30: Zhou Sheng became the head of the special task force.
A gasp immediately rose from the audience. Only 60% after all that?
Truly, an old cow can't give birth to a calf—it's incredibly amazing!
Supervisor Liao continued, "Next, I'll give everyone half an hour for questions. If you have any business-related issues, let's resolve them directly in this meeting."
Immediately, a sea of hands shot up from the audience.
Supervisor Liao randomly picked one.
"Supervisor Liao, I'd like to know how you achieved this technique? Why can't we do it?"
Supervisor Liao smiled faintly and uttered four words: "Practice more if you're bad!"
To demonstrate his true skill, Supervisor Liao had someone bring an egg. He then held it between his left thumb and middle finger. With a gentle flick of his right hand, the egg in his left hand began to spin rapidly.
Then everyone watched as Supervisor Liao, while spinning the egg, continuously flicked the shell with his right-hand fingers. Everyone's eyes widened as they saw tiny pieces of eggshell constantly falling off under Supervisor Liao's touch.
Because his hand speed was extremely fast, they could only see the afterimages of his fingers.
The egg, which started spinning faster and faster, gradually slowed down and finally came to a complete stop.
It was then that everyone was surprised to see that the egg in Supervisor Liao's hand had become translucent.
It turned out that he had completely peeled off the eggshell without damaging the inner membrane, which is why the egg became translucent.
Next, Supervisor Liao picked up a bowl, and with a gentle poke of his fingernail, the egg white from the translucent egg immediately poured out of his hand.
Everyone was stunned; the other party was actually using a raw egg!
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed it was something a human could do.
A moment later, everyone snapped out of it and began applauding.
"Amazing, this technique is absolutely incredible!"
"No wonder Supervisor Liao takes people's phones as easily as picking something from his pocket; it turns out he has such miraculous abilities."
"What is skill? This is the real skill! This is truly far ahead."
Supervisor Liao's demonstration increased the audience's admiration for him, and such a magical finger technique made the female colleagues, in particular, simultaneously come up with a bold idea.
After his performance, Supervisor Liao also explained some problems that might be encountered during work, as well as how to maintain good relations with local gangs.
The entire training process could be described as very professional.
"Today was just a warm-up. Tomorrow, we will conduct a real practical exercise, but this time I will be the audience, and the stage will be yours."
After speaking, Supervisor Liao pressed the remote control in his hand. The 100-inch television behind him instantly lit up, displaying a famous scenic spot in Jiangcheng City.
"Everyone should have heard of this place. This is a famous internet-famous attraction in Jiangcheng City—Porcelain Street. Our next team-building activity will take place in this ancient town with hundreds of years of history!"
"Next, I will explain the layout of this street in detail and assign tasks to everyone."
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At Qinghe Police Station, everyone was also incredibly busy.
Zhao Gang had received a military order from Gu Wenhai, stating that he must solve the case within 48 hours, catch the thieves, and recover the leaders' phones.
Oh, and his own.
If he failed to complete the task on time, the Municipal Bureau would withdraw Qinghe Police Station's application for a Second-Class Merit.
Zhao Gang had calculated the time; Qinghe Police Station's application for a Second-Class Merit had been submitted about ten days ago, and it was only about a week until it would be approved. Withdrawing it now would hurt more than cutting off a piece of his flesh.
So, Zhao Gang immediately found Zhou Sheng.
Although Zhou Sheng was not the most senior police officer in the Police Station, he was definitely the best choice to address the urgent matter.
The reason was simple: Zhou Sheng was the anti-pickpocketing captain in the Police Station, and also Qinghe's 'King of Anti-Pickpocketing.'
Since joining Qinghe Police Station, Zhou Sheng had caught no fewer than 200 pickpockets. It was because of him that Qinghe had not become the worst-managed community in Nanwan District.
Zhou Sheng had years of experience dealing with thieves, and in terms of anti-pickpocketing, he was considered one of the best in all of Jiangcheng City.
Zhou Sheng himself was not surprised to receive this task, as no one in the entire Police Station was more familiar with those 'pickpocket brothers' than him.
