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"You're the last one left. Hurry up and join the team. Director Song from the Municipal Bureau came specifically to attend the welcoming ceremony. Give me a good performance!"

Li Dawei quickly replied, "Yes!"

After saying that, Wang Shouyi turned around and put on a smiling face, laughing and saying, "Director Song, you see, it's understandable that Li Dawei is late. He arrested a suspect on his way to work and just happened to be passing by when he came here in a police car."

Director Song nodded, indicating that he understood.

The welcoming ceremony then officially began, with four young men standing in a line. The other police officers stood on the other side, forming a T-formation.

Following procedure, Wang Shouyi began introducing Li Dawei to Director Song: "This is Li Dawei!"

Director Song smiled and said, "Li Dawei, not bad. The young man is very brave and has good potential. As long as he works hard, he will become an excellent people's policeman in the future."

Wang Shouyi continued, "This is Zhao Jiwei!"

Director Song smiled and said, "Zhao Jiwei, a top student who graduated from the police academy with a major in criminal investigation. Young man, I heard you're particularly keen to solve major cases?"

Zhao Jiwei nodded vigorously.

Director Song said, "Don't rush, you'll realize once you enter society that working at the police station is the foundation of public security work."

Without Wang Shouyi's introduction, Director Song walked directly to Yang Shu, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "This one has already been introduced. He has a Master of Laws degree from Peking University and ranked first in the city's civil service exam this year. He's our top scorer! Keep up the good work."

As he spoke, Director Song approached Xia Jie, looking somewhat saddened, and sighed.

"Xiao Jie... when your father had that accident, you were just a child. I was the one who took you from school to the hospital. Ten years have passed. If your father could see you here, the place where he fought back then, I don't know how happy he would be..."

Xia Jie was clearly uncomfortable with the way the bureau chief addressed her, which was different from how others addressed her; sometimes, this consideration felt like a shackle. She wanted to be like the other newcomers and didn't want to stand out.

However, this is practically impossible.

Director Song sighed for a moment, looked at the police officers, then at the new recruits, and said in a low voice, "Some of you know, some don't. Xia Jie is the daughter of Xia Junxiong, the heroic former director of our Balihe Police Station."

"Ten years ago, I was just an ordinary policeman here. Once, while on a mission, a criminal charged at me with a knife. To save me, Comrade Xia Junxiong took a knife. I survived, but Comrade Xia Junxiong... left us forever!"

Li Dawei, Yang Shu, and Zhao Jiwei all looked at Xia Jie. Xia Jie understood the complex emotions of the others and tried her best to remain calm and not attract attention.

After Director Song finished speaking, his eyes reddened a little. Wang Shouyi quickly comforted him, "Director, today is a good day. So many young comrades are joining the police force. Let's not talk about these things. Don't worry, we will definitely help Comrade Xia Jie grow up as quickly as possible."

Director Song nodded and looked at Wang Shouyi: "You are the director, and you were my mentor back then. These four young men are entrusted to you. You must train them well."

Wang Shouyi said solemnly, "I guarantee the mission will be completed!"

Director Song nodded: "Okay, let's get to the point. The rankings for the third quarter will be released soon. The public satisfaction rate in Balihe District is quite high, at 93.4%!"

The crowd cheered, but Deputy Director Cheng Hao knew they were getting excited too soon, so he quickly waved for everyone to be quiet and let the director finish speaking.

Sure enough, Director Song continued, "It ranks 144th out of 163 police stations in the city."

Everyone immediately lowered their heads, their spirits broken, except for Wang Shouyi, who still maintained a smiling face.

Director Song looked around and said, "I know that Balihe has a special situation, a complex population, a vibrant economy, and is located in a suburban area. But how can the public satisfaction rate remain so low?"

"Comrade Wang Shouyi is already fifty-four years old and will be retiring to a less prominent position in the next year or two. Are you willing to let him retire with such poor performance?"

Everyone remained silent. Director Song turned to Li Mu and said, "And Comrade Li Mu, you are a deputy director from the Municipal Bureau on temporary assignment. The purpose is to improve the department's professional capabilities. Director Wang is getting old. You young comrades must bravely step up and take on the responsibility."

"Don't be afraid of hardship, don't be afraid of fatigue, don't be afraid of offending people, and strive to increase public satisfaction."

Li Mu saluted and said seriously, "Yes, Director, I've got it."

