Chapter 862 The Pressure of Public Opinion
The world is like this. In many cases, you can’t make a lot of money just by working hard.
On the contrary, the more people like this reporter, who run around for life every day, the harder it is to make big money.
So if you are someone who makes tens of thousands of dollars a year, hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars, you can still evaluate it by your hard work.
If someone like a millionaire, multi-millionaire or even a billionaire claims that he earns his money entirely through hard work, then he is a bit suspicious of treating people as fools.
"It's a pity that today's robbers are so incompetent that they can't even successfully rob a closed space like a cruise ship."
After listening to everyone's gossip, a reporter couldn't help but speak his mind. come out.
Hearing his words, although the other reporters did not answer the words, they couldn't help but echoed in their hearts.
For them journalists, what is big news.
The big news is that a rich man was robbed, killed, or kidnapped. Things like attempted robbery, attempted murder, and attempted kidnapping can also be broadcast, but the latter is less sensational than the former. It's simply several levels lower.
That's why they just stayed on the dock.
If it were news that all members of the cruise ship were killed during this cruise, I am afraid that there would be more than ten helicopters belonging to the news media in the sky at this moment, and they would not only be waiting for the news, the qualified media would definitely Start live broadcast.
"Who allowed Sir Zhang to be on the ship? The name of the evil nemesis is not something we brag about, but someone who has actually earned it."
Although there is nothing they want. Big news, but these reporters are not disappointed. After all, they also live on Hong Kong Island. Now that there are such outstanding people in the Hong Kong Island Police Force, they can live with more peace of mind.
“The ship is coming!”
"Damn it, the Hong Kong Island police actually stopped the ship and refused to let it approach the pier. Then our wait for so long was not in vain!"
As you can imagine, the robberies on the cruise ship caused a sensation in Hong Kong Island, and not only in Hong Kong. Island, the surrounding Taiwan Island, Lijiapo and even Rabbit and Little Life are equally sensational.
It’s hard to say how the reaction will be in other places.
On Hong Kong Island, the first thing to bear the brunt is that the police force has once again encountered doubts.
Especially the top brass of the police force, from their private life to their work style and even their attire, have been criticized from the beginning to the end.
The credibility of the police force has also been questioned by almost all Hong Kong Island citizens. Everyone is doubting whether the police force has the ability to protect them.
It stands to reason that this robbery was obviously an attempt, although some people on the ship were unlucky and died or were injured.
But because Sir Zhang took action in time, the most casualties were the security personnel on the ship, and almost no passengers on the ship suffered single-digit injuries.
Sir Zhang is also a member of the Hong Kong Island Police Force. Even if the police have experienced this crisis, they have made more contributions and should not receive this kind of treatment.
The reason why this is the case is mainly due to two reasons.
First, there were hundreds of reporters guarding the pier at that time. It can be said that all media-related institutions and units on Hong Kong Island sent people to the scene.
As a result, the Hong Kong Island police were afraid of having too much impact, so they stopped the cruise ship at sea in advance, then dispersed and picked up the people, and did not hold a media briefing afterwards.
So many reporters and media waited in vain, but did not get any useful information.
In doing so, the Hong Kong Island police protected most of the people involved on the ship, but they offended the entire Hong Kong Island media.
If it just offends the media, it is actually nothing. After all, the Hong Kong Island Police Force has its own voice channels. Coupled with the special status of the Police Force, the media are also aware of the situation and will not cause trouble. So big.
It was actually the rich people who were almost robbed who actually led things to this situation.
After they came back, firstly they were dissatisfied with the Hong Kong police for letting the robbers into the cruise ship, and secondly they wanted to divert the attention of ordinary citizens.
After all, they boarded the ship in great glory, and in order to save their lives on the ship, they even revealed their wealth.
Later, after the Hong Kong Island police took over the cruise ship, they also found many rare cultural relics that were theoretically owned by the government.
Although due to the disappearance of Boss Li, the Hong Kong Island police have no concrete evidence to prove whether the wealthy people who boarded the ship came for cultural relics, they will definitely have doubts about them.
It is illegal to buy and sell cultural relics. Even if Hong Kong Island and the mainland have not officially handed over, Hong Kong Island laws do not support the purchase of smuggled items.
