Chapter 432: Major Incident

Early the next morning, Chen Jiajun returned to Hong Kong by plane.

Things in Taiwan had already been stabilized for Haitang, and he could not stay in Taiwan all the time.

After all, Chen Jiajun's status was quite sensitive, and he might bring trouble to Haitang if he stayed.

After returning to the company, Chen Jiajun handled his work while asking about the recent events in Hong Kong.

The environment in Hong Kong was deteriorating, and news of various robbers could be seen every day.

The most outrageous thing was a major incident that had occurred recently.

"Boss, you can turn on the news and see!" a subordinate said to Chen Jiajun with a rather amused expression.

Chen Jiajun turned on the television in surprise and switched to the news channel.

"Special news report: earlier today, while our reporter was covering a traffic accident in Tai Kok Tsui, they encountered a police-robber shootout. Both sides fired over a hundred rounds; in the end, the robbers repelled the Police Constables and escaped the scene by hijacking an ambulance!"

"Our station also captured footage of a patrol officer rushing to the scene, kneeling and begging for mercy while being held at gunpoint by the robbers, which has caused a great public outcry."

Then, on the television screen, one could see a stout patrol officer kneeling on the ground with his hands held high.

This sight was beyond ridiculous.

"A Legislator is questioning the Police Force's ability to protect citizens!"

"I am shocked, I am truly shocked. Is our Hong Kong still safe? If even the Police can raise their hands in surrender, what are we citizens supposed to do? I would like the Commissioner of Police to respond to this issue; I will demand that they come to the Legislative Council to answer these questions in person!"

Seeing this, Chen Jiajun sneered: "How many of these colonial Police have a backbone?"

Although Chen Jiajun had a good relationship with Li Shutang and Li Wenbin, this did not mean he thought highly of these Police in Hong Kong.

Most of the time, they were seen by everyone as being caught in the middle and pleasing no one.

How long had it been since the era of the Four Great Sergeants passed? The citizens of Hong Kong had not yet forgotten how the Hong Kong Police Force had exploited them.

Now that something like this had happened again, it would be strange if they had a good impression of them!

The Information Officer smiled and said: "For the past few days, the complaint hotlines at every Police Station in Hong Kong have been blown up! Some people are even clamoring for Han Yili to step down; our Commissioner of Police has been overwhelmed lately!"

Hearing that Han Yili was being summoned for questioning, Chen Jiajun's eyes lit up, and he said to his subordinate: "Help me arrange a meeting with Li Shutang; tell him I want to chat!"

"Understood, boss!" The Information Officer immediately went to make the call.

Chen Jiajun looked at the indignant citizens on the television and suddenly revealed a smile.

A few hours later, in a private booth at Yunlai Tea House.

Li Shutang arrived quickly: "What made you think of asking me for tea?"

"You know about the recent events, right?" Chen Jiajun said with a smile.

"What events?" Li Shutang asked, looking a bit strange.

Chen Jiajun said with a look of surprise: "A major event that even I, someone who just returned from Taiwan, know about, and you don't?"

Li Shutang retorted irritably: "I'm retired now! Do you think everyone is like you!"

Chen Jiajun had no choice but to have a waiter bring a newspaper and hand it to Li Shutang.

After reading it, Li Shutang's expression turned grave.

Chen Jiajun smiled and said to Li Shutang: "How about it, isn't it spectacular?"

"A bunch of losers!" Li Shutang was, after all, a former Assistant Commissioner, a solid member of the Police Force's top brass.

To say he had worked in the Police Force for decades and had no feelings for it would be impossible.

Now that he saw the whole world scolding the Police Force, it would be strange if his expression was good.

Chen Jiajun took a sip of tea and said: "Don't be in such a hurry to scold; do you think this is a good opportunity?"

"What opportunity?" Li Shutang said, breathing heavily.

"A good opportunity for Li Wenbin to rise to the top!" Chen Jiajun said to Li Shutang with a smile.

Even with Li Shutang as his father, Li Wenbin's path in the Police Force was not easy.

This kid had repeatedly performed meritorious deeds recently, yet he had been stuck at the rank of Senior Inspector.

No one would believe it if they said no one was suppressing him.

Li Wenbin himself felt very aggrieved, but this was the path he had chosen.

Even his old man, Li Shutang, could not say much. But that did not mean Li Shutang would not intervene; who could stand by while his son was bullied like this?

So, hearing Chen Jiajun's words, Li Shutang's eyes lit up: "What do you plan to do?"

