Animal Detective

Chapter 114 Paw Team

Lü Youwei's office.

"Director Lü, please let me explain," Shen Xin hurriedly spoke up to defend himself.

Sure enough, once the video went viral, trouble ensued.

The next morning, Shen Xin was summoned to the director's office.

Lu Youwei greeted Shen Xin with a half-smile and called him "Godfather Comrade".

Shen Xin almost broke down.

Clearly, Lü Youwei came across that video.

However, he was interrupted by Lü Youwei as soon as he opened his mouth.

He laughed and said, "Look how nervous you are. It's just a funny video. I didn't say anything."

Shen Xin thought to himself, "I haven't even said anything yet, and you call me 'Godfather Comrade,' that's really scary."

"Nothing."

Sure enough, Lü Youwei changed the subject and said, "After all, you are a policeman. It's not good to associate yourself with such a movie character, is it?"

Shen Xin hurriedly nodded in agreement.

In all honesty, I was the victim.

“Director Lü, how about… I contact the video uploader and ask him to take the video down?” Shen Xin asked tentatively.

Lü Youwei smiled, which was taken as tacit agreement.

"By the way, I heard from Sun Zhao that you're investigating Xiao Hong's case?" Lü Youwei asked again.

He was obviously aware of this case as well.

For six years, Gao Liyun, like Shi Yanhua, has come to inquire about the case every now and then.

Shi Yanhua, on the other hand, is making a scene.

Gao Liyun didn't make a scene; she calmly inquired about the progress of the case. But the more she did this, the more uncomfortable it felt to be sorry for her.

After all, the case had been unsolved for six years.

The family wants an explanation, but you can't provide one.

Seeing Shen Xin nod, Lü Youwei asked Shen Xin if there were any new developments or new investigative ideas.

Shen Xin hesitated for a moment, then reported Ding Yuwei's idea.

After thinking for a moment, Shen Xin brought up his idea of ​​issuing a bounty.

"Using the internet to offer bounties?"

Lu Youwei paused for a moment, then fell into deep thought.

After a moment, he said, "That's right. Traditional media is indeed declining and hardly anyone is paying attention to it anymore. This short video platform is rapidly emerging. I remember last month, when I went to a meeting at the Municipal Bureau, we were talking about this new situation."

"Shen Xin, your idea is good, but have you thought about how to do it?"

Lü Youwei didn't quite understand the operating rules here, he only knew about WeChat official accounts.

"Also, is there a risk that our public solicitation of clues might leak case information, allowing the murderer to know our investigation progress and thus affecting our investigation? Have you considered this risk?"

Shen Xin nodded.

Of course I've considered it.

However, in Shen Xin's view, publishing newspapers or appearing on television is essentially the same thing.

Offering a reward entails taking on this risk.

"How about this, let's discuss it," Lü Youwei said, not giving a definitive answer.

This was a six-year-old cold case, and he knew how difficult it would be to investigate.

Back in the main office, he was inevitably teased by Zhao Tianxing and the others.

Shen Xin became increasingly frustrated and contacted the platform's customer service directly, requesting Wang Paofu's account registration information.

His real name is Wang Lei.

He is indeed from Nanjiang, specifically from Tingyang District.

Shen Xin dialed his mobile number directly.

"Hello, who is this?"

The call was quickly connected, and a man's voice came through.

Shen Xin didn't waste any words. He asked him if he was Wang Lei. After confirming, he told him his identity and informed him to come to the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Tingyang Branch at 1 p.m. to cooperate with the investigation.

Although he didn't know Shen Xin's identity as a police officer, even if he was a stranger, he couldn't just use someone else's information to make a prank video.

It doesn't qualify for criminal charges, but it's not a problem with public security management.

Therefore, this is a formal summons.

There was a moment of silence on the phone, then Wang Lei laughed: "Dude, are you crazy?"

With that, he hung up the phone.

Shen Xin was stunned.

Brother, you've chosen the wrong path.

Shen Xin did not make any further calls.

I was formally summoned in accordance with the regulations.

If they won't come, then I'll come to their door.

Less than ten minutes later, this guy called.

Clearly, he checked the landline number.

As soon as the call connected, his voice was noticeably off; he asked nervously, "You...are you really a police officer?"

Shen Xin had already identified himself and, without further ado, told him to come on time that afternoon.

After hanging up the phone, Shen Xin still went to the playground to try and build rapport.

Shen Xin also noticed.

As animals that have been domesticated by humans for a long time, dogs and cats are still quite different.

Cats are more independent, while dogs are more dependent on humans.

Therefore, dogs' affection levels increase faster, and you don't need to do much. Just feed them treats, play with them more, and give them a bath. That's all it takes to increase their affection.

Especially DouDou.

She must have been homeless for too long. Shen Xin examined her body and found many scars.

She's quite thin and timid.

