Chapter 282: Number One on the Leaderboard

"Jiang Yuan is back. Oh my, you look even more handsome."

"Wu Wu Fa Yi Jiang, back to visit relatives?"

"Brother Jiang, long time no see!"

Jiang Yuan walked into the courtyard of the Criminal Police Brigade. Amidst the greetings, there was a hint of doubt.

Everyone actually knew that he had been "sold" to Changyang City by Captain Huang. No one expected him to return so soon.

Jiang Yuan greeted everyone while specifically explaining: "I'm back to rest for a few days."

"Just back temporarily."

"Back to see everyone."

Going up to the fourth floor, the floor of the Criminal Science and Technology Squadron, Jiang Yuan first returned to his office, greeted his master Wu Jun, spoke a few words, reported to the squadron leader, and then immediately went to find Huang Qiangmin.

Huang Qiangmin, who was pondering things in his office, heard the sound of people greeting Jiang Yuan in the hallway. He immediately ran two steps, sat back behind his desk, picked up his teacup, and blew on the cold tea twice, watching it bubble up like proteinuria.

"Captain Huang." Jiang Yuan knocked on the door and entered.

"Jiang Yuan, you're back." Huang Qiangmin smiled and put down his teacup without taking a sip, saying: "How was your stay in Changyang City? Did Branch Chief Yu treat you differently?"

"There was some different treatment; they were warm and caring, quite concerned about me." Jiang Yuan smiled: "It's just that a new case is done, so I thought I'd come back and take a look. I feel like the surveillance system in our county is also about done."

Huang Qiangmin almost shed tears hearing this. Ningtai County's surveillance system was all traded for Jiang Yuan. Jiang Yuan coming back to take a look and even thinking about how the surveillance system was doing...

Huang Qiangmin suddenly had the strong feeling of an old father who had married off his daughter.

Huang Qiangmin: "Sigh... sigh, the surveillance system is doing quite well. It's good, it's good. If you're not used to staying in Changyang, just come back. I'll go to the county later and explain it to Director Zhang and the others..."

Jiang Yuan waved his hand quickly: "No need, that's not what I meant. Actually, I'm quite happy to see the surveillance system being built. We also installed surveillance in our Jiang Village residential area recently, and even caught two thieves. It's quite useful."

"En, the county's economy is poor, so the installation is a bit slow, but overall, the progress is acceptable. Now the core parts of the surveillance are restored, and it's much more useful than before."

"Is the manpower sufficient?"

"We're looking for people. Right now, we're using temporary workers, and we can recruit a few auxiliary police officers. The rest will probably have to wait until next year..."

Huang Qiangmin smiled as he said this: "We are preparing to set up an image investigation squadron here. I can arrange for you to be a squadron leader then..."

"No need, no need." Jiang Yuan waved his hand. The rank of squadron leader only counts within the Criminal Police Brigade, equivalent to a section-level cadre.

Although it's said that cadre promotion has to come step by step, honestly speaking, if Jiang Yuan wants to get promoted, going directly to Changyang City is the fastest and best way.

As for his current position, Jiang Yuan thinks being a forensic doctor is the most suitable for him. Some requirements of this post make the squadron leader of the image investigation squadron unsuitable for cross-position operation. The reverse is not true.

Now that he has done more cases, Jiang Yuan has clearer thoughts and routes for his own demands. Among them, the squadron leader of some image investigation squadron is definitely not one of the nodes.

Huang Qiangmin was a bit surprised by Jiang Yuan's decisiveness. He stood up, closed the door, and whispered: "The image investigation squadron will definitely be strengthened later. It's hard to say if it will be upgraded to an independent image investigation brigade. It's never a bad thing for you to occupy a position first."

Jiang Yuan said: "Even if it's upgraded to an image investigation brigade, it's impossible to make me the brigade leader, right?"

"That... is indeed impossible." Huang Qiangmin smiled embarrassedly. The brigade leader of the county's Criminal Police Brigade starts at the section level, and most image investigation brigades are about the same.

