Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings.

Chapter 1043 1028 [Seeking Support]

This police station is not very busy.

The crime rate in Thailand is actually very high. According to common sense, the police station should be as noisy as the Hong Kong Police Station, but it is very deserted here.

Along the way, apart from a few policemen on duty, there were basically no bad guys to be seen.

When the police saw Zhuang Dingxian, they showed curiosity. After all, handsome guys with fair skin like him were rare in Thailand.

Thai people are all very dark, except for those men who have been taking hormone injections and nutritional supplements since childhood and concentrate on transforming themselves into women, who are generally dark.

Zhuang Dingxian ignored those looks and went straight up to the second floor according to the instructions of the gatekeeper.

The second floor is the police station's serious crime unit office. As soon as Zhuang Dingxian reached the door, he was stopped by a voice, "What are you doing?"

When Zhuang Dingxian looked back, he saw a plainclothes policeman who was carrying a teapot of water and staring at him warily.

Zhuang Dingxian smiled and said, "I'm looking for Director Huo Wen."

"Looking for our director, what do you want from him?"

"Of course it's something important—" Zhuang Dingxian said as he took out a business card from his pocket and handed it over, "Please inform me."

The other party took the business card, glanced at it, and muttered: "Hong Kong Royal Police Chong Dingxian? You are from Hong Kong."

"Exactly."

"What are you doing here?"

"Cooperation."

"Uh?"

"I'll tell you the details after I meet your director."

"Wait!" the plainclothes policeman muttered impatiently, then went in carrying the bottle of tea.

Zhuang Dingxian had no choice but to wait outside.

A moment——
The plainclothes officer turned around and said to Zhuang Dingxian: "Our director asked you to come in!"

Zhuang Dingxian said: "Thank you!"

Step inside.

As soon as I entered, I heard the sound of a belt whipping.

"Asshole! Are you going to confess or not? Don't think I don't dare to hit you. You even cheated an old lady out of her coffin money. Do you have any humanity?"

Crackling!

The belt snapped.

A voice groaned, "No, I am innocent! It's not me. You can't wrongly accuse a good person without evidence!"

"Wrongly accused you? I have witnesses and physical evidence here, and you still say you are wrongly accused? Don't think I don't know what you did before. You have a history of fraud!"

Crackling!

Another burst of convulsions.

Whoops!
The man howled in pain.

When Zhuang Dingxian walked in, he saw a poor guy hanging from the beam with his hands tied together, and a burly man was whipping him hard on the tender parts of his skin with a belt.

Intercostal!

Calf!
She deliberately avoided obvious parts such as the neck and cheeks, and you can tell at first glance that she is an expert.

Not far away, a slightly plump man was sitting at a table. He was wearing a white striped sweatshirt with two buttons of the collar open. He looked greasy, but his pair of small eyes revealed a cunning light from time to time.

Behind the chubby man, a thin man with a middle-parted hair who looked like a traitor was holding a folding fan and fanning the chubby man. He said, "Director, this guy is very stubborn! Lao Wu, don't hit him anymore. If you keep hitting him, he will become disabled. Then the media will accuse us of lynching again!"

The burly man turned around, looked at the slightly plump man sitting there and said, "Chief, what should we do? If we keep fighting, something bad will happen to Zhendao!"

The slightly plump man stood up after hearing this.

The thin man hurriedly followed with a folding fan in his hand and continued to help fan the air.

The slightly fat man Huo Wen walked forward with his hands behind his back, came to the hanging man, stretched out his hand to lift the man's chin, and made him look at him, "Look, I'm a very impatient person. I just want to ask one question, was that fraud case done by you?"

The unlucky guy was beaten black and blue. He looked at Huo Wen breathlessly and uttered two words: "No."

"Okay!" Huo Wen answered very straightforwardly. He turned around and pulled out the gun from the thin man's waist, then turned around and pointed it at the unlucky guy's forehead.
The unlucky guy was startled, "What?"

Huo Wen's eyes were cold. "Since you don't admit it, it's useless to ask you to do it. Just collapse!"

"You, are you kidding me? Killing is against the law, and you are the police chief?" The unlucky guy's lips trembled a little, and he looked at Huo Wen in fear.

Huo Wen looked at him coldly, then he loaded the bullet directly into the gun and pointed it at the unlucky guy's forehead again: "I'll ask you one last question, will you tell me or not?"

"I--"

Horwin was ready to pull the trigger.

"I say! Can't I just confess?"

"Smart!" Huo Wen turned the pistol around and threw it to the thin man next to him.

The thin man took it hurriedly.

