Chapter 28: Branch Bureau Meeting

  The next day, Liu Fei got up early from the hotel and arrived at his own office in the Qiaoxi District Public Security Bureau. He carefully cleaned the sanitation, boiled a thermos of water, and then sat behind his desk thinking about work-related things.

  Today is already the second day since he arrived at the District Public Security Bureau, and he doesn't know what arrangements his superior, Guo Qiang, will make for him today. What puzzles him most is that as a young civil servant who has just started working, why would he receive treatment only available to deputy department heads? This really makes him feel uneasy in his heart. He always believes that there's no such thing as a free lunch.

  A knock at the door.

  Liu Fei walked over and opened the door, only to see his superior, Guo Qiang, standing at the entrance. He hastily invited him into the office and wanted to pour him a cup of tea. However, Guo Qiang waved his hand and said: "Little Liu, forget about the water, I won't drink any. Today I came to talk to you about something."

  Liu Fei's heart skipped a beat as he asked, "What thing?"

  "Guo Qiang suddenly stretched out his big hand, with a smile all over his face, and said: "Liu Fei, congratulations to you, you have been promoted as the deputy director of our criminal investigation department!"

  Liu Fei was stunned, this news was really too sudden.

  Seeing Liu Fei's stunned expression, Guo Qiang was very satisfied and thought to himself: "Kid, you're still too tender, getting so excited about the good news that it's left you speechless. The real good stuff is yet to come!"

  "Guo Qiang looked at Liu Fei and smiled, saying: "Liu Fei, what's on your mind?"

  Liu Fei quickly came to his senses and calmly said, "Thank you, Director Guo, thank you, Director Zheng, and thank the organization for your concern and care. I will do my best to fulfill my duties and not disappoint our leaders and the organization."

  Guo Qiang was now somewhat startled, he hadn't expected Liu Fei to turn around so quickly, but looking at the calm expression on his face, it seemed that there wasn't the kind of overjoyed expression he had expected, and he couldn't help but feel a bit suspicious. Was this kid stunned by the news, or was he waiting for him to leave before celebrating?

  It really made Guo Qiang guess correctly, he had just walked out of Liu Fei's office for a short while, and Liu Fei jumped up excitedly: "Haha, brother has been promoted, now he is already the deputy director, one step closer to becoming a full hall-level cadre. I must work hard to get promoted to full hall level as soon as possible, so that Shadow can take me to see my ruthless parents. I really want to see what kind of people they are? Why did they leave me alone outside and never saw me?"

  The office phone rang, Liu Fei answered it and was informed that he had to go to the conference room for a meeting immediately.

  Liu Fei excitedly walked into the conference room in Qixi District Branch Bureau.

  The conference room was very large, with over 100 square meters. In the center of the conference room, dozens of conference tables were arranged in a circle. The lighting inside the conference room was bright. Liu Fei walked into the conference room and took a glance around, only to find that there were already more than a dozen people inside, including both men and women, some of whom were middle-aged with balding heads, while others were in their thirties. As soon as he entered the conference room, almost everyone inside looked up at him, which made Liu Fei feel somewhat uncomfortable. He quickly walked to the last row of seats and sat down.

  Although he was looking down, Liu Fei could still feel the gaze of others lingering on him, which made him somewhat uncomfortable. He immediately lifted his head to see who was staring at him and glared back with wide eyes. This move had an unexpected effect, and no one dared to look at him directly again. Only then did Liu Fei let out a sigh of relief, thinking: "Don't we all have the same nose and two ears? What's there to look at?"

  A long wait.

  Although he had only waited for over ten minutes, Liu Fei felt as if he had been waiting for a very long time.

  The room was quiet, with no one speaking. Everyone was thinking about the purpose of today's meeting, generally speaking, every time a meeting like this is held, it's either to announce some major personnel changes or to convey important instructions from higher-ups. Some smart people connected this meeting with Liu Fei entering the conference room, they had long heard that a small clerk who just came from the provincial hall directly enjoyed the treatment of deputy director. Some people were very jealous, some laughed it off, and others took a wait-and-see attitude. In short, they all felt that this matter was very strange and did not conform to the normal official procedures. However, many people's views were consistent, today's meeting would make things clear.

  Time passed minute by minute, those old guys were relaxed, but Liu Fei became more and more anxious, thinking that the scheduled meeting time had already passed for 10 minutes, why Director Zheng still hadn't arrived.

  The meeting room started to get lively, with many people whispering and discussing among themselves.

  A heavy footstep approached, "Creak!" The conference room door was pushed open and a big belly squeezed in.

  The conference room immediately fell silent, and everyone lowered their heads, staring at the table as if there was a beautiful woman on it.

  Liu Fei looked up to see Director Zheng walking in with a cup of water in his hand, his large belly leading the way. Behind him was Liu Fei's immediate supervisor, Deputy Director Guo. Director Zheng sat down at the head of the conference table, while Deputy Director Guo took a seat on Director Zheng's left side.

  Director Zheng took a sip of water, cleared his throat, and everyone's eyes turned to him.

  Director Zheng nodded satisfactorily and said seriously: "Today's meeting has two purposes, one is to convey the instructions from the superior, and the other is to introduce a new colleague to everyone."

  Everyone immediately applauded.

  Director Zheng raised his palm and pressed down, and the conference room immediately fell silent.

  Liu Fei saw this scene and thought to himself: "This Director Zheng's prestige is still quite high!"

  Director Zheng's gaze turned to Liu Fei, and he smiled as he said: "Next, I'd like to introduce our new colleague Liu Fei. He has been transferred from the Provincial Public Security Department to take up the position of Deputy Director of the Criminal Investigation Division in our bureau. Let's give him a warm welcome!" After finishing speaking, he led the applause.

  Liu Fei was caught off guard by Director Zheng's introduction, but fortunately he was not afraid of tigers at birth and had always been calm. At this moment, although he was a little flustered, he quickly stood up, bowed his fists to everyone and smiled: "Hello everyone, my name is Liu Fei, I've just arrived at our bureau, hoping for your guidance in the future!"

  Liu Fei's words were neither overbearing nor humble, and although his tone was modest, his expression was extremely bland, clearly without much hope that everyone would truly offer guidance.

  Director Zheng's eyelids moved slightly, without raising his head, only his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he picked up the teacup to take a sip of water.

  Director Guo saw the expression on Director Zheng's face and knew that he seemed to be somewhat dissatisfied with Liu Fei's performance just now. To be honest, he was not very satisfied with Liu Fei's performance either. He could hear it from behind Liu Fei's humble words, a proud and arrogant expression and an abnormally cold tone of voice. Director Guo thought to himself: "You're just a new little police officer, what are you being so arrogant about? Even if you're a deputy director, who here is lower than you?"

  After Liu Fei sat down, Director Zheng raised his head and said: "Next, I will convey the instructions from the superior: The Provincial Public Security Department has instructed us to increase the comprehensive governance of social security in the near future, especially for the criminal investigation department. We must increase our efforts to investigate and solve various criminal cases, especially those historical cases that have been left over. Whoever drags their feet on this matter will be directly expelled!" After finishing speaking, his stern gaze slowly swept across the room, causing the temperature in the conference room to drop sharply.

  Everyone knows that Director Zheng is going to start a fire again, and everyone heard clearly that the target of Director Zheng's fire this time seems to be the Criminal Investigation Division. The Criminal Investigation Division has four deputy directors in total, and it's unknown who will be unlucky this time.