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Chapter 490: The Dragon Fight of the Police Department Begins
The losers bleed on the battlefield, while the winners are reborn.

There is no luck involved in ascending the throne by stepping on the corpses of losers, nor is there any win-win situation. It can only be life and death.

Don’t be fooled by the calm weather in the recent period. We all know that this is the calm before the storm. The current calm is just brewing a fatal blow.

Once it is launched, it will be as fast as thunder, with mountains collapsing and rocks cracking, and the world turning upside down!

Therefore, the closer it gets to the world change, the more cautious everyone becomes, because they know that the final game is just around the corner.

Xu Dingan has submitted his retirement application, and the new Commissioner of Police will be sworn in in early March this year, and the final candidate will be decided by mid-February at the latest. Now it is the end of January, which means that in a few days, the battle between Gao and Shen will be decided and come to an end!

As expected, overnight, the entire Hong Kong Island media and public opinion were denouncing Li Yan and criticizing him.

This newly appointed young Assistant Commissioner, the most promising rising star in the police force in Hong Kong Island, after having received great praise and commendation from the media some time ago, suddenly faced a cold winter and was spurned and scolded by everyone.

His rise to power some time ago was a bit strange, and his fall from the altar recently was also a bit inexplicable. Things in this world are unpredictable!

From a glorious paradise, he fell into a dark hell in just one night.

Li Yan was pushed to the top by Shen Cheng. Now that Li Yan's scandal has been exposed, if the evidence is conclusive, he will surely be judged by law.

The moment Li Yan fell, Shen Cheng, who promoted Li Yan, would inevitably be implicated. Even if he was not aware of it, Shen Cheng was the deputy director in charge of personnel management, and of course, this position was not important.

The key point is that everyone knows that Li Yan is Shen Cheng's man, and Shen Cheng must bear the unshirkable leadership responsibility. He has no ability to judge people, and personally promoted the society's undercover to the high position of assistant director, and put an insider in the position of regional director.

Can such a person manage the entire police force of Hong Kong Island?

Obviously, Shen Cheng's vision and ability are questioned by the public.
The situation is now clear, and all the high-level spectators know that this is the big move that Gao Jianbin has been holding back for so long. Perhaps he had already discovered Li Yan's identity, and later took advantage of the opportunity of Huang Zhicheng bringing Han Chen to the police force to threaten Han Chen and obtain evidence.

Then he kept it a secret and allowed Shen Cheng to promote Li Yan, who had just been promoted to Chief Superintendent just over two years ago, to the position of Assistant Commissioner, Director of Kowloon West Region.

Wait until the world change comes, then expose Li Yan's identity, and use Li Yan's fall to drag Shen Cheng to death.

As long as Shen Cheng cannot break the situation, he himself may not be implicated too much, but the position of the top boss of the Police Department will pass him by and be lost forever!
Those who lose in the dragon race can only become stepping stones for the winners, and end up in disgrace. It is impossible for them to become the deputy. Don't say you are innocent. Competing with the winner for the top spot is the biggest sin. What else do you want?
Gao Jianbin is so insidious and cunning!

Now everyone understood his intentions, but they could not accuse him of anything. The undercover was not sent by Gao Jianbin. He just delayed reporting Li Yan for a while. Who could say anything? Such a struggle was within a reasonable range.

The only thing to blame is Shen Cheng's failure to judge people and promoting someone with congenital defects. And the position was not just a nobody, but an assistant commissioner in the core power layer of the Police Force.

Shen Cheng couldn't justify himself!

Once the matter was reported, everyone knew that Li Yan was Han Chen's undercover agent, which was basically set in stone. In everyone's opinion, since Gao Jianbin reported it, he must have sufficient evidence, otherwise he would not have put all the chips on Li Yan to play a mistake.

Although the person who reported the incident was an ordinary inspector like Chen Yongren, who had been an undercover agent beside Han Chen for more than ten years and whose girlfriend was taken away by Li Yan, both his identity and motive were seamless and logical.

But in the eyes of high-level spectators, anyone who is not a fool would know that this was Gao Jianbin's work. Would an inspector dare to challenge his immediate superior?
Could an ordinary inspector make almost all the media in Hong Kong attack Li Yan one-sidedly overnight?
Obviously impossible!
So while Zeng Xiangrong was having breakfast and reading the newspaper in the morning, he was thinking about this matter. Until Zhang Zhihao came to report on his work, he had already figured out everything.

Li Yan's case has become a key chess piece in the Police Department's battle for the throne, and directly determines who will be the next Commissioner.

In this case, we cannot treat it as an ordinary case and must be extremely cautious.

The next step, how to make the move, must be made by the real chess player, the Grand Commander. The ICAC cannot rashly get involved and become a thug used by one party. The Grand Commander must take charge of the overall situation and take the North's face into consideration. He will naturally have an overall plan and intention on what to do, when to do it, and to what extent.

