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"Okay, sir, whatever you say, we'll do."
Upon hearing Li Jun's words and seeing the 'bright' smile on Li Jun's face, Huang Shitong realized that he was now just Li Jun's prisoner and had no right to bargain with him. No matter how outrageous Li Jun's demands were, he could only nod in agreement.
4 “That’s more like it, Huang Shitong. Foreigners are just like your landlords’ association. They seem powerful and scary, but in reality? They’re easily crushed!”
Li Jun smiled slightly at Huang Shitong, Mai Shengyun, and Lin Rundong, and slowly spoke, word by word.
"..."
When Huang Shitong, Mai Shengyun, and Lin Rundong heard Li Jun's words, their eyes were filled with bitterness.
at the same time.
Hong Kong Island Police Headquarters Building.
Commissioner of Police Mak Yan-ho looked serious; his once gray hair was now almost completely white.
The past six months have been arguably the most difficult six months for Mak Yan-ho in the Hong Kong Island Police Force. The police force's reputation among Hong Kong Island citizens has plummeted to its lowest point, and several high-ranking foreign officers have been forced to retire early or resign under pressure from public opinion.
The Hong Kong Island Police Force's various operations also face numerous obstacles.
If it weren't for Chief Executive Shek Kang's repeated attempts to persuade him to stay, Mak Yan-ho would have wanted to resign and retire to his hometown in Scotland like Governor Eugene, rather than worry about the mess that is the Hong Kong police force.
The reason why the Hong Kong Island Police Force is in this situation is all thanks to Li Jun.
Originally, thanks to Mai Renhao's efforts over the past six months, he had finally managed to clean up the mess that Li Jun had made for the police force. But then, Li Jun came back again.
And this kid got into trouble as soon as he came back.
That's why Commissioner of Police Mak Yan-ho, Deputy Commissioner Chan To-yin, and several other high-ranking foreign officers in the police force gathered in this conference room for a meeting, and the topic of their meeting was how to deal with Li Jun...
[163] For the first time in Hong Kong's history, the managers of the four major trading companies were arrested, causing a sensation throughout the city!
Meeting room on the 17th floor of the Hong Kong Island Police Headquarters building.
Commissioner of Police Mak Yan-ho looked at the foreign high-ranking officers in front of him with a serious expression and slowly said, "You all know about the theft at Taikoo Shipyard, right?"
Chen Taoran and the other foreigners all nodded, indicating that they understood.
Mak Yan-ho continued, "The Governor of Hong Kong just spoke to me on the phone. He told me that Swire, the manager of Swire Group, has evidence that Li Jun was the mastermind behind the theft at the Swire Shipyard."
"..."
Upon hearing Mai Renhao's words, Chen Taoran and the others did not change their expressions at all, as if they had expected it.
In fact, almost all the senior executives on Hong Kong Island had this expectation. The only person on Hong Kong Island with the ability and motive to empty the Taikoo Shipyard overnight without anyone noticing was Li Jun.
It's just that no one has any evidence.
Seeing that no one was taking his jab, Mak Yan-ho could only continue, "Ladies and gentlemen, the Governor's order is for our police force to take Lee Chun back to the police station for investigation."
“Director Mak, the Governor’s words are certainly credible, but our police force still needs actual evidence to make arrests.”
As soon as Mai Renhao finished speaking, Chen Taoran immediately spoke up.
Throughout the entire Hong Kong Island Police Force, apart from Mak Yan-ho, Chan To-yin suffered the most at the hands of Lee Chun. Facing Lee Chun, Chan To-yin was instinctively extremely cautious.
Especially since Mai Renhao is retiring in a few months, and Chen Taoran is the first deputy director, there is a high probability that he will succeed Mai Renhao. At this time, Chen Taoran does not want to take any risks.
"Director Mai, Director Chen is right. Our police force has suffered enough from Li Jun. Without concrete evidence, I also suggest we don't act rashly against Li Jun."
After Chen Taoran finished speaking, another foreigner also spoke up.
The dismissal of Tommy, the Hong Kong Island Regional Commander, from the police force sent shivers down the spines of all the foreign senior officers. Having climbed to that position, none of them wanted to risk being fired just because of a superior's word.
It should be noted that in order to prevent corruption in the Hong Kong police force, or rather, to shut up the police officers who had been fattened up by the money empire, the Hong Kong British government paid the police officers very high salaries.
New recruits who have just graduated from police academy and joined the police force receive a monthly salary of HK$12,000.
After becoming an inspector, the monthly salary ranges from HK$27,000 to HK$50,000.
After being promoted to superintendent, the monthly salary starts at HK$8, with senior superintendents earning HK$12, chief superintendents HK$16, assistant commissioners, senior assistant commissioners, and deputy commissioners all earning around HK$20, while the commissioner of police earns as much as HK$24 a month.
The most terrifying thing is that as long as they can retire normally, their retirement pensions will remain unchanged.
Cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents. Even if the Commissioner of Police Mak Yan-ho or the Governor of Hong Kong Pang Kai-hong spoke out, it would be difficult to get the police force to take such a big risk for them unless the conditions were right.
"The evidence will be sent to our police station by Schmidt Schwayer and others in a moment. Now we need to consider where Li Jun is and how to arrest him."