A cadre of this level, in Changyang City, might be half a rank higher even if they released a police dog, but in the county, it's a very scarce position.

Not to mention Huang Qiangmin, even Director Zhang might not be able to promise it. Without certain qualifications, it's even more impossible to give it away.

Jiang Yuan then said: "Then it's better to wait for the Criminal Science Squadron to be upgraded to a brigade, and give me a position like the squadron leader of the Forensic Squadron. Then give my master a deputy leader position."

Huang Qiangmin was dumbfounded: "You think quite well. Why should the Criminal Science Squadron be upgraded to a brigade?"

"I'll help you get another ten or eight million in equipment, you apply for some land, fixed assets like buildings, then ask for some staffing, set up two laboratories, and upgrade it to a Criminal Science Center. Isn't that a matter of course?" Jiang Yuan looked like he had planned it very thoroughly.

Huang Qiangmin laughed and used the words he often used to scold his subordinates these days: "Do you know how much money ten or eight million is? If you change it into coins... forget it, you know."

Huang Qiangmin pursed his lips and suddenly felt that this matter was actually quite feasible.

After all, Jiang Yuan sold tens of millions in surveillance systems just by selling them casually. Although it was project funding from above, it was still...

"When are you getting promoted?" Jiang Yuan asked another question.

Huang Qiangmin's image office was rushing towards an image investigation brigade, and Huang Qiangmin continuing to be the Criminal Police Brigade leader... it wasn't impossible, it just didn't quite fit Huang Qiangmin's personality.

In terms of striving for power, Huang Qiangmin was not a weak player.

In fact, any Criminal Police Brigade leader should be a natural master of power balance. Because his work is actually balancing power.

Huang Qiangmin smiled slightly and didn't hide it, just whispered: "If there are no mishaps by the end of the year, I might be given a deputy director position. I haven't even told my wife about this, so don't go telling anyone else."

"En en." Jiang Yuan nodded repeatedly: "That's right. Actually, they should give you an executive one, in charge of criminal investigation."

"We'll see." Huang Qiangmin laughed with indifference to fame and fortune, then added: "Actually, it's possible. If there are no mishaps and no problems by the end of the year, our Ningtai County might be the number one in combat power among county-level units in the entire province. According to past practice, this is at least a one-rank promotion."

Huang Qiangmin made a very serious expression, the kind that wouldn't laugh out loud.

This year, the Ningtai County Criminal Police Brigade solved all current homicide cases, getting 300 full points. All eight major categories of serious cases were solved, getting 150 full points. Daily maintenance and the bottom-line 300 points weren't lost much, so they could get 220 points. Then deduct a bit for discipline, finance, and other miscellaneous accounts, about 20 points or so. Calculating it this way, it's directly 650 points.

In previous years, the total score of the Ningtai County Criminal Police Brigade was usually around 550 points, and when luck was bad, they could only get a little over 500 points.

The criminal police brigades of several other counties in Qinghe City, or other police brigades in Ningtai County, were about the same. Like the Longli County Criminal Police Brigade, they couldn't even get 550 points normally.

Therefore, 650 points were already enough for the Ningtai County Criminal Police Brigade to take first place on the combat power leaderboard at the Qinghe City level.

However, 650 points were far from the limit of the Ningtai County Criminal Police Brigade.

According to regulations, solving a homicide cold case directly adds 100 points, with no cap. Tracking down a homicide suspect adds 50 points. Solving a cold case of the eight major categories of serious crimes, such as robbery and arson, adds 50 to 70 points based on the number of people arrested, with no cap.

Such cold case solving, if put in an exam, is equivalent to an extra credit question. Even when the Ningtai County Criminal Police Brigade was at its most difficult, they would organize one or two squadrons to invest one or two months in cold cases, hoping to solve one or two homicide cold cases to make up for the deficiency.

And since the combat power leaderboard began, the best performance of the Ningtai County Criminal Police Brigade in homicide cold cases was solving two homicides and tracking down two other homicide suspects, adding 300 points from extra credit questions.

