring to you."

"Who are you talking about?"

"Me," Gu Jun said sullenly, "I'm the only one in the Third Battalion. That's the nickname they gave me."

"Oh." Yao Weihua nodded: "The Third Brigade is you, you are the Third Brigade."

“That’s exactly what I mean.” Gu Jun sighed. “This is a veiled insult to me, damn it! If the brigade approves, I’d rather go to the police station and wear a uniform.”

"You want to be a deserter too?" Cat asked him.

Gu Jun glanced at him without saying a word, but his eyes seemed to say: Are you stupid? I'm the only one in the whole brigade, how am I supposed to work? Isn't it just sitting on the sidelines?
Seeing that they were still coming downstairs, Yang Jinwen asked, "Where is our office? Isn't it on the same floor as theirs?"

Gu Jun replied, "We used to be on the same floor, but our previous office was taken over by Team One and Team Two. Our current office is on the first floor next to the toilet."

"Damn it!" Yao Weihua cursed. "These people are shameless!"

Gu Jun shrugged: "There's nothing I can do. Our Third Brigade broke the rules and was disbanded. Now I'm the only one left, so naturally I don't need that much space."

When Yang Jinwen went down to the second floor, he noticed that someone had hung a blank black and white sheet next to the mirror.

The blackboard had three words written on it: "Third Brigade," but the space below it was empty.

Gu Jun raised his chin: "See? This is humiliation."

Cai Ting sighed, "Damn it, this is making my blood pressure rise."

"I can't stand it!" Yao Weihua walked to the blackboard, picked up the chalk, and wrote more than a dozen tally marks under his team's name.

Gu Jun immediately said, "Don't do anything reckless. Besides the people from our criminal investigation team watching the blackboard, even the leaders from the municipal public security bureau who pass by will take a look. Moreover, the city leaders all know that our team has an honor roll, and it has been reported by the provincial TV station and newspapers."

Every year during the last week of the year, provincial newspapers come to interview us, dedicating special space to the honor roll and reporting on major cases solved. This is no joke.

"Fuck me!"

Yao Weihua wanted to find a blackboard eraser, but couldn't, so he had to use his sleeve to erase the writing.

After wiping it clean, he looked at the bare black and white board and sighed, "Our board is completely empty, it looks terrible."

The cat nodded: "Who says otherwise?"

Cai Ting said, "This is to provoke us! No wonder the first and second teams are so energetic. If we come in last place at the end of the year, it will be really embarrassing. We will be inferior to others all year round."

See? They've only been here a short while, and this thing has already dampened the spirits of Yao Weihua and the others.

The group continued downstairs, and Yao Weihua asked Gu Jun, "Was your Third Brigade strong before? Did you ever win the rotating red flag?"

Gu Jun shook his head: "No, there was a chance, but something happened because of the investigation of that serial murder case, so it turned out like this."

"How were the cases on the blackboard calculated? Were they calculated based on the number of cases?"

"No, it's calculated based on the number of corpses."

"Corpse?"

"In addition to the number of cases, we also need to consider the nature of the cases. We can't say that a team solves a case of husband murder and there is only one victim."

The second team solved a family annihilation murder case, involving several victims; these two cases certainly cannot be treated the same.

Cai Ting asked, "I see that there are ten cases on the blackboard, so that means there are ten victims?"

"Yes." Gu Jun nodded: "This also indirectly encourages each brigade to solve major cases. Cases involving many victims are highly competitive, especially family annihilation cases, most of which are killed due to conflicts of interest. Such cases are fiercely contested."

Cat said, "This is the first time I've ever heard of robbing a case. No wonder these guys are like they haven't woken up yet; they're risking their lives."

Gu Jun smiled and said, "The bonuses are substantial too. If you win the rotating red flag at the end of the year, you'll receive bonuses from the brigade, the bureau, the city, and the province. Plus, you'll have to do a performance in the newspaper. All these bonuses combined are enough to buy half a house."

"What? Such a large bonus? Enough to buy a house?" Cat's eyes widened.

"Yes, otherwise why would they risk their lives? In the past, the three teams would argue back and forth over cases. Later, in order to be fair, the branch made the three teams take turns taking cases. They had to solve the cases they were currently handling before they could take on the next one."

"What if we can't break it?" Yao Weihua asked, because Maozi was already planning to buy a house in the provincial capital.

"That's right. Some difficult cases can't be solved, so the bureau organizes a special task force to investigate. If they still can't be solved, they can only remain unsolved cases."

That's exactly what we're worried about. A special task force might work for over half a year and still not be able to solve the case, while other teams have already cracked several others.

"Which team is stronger, the first or the second?"

"You can see for yourselves."

They had now arrived on the first floor. Yang Jinwen and his group had been so focused on the argument between the two groups that they hadn't noticed the bulletin board.

In the most prominent place on the propaganda wall, three glass photo frames are hung side by side, each containing a copy of the Qincheng Evening News, the province's most widely circulated newspaper.

From left to right, starting in 94, the newspapers commended the glorious deeds of the criminal investigation detachment's subordinate units. The newspapers featured team photos with the background of the year-end commendation ceremony: a red stage, criminal police officers in olive green uniforms, each with medals and certificates of honor.

The unit that received the commendation in 94 was the First Brigade under the Qincheng Detachment.

In 95, the team that received the commendation was still a large brigade.

In 96, it was the Second Brigade.

In 97, it was the turn of the First Brigade again.

As for the Third Brigade, they received no commendations whatsoever.

Yao Weihua clicked his tongue: "That's impressive, no wonder they have the most people."

Cat had a different interpretation. His eyes gleamed as he said, "Three championships, wouldn't the prize money be enough to buy one and a half houses?"

Cai Ting laughed and said, "You're only thinking about buying a house; you need to consider the location."

“I know.” The cat swallowed hard. “Of course I know.”

Yang Jinwen squinted and smiled, "Let's not follow their example. Let's just do our jobs quietly and peacefully, without competing or fighting."

Gu Jun looked at him in surprise: "Captain Yang, you really don't plan to compete with them?"

"What are we arguing about?" Yang Jinwen shook his head: "We are public security officers, criminal police officers, and our original aspiration is to serve the people."

For example, a criminal investigator spends most of his life investigating a single case, exhausting all his efforts, never giving up the pursuit, and ultimately sacrificing his youth to bring the murderer to justice. Can you say he's incompetent?

I think they're excellent. I find this kind of detective more compelling and admirable than those competing crime-solving contests.

"That's what they say..." Gu Jun said, then fell silent.

Yang Jinwen could tell what Gu Jun was thinking. Gu Jun had been alone in the Third Brigade, facing ridicule and teasing from everyone, so he must have felt resentful. Now that the team was being rebuilt, if he just accepted it and didn't compete or fight for anything, he would feel very uncomfortable.

It's as if it's saying, "I've waited so long and finally got this opportunity, and you don't fight for it. What about the grievances I've suffered?"
Yang Jinwen pondered for a moment and said, "Gu Jun, I know you were holding the Three Battalions together all by yourself before. Now that we're here, if you're willing, you can actually be transferred to the First or Second Battalions. I won't stop you."

(End of this chapter)