Chapter 367: Quelling

Leaving King's Park Hill, Wang Yan crossed the sea to work at the police academy.

This was truly a "clear water yamen" (a low-income, low-corruption post). He was the big brother, and it was just now that he had taken office and had things to do; in the future, he would be idle.

As a new official taking office and in charge of the future of the police force, he certainly couldn't be slack. The first thing he did after taking office was to ask for funds. He wanted to re-plan the police academy, to enroll students like a proper university—that is, graduates would sign up for exams, set score lines, and other enrollment conditions. Tighten the opening, better supplement talents for the police force, and raise the quality of police personnel. Of course, he couldn't rely on financial appropriations; he would also pay for it himself. This thing was for the future, so there was no reason to be stingy.

At the same time, he changed some training subjects and intensity. After all, he was good at training soldiers. Police were also soldiers, but their specialization directions were different.

As for the elite team he concurrently held, needless to say, it was the Flying Tigers. The original Flying Tigers came because of a terrorist incident. This time, it was an idea that MacLehose or the current number one had on a whim to give him certain power. They might not have thought so far ahead, but when he submitted the funding and weapon application, even if they knew it was wrong, it was too late, and they could only pinch their noses and agree. And to be honest, they didn't think Wang Yan had the ability to train a world-class special forces team.

He had already applied for the designation, and the number one and the Governor approved it in seconds, just waiting for him to draw and select personnel from the police academy and the police force, accept his devil training, and train them out. By then, how disgusting others were would not be his business. Anyway, he had another stronger force in his hands.

After all, although the Flying Tigers belonged to the police force, their combat effectiveness was definitely not comparable to those front-line police officers in the police force. And their weapons were also a level higher, and their equipment was all top-notch. Training them out was for the purpose of attacking, and there was no big difference from other special forces.

Past events had already proven his control and influence. Such a team, brought out by him, even without an order, it was a matter of one sentence for him to mobilize the Flying Tigers. Who wasn't afraid?

After handling some things at the police academy, Wang Yan crossed the sea and returned home. He had been living in Kowloon Tong for many years, and he felt it was not bad, so he didn't move. Anyway, Hong Kong was not big, and he didn't have the saying of going to work on time, so he had been living here.

His life had always been regular, and he would call home in advance if he had anything to do, so the nanny grasped the time very accurately. When he arrived home, he saw the nanny serving dishes on the table.

"You're back." Miss Bai, who was curled up on the sofa watching TV, turned off the TV, stood up and stretched lazily, and shouted back at the tightly closed door: "Time to eat, children."

Not long after, a series of door-opening sounds rang out, and four children walked out and greeted their father.

They were not young anymore. The oldest, Xiao Bai, was already seventeen, and the youngest, Xiao Ze, was fourteen. Although fighting and playing were inevitable, after all, they were in different grades, and even the third and fourth children, who were brothers, were not arranged in the same class. They had different little friends outside. When they returned home, they either read books and did homework, or played on the computer, and they were already much quieter.

At the dinner table, chatting with the children about messy things, listening to them talk about interesting things at school, the family ate dinner happily.

Xiao Bai said: "Dad, I heard the Governor is fixing you?"

Miss Bai glanced at Wang Yan, who had no reaction, and looked at her eldest son with a chuckle: "Who said that?"

And today's first gathering of Zhou Bingkun and his friends, he also knew, after all, the TV series had just been watched, and the impression was deep. No accident, tomorrow he would make a small noise because of Qiao Chunyan and Cao Debao.

As for Zheng Juan, the time was not very clever, and the child should be four or five months old by now. But it was still okay, because if Zheng Juan was not forced, then would he let Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan be together? Let it be, maybe it involved the problem of sending women. If not, the relationship between Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan was indeed very moving, how could it be dismantled.

At the same time, there was another key problem, that is, precisely because of Zheng Juan's encounter, it highlighted the preciousness of the relationship between Zhou Bingkun and Zheng Juan, and showed Zhou Bingkun's masculine side.

