Movie Variety Show: Starting from a New World

With the start of the North-South Korean War, North Korea's offensive was unstoppable.

While South Korea's military was well-equipped and numerous, it was no match for North Korea. South Korea's military was largely composed of former puppet troops from the Anti-Japanese War, with weak fighting spirit and poor strategic and tactical capabilities.

On the other hand, North Korea's military, though its leaders rarely mention it, is incredibly powerful. This North Korean army was formed from the same forces that fought against the Japanese in Northeast China, and was composed of Koreans who had previously led the Dongdae Army. At that time, nearly four Korean divisions were withdrawn from the People's Liberation Army and returned to North Korea. Therefore, the North Korean army's combat effectiveness was significantly superior to that of South Korea.

Zhao Cheng watched North Korea's relentless offensive in the newspapers and felt that Kim Jong-un was being too complacent. The battle line was stretched too thin, with heavy troops at the front and light at the back, making it too easy to be surrounded. The five-star general had indeed landed directly at Incheon and surrounded North Korea.

But now none of this has happened, and Zhao Cheng is powerless and can only watch the fun.

Time slowly came to July, and Zhao Cheng finally got rid of his job as director. Director Luo saw that Zhao Cheng really didn't want to be the director, so he had to select a deputy section chief from the General Affairs Department of the Municipal Bureau and assign him to the Jiaodaokou Police Station. This man, also surnamed Ma, was called Ma Liancheng. He was a soldier who had been injured when entering the border with the Fourth Field Army. He happened to have recovered from hospitalization in Peking and was chosen by Director Luo to work in the Municipal Bureau.

Before Ma Liancheng came to Jiaodaokou Police Station, Director Luo had told him to listen more to Zhao Cheng's opinions. After all, Zhao Cheng had the ability, but because Zhao Cheng was unwilling to be an official, he had to be sent to be the director.

"Oh, Chief, I know this even if you don't tell me. Zhao Cheng is a celebrity in our public security system! Except for the newcomers, who doesn't know him? He is famous for his ruthlessness and cruelty. He is good at fighting criminals and is willing to bear the punishment. He just doesn't want to be an official! Who in our municipal bureau, whether it is the headquarters or the field, doesn't know him? He has a very good relationship with Zheng Chaoyang from the former Operations Department!" Ma Liancheng was also very happy to be assigned to Jiaodaokou Police Station.

Staying in the office made Ma Liancheng almost rusty. For cadres like him who came from the army, they all wanted to be on the front line, and few were willing to stay in the office.

"That's good. I was afraid that you would have a conflict with him there. Since you know him and understand him, it will be easy. You can go to Jiaodaokou with some transfer orders later. I won't go with you." After hearing what Ma Liancheng said, Director Luo stopped hesitating and let him go by himself.

"Okay, then, Director, I'll go back and hand over my duties, and then I'll go straight to Jiaodaokou!" Ma Liancheng said, saluted, and left without a trace of hesitation. It was as if some monstrous beast was chasing him away from the Municipal Bureau.

Before noon, Ma Liancheng arrived at the Jiaodaokou Police Station. After entering, he was led by a police officer to the director's office to find Zhao Cheng.

"Boom!"

"Come in!" Zhao Cheng's voice came from the room.

"Chief, the new director assigned to our station by the Municipal Bureau has arrived!" The young policeman pushed the door open and entered the room. He said something to Zhao Cheng and stepped aside, revealing Ma Liancheng behind him.

When Zhao Cheng heard the new director had arrived, he immediately stood up from the sofa in his office, walked over to Ma Liancheng with excitement, reached out and shook Ma Liancheng's hand, and said, "Oh, I've finally got you! Comrade Ma Liancheng, now that you've taken over as director, I can finally relax!"

Ma Liancheng looked at Zhao Cheng's genuine smile, which didn't seem fake, and felt that Zhao Cheng was pretty much the same as he knew him. He wasn't someone who was always scheming, and he had no ambitions for the position of director. He was a good comrade. But why did he look so young?

It turned out that Ma Liancheng had never seen Zhao Cheng before, but had only heard about such a person from his colleagues. He originally thought that Zhao Cheng was so brave and must be a figure like Zhang Fei, but it turned out that he was just a child!

"Director Zhao, excuse me for asking, how old are you this year?" Ma Liancheng couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Haha, my comrade director, don't look at my young age. I am actually twenty years old. I just look young!" Zhao Cheng explained to Ma Liancheng while pressing him into the position of director.

"Only twenty? That's not that old!" Ma Liancheng was indeed a little surprised. Zhao Cheng looked like a high school student, too young. Like a baby.

"Haha, Director Ma, I have two children, they are not little anymore! Now that you are here, I feel relieved. Otherwise, I don't want to do this job for a day! There are too many trivial matters!" Zhao Cheng quickly changed the subject. If he continued, it would be endless.

"As for you, I've heard before that there's a ruthless detective in our Peking Police Department. I thought he was a fierce Zhang Fei-like figure, but you really surprised me! But are you so unwilling to be the director?" Ma Liancheng asked.

"To be honest, I really don't want to. The director has too many things to worry about, and I really can't stand being bothered by such trivial matters! If I could choose, I wouldn't even want to be the deputy director. It would be so much better to be an ordinary police officer. The leaders will take care of the worries, and I just have to perform my duties well and don't have to worry about so many things!" Zhao Cheng said sincerely.

Ma Liancheng looked at Zhao Cheng's sincere eyes and confirmed that what Zhao Cheng said was true. It seemed that the rumors were true. This detective really just wanted to do his job well and didn't want to get promoted! In this case, he was relieved. Zhao Cheng would not intrigue with him or secretly trip him up in the future work!

"Okay, then I'll take office right away!" Ma Liancheng patted Zhao Cheng on the shoulder and said with a laugh.

"Well, you should take office quickly. I'll hand over the work to you and then go back to my office. I'm not comfortable staying here with you. It's not as comfortable as my own office. The sofa here is too short. It's not as long as the one in my room. I can't stretch my legs when I lie down!" Zhao Cheng joked.

"You, you, the higher the official rank, the better for others, but it's you who's been swapped! Okay, I'll hand over my work to you right away so as not to delay your work, okay?" Ma Liancheng also saw that Zhao Cheng really looked down on the position of director, so he had to follow Zhao Cheng's wishes and hand over his work quickly.

When it was time to get off work, Zhao Cheng was the first one to run out of the police station and went straight home! He ran so fast.

After returning home, Zhao Cheng prepared the meal as usual and ate first. Tonight, because Zhao Cheng got off work early, he bought a big rooster at the vegetable market and made chicken stewed with mushrooms.

"Brother Cheng, your dish is really delicious, but why have I never heard of it?" Pingping praised while eating.

"That's right, you must not have heard of it. This dish should be called Flying Dragon Stewed Mushrooms! Don't we have any ingredients? That's what's delicious!" Zhao Cheng said with emotion.

"Flying dragon? We don't have that thing here, but this chicken stewed with mushrooms is also delicious!" Pingping said.

"Eat quickly, I have to wash clothes after eating!" said Zhao Cheng.

"By the way, Brother Cheng, go to the central courtyard to wash clothes and take a look at He Daqing's new wife. I heard that she is a very beautiful girl! She was just brought home today!" Pingping said casually.

"What? Old He actually brought back a grown-up girl?" Zhao Cheng asked in surprise.