Director Song nodded, about to say something more, when a heated argument erupted from the police station's lobby. Director Song looked at Wang Shouyi: "What's going on?"

When Wang Shouyi saw that Director Song had finally asked about this matter, he said, "What else could it be but the matter of the Qiao family girl and the Xu family boy! You know about this matter. I've reported it to you before. Because of this, our station has received countless complaints. Last time, you even gave us a severe scolding, saying that we couldn't even handle such a small matter."

Director Song was exasperated: "Yes! Did we make a mistake in approving this? How come this little thing hasn't been resolved yet? It's been so long, what have you been doing? Just letting it drag on like this? How are you serving the people? Are you just going to let it drag on like this?"

Wang Shouyi helplessly spread his hands: "What can we do? If we can get them detained if they make a scene, that would be easier, but if we want to detain them, the bureau will criticize us for not knowing how to do community work. The person involved won't listen to our advice and keeps complaining online, saying that we are corrupt, abuse our power, and protect the boy surnamed Xu. Our 12345 hotline is almost overwhelmed with calls from them! Because of them, our satisfaction rating was deducted by two points this year. Otherwise, our institute wouldn't have been without hope of making it into the top 100."

Suddenly, a piercing scream rang out, and Xiao Ding rushed over excitedly: "Report, Chief! A fight has broken out! Looks like they're going to smash things in a bit!"

Director Song looked at Wang Shouyi with a strange expression.

"What are you so happy about now that they've started fighting! Come on, go take a look." Wang Shouyi scolded them for a moment, then looked at Director Song beside him: "Why don't we stop for now, go take a look and resolve the problem?"

Director Song paused for a moment, nodded silently, and walked towards the reception hall with Wang Shouyi.

Police officer Xiao Ding followed behind with his head down and an embarrassed expression.

At this moment, in the originally quiet and empty police reception hall, more than a dozen members of the Xu and Qiao families were glaring at each other and started a verbal battle. It was unclear who made the first move, but the verbal battle gradually turned into a melee between the two sides.

Just then, Director Wang and his group arrived and began to mediate the fight. However, both families were already enraged and remained unmoved, their anger only growing stronger with each attempt to persuade them.

Finally unable to hold back any longer, he took a few steps back and said angrily, "This is too much! This is outrageous! Arrest them all! Arrest them all!" After saying that, he ran out of the hall with lingering fear.

Wang Shouyi followed and asked, "Director, is this enough for detention? Won't you reconsider? You've never allowed detention in this situation before!"

Director Song said, "Even after all this commotion, and right here in the police station lobby, why aren't you detaining people? When did I ever forbid you from detaining anyone?"

Wang Shouyi smiled and said, "Director Song, now you know the working environment of our grassroots police station. It's really not easy. We encounter cases like the Qiao family and the Xu family countless times a year. We can't detain them, and we can't persuade them. We're caught in the middle. It's tough!"

Director Song nodded in agreement: "Working at the grassroots level is indeed not easy, and I can understand you. But it's tough at the bureau too! If anything goes wrong, we get petitions, complaints, and attacks from the media, and we get criticized just as much!"

Wang Shou nodded: "I understand, I understand. It's not easy for any of us, so we should understand each other's difficulties, be more tolerant, and blame each other less."

As Director Song listened, he glanced at him and suddenly said, "Master, that whole thing inside, you didn't do it on purpose, did you? To let me know how difficult it is at the grassroots level, to understand how tough your work is, how tough it is at the grassroots level, and how insufficient the police force is?"

Wang Shouyi exclaimed, "Director, you've wronged me! How could I have known this would happen? I couldn't have predicted the Xu family and the Qiao family would fight!"

Director Song pointed inside: "Wasn't that boy from the Xu family just released? If you had released him later, or let him get in through connections, I might have been able to catch him?"

Wang Shouyi stamped his foot: "The director is right, it was my oversight. I was so focused on welcoming the new people today that I forgot about this."

Director Song waved his hand: "Alright, I know you well enough. This self-inflicted injury is your specialty. I understand the difficulties at the grassroots level. We've already assigned four new officers to you. From now on, stop using insufficient police force as an excuse. Before you retire, make sure to raise the satisfaction rate."

Wang Shouyi said with a serious face, "Don't worry, Director Song, I guarantee the mission will be completed."

Director Song sighed, "Alright, I'll be going now, so as not to delay your work."

