Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 1089 - 709: The Grand Operation! (Part 2)

Zhang Lan asked in surprise, "No way."

Han Xiangning laughed and said, "Why not? Don't forget what he used to do. Being in charge as the Deputy Mayor seems big, but the real power might not be greater than the Director's. Besides, he's not even the Deputy Mayor, just a Deputy Researcher."

"Won't he take charge when he comes back?"

"He won't, at least he won't take the initiative to manage."

Han Xiangning smiled and added, "He said he's been stepping back for over two years already. Even if he takes his role seriously, he can only do it for another two years. Instead of involving himself in everything and annoying people, he'd rather not manage anything and spend his precious time with my master's wife."

Zhang Lan was surprised that Old Ge finally became a city leader but didn't plan to take charge. After a while, she sighed and said, "Uncle Ge is really perceptive. He's so different from Director Xu. If Director Xu were still alive, even if his superiors told him not to manage things, he'd keep managing until he couldn't anymore."

"Speaking of Director Xu, Director Ge said something to Dongdong a few days ago." 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"What did he say to Dongdong?"

"Recently, many units have been asking Director Ge for materials, waiting for San'er and the others to come back so they can hold a commendation meeting. When Dongdong returns to East Sea, he'll definitely be in the spotlight, either attending this commendation meeting or giving a report on his achievements. My brother-in-law is really worried. After all, Dongdong is too young, and being in the limelight too much might make him forget who he is. If he becomes too arrogant, it could ruin his future."

Han Xiangning paused and continued, "But no matter what he says, Dongdong doesn't listen, so he had to ask Director Ge to give Dongdong a little warning. Director Ge talked to Dongdong a lot and also mentioned Director Xu."

The relationship between Director Ge and Director Xu is quite subtle.

Zhang Lan curiously asked, "How did Director Ge evaluate Director Xu?"

Han Xiangning knew she was being gossip, sighed lightly, and said, "When talking about Director Xu, San'er was also present. San'er said that Director Ge's evaluation was very objective."

Zhang Lan pressed further, "Stop keeping me in suspense, what exactly did he say about Director Xu?"

"He said many people think that with Director Xu's character, he should have joined the army. He would definitely make a career in the military, but that's both true and false.

If it were wartime, Director Xu would certainly be a fierce general. If he could survive the battles, he could achieve great things. But with Director Xu's personality of always leading from the front, he probably wouldn't live to see the victory of the revolution."

Seeing Zhang Lan deep in thought, Han Xiangning continued, "In peacetime, the highest rank Director Xu could achieve in the army would be Camp Commander. You know his temper, which leader would like him, and which leader would promote him?"

"Thinking about it, that's quite true."

"Even though Director Ge thought that even if Director Xu had joined the army back then, it would be hard for him to make a significant career, he still admired Director Xu. He shared many stories of Director Xu in his youth with Dongdong, taught him many lessons about life, and sent Dongdong with Liang Xiaojun to visit disaster victims, and to show films to them with Manager Chen of the Four Factory Cinema so that Dongdong could experience the hardships of the world."

"Was it effective?"

"Effective! San'er said Dongdong has truly grown up and matured."

"That's great."

Zhang Lan didn't want to continue discussing this heavy topic, raised her hand and pointed upwards. "Xiang Ning, what were those people doing on your rooftop this morning?"

Han Xiangning replied without hesitation, "Installing CCTV surveillance."

"Climbing up to the rooftop to install surveillance for what?"

"To monitor the river surface."

Han Xiangning took a sip of water and said, "Our Traffic Control Center here is about to be removed. In the future, only the bureau will have a Traffic Control Center."

Zhang Lan asked in confusion, "Why?"

"To better manage water traffic, centralized command and dispatch is better than everyone fighting separately."

"If centralized command is better, why was there a Traffic Control Center here in the first place?"

"Times change. Back then, the technology wasn't as advanced as it is now. The VTS was just initially built at that time and wasn't as complete as now. Also, having the bureau command and coordinate reduces our workload."

"What do you mean?"

"Think about it, we need at least two traffic control personnel per shift, with three shifts. That's six people. Adding up a few Port Supervision Departments, we'd need more than twenty people. With the Traffic Control Center commanding and dispatching as before, with current technology, only fifteen people are needed, which reduces our burden."

"In the future, you'll mainly be responsible for crew management, ship management, and maritime law enforcement?"

"Yes."

"After Linghai Port is built, who will be responsible for the command and dispatch of cargo ships entering and leaving the port?"

"The lock has a chief dispatcher, the Lingda Car Ferry has a dispatcher, and when the Linghai Port is completed and operational, it will also need a dispatch room with a port controller."

Han Xiangning smiled gently and asked in return, "By the way, the ferry was pretty lively this morning, I heard you caught a few people today."

"Caught a few selling pirated discs."

Zhang Lan didn't feel any sympathy for those women and said, "I've advised them many times and even confiscated some of their messy discs, but they kept playing cat-and-mouse with me. Now they've run into the crackdown on smuggling, not only do they face fines but also detention."

Han Xiangning, confused, asked blankly, "What's the connection between selling pirated discs and cracking down on smuggling?"

"There's a severe crackdown on smuggling now, and the discs they're selling might be smuggled in. Our Water Police Station also has anti-smuggling duties. If we don't catch them, who do we catch? Only by catching them and tracing the source of the discs can we potentially solve smuggling cases."

"Isn't smuggling under the jurisdiction of Xu Mingyuan's department, why is it a task for your police?"