The Blacklist

Chapter 371 33rd Birthday and Deputy Director

March 3th was Carrie’s 27rd birthday. Originally, he wanted to have a quiet meal with Gina and Elizabeth, but he didn’t expect that everyone in the post office knew about it. Since he started work early in the morning, everyone he met wished him a happy birthday!
As soon as he entered the office, Donald came up to him and told him that they had found a place for the evening and that everyone would hold a birthday party for him... He didn't even have time to refuse and just made the decision!
Well! It's already like this, and Kerry is not a pretentious person. If that's the case, then let's do it. It's also good to take the opportunity to have fun with everyone!
That night, everyone held a birthday party for Carrie in a villa in the suburbs. The main members of the two departments of the post office gathered together. Cooper, Mira, Wright, Reddington and others all came. It was a happy and lively occasion.

After accepting everyone's blessings and gifts, Carrie cut the first slice of the huge three-layer cake, and the rest was left to Gina and Elizabeth. After he toasted everyone with a glass of champagne, he switched to a can of yellow beer and walked aside to talk with Cooper and Wright.

"Lee, I've already decided on my side," Wright said first. "In June, I will officially resign and nominate Harold to take over as National Security Advisor. You'd better give Palmer a heads-up in advance."

"No problem." Carrie said, "I'll tell you in the next two days."

Cooper continued, "Lee, if I go up, can you come over to CTU?"

"Huh? What do you mean?" Carrie asked, "Let me be the director of the General Administration? No way!"

Wright and Cooper looked at each other, and the former advised: "Lee, CTU was founded by you. After Harold leaves, you can't hand it over to others." The latter also nodded.

Carrie said: "Of course I know this, so I think it's just right to let Tang take the position!"

Cooper said: "It's not impossible to let Tang, but it's not fair to you..."

"That's impossible!" Kerry waved his hands and said, "Tang is really more suitable than me. First of all, I still have a position in the IRS. If I take charge of CTU, the relationship between the two sides will be a little unclear! Unless I resign from the IRS, they will definitely not agree. Secondly, I really don't like administrative work. If I go to the headquarters, I will be tied down, which is not what I want!"

Hearing this, the two thought about his character and knew that what he said was true, so they nodded and agreed to his proposal. However, Cooper said, "If Tang goes to the headquarters, what will happen to SER?"

"Let Lizzie take over," said Kerry. "Originally, Nawabi was more suitable, but she came from Mossad, so it's not appropriate for her to take over. Aram is a technical person, so he's not suitable either. Dembe and Brian have too little experience in CTU... so Lizzie is the right person."

Cooper thought about it and said, "That's feasible, but I'm worried that Liz won't be able to handle it all at once, and what about her background... In this way, you can serve as the director of the Special Operations Department, and Liz can be the deputy director. You can take the lead in front of her and everything will be fine!"

Kerry knew what he meant, and after thinking about it, she agreed.
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On April 4, the CTU General Administration issued the following appointments:

Donald Ressler is appointed as the Executive Deputy Director of the General Administration and will no longer serve as the Director of the Special Operations Service (SER);
Richard Carey is the Deputy Director of the General Administration and concurrently the Director of the Special Regulations Division (SLR) and the Special Operations Division;

Gina Porter is the deputy director of SLR and Elizabeth Gene is the deputy director of SER.

Everyone in the post office was surprised when they saw the order. They had no objection to Gina and Elizabeth's promotion, but Donald's promotion to the executive deputy director of the General Administration, a rank higher than Kerry, made everyone a little confused! However, after studying the appointment documents and thinking about Director Kerry's temper, everyone understood - Director Kerry's laziness must have prevailed, and he didn't want to leave the post office, so he pushed Director Donald out!
Others can think of this, and Donald certainly understands it. The moment he saw the appointment, he went to the eighth floor to settle the account with Kerry - this guy wants to be lazy and doesn't want to do administrative work!

In this regard, Carrey had already thought of a way to deal with it. He persuaded Donald from the aspects of his family and children...

Three days later, after a brief handover, Donald went to work at the headquarters, and Elizabeth took over the SER work under Kerry's guidance. The working atmosphere of the entire post office remained basically unchanged.

On Friday, Reddington came to the post office, on the one hand to congratulate Elizabeth on her promotion, on the other hand to bring a new blacklist case.

Carrie was a little unhappy about Reddington sending the case to her on the weekend, but Reddington explained: Elizabeth has just become deputy director, and it will look good in the file records if she solves the case quickly!
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In the SER command hall, Reddington personally introduced the case: "The night before last, in the town of Harrington in northern New York State, a group of children entered an abandoned area of ​​a chemical plant in the suburbs while playing an adventure game and discovered a new grave. The local police found a body from it. The deceased was Tim Gorman, who disappeared in Reading, Pennsylvania a few days ago. He was the owner of a controversial gun manufacturing company..."

Elizabeth was puzzled. "Why is it so controversial?"

"Because the low-priced pistol made by Gorman is less than one-fifth of the price of an Apple phone!" Reddington said, "This price allows more people to afford guns, but some people think that this has increased the rate of gun crimes, and they hate him to the core!"

"So you think Gorman was kidnapped first and then murdered?" Nawabi asked.

"Yes." Reddington said, "I think this was done by an organization called the 'Invisible Hand'. The purpose of this organization is to punish those criminals who cannot be punished by law in their own way..."

Carrey signaled Elizabeth to perform her duties and assign work to the detectives, and he would not interfere - this was a good opportunity to exercise, and he hoped she could complete the case independently.

Elizabeth left Alam to look after the house while she searched the Internet for information about the "Invisible Hand" organization. She took Nawabi, Demby, Brian and others to the town of Harrington, New York.
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SER worked with the NYPD to conduct a detailed survey of the abandoned area of ​​the chemical plant in Harrington and unearthed eight more bodies. The oldest body had been buried there for more than two years and had been corroded by the chemicals in the soil into dry bones.

NYPD forensic doctors examined the bodies and determined that they were all buried alive. DNA testing found their identities, and after investigation, they discovered that most of the dead were related to the chemical plant that was in the area.

Elizabeth decided to adjust the direction of the investigation and first investigate the problem of the chemical plant. To this end, she called Kerry to ask for his opinion.

Carrie was of course supportive and praised her for finding the right direction.

(End of this chapter)