Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 421 Three things to do when a new official takes office

The duty room at the Zhengming Special Police Brigade's headquarters.

Deputy Instructor Xie Chi was not in the mood for work today. He would sometimes fiddle with the tea set, sometimes read Taoist scriptures, and sometimes stand in the small courtyard of the unit, staring blankly at the blue sky outside the wall. Yang Chang, who was on duty next to him, knew that the instructor was looking forward to the group of people who were participating in the competition at the Dongzhou Police Academy. He sighed and did not disturb him, and went to do his own thing.

"Maybe we can make it into the top three," Xie Chi murmured, then smiled, realizing he was just daydreaming. With Zhengming's consistently bottom-ranked performance, they should be grateful if they could even make it into the second tier.

He shook his head, picked up the freshly brewed teacup, and took a sip.

"boom!"

The office door was flung open by a large, obese SWAT officer. Ignoring the brigade leader sitting inside, he bared his neck and shouted, "I, XXX! We got first place! First place!"

The last three words had a slightly hysterical feel to them.

"Clang clang."

Xie Chizheng lost his grip on the small teacup he was holding to his lips, and it fell and shattered on the ground.

"First place, first place?" Xie Chi felt like he was dreaming.

"We won! We won!"

Standing next to Xie Chi, Yang Chang, who was also on duty, cheered loudly. If it weren't for the fact that he was nearly forty and had to consider the image and prestige of a squad leader, he would have jumped three feet high and hopped around like a little rabbit.

Logically speaking, Yang Chang, as a demobilized military officer, should not actually have the same genuine feelings for his new unit, the Special Police Brigade, as he did in the military in his early years.

I don't know why, but in the past few months, following the new deputy captain, or rather, now the assault captain Chen Shufeng, through wind and rain training, their relationship has grown closer and closer. Incidentally, they have also become concerned about the Dongzhou City-level special police competition.

Back in the day, during a military region-level competition, Yang Chang would eat and sleep as usual, without any disruption to his leisurely daily life as a cook.

Even after being promoted to company commander, he wasn't particularly interested in these competitions and such.

"Haha, first place! I knew Chen Shu would definitely take first place! That kid, first place every year, if you ask him to be humble and get second place, he'll be furious!" Yang Chang waved his fist, extremely happy, obviously forgetting his earlier sneer at the instructor's blank expectation.

The other special police officers in the duty room all turned their heads to examine the old man's happy appearance, their eyes full of curiosity.

The fact that Zhengming Brigade had always been last in the competition was still deeply etched in their minds. Even if Xie Chi and Yang Chang said more, they still couldn't connect the small team that had set off to participate in the competition that morning. They were all familiar colleagues, and if you counted on your fingers, they had known each other for several years. These colleagues who ate under the same roof every day had now won the dream result of first place in the city.

They hadn't reacted yet.

"Li Yun, come over here and tell me slowly. Who got first place?" A dumbfounded Xie Chi hurriedly waved for someone to come over so he could ask for details.

The burly SWAT officer named Li Yun strode up to Xie Chi, pulled out his phone, and played a video: "Instructor, look! How could this be fake? Our momentum looks just like that of champions!"

The video is taken from the audience stage.

Under the blazing sun, four commandos wearing black masks stepped forward, escorting two subdued, head-down "criminals" past the packed stands. The remaining team members, their tall figures leaning on their Type 95 rifles, stood in neat formation and shouted three times.

"Use me in the first battle, and you will win if you use me!"

"Use me in the first battle, and you will win if you use me!"

"Use me in the first battle, and you will win if you use me!"

The resounding slogans echoed throughout the venue, moving all the audience members. They whispered among themselves, giving thumbs-ups and patting their chests in affirmation that this was a top-notch elite special police force, one of the best in the country.

A stirring march was played appropriately on the playground.

The onlookers had only ever seen similar scenes in TV dramas or movies, and had never witnessed such a scene in person. Although they knew it was all fake, their emotions were still stirred up and they erupted.

The video repeatedly shows the loud shouts of the crowd around the blogger.

"Well done!"

"As expected of SWAT officers!"

"so amazing!"

Xie Chi watched the video with great interest, pointing at the phone screen: "Li Yun, look at those four big guys in front, they must be Chen Shu and Chen Chuan. I see them crawling and rolling around in the yard every day, even if their eyes are covered, I can still recognize them at a glance!"

Standing behind Xie Chi, Yang Chang chimed in, "Chen Shu is truly a man of the grassroots; he's a natural at this kind of formalism. Look at those four or five rows of team members standing behind him; they were probably temporarily pulled from the Yangyi Street patrol team."

"Their patrol team looks alright when they're out patrolling the streets, but they're no match for anyone in a real fight. But Chen Shu organized them, got everyone together, and with those shouts, their morale immediately rose! Hey, you know what, the effect was really good!"

The other special police officers on duty also realized what was happening and crowded around to watch the video.

After a moment, everyone looked at each other, their faces filled with disbelief. Surrounded by people, Xie Chi, sitting in the middle, was extremely gratified. The corners of his mouth involuntarily turned up, and the wrinkles on his face bloomed like chrysanthemums.