If he didn't know what was happening and rashly entered the scene, disrupting the deployment of the Grand Commander, and was blamed by the higher-ups, not only Zhang Zhihao, but even Commissioner Yao Jinhong couldn't afford it. Thinking of this, Zeng Xiangrong carefully read the report and reporting materials submitted by Zhang Zhihao again, and then signed his name in the consent column below.

Originally, Zeng Xiangrong could go directly to the Grand Governor's Mansion and hand in the information, but thinking that he was an important part of the normal process, it didn't matter if he was too active and offended Shen Cheng, but he might make the Grand Governor or Commissioner Yao think that he was biased towards Gao Jianbin and was helping him.

After all, the incident involving Li Yan had just been exposed in the morning, and the report for the investigation was submitted to the Grand Commander in the morning, which was a bit too hasty. Generally, such cases were considered fast if they were seen by Yao Jinhong within three days and placed on the Grand Commander's desk within a week.

The superiors haven't asked or urged you, so why are you so anxious?

Now we have completed the process that usually takes a week in just a few hours. Do you have any ideas?

Regardless, it's too graphic.
It is the Grand Commander's business to decide who he wants to side with, but the ICAC's neutral and impartial position must not be shaken in the slightest.

If the higher-ups think too much, that would be inappropriate. It would be better to be conservative and follow the general process. Zhang Zhihao submitted the report today, and I will hand it to Commissioner Yao tomorrow. Although it is faster than usual, the situation is serious and the identity of the parties involved is sensitive, so it is reasonable to be anxious. As for how long Commissioner Yao will hold back before reporting to the Grand Commander, I have no control over it.

Zeng Xiangrong's years of experience as a high-ranking official taught him that deep waters flow slowly, and that when dealing with such major matters, one must proceed slowly and take all aspects into consideration.

I also have to deal with things for the people above me and buy enough time.
In an old-fashioned villa halfway up the mountain, Li Cunwang, a man in his 90s with a head full of silver hair, slowly put the newspaper on the table and looked with complicated eyes at his granddaughter Li Xiner, who was sitting absent-mindedly beside him.

Li Xin'er and Li Yan divorced suddenly more than a month ago, and Li Yan was promoted to assistant director not long ago. This made the entire Li family unable to understand.

Having reached Li Yan's level, she has become an important part of the Li family's strength. How can she be treated as an ordinary marriage?

Li Xin'er said nothing, just said that they were not in love.

At first, everyone thought that Li Yan had an affair, but everyone from Li Cunwang to Li Yaozu tried to persuade Li Xin'er that with Li Yan's status, it would not be a big deal even if he had something wrong. How could he get a divorce? And behind everyone's back?

After everyone's persuasion failed, the Li family had to find Li Yan, but Li Yan insisted that there was nothing wrong with him and that it was Li Xin'er who insisted on getting a divorce. He was unwilling to do so from the beginning, and if Li Xin'er agreed, he would remarry immediately.

When asked by everyone in the Li family, Li Yan vaguely explained that he had cheated on his wife and tried to get away with it!
When the Li family members heard this was the reason, they were very disapproving. They turned around and tried to persuade Li Xin'er again. They said a lot of nice things, but Li Xin'er just wouldn't listen.

Everyone thinks Li Xin'er is too pretentious, isn't it just because of some extramarital affairs?
what is this?
What era is this? A Police Commissioner, a promising rising star in the police force, is being pushed out just for such trivial matters.

According to Li Yaoguang, the eldest son of the Li family, Deputy Secretary for Finance and Director of the Policy Research Division, Li Yan has unlimited potential. Thanks to Shen Cheng's strong recommendation, he has already caught the attention of senior officials, and even the Grand Commander knows of such a person.

Moreover, among the management level of the Police Department's constitutional commissioners, Li Yan is the youngest, much younger than the others, only 33 years old this year. Even if he lies down and lives a lazy life without any ambition, according to his age, he can still work for nearly 30 years, and no matter what, he will definitely be able to get the position of the Commissioner of Police.

If Li Yan continues to work hard with his current momentum, and jumps over the Security Bureau from the position of director to work directly in the Grand Marshal's Office, it would not be impossible for him to covet the position of Grand Marshal after many years.

How could the Li family allow Li Xin'er to push out such a person who could determine the future height of the Li family because of a momentary impulse? Among the third generation of the Li family, Li Yan was the most capable, while most of the others were addicted to pleasure and lived a luxurious life relying on the merits of their ancestors.

The second generation rich were the most active and persuading, as they knew that Grandpa Li Cunwang was old, almost 90 years old, and could pass away at any time. Uncle Li Yaoguang was also almost 60 years old this year, and the position of Deputy Secretary for Finance was probably his last honor.

Once Li Yaoguang retires and Li Cunwang passes away, the Li family will quickly fall from the rank of a prominent family. There are no powerful figures in the Hong Kong government in the family. Who can these second-generation rich people rely on?

Who can you blame when you brag in your circle in the future?

Even though they usually claim to be the orthodox Li family and are vaguely disapproving of Li Yan, their in-law, they were all panicked when they learned that such a powerful backer was leaving the family.

(End of this chapter)