The game of power begins with the police officers at the local police station.

The people at the police station were all waiting to see what would happen.

The deputy director's office is occupied by Ma Guoliang, and he just won't move out.

The reason is simple: Wang Jianming made him move in, and he wouldn't move out unless Wang Jianming told him to.

These past two days, Ma Guoliang has been waiting for Chen Shi to come and tell him to move out. He wants to have an excuse to confront Chen Shi; he wants to do it in front of everyone.

If a subordinate gets into a fight with their superior, it's the superior who loses face, and it shows that the subordinate doesn't take them seriously.

Chen Shi got into a fight with his subordinates as soon as he took office, which meant his prestige as a leader in the police station would drop to zero.

If he dares to report to the leaders of the Public Security Bureau, what will the higher-ups think of him? He's only just taken office and he's already been beaten by his subordinates. They'll think he's incompetent and unfit to be the deputy director.

Ma Guoliang gave up, figuring he had no hope of promotion anyway and was already a grassroots police officer with no room for demotion.

His confidence stemmed from the support he received from Wang Jianming.

Chen Shi took over as deputy director. In the past two days, Wang Jianming did not assign him any work, but asked him to go to the town government to participate in the training for section-level cadres.

After returning from the training, he had already figured out how to win over Ma Guoliang. As long as he could get Ma Guoliang on his side, everyone else, whether in their hearts or in public, would have to respect him.

After taking office, on his first day at the police station, everyone became onlookers, wondering where Chen Shi would work.

As soon as Ma Guoliang arrived at work, he put some goji berries in his thermos, filled it with water, and waited for Chen Shi to arrive.

Footsteps approached, and many people wanted to see what was going on, but dared not be too obvious. They pretended to be busy and paced back and forth in the corridor.

Chen Shi calmly entered the deputy director's office. The door was wide open, and Ma Guoliang was sitting inside, with his legs crossed on the table, humming a tune.

Chen Shi knocked lightly on the door, but Ma Guoliang didn't even lift his eyelids, completely ignoring Chen Shi.

Chen Shi went inside and closed the door.

Ma Guoliang flew into a rage, jumped up, and shouted, "Xiao Chen, why did you close the door? What are you saying that you can't let everyone hear?"

A group of onlookers lingered at the door, listening.

If it doesn't concern me, I'll stay out of it; if I'm just watching the drama unfold, I'll make it even bigger.

Ma Guoliang stepped forward and slammed the door open.

Chen Shi remained calm, showing no emotional fluctuation, and said in a low voice, "Old Ma, do you want everyone to know that you took five thousand yuan from a police auxiliary officer's family to get him a job as a police auxiliary officer at the police station?"

Ma Guoliang's face stiffened. How did he know? If this got out, it wouldn't just be about his promotion; it would mean he'd have to give up his police uniform.

He didn't receive the money; it was a gift that someone gave to his home, and his wife accepted it. He only found out about it later.

Thinking it was only five thousand, I figured I might as well accept it. He was just an auxiliary police officer; it didn't matter who I hired, so I didn't return it.

He quickly closed the door, breaking out in a cold sweat. He didn't want to advance, but he needed to keep his job.

Ma Guoliang said coldly, "Chen Shi, don't frame me. I never received any five thousand yuan."

Chen Shi sat in his seat and said calmly, "Why don't we call the Discipline Inspection Commission over and have them investigate that auxiliary police officer to see if he's as stubborn as you are?"

Ma Guoliang was scared. Once the Discipline Inspection Commission got involved, going to jail was impossible, since the amount involved was too small, but he was afraid he would lose his job.

If your buttocks aren't clean, you naturally can't get an erection, so Ma Guoliang had no choice but to lower his head.

Chen Shi sneered inwardly. This was thanks to Zhang Youcai, who had secretly told him this when he was reporting on his work.

Zhang Youcai was also a seasoned veteran. Knowing that Ma Guoliang was not convinced by Chen Shi, he offered Chen Shi a pledge of allegiance.

As for how Zhang Youcai knew, it was of course told by the auxiliary police officer himself.

