I started out as a criminal, and the police relied on me to solve countless cases.

Chapter 88: Lao Zhu's New Position
Auspicious snow means a good harvest, but if the snow is too heavy, it can easily turn into a snowstorm.

Just like the heavy snow in 2008.

Beijing, East Chang'an Avenue.

The Public Security Bureau Office Building is a square building that covers a large area, almost the size of two football fields.

The national emblem is hung in the center of the gate, solemn and dignified, representing the highest majesty of the country's police system.

The sentries standing guard on the left and right are tall and strong, wearing special winter clothes. They are obviously elite soldiers selected from hundreds of thousands.

Goose-feather-like snowflakes flew with the north wind and soon piled up into a thick layer around the sentry box.

In the office area, in the director's office, the new director officially took office today, and all staff were already present in the large conference room outside.

The "Xuanban" is the Unsolved Cases Investigation Office of the Ministry of Public Security, abbreviated as "Xuanban".

It is responsible for investigating and solving major unsolved cases across the country, and can conduct case investigations across provinces and regions across the country. Public security police units at all levels in provinces, cities and counties are obliged to assist in the investigation of unsolved cases.

Since its establishment, it has solved countless cases and is a department that has always been surrounded by many legends.

At this time, all members of the Suspension Office were holding the first case promotion meeting after the new leader took office.

In the conference room, sitting at the top was a man in his sixties, not very tall, with a straight, steel-needle-like haircut, completely white temples, dark skin, a thin figure, and wearing gold-rimmed glasses.

"Haha, hello everyone. My name is Zhu Qiyu. I think everyone has seen the appointment announcement. I am the former director of the Gulou District Public Security Bureau in Jinling City, Jiangsu Province."

Old Zhu looked at the group of young men and women sitting below. All of them had outstanding temperament, and were introverted and steady in spirit. There were many talented generals among them. He felt deeply moved.

It is true that the new generation replaces the old. Just think about it, more than 30 years ago, when he just started working, a high school student was considered a high-level intellectual, and a college student was considered amazing, as he was half a grade higher than others.

As for college students and graduate students, they were just legends. No one had ever seen them. The top talents at that time either went directly to Europe and the United States, or were snatched up by major national research institutes, central ministries and commissions, and the rest were selected by lower-level units.

Who would have thought that one day I, a high school student, would be giving a meeting to a group of graduate students.

"Everyone here is the elite among the elites. It's really embarrassing for a retired old man like me to sit in this position."

This is not just Zhu's modesty.

He didn't want this position, it was completely given by Mr. Lin.

Otherwise, how could he, the director of a public security bureau in a provincial capital city and a retired department-level cadre in his sixties, be directly appointed as the director of the Unsolved Case Investigation Office of the Ministry of Public Security?
The appointment decision had already been issued in advance, before he arrived.

Everyone in the office had the same reaction.
What's wrong with this old man? Is he still young and crazy? He's already retired and can still ride a rocket?

A provincial capital deputy director-level cadre was promoted to a department-level cadre in Beijing, and this was an over-age promotion.

This is confirmed not to be a high ascension, but an ascension on the spot.

And I also heard that people were reluctant to come at first.

This is outrageous and unreasonable.

To be honest, this matter is really an injustice to Lao Zhu.

With his qualifications and connections, he would have been promoted long ago if he wanted to, and would not have stayed in the same local branch forever.

He has worked in the Jinling Gulou Branch for decades, and all he wanted was to work on the front line, not sit in an office.

I have finally retired this time, and I am thinking of coming to Beijing with my master to visit the Great Wall and the Forbidden City and live out my retirement life.

I didn't expect that I couldn't leave once I arrived.

He was appointed by his superiors and was directly assigned to the ministry, the most difficult unsolved case office.

Old Zhu refused at first. He said he had fought in wars all his life and couldn’t let me enjoy myself.

You can't die of exhaustion at work.

Besides, I am a foreigner and I was suddenly parachuted in without following the rules. How many people would talk about it?

But with all these skills, there is no way Mr. Zhu can compete with Mr. Lin.

Mr. Lin had very sufficient reasons to persuade Mr. Zhu.

