Chapter 286 It’s All About Relationships
Chapter 286 It’s All About Relationships
After the three middle-aged police officers entered the hall, they first looked around. After seeing An Rushong, the leading chief police officer instantly put on a smiling face, then quickened his pace and quickly walked towards this side.
Seeing the other party's reaction, An Rushong knew that they were coming for him, but he didn't know who had "taken care" of them to the extent that even the chief of police was alarmed.
Of course, to An Rushong, the chief of police was nothing special. He was just the director of a second-level police station. In China, his rank was similar to that of the chief of a district public security bureau in a municipality, and he was not even the chief of a regional bureau.
In South Korea, according to the classification of police ranks, there are several levels above the chief police officer, such as chief public security inspector, public security inspector, police officer and so on. An Rusong is a supporter of candidate Lee Min-bo and also a business elite who is highly valued by the latter. After Lee Min-bo officially takes office, he may be able to make friends with the new Minister of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, the Director and Deputy Minister of the National Police Agency. Why should he curry favor with a mere chief police officer?
But then again, interpersonal relationships are one thing in theory and another in practice. At the same time, what actually happens in daily life may be another thing. An Rusong really doesn't need to curry favor with a chief police officer, because in theory, the other party does not have the capital to talk to him on an equal footing. But since the two sides have no grudges, no grudges, no hatred, why should he act superior and disdainful in front of others? That would only bring hatred upon himself.
With the rapid development of NGN Company and the increasingly in-depth interactions with political bigwigs, An Rushong's self-confidence is bound to swell. Whether it is dealing with people or considering issues, his practices and ideas are indeed somewhat different from those of ordinary people. But at least he has not yet become so rampant that he has not forgotten his own name.
He still remembered a basic principle of being a human being in his previous life, that is, to be kind to others as much as possible. Arrogance is called temperament when it is implicit, and it is called arrogance when it is expressed in words. Anyone can tell who has more friends and who can last longer between the two.
An Rushong had never studied sociology or psychology. He only knew that if he wanted to be successful in life, he had to make a lot of friends and make his enemies disappear, even if those friends and enemies were only superficial.
Just like at this moment, whether it is the chief police officer or the two police officers who are walking over, in An Rushong's heart, they should be accepted as friends, even though he looks down on their status and position.
Even though he looked silly and dull, he didn't intend to cause trouble to the young policeman. The only one he was thinking about was "Police Superintendent Huang" and the three women and one man around him.
Seeing the three chief police officers coming over, An Rushong did not stand up on his own initiative, but put down his crossed legs.
The three chief police officers quickly walked over to An Rusong and his group. "Little Hibiscus" looked around at everyone's faces and quickly locked onto An Rusong's. He walked to the desk, extended his hand to the latter, and said with a smile: "This is President An, right? I am Yu Yingrui, the director of Songlu District Police Station."
An Rusong put on a smiling face, stood up and shook hands with the other party, saying, "Hello, Chief Police Yu, I am An Rusong."
"Haha, I saw Chairman An's photo in the newspaper before," Yu Yingrui shook his hand vigorously and said, "At that time, I felt that Chairman An was really young and handsome. I didn't expect that the real person seemed to look younger and more handsome than the photo. As expected, the level of the photographer of the Chosun Ilbo is worrying."
After saying this, this guy laughed heartily. While laughing, he turned his head to look at the two police officers following behind him. It seemed that he was seeing whether the two subordinates were laughing with him.
The two police officers were also smart people and naturally would not make mistakes in such matters. Therefore, they both laughed happily, as if the jokes told by the Chief Police were really funny.
"Thank you for the compliment, Chief Police Yu," An Rushong said with a restrained smile.
"Hey, don't call me Chief Police Yu," Yu Yingrui held his hand tightly and said in a reproachful tone, "Minister Han Junxi and I are of the same age. Since Minister Han said you are his little brother, then you are also my little brother. If you think highly of me, Chairman An, please call me Brother Yingrui."
"Brother Yingrui," An Rusong said with a smile, "But, Brother Yingrui, please don't call me Chairman An. It's more appropriate to call me Rusong."
While saying this, he also understood the whole story. He had called Shen Yuting before, and it seemed that Shen Yuting did not show up in person, but asked Minister Han Junxi to call Yu Yingrui.
Who is Han Junxi? He is the director of the Special Investigation Department of the Central District Prosecutors Office, whose duty is to investigate cases of corruption and malfeasance of civil servants.