These rich people were worried about being held accountable by the police, so they simply turned against them and deliberately led the news media and citizens to focus all their attention on the incompetence of the Hong Kong Island Police Force.
In this way, the Hong Kong police face almost universal responsibilities, especially since the upper-level leaders are stared at by everyone with a magnifying glass, they naturally have no intention to deal with these rich people. Are you suspected of intending to purchase smuggled cultural relics?
After all, these rich people only have intentions and are not involved in transactions or collecting cultural relics.
Even if the police want to pursue accountability, they cannot produce key evidence.
Cai Yuanqi's office.
"Director, the people from the Complaints Division and the Public Relations Division are asking for support. They can't stand it anymore. Many people haven't slept for several days."
Cai Yuanqi's own state is actually It's not good either, the bags under my eyes are all black now.
As the top brother of the police force, he naturally encountered the most attacks, especially when the cruise ship had an accident before. He even wanted to take the opportunity to introduce the intelligence agency of the ugly country to Hong Kong Island.
I don’t know who leaked this incident afterward, so someone even called him a traitor.
This put Cai Yuanqi under great pressure during this period.
"Ask them to report it to the higher authorities and ask for support from the propaganda department. This case has been closed a long time ago and is no longer within the jurisdiction of our police."
Cai Yuanqi said dullly , he is in a terrible mood now.
It stands to reason that this kind of thing should have been taken care of by the higher authorities. After all, the Hong Kong Island Police Force is also part of the Hong Kong Island Government. Now that the Police Force is under attack, it is not only the Police Force that is affected, but other government departments as well. will also be affected.
However, it has been almost a week, and there is still no movement at all.
This forced Cai Yuanqi, who originally wanted to be a turtle and hoped that the superiors would take the initiative to send someone to deal with it, to take the initiative to ask for help.
There is no way, if we don't deal with this matter, if it gets bigger again, Cai Yuanqi is worried that he will really get burned.
Never underestimate the fighting power of Hong Kong Island’s news media.
After these guys started charging, after reporting some news made clear by the top brass of the police force, not only did they not stop there, but they started digging for the bottom.
Today Cai Yuanqi even saw in a newspaper that someone even gossiped about his close relationship with a ghost guy. It is possible that the first brother in Hong Kong has a special orientation and is a zero.
The gossip about Cai Yuanqi's hobbies in the media is naturally nonsense and taken out of context, but what makes Cai Yuanqi nervous is not the slander about his own hobbies.
The main reason is that the person photographed by the media traveling hand in hand with him is actually a contact person in Chou Country who is responsible for handling Asian intelligence.
It was precisely because of the relationship with the other party that Cai Yuanqi rose through the ranks in the Hong Kong Island Police Force.
So Cai Yuanqi is afraid that if the media continues to dig up his old background, it may expose the ugly country's layout here.
If this happens, Cai Yuanqi is very worried that he may really be affected. "By the way, the morale of the police force is very low right now. I want to recommend a super policeman to set an example. You go and notify the various departments and ask them to report the list."
Cai Yuanqi looked calm and continued to issue orders.
This incident seems to be a typical example, but in fact it is an initiative to compromise internally.
After all, being able to be promoted as a model by the police force naturally means that there is a bright future. This is a great thing for many people within the police force.
With such a real benefit, I believe everyone will understand it by then and there will be no more trouble.
"I'm afraid it's a little late to think about reducing the heat and diverting attention by setting examples at this time."
Cai Yuanqi's solution was quickly distributed to the desks of all middle and high-level police officers.
Zhang Pin saw the other party's order and naturally guessed how the other party's plan was carried out.
However, he has a certain degree of skepticism about how effective Cai Yuanqi's two methods can be.
Public opinion has always been terrible.
Cai Yuanqi was actually somewhat dissatisfied with the police force because his initial plan was not implemented smoothly.
So when the news media initially attacked the police force, he not only failed to stop it, but actually contributed to it.
He even took this opportunity to fire several hardcore members of other factions that he disliked on the grounds that the matter was not handled well.
But Cai Yuanqi never expected that the public opinion would be so fierce this time.
While he left the high ground alone, his opponent quickly occupied the entire territory.
When he found that the fire was burning on him and wanted to put out the fire, he realized that the lost high ground was not so easy to get back.