It was not to say that Zheng Juan should have such an encounter, but it could not be denied that for a man, the meaning was indeed different. If Zhou Bingkun was not true love, just looking at Zheng Juan's beauty, he could have not married her home. Zheng Juan said she wouldn't disturb, find a wife, she was willing.

And Zhou Bingkun really did it, loving the person, which was very important.

Of course, there was also the relationship that Zheng Juan worked hard and took care of Li Suhua, but that was after both sides had identified each other, which had an impact, but it was not as big as imagined.

After all, before that, Zhou Bingkun knew that the child was Lu Shibin's, and knew Zheng Juan's encounter, and did not change his original intention. However, he was kicked back by Zhou Zhigang when he tried to confess to Zhou Zhigang, which dragged on for several years. Taking advantage of Li Suhua's paralysis, Zheng Juan took care of it, and Zhou Zhigang let go.

Of course, really speaking, even if Zhou Zhigang let go, he was not willing in his heart. It was just that Zheng Juan's hard work helped the Zhou family a lot, people's hearts were flesh, Zheng Juan was everything good except for having someone else's child, was a good wife, coupled with Zhou Bingkun's clear attitude, that was it.

Now saying those things were useless, he was habitually analyzing, after all, he came over at this time, and he couldn't manage the previous ones.

No longer thinking about it, Wang Yan lifted the quilt and sat up. He planned to stroll around and see this family. And now the time was early, only nine o'clock, but this year had no entertainment activities, no entertainment products, winter nights were long, and turning on the lights was expensive, so there was nothing to do if he didn't sleep.

Although his body was very good, his adaptability was strong, and it was night, there was no jet lag. But in the summer south, suddenly to the snowy northeast, it still affected sleep, so he strolled around to slow down.

His physique was there, although he could feel the cold air in the house, he didn't care, not to mention that he was wearing autumn clothes and autumn pants in the quilt. Put on the cotton-padded coat he kicked to one side, got off the ground and put on the handmade cotton slippers, picked up a box of Red Plum placed next to his quilt, pulled out a cigarette and stuffed it into his mouth, took a puff with a match, and couldn't help shaking his head, it was a bit short.

Smoking and swaying to the bookshelf to flip through those books, many were medical books, some were national studies books, and some were foreign masterpieces, of course, there were many red readings that were indispensable.

Many of these books should have been burned. However, he had a cellar in this yard, which had a mezzanine, and after hiding for a few years, he put them back little by little. It was also because he was a sitting doctor in the health center, and he was quite good at treating headaches and fever, and his roots were very positive, so no one cared about him, so that was it. It is worth mentioning that at the beginning of the play, the box of books that Zhou Bingyi gave to Zhou Bingkun to keep were all placed here.

Roughly flipped through it, he lifted the door curtain and went to the kitchen, which is commonly known as the "outer house" in the northeast. The fire in the stove pit was still pressed, and little sparks could be seen, which was to keep the heat in the second half of the night. The big pot with the lid on the stove had a little steam surging, which was to prevent the water from burning dry.

A small window was opened in the north, and below it was a platform built of bricks and stones, with a sink for washing vegetables and dishes, and some spoons and the like placed on one side. A cabinet stood in the corner, containing pots and pans that had already fallen a layer of dust. In the middle of the ground, there was a urine bucket, because there was only a public toilet here, and it was a distance away, and it was cold outside, so they all solved it in this room.

Going further, there was a west room, which was also a fire kang. However, the fire was a stove in the outer house. The cabinet on the ground contained his clothes for the four seasons. According to the information given by the system, this house was built before he was born, and it had been 20 years, which

Now that the situation had reached this point, he could not continue to target the police force excessively. After all, dozens of detectives surrendered, and they were all old qualifications in the police force. If he continued to force them, it would not be good for those bottom-level police officers to riot. He could be sure that the news that the ICAC was going to target bottom-level police officers was released by Wang Yan, which was a warning to him...

That circulating news was of course done by Wang Yan. If he didn't scare them and lower their psychological expectations, how could the police officers agree to the sharp reduction in the money they got every month? They were all working, and they all had to support their families. Most of them had no great ambitions, just live a good life. Although Long Teng allowed their families to have high-paying jobs and solved the problem to a great extent. But the decline in the quality of life, this gap was not easy to accept.