"If you don't tell me, I will really shoot you!" Huo Wen said coldly, "As you just said, it is illegal for a police officer to kill someone, but it is not a crime for a police chief to kill someone! Do you understand?"

This sentence was arrogant and domineering, but it made people have to accept it. At this time, someone saw Zhuang Dingxian standing at the door and walked to Huo Wen and whispered a few words.

Huo Wen turned around and said to Zhuang Dingxian, "Come in!"

Zhuang Dingxian went in.

Huo Wen looked at him and asked, "You are from Hong Kong. Are you a police officer there?"

"Yes."

"Do you have a problem with me?"

"Yes!" Zhuang Dingxian looked around and said, "If you don't mind, I want to talk to you alone."

Huo Wen nodded and said to the burly man and the thin man, "You guys get out! Take this scary guy with you!"

"Yes, Director!"

The thin man and the burly man asked someone to put the unlucky guy down and take him away.

Huo Wen pointed to the office chair and said to Zhuang Dingxian, "Sit down!"

Zhuang Dingxian sat down and looked around. The chairs and benches were very simple, unlike the grand ones in other police stations in Thailand with leather sofas and marble floors.

Huo Wen personally made a cup of tea for Zhuang Dingxian, handed it to him and said, "You are from Hong Kong, I am from Fujian, we are both Chinese, please let me know if you need any help."

Zhuang Dingxian was not polite either, holding a teacup in his hand and said, "I am here on behalf of Interpol this time, and I want your help in eradicating the Blue Dragon Society, the cancer of Bangkok—"

"Uh, Qinglong Society?" Huo Wen's eyes flickered, then disappeared immediately. He smiled and said, "Zhuang Sheng, are you kidding? Do you know what kind of organization Qinglong Society is?"

"Of course I know." Zhuang Dingxian put down his teacup, took out a cigarette from his suit pocket, and passed one to Huo Wen while smoking it. "The Qinglong Society has committed all kinds of evil in Bangkok, smuggling drugs, trafficking in human beings, and torturing children to make them beg for money. They are simply unscrupulous! Unfortunately, some people are accomplices to the evil, not only secretly protecting the Qinglong Society, but also tipping them off, making the Qinglong Society fearless in every action and never being caught!"

Huo Wen was stunned after hearing what Zhuang Dingxian said. His first reaction was that since Zhuang Dingxian already knew the details of the Qinglong Society, why did he still look for him? Didn't he know that the largest organization that sheltered the Qinglong Society was the Bangkok police?
However, he thought quickly and immediately realized that since Zhuang Dingxian represented Interpol, it meant that Interpol had at least set its sights on the Qinglong Society. The Qinglong Society had aroused public anger, and if they were ruthless, they could really wipe out this vicious organization.

Now that this Zhuang has found me, does he want me to help him and join forces with him? Then wouldn't I be the enemy of the General Administration? Is this a crisis or an opportunity?

Huo Wen's heart skipped a beat. He was already 38 years old, but was still only a branch chief. As a Chinese, his path to advancement in the Thai police force was constrained. His ambition to climb the ladder was greater than anyone else, but he had no suitable opportunity.

Huo Wen came to Thailand in 1958 and officially joined the Thai police force after completing qualification training and examinations.

At that time, the Chinese were not very powerful and suffered discrimination from white people in the local area. Apart from the Thai royal family, the highest ethnic group in Thailand was white people, mainly French.

The French opened mines, built roads, and provided train transportation in Thailand. Many local Thai people, including the Thai police force, were dependent on the French and followed their lead.

With the global decolonization development, Thailand, which was not a colonial country, took the lead in launching an anti-French movement and drove out the white people who intended to colonize France!
Soon after, Thailand announced the implementation of an industrialization strategy centered on state capitalism, restricting private capital investment in industry. As a result, hundreds of newly built state-owned enterprises suffered losses year after year, causing a heavy financial burden. Since the 60s, Thailand has shifted its economic development strategy and promoted a market economy. The government has limited investment to infrastructure construction, abolished the monopoly of state-owned enterprises in the economy, and promulgated a series of policies and regulations to encourage private investment. Private capital investment in industry has increased year by year.

From the 60s to the mid-70s, the United States used Thailand as an important military base and rear area, stimulating the rapid development of Thailand's industry, transportation, commerce and tourism.

At this time, Thailand had entered a stage of prosperity, and its development speed was second only to the four Asian tigers.

Like many developing countries, economic development has created a hotbed of corruption, especially within the Thai police force, where corruption is no less rampant than that of the Four Inspectors in Hong Kong during the same period.

