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Chapter 472 Li Yan Promoted to Assistant Commissioner of Police

Li Yan was also somewhat helpless. Being so high-profile was definitely not what he wanted. He was a low-key person and did not like to be in the limelight. He would rather make a fortune in silence rather than being so ostentatious and attracting criticism.

Lu Jianhua himself was not familiar with him, and they had never even met in private before. It was only a few days ago, after the decision-making meeting of the Police Department approved his promotion to assistant director, Shen Cheng took him to visit him.

Later, when he and Huo Qiqiang went to the old man of the Huo family's villa for dinner, old man Huo joked that he was an assistant director at such a young age, and it was inevitable that he would be looked down upon, and that he would be given a big gift when the time came.

Among the more than 30,000 police officers in the Hong Kong Island Police Force, the core power layer consists of only three commissioners, one chief and two deputy commissioners, four senior assistant commissioners in charge of five departments, and fourteen assistant commissioners in charge of eight divisions and six police station regions, a total of 21 people.

After all the calculations, there is no one under the age of 40, except Li Yan, who became an assistant director in his early 30s. He is the only one after the return.

In order to support Li Yan, Mr. Huo used his personal connections and invited Lu Jianhua to come and support Li Yan. Li Yan was deeply moved by Lu Jianhua's sincere love and care.

Lu Jianhua also glanced at Li Yan who was sitting across from him, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Lu Jianhua also had his own considerations for attending such occasions. Before, both Liang Feihu and Yin Jianqiang were the kind of people whose bosses could be seen at a glance. At best, they could become deputy directors, or maybe even not deputy directors at all.

Li Yan has the advantage of age and the general direction he is inclined to, as well as his own way of dealing with people, ability background and personal wisdom. It is very likely that he will be promoted to the top of the Police Force in the future and take charge of the largest department with armed law enforcement power in Hong Kong Island.

After the return, Hong Kong Island has enjoyed political stability and social tranquility. In this peaceful environment, many key positions often need to be planned and arranged ten or even twenty years in advance in order to achieve a stable transition and handover of power and maintain a stable situation.

How could such a person with unlimited potential not be worthy of Lu Jianhua's personal support? What's more, he also had the face of Mr. Huo and Shen Cheng. It was a favor, so why not do it?

Although Lu Jianhua is the director of the Security Bureau, a subordinate unit of the Police Force, in fact the relationship between the Security Bureau and the Police Force is very complicated. Although it is one level higher in administrative level, it only has operational management and supervisory rights over the Police Force.

There is no absolute say in important personnel appointments.

The power to appoint personnel above the level of Assistant Commissioner rests with the Grand Marshal's Office, and if anything, it is only the power of recommendation, which is similar to the power held by the seven decision-makers at the Police Department.

If a person is politically savvy, he or she can use the power of management and supervision to secretly influence the appointment and dismissal of personnel below through various exchanges of interests, but he or she does not have the veto power or the power to appoint and exhort.

The Police Force, as a armed law enforcement agency with more than 30,000 police officers, can be said to be the most important department under the Colonial Government and the fundamental guarantee of Hong Kong Island's security. How could it be possible to let the Security Bureau make the decision?
The existence of the Security Bureau is more of a check and balance agency to prevent the police force from getting out of control. It can find faults, supervise, and bring people down.

However, the new candidate still needs to be appointed from above.

Even after 1997, the Grand Marshal's Office could not make a single decision on the selection of the Commissioner of Police, but had to discuss it with the North.

Therefore, although the position of the boss is important, it is also subject to many restrictions. Below him are the deputies at the decision-making level of the Police Force, and above him is the Security Bureau in charge of management and supervision. Both the capital and the Hong Kong government are keeping a close eye on him. In fact, it is a position that one dares not move in vain.

Watching Xu Dingan and Lu Jianhua occasionally chatting on the stage, and not losing out, you can tell that, to be honest, in the eyes of the Grand Marshal's Office, Xu Dingan might be much more important than Lu Jianhua.

After everyone arrived, the new deputy director, Huo Qiqiang, spoke first as the host. After emphasizing the discipline of the meeting, he asked Xu Dingan, the boss, to announce the important appointment.

Xu Dingan stood up and coughed lightly. The venue immediately fell silent. Hundreds of eyes were staring at the stage. There was silence, which showed how high Xu Dingan's prestige was among the police officers on Hong Kong Island.

"Everyone, I have been commissioned by the Grand Governor's Office and the Security Bureau to announce an appointment!"

Xu Dingan didn't waste any words and announced directly: "Hereby promotes West Kowloon Chief Superintendent Li Yan to the position of Assistant Commissioner of Police, and his position is appointed as the Commissioner of the West Kowloon Regional Police Station."

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The two or three hundred people below applauded and looked at Li Yan with envy.

Li Yan stood up, walked to the front desk, saluted everyone solemnly, then turned around and saluted the main stage, and finally faced Xu Dingan who was standing in front of the stage.

At this time, Li Yan was already wearing a new police uniform as director, with a cross on his shoulder for the rank of assistant director, and he took the letter of appointment from Xu Dingan.

There was another round of thunderous applause in the venue, and Li Yan greeted everyone again.

In fact, the higher the level and the more important the ceremony, the simpler it will be. There won't be any fancy formalities, and you won't be asked to give any acceptance speeches.