So Wang Yan released the wind to make them anxious, so that they could transition the change of police-bandit relationship as smoothly as possible.

No ruler would target the majority group, that was a pure fool, could not reach a high position, killing the chicken to scare the monkey was always the first choice. The police force relied on more than 10,000 Chinese police officers to maintain order, and the colonial government also relied on these people to maintain authority. As for the garrison, that was a guarantee that had to be done. Although after the previous grand protest, they felt that the 50,000 garrison was not very safe.

Now that the police force had an explanation, had actions, and expressed their determination, the matter should end here.

After hearing the progress reported by detectives from various places, Wang Yan of course noticed the name of Wu Shihao, but it was not that he was pretending, just a bigger rogue, and he couldn't talk to him. And what big grizzly bear, Hua Zairong, etc., this time none of them ran away, all squatting in the police station.

And the original rotten ghost Hunter, although he was a Superintendent, was also honest. The grand protest was not for nothing, and Mr. Wang's number was not called for nothing. Foreigners didn't say they were honest, but it was rare to bully Chinese as casually as before. After all, people had differences, and they always felt that they were powerful and didn't dare to move them. Wang Yan didn't get used to them, if there was a crime, he really arrested them, and if he arrested them, he really beat them, and no one could protect them.

Chasing the dragon until now, the plot was chased away by him. But it didn't matter, anyway, Lei Luo was still that Lei Luo, nothing big.

Governor's Mansion, in the spacious Governor's office on the top floor, Wang Yan declined the cigar handed over, lit a cigarette himself, blew a smoke ring and looked at MacLehose who was shaking a red wine glass on the side: "Governor, are you satisfied with the work of the police force?"

"Of course, Wang, I have always known that the Hong Kong police force is an excellent team, especially the Chinese police officers who make up the vast majority. They maintained public security very well before, and the relationship between police and people was also good. Today, it made me see their ability to act. In one morning, they arrested all the big drug lords. This efficiency, I think it is one of the best in the world."

Wang Yan nodded: "Is the work of the ICAC going smoothly?"

"Very smoothly, I heard my subordinates report that early this morning, dozens of detectives surrendered, which is a great help to the clean government work. I think the anti-corruption work in the police force can be temporarily brought to an end."

It was not that MacLehose softened, but he had heard of Wang Yan's means of sending money. Since he sent those people now, the remaining people would naturally not be found any evidence of corruption. If he targeted them again, it would be looking for trouble, which was not good.

Although this time did not achieve the expected effect, it was not bad. Some of the vacated positions must still be given to Wang Yan's people, but for others, they could arrange them. In fact, the high-level police force had been dividing for so many years, but Wang Yan's control was too strong, and the people they arranged were all fixed. And the most important thing was that they could not provide those benefits.

Now, although they could not provide them either, Wang Yan was transferred away, and many things were easy to operate. Although the action personnel all listened to Wang Yan, the police force was reorganized recently, on the one hand, there were many more positions, and on the other hand, the original organizational structure was broken up. In this way, they could take the opportunity to divide and win over. Adding the civilian side, and high-level leaders, as time passed, it was certain that they could not be as united as they were now.

Wang Yan knew these things clearly, but he was just too lazy to pay attention. A leader without support is just a castle in the air, let them toss.

Taking a puff of smoke, Wang Yan smiled: "Governor, you should know how much the income of those police officers was before, right? Now that their financial path is cut off, there must be a way for this matter. Now they don't feel anything, but by next month, when they find that their income has plummeted, I'm afraid they will make trouble..."

MacLehose could not fail to consider this matter. Now that Wang Yan took the initiative to mention it, he simply said directly: "Wang, the Hong Kong government had considered this matter long ago. The police force, as the main force maintaining order in Hong Kong, the police officers have worked hard, and it is reasonable to give them a higher monthly salary. The Hong Kong government had already held a meeting on this matter. In order to avoid the police force from colluding with black forces such as societies again, the Hong Kong government decided to increase the monthly salary of the police force by 30% on the existing basis. It is the highest monthly salary among all departments of the Hong Kong government, and it will be conveyed tomorrow. Although it is far from being compared with before, I think it can also quell most of the resentment in their hearts."

