"With Liu Zhenguo's extensive network of connections and influence, getting rid of roadblocks is just a matter of a phone call. Of course, when cooperating with the police, we do need to show some sincerity..."
They tried to turn him against his cause before the issue was resolved.
Xiao Cheng looked at the girl who was tirelessly trying to persuade him, and he really didn't know where she got the confidence that he would agree.
Does he seem like the kind of fool who can be turned to the side with just a few words?
"Acheng, are you listening?" Bai Lu said, then kissed the big boss's aloof and silent lips.
Xiao Cheng felt the compensation was somewhat acceptable: "Continue."
Bai Lu frowned, her tone displeased at being ignored: "I've already finished speaking."
Xiao Cheng patted her head and recalled, "You said that the higher-ups sent down the criminal investigation team to cooperate with Liu Zhenguo?"
Only when she heard that he had indeed been listening attentively and had been able to pinpoint the key points did Bai Lu's displeasure disappear.
He explained in detail: "These days, although the focus of the provincial TV news is no longer on cracking down on incidents such as gang fights, it doesn't mean that such things have passed or are no longer being paid attention to by the higher-ups. The focus has simply shifted to the shadows."
"On the day the air conditioners and refrigerators arrived, I saw many more police officers patrolling the streets and alleys while I was helping out in the city. They were just patrolling, but there were no measures to improve the city's appearance."
There are many measures to improve the city's appearance, including: regulating street vendors, addressing disorderly traffic lanes, standardizing street shops, and rectifying haphazard parking.
As Xiao Cheng stroked the girl's soft, long hair, he listened to her say, "Under normal circumstances, the city's appearance is improved in order to welcome the arrival of important figures from above."
"The key is that there is good public security, people live and work in peace and contentment, and there is a prosperous and stable society."
"The patrols without any rectification measures are, unsurprisingly, a move to maintain stability in preparation for the arrival of the criminal investigation team from above. They are providing the criminal investigation team with real information from all parties in real time and cooperating with their undercover investigation."
"What Pingcheng has been doing recently is undoubtedly preparation for welcoming the Criminal Investigation Brigade."
Xiao Cheng was not surprised that Bai Lu knew so much and such detailed information.
The family in Beijing was not ordinary people; they lived in a high-class family compound and had military license plates.
Perhaps there are also government officials.
If Bai Lu had been related to that family before coming here, it would be normal for her to be familiar with officialdom.
To Xiao Cheng's surprise, Bai Lu did this so that he would believe her and not doubt that she knew so much detail.
Without blushing, without skipping a beat, and without panting, he came up with a seemingly plausible and legitimate reason.
She said, "When you went to pay the bill tonight, I heard people at the next table discussing what dishes to bring back for the bureau leaders to suit their tastes."
"Their tone was very respectful, but the discussion was very quiet. They were clearly undercover investigators who couldn't be known to the outside world. If nothing unexpected happened, the criminal investigation team had already arrived, and the people discussing at the next table were definitely plainclothes police officers."
Xiao Cheng believed Bai Lu's deduction, and when she looked up and met his gaze, he nodded in agreement with her reasoning.
Although he knew everyone at the Pingcheng Police Station and had met everyone who was eating at the restaurant at the time.
Actually, there were no plainclothes police officers.
"What kinds of cases does the Criminal Investigation Division usually handle?" Xiao Cheng asked.
When Bai Lu saw Xiao Cheng, she thought of the four major forces in Nanshi. Her tone was serious and rigorous: "They are responsible for major and serious heinous incidents, organized economic crimes, major gang crimes such as organized crime and terrorism... The team will also be equipped with Interpol officers as needed. The main focus is to crack down on organized crime."
To put it bluntly, the criminal investigation team is responsible for investigating four major forces and all types of organized crime-related incidents.
In his previous life, Xiao Cheng was to be released in the middle of the following month, before the Criminal Investigation Team arrived.
The battle for territory between the big boss and Li Chengbin has escalated from small skirmishes to a full-blown melee.
It would take about two or three days for the chaotic battle to escalate into a full-scale war. At the same time, the criminal investigation team and police officers from above arrived in Pingcheng and quickly launched an investigation.
Working in cahoots with Liu Zhenguo, who had been an undercover agent in Pingcheng for many years, they investigated everything and punished those who deserved it.
Those who should be released should be released.
The course of events has changed in this life. Xiao Cheng didn't go in, and the turf war between the big boss and Li Chengbin didn't even begin.
The Criminal Investigation Division arrived earlier than in the previous life, which was clearly related to the turmoil among the four major forces last time.
The influence of the big boss and Li Chengbin's father-in-law is deeply entrenched and not so easy to eradicate.
The previous life was also a gradual process of rectification.
It took many years for all four major forces to fall, and many people's heroes were lost in the process.
The clandestine reconnaissance went unnoticed and uncared for. The peace and prosperity of later generations were all bought with the blood and sweat of heroes over the years.
The mission's failure, the insufficient depth and strength of the strikes, and the resulting backlash were all due to incomplete information, which prevented the undercover agents from penetrating the ranks.
If at this time, there were an insider familiar with the four major powers, and they cooperated with them.
Provide them with helpful information.
They will naturally reciprocate with the same cooperation and provide corresponding benefits.
Some difficult roads will become clear and unobstructed.
Even the toughest challenges can be overcome and eliminated through cooperation.
The economic development plan can proceed smoothly and, with the friendly assistance of the authorities, gradually grow stronger.
But for insiders, such behavior is tantamount to betraying the organization.
Resisting when suppressed is a form of self-defense; planning ahead to confront an organization is a form of direct confrontation.
However, proactively providing the authorities with unknown, in-depth information and joining forces with them to destroy one's former employer is a betrayal, both internally and externally.
After all, Xiao Cheng had worked for the big boss for many years, and whether the organization was good or bad, whether the work was dangerous and left him scarred, he had always been paid accordingly.
They survived that arduous period of living outdoors and enduring hardships.
The big boss wants to deal with Xiao Cheng, and Xiao Cheng counterattacks; it's a fair and square game between the two sides.
When a third party intervenes, the game changes.
Bai Lu admitted that she was indeed trying to win over Xiao Cheng.
Her and Xiao Cheng's home is here, and if they want to do business here, they will definitely clash with the four major powers.
It's not just certain that they've been targeted by the big boss, Li Chengbin, and another confrontation is only a matter of time.
The other two major powers must have noticed this long ago, and their inaction is due to them still observing the situation.
Like big bosses, they need to see a bright future before they will take the plunge into this new economy.
Li Chengbin and his father-in-law have a personal grudge against her and Xiao Cheng, so they will suppress them from the root.
If she and Xiao Cheng don't make contingency plans early, they will be overwhelmed when the giant wave hits.
Even if they don't fall, it will be difficult for them to turn things around.
Even if you go to another province, the competition will be just as fierce, so the most important thing to do is to plan ahead.
In business, like a game of chess, you must consider every move ahead, anticipate risks, and minimize them to make the right choices, thus stabilizing and expanding your business.
Bai Lu knew that Xiao Cheng understood this principle and that he was secretly consolidating his power.
With her aunt's example as a precedent, she understood even more clearly that it was more important to have both legal and illegal connections.
Cooperating with the authorities is the right choice.
It is the legitimate and aboveboard path.
Liu Zhenguo and the Criminal Investigation Brigade are both high-ranking officials with considerable power, and are the only force that can rival Li Chengbin's father-in-law.
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