It highlights more majesty and solemnity! After the eldest brother announced the appointment, he returned to his position. Shen Cheng came out again and announced the appointment of the superintendent-level position. In the previous case of getting rid of Han Chen, a large number of people made contributions. In addition, the senior management of the police station was enriched and the balance of power was adjusted, and a group of people were indeed promoted.

"He is promoted to Chief Superintendent of Police, Mr Ho Kai Keung. He will continue to serve as the Chief of the Criminal Intelligence Bureau and will be promoted to Deputy Commissioner of Kowloon West Police Station."

Huo Qiqiang was promoted to Chief Superintendent at the age of thirty-something, making him the first chief superintendent besides Li Yan, to the surprise of everyone.

Huo Qiqiang suppressed his inner excitement and walked to the front desk excitedly. Wearing a new police superintendent's uniform, he walked in front of Shen Cheng, received the letter of appointment, and stood next to Li Yan in the envious eyes of everyone.

Shen Cheng continued to announce: "I will transfer Chief Superintendent of the New Territories North District, Guan Mingchun, to be the Deputy Commissioner of Kowloon West and the Chief of the Organized Crime and Triad Investigation Division."

A square, big-eared, steady and heavy-hearted middle-aged man walked to the front, saluted everyone, and then, amid the whispers of the people below, he walked in front of Li Yan and Huo Qiqiang, smiled slightly, and saluted Li Yan.

Then, as Li Yan returned the gift, he walked over and stood beside Huo Qiqiang.

As the most important department of a region, the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau cannot be short of staff for a long time. Although Lam Kok-tung has sufficient qualifications, he lacks political skills, personal ability and the most important upper-level background, and cannot replace Wong Chi-shing.

In the end, after comprehensive consideration by the headquarters and consultation with Huang Zhicheng, another confidant of Gao Jianbin, Guan Mingchun from the North District, was transferred over to serve as the most important chief of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau, replacing Huang Zhicheng.

Before this, Shen Cheng had already informed Li Yan and told him the result.

Li Yan was not too surprised. With the promotion of Yin Jianqiang and the absence of Huang Zhicheng, and the promotion of close subordinates such as Huo Qiqiang, the West Kowloon Police Station had almost become a solid block after his years of management.

This is not a good thing. The higher-ups will not allow any one general district to dominate and have the final say. This is not only irresponsible at work, but also not good for Li Yan personally.

It is not conducive to growth, absolute power will inevitably breed absolute corruption!
Li Yan is now the top leader, standing in a high position. He knows this very well. Even if he can control himself, the people under him may not be able to stick to the principles.

It is far less reliable to rely on institutional supervision and power constraints and balances than to rely on personal moral self-restraint.

Besides, Li Yan couldn't stay for too long.

Li Yan not only did not object to Guan Mingchun's arrival, but also welcomed him. Even when Shen Cheng asked him about the other party's job assignment, Li Yan flatly rejected Shen Cheng's idea of ​​appointing Huo Qizhong as O-Journalist and letting Guan Mingchun take over CIB.

Guan Mingchun is in his forties. He used to be the chief superintendent in charge of the serious crime squad in the New Territories North. Although the New Territories North is considered a suburban area compared to core areas such as West Kowloon, a transfer to West Kowloon is considered a promotion.

Such an experienced and senior police officer came to West Kowloon. If he is used well, he can be a very capable assistant.

But placing him under a relatively young chief superintendent like Huo Qiqiang was a bit of a bully, so Li Yan insisted on letting Guan Mingchun take over the more important O Division. As for Huo Qiqiang, it felt a bit too early, so it was better to let him hone his skills in the less important CIB for a few more years.

If he can grow up, with Shen Cheng's background, it will not be a problem for him to be promoted to Commissioner in the future; if he lacks the ability, he can continue to train in the position of Chief Superintendent. I think Mr. Fok will not push Fok Kai Keung to a high position without his ability growing.

That's not helping him, it's hurting him.

Originally, when announcing the appointments, Li Yan suggested that Guan Mingchun be ranked before Huo Qiqiang as the first deputy director.

However, when Yin Jianqiang of the Personnel Department was soliciting opinions, Guan Mingchun, perhaps because he felt that a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake, or because he wanted to repay Li Yan's kindness, did not want to appear too aggressive and insisted on being ranked after Huo Qiqiang.

Just this humble gesture won the secret nods and unanimous approval of the senior management.

Li Yan also sighed that Guan Mingchun's ability, skills, and magnanimity were far superior to those of Qiangzi, a little loser.

If the other party really wanted to target Huo Qiqiang, Qiangzi would never be his opponent.

Yes, in Li Yan's opinion, Guan Mingchun would not be his enemy, but Huo Qiqiang's opponent. He has not been the Chief Superintendent for long, only more than a year, and his high-level background is Deputy Commissioner Gao Jianbin.

Although Huo Qiqiang has a stronger background, his ability is at least ten years inferior to Guan Mingchun.

The two of them can barely be considered evenly matched, with Huo Qiqiang slightly inferior. And Li Yan will not help this opponent, nor can he help him. Huo Qiqiang can only handle it by himself. Guan Mingchun will be the most important whetstone in Huo Qiqiang's life.

(End of this chapter)