Invincible Young Master in the City
Chapter 599 - 599 595 Inspecting Third Middle School

599: Chapter 595: Inspecting Third Middle School 599: Chapter 595: Inspecting Third Middle School “Since you are willing to take responsibility, I approve your application,” Tang Xianlong said.

Ye Fan was not surprised and said, “Thank you for your support, Director Tang.”

Tang Xianlong grunted in response, took out his fountain pen, and promptly signed the proposal in agreement.

After signing, Tang Xianlong handed the proposal application back to Ye Fan.

Ye Fan took it but did not immediately get up to leave.

Instead, he looked at Tang Xianlong, waiting for him to speak.

Surprisingly, Tang Xianlong left his desk to sit down on the couch with him, which clearly meant he had something to discuss.

As expected, Tang Xianlong sighed and said, “Ye, I’m afraid I won’t have the chance to let you take on bigger responsibilities.”

Ye Fan’s gaze slightly sharpened as he calmly looked at Tang Xianlong.

Tang Xianlong’s words implied he was not going to fulfill the promises of their initial agreement.

Although Ye Fan had not held much hope, Tang Xianlong’s quick retraction was rather unpleasant.

“The organization department spoke to me, planning to transfer me to the city after New Year’s Day,” Tang Xianlong said.

Ye Fan realized that he had misunderstood Tang Xianlong and smiled, “Congratulations on your promotion, Director Tang.”

“Heh, it’s hardly a promotion, just a deputy director without any real responsibilities,” Tang Xianlong said with a smile.

Normally, he could have worked another year or two, then been promoted to the Municipal CPPCC at the deputy divisional level, and retired honorably.

Now being suddenly appointed as the deputy director of the city’s police department, although a powerless position, was still better than just being part of the CPPCC.

In two years, at least he could establish some connections in the city, not for himself but for his son and future generations of his family.

Of course, the cost was losing power for two years.

Overall, it was still a good thing for him.

For Ye Fan, however, the impact was that Tang Xianlong’s sudden promotion was premature, and Ye Fan had been at the police department for too short a time.

When Tang Xianlong was leaving office, no matter how much he recommended Ye Fan, it was impossible for Ye Fan to take over as the director.

Tang Xianlong’s smile faded, and he said apologetically to Ye Fan, “Ye, I am aware of your capabilities and I am very optimistic about your future.

Therefore, even if you’re temporarily unable to take on heavier responsibilities due to lack of experience, I will still recommend you to the organization.

Although you won’t be elected, at least you can make an appearance at the organization department, and they will consider you for any significant tasks in the future.”

“Thank you, Director Tang,” Ye Fan said calmly.

Seeing that Ye Fan was not upset, Tang Xianlong relaxed.

“Do your job well.

Whatever happens next, try not to get involved,” Tang Xianlong kindly advised.

His political career was also nearing its end, hence his words were benevolent.

Ye Fan smiled and said, “Thank you for your advice, Director Tang.”

He understood what Tang Xianlong meant: with Tang Xianlong being promoted to the city level, the position of bureau chief would definitely cause a fierce competition among the deputy directors, even Fan Feipeng wanted a piece of the action.

As for Ye Fan, due to his lacking seniority, there was no possibility of him being chosen as bureau chief; thus, he ironically became highly sought after for alliances from all sides.

In fact, Tang Xianlong still hadn’t told everything.

From his many years of experience in officialdom, his sudden transfer to the city bureau was certainly to make room for someone else.

Of course, these were speculations he would never express.

After leaving the bureau chief’s office, Ye Fan returned to his office and it was almost five in the afternoon, almost time to leave.

The next day, Tuesday morning, at the public security department meeting, Ye Fan formally announced the launch of a major cleanup operation around the school.

Ye Fan didn’t take credit for Xu Xiangli’s efforts, instead appointing her as the team leader for this operation, with Wang Xianzhong and Miao Jian as deputy team leaders, mobilizing a total of twenty-five people.

As for himself, besides being the overall commander, he let Xu Xiangli place him on the operation team to work alongside regular police officers catching small-time hooligans and ruffians.

The main reason he wanted Xu Xiangli to place him in the active operation was that he realized he hardly knew how police carried out their tasks, so he wanted to take this opportunity to gain first-hand experience.

Otherwise, not knowing how the grassroots executed tasks would make managing the county’s public security effectively like building a castle on sand.

That afternoon, Ye Fan changed into civilian clothes and headed to Mingde No.

3 Middle School with three grassroots police officers.

In Mingde County town, there are five middle schools, including Mingde High School, and also Mingde No.

1 Middle School, No.

2 Middle School, No.

3 Middle School, and No.

4 Middle School.

Among them, No.

3 Middle School had the worst school environment, which naturally had the most severe issues, attracting many hooligans.

These hooligans formed cliques, not only causing a dark and toxic atmosphere around No.

3 Middle School but also infiltrating the campus itself, leading to instances where bad students and hooligans together assaulted teachers and even school leaders.

Extortion and blackmailing of students were even more rampant.

Since using a police car might alert the suspects unwittingly, Ye Fan used his private vehicle for official purposes, driving his Volkswagen with three other officers to a spot near the No.

3 Middle School gate.

After finding a parking spot and parking the car, Ye Fan and the three officers walked towards the school gate.

“Commissar, the most negative influence around No.

3 Middle School comes from a gang leader named Huang Chenglong,” a veteran officer named Ma Yongtao to Ye Fan’s left explained.

“Huang Chenglong is a notorious troublemaker, twenty-nine years old, has been reformed through labor three times and detained twice, a truly incorrigible figure.”

While the county police department had never severely cracked down on the areas surrounding schools, they still maintained basic surveillance, so they had grasped the essential details.

Actually, policing the area around schools was challenging.

Many of the young delinquents were under eighteen, committing crimes not severe enough for criminal charges, which meant even if they were caught, they could only be detained for a few days and given a light reprimand before being released.

These young hooligans, after release, would restrain themselves for a few days and then return to offending.

Some even took pride in having served time.

For example, the aforementioned Huang Chenglong, leader of the so-called Blue Dragon Gang, prided himself on his incarcerations, gathering a gang of reckless youths hustling around and even inside the school.

“Huang Chenglong is followed by seven or eight small-time hooligans,” Ma Yongtao continued, “However, he has many bad students from within No.

3 Middle School hanging around with him all day.

These students go to school not to learn but to skip classes, bully their peers, extort protection money, and harass female students, severely impacting the environment.

A while back, a director at No.

3 Middle School was assaulted, and it was Huang Chenglong’s doing.”

As they spoke, Ye Fan and the others took a position a dozen meters from the No.

3 Middle School gate.

Suddenly, with his exceptional hearing, Ye Fan heard a series of thudding sounds of blows landing on flesh.

He instinctively looked toward the noise and saw near a corner of the school gate, three or four students with dyed hair cornering another student in uniform, beating him.

The student being beaten appeared to be too frightened to think of escaping or fighting back; instead, he just squatted on the ground, curling up his body, protecting his head with his hands, letting the four miscreants strike him without even daring to cry out in pain.