Chapter 83: The Village of the Overlord

  After the middle-level leadership adjustment meeting of Gǔhóng County Public Security Bureau, the persons in charge of various departments who were adjusted, after three or four days of busy work, finally completed the handover. From the perspective of Dàxīng Town, the town government leaders sent Li Shān off and then Liu Lì, on behalf of the police station, sent Li Shān off again, which can be said to have given Li Shān enough face.

  After the handover was completed, Liu Li privately invited Li Shan to a solo banquet and asked him about the business of the police station. Thinking that Yu Shao Yong had personally escorted Liu Li to take up his post at the Daxing Police Station, Li Shan decided to get to know Liu Li better, so after two cups of wine, he shared some experiences with Liu Li.

  Looking at Liu Li's sincere face on the dinner table, Li Shan said in a half-drunken and half-awake tone: "Liu Suo, you're so young yet managing the public security of an entire region, your future prospects are boundless. To be honest, if it weren't for this adjustment that assigned me to the Household Registration Department, I really wouldn't want to leave that place."

  The reason is simple, our police station has jurisdiction over many villages, a large population, and many cases. Not to mention the fines from those cases, just the household registration income alone makes our Daxing Police Station better off than others. Moreover, the county bureau has joint defense funds every month, and the town government covers the fuel costs for police cars, so there's no pressure at all in terms of work.

  At this point, Li Shan looked around and said in a low voice: "In addition to the two points mentioned above, the most important thing is that our police station has someone backing us up. This convenient advantage is not available to any other police station."

  Liu Li originally wanted to ask Li Shan about the situation and get some information about the abilities and personalities of the police officers at the station, but he didn't expect Li Shan to be so straightforward and reveal some things that Liu Li didn't know.

  Liu Li picked up the wine jug and filled a cup for Li Shan, then poured some water into Li Shan's teacup. After doing so, he humbly asked: "Li Suo... no, I mean, Director Li, you must enlighten me, who is above us pulling the strings?"

  Seeing Liu Li being so polite, Li Shan smiled: "Liu is too courteous, who are we brothers? I'm from the Daxing Police Station, and in the future when I return to my hometown, I still hope you'll entertain me."

  After exchanging a few pleasantries, Li Shan paused for a moment before continuing: "Liu Suo used to be in the third squad, and rarely paid attention to the affairs of the lower dispatch stations. I suppose Liu Suo has never noticed Linjiazhuang?"

  This Linjiazhuang is located 10 kilometers south of our town, it's the second largest village in our town, with a population of over 1700 people. Linjiazhuang is only 12 kilometers away from the county seat, and the highway there is National Highway 414, the road is very convenient.

  Geographically advantageous, with well-developed roads and many enterprises surrounding the village, its prosperity is no less than that of Daxing Street in our town government's residence, and it is even more affluent than Daxing Street.

  That year, the Linjiazhuang Village Committee invested in a new office building for our police station and wanted us to move there. If it weren't for Secretary Gao from the town opposing it, our police station would probably be located in Linjiazhuang now.

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  There's a saying that great people come from great places, and Linjiazhuang is quite impressive. The villagers are definitely not ordinary either. Many of them run their own businesses, and some work outside the village. Over the years, many notable figures have emerged from this place, including our county bureau's Deputy Director Lin.

  "What? Deputy Director Lin's hometown is in our Daxing Town? So, Deputy Director Lin and Deputy Director Lin's family are from Linjiazhuang?" Liu Li was somewhat surprised by this news.

  Li Shan nodded: "Not bad, that's right, didn't you think so? Hehe... Deputy Director Lin has three brothers, the eldest Lin Wansen, the second Lin Wanlin, and the third Lin Wanmu. Now the village branch secretary of Linjiazhuang is the second brother Lin Wanlin."

  The three Lin brothers in our Daxing Town are all well-known figures. Not to mention Deputy Director Lin and Deputy Director Lin, just talking about the second brother, Village Chief Lin, although he serves as a village chief in the village, but he has many enterprises in the county and is an entrepreneur with a good reputation.

  Because of the relationship between Deputy Director Lin and Deputy Director Lin, the village committee of Linjiazhuang Village and our police station have a better relationship. Usually when we are in trouble here, Village Chief Lin will lend a hand to help.

  Let's just talk about the newspaper fees. Every year when it's time to collect newspaper fees, other police stations go from village to village to collect them, like begging for food. But ours is not like that. Whenever that time comes, as long as we give a number, Village Chief Lin will always make up the necessary newspaper fees, saving us a lot of trouble.

  When the police station office building was first built, the budget was 650,000 yuan. The county bureau allocated 200,000 yuan, the town government allocated 200,000 yuan, and the remaining 250,000 yuan had to be figured out by our police station itself.

  "How was it? Selling the police station at that time wouldn't have made that much money, anyway. So I went to find Village Chief Lin, guess what happened? After Village Chief Lin heard about the situation, he directly allocated 300,000 yuan, 250,000 yuan for building the police station, and the remaining 50,000 yuan was used for decoration. You say how generous they are."

  "This can't just be a matter of being generous, can it? There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world. If Village Chief Lin is doing this, he must be expecting some kind of return?" Liu Li asked skeptically.

  "What do you want in return? What can we help them with?" As he said this, Li Shan himself took a sip of wine from his cup: "However, Village Chief Lin is quite strict about managing the village. If there's anything that happens, they don't want other departments to interfere."

  Liu Suo, I must solemnly remind you that after taking office, try your best to get along with Deputy Director Lin. Also, you must go visit Village Chief Lin first, with his support, your work in the local area will be much smoother.

  Right, you must remember one thing, don't go to Linjiazhuang to catch gamblers, arrest people, or inspect enterprises. Also, if you're going to arrest someone and the other party is from Linjiazhuang, it's best to give Village Chief Lin a heads up first; otherwise, not only will Village Chief Lin be unhappy, but Deputy Director Lin won't be satisfied either.

  Before I took office at the Daxing Police Station, the director at that time was a man with the surname Du. Director Du went to Linjiazhuang twice to catch gamblers without making any prior contact, and as a result, he was scolded by Village Chief Lin in public. Later, he was also criticized by Deputy Director Lin in front of all county police officers. Finally, because of a small mistake, he was dismissed from his position.

  "Liu Suo, these are all lessons from the past. When there's nothing going on, I hope you won't provoke Linjiazhuang and maintain the current situation, isn't it good like this? I can directly be promoted to head of household registration department, I reckon it's because Deputy Director Lin helped out. Everyone being harmonious is a win-win, hehe..."

  Hearing this, Liu Li smiled playfully: "Unexpectedly, we have such a character here... as long as he doesn't break the law, I guarantee I won't go looking for him. But if he does... then it's hard to say..."