Binjiang Police Affairs
Chapter 130 - 112: Knowledge Everywhere

Chapter 130: Chapter 112: Knowledge Everywhere

The Water Police Fourth Squad’s four members, Ma Jintao and Liu Xinpei, escorted Han Xiangning to Binjiang, leaving only the squad leader Chen Zikun and Zhao Jie.

They were told they would be participating in a major operation that evening, so the pair were too excited to sleep, but knew they still had to get some rest.

After Han Yu conveyed the orders, he knocked on the door of the women’s dormitory to consult Sister Zhu about how to receive the leaders tomorrow.

Sister Zhu brought the heater into the command and dispatch room and looked through a few of Director Wang’s plans. Although she didn’t explicitly express praise or criticism, it was apparent from her expression, especially her eyes, that Director Wang’s plans were not up to par.

"Salted Fish, are you sure the reception work is mainly our responsibility?"

"Confirmed, Director Wang isn’t familiar with the other departments. He won’t be aware of the specifics."

"What about Director Xu?"

"He has to command the major operation tonight, he won’t have time to attend to this."

Sister Zhu could hardly believe what she was hearing, and after pondering, she said: "Such a big event is taking place, and so many leaders including Secretary Chen of Linghai are coming. It’s unthinkable that Director Xu would leave everything unattended; he really doesn’t show much concern for the leaders."

It seemed that Sister Zhu was also unaware of the situation, at least unaware of Director Xu’s circumstances.

In Director Xu’s eyes, this was just a gathering of ’partners,’ and as for Secretary Chen of the county, his presence was merely to join in the excitement.

For Director Xu to show any deference to Secretary Chen, or to warmly welcome his arrival, would be tantamount to giving Secretary Chen face.

The expectation for him to run around attending to leaders and bending over backwards to greet them was out of the question.

Just as Han Yu was wondering how to explain, Sister Zhu picked up a pen and, with a smile, said: "Since Director Xu can’t spare the time, then I’ll help him sort it out."

"How will you sort it out?"

"The reception scheme and schedule concocted by your bureau are too messy. We’ll need to start over."

"Okay." Han Yu quickly opened the drawer and took out paper and pen.

Sister Zhu began writing and explaining: "First, tell me which leaders from which departments will attend the event tomorrow."

Han Yu quickly picked up the plans that Sister Zhu had tossed aside and said: "Director Feng from your Port Supervision Bureau, Director Zhong from our City Bureau, Director Chen from Binjiang Port Police Station, Chief Tang from Binjiang Customs, Secretary Chen of Linghai, Secretary Li from the Political and Legal Committee, Director Yang from our Police Bureau, Master Ding..."

"Will representatives from the Changhang Police East Sea Branch also be attending?"

"They will be present for the commendation ceremony. We cooperated with them before to crack down on scalpers selling boat tickets, and the City Bureau wants to use this opportunity to commend everyone."

"Where will the commendation ceremony be held?"

"Our neighboring conference room is definitely too small. We’re planning to borrow the large conference room on the second floor of Bailong Port Passenger Pier."

"First thing, call these departments’ offices to find out when the leaders will arrive tomorrow, how they will get here, approximately what time they expect to be here, and if they will be accompanied by secretaries."

"Why do we need to ask this?"

It seemed that they really had no experience in receiving guests or organizing meeting events.

Sister Zhu was thoroughly astonished but explained patiently: "We need to know how they are arriving so we can prepare for parking and docking their boats in advance. We need to know approximately what time they will arrive so that our leaders can welcome them. This place is so remote; we can’t expect them to find a spot for their dunship on their own."

"Oh."

"And about lunch, if you don’t know whether they will bring drivers or secretaries with them, and you only prepare two tables of food when three tables of people show up, what will you do then?"

"Sister Zhu, you think of everything. I had not considered that at all."

"You hadn’t thought of it."

Sister Zhu pointed at him with a smile and added: "The guests from Changhang Police East Sea Branch are the furthest away. You’d better call to clarify their travel arrangements, how many people will come, and how they plan to return after the ceremony. If they require accommodation, we can make arrangements in advance."

Han Yu asked with a laugh tinged with helplessness: "Sister Zhu, the way you describe it, it sounds like we’re the hosts."

"Mm-hmm, rough as it sounds, that’s exactly what we’re doing. We want to make the guests happy and satisfied, giving them the feeling of a warm welcome."

"Okay, the reception expenses will be covered by the bureau anyway."

After making the calls one by one, and roughly figuring out the number of people attending the event tomorrow, it became clear that two tables reserved at the Bailong Port Restaurant would not be enough.

The parking was crucial. They had Zhu Baogen go ashore to see how to arrange the parking on the riverbanks and how the visitors’ vehicles could maneuver when arriving.

They sent Liang Xiaoyu in a hurry to Bailong Port to buy teacups.

There were only eight teacups available for hosting guests on the dunship, which would definitely not be enough for tomorrow.

As for the tea leaves, Sister Zhu personally called their bureau and had Han Xiangning, who was there for business, bring two packs over.

Deciding which leaders from Linghai to invite to welcome leaders from other divisions, coordinating over the phone, then going over each item on the event schedule one by one.

You don’t know until you do it, but apparently hosting a dinner is an art in itself!

Realizing they were short on manpower, Sister Zhu called up Director Jin as well, and after some discussion, they decided to set up a "Ribbon-Cutting and Commemorative Plaque Ceremony Command Center," with several subgroups including reception, transportation, security, logistics, and press and publicity.

Han Yu, not very familiar with the traffic police and the Four Factory Police Station responsible for traffic coordination and maintaining order, immediately called the Criminal Investigation Fourth Squad to find Zhang Lan.

"What’s up, I was about to head back."

"You’re not going anywhere, come over and help us out."

"Help with what?"

"We have an event tomorrow. The reception task is heavy, we are short on manpower and overwhelmed." Fearing that the nearly newly-wed would take off on a light motorcycle, Han Yu added firmly: "Director Xu is asking for your help, hurry up."

The dunship was beautiful, but by the river, it was too cold.

Zhang Lan really didn’t want to go and asked grumpily: "What can I possibly help with?"