Chapter 434: Everything is Fine

Halfway through the celebration banquet, the leaders of Qu'an County, excited, raised their glasses and began to toast everyone around the world.

Huang Huang Qiangmin drank a few sips, sat down next to Jiang Yuan, and smiled, "Jiang Yuan, do you want to take another look at the cold cases in Qu'an?"

"I don't mind. Isn't it urgent to go to other counties to work on cases?" Jiang Yuan knew that the reason the selling price could be so high this time had a lot to do with Qinghe City's "Cold Case Breakthrough Year" policy. Since that was the case, naturally, one case per county was the most cost-effective.

Huang Huang Qiangmin knew what Jiang Yuan meant and smiled, "Here is what I'm thinking: first, buy one get one free—emotionally, it's easier for them to accept. Second, our team is larger now, and it takes time to coordinate with each county. Doing two cases is very likely easier than doing two separate cases. Third, another case is optional; you can pick one you like or one that is easier to do."

"An easy cold case?" Liu Liu Jinghui, who was nearby, smiled, with a hint of sarcasm.

Indeed, speaking like that felt a bit like saying, "Let's go to the road and pick up some easy money."

These were things that had been scanned many times by many people; slightly easier opportunities simply didn't exist.

Huang Huang Qiangmin smiled twice, looked at Liu Liu Jinghui, and poked him familiarly, "Using deduction, every case is difficult; using technology, there are still degrees of difficulty."

Liu Liu Jinghui felt a sting in his heart. After thinking about it, he said, "What you said isn't wrong."

Police actually understand general deduction, but in modern society, detective novels are rampant, and criminals understand deduction too. Therefore, unless it's a particularly easy case, it won't be particularly easy.

Seeing that Huang Huang Qiangmin had made up his mind, Jiang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Then let's follow the previous plan and see if there are any cases suitable for skull reconstruction."

Technology has iterations and updates, and criminal science technology is no exception. But no matter how it iterates and updates, previous technology is theoretically usable and can solve cases.

In fact, the technology used by criminal police has always lagged behind the times. Many old criminal police officers in the 21st century still walk with iron soles, relying on visits and investigations to solve cases, and their clearance rate doesn't drop much.

However, pure new technology is a bit different.

Pure new technology really has the possibility of solving cases in a "foolproof" way.

The best examples are DNA, surveillance video, and mobile phones.

When these three things were first promoted, it could be said that a large number of criminals became sacrifices.

Some professional criminals, while still following old methods to commit crimes, were caught in the blink of an eye, without any reason at all.

Skull reconstruction is also a pure new technology that is somewhat similar.

It is not a very new technology at the level of forensic technology—although most forensic doctors don't know this skill, they have all heard of it.

But at the practical level, the use of skull reconstruction is really rare.

Needless to say in a place like Qu'an County. It hasn't really been promoted within Shannan Province.

An ordinary, badass forensic doctor would need one or two months, or even three months, to complete one skull reconstruction—in the practice stage, even working day and night, a month is not enough time.

And in terms of the number of forensic doctors in various districts and counties in Shannan Province, there are not many county criminal science teams that can give forensic doctors such generous time.

If there is no time to practice, where can there be improvement?

Jiang Yuan is different. He skipped the practice stage long ago. With skull reconstruction that he can use as soon as he starts, he might only need one or two weeks to get results.

Although it is still very time-consuming, if the goal is cold cases, it is still acceptable. The resulting increase in the case clearance rate is real.

"Then let's look for skull reconstruction cases." Huang Huang Qiangmin is now more willing to believe in the power brought by technology. He turned his head to look at Liu Liu Jinghui and asked, "Will Section Chief Liu do it with us?"

"Sure," Liu Liu Jinghui agreed immediately.

"I'll go ask now." Huang Huang Qiangmin downed the wine in his glass and turned to connect.

