Shaking his head, Qi Xiaowei stopped thinking nonsense, and the sled sped through the city of Haidu.
Before long, they arrived at a villa area called "Xiang Palace".
According to intelligence, Zhou Xuemin and his family now live and work in this villa area.
Shang Palace is the top-tier villa district in Haidu, renowned for its luxurious and unique European architectural style.
In this city where land is incredibly valuable, before the natural disaster, each villa in Shang Palace was worth hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars. It is said that those who could live here were all on the Blue Star Rich List.
With the current extreme cold and natural disasters, the world is like the end of the world, and people are suffering.
In order to provide Zhou Xuemin and others living in the Xiang Palace with a safe working environment, the entire Xiang Palace villa area was naturally guarded by layers of security and heavily defended, just like a solid fortress.
As soon as Qi Xiaowei and his group arrived at the outskirts of the Fragrant Palace in their two sleds, they were stopped by a group of guards.
"This is a restricted area. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter. Leave immediately!" a guard shouted coldly to Qi Xiaowei and his group.
Qi Xiaowei opened the window of the sled, stuck his head out, and said to the guard, "Young man, I'm looking for Commander Zhou."
After gaining control of the sea, Zhou Xuemin gave himself another title—Commander of the Sea Capital.
This was to highlight his difference from other mayors, especially the chief mayor, and also to establish his authority in front of his subordinates.
Upon hearing that Qi Xiaowei wanted to see Zhou Xuemin, the guard frowned: "Who are you?"
This time, his tone was much gentler. After all, who in the entire city didn't know Commander Zhou's reputation? Anyone who could openly say they wanted to see Commander Zhou was naturally no small fry.
Although he knew that the person in front of him was likely bluffing, he was worried that if the person really knew Commander Zhou or was some important figure, the consequences of offending him would be unimaginable.
"Hehe, I am Qi Xiaowei, the director of the Anping District Police Station in Zhongyang City. Young man, could you please inform him for me?" Qi Xiaowei smiled slightly, took out a specially made business card from inside the car, and handed it to the guard through the crack in the car window.
This business card not only displays his position and name, but also includes a tiny anti-counterfeiting mark that displays the words "officially certified" under certain lighting conditions, proving that he is no ordinary person.
However, upon hearing Qi Xiaowei identify himself, none of the guards present took the business card for inspection; instead, they breathed a long sigh of relief.
One of the guards said to Qi Xiaowei with disgust, "Get lost! Where did this country bumpkin come from? Commander Zhou is a big shot; how could a country bumpkin like you just come to see him?"
Qi Xiaowei smiled wryly upon seeing this, but he wasn't angry. After all, there are plenty of people impersonating others these days, and a business card doesn't prove anything. He figured these guards probably thought he was a fraud.
He then pulled a work ID from his pocket, opened it, and said to the guards outside, "I really am the police chief. You can see for yourselves."
"Hey! Can't you understand human language? Get the hell out of here right now, or we'll arrest you immediately." The guard's attitude became increasingly aggressive, clearly having lost patience with Qi Xiaowei and his group. The surrounding guards also stepped forward, and the atmosphere became extremely tense.
Seeing this, Qi Xiaowei frowned, unsure of what to do.
"This country bumpkin, calling himself the district police chief? Tao, have you ever even heard of Anping District?"
"Who knows what kind of nobody he is? Let alone Anping District, I don't even know where that Zhong... Zhong something city he mentioned is. I don't know who gave him the courage. A nobody like him dares to dream of meeting our Commander Zhou. What a joke!"
"Yeah, that's how it is in small places. They really think the sea is their backyard. Once they become mountain kings, they forget who they are."
Haha~
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The jeers of the guards, like sharp blades in the cold wind, pierced the silence of the air, instantly turning Qi Xiaowei's face grim.
He initially thought these people simply didn't believe his identity, but now it seems they didn't take him seriously at all!
Yes, his position as the head of the district police station in a small city was indeed not high. If it were before a natural disaster, people of Zhou Xuemin's status would have looked down on him.
But where did these gatekeepers get the audacity to look down on him?
When he was a junior police officer in Haidu, he was looked down upon by his superiors. After twenty years of hard work, he finally became the chief of the city police station. But when he returned to Haidu, even a group of gatekeepers looked down on him. How ironic!
"Hey! I'm talking to you, are you ignoring what I said?" A guard who was chatting and laughing with his companions was furious when he saw that Qi Xiaowei's two sleds were still parked in the same spot. He strode up to the sleds and pounded on the windows. "I'll count to three. If you don't get out of here, don't blame us for being impolite!"
"Even if I'm down on my luck, I'm still a government official. You dare to touch me?" Qi Xiaowei trembled with rage, his face turning ashen.
"Haha!" the guard laughed. "This old fellow is getting angry."
"They're absolutely courting death!"
As he spoke, a group of guards immediately raised their guns and aimed them at Qi Xiaowei and his group's sled.
Unbeknownst to them, the "militia fighters" inside the vehicle had already aimed their silenced assault rifles at their heads.
Just as the situation became tense, a sharp shout rang out: "Stop!"
"Director Qian." The guards quickly put down their weapons and respectfully stepped aside, making way for a passage.
A middle-aged man in a black overcoat strode over, his face stern and his eyes revealing an undeniable authority.
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