"Xiao Zhou, I don't need to emphasize how important this mission is. Right now, the phones of four or five major leaders are in the hands of thieves. If we can't get them back within 48 hours, neither I, as the Director, nor you, as the anti-pickpocketing captain, will come out of this well."
The four words "anti-pickpocketing captain" were clearly meant to put pressure on Zhou Sheng.
Zhou Sheng also knew the impact this case would have on his future, so he naturally dared not be negligent.
"Don't worry, Director Zhao, as long as the phones were stolen by Qinghe's pickpockets, I'll dig three feet deep to find them."
Zhao Gang patted Zhou Sheng's shoulder: "I believe in your ability. In addition, Director Gu is also very concerned about this case. He stated that we in Qinghe should form our own Special Task Force, and all colleagues on duty at the unit can join, under your unified command.
Furthermore, to assist us in catching the thieves, Director Gu has authorized us to deploy police forces from the entire Nanwan District at any time. If that's not enough, brother units from several surrounding districts can cooperate at any time. Go ahead and do your work freely; let me know anytime you need people."
Hearing this, Zhou Sheng felt even more confident.
"Mission accomplished, guaranteed."
No sooner had Zhou Sheng left than Zhao Gang's office door was pushed open.
"Old Zhao, why didn't you inform me immediately about such a big incident? If we hadn't received Director Gu's request for assistance, we still wouldn't know!"
"Exactly, you brat, you don't consider us brothers!"
Zhao Gang looked back and saw that the heads of his two neighboring units had come uninvited.
"Old Zeng, Old Xu, why are you here?"
The 'Old Zeng' he referred to was Zeng Ke, and 'Old Xu' was Xu Donglai. Both were old friends of Zhao Gang.
The three of them became Police Station Directors around the same time and met and became acquainted during a Director's training session. Being neighbors, they gradually became old friends.
So, upon hearing about the major incident in Qinghe, the two brothers rushed over to 'express their condolences' immediately.
Speaking of the leaders' phones being stolen, Zhao Gang also looked wronged.
"I never expected it either. You two know very well the results of our anti-pickpocketing efforts in Qinghe these past two years. I'm not afraid to offend you two, but among our three jurisdictions, Qinghe is 100% the area with the fewest pickpockets, bar none."
"You're not being humble at all, you brat." Zeng Ke pouted: "If it's the safest, how were the leaders' phones stolen? Oh, and it seems your own phone is gone too, right?"
This made Zhao Gang a bit embarrassed: "The one catching thieves got robbed by thieves; that's indeed quite humiliating."
Xu Donglai laughed heartily: "Old Zhao, you were just too confident. It's because you neglected management that those pickpockets who left Qinghe before came back."
Zeng Ke also said: "That's not necessarily true. Wanfeng Market only suddenly became popular in the last few months. Before, the number of people attending the market wasn't even one-tenth of what it is now. With such a large market, wouldn't thieves come back, following the scent?"
Zhao Gang also agreed with their words: "It seems I really was negligent."
Xu Donglai said: "This incident has indeed caused quite a stir. You say, how much does this embarrass Director Gu! Secretary Feng of the Provincial Department and Vice Governor Xue finally came for an inspection, and their phones were even stolen. How can Director Gu and Secretary Kang explain this to the leaders?"
"Exactly, and it happened in Secretary Feng's hometown. What will Secretary Feng think? I even heard that Secretary Feng's pants were cut open by a knife, and his red underwear was showing. Is that true?"
Zhao Gang's expression froze upon hearing this: "I see now, you two came specifically to mock me today, didn't you? You're so happy that I'm having bad luck?"
Xu Donglai and Zeng Ke quickly offered apologetic smiles: "No, no, how could that be? We're neighbors, how could neighbors come to mock someone when they're in trouble?"
"Then what are you two doing here?" Zhao Gang asked.
Zeng Ke said: "Director Gu didn't ask us to support you unconditionally? We just came to see what help you need, and we'll fully support you."
"Finally, you said something sensible." Zhao Gang pursed his lips: "I've already handed the case over to Zhou Sheng to handle entirely. He'll contact you then. You said it yourselves, don't go back on your word later!"
"Don't worry, we won't." Zeng Ke said: "By the way, where's your lucky charm?"
"Yeah, where's Lei Zhen?"