Volume 4: Chasing the Dragon Chapter 0086: The Yangtze River's Back Waves Push Forward
What's Hunter's personality?
He is addicted to gambling, sex and money. He is domineering and looks down on Chinese people. He can remain rational when he is not drinking, but once he drinks a little, he will be so confused that he doesn't even know his own name.
Lin Yue became his nominal deputy. It was only natural for his superior to go to MO to have some fun. After all, in HK, businesses such as prostitution, gambling and drugs were openly prohibited. Even if they were protected by someone in the police force, the gang bosses dared not run them in a high-profile manner. But MO was different. Prostitution and gambling were both legal businesses, so many venues were large and grand with high quality of service, and there was no need to worry about being caught. All the British who had made money in HK would go there to be HAPPY.
With a beautiful woman by your side, you have to drink. When you are in the mood, you have to play a few rounds, right? Once a gambler touches the cards, it is like a bladder that has been held in all the way, and the floodgates are opened and cannot be stopped.
In the first one or two times, Lin Yue compensated him for his losses, but it was not like that later on. Until the money he owed the casino reached a number that he could not afford to pay back, Lin Yue compensated him with a huge IOU and a conversation.
Xue Jifu wanted to take action against Lei Luo, but he knew that with Sir Zhou around, he couldn't kill him with one blow. So he chose to take it step by step, starting with clearing out the flanking forces. He transferred Lin Yue to the Anti-Corruption Department to tear up their relationship and make them fight among themselves. This was the best outcome. Failing that, he could also hold Lin Yue accountable from a business perspective and cut off one of Lei Luo's hands.
Of course, there are not only Chinese police officers in the police system, but also many British police officers. Xue Jifu could not go too far, so he sent Hunter, a scumbag known for his greed and incompetence, to be the head of the department.
If Lin Yue fails to produce good work results, the headquarters will fire him.
What about Hunter?
Xue Jifu would certainly dismiss him and investigate him "equally", which is why he did not hand over the Anti-Corruption Department to his cronies, but to a British police superintendent with a bad reputation.
To put it bluntly, this is a strategy that kills two birds with one stone.
Hunter is a bad guy, but not a fool. How could he remain indifferent after listening to Lin Yue’s story?
He wanted to keep his official position and he didn't want to go to jail, so there was only one way to go, which was to investigate the British police officers according to the plan of Godber and Lin Yue. The more evidence he had of corruption among the British police officers, the less likely people would dare to touch him. Otherwise, both sides would be destroyed and no one would have a good life in the future.
Why did Xue Jifu get rid of the people in the Anti-Corruption Department? Because the original intention of setting up the Anti-Corruption Department was that some people wanted to get more money, and investigating police corruption was just a cover-up. Now Xue Jifu is using the Anti-Corruption Department as a meat grinder, so let's grind it and turn the police system into a mess to see whose meat is clean.
The plan to wipe out the three evils was stopped by Lei Luo using the pressure of public opinion. Now Xue Jifu wanted to deal with Lin Yue, but was attacked from the inside by the suddenly "rising" bad guy Hunter. In order to protect his confidants and the reputation of the British police officer, he could only give up and postpone the attack.
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Yan's house.
The same blue sky and white clouds, the same green mountains in the distance.
It is still the same courtyard, the same rattan chair, the same gramophone, and the slowly turning vinyl record.
Lan Xiang looked frustrated: "I didn't expect Lin Yue to be so sinister."
Yan Tong took a cigarette out of the cigarette box, thought for a moment and put it back: "I used to think he was Lei Luo's henchman, with good acting skills and some cleverness. Now it seems I was wrong. That guy is a wolf with its tail between its legs. When he gets angry, he is more vicious than anyone else."
They were very happy to see Xue Jifu attacking Lei Luo. They thought that Lin Yue would either part ways with Lei Luo, resulting in a dog-eat-dog fight, or just get out of here and leave. The British guy's bold move really excited them.
But what was the final result? Xue Jifu shot himself in the foot. Now Lei Luo used benefits to win over the hearts of the middle and grassroots police officers, and Lin Yue used fear to scare the grassroots police officers into being submissive in front of him. The two of them, one soft and one hard, have taken control of most of the police system.
Yan Tong knew that Lin Yue was very ambitious and thought that he had to climb up by stepping on Lei Luo's head on the road to promotion. As a result, that guy took advantage of the British's means of political division, and in the end not only became an assistant director, but also got a special sword to play with. He could snap anyone he disliked. Moreover, he was now a hot commodity in the eyes of British civilian police officers who had just tasted the sweetness. Those people were counting on him, an expert who had been a detective, to help them make money. Now Xue Jifu didn't even dare to speak loudly in front of him, otherwise he couldn't carry out his administrative work.
This is fucking disgusting.
"Forget it, forget it. The Yangtze River's new generation will always be pushing the old generation forward." Yan Tong said, "I'd better try to keep a low profile in the future."
Lan Xiang sighed indignantly: "I'm not willing to accept this."
At their age, they could almost be Lin Yue’s uncles, but they were beaten by Hou Lang and became hemiplegic... Oh, Yan Tong is hemiplegic, and as a detective in Wan Chai District, he can still make some money. But Lan Xiang is a vegetable. If this continues, his mistresses can’t even think of playing mahjong with him, and it would be a good thing if they don’t stuff that thing into his mouth.
"It's useless for you to feel unwilling. Xue Jifu must feel unwilling."
Lan Xiang frowned after hearing what he said: "Are you saying that Xue Jifu has not learned his lesson after suffering such a big loss?"
Yan Tong said: "He is the Commissioner of Police after all. He is not like us Chinese who are used to the British riding on our heads and shitting on us. Forbearance and submission are compulsory courses. I think he will try to touch Lei Luo and Lin Yue."
Lan Xiang said, "You say... should we help Xue Jifu this time?"
"If you want to help me, I won't get involved anyway."
"Are you scared?"
"Yes, I'm scared." Yan Tong said, "I'm no match for them in terms of wits or courage, so I'll just outlast them."
Lan Xiang laughed and said, "What a joke! You can be the man of Lin Bangban's uncle, and you're talking about outlasting them."
Yan Tong stopped talking.
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Another year has passed in the blink of an eye.
Lin Yue is quite satisfied with his role as an investigator in the Anti-Corruption Department.
Under the current system of the Hong Kong police system, detectives have great power. In addition to investigating crimes and managing entertainment venues in their jurisdiction, they also have a say in civil issues. They are also the ones who communicate with civil society organizations (such as the Triads, Sun Yee On, etc.). Therefore, although the rank of Chief Chinese Inspector is only equivalent to that of Station Sergeant, in terms of reputation, disposable resources and social network, his actual power can compete with that of powerful officers at the level of Chief Superintendent of Police and Assistant Commissioner of Police.
Now he has a group of civilian police officers supporting him behind the scenes, and has formed an alliance with senior police officers like Godber. He is a sworn brother of Lei Luo, and holds a special sword in his hand. It can be said that he has surpassed Lei Luo and become the No. 1 Chinese police officer.
