Chapter 398 - 394: What Are You Looking At? Call the Police!

Chapter 398: Chapter 394: What Are You Looking At? Call the Police!

There’s more than just movies at the third level, naturally there are... actors too.

As for Du Qiang, he is now at the second level. Police ranks are the same as military ranks, both are marks to distinguish levels.

Promotion is almost no different from a job upgrade. The reason Du Qiang cares about this is that his police rank was lower than Li Zijun’s.

Now that they are finally the same, of course, he’s happy for a couple of days. Even after the meeting, he couldn’t bear to take off his handsome uniform.

Although the duty uniform and other police uniforms also have shoulder patches, the formal uniform is the most handsome.

"So, how did it feel to be in the limelight in front of everyone today?"

In Zhao Minghui’s office, Zhao Lin and another person each hold a thermos cup, drinking warm water, looking like the old cadre type, quite at ease.

"Don’t mention it, my two squad chiefs, you know I’m quite introverted. I’ve never given a speech on stage during my school days, and you made me show my face in front of so many policemen. It’s like pooping in public!" Su Qing said righteously.

He’s not exactly socially anxious, but somewhat introverted.

Even just standing up to answer a question in school made him a bit embarrassed, and in college, he wished he could shrink away.

He really envied those classmates who could perform on stage, singing and dancing.

Always felt especially nervous being watched by so many people at once. More so as today, the chief of Jiang City Public Security Bureau was beside him.

He’s only met this person once, and didn’t have a good impression, but the chief wanted to commend him today, so he couldn’t refuse such a commendation; after all, he’s such a big leader.

"Come on, what kind of talk is that!" Zhao Minghui glared at him upon hearing that. How did showing your face on stage become equivalent to pooping in public? We would have socially died long ago!

"Hahaha, young Su is just young and hasn’t been through these occasions much. You’ll get used to it eventually." Lin Chengcai laughed.

To these two crafty old men before him, even though he was just a consultant, it was truly hard to respect them as other team members did, always feeling like at any moment they might give him a hard time.

"Forget it, next time you get Liu to give some real stuff. Money would do, no need for this Second-level Police Chief treatment, making me go up and take a photo while holding such a big sign. I don’t even know if I should be laughing. By the way, what are the benefits for a Second-level Police Chief?" Su Qing asked.

Even though he’s been here for a while, he still doesn’t understand the internal system of the police bureau, but he knows the biggest one is called the director.

As for the ranks on the shoulders, if Du Qiang hadn’t told him he’s now a second-level, he wouldn’t even know what it represented.

"The monthly allowance for a Second-level Police Chief rank is 100 more than the third level," Zhao Minghui chimed in from the side.

"Only 100 more?" Su Qing was shocked.

He thought it would be a thousand more, seeing ’Du the Bald’ so happy, showing off like he hit a fortune.

"How much more do you want then?"

"Um... can I ask how much the third-level allowance is?" Su Qing asked weakly.

To this, Zhao Minghui bluntly responded: "660."

Su Qing: ...

The allowance for a third-level officer is 660, adding a hundred makes it 760, what’s there to be so happy about.

"What’s with your expression, I only have 1100, and Old Lin just 960, what more do you want!" Zhao Minghui glared.

He saw the intense disdain in this kid’s eyes. Although he heard from Li Zijun that this young man in front of him probably earned way beyond their imagination, but still, they earn the country’s money and are proud to eat this bowl of rice.

"Don’t listen to Old Zhao’s nonsense. Besides the rank allowance, we also have car allowances, medical, duty allowance, overtime pay, spiritual civilization award, cooling fee, high temperature subsidy, heating subsidy, year-end bonus, and during each holiday, things like rice, flour, soybean oil, mooncakes, dumplings, tangyuan, etc., are given.

These change according to the rank level. Although our basic salary is low, the benefits are good. Including your social insurance contribution is also related to this.

While it might not look much, it actually adds up to be quite considerable!" Lin Chengcai comforted.

All this effort, and now this person is finally part of their criminal investigation unit, and as an advisor in the first squad, which is his team, his effort didn’t go in vain.

Others in the criminal investigation unit might not know Su Qing’s role, but ever since he joined these past two months, Lin Chengcai could clearly feel the difference having him and not having him.

Whenever there was a case, Su Qing always managed to give direct or indirect hints, slowly pointing them in the right direction.

Like this time, the case hit a bottleneck several times, but Su Qing always provided some guesses, general directions, and even asserted Zhang Heng was highly suspicious, reasoning that his son didn’t look like him.

Though at the time it seemed absurd, even ridiculous, the result proved he was spot on.

