Hong Kong News: Police Talker

Chapter 982 Mike's Thoughts

After coming out of Huang Bingyao's office, Watson couldn't help but look back. He had not experienced the other party's situation at the time, but if he thought about it, he could imagine how difficult it was to push a Chinese to the position of Commissioner of Police at that time.

You have to know that at that time, the world was ruled by foreigners. In Hong Kong Island, foreigners were like celestial beings, naturally superior to Chinese people.

Don't think that Lei Luo seemed very powerful during that period. In fact, the foreigners just used him as a tool to make money. Moreover, the famous Chief Chinese Detective of that period was not even an inspector.

This shows what the Chinese police were like in the eyes of foreigners at that time. To put it nicely, they were subordinates and tools; to put it bluntly, they were cannon fodder and slaves.

This is a policeman. If it were an ordinary person, he would just be a streetwalker.

One can imagine the situation that the Chinese faced in Hong Kong Island at that time. Under this situation, many Chinese worked together to push Li Shutang to the position of director, which allowed later comers such as Watson to enjoy a fairer situation.

During Li Shutang's tenure, he carried out drastic reforms and kicked out most of the foreigners who were occupying the police force but not doing anything. This allowed Huang Bingyao and others to successfully take over.

If it weren't for pioneers like Li Shutang and Wong Bing-yiu, Watson would have been lucky to be promoted to Chief Superintendent in just a few years.

Watson didn’t think so much before, but now he thinks that he has indeed received favors from Li Shutang and others. No wonder Li Shutang has such a great reputation. Even after retiring, he can still command so many people in the police force, including leaders of various departments and police station chiefs.

As Huang Bingyao personally contacted some people, the pressure on Zeng Xiangrong became increasingly tremendous. Not only were the political department members assigned to various departments kicked out, but even his own promotion, which was certain to take place next month, began to become confusing.

At this time, Zeng Xiangrong was furious in his office.

"Fuck you! I told you we shouldn't test Li Wenbin. He's Li Shutang's son, and with his personality, there's no way he could possibly stand our temptation."

"Mike, these are all good ideas you came up with. Now, let alone the people you've placed in the position, even my promotion next month is starting to become unstable. You need to give me an explanation!"

Mike, the former head of the Political Department, said with a grim expression, "Rong, I didn't expect Liu Jianming to go to Li Wenbin to talk about this. When he was in the Political Department, I admired him very much. He has strong personal abilities and I think he's a rare talent. That's why I recommended him to you and asked you to recruit him privately."

"I never thought Liu Jianming would go directly to Li Wenbin. Based on my understanding of him, even if he disagrees, he should pretend that this incident never happened."

Zeng Xiangrong shouted angrily, "Shit, I'm not asking you to explain to me now. I'm asking you, what should I do next?"

"Because of the chain reaction caused by this incident, all the people we had successfully placed in various departments have now been kicked out. Even those departments that initially did nothing have now kicked out our people."

"It's fair to say that the Political Department's reputation has been completely ruined. It already had a bad reputation, and now they're accusing us of planting undercover agents within their department. I really don't have an explanation."

"Most importantly, this incident has affected my promotion next month. You should understand how important this matter is."

Mike said calmly, "Rong, don't worry. Your promotion next month has been approved by the Secretary for Administration and the Security Bureau. This incident with the Special Branch will not affect your promotion. Unless someone reports this to the Governor, your promotion may be rejected."

"But I don't think anyone would be so foolish as to report police affairs to the Governor!"

After hearing this, Zeng Xiangrong thought about it carefully and realized that it was indeed true. This matter had been approved by the Security Bureau and the Secretary for Administration, and it could not be changed by those in the police force.

"But even so, my reputation within the police force has taken a big hit. And what about those people in the Special Branch? The department I manage doesn't have enough space to accommodate so many killers who don't understand administration or management."

Yes, the people in the Political Department were all learning how to investigate cases and kill people. No one taught them how to run an office, how to manage accounts, etc. It can be said that these people in the Political Department are completely unsuitable for management departments.

Hearing this, Mike's face also showed a conflicted look. After a while, he said, "There is no other way. We can only let some people leave the police force. You can screen them and kick out all those who are unsuitable."

Zeng Xiangrong looked at Mike in surprise. He didn't expect him to say that. In his opinion, as their leader, Mike obeyed the arrangement and went undercover in other departments. This should at least give these people a place to stay.

Although the management department is not suitable, the Flying Tigers, the Security Team, and even the PTU and other departments, although not as good as the Serious Crime Unit, the Narcotics Investigation Bureau, and the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau, at least they have a place to stay!

But he didn't expect Mike to be so ruthless and want to kick some people out of the police force directly.

These people can't do anything except investigating cases and killing people. I hope they won't starve to death if they go out!

Seeing Zeng Xiangrong didn't respond, Mike asked curiously, "Why, Rong, do you have a different opinion?"

Zeng Xiangrong paused and said, "No, they are your people after all. They were undercover under your orders. Now that they have been exposed, it is normal for them to be kicked out of the police force."

After all, these people were not his own people, so Zeng Xiangrong did not choose to speak for them.

Mike nodded in satisfaction and said, "Okay, then it's settled. You can screen them first and tell me the ones you want to keep. Kick out the rest. I'm going back to my ancestral home soon and don't have the energy to care about these people."

After hearing this, Zeng Xiangrong finally understood why Mike was so heartless. He still had people in the UK and a bright future after returning. What was the point of bringing these people from the Political Department with him? These people were a complete burden to Mike.

Originally, Mike was thinking of placing these people into the police force before leaving, which would allow him to have a certain degree of control over the Hong Kong Island police force in the future. Now that the matter has been exposed, he would just give up these people.

This is very consistent with the character of the white man.

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