Shen Xin could imagine her life as a homeless person, being bullied by her own kind and inevitably suffering beatings and verbal abuse from humans.

Fortunately, she was not completely disappointed in humanity.

So when Shen Xin showed enough goodwill, her favorability rating rose rapidly.

By noon, she was already chasing after Shen Xin, wagging her tail incessantly.

Even when Shen Xin went to the cafeteria for meals, she insisted on following him.

Seeing that her favorability had already increased to 3 levels, Shen Xin decided to take her along.

Shen Xin's colleagues all knew about his training of police dogs and didn't find it strange. However, the colleagues in the anti-drug unit immediately changed their attitude when they heard that Dou Dou was the drug-sniffing dog they were training.

I immediately bought a bunch of delicious food from the cafeteria, including chicken legs and prawns.

For those in the anti-drug field, drug-sniffing dogs are far more than just dogs.

Shen Xin used the excuse that he couldn't let Dou Dou develop the habit of eating other people's food indiscriminately, so he passed it on to Dou Dou before giving it to her.

While I was feeding him, Zhao Tianxing called me and said that Wang Lei had arrived.

Shen Xin glanced at his watch; it was only a little past twelve.

When I arrived at the reception room, I found a person sitting uneasily with their back to me.

Shen Xin recognized him as soon as he saw his Morgan perm.

Isn't this the kid who was clamoring to buy Da Mei yesterday?

When Wang Lei turned around, he saw Shen Xin and blurted out "Holy crap!"

He quickly stopped himself, saying, "Officer, I really didn't know you were a police officer. Can I delete the video right away?"

Upon seeing Shen Xin, he understood why he had been summoned.

Invite him to sit down.

Although the kid was sensible, since it was a summons, the procedure still had to be followed, and a written record had to be made as usual.

Perhaps sensing that Shen Xin's expression had softened, Wang Lei started chattering again, saying, "Really, officer, you have no idea how popular your cat is. Right now on that platform, there are some people who just like watching cats and dogs and stuff."

"They find it too troublesome to raise cats themselves, so they just watch others raise them. What kind of 'cloud cat raising' is that?"

"So, if you used your cat as the subject of your account, it would definitely become popular. And your dog, just interact with it a bit, and it'll be a joke."

"Or you could get a few more dogs and start a Paw Patrol..."

Shen Xin raised his hand to interrupt him.

"If everything looks good, just sign here and you can leave."

Shen Xin pushed the transcript to him.

Wang Lei hurriedly took it, quickly read it, and while signing it, asked, "Officer, do I need to delete that video from before?"

"Also, if I don't include you in the video, will I still be able to use the cat and dog footage?"

He still hasn't given up.

"What do you think?" Shen Xin countered.

Wang Lei gave an awkward smile and said nothing more.

"Let's leave the previous videos aside. Also, I understand your desire to become famous, but you need to pay attention to your methods," Shen Xin reminded her again.

Regardless of whether he is a police officer or not, even if he isn't, Wang Lei's act of using a stranger's profile picture to gain fame is problematic in itself.

"I'll remember that, officer." Seeing that everything was alright, he started grinning again.

Shen Xin was about to say that he could leave when he suddenly stopped.

Your nose is bleeding.

Shen Xin quickly pointed at his nose.

Wang Lei reached out and wiped it away, then quickly looked up.

Shen Xin immediately handed him a tissue and asked if he was alright.

"It's alright, you're young and hot-tempered."

He covered his nose with a tissue and asked if anything else was alright. If not, he left.

Shen Xin nodded, and was about to ask him if he needed to go to the restroom to deal with it, but the man had already run away.

In the afternoon, Shen Xin played with the three of them, including Black Panther, to increase their favorability.

He also flipped through the police dog training manual given to him by Lü Youwei, pondering how to conduct professional training.

Around 4 p.m., Shen Xin was summoned to Lü Youwei's office again.

"Shen Xin, I asked Director Zhao for his opinion on the idea you mentioned this morning, and he thought it was acceptable. When we discussed it in a meeting last month, Director Zhao mentioned that we also need to adapt and adjust to the new situation and circumstances."

“Traditional reward methods are gradually losing attention. As you said, using short video platforms is a great idea.”

Shen Xin was silently alarmed.

Director Zhao?

That one from the Municipal Bureau?

Good grief, they even alerted him.

Lu Youwei added, "But you need to think carefully about how to do it."

Lu Youwei had no idea how to post a reward on a short video platform or how much it would cost.

Shen Xin nodded, and for some inexplicable reason, he suddenly remembered what Wang Lei had said earlier.

If you post messages on this kind of short video platform and don't have any followers, then naturally you won't get any views.

To achieve widespread publicity, it needs to have at least hundreds of millions of views, like the viral video featuring Da Mei Huo.

So, is it possible to do as Wang Lei suggested and actually choose a nickname for yourself?

Let's use Black Panther and his crew to make a Paw Patrol?

(End of this chapter)