The next day, Stanley Prison actually performed an exercise that had never been heard of before. The news spread throughout the Xianglei area with reports from radio stations, newspapers, television and other media.

"For the first time since the opening of Hong Kong Comprehensive City, "real-life and real-life punishment"

Exercise, Hong Kong Comprehensive Municipal Correctional Services Department, the Correctional Services Department at the forefront of Asia." This is "Apple Daily".

"A fire broke out at Stanley Prison at night, and the people were panicking. It turned out to be just a drill. Is it good or bad to not inform the people in advance? The deputy warden of the prison threatened our reporter in public. What gave him such confidence? Exclusively revealed, Stanley Prison

The truth behind the exercise, the truth behind the deputy warden of Stanley Prison." This is "Oriental Daily".

"Unexpected situation, amazing performance, Stanley Prison drill was successful, from chaotic fire to calm down, it only took half an hour. The warden of Stanley Prison said, he was very satisfied with the quick actions of the Stanley Prison guards." This is "Sing Tao Daily"

Newspaper".

"A month ago, he bravely fought against 20 gangsters, and later this month, he took full command of the prison drills. Correctional Officer Yaoyang, a small correctional institution has made amazing progress." This is the "Hong Kong Daily".

A thick stack of newspapers, magazines, and almost all the headlines were reporting on the "exercise" in Stanley last night.

The General Department of Correctional Services, the Director of Correctional Services, the Deputy Director, and other senior staff 293 are all sitting around a large round table, listening to the secretary reading newspapers and magazines.

In front of them, there is a 21-inch TV, which is playing some interview clips from last night. In the clips, there are the warden's thoughtful answers to questions, Yaoyang's flawless and crazy praise, and the embarrassing and embarrassing fat cat, etc...

…

Combining multiple program reports, the senior officials of the Correctional Services Department could see almost all the scenes in last night's interview.

After the joint action of several secretaries, the outside world's evaluation of last night's "exercise" incident was 70% praise and goodwill, and 30% derogation and ridicule.

In response to this, the Director of the Correctional Services Department specially convened a meeting with many senior officials to deal with this matter.

As the last program ended, the director adjusted his hat, turned his chair, faced the officials, and said seriously:

"Okay, you all know the matter and have read the report. Tell us what you think!"

"Director, I think we should hold accountable this matter immediately. As the prison warden, James has unshirkable responsibility. Not only did he mismanage the Stanley Prison riot, but he also distorted it in front of the media without our permission last night.

In fact, they don’t take us seriously at all.”

"We should call him over now, replace his position as warden with a capable person."

The first person to speak was a middle-aged British-looking man. This man was one of the two deputy directors of the Correctional Services Department. His English name was Lao Chang, and his Chinese name was Li, so almost everyone called him Sir Li.

Don't think that the Correctional Services Department is monolithic. In fact, no matter which department it is, it is basically divided into camps.

Sir Li is in charge of administration and has almost the same power as the other deputy director, Sir Wang.

The only difference is that Stanley is not in his hands, and James, the warden, belongs to the royal faction.

Now that he had the opportunity, of course he would not show mercy and directly proposed to remove James from his position as warden and replace him with one of his.

As for other responsibilities, they need to be added to him after discussion.

"Sir Li, I think your proposal is inappropriate." After hearing this proposal, another deputy director, Sir Wang, a middle-aged Asian in his fifties, immediately retorted: "Why did Stanley happen?

We have sent people to investigate the riot this morning. This is entirely the responsibility of deputy warden Zhu Biao. It was because he acted arbitrarily and abused the prisoners that such a big incident occurred."

"Of course, James is jointly and severally responsible, but he is not the biggest responsible person. After the incident, he was able to make a prompt decision when dealing with a sudden interview by the media. He adopted the suggestion of Correctional Director Yao Yang and used the excuse of a drill to let us in the Department of Correctional Services

If you save face, you can be considered a meritorious person."

"We need to hold accountable now, and we definitely shouldn't hold James accountable, but Zhu Biao."

"Humph, it's a joke. James made his own decision. It was clearly a riot, but he said it was an exercise in front of the media. How can this be considered credit? Why didn't he report the incident when it happened? I think he didn't take the director seriously at all.

right."

Sir Li smiled coldly and said something pointedly.

"According to Sir Li's opinion, James should tell the truth to reporters last night and shame our Correctional Services Department from top to bottom? There has never been such a large-scale incident in Xiang Lei since Stanley was established.

If word of the riots spreads, I’m afraid the Correctional Services Department will be held accountable from top to bottom. Especially those of us at the top, I don’t need to say more about what the consequences will be.”

"And if you want to hold James accountable now, are you telling the outside world that this is not an exercise at all? Especially if an undercover agent arranged by the police is killed!"

"Sir Wang looked solemn, as if what he said happened.

"Not bad!" The Director of Correctional Services spoke at this time, with a serious look on his face and agreed:

"What happened this time was an exercise and the death of the undercover agent was an accident, not a riot. On this point, we in the Correctional Services Department must reach a consensus. From today on, I will not allow anyone to mention that there was a riot in Stanley."

"James handled it very well. There was no success or fault this time, so forget it. As for Zhu Biao..."