Once, the auxiliary police officer got drunk while eating barbecue outside and told others that he had given Ma Guoliang 5,000 yuan to buy his position, and that he felt it was not worth it to earn a salary of a little over 1,000 yuan a month.

Zhang Youcai was sitting at the next table at the time. He heard these words, kept them in mind, and was preparing to take advantage of Ma Guoliang when the opportunity arose.

Chen Shi said coldly, "Pour me a glass of water."

Ma Guoliang cursed inwardly, but had no choice but to take a step and go to pour water for Chen Shi.

Chen Shi took the cup and took a sip.

"Old Ma, are you willing to move out of the office now?"

Ma Guoliang knew that Chen Shi wanted to use this incident to control him. If he really wanted to get rid of him, a single letter of complaint could cost him his job.

For the sake of work, he suppressed his anger.

"I'll move out right now."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Old Ma, I know you feel wronged. If you still want to improve, I'll treat you to a couple of drinks tonight."

Ma Guoliang became more vigilant. This was a trap, like a weasel offering New Year's greetings to a chicken—it was all a trap.

Chen Shi said with a serious expression, "Don't worry, I won't use this against you in the future. Cooperation and mutual benefit are the only ways to make things last."

Ma Guoliang nodded: "Okay, let's have a couple of drinks together tonight."

He suddenly thought that since things had already come to this, he might as well listen to what Chen Shi had to say.

If he really loses his job, I'm not someone to be trifled with; I'll make him pay the price.

With Wang Jianming's support, even if it goes to the Discipline Inspection Commission, the amount is small, and it was given without my knowledge, so I might not lose my job.

There's no need to take risks unless you're pushed to that point.

Chen Shi knew, of course, that this was just a tactic to manipulate Ma Guoliang. He thought he could make Ma Guoliang submit through this incident, but that was impossible.

You have to see the benefits in these seasoned veterans.

Chen Shi stood up: "Alright, it's not convenient to talk here. Let's discuss it in detail tonight. Hurry up and move out; I'm moving in later."

Chen Shi opened the door and went out.

Everyone was disappointed. What happened? They didn't argue, let alone fight.

To their further disappointment, Ma Guoliang obediently brought it out, his face gloomy.

Everyone was stunned. Had Ma Guoliang given in to Chen Shi?

Zhang Hu was also watching the spectacle. He completely ignored Chen Shi, wondering why he was the deputy director and how he was better than him.

In a sarcastic tone: "Some people just get lucky. They haven't even mastered being a police officer, and they've already become leaders. How can they possibly be competent?"

No one else dared to say such things in front of Chen Shi. Although they were resentful in their hearts, they still maintained a show of respect on the surface.

When Zhang Hu saw Chen Shi come out of the office and didn't see the fight scene he wanted to see, he deliberately raised his voice so that Chen Shi could hear him.

Chen Shi didn't expect that the strongest reaction would come from his former good brother Zhang Hu, whose girlfriend Xu Mengmeng was introduced to him by Chen Shi himself.

He was dissatisfied both in his heart and on his face, and spoke to Chen Shi in a sarcastic tone.

Everyone else looked at Chen Shi, who glanced at Zhang Hu, said nothing, and smiled at everyone.

"Are you guys really that free? What are you doing standing here so early in the morning?"

Everyone else dispersed, but Zhang Hu remained, looking at Chen Shi with a dissatisfied expression.

People can't teach you everything, but you can learn something from experience. Once things settle down, let Zhang Hu experience the consequences of being arrogant and disrespectful to his superiors.

Ignore Zhang Hu completely. Someone like you isn't worth the effort to win over.

Wang Jianming was also waiting to see a good show. Xu Linlin went to his office and told him that Chen Shi went to Ma Guoliang's office. There was no arguing or physical violence. Ma Guoliang then moved out of his office, and Chen Shi moved in.

Wang Jianming was unsure what methods Chen Shi had used to get Ma Guoliang to give up the office without making a fuss.

He deliberately didn't ask Ma Guoliang to move out of the office, just to give Ma Guoliang the opportunity to take action and see how Chen Shi's prestige would be trampled on.

Once prestige is lost, it is very difficult to rebuild it.

Wang Jianming was very disappointed in Ma Guoliang.