Chapter 164 Transfer the case!
Chapter 164 Transfer the case!
At around 4 p.m., after Jia Dongming returned to the security department of the steel mill, he immediately thought of the incident at the blacksmith shop. He reached out to the phone on the desk and shook the handle vigorously a few times. Then he picked up the phone and said politely, "Comrade! Hello! This is the security department of the steel mill. Could you please transfer me to Zhang Huanchun's office at the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Dongcheng Public Security Bureau?"
"Hello! This is the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Dongcheng Branch. I'm Zhang Huanchun. Who is this?" After waiting for more than a minute, the call was finally connected, and a middle-aged man's energetic voice came from the phone.
When Jia Dongming heard Zhang Huanchun's question, he immediately smiled and greeted Zhang Huanchun, "Captain Zhang! I'm Jia Dongming! When I came here this morning, I was so busy reporting that I almost forgot to communicate with you about something very important."
Zhang Huanchun, who was on the other end of the phone, was surprised when he heard Jia Dongming's answer. He smiled and asked Jia Dongming, "Deputy Captain Jia! What did you forget to tell me?"
When Jia Dongming heard Zhang Huanchun's question, he thought of the radio in the underground secret room of the blacksmith shop and smiled and introduced to Zhang Huanchun: "Captain Zhang! The situation is like this. There was a theft case in our steel rolling mill last night. According to the thief's confession, he sold all the discarded steel he stole from the steel rolling mill to a blacksmith shop in the east of the city."
"I arranged for someone to investigate the blacksmith shop and found that there seemed to be something wrong with the blacksmith shop. I originally wanted to arrange for the security department to follow up, but I am now a member of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of our Dongcheng Branch, so I thought of calling you to let you know."
After hearing what Jia Dongming said, Zhang Huanchun thought of the blacksmith shop in his jurisdiction and quickly put away the smile on his face. He asked Jia Dongming seriously, "Deputy Captain Jia! Is the blacksmith shop you mentioned the one over there on the overpass?"
When Jia Dongming heard Zhang Huanchun's question, he was obviously stunned. He quickly asked Zhang Huanchun: "Captain Zhang! You are right, it is that blacksmith shop. Did you also find something wrong with that blacksmith shop?"
When Zhang Huanchun heard Jia Dongming's question, he thought of their secret surveillance of the blacksmith shop some time ago, and answered seriously: "Deputy Captain Jia! You guessed it right. At the beginning of the year, we received a report from the masses that some suspicious strangers often appeared in the blacksmith shop, so we arranged investigators to conduct secret surveillance of the blacksmith shop."
"It's been more than half a year now, and we still haven't obtained any valuable clues. If we weren't worried about alerting the enemy, we would have arranged for a surprise search of this blacksmith shop long ago."
There is a radio hidden in the underground secret room of the blacksmith shop. If the branch conducts a surprise search of the blacksmith shop, they will definitely be able to find the radio. At the same time, it also means that subsequent clues will likely be interrupted by the search of the blacksmith shop.
After hearing what Zhang Huanchun said, Jia Dongming felt that the surveillance of the blacksmith shop by the branch might have been discovered by the other party. He then asked Zhang Huanchun, "Captain Zhang! Could it be that the other party has discovered that you are secretly monitoring them? Otherwise, how could you have been watching for such a long time without any progress?"
Zhang Huanchun also had the same idea as Jia Dongming, but he still had great confidence in the abilities of his investigators. Facing Jia Dongming's reminder, Zhang Huanchun replied seriously, "Deputy Captain Jia! To be honest, I have had similar thoughts before, but I think the possibility is not high."
"Under normal circumstances, if the enemy spies found out that they had been exposed, they would definitely try to escape from the city. They would not just open their shops and do business as usual every day. So I personally think that our scouts should not have been exposed."
"As for why we have not made any progress after more than half a year of surveillance, there are two reasons. First, there is nothing wrong with this blacksmith shop. Second, the means by which this blacksmith shop communicates with the outside world should be very secretive. Therefore, our investigators have not obtained any valuable clues after such a long period of surveillance."
After hearing Zhang Huanchun's analysis and thinking of the radio in the underground secret room of the blacksmith shop, Jia Dongming suddenly had an idea. He quickly asked Zhang Huanchun, "Captain Zhang! The blacksmith shop receives many users who come to buy farm tools every day. Do you think they will pass on information through this process?" After hearing Jia Dongming's analysis, Zhang Huanchun immediately introduced Jia Dongming, "Deputy Captain Jia! We have sent people to secretly investigate those people who come to buy farm tools, but so far, we have not found any suspicious people among them."
Jia Dongming originally thought of handing this case over to the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Dongcheng Branch because he concurrently served as the deputy chief of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Dongcheng Branch. Now, after hearing Zhang Huanchun's answer, Jia Dongming felt that he needed to follow up on this case personally.
With this thought in mind, Jia Dongming said to Zhang Huanchun, "Captain Zhang! How about letting me follow up on the blacksmith shop case?"
After hearing Jia Dongming's request, Captain Zhang pondered for a moment before agreeing, "Deputy Captain Jia! Since you want to follow up on this case, I will arrange for the Third Brigade to take over the case. I will have the captain of the Third Brigade contact you when the time comes."
When Jia Dongming learned of Zhang Huanchun's decision, he immediately nodded and replied, "Okay! Captain Zhang! Then you can transfer the case to the Third Brigade. I will take time to come to the branch tomorrow morning and officially take over the investigation of the case."
"Director Jia! What are you busy with?" Not long after Jia Dongming finished talking on the phone with Zhang Huanchun, Xu Damao suddenly appeared at the door of Jia Dongming's office and greeted him with a flattering look on his face.
Jia Dongming was surprised when he saw Xu Damao suddenly appear at the door of his office. He asked Xu Damao curiously, "Damo! How come you have time to come to my place today? Come in!"
When Xu Damao heard Jia Dongming's question, he hurried into Jia Dongming's office and said to him in a very flattering manner, "Director Jia! When I came back from showing a movie in the countryside at noon, I heard that you came here to congratulate you."
When Jia Dongming heard Xu Damao's compliment and saw the fawning expression on his face, he smiled and said to Xu Damao, "Da Mao! I was wondering why I didn't see you in the yard these two days. It turns out you went to the countryside."
Xu Damao sat down in front of the empty chair opposite the desk. Thinking of the purpose of his visit to Jia Dongming's office, he quickly said to Jia Dongming, "Director Jia! When I went to the countryside this time, my fellow villagers gave me some bacon, so I thought about inviting you to dinner at home tonight to celebrate your promotion. Are you free tonight?"
When Jia Dongming learned the purpose of Xu Damao's visit, he thought of Xu Damao's wife Lou Xiao'e, and said to Xu Damao with a smile: "Da Mao! This is really unfortunate. I want to invite your deputy director Li to dinner tonight. Why don't you just come with me!"
Xu Damao invited Jia Dongming to dinner, hoping to use the opportunity to get closer to Jia Dongming, and preferably get on board Jia Dongming's big ship.
When Xu Damao heard Jia Dongming say the word "unfortunately", he immediately felt disappointed. It was not until he heard Jia Dongming ask him to come to dinner as well that Xu Damao's face immediately showed an ecstatic expression. He happily said to Jia Dongming: "Director Jia! There is absolutely no problem on my side."
When Jia Dongming heard Xu Damao's answer and saw his ecstatic expression, he smiled and replied, "Da Mao! Then we have an appointment. You come to the small cafeteria of our security department at five o'clock."
(End of this chapter)