"He's really in his element." Liu Liu Jinghui clicked his tongue twice and asked Jiang Yuan, "Aren't you tired doing skull reconstruction? This thing is much more troublesome than footprints, right?"

"It's a bit different," Jiang Yuan said, "Footprints are still a bit mechanical. For skull reconstruction, there is a little room for personal play."

Liu Liu Jinghui smiled again, "I understand now. The footprints you compared before were using 8-year-old footprints to compare with current ones. Is this still mechanical? There aren't many experts in the country who can do this."

"If it's this trick, there might be a few people who can do it." Jiang Yuan was neither exaggerating nor needing to be humble. LV3 footprint analysis can indeed dominate within the province, but LV5 is really rare. Most experts may not be able to cross from LV3 to LV4 in their entire lives, and LV5 requires both talent and experience.

If the skill level exceeds that of ordinary experts, it is possible to solve cold cases from a technical level, which is a very smooth logic.

Liu Liu Jinghui asked further, "Then if we look for cold cases related to footprints now, isn't the probability of you solving them very high?"

"The probability of skull reconstruction is higher. Because few people do this."

"But skull reconstruction takes a long time, while footprint analysis is so fast!"

"Solving a case doesn't just require footprint analysis, right? And for the cases solved recently, many footprint analyses had to be done." Jiang Yuan paused and added, "Of course, if it's just footprint analysis, it's definitely faster."

"Then shall I help you find cases that can use footprint analysis?" Liu Liu Jinghui knew many cold cases. He felt that Huang Huang Qiangmin confining Jiang Yuan to Qinghe City for just that little bit of funding was truly a sin.

Jiang Yuan said "Sure" and added, "Let's do skull reconstruction for the next two days. Once one case is finished, we'll take the next one."

"That's appropriate." Liu Liu Jinghui got up excitedly, went out to make a few calls, and when he came back, he saw that Huang Huang Qiangmin had already returned to the table.

Today's celebration banquet was on a large scale. The police officers of Qu'an County all participated. The restaurant next to the police station was booked, and the two floors were filled with tables. The leaders of the county bureau were also holding glasses and wine pots, showing their approachable side to the world.

Jiang Yuan was unwilling to go out to toast. When others came to toast, he didn't drink much. Plus, being a technician from out of town, he soon stopped being everyone's target.

Huang Huang Qiangmin was coming and going, mostly to take care of Jiang Yuan.

Liu Liu Jinghui then sat on the other side of Jiang Yuan and said, "Jiang Yuan, look at these cases I found. Let's not do them yet; let's keep them in reserve."

Jiang Yuan glanced at the names and found that they were all cases from other cities in the province.

Huang Huang Qiangmin also saw them and said nonchalantly, "Some places are hard to communicate with. The local criminal police team thinks they are very strong and doesn't have any cases that particularly need to be done. We'll have to find an opportunity to talk about it later."

"It's not like we have to trade for something. Doing one or two cases for them for free to build a reputation is fine, right?" Liu Liu Jinghui said.

Huang Huang Qiangmin almost spat out the word "naive," but managed to hold it back. A provincial expert was here; he, a county person, wasn't easy to complain about.

Considering the relationship between Liu Liu Jinghui and Jiang Yuan, Huang Huang Qiangmin thought for a moment and said, "Section Chief Liu, I'll show you something, but you have to guarantee not to leak it."

"No problem." When Liu Liu Jinghui was buried in a mine by a serial killer years ago, what happened during those few days remained confidential to this day. Slipping up was out of the question.

Huang Huang Qiangmin said "En," looked left and right, took a torn piece of paper from his breast pocket, and handed it to Liu Liu Jinghui.

Liu Liu Jinghui took it without understanding, frowned as he looked at it—first with confusion, then with more confusion, then frowned again, and then entered a state of shock.

Liu Liu Jinghui swallowed, first looked up at the sky, then looked down at Huang Huang Qiangmin, shook the paper in his hand, and asked, "Doesn't this count as extortion? Didn't the Qu'an County Bureau arrest you?"

