Chapter 36: Recruiting People
Fang Changling must have something important to tell him. He actually likes Fang Changling very much, but he doesn't know what Qin Xiyang's mentality is in letting him call him.
He and Qin Xiyang were almost tired of seeing each other.
Anyway, there is still a long time before I meet Xiao Qihao in the afternoon, so I might as well go and see what these public servants who are working overtime on the weekend are doing.
Shen Qing packed up and replied "OK" to Xiao Qihao.
As expected, it was the weekend. I had to wait nearly ten minutes longer to get a taxi.
The driver explained to him awkwardly,
"Sorry handsome, we have a lot of orders this weekend. I just delivered the first two customers and I'm late."
Shen Qingze was fine, and responded in a gentle voice,
"It's okay, Master. Let's go."
"Okay, fasten your seat belt."
The car slowly drove into the lane, and Shen Qing stared out the window absentmindedly.
The more I looked at it, the more I felt something was wrong.
There are many cars on this lane, but most of them are private cars.
He had observed that the license plates of private cars were generally blue, and only taxis and other ride-hailing vehicles had green license plates.
But it seems that the number of cars with green license plates is not the majority on this road.
He looked at the driver beside him curiously and asked,
"Mr. Driver, are you busy today?"
The driver's eyes did not move, as if he was thinking.
"Busy. Including you, I've already completed nearly 20 orders this morning."
"So awesome?! No one is competing with you for the order?"
The driver smiled, turned the steering wheel skillfully and turned into a small road.
"I don't know what's going on recently. No one in the fleet is accepting orders from the platform anymore. They're taking private orders instead. They say the company will help them transfer the orders and deduct the platform's handling fee. They'll get paid based on how much they drive,"
"My daughter is worried about me taking private orders, so she won't let me switch. I guess there aren't many people who still take platform orders now."
Shen Qing was very interested. This was a rare thing.
“Is there a difference between private orders and platform orders?”
The driver frowned, probably unable to think clearly about the words, and stammered,
"The platform will record the money according to the number of kilometers we drive. Generally, we drive whatever we are asked to drive, and some handling fees will be deducted. If we drive far, we will be rewarded with some gas money."
"Private orders are generally only taken from big bosses and big clients. The journey takes a long time and covers a long distance. The company will reimburse the gas money. Basically, one order can earn hundreds or thousands of dollars, which is much more than what you can earn from running platform orders for a whole day."
Is there such a thing?! No wonder those taxi drivers are willing to run private orders.
If it were him, he would also be willing to run private orders.
"Isn't this good? Why doesn't your daughter let you run away?"
The driver shook his head, also puzzled.
"I don't know. Maybe it's because the private orders are far away and they are all from upper-class people. We ordinary people can't afford to offend them. Besides, everyone is transferring recently. No one is competing with me for the platform orders. I am happy to make a little money."
"The society is not peaceful recently, so it's better to be safe."
Shen Qing didn't ask any more questions. What the driver said made sense.
It is not easy for ordinary people to make money. If they rush into it without thinking, they will only suffer losses.
Everyone wants to get their first pot of gold from welfare, but everyone can get the good stuff that falls from the sky.
Cars were coming and going. Shen Qing glanced at a high-end commercial vehicle and followed it inadvertently.
The driver glanced at him and replied,
"That's the car used for private business. It's all paid for by the boss and the company. Isn't it very impressive?"
"I have a wife and children, so I don't want to pursue so much. As long as I have a stable job and an income that can support my family, that's enough."
Shen Qing nodded, without paying any more attention, and turned around to continue replying to the messages sent on his phone.
"Here we go handsome!"
"Okay, thank you, master. Be careful on the road."
Lingcheng Public Security Bureau, what a grand name.
He opened the chat page with Fang Changling and dialed the other party's number.
Not long after, a little policeman came running over and greeted me cheerfully.
"Mr. Shen, right? The captain asked me to come out to pick you up, please follow me."
Shen Qing followed the young policeman into the public security bureau. Along the way, he saw that everyone was busy working and the atmosphere was tense.
The young policeman took him to an office where Fang Changling was frowning in front of the computer.
"Qing Ze, you are here."
Fang Changling stood up and greeted him.
"Did it disturb your rest? I saw that you didn't reply to my message for a long time, and I thought I disturbed you."
Shen Qing waved his hand and replied playfully,
"I've been sleeping for a few days and I'm too lazy to look after my work. I don't know why Captain Fang is looking for me so urgently."
Fang Changling's face suddenly turned cold. He turned around and pointed at several files displayed on the computer, and said seriously:
"Recently, there have been a number of disappearances in the city in a short period of time. We suspect that it was a gang crime, but we can't find any clues."
"We still have no clues about the first group of people who disappeared, and we don't know whether they are still alive."
Shen Qing raised his eyebrows.
“I’m not a professional.”
Fang Changling smiled.
"You have a unique way of thinking. Maybe you can find some clues for us."
At this time, Qin Xiyang also walked in and snorted when he saw Shen Qingze.
"Hey, here comes the idler."
Shen Qing rolled his eyes at him.
“Same here.”
Fang Changling handed the case materials to Shen Qingze, who read them carefully.
He found that these people were of different ages, old and young, and seemed to have nothing in common.
Except, their profession is driver.
Suddenly, he remembered the conversation with the driver on the road, and his heart moved.
"The recent prevalence of private orders in the taxi industry, could this be related to these disappearances?"
After hearing this, everyone fell into deep thought.
Fang Changling asked in a probing tone,
"What private order?"
Shen Qing pointed to the occupation columns of those people in the information.
"Among these people, most of the missing people are drivers, and we cannot rule out the possibility that they are online car-hailing drivers,"
"On the way here in a taxi, I heard the driver tell me that private transactions are prevalent in online ride-hailing services recently. Many drivers do not accept orders on the platform, and their whereabouts are uncertain, so accidents are inevitable."
Fang Changling instructed the policeman nearby to immediately investigate the identities of the missing persons again, focusing on finding out who were online taxi drivers, and the time and place of their disappearance.
"By the way, dispatch a few teams to investigate all the online ride-hailing companies in the city. If there are any problems, report them immediately!"
"yes!"
With the clues, the Ministry of Public Security immediately launched a new investigation.
Fang Changling looked at Shen Qingze calmly and patted his shoulder.
"Qing Ze, your ideas always inspire us. Can I ask you for something?"
"Please speak."
Fang Changling handed him an agreement and said solemnly,
"I would like to appoint you as an external consultant to our Ministry of Public Security to assist us in investigating cases. The salary and requirements are in the agreement. I wonder if you are interested."
So they wanted to recruit him into the group. Shen Qing couldn't help laughing in his heart.
He had no intention of being a public servant. Yeluvis would call him back to the underworld from time to time. He couldn't stay in the Yang world all the time.
Once he finishes dealing with matters in the world of the living, he may have to return to the underworld and stay there for a long time.
Shen Qing took the agreement with a seemingly hesitant look, and smiled helplessly,
"Let me think about it."
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