Diary of a Criminal Investigator

Chapter 725: Fourth Wang’s Pig Slaughterhouse

Compared to the Criminal Investigation Team, the number of major cases at the Criminal Investigation Team here is actually fewer.The Haizhou City Criminal Investigation Team manages major and important cases throughout the Haizhou City area.

But the High-tech Zone Criminal Investigation Team here is only responsible for serious cases occurring within the High-tech Zone.

Although compared to other districts, the crime rate in the High-tech Zone is slightly higher, in reality, compared to the Haizhou City Criminal Investigation Team, the workload isn’t that intense.

The workload mentioned here does not merely refer to the amount of overtime.

Compared to the Criminal Investigation Team, the Criminal Investigation Team here actually might have more overtime.

Because while there are fewer major cases, there are more medium-sized cases.

Cases like theft, robbery, and other serious crimes have limited resources, but the nature of the cases is quite severe.

These cases rely on the Criminal Investigation Team members’ long periods of surveillance.

After solving the previous dismemberment case, the Criminal Investigation Team has been quiet for a while.

The probability of homicide cases occurring at the Criminal Investigation Team here is not high, about three to five cases per year.

Moreover, as before, when some cases are particularly difficult to solve, the Criminal Investigation Team here seeks help from the Criminal Investigation Team.

At worst, they hand over the case.

Therefore, working at the Criminal Investigation Team, there is a limit to both workload and work pressure.

Over the past half month, Lu Chuan has roughly figured out the basic situation of the Criminal Investigation Team.

At least he recognizes everyone now.

Fourth Wang’s Pig Slaughterhouse.

"Come on, let’s toast Captain Lu with tea instead of wine."

Yang Sen held up his teacup, calling out.

Liu Guodong, Old Bai, and Yang Lin also raised their teacups to toast together.

Today, the Crime Scene Investigation office had two particularly difficult fingerprints to handle, so they had to ask Lu Chuan to come back and help.

The fingerprints that Old Bai, Yang Sen, and others struggled with for three days were successfully identified by Lu Chuan in less than 20 minutes.

In the evening, a few people insisted on inviting Lu Chuan to dinner.

Lu Chuan also raised his teacup: "Brother Yang, I’ll be back in a year, you don’t have to be so courteous."

Yang Sen sighed: "Why come back at all?"

Old Bai agreed: "Exactly, you did a beautiful job with that case at the Criminal Investigation Team in the last few days."

"Right after taking office, you encountered a homicide case and solved it in less than three or five days."

"If I were the director, I wouldn’t let you return to the Crime Scene Investigation office either."

It would be a waste of talent to place Lu Chuan in the Crime Scene Investigation office.

"The taste of our pig slaughter spread isn’t quite as authentic as it is up north."

Fourth Wang’s Pig Slaughterhouse might have an unsophisticated name, but it’s quite famous in Haizhou City.

It’s one of the city’s most authentic pig slaughter spreads.

However, Lu Chuan felt that compared to the pig slaughter spread he had in the City of Ice and Snow, it seemed a bit lackluster.

"Temperature!"

Liu Guodong ate a slice of blood sausage: "It’s about ten degrees warmer here in Haizhou City than up north."

"This dish should be eaten in the bitter cold to feel authentic."

"Ten years ago, when we were chasing a wanted criminal, we went from Haizhou City all the way north to the City of Ice and Snow, to the northernmost Mo City."

"We finally caught him by the river."

"Then we enjoyed a pig slaughter meal there, and it was truly amazing."

"I can’t forget that taste even now."

Now, with Lu Chuan temporarily assigned elsewhere, the Crime Scene Investigation office is still managed by Liu Guodong.

Liu Guodong, who originally served as deputy team leader, was actually responsible for overseeing the Crime Scene Investigation office.

Now that Lu Chuan isn’t around, it’s smooth sailing for him to take over.

In the evening, Yang Sen and the others had reports to write, so they only drank tea, not alcohol.

Recently, Lu Chuan’s liquor tolerance has improved.

Since joining the High-tech Zone Criminal Investigation Team, Lu Chuan found that social events and dinners had increased significantly.

It’s either today a director inviting you for dinner or tomorrow a district chief organizing a gathering.

And you can’t decline, and if you go, naturally, you have to drink.

It’s very important to maintain good relations with other related brother departments when you’re leading one area in the High-tech Zone Criminal Investigation Team.

This was also the experience emphatically passed on by Qin Yong before Lu Chuan took office.

In grassroots work, coordination and communication skills are especially important.

Many cases require the cooperation of other departments during investigation.

If you follow the official procedures to request cooperation at such times, the case might never be solved.

For example, checking a criminal suspect’s call records.

The communication company is obliged to cooperate with the police investigation.

But this obligation does not specify time, duration, or method of cooperation.

If a homicide occurs late at night and you need to check call records immediately, who will look it up for you in the middle of the night?

This requires relationships, not just procedures.

For homicide investigations, a single phone call could directly pinpoint a suspect.

If the check is delayed, or if it can’t be checked at all, can the case be solved?

In such situations, you need intervention from higher-ups.

If Lu Chuan knows the communication company’s leader in the jurisdiction, a single call could have someone sent to check.

Likewise, the Criminal Investigation Team, as a police unit under the High-tech Zone, is essentially also subject to community management.

In recent years, Haizhou City has been vigorously promoting civilized construction.

Every week people are required to stand guard at intersections.

This is work arranged by the community.

Under normal circumstances, it’s not a problem; the Criminal Investigation Team has plenty of people to send two or more for guard duty.

But what if a case emerges?

If there’s a homicide, but elsewhere you need to stand guard, with already limited manpower, what do you do?

So, if the community secretary invites you to dinner, do you go?

Of course, you go.

Working at the Criminal Investigation Team, Lu Chuan realized that coordinating all aspects is not as easy as he thought.

In fact, it’s quite difficult.

This half-month period has been very beneficial for Lu Chuan’s growth.

Besides initially getting familiar with the team’s situation, he accomplished two major tasks.

First, solving a homicide case.

Second, building connections.

Starting from the internal departments of the High-tech Zone sub-bureau, Lu Chuan has to visit every department.

And then, externally.

Community, hospitals, administrative departments, and so on.

No wonder Qin Yong is always so busy.

Especially when there are no cases, he’s particularly busy.

Now, Lu Chuan deeply understands.

Going out for social gatherings is less preferable than handling cases.

If there’s a case, you don’t have to go anywhere when summoned.

A homicide is the top priority, and others can understand.

As they sipped tea and chatted, another table of diners arrived nearby.

"Boss, one pig slaughter meal set and a dozen iced Old Snow beers, hurry up."

The one shouting the order was a bald man, showing off his tattoos of dragons and tigers despite the winter chill, clearly a street figure.

Lu Chuan glanced casually, recently his alertness seemed to have heightened since joining the Criminal Investigation Team.

Seeing such a person, he couldn’t help but take an extra look.

However, just as Lu Chuan was about to look away, his eyes suddenly focused!