The mirror hangs high, the world is bright, but there are always people and things that are unexpected.

Liu Liu Jinghui had been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, but he hadn't seen many people with such sharp teeth as Huang Huang Qiangmin.

The corner of Huang Huang Qiangmin's mouth curved into an 88.8-degree smile, "They aren't quite happy. And this isn't for one case; it's a 2+1."

Huang Huang Qiangmin emphasized, "I finally made a concession. It's a package deal."

Liu Liu Jinghui: "How does a 2+1 work?"

"In addition to the two cases we agreed on, if there are any current cases next, whether it's a homicide or something else, if they need it, we can support them once more." Huang Huang Qiangmin looked at Jiang Yuan as he spoke and explained, "It's said to be within a few days, and no specific time has been set. Remote assistance is theoretically feasible. In short, taking solving cases as the priority, the deadline is within this year."

Liu Liu Jinghui understood immediately: "This is to ensure that all homicides this year are solved."

For a county like Qu'an, there is now an average of one homicide case per year. Huang Huang Qiangmin promised a 2+1. Reflected in the combat power ranking, it means solving two homicide cases and solving all current homicide cases.

Calculated this way, Qu'an County could get more than 500 points for homicides this year. 300 of these points, which is solving all current cases, they might be able to get themselves, but the points for the two extra cold homicide cases, they basically couldn't get.

It's equivalent to saying Huang Huang Qiangmin sold them 200 points, plus a 300-point insurance policy. In addition, the marginal effect brought about by this is also enjoyed by Qu'an County itself.

Despite this, as a senior police officer from the provincial department, Liu Liu Jinghui was still somewhat incredulous. He looked at the note twice more and said, "Is Qu'an County not going to live anymore? Just the cars alone—how many are there? Can your Ningtai County use so many cars?"

"Don't we need cars when so many of us come out now? We can't use other units' cars every time. Besides, buses, minibuses, prisoner transport vehicles, and even hearses—our county bureau didn't have any of these before... And it's not just that I want cars; they only have cars, okay?"

"Raising so many cars... Good heavens, the fuel and insurance costs are all borne by others. You've thought it all through?"

"If there are good cars later, we can replace the old cars from Ningtai County for them. It's not like the criminal police in our Ningtai County don't deserve to drive a good, new car." Huang Huang Qiangmin was very tough. He kept himself clean and feared nothing.

Jiang Yuan also nodded and added, "However, there's no need to replace the old cars from our criminal police team. Some people who don't know how to use the cars can't even shift gears."

In front of Liu Liu Jinghui, Huang Huang Qiangmin's face turned a bit red, and he argued, "Those who can't shift gears have dog claws. Some cars have only 150,000 kilometers on them, and they say they can't shift gears. Who's to blame for that?"

Jiang Yuan thought for a moment before he realized which car Huang Huang Qiangmin was talking about, and couldn't help but say, "The Skoda you mentioned—it's said the odometer was rolled back when it hit 500,000 kilometers, right?"

"Rolling back the odometer is rolling back the odometer, but it wasn't rolled back at 500,000 kilometers. It was mainly for the convenience of checking the mileage."

Liu Liu Jinghui asked curiously, "Then how many kilometers was it rolled back at?"

Huang Huang Qiangmin said vaguely, "48... maybe. Alright, let's talk about the case. What can be done in Qu'an County now? There is a cold homicide case left by a skull. It's a case of a corpse abandoned in the wilderness. We invited a forensic doctor from Changyang City to take a look back then. The source of the corpse wasn't determined, but the bones were all left behind."

"Let's do that one." Jiang Yuan wasn't picky. He looked at Liu Liu Jinghui and said, "I need a few days to prepare. Are you going home to rest first, or..."

"No rush to go back." Liu Liu Jinghui interrupted Jiang Yuan, picked up his wine glass, took a sip, and said, "It's quite nice outside too." ===== CHAPTER 435 =====