Faced with his subordinates' doubts, Mai Renhao forcibly suppressed his anger and said calmly.
“Director Mak, Li Jun no longer resides on Hong Kong Island. The officers we sent to monitor him have already withdrawn. I think the only option is to use drastic measures, such as staking out the places Li Jun frequents.”
After Mai Renhao finished speaking, Chen Taoran pondered for a moment before slowly speaking.
"Alright, Director Chen, then I'll leave this matter to you. First, find Li Jun, and once the evidence is in place, then proceed with his arrest."
Mai Renhao directly passed the task to Chen Taoran.
"Yes, Director Mai."
Chen Taoran had clearly anticipated this, and nodded slightly in agreement.
Chen Taoran's idea was simple: if he entrusted this task to someone else, and something went wrong, he would most likely not be able to escape either. It would be better for him to take charge himself. This time, Chen Taoran was determined not to arrest anyone unless there was sufficient evidence.
"Director Chen, thank you for your hard work."
Mai Renhao glanced at Chen Taoran and said meaningfully.
Chen Taoran, who had always worked in Hong Kong, didn't know much about the Zu family, but Mai Renhao knew very well that with Peng Jiakang's power, as long as he wanted to arrest Li Jun, even if Mai Renhao didn't want to, Peng Jiakang had a way to force him to do it.
Chen Taoran's attempt to hold off Peng Jiakang was met with a dismissive "overestimating his abilities" from Mai Renhao.
However, to Mai Renhao's utter surprise, Chen Taoran was far more than just a concern within the police force.
That day at 11pm.
The meeting room in the Business Crime Investigation Department's office area on the 12th floor of the police headquarters building.
"Everyone, tonight's operation is absolutely confidential. No one will know who the target is until the final operation. Your job tonight is to obey my orders absolutely. Do you understand?"
Huang Wenbin looked at the group of more than thirty Flying Tigers members in front of him and slowly began to speak.
These Flying Tigers were all approved by the newly appointed Operations Department Chief, Cheuk King Chuan, to assist Wong Man Bin in tonight's 'top secret operation'.
"Yes, sir!"
After hearing Huang Wenbin's words, Zhou Xingxing, the leader of the Flying Tigers team, and his more than 30 members stood up abruptly and shouted.
"It's 11:06 PM now. Let's set off immediately. Our destination is Victoria Peak."
Huang Wenbin said loudly.
the other side.
Villa No. 3 at the top of Victoria Peak.
The owner of this villa is Schmidt Swire.
The Swire family controls Swire Group, the second-largest of Hong Kong's four major trading companies, and was among the first Hong Kong tycoons to move into Victoria Peak.
Starting with the second generation head of the Swire family, the Swire family has been living in Villa No. 3 on Victoria Peak for over 100 years.
After more than 100 years of renovation and expansion, this villa covers an area of nearly 2000 square meters, with three floors above ground and two floors below ground, plus a garden of nearly 5000 square meters. Although it is called a villa, it is actually an estate.
At this moment, in the study of the villa.
“Smith, take these four items to police headquarters and give them to Commissioner of Police Mr. Mak Yan-ho.”
Schmidt Swire handed a file folder to Smith, the Swire family's butler.
This file folder contained evidence that Schmidt Swire had spent nearly a day fabricating. Although it was somewhat far-fetched, Schmidt Swire believed that this evidence was sufficient for the Hong Kong Island Police Force to arrest Li Jun.
"Okay, sir."
Smith took the document bag, nodded in agreement, and then turned and left.
"Hey!"
Watching Smith's departing figure, Schmidt Swire sighed softly, leaned heavily back in his chair, and slowly closed his eyes. He felt a sharp pain in his head.
However, Schmidt Schweitzer was unaware that something even more troublesome was about to happen.
At this moment, two troop carriers stopped on the mountain road at the top of Taiping Mountain.
Because all the land, including the roads, in the Victoria Peak villa area is privately owned, police cars cannot drive directly into the Victoria Peak villa area without permission.
In order not to alert the enemy, Huang Wenbin decided to have the Flying Tigers walk a few hundred meters to raid Schmidt Schwayer's villa and arrest this important foreign figure.
"Everyone, now that we're here, you should have a pretty good idea of who we're going to arrest tonight."
When Huang Wenbin said this, his heart was pounding so hard that his face was flushed with nervousness and excitement.
This is the first time since the establishment of the Hong Kong Island Police Force that a high-ranking foreigner has been arrested, which is definitely a historic event, and it's no wonder that Wong Man-bun was so excited.
"..."
Upon hearing Huang Wenbin's words, Zhou Xingxing and the other Flying Tigers members tensed up slightly. People who could live on the top of Victoria Peak, whether Chinese or foreign, were people they usually looked up to. Tonight, they were actually arresting such a person. Even with their rigorous training, the Flying Tigers members still felt a sense of tension.
At this point, Huang Wenbin continued, "The person we arrested tonight is named Schmidt Schweitzer, and he is the manager of Swire Group."
"..."
After hearing Huang Wenbin's words, Zhou Xingxing and the others became even more tense.
"Everyone, don't be nervous. Our Commercial Crime Investigation Division has enough evidence to prove that Schmidt Schwayer is a criminal suspect. Even if something happens in the future, I, Huang Wenbin, will take full responsibility and will absolutely not implicate any of you brothers."