In order to get promoted, Huo Wen began to gather information everywhere. When he learned that Ding Weihan, one of the most powerful Chinese in the Thai police force, had returned from training in the United States, Huo Wen gave all his belongings, including his wife's dowry, to this great man. He got close to this powerful figure and was able to rise directly from a corporal to become the chief police sergeant among the Chinese.

According to the Thai police rank, Huo Wen's promotion is considered a triple jump. Above him are second lieutenant, lieutenant, captain, and above those are major, lieutenant colonel and colonel.

As Huo Wen's mentor, Ding Weihan was directly promoted to colonel after returning from training in the United States, and was in charge of the Southern Police Station, that is, the director of the Southern Police Station.

Ding Weihan was also considerate of Huo Wen. After he was promoted to the director of the Southern Bureau, he promoted Huo Wen, a Chinese policeman, three levels higher, directly making him a captain, to work under his command.

Under Ding Weihan's protection, Huo Wen was full of fighting spirit. Not only did he solve major cases repeatedly, he also dared to fight against some powerful people who were partial to their own interests and broke the law, fighting for the rights of the Chinese. For this, he became the "pride of the Chinese" in Bangkok.

At that time, Huo Wen was full of confidence that as long as he relied on Ding Weihan, he would be able to rise to prominence. However, fate played a trick on him. In 1970, Ding Weihan was commended by the King of Thailand for solving the "Thai Royal Palace Jewelry Theft Case" and was officially promoted to "Police Major General". He was also the only Chinese to be promoted to Major General.

Huo Wen took out the millions of Thai baht that he had saved over the years and wanted Ding Weihan to help him get a position of colonel or lieutenant colonel. Ding Weihan had already agreed, but before he could help him with the position, a coup d'état took place in Thailand.

In 1973, it was the "Soviet attack, American defense" stage in the US-Soviet hegemony. The United States had just withdrawn from Vietnam in a panic and was conducting strategic contraction. The Soviet Union launched a massive global offensive, vigorously exported revolutions to Asian, African and Latin American countries, encouraged and funded democratic movements in third world countries, and the world's democratic movement was surging. Against this background, a large-scale democratic movement broke out in the Buddhist country of Thailand, demanding the resignation of the military government and the implementation of democratic elections.

As the head of state, the King of Thailand met with the activists in a timely manner and appointed a new non-military prime minister in accordance with the law - meeting with subjects and appointing prime ministers are the few powers granted to the monarch under the constitutional monarchy.

From then on, the military government that had ruled Thailand for decades without democratic elections came to an end and was replaced by a democratically elected government.

As the democratically elected government of the new era, the corrupt Thai police force has become the first choice for people's reform and the target of the democratic movement.

As we all know, the corruption and bribery in the Thai police force at that time was even worse than that in Hong Kong's black gold era. The people were complaining bitterly, and as a Chinese, Ding Weihan had no inherent advantages. He quickly stepped down from major general of the police and handed over his position to a local Thai.

When Huo Wen heard the news, he wished he could spit out blood. It was naturally impossible for him to ask Ding Weihan for the money back. After all, the other party had helped and promoted him before. Besides, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Although Ding Weihan had stepped down, his connections were still there. It would be easy to deal with a police captain like him.

In desperation, Huo Wen had to find another backer, and relying on his own fighting ability, he was gradually promoted from captain to major.

Just when Huo Wen thought that this might be the end of his life, with the highest police rank being a major, a miracle happened -
At the inauguration ceremony the following year, Huo Wen represented the Southern Police Station and was promoted directly to the chief of the Southern Police Station, a rank of colonel.

Huo Wen couldn't believe his ears when he heard the news. He found out later that all of this was arranged and planned by his senior Ding Weihan. He wanted to foster a trustworthy Chinese policeman in the police force to help the Chinese speak up, and Huo Wen was the best candidate.

At this moment, Huo Wen was really glad that he did not ask Ding Weihan for the donation money.

Otherwise there wouldn't be such a result.

Now, Howen has been serving as Police Colonel, Chief of the Southern Police Department, for three years.

During the three years, Howen worked hard to manage the Southern Police Station in an orderly manner, which not only reduced the local crime rate, but also made the local people begin to trust and rely on the police.

As a Chinese, Huo Wen is highly praised by the Chinese organizations in Bangkok, who believe that he is a rare talent and therefore will use their greatest human and material support to support his re-election in the future.

With such a promise, Huo Wen's originally calm heart began to be agitated again.

People must have ideals, otherwise what’s the difference between them and salted fish?
Huo Wen's ideal is the peak that his predecessor Ding Weihan once reached.
Major General Police!

(End of this chapter)