Wang Shouyi smiled and said, "Take care, Director Song."

After watching Director Song get into the car and drive out of the police station, Wang Shouyi hummed a little tune as he walked back.

Chapter 353 Not used to it

After seeing Director Song off, Wang Shouyi was in a good mood. He happened to see Li Mu and laughed, "You little rascal, you made me take the lead and get scolded by the director, while you were all alone."

Li Mu said helplessly, "Director, you have thick legs and strong arms, and you're also the director's mentor. What can the director do to you? My little arms and legs can't compare to yours."

Wang Shouyi smiled smugly: "Forget it, the result was pretty good this time, so I won't say anything more about you."

He patted Li Mu on the shoulder and said, "Young man, you have great potential. Keep up the good work!"

After saying that, he put his hands behind his back, a happy look on his face, and was about to walk around the station a couple of times when police officer Xiao Ding came running over.

"Chief, something bad has happened! The old lady we just brought back has been confirmed to be not a human trafficker!"

Wang Shouyi's face hardened, and he said unhappily, "Since she's not a human trafficker, isn't this a good thing? Why are you so agitated? Quickly release the old lady."

The police officer, panting, said, "No, Chief, we can't let her go. Her son came to our door and won't leave."

Wang Shouyi's expression, which had just started to improve, immediately fell. He said to Li Mu, "Let's go take a look."

Li Mu nodded and followed him toward the mediation room.

On the other side, the Qiao and Xu families were taken away, while Li Dawei, Zhao Jiwei, Yang Shu, Xia Jie, and the police officers worked together to clean up the mess in the police reception hall.

Zhao Jiwei leaned closer to Li Dawei: "Brother, I heard you caught a human trafficker. You've already done a great job before even starting work. That's really impressive!"

Li Dawei feigned modesty and said, "It's nothing serious. There was a human trafficker on the bus, but I spotted him and helped bring him back."

Zhao Jiwei gave a thumbs up: "My brother is awesome!"

Li Dawei was showing off his heroic deeds to Zhao Jiwei when someone coughed behind him.

"Li Dawei, I haven't even settled the score with you for being late on your first day of work! What are you showing off for?"

Li Dawei was startled. He turned around and saw that it was the police chief. He quickly smiled and said, "Chief, it's nothing. I was just talking to my colleagues about catching the human trafficker on the bus."

Wang Shouyi snorted coldly: "Arresting human traffickers? I heard that when you were arresting human traffickers, you were suspected of being an accomplice because you didn't have a police ID, and you were arrested by the crowd as if you were a human trafficker."

As soon as he said that, everyone looked at Li Dawei strangely. Li Dawei was extremely embarrassed and quickly explained, "I was just trying to help them catch human traffickers, but they misunderstood me and thought I was an accomplice of the human traffickers."

"However, the misunderstanding was later cleared up. With my help, the human trafficker was caught before she could escape. Actually, as long as the outcome is good, it doesn't matter if I suffer a little injustice!"

Wang Shouyi glared at him: "You're getting cocky now that I'm saying you're fat."

"You think you've really arrested a human trafficker? You've made a mistake, he's not. Now the family members are even coming to our door to make trouble, and we can't get them to leave."

Li Dawei was completely dumbfounded: "Ah! That old lady is really my grandmother? No way! How could that be!"

Li Mu walked over, patted Li Dawei on the shoulder and said, "Alright, say less."

He then looked at Wang Shouyi and said, "Director, he's a newcomer! He lacks experience, so it's normal for him to make some mistakes. He can learn gradually in the future. However, his sense of justice and drive are good. With proper training, he's a promising talent."

"Let's solve the problem first!"

Wang Shouyi glared at Li Dawei: "I'll settle accounts with you later. Come on, come with me to comfort the family and apologize to them."

Wang Shouyi and Li Mu left with a dejected Li Dawei, leaving behind three newcomers with varying expressions.

The group walked outside the mediation room and saw through the glass that an old woman was sitting there, a middle-aged man was standing next to her with a face full of anger, and a woman in her thirties was sitting quietly holding a child, presumably the child's mother.

On the table next to them were household registration booklets, ID cards, family photos... and even a very old-fashioned one-child certificate.

Seeing Chen Xincheng and several police officers trying to calm the family down, the officers didn't immediately go inside. Having too many people could upset the family, and if Chen Xincheng could successfully appease them, things wouldn't be so complicated.