Chapter 7
Cross-Province Investigation

“Good-for-nothing! All of you are good-for-nothing!”

Inside the Baodan County Police Station, Dai Wei was furious, directly pointing his finger at Wang Zhengfeng and Fang Secretary's noses and cursing loudly!

After hanging up the phone in the morning, Wang Zhengfeng felt increasingly uneasy, so he rushed over to apologize personally.

Unexpectedly, he was reprimanded by Dai Wei as soon as he entered the office.

“Old Wang, Old Wang, I warned you over and over again, but you still messed things up! Tell me, how many times have I had to clean up your mess?”

Seeing that Wang Zhengfeng was about to explain, Dai Wei waved his hand and said, “Don't talk to me about major cases, those are just bullshit. No matter how big the case is, don’t you know you should give me a call first?”

Wang Zhengfeng was speechless, he lowered his head and said nothing, looking like a wet dove.

Dai Wei turned his head and poked Fang Secretary's nose, cursing: “I told you to kick Qi Tongwei out of the interrogation room!”

“But you told me that he not only left swaggering, but also uploaded the record and interrogation log?”

“Is this how I taught you to do things?”

“Hmm?”

Facing Dai Wei's raging anger, Fang Secretary's face turned pale, his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

He knew that if he didn’t give this boss a satisfactory explanation, his future would be bleak.

So he racked his brains, and finally came up with an idea.

“Chief, please calm down, I have an immature suggestion, maybe we can suppress Qi Tongwei and prevent him from being promoted so quickly.”

Hearing this, Dai Wei finally calmed down, he looked at Fang Secretary sideways, “Spit it out!”

Fang Secretary immediately said: “It’s like this, even though Qi Tongwei made a contribution this time, but after all, the two suspects only attempted to commit a crime, we can take advantage of this and suppress his credit to a Third-Class Merit.”

Dai Wei and Wang Zhengfeng nodded in agreement.

Dai Wei said in a deep voice: “Continue.”

Fang Secretary continued: “If it’s only a Third-Class Merit, then there’s more room for manipulation. Our county police station has a quota for the number of young cadres we can promote each year.”

He looked at Wang Zhengfeng and said: “As long as Chief Wang sets some hurdles for Qi Tongwei in terms of this year's task indicators, gives him a lower year-end evaluation score, and puts some restrictions in the comments.”

“We can arrange for a few other young cadres in the county to make contributions this year, let their overall scores rank ahead of Qi Tongwei, and we can hold him back for another year!”

Wang Zhengfeng's eyes lit up, he gave Fang Secretary a thumbs up, “Fang Secretary, this idea is great!”

Dai Wei was still dissatisfied, “What's the use of just one year? The Third-Class Merit will still be recorded in his merit book.”

Fang Secretary had completely calmed down, he flattered, “Chief, don’t underestimate this one year!”

“With a year of buffer, we can arrange for someone to keep an eye on Qi Tongwei, and not let him make any more contributions. In this way, every year, as long as other newly promoted young cadres are better than him, he will never be promoted!”

“Just keep delaying him for a few years, he will miss his prime time, and he will become useless.”

Hearing this, Wang Zhengfeng couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine, he thought, how black are the hearts of those who do secretarial work?

If they really deal with Qi Tongwei according to Fang Secretary's suggestion, I'm afraid Qi Tongwei's political career would be over before it even began!

However, Dai Wei was very satisfied, his tight expression finally relaxed, as if he had drunk a glass of cold drink on a hot summer day.

He walked forward and patted Fang Secretary's shoulder hard, “Good job!”

Then he turned to Wang Zhengfeng and said, “Old Wang, you heard that, do it as Fang Secretary said, don’t mess things up again this time!”

He said in a sinister tone: “Otherwise, if the higher-ups get angry and hold you accountable, I will strip you of your police uniform!”

Wang Zhengfeng was sweating profusely, he quickly stood at attention and saluted, “Chief Dai, rest assured! I guarantee I will complete the task!”

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and a middle-aged female police officer, Gu Xiaoman, said: “Chief, there's an urgent notice from the city, you need to attend a video conference!”

Dai Wei nodded, and directly sent Wang Zhengfeng and Fang Secretary away.

Then Gu Xiaoman closed the door and went to the coat rack to get Dai Wei's uniform and peaked cap.

Under Gu Xiaoman's care, Dai Wei put on his uniform and cap, but his hands were restless, he groped Gu Xiaoman's buttocks.

Gu Xiaoman quickly dodged, “Chief, there are people outside! Be careful of your image!”

Dai Wei restrained himself slightly and whispered: “Last night when you went home, did your husband notice anything?”

Gu Xiaoman said disdainfully: “He's no good in that department anymore. We both sleep in separate beds now, how could he notice anything!”

Hearing this, Dai Wei wanted to get up to mischief, but Gu Xiaoman grabbed his paw and said angrily, “Oh, are you going to be annoying?”

“I’m telling you, this conference is important, if you’re late and get criticized later, don't blame me!”

Dai Wei had to give up his lewd thoughts, thinking, tonight, I'll see how I can deal with you!

He straightened his collar, walked out, and asked: “Why did the city call for a meeting so urgently?”

“What’s the agenda for the video conference?”

Gu Xiaoman followed behind Dai Wei, walking and saying: “They said that a drug dealer wanted by Dongshan City, Funan Province, has fled to our Handong.”

“Apparently, this wanted criminal is quite important, Funan Province has already issued a cross-provincial investigation document, and Dongshan is asking us to fully assist them in capturing the suspect.”

Dai Wei felt a pang of dread, and he inexplicably had a bad feeling.

He hurriedly asked: “Wouldn't that criminal be hiding in our Lin City?”

Gu Xiaoman shook her head, “I don’t know yet, the conference materials are ready for you, they’re in the video conference room.”

She added, “I think they’ll probably be mobilizing the police stations in all provinces, cities, and counties to assist in the investigation.”

Dai Wei was immediately overwhelmed, thinking that he would have to cancel his poker game tonight.