Thinking back, you’ll find every tip he gave was almost correct.

Once realizing this, Lin Chengcai suddenly had a deeper understanding of Su Qing’s ability; he’s absolutely a natural detective.

Especially recently, as long as Su Qing is involved in a case, the obstacles to solving it are surprisingly few, even Zhao Minghui didn’t notice.

Indeed, that’s the nature of civil service, the salary seems ordinary, but the hidden benefits are what truly attract people.

The benefits mentioned above, even the basic salary, can change with the level of the police rank, so there’s a reason why Du Qiang is so happy.

"Is that so? I thought it was only an extra hundred bucks, you know."

"How’s that possible? We’re a legit workplace here. Knowing you didn’t want to get officially enrolled, I specifically applied to Director Liu to get you this position. How do you like it?"

"Thank you, Captain Lin!"

"Ahem."

"Uh... Thank you, Captain Zhao!"

At this, the two veterans smiled contentedly, feeling life was moving in a better direction.

By the time the civil servant exams are over next month, police academy graduates and other newly hired personnel will be assigned to various precincts and sub-bureaus. Even here, they take in a few each year.

Most are placed in whichever department has vacancies.

Of course, those who graduated from police academy with majors in investigation or related fields can enter professional departments like criminal investigation. They are trained as rookies, and after being mentored for a few years, they can handle cases independently.

"By the way, why are you two so idle today? No work?" Su Qing asked.

Ever since his father discovered a corpse while fishing, over the past month, every time he visited the police bureau, the criminal investigation team was always in a rush. It was uncommon to see them so relaxed today.

"Thanks to your luck! The case is closed, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief, and some are even on holiday. The remaining cases are relatively simple, requiring basic criminal investigation work and responsibility sorting, which doesn’t require us to act. Of course, we should rest!" Zhao Minghui laughed.

Although Jiang City is a big city with numerous criminal cases every day, when distributed among the various precincts and sub-bureaus, it’s not that many, and the workload isn’t particularly heavy.

After all, major cases like murder, dismemberment, robbery, rape, and murder aren’t that common; otherwise, wouldn’t it be chaotic?

Most are conflicts or theft-related cases.

Most police officers can handle the former, and when it comes to criminal investigations, most targets are already identified; the criminal investigation team just needs to catch the perpetrators.

The latter requires more effort, finding theft suspects involves checking surveillance, and once the range is narrowed, it involves interrogation and questioning.

𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

For the police, capturing them isn’t that difficult; there are cameras everywhere, and few dare to confront the police.

The challenging part is the investigation process, gathering evidence, deducing the crime’s course, and identifying the culprit, which is the most time-consuming and headache-inducing part.

"Since you’ve credited my luck, I might as well take a little vacation myself. If there are no big cases in our criminal investigation department recently, don’t call me. I’m going to take a break!" Su Qing said happily.

Lin Chengcai: ...

Zhao Minghui: ...

Listen, does that even sound like a proper human conversation? The old man’s been slacking off at the police bureau, and he’s complaining of fatigue? How dare you?

"Xiao Su, I advise you to visit the bureau more, get more involved with cases with Xiao Li and Xiao Qiang. At least you can gain some experience, right?" Old Zhao advised earnestly.

Upon hearing this, Su Qing quickly raised his hand: "Stop right there, Captain Zhao, what you said doesn’t make sense. I may not have much experience, but I still helped solve cases, right? It’s not my experience that’s lacking—it’s my energy. For someone as skilled as I am, shouldn’t I be used where I’m most needed? What do you think, Captain Lin?"

"You..."

"I think Xiao Su’s right, good steel should be used where it’s needed most!"

"Old Lin... how could you..."

"Captain Zhao, take care of your health. You’ve put too much goji in there; it’s overwhelming!"

"Nonsense, this is just plain boiled water!"

[The overindulgent Old Zhao was embarrassed and enraged by your words, determined to find some work for you, as his kidneys ache.]

Su Qing: ...

Meanwhile, unexpected guests arrived at the company.

"What kind of lousy company is this? My son works here, hasn’t received his salary, and now you’re asking us to pay over forty thousand in compensation. How does that make sense? Where’s your boss? Tell him to come out!"

A plump middle-aged woman arrived at the company with her son Bai Hao, causing a disturbance. She received a call from her son this morning, saying that he was being sued by the company for over forty thousand in compensation. How can this be?

So, the mother and son came over, and the woman immediately displayed her knack for causing trouble, yelling and vandalizing, even disrupting their work.

"President Shen, what should we do?" Feng Yan asked from the side.

Shen Yi glanced outside and chuckled, "What do you think? What are you waiting for? Call the police!"

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