Just as Feng Yuxing and Zhang Ge were drinking tea in Qiao Guping's office, the news that Feng Yuxing was promoted to provincial police chief spread like wildfire to the ears of officials at the county level and above in Yinhai Province.

Suddenly, the entire Yinhai Province was swept by an information storm about Feng Yuxing's promotion to Police Chief.

Everyone knows that Feng Yuxing is extremely at odds with the big families in the provincial capital, and Feng Yuxing's position as provincial police chief is precisely the position that allows him to grasp the lifeline of these big families.

For a moment, some people felt like watching a show, some were gloating, and some were worried. Different standpoints led to different moods.

Everyone knows that Feng Yuxing has a very bad relationship with the big families in the provincial capital. Some time ago, the conflict between Feng Yuxing and the Jingba families became public, and Feng Yuxing was dismissed from his post.

Now, Feng Yuxing not only resumed his work, but also was promoted to the provincial police chief. It is no exaggeration to say that it came out of nowhere.

Feng Yuxing had just left the provincial party secretary's office when he received a call from Yan Baiyang, secretary of the Xiyun Municipal Party Committee.

"Hello, Secretary Yan! Why did you think of calling me?" Feng Yuxing was in a very good mood now, and his voice was long and magnetic.

"Comrade Yuxing! You have become the director of the provincial police department, and it is not fair to tell your big brother in advance! I have been worried about you every day during this period!" Yan Baiyang said happily.

Yan Baiyang was the first to call and say hello, and after Feng Yuxing was dismissed from his post in Xiyun City, no candidate for deputy mayor was proposed. It could be said that they were waiting for Feng Yuxing to be reinstated. On this point, Feng Yuxing really couldn't find any fault with him.

He is now the secretary of the Xiyun Municipal Party Committee, at the level of a full-time department head. Feng Yuxing is now also at the level of a full-time department head. Judging from their age, Feng Yuxing has greater potential than him. If he doesn't call now to say hello and maintain contact, when will he?

"Secretary Yan! You got the news so quickly? Have you planted a spy in the Provincial Party Committee?" Feng Yuxing said jokingly.

"What spy? Who in the entire Yinhai Province officialdom doesn't know that you've been promoted to Provincial Police Chief?" Yan Baiyang teased. "Other people's affairs may not be news, but yours is definitely big news!"

"You're too kind! I was just trying to wrestle with those big families in the provincial capital, that's all!" Feng Yuxing said awkwardly, "Secretary Yan, I had no idea I was being promoted. When Secretary Qiao told me to come to the Provincial Party Committee meeting room, I thought they were asking me to attend a public trial by the Standing Committee!"

"Believe it, of course! You're a cadre who doesn't play by the rules. It's normal for people to appoint you in an unconventional way, isn't it?"

Yan Baiyang still believed what Feng Yuxing said, because if Feng Yuxing had such great ability, he would not have allowed people to confuse right and wrong and dismiss him from his post.

After Feng Yuxing hung up the phone with Yan Baiyang, more people called him, such as Jie Yuxin, Zhang Feng, his former secretary, etc., one after another. After he returned home, he also received calls of congratulations.

"It's just a promotion! So many calls?" Feng Yuxing murmured with a bitter face.

The next day, Feng Yuxing followed Organization Minister Zhang Ge to the Police Department to take up their posts.

Comrades from the Police Department knew yesterday that Feng Yuxing would be the director, but he could only officially take office after being announced by the Organization Minister.

The appointment from the provincial party committee did not specify that Feng Yuxing would serve concurrently as the secretary of the party organization of the department. However, after the provincial party secretary Qiao Guping discussed with the governor, it was decided that Feng Yuxing would serve as acting director of the department and concurrently as the secretary of the party organization of the department. He communicated with the higher authorities by phone and obtained their approval.

If you want to remove the word "acting" from your title, you have to go through another meeting and vote at the end of the year before you can remove it. This also applies to cadres who are directly appointed from above. This procedure must be followed.

In the morning, Feng Yuxing took a tour of the police department to get acquainted with the various departments; in the afternoon, he convened a meeting of the directors.

There are four deputy directors, three men and one woman, who are very suitable for the job description and are all in their forties.

"Four of you, I don't really like meetings, so I'll just convene a meeting for our directors. You can just treat it as a chat over tea!"

Feng and Xing laughed as they spoke.

"Honestly, criminal investigation isn't really my strong suit. Most of the time, I have to rely on the three of you for collaboration! I grew up in the Hidden Sea;

So, if you have any ideas, just speak up. As long as they are beneficial to the happiness and well-being of the people in this area, speak boldly. I will not be in any way offended! Or you can just talk about anything you want!

On Feng Yuxing's first day at work, he specially convened a meeting at the director level, just to see what these deputy directors thought, or to see whether they were Xia Liwan's close friends or something like that.

He spoke very politely, both in his language and tone. Xia Liwan had a grudge against him, but he had never met these people, let alone any grudges between them.

Perhaps the appointment of Feng Yuxing as the police chief was too sudden, and these deputy chiefs were a little uncomfortable for a while. For a while, no one took up the topic of Feng Yuxing.

Feng Yuxing was not in a hurry. Anyway, unless he announced the end of the meeting, the four people would not dare to propose adjourning the meeting without permission. He drank tea leisurely.

The four deputy directors looked calm at first, but after two minutes, their expressions began to change.

They were indeed not mentally prepared. Usually, when a director takes office, he would give a long speech. Unexpectedly, Feng Yuxing only said a few words and left the rest to them.

No one spoke for five minutes, which is quite rare.

Since it's a meeting, someone has to speak. We can't just sit there and glare at each other.

"Let me speak first!" Female Deputy Director Yuan Zimei was the only female. Seeing this, she didn't say anything, which was not a good thing, as it would give a bad impression to Feng Yuxing, the new director.

"Please speak!" Feng Yuxing said with a smile.

"Director, it's not that the four of us don't want to talk, we just don't know what to say. Your appointment as the new director was too sudden, and we were completely unprepared!"

Yuan Zimei sighed as she spoke.

"You know, a meeting like this hasn't been held in several years. If there's something, your predecessor, Governor Liwan, can just give an instruction. There's no need for discussion!"

Yuan Zimei did not directly point out Xia Liwan's monopoly of power, but the fact that none of them had ever held a meeting at the department-level was a problem in itself.

With someone starting the conversation, the rest of the conversation went much more smoothly.

"Director, let me say something too!" Deputy Director Rubin looked a little bit overwhelmed.

"Director Feng, I'm not trying to slander Governor Li Wan. Just like the incident with your sister, he didn't even discuss it with me. He directly ordered our Yinzhou City Director, Comrade Lian Jiaji, to give a confession to those three criminals, and to clear himself of any connection with the mastermind!

We all come from criminal investigation backgrounds, and we've all done this kind of thing. We know what's going on, but we don't have the power to do it!"

"Director, just talking about your sister's case, it's obvious. You're a member of the Municipal Party Committee, a deputy mayor, and a deputy department-level official. And yet someone could do something like this to you. Tell me, aren't these four people cowards?"

Deputy Director Fan Langwei just complained!