Chapter 1352

Jiang Yuan handed Li Zeming a Zhonghua cigarette, then distributed a few more to the surrounding experts, and finally lit Li Zeming's cigarette for him.

Mu Zhiyang and the others who came with him took out their own Zhonghua cigarettes from the same source and lit them in a self-service manner.

Li Zeming took a deep breath, satisfiedly closed his eyes—1% due to the cigarette, 99% due to the feeling of relief.

For those engaged in technical work, the greatest enjoyment is this feeling of being respected. Whether due to seniority or technical skill itself, ultimately, what they desire is the leader's favor.

And Jiang Yuan, the Jiang Yuan of today, directly presiding over the fingerprint showdown, naturally also belongs to the leadership.

A group of people smoked a cigarette at the entrance, then mutually introduced themselves and entered the office building of Anwan Municipal Bureau.

The conditions at Anwan Municipal Bureau are considerably better than those of the Criminal Police Detachment—at least the number and standard of meeting rooms are higher, and the various equipment inside is relatively complete. The basic computer configurations needed by fingerprint experts are also easy to arrange, unlike the Criminal Police Detachment, which might still need to borrow from place to place.

Upon entering, Li Zeming and the others saw that twenty or thirty people were already seated in the meeting room, working on computers and appearing to have entered a work state.

For fingerprint experts, this number is already quite substantial—roughly equivalent to the combined strength of a dozen or so prefecture-level cities.

Even under normal circumstances, these fingerprint specialists could dismantle a three-person criminal gang in a week. Of course, in the setting of a fingerprint showdown, without the need to handle cases or hold meetings, work efficiency is much higher. Many experts greatly enjoy this non-project project team model—being able to gather in one place, with meals and accommodation provided, allowing them to focus undistracted on their work.

Like Liu Jinghui, who has participated in so many project teams that he gradually no longer wants to go home.

"Old Li has arrived." Someone saw Li Zeming and called out to him.

Some experts were busy and merely offered a greeting, first focusing on processing the fingerprints in front of them.

Li Zeming responded to each in turn, then, finding a moment, smiled at Jiang Yuan and said: "So many experts from Shannan? You've basically moved the provincial experts to Pingzhou? Won't the Provincial Department come looking for you for trouble?"

"Mutual assistance, after all—cooperation between Shannan and Pingzhou has always been quite strong." Jiang Yuan explained with a smile.

He knew that the two regions are closely connected, and strengthening Pingzhou's public security benefits Shannan Province, so the Shannan Provincial Department naturally understands this principle—it's just that previously, whether time could be spared, whether cooperation was feasible, and how to cooperate were the issues.

At the provincial level, the situation is more complex, but at the prefecture-city level, cooperation between Shannan and Pingzhou is very extensive—Ningtai County, for instance, frequently comes to Pingzhou to apprehend fugitives. Likewise, Pingzhou's criminals also like to flee to Shannan.

As for why they don't flee abroad, it's because the criminal level is insufficient; many still wish to live their lives and do not want to leave their homeland, while others are deterred by the fear of illegal border crossing.

Li Zeming clicked his tongue in admiration: "You, a single person, have mobilized two provincial departments—truly impressive."

"Not really, not really—fingerprint showdowns or whatever, we're just making do with what we have, just changing the place and time to do it." Jiang Yuan deflected the praise, shifting the topic: "How about we sit next to each other?"

Back when Jiang Yuan and Li Zeming worked together on fingerprint showdowns, whenever they had free time, they would chat a bit, smoke a cigarette—it was a very pleasant work process.

"That's great." Li Zeming smiled and agreed, then arranged the few people he had brought to his side, planning for them to cooperate together on case work.

Fingerprint analysis doesn't necessarily require a single person to mark feature points; different individuals have different understandings and research on the fine details of fingerprints. Ordinary fingerprint identification poses no problem, but once it reaches the level of a fingerprint showdown, the subjects are fingerprints that have undergone two, three, or more rounds of processing. At this point, the depth of research into these fine structures becomes crucial—especially when making a determination, those with deeper research are bolder in issuing conclusions.

At this stage, having two or three people jointly describe feature points on a fingerprint does offer certain advantages. Of course, overall, it is relatively manpower-intensive; for cases below the major case level, one basically cannot enjoy this kind of "three-person" treatment.

"Then shall we begin?" Jiang Yuan sat down in his seat, then greeted Wang Chuansheng and others to have Li Zeming and the others log into the internal network, pour tea, and so on—details omitted.

The atmosphere in the meeting room quickly infected Li Zeming and the others, causing everyone to focus their attention on the fingerprints.

It was only when Li Zeming lit his second cigarette that he noticed—himself and his group had just gotten out of the car, and yet they had already started working.

Indeed, the way technical leaders handle affairs is somewhat different.

Of course, it's also due to the good coordination between Pingzhou Provincial Department and Anwan Municipal Bureau.

They came with a full box of dumplings, and as long as Jiang Yuan allows them to dip in vinegar, they have nothing else to say.

Jiang Yuan also quite likes Pingzhou's way of doing things—rough, but solid.

At the same time, Pingzhou's criminals remain as previously stereotyped: rough and solid.

There are thieves who don't wear gloves, robbers who don't wear gloves, and even murderers who don't wear gloves—in fact, the latter two are more common in other provinces, because many people commit murder and robbery on impulse, but theft…… even in this day and age, theft offenders still haven't learned this basic anti-investigation skill, which is indeed relatively rare.

However, overly simple fingerprint comparisons cannot leave traces at this stage; furthermore, fingerprints from minor cases are not submitted here. Most importantly, Pingzhou's local fingerprint database is also rather crude, which greatly reduces the probability of matching fingerprints.

The first few fingerprints Jiang Yuan processed were very easy to mark feature points for, but when it came to comparison, the system had no suitable target.

Jiang Yuan wasn't in a hurry—even in Shannan, this is a common occurrence. Experienced offenders know not to leave fingerprints easily for the police, so unless they have received criminal or administrative penalties, they avoid leaving fingerprints whenever possible—including when applying for new ID cards and passports, someone might just give up because of this.

From the police perspective, the fingerprint database built from ID cards and passports is relatively independent. To use it, one must apply specially and obtain special approval, so normally, everyone first compares against the database of prior offenders; only if no match is found do they apply for other fingerprint databases.

However, during the fingerprint showdown, the utilization of this part of the resources becomes much simpler and easier—often, dedicated personnel handle communication and application, followed by feedback.

The first fingerprint match Jiang Yuan achieved during the showdown was found in this database.

The fingerprint came from a cowhide rope, only about half of a normal fingerprint, due to the roughness of the rope—even this half-fingerprint became discontinuous, rendering many feature points unusable.

Yet Jiang Yuan unusually confidently signed off with "Identical Match."

Compared to the previous fingerprint showdown, his fingerprint technique has advanced from LV3 Chongqing-style single-finger fingerprint analysis, LV4 Qingdao-style single-finger fingerprint analysis, to LV6 fingerprint analysis.

At the same time, Jiang Yuan still has over 400 minutes of temporary LV1 time unused.

This configuration, even if a fingerprint showdown were restarted in Shannan, could result in rivers of blood. Placed in Pingzhou…… serves them right for their bad luck!