Chapter 731: Analysis
Generally speaking, if the headquarters was to send someone to “collaborate” on a case, then it was equivalent to questioning the local police division’s ability.
Anyone who deemed themselves capable would be displeased by this decision.
However, Ran Jing still maintained a calm look, because after all, someone that the headquarter sent must be at a higher status than they were. As for his capabilities, she was not in a hurry to question but rather adopted more of a wait and see attitude; she remained skeptical about him.
Yet, on this occasion, she needed to show her broad mind and generosity.
She shook hands with Xu Cheng. “Glad to work with you.”
“We will all cooperate with each other.” Xu Cheng changed his voice to a hoarse one because he was afraid that Ran Jing would recognize the voice.
“Why are you wearing a mask?” Ran Jing felt that this person was quite rude, wrapping his body and still wearing a mask, looking quite mysterious. For a person who parachuted down and was taking over their case, Ran Jing’s straightforward temper was already considered to have been polished over the years when she didn’t just question him directly on the spot.
Xu Cheng directly confessed, “Some wounds are not easy to show to the public, please understand.”
Ran Jing slightly backed down with his explanation. “My name is Ran Jing.”
“Just call me Mr. Fang.”
Ran Jing raised her eyebrows and asked with a smile, “What, your name is not to be known by the public as well?”
Xu Cheng gave a light laugh. “Fang Yucheng.”
That was when someone from the headquarters came over and said something to Ran Jing. She then turned her head to her subordinates and said, “The meeting is dismissed. Everybody start organizing a file for the East Gate case.”
The subordinates picked up their notebooks and left the conference room one after another, leaving the headquarter personnel to host this temporary meeting.
Ran Jing said, directly to the point, “Chief, regarding the East Gate smuggling case… we started working on it since the last director was in duty, and it’s been almost three years. Now you disrupted all of our work at once. To be honest, that’s very unjustifiable.”
The chief let out a bitter smile and waved his hand. “I know you have always been protective of shortcomings and don’t want the Shangcheng Police Department to become a joke. But Little Jing, the top priority is to solve the case, and taking consideration of your feelings, they just sent Mr. Fang here to assist you and didn’t order the entire team to hand over the case. You don’t have to be too defensive about it.”
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Ran Jing said directly, “Chief, I am not underestimating Mr. Fang, but I just have one question: How much does he know about this case?”
Xu Cheng: “Strictly speaking, I haven’t touched up on it.”
Ran Jing: “See? I’m not saying anything about Mr. Fang, but I just think that it wouldn’t be any help in this case if we let someone who doesn’t know anything assist us. It will in turn make our hardworking comrades feel negative emotions in their hearts. I, as their boss, need to reflect on this matter with the superiors.”
Xu Cheng just sat there without a word as he looked at Ran Jing quietly behind his mask.
This woman was still so competitive, and to put it bluntly, she just did not want others to interfere with their business.
The Chief looked at Xu Cheng. “Do Mr.Fang have anything to say?”
He knew that this order was given from the Dragon Division, and he was just a representative who was here to facilitate the transfer.
Xu Cheng and Ran Jing sat across from each other. He leaned back in his chair and did not say a word.
Ran Jing looked at him without the slightest intention of backing down.
Xu Cheng smiled. “Director Ran, then if I don’t interfere for now and give you a little more time, how long do you need to clean it up?”
Ran Jing became interested. “Then let me report the progress of our work. We tracked down a total of five people, and these five people may be important members of this smuggling network. They have a fixed group of people and are acting with high secrecy. We couldn’t get undercover agents in, and these five people were still able to conduct the smuggling operation even under our surveillance. That’s enough to show that they are a very well-organized and scrupulous organization. However, I believe that given a little more time, we can dismantle this organization.”
Xu Cheng spoke up at this time. “Okay, then I can give you guys a little more time, but any action you take, I want to be involved behind the scenes.”
Ran Jing: “That’s no problem.”
She also wanted to prove that they were capable.
The Chief: “Then that would be perfect, we will all compromise with each other and each take a step back so we are all happy.”
Ran Jing stood up and shook hands with Xu Cheng formally. “Thank you for your understanding.”
She needed to stabilize their mindset, so she was thankful for Xu Cheng’s concessions.
When Xu Cheng shook her hand, Ran Jing saw that his entire hand was frighteningly white, but she still pretended to be calm as she shook his hand. However, she felt a bit of sympathy for Xu Cheng in her heart because she thought Xu Cheng might have physical disorders and she should try to understand him.
Xu Cheng followed Ran Jing to their workplace with all the equipment. It was a temporary intelligence and command department specifically built for the East Gate port smuggling case.
Ran Jing placed the information about the five suspects in front of Xu Cheng’s table and said, “These five people used to be the core members of North Gate, and they were quite lost after it disbanded so they picked up the old business again. We have caught some transactions in progress, and these five people were always there at the scene. We couldn’t manage to get them locked up because it was usually small transactions, and we could only hold them off for a few days before we released them.”
Xu Cheng said, “I’m afraid that they are being used to distract the police. From the information you gave me, they may not be the core members of the case.”
Ran Jing was surprised. “How come?”
Xu Cheng: “Looking at their past work in the North Gate, they should be rich if they made bold movements in the past, instead of being at where they are standing right now. I’m thinking that someone is using them to distract the police, making it hard to catch the real big fish. You just catch these small fish whenever. I’m guessing that it’s because you guys have been after them for three years, so they’re afraid that you might be onto something and thus they’re giving you guys some distractions. After all, everyone knows that no problem is the biggest problem. The port is huge, how would it be possible for the port to not have any kind of under the table business? So they’re smart to take control of it first by feeding you with the small fish, and they probably indirectly reported to you so you could get them. A real one-stop service.”
Ran Jing listened with a slight blush on her face, thinking that Mr. Fang was too straightforward.
This was basically scolding them for being led on by the nose.
“Mr. Fang, then what do you think that does any good for them? Attracting us here all day and then committing crimes in broad daylight? Probably not,” Ran Jing asked.
“Then what are the things you’ve seized during the smuggling cases?”
Ran Jing: “A lot, like appliances, electronics, and so on.”
Xu Cheng: “So the only thing you haven’t caught here is drug trafficking, right?”
Ran Jing nodded. “No, but the drug team said they have found many places in Shangcheng with these things.”
“See? So the small fish are trading those electronics, which is what they left you to find. How could they let you catch the ones that make a real big profit?” Xu Cheng said.