No. 22 Xue Huali Road, at the gate of the central patrol room, the guard pulled the rope hard, pulled up the door pole, and smiled flatteringly at Inspector Xiao Cheng.
"Inspector Cheng, Second Lieutenant Pitt is looking for you."
"I got it." Cheng Qianfan casually picked up the half pack of cigarettes next to him and threw it out, "Next time, I'll give it to you unopened."
"That's pretty good, pretty good." The guard caught it and said with a smile.
Cheng Qianfan parked the car, adjusted his police uniform and put on his police hat.
First, we went to the Third Patrol Hall and walked around.
Most of the people were still on duty outside setting up cards, and the few policemen who stayed in the police hall were so sleepy that they fell asleep on the table.
"Inspector." A patrolman saw the inspector coming and saluted quickly.
"Shh." Cheng Qianfan signaled the other party not to make a loud noise. He looked at his subordinates who were sleeping on the table, took out his wallet and took out thirty yuan of French currency. "Go and buy some breakfast. I'll treat everyone."
"Thank you, Inspector."
Cheng Qianfan nodded, carried his briefcase, left the arrest hall, walked up the stairs towards the office of the investigation team of the Political Department.
…
Bang bang.
Cheng Qianfan knocked on the door.
"Don't bother me!" Lieutenant Pete's roar came from the office.
"Who made the respected Second Lieutenant Pitt angry?" Cheng Qianfan said in a loud voice.
Then there was a click and Peter opened the door.
"Were you kicked out of the house by Linda? Did you spend the night outside?" Cheng Qianfan looked at Peter, whose eyes were bloodshot and looked haggard. He was startled and asked hurriedly.
"Where have you been? I called your home early in the morning and you weren't there." Pete closed the door and asked.
"I went to Bethel Hospital to visit Su Zhikang, and then I didn't go home. I rested at the teacher's house." Cheng Qianfan put his police hat on Peter's desk, frowned and said, "What's wrong? He had an attitude of calling for an investigation.
, looking for me everywhere this early in the morning."
"Our goods were robbed," said Pete.
"What?" Inspector Xiao Cheng, who was careless just now, changed his expression and almost jumped up. However, he quickly calmed down and said, "That's not right. I passed by the patrol house and warehouse when I came here. It doesn't look like something happened."
"It's not our goods, no, it's our goods. However, it's not already in our hands. It's another batch of goods that hasn't been delivered to us yet. It's in the warehouse at the dock. Do you understand what I mean?"
When Peter is in a hurry, he speaks a mixture of Chinese and French.
"You mean Baffin & Co.'s warehouse was robbed?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
Peter breathed a sigh of relief and nodded vigorously.
Then, he saw Inspector Xiao Cheng jump up.
"Baffin's warehouse was robbed? Our goods were robbed? Who is so brave and dares to touch our goods!" Cheng Qianfan's face turned red, almost out of anger. Suddenly, he looked at Peter, "The foreign company's
The warehouse is the 901 warehouse at Mailan Wharf?"
"Yes, that's the warehouse." Pete said.
"Mother Xi Xie!" Cheng Qianfan gritted his teeth and cursed.
"You didn't know that there was Baffin's 901 warehouse in the robbed warehouse over at the dock?" Pete scratched his hair and asked.
"I know nothing!" Cheng Qianfan's face was gloomy, "I only heard that the dock warehouse was attacked by thugs. There are so many warehouses there, British, French, American, Dutch, and German.
There are also Japanese ones. Anyone’s could be robbed, but I never thought someone would dare to rob ours!”
Pete nodded. He had just heard that Baffin's warehouse had been robbed, and his first reaction was similar to Cheng Qianfan's reaction at this time.
It's not that he and Cheng Qianfan are arrogant.
In the French Concession, offending Cheng Qianfan and his team was far more serious than offending other businessmen.
It can even be said that the Japanese are powerful and are about to occupy Shanghai. However, some people may prefer to provoke the Japanese trading companies, but they may not dare to provoke Inspector Xiao Cheng.
In the French Concession, Inspector Xiao Cheng, who has many forces behind him, is far more difficult to offend than some of his performances indicate.