Chen Jiajun smiled and said: "I can guarantee that Han Yili and his bunch of losers won't be able to handle this case, so this can become the most brilliant achievement in Li Wenbin's police career."

Li Shutang was stunned for a moment and said: "It shouldn't be that bad! Just a few robbers; even if Han Yili's men are losers, they can't be that incompetent, right?"

Chen Jiajun smiled slightly: "I say they can't handle it, so they can't!"

"You..." Li Shutang was dumbfounded: "You are 'nurturing bandits to ensure your own importance'!"

Chen Jiajun said unhappily: "Full of idioms, are you trying to take a graduate exam? Don't forget, I'm paving the way for your son!"

Li Shutang fell silent: "Doing this will be a huge blow to the Police Force."

"Then you choose! On one side is your son, on the other is the Police Force!" Chen Jiajun spread his hands and said.

Li Shutang was silent for a moment, then said helplessly: "Fine, what do you want to do?"

"It's simple. I need you to use your connections to get the Police Constables investigating this case removed, to make way for your son," Chen Jiajun said calmly.

"Good!" Li Shutang did not say anything more and agreed directly.

After the two discussed the plan, they stood up and took their leave.

Chen Jiajun had the people from the Information Department keep a close watch on the case, and they were to report to him regardless of any progress.

On the other side, at the Hong Kong Police Headquarters.

A group of high-ranking officials from the Police Force were waiting in the conference room, preparing for a meeting.

The incident of the Police kneeling to the robbers left the entire Police Force with almost no face.

Coupled with Commissioner Han Yili being summoned for questioning, the Police Force was left leaderless.

The Director of Operations had also gone abroad for a meeting, so the only person currently able to take charge of the overall situation was the Director of Administration, Huang Yuanbin.

This guy was the only person to reach the rank of department director since Li Shutang.

However, unlike Li Shutang who belonged to the Local Faction, this guy Huang Yuanbin was a thorough member of the England faction.

Otherwise, as a Chinese person with no particularly brilliant achievements, how could he have sat in this position?

A moment later, the door to the conference room was pushed open, and Huang Yuanbin walked in with a brisk, imposing air, saying to the group of Senior Police Constables: "The government's Security Bureau just called the Commissioner, requiring him to go to the Legislative Council to answer questions from the Legislators! Everyone should realize the severity of the situation by now, right?"

As he spoke, Huang Yuanbin turned to a person beside him and asked: "Cao, what is your take?"

The officer called Cao spoke directly in bureaucratic jargon: "Fundamentally, Hong Kong remains a safe city, the crime rate is still lower than other cities, and we have a very complete system..."

Before he could finish, Huang Yuanbin interrupted him directly: "Nonsense!"

Saying this, he turned his gaze to another person: "James?"

"Based on our past experience, we can lock onto the target within one week, and the success rate of implementing an arrest can reach 79.8%; it is impossible for them to escape."

"More nonsense!" Huang Yuanbin unhappily shifted his gaze to a woman from the Administrative Department: "A-Gao, what is your take?"

"All frontline Police Constables have had their leave cancelled, and we have arranged a half-hour special program on 'Police Training' to promote working with citizens to apprehend the criminals!"

Huang Yuanbin was somewhat angry; he had finally waited for the Director of Operations to be away from Hong Kong, and this was the time for their Administrative Department to save face, but his subordinates only knew how to speak in bureaucratic jargon and empty words—it was simply infuriating!

Therefore, he could only look at his most capable subordinate: "Superintendent Yang, what about you?"

"The faster it is resolved, the more face we save; the intelligence from the Information Division is very important!" Superintendent Yang helplessly said another piece of nonsense.

He had no way to handle this kind of matter; after all, it takes time for the Information Division to investigate people. As one of the Supervisors of the Information Division and a Senior Superintendent, Superintendent Yang currently had no good solution either.

Huang Yuanbin was somewhat helpless, but when he looked at the last Police Constable, he asked: "The youngest one, do you have anything you want to say?"

The person named by Huang Yuanbin was a young female officer; judging by her rank insignia, she should be a Superintendent.

However, usually only those at the rank of Senior Superintendent or above could attend such meetings, so it was somewhat strange that she was able to attend.

The female officer was named Fang Jiexia, and she was previously in the publicity department.

She had studied media communications, and the reason she could be transferred to the Police Force was very simple: this woman had connections.

However, Fang Jiexia still had some ideas, and facing Huang Yuanbin's question, she said directly: "Image is very important. We should put on a good show, tit for tat. This is the information age; we fell at the hands of the media, so we must win it back from the media!" (End of chapter)