67: After taking office, talk about friendship and relationships

“Gao Ze solved the extermination case?”

Zhao Mingsheng and other leaders, who had just presented Gao Ze with an award and conferred his rank, were bewildered. They looked suspiciously at Zhou Weiguo of the Pudong Public Security Bureau, as well as Shen Gang and others.

The Pudong Bureau had not reported that Gao Ze had also solved an extermination case!

What exactly was going on?

Not only were Zhao Mingsheng and the other leaders surprised, but Zhou Weiguo, Shen Gang, and others all looked at Liu Wenzhong.

“Old Liu, what do you mean by that?”

“Gao Ze solved an extermination case, why don’t we know about it?”

“Oh, Officer Gao didn’t mention it.”

Liu Wenzhong looked at Gao Ze, shook his head, and smiled helplessly, saying, “Officer Gao Ze received a report from his younger brother, Gao Sheng, last night, and went to our Huangpu District jurisdiction, where he discovered an extermination case.”

“At that time, we were at a loss as to how to proceed with this extermination case involving five lives, and it was difficult to investigate.

It was Officer Gao who helped us solve this case and found the real culprit, Wu Mingjun, who murdered Feng Changlin’s family of five.”

“From last night until now?”

Zhao Mingsheng and several other important leaders from the Municipal Bureau showed surprise in their eyes.

Regardless of whether they were involved in the public security police profession, they deeply understood that solving a major case was far from easy.

“Yes!”

Liu Wenzhong nodded and said, “Director Zhao, and Secretary Zhang, this extermination case was not easy to solve. In fact, there were many suspicious points in the case.”

“But Officer Gao Ze only took one night, from the forensic autopsy to the on-site investigation…”

Liu Wenzhong meticulously recounted the detailed process of the extermination case.

There was no exaggeration or embellishment, nor any denial or concealment.

After listening to the detailed account of the entire Feng Changlin extermination case, Zhao Mingsheng and several leaders from the Municipal Bureau and the Municipal Party Committee couldn’t help but nod, deeply appreciating Gao Ze’s case-solving ability.

And it wasn’t just a statement in the case file.

The Huangpu District Criminal Investigation Brigade was at a loss with the case, but Gao Ze solved it in one night. This was truly extraordinary ability.

No wonder he could solve the Mu Yu Rou Case!

“Director Zhao, in the Feng Changlin extermination case, besides me, Liu Captain and colleagues from the Huangpu District Criminal Police Brigade also put in a lot of effort.”

Since Liu Wenzhong was praising him in front of the leaders, Gao Ze naturally wouldn’t take all the credit himself.

“I understand that, but you should take the primary credit for being able to solve the Feng Changlin extermination case!”

Zhao Mingsheng smiled at Gao Ze, patted his shoulder, and said:

“Keep up the good work. I will record the merit for this extermination case for you. I hope it won’t be too long before we hold another commendation meeting for you at such a high standard.”

The commendation meeting had already been held.

Naturally, it was impossible to hold another one immediately.

In fact, so many important leaders from the Municipal Bureau and the city were present today due to the combined influence of Liu Yaozong, Sun Haizhu, and the Mu Yu Rou Case, with the Mu Yu Rou Case being the most significant factor.

The Feng Changlin extermination case could earn a second-class merit, to be awarded by the Pudong District or Huangpu District.

It had not reached the level of today’s commendation meeting.

However, Gao Ze’s speed in solving cases and earning merits still astonished Zhao Mingsheng and the leaders from the Municipal Bureau and the city.

This was too fast.

Perhaps it wouldn’t be long before another one was needed.

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After the commendation meeting ended.

Important leaders from the Municipal Bureau and the city successively departed.

Leaders from various sub-bureaus and captains from various bureaus came to greet and chat with Gao Ze.

Some saw potential in Gao Ze’s future and came to build a relationship and get acquainted, while others truly admired Gao Ze’s abilities and wanted to make friends. A small number also came with case problems to ask Gao Ze, hoping to find breakthroughs.

This made Gao Ze genuinely busy.

These people were either leaders from other sub-bureaus or powerful middle-level figures like Zhou Weiguo and Shen Gang, whose police ranks and levels were higher than his, requiring him to respond seriously.

Fortunately, they were not difficult to get along with.

Many were very easy to talk to. Seeing Gao Ze looking a bit overwhelmed, they politely exchanged contact information and left.

After dealing with these people.

There were still some grassroots colleagues who hadn’t left, including Gao Ze’s friends from the Pudong Traffic Police Brigade and acquaintances from the Criminal Police Center.

What surprised Gao Ze the most was that he also met many police academy classmates.

Among them was his university classmate, Liu Wei.

“Gao Ze, do you remember me?”

“I’m Liu Wei. We were in the same class back in university.”

Liu Wei had a warm smile on his face. Seeing this, several university police academy classmates around him moved away, showing expressions of disdain.

Who didn't remember Liu Wei?

In university, he looked down on his classmates, and after graduation, he posted daily updates on his social media. A few days ago, he even showed off his Mercedes E-Class on his social media.

Such a person, fawning over the powerful, after seeing Gao Ze achieve a major promotion, now stuck to him like a plaster.

“Of course, I remember. Hello.”

Gao Ze smiled. He didn’t particularly look down on Liu Wei; there was no shortage of such people anywhere.

In his previous life, he also had such classmates at the police academy. That person looked down on his classmates and never attended class reunions, but once, when a classmate got into trouble, he was the one who helped him out.

“I didn’t expect you to remember someone like me!”

Liu Wei looked at Gao Ze, flattered and a little surprised.

He naturally knew his bad reputation in his circle, but he didn’t expect Gao Ze to have so little aversion to him.

“There are four types of iron bonds in life: those who shared a classroom. We are all university classmates, how could I forget?”

“Gao Ze, do you have time? We could have a meal together~” Liu Wei felt a slight warmth in his heart.

“Sorry, I don’t have time at the moment!”

“I understand, I understand. You must be hosting many people today. It’s my oversight. How about I invite you next time? Let’s chat on WeChat.”

Liu Wei made a phone gesture and then quickly left the crowd.

Gao Ze continued to entertain colleagues, friends, and classmates who came to chat.

He couldn’t refuse these people, otherwise, he might be labeled as troublesome, or some rumors about him might spread. This was the workplace.

After being busy for over half an hour.

Gao Ze finally finished chatting.

Only Team Leader Zhou Weiguo, Shen Gang, and a few others remained by his side.

“Gao Ze, how do you feel?”

Looking at Gao Ze’s tired expression, Zhou Weiguo grinned and said, “How does it feel to be the center of attention today, to be admired by colleagues and even leaders, like stars holding up the moon?”