But that was also the year when the current homicide cases in Ningtai County had mishaps, and the 300 points were deducted entirely.

This year is different.

This year, the homicide cold cases solved by Jiang Yuan that belong to the Ningtai County Criminal Police Brigade, the criminal suspects tracked down, and the homicide cold cases that belong to other places but from which the Ningtai County Criminal Police Brigade can share combat power points, added together, can give Ningtai County over 1,200 points.

It's equivalent to saying that the Ningtai County Criminal Police Brigade's combat power this year is heading towards 1,800 points. Jiang Yuan alone accounts for 60% of the combat power.

This value is also the biggest "numerical monster" since the combat power leaderboard in Shannan Province began. The numerical monsters of previous years were about breaking 1,000 at most.

Ordinary county-level criminal police brigades only have so many cold cases with solving conditions. If they want to solve more cases, the conditions themselves aren't there.

It's only because of someone like Jiang Yuan, who travels far and wide and carries forward a selfless spirit, that the value can be brushed to such an outrageous degree.

Even the score of the Ningtai County Bureau jumped from around 500 points in previous years to over 650 points in one breath.

If it weren't for the ceiling on criminal investigation scores, the Ningtai County Bureau would have the potential to become a numerical monster.

Under these circumstances, as long as Huang Qiangmin holds on until the end of the year, he will not only get promoted but also be credited and rewarded.

Huang Qiangmin looked at Jiang Yuan, and the more he looked, the happier he became. He then promised: "Alright, once I move up, we'll pull the Criminal Science Squadron into a Criminal Science Brigade."

Jiang Yuan responded happily.

Huang Qiangmin slapped his forehead again and said: "By the way, what I wanted to say just now, let's go, I'll take you to the image office to take a look. The surveillance system was just upgraded, and it's a mess here. I don't know how it's specifically doing."

Huang Qiangmin stood up as he spoke, took a cigarette from Jiang Yuan, and said while lighting it: "Is the case in Changyang over? Did the suspect confess?"

Jiang Yuan nodded and said: "Confessed. Actually, it was just caused by a dispute over the fare. Because the suspect had bad legs and was going to rely on a distant uncle, he took a taxi and wanted to make people look up to him. When he was about to reach the slaughterhouse, he wanted to settle the fare first and press the price down a bit."

"Unexpectedly, the price wasn't pressed down, and the taxi driver also said that going out of the city requires long-distance fees and return fees. She could waive the return fee, but the long-distance fee had to be increased by 10%. The suspect couple naturally didn't want to pay, so the two sides started arguing..."

"Later, the female driver didn't want to cause trouble, so she proposed that she could waive the long-distance fee and return fee, and just settle the payment now. But the two sides had already had a dispute, so the suspect demanded to stop the car, then got off, and refused to pay the fare. Unexpectedly, the female driver chased after them."

"The lame criminal was already a bit inferior because of his leg problem. After running a few steps, he was easily caught up by the female driver. He couldn't save face, so he pulled out a knife..."

Jiang Yuan spread his hands and said: "It was just a small matter that escalated step by step."

"Character determines fate." Huang Qiangmin had seen too much and said naturally: "Daily quarrels are too common. If you work in a police station, you will find that everyone is arguing all day long, but very few evolve into murder. Such people becoming murderers seems to be stimulated by others, but in reality, it is their true nature."

Jiang Yuan hadn't thought about it from this angle, so he couldn't help but nod slowly and said: "Maybe it's because he was thinking about relying on relatives, he was unhappy, inferior, and didn't know what the future held..."

"The murderer's wife didn't stop him?"

"She was the main force in the argument and helped out."

"Two death sentences, not unjust." Huang Qiangmin didn't have a shred of sympathy. ===== CHAPTER 283 =====

"She was the main force in the argument, and she helped out physically."

"Two death sentences, it's not unjust." Huang Qiangmin didn't have a shred of sympathy to spare.