In South Korea, prosecutors play an absolutely leading role in the process of investigating cases. To put it bluntly, the police are just doing odd jobs for prosecutors, and their various powers are severely restricted by the prosecutor system. But don't think that the Korean police are just honest people who are willing to be under others. On the contrary, the police system, and even the entire administrative security system, have always been thinking about overturning the mountain of prosecutors, so as to take back the case investigation power that should have belonged to them.
In the eyes of the police, prosecutors should be responsible for reviewing and examining cases, while the power to investigate cases should belong to the police agency.
In An Rusong's previous life, how could Cho Kuk and Choo Mi-ae, despite the resistance and targeting of the entire prosecutorial system, finally put the "dog chain" around the necks of prosecutors in the entire Republic of Korea? Thus completely restricting the power of prosecutors? The real reason was that in addition to the support of President Moon behind them, the Korean internal affairs system, that is, the police, gave a lot of help.
Of course, after the prosecutors were put on "dog chains", the one who benefited the most was the entire police system under the Ministry of Administrative Security. Those in police uniforms no longer had to do chores for those in suits.
By the same token, prosecutors are well aware of the ambitions of the police. Therefore, the contradiction between the prosecutorial system and the police system has always been prominent. Driven by this contradiction, it is understandable that prosecutors like Han Junxi pay more attention to the police.
So, don't listen to Yu Yingrui's words that he and Han Junxi are of the same age, as if they have a very close relationship. An Rushong can be sure that these two people may really be of the same age, but the former probably doesn't even have an ounce of face in front of the latter. When they called each other before, Yu Yingrui didn't even know how Han Junxi scolded him.
An Rushong was able to understand this point, but...how does the saying go, don't tear people down when they are in trouble. As a human being, it's okay to see things thoroughly, but don't say them as thoroughly, because that will offend people.
"Ah, right, right." Yu Yingrui had no idea what was going on in An Rushong's mind. He patted his forehead and laughed loudly, "Rushong, haha, it's really inappropriate to call you Chairman An anymore."
An Rushong pursed his lips and smiled, then turned his head to glance at the three women and one man next to him.
He thought to himself: Chief Police Yu, the other party involved is watching right here. Is it really appropriate for you to try to distance yourself from them in front of them?
However, Yu Yingrui obviously didn't care about these. He didn't even look at the three women and one man. After exchanging a few words with An Rushong, he turned sideways and introduced the two police officers who came with him.
"This is Chief Inspector Choi Ok-sung, head of the Investigation Division," Yu Yingrui said with a smile, "and this is Chief Inspector Shin Jun-he, head of the Police Affairs Division."
An Rushong shook hands with the two police officers with a smile on his face. He knew that since Yu Yingrui could bring two police officers with him and introduced them to him so politely, it meant that these two police officers were in the Songlu District Police Station and should be his confidants.
As I said before, the Songlu District Police Station is a second-level police station. If it were a first-level police station, it would have more departments and a more complete range of categories. However, in the second- and third-level police stations, due to the limited staff, many departments with similar functions will be merged to achieve the goal of streamlining the organization.
According to An Rushong's guess, the entire Songlu District Police Station may have four or five departments, such as the Police Affairs Department, Life Safety and Traffic Department, Investigation Department, and Information Security Department. In this case, Yu Yingrui was able to win over two police chiefs, and he is also the chief of the Police Affairs Department and the Investigation Department, which shows that he has a very good control over the entire police station.
Out of courtesy, after the other party introduced the two police officers, An Rusong also introduced Dicky's identity to the other party. When Yu Yingrui heard that this blond foreigner was a lawyer at Baker McKenzie, he frowned unconsciously. Although he quickly relaxed his brows, An Rusong still caught it keenly.
However, An Rusong could also guess what the other party was thinking. Obviously, since he had already brought out the American lawyer, it meant that the case was not handled smoothly before. At least An Rusong was not satisfied. Otherwise, he only needed to contact Minister Han Junxi. Why did he call the lawyer over? Doesn't it cost money to ask a lawyer to come forward?
Hiding his facial expression well, Yu Yingrui talked to Lawyer Dicky for a few more words, then turned to "Superintendent Huang" and asked, "Section Chief Huang Maoxun, what is going on here?"
It turned out that this "Police Inspector Huang" was named Huang Maoxun. This was the first time An Rushong knew his name.
(End of this chapter)