Having said this, the Director of Correctional Services felt a little headache.

Zhu Biao's backstage is really powerful. Although his biological father has returned to London now, he is still an official and has great influence.

If Zhu Biao were to be touched, no one knew how his father would react.

"Zhu Biao will let it go for a while and let me think about it carefully."

Finally, the director was ready to slow down a bit and said:

"Okay, after talking about punishment, let's talk about this incident. Who should be rewarded? In other words, what position should Stanley Correctional Director Yaoyang be promoted to?"

"ah……?"

After hearing the director's almost clear statement, the senior officials of the Correctional Institution were both surprised and a little confused.

These officials may have different attitudes toward the warden and deputy warden, but they collectively have a favorable impression of Yaoyang, the corrections director they have never met, and feel that he should be rewarded.

Because they had already investigated everything about last night. If Yaoyang hadn't come forward and thought quickly, and immediately thought of calling the riot a drill, the entire Correctional Services Department would have become a joke to Xiang Lei.

Director, deputy director, no matter how high their status is, no one can control them. The first riot in history happened. No matter how powerful they are, they will meet a miserable end.

So in a sense, Yaoyang was kind to them.

Moreover, they all watched the interview, and Yaoyang kept giving them the credit and giving them plenty of cake. Because of this, the Director of Security Bureau called the Director to praise him this morning!

That's why the director didn't even give any advice to the warden or deputy warden and let his subordinates discuss it first, but Yaoyang brought it up directly.

Although "repaying a favor" is not the character of these officials, it is perfectly fine for a mere correctional officer to be promoted a few levels to repay a favor and open his mouth.

Inside the Stanley Warden's Office.

The warden sat in the main seat, and opposite him, Yaoyang sat upright.

"Yangzi, congratulations. The director personally called me to promote you to the post of Chief Director of Correctional Services."

The warden smiled broadly and said with emotion:

"Less than a year after joining the job, I was promoted from Correctional Assistant II six times in a row, creating the legend of the fastest promotion in the history of our Stanley Prison!"

"Congratulations, congratulations. The director didn't blame you, warden, for what happened this time. Thinking about it, I'm extremely satisfied with you. Maybe it was the wrong time. If not, I'm afraid the warden should have gone one step further!" Yao

Yang responded with a smile. Due to the Stanley riots, the relationship between Yao Yang and the warden had a new breakthrough. From a superior-subordinate relationship, they unknowingly became "comrades in arms~". To be more precise, the warden owes

Yaoyang was such a huge favor that he could hardly think of a way to repay it.

"Hahaha……"

After listening to Yaoyang's words, the warden laughed heartily, looked at Yaoyang with eyes full of appreciation, and said sincerely:

"Thanks to you, Yangzi. Don't worry, I will always remember this. When I am in Stanley for a day, you will have the final say in terms of personnel management."

"Thank you Warden for your trust!"

Yaoyang was overjoyed and asked:

"By the way, sir, I don't know what the title of Chief Correctional Officer is and what he is responsible for. We don't seem to have this title in Stanley, right?"

"There used to be one, but after Zhu Biao was appointed, the position of Chief Correctional Officer was no longer available."

The warden nodded and then explained in detail:

"In our Stanley office, newly recruited officers are generally Correctional Assistant II, followed by Correctional Assistant I, Special Correctional Assistant, Correctional Officer, Senior Correctional Officer, and Chief Correctional Officer!"

"The responsibilities of the Chief Correctional Officer are actually almost the same as those of the Deputy Warden. The Chief Correctional Officer is responsible for arranging the work of the Correctional Officer, including personnel scheduling, warehouse arrangements, work evaluation, approval of leave, and a series of other matters."

"Before Zhu Biao came, we in Stanley had no deputy warden, only a chief correctional officer. After Zhu Biao came, the superiors transferred the former chief correctional officer to give Zhu Biao a chance to train.

"

"exercise?"

Yaoyang listened to the warden's explanation and easily understood the meaning:

"The Director of Correctional Services is extremely powerful and is responsible for the same things that Deputy Warden Sha Mao is now responsible for."

"When Fat Cat was transferred to Stanley, both sides had the same power, so of course there was an insoluble conflict. Later, the powerful Fat Cat behind the scenes was undoubtedly the victor, and he transferred the former Chief Correctional Officer and took charge of it himself.

gained great power.”

"Because of this incident and Sha Mao's poor performance, the officials of the Correctional Services Department will undoubtedly repeat the actions of the past. Only this time it is just the opposite. They want to sideline the deputy warden and deprive him of all rights.

, returned to the Chief Correctional Officer.”

"This Chief Correctional Officer sounds a bit like Inspector Zonghua in the era of the Four Detectives. He is one head taller than the ordinary detectives, but one head below the superintendent. He coordinates between the two sides and has great power."

After wanting to understand this, Yaoyang also wanted to find out more information about senior officials, so he pretended to be embarrassed: "What about Sir Zhu?"

"he……"

The warden looked disdainful and said: "Zhu Biao has been suspended from duty by the director. He has gone home to reflect. It is unclear when he will be reinstated."

"kindness?"
To be continued...