Of course, the disgrace of the Hong Kong Island Police Force did not cause any trouble to Sir Zhang this time.
Even because the top brass of the police force were attacked, Sir Zhang, the mainstay who turned the tide, was shown.
At least in this attack on the Hong Kong Island Police Force, no media found it difficult to find fault with Sir Zhang.
Some gossip media even took photos of Sir Zhang traveling with several beauties and being intimate with each other and published them in their own newspapers. As a result, the windows were smashed by citizens.
Hong Kong Island is extremely tolerant of the issue of male and female ethics. It's hard to say handsome men in the entertainment industry, but beautiful women can be said to be the back gardens of the rich.
Thanks to the entertainment gossip that is spread every day, it is not a big deal for a good young man like Zhang Sir, who is not married, to have several girlfriends.
Some people even went out of their way to explain why Sir Zhang wanted to date several girlfriends at once. The main reason was because he had very good physical strength and could not withstand even one girlfriend.
Many people suspect that Sir Zhang himself may have spread this rumor.
Sir Zhang naturally cannot agree with such slander.
Of course, the slander he was talking about was his own act of secretly spreading the word that he had great physical strength.
Sir Zhang is still very confident about his physical strength.
In the past, due to physical problems, he occasionally worked overtime to avoid opportunities to pay public wages.
But since he has extraordinary physical strength, the frequency in daily life is nothing to Sir Zhang.
Knock knock knock——
"Tou, the game is about to start."
Just when Zhang Pin was reading gossip to kill time, Song Zijie knocked on his door.
“It’s really inappropriate for me to go. I’m not a member of the Hong Kong Island Gun Club. It’s a bit embarrassing to be the award guest.”
Zhang Pin heard Song Zijie’s Urged, with a bit of reluctance on his face.
This time, the Hong Kong Island Gun Club specially invited him to participate in the annual shooting competition on Hong Kong Island.
Of course, as Sir Zhang, he is not participating in the competition, but appearing as a referee and award presenter.
Although Zhang Sir's shooting skills have always been rumored to be superb, he rarely participates in public competitions and rarely shows off his powerful shooting skills except during missions.
The Hong Kong Island Gun Club has sent him letters several times in the past few years, inviting him to participate in the annual Gun King Competition, but Sir Zhang declined each time.
As his police rank became higher and higher, and his reputation in Hong Kong Island grew, things became awkward at the Gun Club.
After all, Sir Zhang’s shooting skills are recognized as powerful, but such a master shooter has nothing to do with the Hong Kong Island Gun Club.
So many people even laughed at the Gun King Competition reported by the Hong Kong Island Gun Club, saying that these contestants were not worthy of their names at all. After all, they had never competed with Sir Zhang.
For these rumors, the management of the Hong Kong Island Gun Club did not pay much attention to these rumors at the beginning.
After all, in the beginning, Sir Zhang’s status and reputation were average.
However, as Sir Zhang’s performance got better and better, and the things he did became more and more sensational, they naturally could no longer turn a blind eye.
So the Gun Club began to want to invite Sir Zhang to participate in the competition for the Gun King.
But several invitations simply fell into disfavor.
Seeing that Hong Kong Island is about to change its owner, I don’t know if the Gun Club can continue to be held in the future.
Thinking that this might be the last opportunity to host the Gun King, the chairman of the Gun Club approached Sir Zhang again through his connections.
This time, the other party no longer invites Zhang Pin to participate, but allows the other party to participate in the gun king competition as a prize presenter and honorary referee.
Actually, Sir Zhang himself is not interested in such honorary events.
But there was nothing he could do. The person the other party invited was important enough, and it was his old boss, Fatty Huang.
In response to Fatty Huang’s request, Zhang Pin had to give him face and go to the scene for a formality.
Sir Zhang originally thought that he would just pretend to forget and not go to the scene.
But Fatty Huang was obviously very familiar with him, and even arranged for Song Zijie to rush him.
“Let’s go, let’s go.”
Zhang Pin also knew that Song Zijie could not make a decision, so he did not embarrass him.
"You have been running very diligently to the gun club recently. Why, Xiao Peng agreed to accept you as his apprentice?"
(End of this chapter)
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