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"I'm going to Mailan Pier to have a look." Cheng Qianfan picked up his police hat and was about to leave.
"I'll go with you." Peter was also anxious, "I'll wait for you in the yard."
Cheng Qianfan nodded, and he went straight to Qin Detai to talk about the matter.
"What?" Qin Detai was shocked, "Is it your goods that were robbed?"
He knew that the warehouses of Baffin & Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corporation's warehouses on the Japanese side were robbed at Mailan Wharf.
The relationship between Baffin & Company and Cheng Qianfan's Jiujiu Company was also roughly cleared. However, he did not expect that it was his and Cheng Qianfan's goods that were robbed in Baffin & Company's warehouse.
Yes, Qin Detai has a stake in Jiujiu Company.
"It's the supplies we purchased from Baffin & Co. We've paid a deposit, but they haven't been delivered yet." Although Cheng Qianfan looked anxious, he still tried his best to explain carefully, "Of course, objectively speaking, this batch of goods has not been delivered yet.
Give it to us, the ownership belongs to Baffin & Co., and the loss is theirs. They need to return the deposit to us, and the loss will be borne by Baffin & Co.”
"But, in fact, Jiujiu Company suffered the most losses." Qin Detai pointed out immediately.
"Yes, Mr. Qin Mingjian." Cheng Qianfan, who was in a bad mood, still flattered subconsciously and without trace, "What is most valuable now is materials, and the order we placed with Baffin Matheson is half a year.
The previous price of this batch of materials was rising every day on the way from Marseille to Shanghai. For Jiujiu Company, as long as this batch of materials is resold, we can at least double the profit than expected."
Cheng Qianfan gritted his teeth, as if his parents had died, "As you know, my wife has a stake in Jiujiu Company. This time she will lose at least one thousand US dollars in dividends."
"Too outrageous! This group of thugs is so lawless!" Qin Detai was furious. "I will personally call Shaoermin and ask him to arrest the thugs and recover losses for the merchants."
"My subordinate is going to Mailan Pier to have a look." Cheng Qianfan said, "My subordinate still has some spies in the market. I want to see who is so desperate this time and dares to go against the Central District Patrol Office!"
"I can state my position here: Any thugs who oppose the patrol bureau will face the thunderous wrath of the central district patrol bureau!" Qin Detai said seriously.
Cheng Qianfan was right. This group of thugs robbed the warehouse of Baffin Company, which directly caused huge losses to Jiujiu Company.
This is actually going against the Central Patrol Office!
From Xi Neng, the squad leader of the Political Department, to Pete, the deputy squad leader, Qin Detai, the chief inspector, Xiu Gongshen, the translator from the political department, Jin Kemu, the deputy chief inspector, to many patrol officers on the third patrol, everyone has a share in this 'legitimate business'
Get benefits.
Cheng Qianfan told his subordinates about this incident.
The crowd immediately became furious.
This is tantamount to tampering with everyone's pocketbook.
The third patrol officer in the patrol room is more willing to fight than ever before.
Cheng Qianfan ordered six police officers, all armed.
He was in a car with Pete and two police officers, and the remaining four police officers drove his car and headed towards Mailan Pier with murderous intent.
"I've always had a good temper. You're right." Inspector Xiao Cheng asked his two men while sitting in the car.
The two nodded hurriedly.
"The world is so chaotic. Patrol officers are human beings and they have to make money to support their families." Inspector Xiao Cheng shook his head, "I tried my best to find a clean business for my brothers. It's not easy."
The two people quickly said, "You have worked hard, Inspector. Everyone knows it and is grateful to you."
"Why do some people have to make honest people angry?" Cheng Qianfan sighed.
Everyone knew that Inspector Cheng was angry. He was really angry.
Inspector Xiao Cheng is greedy for money and lustful, and greed for money is worse than lust. Touching Inspector Cheng's money is even worse than sleeping with his woman!
Of course, the two police officers felt the same way, and they also suffered losses.
For this incident, it is not an exaggeration to say that the entire Central District Police Patrol Office 3 has the same hatred!