"Li Yun! Go to the canteen right now and tell the uncle to prepare several tables of good food and wine tonight to welcome our heroes! Remember to spread the word and tell all the team members who are free tonight to come back and have a good drink to celebrate!"

This achievement allowed Xie Chi, who had always been stingy in the team, to completely let loose.

"Alright! You can rest assured, Instructor! I'm an expert at this!"

"Yay! Our instructor is awesome!"

"Long live!"

"Be more reserved!"

"Haha! What's with the pretense! We're number one!"

This is the meeting room at the Dongzhou Police Academy.

The documents were scattered haphazardly on the table, and the chairs next to them were lying on their sides, some sprawled out and some overturned, clearly indicating that a very heated argument must have taken place here not long ago.

The once-empty conference room now only had two people sitting in the first seat on the east side.

Director Wang coughed a few times and gently patted the shoulder of the branch captain, Lao Gao: "Lao Gao, what's wrong? It's just an internal competition among ourselves, what's there to be upset about?"

Facing the person who had caused his frustration, Lao Gao smiled wryly and said, "Director Wang, you've only just taken over the SWAT team, so you probably don't know us very well. Your decision to let Zhengming Brigade take first place will dampen the spirits of the entire brigade. Especially those wolf cubs in the First Assault Team, they... sigh!"

Having just handed over the traffic management bureau and taken over the special police, Director Wang was secretly pleased; this was exactly the effect he wanted.

A new broom sweeps clean, and he was just looking for an opportunity to make his mark, only to have it delivered right to his doorstep. If he didn't seize this chance to demonstrate his authority as the deputy director in charge, when would he ever get another opportunity to make such a decisive and arbitrary decision under the watchful eyes of hundreds of special police officers in the entire branch?

So that they know that above their branch captain, there is a deputy director in charge who has the final say!
Presumably, after today, Director Wang's reputation for daring to use people will spread throughout the special police system, along with the Zhengming Brigade's spirit of enduring hardship and biding their time.

The more miserable Zhengming Brigade's previous experience of being last in the rankings, the more renowned Director Wang's name became!
Zhengming, who has benefited from this, can accept it whenever he has time.

He calmly reassured him, "Old Gao, let's not get sidetracked. Let's stick to the facts. Look at those two assault team members from that brigade, right? They injured a hostage while rescuing him. I was already being lenient by giving them second place. If it were up to my temper from when I was in traffic control, I might have thrown them out on the road to watch over the cars."

The branch captain, Lao Gao, had no way to express his grievances. How could the management of special police be the same as that of traffic police? However, the deputy director in front of him was his superior, so he couldn't refute him in public. He could only frequently hint to his subordinates present to speak up during the meeting.

Unexpectedly, the usually amiable Director Wang suddenly slammed his fist on the table and berated those few outstanding individuals. And those two big oafs from the reconnaissance and training brigade—they'd really gone stupid from being in the military.

How could they possibly help Director Wang belittle their own people?

The office of the First Directly Subordinate Brigade is right downstairs from them!
"Old Gao, look how well Zhengming Brigade is suited for real combat. You know, when we police officers go on a mission, we're there to solve problems! We only care about results! Even our superiors only care about results! No matter how brilliant you are in the process, it won't matter!"

"Tsk, they just cut off the power. Who can stand it in this heat without air conditioning? Then they pretended to be the property management company and came to inspect, and they took the guy down in no time. That's much more sophisticated than checking the water meter before." Director Wang picked up the documents again, nodding frequently as he looked at the A4-sized printed materials.

As a veteran SWAT officer with decades of experience, Lao Gao felt aggrieved. He couldn't very well turn around and slam his fist on the table, criticizing Director Wang for not understanding SWAT officers, could he?
However, he still wanted to try, after all, the fact that the First Brigade had lost first place was also a slap in the face to the branch captain whose office was on the roof of their building.

"Director Wang, actually I think..."

Director Wang put down the documents, raised his hand to stop Lao Gao's explanation, and smiled, "Lao Gao, if you think about it this way, this will indirectly encourage their First Brigade to train hard in the coming year."

After a pause, looking at Lao Gao who seemed hesitant to speak but still trying to argue, Director Wang's expression suddenly turned serious. Staring into Lao Gao's eyes, he said in a deep voice, "This matter is settled. The first place overall goes to Zhengming. Hmm, the remaining two individual titles will be given to the other brigades, and the rest will go to that brigade. Hmm?"

After a few seconds of silence, Lao Gao, his neck stiff, lowered his head and said, "Okay, Director Wang."

Director Wang laughed again, got up and walked back, patting Lao Gao on the shoulder as he passed by.

"Let's go, let's present them with the awards!"

The two left the meeting room one after the other.

As the air conditioner blew in, the documents that Director Wang had placed on the table earlier were blown to the ground with a "whoosh".

What was printed on it was not the judges' report from the examination hall, but the same scoring details of each brigade that Director Chu had handed to Captain Gao on the podium.

"First Directly Subordinate Brigade, 36 points"

"Zhengming Brigade, 34 points"

Team project score: 1st place 10 points, 2nd place 7 points

(End of this chapter)