As long as the bottom-level police officers who were the most numerous were appeased, the police force would be stabilized. Police officers of other levels were not a concern. This was everyone's consensus.

"The Governor has considered it comprehensively, and it couldn't be better."

It was a bit petty, and he specifically said that it would be conveyed tomorrow, just not wanting him to go back and say that he fought for it. It was really looking down on people, was he that kind of person?

But to be honest, if this was a small-scale matter, maybe he could really do this kind of thing. Not for anything else, just to disgust them. But now people said they had held a meeting, and even if they didn't, they had held it.

And this kind of thing of raising wages for the police force could not be implemented without leveling other departments, and there must have been preparations long ago, but they just didn't tell him.

Without letting his imagination run wild again, he said: "Forgive me for being presumptuous, sir, I shouldn't say much about the work of the ICAC, but since you said you wouldn't focus on the police force, I think your compatriots should also pay attention. As far as I know, many high-ranking officials of the Hong Kong government live very luxuriously. And their background cannot afford their life, there must be something we don't know in the middle. As the highest official in Hong Kong, I think you will treat Chinese and your compatriots fairly, right?"

MacLehose's face did not change, he smiled and nodded: "Of course, Wang, you know, the ICAC handles my compatriots first. Don't worry, I am not just targeting the police force, not just targeting Chinese. Hong Kong is ours, and it is also yours. Everyone living on this land is fair. The ICAC is a messenger of light that does not mix any factors."

"That couldn't be better, sir." Wang Yan stood up and shook hands with him: "There are still things in the school, I won't disturb your work, goodbye."

"It's very pleasant to chat with you, Wang, you are welcome to come at any time."

The next day, the Chinese police officers who were busy arresting those small leaders received a notice from the upper level. Starting next month, the salaries of police officers at all levels in the police force would all rise by 30%, which was the top salary in all departments of the Hong Kong government.

In fact, their salaries were not low originally, far exceeding ordinary workers. Those who ate meat before, how could they get used to eating vegetarian? However, they also knew that eating vegetarian was better than not having anything to eat. So although there were still some complaints, they were considered to have accepted it.

What made them happy was another piece of news that came with the salary increase. Long Teng wanted to establish a police fund, and only police personnel could buy shares. As long as police officers at all levels paid enough for one year's salary investment, they could get a return of 20% of their salary every month, and settle accounts once a year. Whether to buy or not was entirely voluntary, and would not be forced.

Only a fool would disagree with this kind of thing. After all, that was Long Teng, Brother Yan's Long Teng, and it would absolutely not deceive them. So in the following period of time, the queue for withdrawing money from the bank was very long, and the staff stationed by Long Teng in the police station were very busy.

This was an idea that Wang Yan had long ago. Although the rate of return was indeed a bit high, there were still many things that could be done with such a large sum of money. Coupled with various financial events in the next few decades, as well as so many large enterprises rising rapidly, there was no need for Long Teng to subsidize money at all.

In this way, it was considered to have passed this clean government-police storm smoothly.

However, the streets had been a bit chaotic recently. After all, those big brothers who sold drugs and various leaders were basically arrested, and for a while, there was no leader. Adding to this blow, Hong Kong's white powder was out of stock, and those small dealers who were not caught raised prices desperately, causing many powder-addicted rascals to break their supply, and they began to make trouble with unclear minds.

This was an inevitable pain. The Hong Kong government, the police force, and Wang Yan all expected it. Except for the recent annoyance of citizens, everything else was good. Especially the enthusiasm of police officers was still very sufficient, after all, they could earn merit and move up...

Before, they couldn't move up because foreigners were relatively wary of Chinese, but now the police force was reorganized, there were many more positions, and the highest Wang Yan had reached the Superintendent, and the Inspector level had been opened. The people arrested now were still figures, and there were many merits, and the future was promising... ===== CHAPTER 368 =====