Wu Kaiyue's office in the Criminal Investigation Team.

After Lu Chuan and Liu Guodong left, Chen Kun was called into the office by Wu Kaiyue.

"Old Chen, how many headshots do you have left unprocessed?"

Chen Kun thought for a moment, "About fifty or so."

The entire Criminal Investigation Team has more than fifty unprocessed headshots, but the ones in Chen Kun's hands are the ones significantly related to major cases.

As the top technical expert in the team, Chen Kun's status certainly isn't on par with ordinary technicians.

In any place, as long as it's more than one person, absolute equality is impossible.

Especially within the police system, even in the same position, there can be subtle differences based on abilities, seniority, and experience.

When Chen Kun first started working, like Lu Chuan, he would clean the office, serve tea and water, which is a process every newcomer must go through.

But as his technical skills improved and he gained more experience, things gradually changed.

Especially ten years ago, when Chen Kun identified the facial features of a murder suspect through image enhancement, which directly led to the case being swiftly resolved, his status in the team began to rise rapidly.

It was then that he received the first third-class personal medal of his career.

Later, Chen Kun played critical roles in solving other major cases, which gradually solidified his status.

The direct benefit of this was that minor and repetitive cases no longer came to him.

What reached him were the video surveillance materials related to major cases.

For instance, almost every case involving surveillance video review in the homicide cases Lu Chuan participated in over the past half year had Chen Kun's involvement.

Twice, he even provided crucial clues.

"Alright, package those more than fifty processed headshots and send them to me."

"Captain Wu... you want to handle them yourself?"

When Chen Kun was working in the team, Wu Kaiyue was not yet the captain but was his team leader and half a mentor.

His skills back then were quite good, but ever since he became captain, his technical level sharply declined.

Currently, in Chen Kun's eyes, he's just average within the team.

He has an eye for things but lacks hands-on capacity.

Wu Kaiyue shot a sideways glance at Chen Kun.

"Me, handle it?"

"You should know what my level is now."

Chen Kun nodded, "That's right, if I can't do it, you certainly can't."

Wu Kaiyue was almost choked up by Chen Kun's words.

What do you mean it's useless for me to step in?

Where?

"You, with that nasty temper and mouth of yours, can't you change?"

"I'll be retiring in a few years. Haven't you thought about taking over my position?"

Wu Kaiyue wasn't lying.

He's about fifteen years older than Chen Kun.

According to the team's tradition, he could vacate his position at fifty-eight.

By then, with Chen Kun's technical ability, he would definitely be well-respected.

However, being a leader isn't just about having technical expertise.

When Wu Kaiyue took over from the old captain, he wasn't the most technically skilled one.

Yet, the higher-ups still chose him.

Why?

Because the other two competitors had average interpersonal skills and often argued with leadership.

Chen Kun shook his head, "I never thought of taking your place; taking it would mean a decline in my skills."

Wu Kaiyue glared at Chen Kun.

He suspected the guy might be doing this on purpose.

Is he deliberately insulting him?

"Forget it; first organize those headshots and send them to me. I'll call Liu Guodong and see if Lu Chuan can help out and come up with a standard comparison image."

Speaking of Lu Chuan, Chen Kun's eyes brightened.

"Captain Wu, why didn't I think of that?"

"You can't, but Lu Chuan definitely can!"

Wu Kaiyue suddenly felt an urge to hit someone.

"You, out!"

"Alrighty."

Chen Kun may not be great at talking, but his work is impeccable.

In less than ten minutes, Wu Kaiyue received a compressed file package from Chen Kun on the intranet.

After clicking accept, Wu Kaiyue lit a Chunghwa cigarette.

Nodded, indeed, that's the taste.

As the head of the Criminal Investigation Team, saying Wu Kaiyue can't afford Chunghwa smoke would be hard to believe, whether said seriously or as a joke.

After all, there are over three hundred people under him, including many auxiliary police and contract workers.

Isn't there a saying that the end of the universe is a permanent position?

Every year, there's a sea of outstanding youth applying to join the team.

Among them are capable and wealthy individuals.

Sometimes, it's just a matter of willingness or unwillingness.

Of course, controlling one's desires isn't easy.

Fortunately, whether it's Qin Yong, Liu Guodong, or the people Lu Chuan interacts with, they're all decent.

At least, from Lu Chuan's perspective, they are.

As the cigarette burned out, Wu Kaiyue dialed Liu Guodong's phone.

After three busy tones, the call connected.

In the system, there are unwritten rules even about answering calls.

There are two tacit understandings.

First, never turn off your phone.

As middle management, neither Liu Guodong nor Wu Kaiyue ever turns off their phones.

After all, a murderer won't wait for you to be on duty to kill someone.

If a murder happens, Qin Yong first reaches out to middle management like Liu Guodong, Wu Kaiyue, Ren Qiang, and Sun Jun.

He wouldn't have the time or energy to personally notify every detective on the case.

Second, never answer the phone on the first ring.

Landlines are better; answering quickly indicates you're in the office, right by the phone.

Mobile phones, not so much, should ring at least twice, ideally answered on the third ring.

Because if you answer on the first ring, the caller won't think you prioritize them but instead, think you're playing with your phone.

"Old Wu?"

Liu Guodong was indeed playing with his phone. Seeing the caller ID, he waited a bit before answering.

The fact that Wu Kaiyue called right after he and Lu Chuan returned from the team suggested something was up.

"Haha, it's me."

Wu Kaiyue's loud laughter was heard by Lu Chuan, who was tending to the flamingo-lily.

Liu Guodong paused, having just returned from there, and with Wu Kaiyue calling, it seemed there was indeed a matter to discuss.

"Old Wu, is something up? No need to be formal; we're on good terms."

"Haha, it's actually nothing much. Lu Chuan just borrowed our computer for a headshot."

"I was wondering... if we could ask Teacher Lu for a favor?"

Hmm?

Liu Guodong glanced at Lu Chuan watering the flamingo-lily by the window.

"Old Wu, no need for formalities, what's the favor?"

"It's nothing major, just that we have some large headshots, and while Chen Kun processed some, the clarity isn't enough. I wanted to ask if Lu Chuan could assist with image enhancement?"

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