In a word, the zz mission directly left Lao Zhu speechless, and he had to do it even if he didn’t want to.

Another reason is that the office is seriously aging. When it was first established, comrades of similar age were selected from the army, and each one was assigned to his own position.

All government offices in the world are the same.

The Suspension Office has not expanded since its establishment. The young people who occasionally come in are either here to get a promotion or they cannot bear the extremely high intensity of work in the Suspension Office and use their connections to transfer to other positions.

This results in the department being chronically understaffed.

This situation has been going on for more than 10 to 20 years. This year is the retirement year, and the elderly are retiring one after another. Almost all of them have retired in one wave, leaving a serious shortage of young people in the entire department. They have no choice but to recruit new young people. To be honest, few people who were able to pass the exam to get into the ministry were willing to come to Xuanban. This place used to be nicknamed the Monk Temple.

There are mostly men, who are under great pressure at work and never go home when they are so busy. They are extremely unfriendly to young people.

Fortunately, there has been a boom in the civil service exams in the past two years, and talented people have been flocking into the system.

This is the only way to fully staff the team at one time.

These young people are in their twenties, fresh out of school, highly educated, arrogant, excellent in theoretical knowledge, but seriously lacking in experience.
The ministry has transferred experienced case handlers from various provinces to work here, but they basically only work for a year or two and then leave.

the reason is simple.

Unsolved cases are all cases that cannot be solved. The investigation is difficult and the solving rate is low. It will never look good in the credit book and is not of much help in career advancement. Moreover, working here means being thousands of miles away from home. Who would be willing to stay there for long?

Therefore, the higher-ups chose Lao Zhu, an experienced criminal investigator with rich experience in handling cases, to be the office director. The main reason was that they wanted the old to bring up the new and allow Lao Zhu to make use of his remaining energy.

"Director, we have too many cases on hand right now. Can you give us some advice on which cases to handle first and which to handle later?"

A young man on Lao Zhu's left spoke first.

Zhu Qiyu, they had also heard of this person. He was like Feng Qingyang in the police system of Su Province and had made countless contributions.

But these days there are too many people who do not live up to their reputation.

Who knows whether this retired old man is confused or not.

As soon as this person spoke, everyone below turned their eyes to Lao Zhu.

Just now, this person had already hinted at the intention of attacking Old Zhu's army.

The office is currently dealing with a myriad of cases.

It will take young people ten days or half a month to figure out the situation.

This retired old man has just been here for one day and he hasn’t even gotten comfortable yet.

Let them decide which case to handle first and which one later.

It's completely overwhelming.

Old Zhu was not surprised after hearing this.

You are a top student, so it's normal for people to want to test your quality.

"Everyone, I see it's snowing heavily recently, why don't we look for cases related to snow?"

Old Zhu picked up the teacup and spoke lightly.

The tone was like a joke.

The people below were also confused. They thought that the new leader might be seriously ill. This was a case involving human lives. You said it was snowing and you were looking for something related to snow. That was too trifling.

Everyone looked like they were kidding me.

The young man who asked the question just now took a deep breath and looked annoyed.

"Director, I'm afraid you didn't choose this case because the relatives of the Snowman victim came to Beijing last week."

"Oh, that's why we say you are top students, you understand things very quickly, haha."

Old Zhu laughed out loud. It’s better to talk to smart people without beating around the bush.

"But Director! What about the case we're working on right now?!"

"If whoever goes to SF has his case handled first, wouldn't that be like the crying child getting the milk? Aren't other cases more important than this one?"

The young man's face was already flushed.

In the eyes of this old man, whoever makes a fuss will be punished, but the lives of other victims are not important. You have to know that among the cases that are currently being investigated, there are major cases involving more than a dozen lives.

"Young man, the first thing I'm going to teach you today is that the crying child gets the milk. This is the truth."

“Stability is everything.”

"Oh, by the way, help me check Jiang Hanwen's situation in Hong Kong."

Old Zhu lit a cigarette and took a puff.

"Prophet? Director, you don't want to solve the case by filming a movie, do you? We don't do that here."

(End of this chapter)