Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 640 Is this donation absolutely necessary?

Arrived at the detachment.

Yu Dazhang went straight to the branch captain's office.

After knocking and entering the house, Li Jun glared at him:
"close the door."

This is a private conversation... Yu Dazhang rarely saw Captain Li show such a cautious expression.

After closing the door, he sat down at his desk.

"So urgent, is there a case?"

Besides that, he couldn't think of anything else that would make Captain Li so cautious.

"I can't come to you for anything else besides the case."

Li Jun deliberately put on a stern face and said:
"You're always getting me into trouble."

Something happened? Yu Dazhang's first thought was that someone had filed a complaint against him.

However, after thinking it over, I realized that I have been keeping a low profile lately and it seems that I haven't caused any trouble or offended anyone.

He took out a box of He Tianxia cigarettes from his pocket, lit one for Li Jun.

"What exactly happened?" Yu Dazhang asked cautiously.

To be honest, he had offended so many people within the system that he couldn't even count them all. Behind almost every special case, there were corrupt and lawless individuals hiding.

So, he wasn't surprised at all that someone was stabbing him in the back.

“The Su family and the Bai family came to the branch office yesterday, specifically requesting to see you.”

Li Jun took a deep drag on his cigarette, the smoke obscuring his face and making his expression impossible to read.

However, judging from his tone, it probably wasn't anything good.

As expected, he still couldn't bear to part with those 20 million... Yu Dazhang knew that he hadn't handled the kidnapping case perfectly, so he felt a little guilty when he heard that the two families had come to find him.

The joy of their family being rescued must have worn off by the time the two families remembered the ransom and felt a pang of regret.

"Why didn't you call me yesterday?" Yu Dazhang asked.

"I blocked it for you." Seeing his nervous expression, Li Jun suddenly changed the subject and said with a smile:

“The two families came to present a banner, it’s nothing serious. I saw that you and Lü Zhongxin were out on fieldwork, so I didn’t call you back.”

Hearing the last sentence, Yu Dazhang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After all that, it turns out that Captain Li was deliberately keeping everyone in suspense.

"So why did you call me here?"

Yu Dazhang knew perfectly well that Captain Li wouldn't call him over for something like this.

"In addition to presenting banners, those two families also want to donate some police equipment."

Li Jun smiled.

"This includes a range of equipment such as police drones and police first-aid kits. In addition, the two families will donate police cars to the branch office in their personal capacity."

"We were originally going to donate twenty units, but Director Wu refused."

"They're really not short of money..." Yu Dazhang did the math in his mind. He estimated that the branch office didn't even have twenty police cars in total.

If these donations were accepted, people who didn't know the situation might think that the Hongkou branch was planning to expand its staff without authorization.

Donations are a good thing, but there should be limits.

Individuals or companies can donate equipment and vehicles to public security authorities.

However, the donated equipment and vehicles cannot be painted with the donor's name or logo.

Because police cars are special vehicles, they cannot advertise for individuals or businesses.

“We can all see that the two families’ donations were actually to thank you.”

Li Jun continued:

"So Director Wu and I discussed it and decided that the donation is acceptable, but we also need to ask for your opinion. The final decision rests with you."

Having said all that, Yu Dazhang naturally understood his leader's intentions.

They wanted both the police equipment and vehicles, but the branch office couldn't afford to owe this person a favor, so they needed Yu Dazhang to mediate between them.

They donated to express their gratitude to you; this cause-and-effect relationship must be clearly understood.

If anything happens between the two families in the future, the branch office will not give them special treatment and will handle it officially.

"If it were up to me to decide..." Yu Dazhang didn't want to owe anyone a favor; he understood the principle that one is obligated to accept favors.

But the look Li Jun gave him was clearly a warning.

"Alright then," Yu Dazhang said, scratching his head helplessly.

"Anyway, the donated items are for public use, so I only agree to their donation on my own behalf."

The branch office benefited, and the two families expressed their gratitude. It seemed that only he owed them a favor.

In the past, Yu Dazhang would never have gotten involved in such a matter, not even for Li Jun's sake.

He agreed this time purely because he felt the kidnapping case was handled flawed.

The whereabouts of that batch of gold remain unknown, and he always believes it is due to his poor handling of the case.

Is there any way to find that batch of gold?
Of course there are.

At least with Da Zhang, it can definitely be done.

The solution is simple: just get the Tan brothers to confess.

It doesn't matter if the preliminary hearing doesn't work; he can just tell Li Mingzhao to send two colleagues from the National Security Bureau.

He simply didn't believe that the Tan brothers were more capable than those professionally trained secret agents.

depression?
Even if you have a mental illness or schizophrenia, you still have to honestly confess.

But Yu Dazhang didn't want to do that. After all, there's a difference between criminal police and national security, and the target groups they deal with are also different.

Using the methods employed by the National Security Bureau against suspects is clearly inappropriate.

As I said before, no means should be spared when investigating a case.

"Captain Li," Yu Dazhang suddenly exclaimed.

"If you have spare money, don't deposit it in the bank. Trust me, use it all to buy gold bars. Buy as many as you can. You'll thank me in ten years."

He didn't know the specific appreciation potential of gold ten years from now, but he was certain that it would be much better than keeping it in a fixed deposit account at a bank.

"With my meager salary, there's no need for me to invest."

Li Jun said self-deprecatingly:
“In the eyes of those rich people, my savings are not even as much as their pocket money.”

That's true... Yu Dazhang felt this deeply.

It's impossible to get rich by relying on a salary, and even if you have savings, the amount won't be high.

"Don't you own a house?" Yu Dazhang continued to persuade him.

"Listen to me, sell your house and buy gold bars with all the proceeds. Ten years later, sell the gold bars and buy the house back. You'll definitely have a lot of money left over."

Seeing that his words were becoming increasingly outrageous, Li Jun replied impatiently:

“If I sell the house, I will have no home left. My parents left me that house, it is my root, I would rather die poor than sell it.”

"I'm destined to be poor, it's a waste of breath..." Yu Dazhang gave up.

Everyone says that you can't make money outside of your understanding, and today he truly believes it.

The way was clearly shown to them, but they still wouldn't follow it.

"Alright, stop talking nonsense."

Li Jun picked up the cigarettes Yu Dazhang had placed on the table, lit one, took a puff, and said:
"The Criminal Investigation Department wants to borrow some people, specifically asking you to go and help. What do you think?"

It must be because those two missing persons cases didn't go smoothly... Yu Dazhang knew in his heart that Captain Li just wanted him to express his opinion.

Since the leader has already asked, it means there's no other choice.

"I will follow the leader's instructions."

His tone had to be firm, his eyes sharp, and there could be no hesitation. Yu Dazhang even puffed out his belly.

He also felt something was off.

Today marks the fourth day since the case was taken over by the headquarters.

If the case had encountered difficulties, the headquarters should have thought of asking for outside help long ago. Why is it only now?

There's something else I need to tell you first.

Li Jun added:

"Special task forces have come from N Province and S Province. It seems that the cases they are investigating are related to this case from the Criminal Investigation Department."

(End of this chapter)