Being able to participate in the provincial task force will be very helpful for Lu Chuan's future promotions.

Even without considering these long-term benefits, being able to communicate with experts from the provincial office also signifies recognition of Lu Chuan's professional skills by higher authorities.

Old Bai and Yang Sen lit up their soft Zhonghua cigarettes and began advising Lu Chuan.

"When you join the task force, you should listen and observe more, and speak less."

"Old Bai is right, but speaking less doesn't mean doing more, it's mainly about listening and observing more."

Yang Sen evidently agreed with Old Bai's point, exhaling a smoke ring the size of a fist, and continued: "Such task forces are usually assembled by the provincial office after careful selection."

"I just had Ren Qiang inquire about it."

Ren Qiang's daughter works in the municipal bureau's office, so she is well-informed.

"The provincial office has appointed Director Li Donglin of the Second Criminal Investigation Division to lead. He was originally a forensic expert in the Tianzhou City Criminal Investigation Team and moved five years ago during an open election and selection process."

Lu Chuan was familiar with this method of selecting cadres, known as open election and selection.

Unlike typical organizational deployments, open election and selection is essentially an exam, with strict criteria for the position, allowing anyone in the system to apply.

After a written test, interview, and expert voting election, the final candidate is determined.

"Director Li comes from a forensic background and places particular emphasis on the logic, technicality, and evidence in solving cases."

Liu Guodong nodded nearby: "Lu, you should learn well from Director Li when you're there."

"He is a top expert in fingerprint identification at the provincial office, renowned nationwide, and frequently participates in ministry-organized fingerprint battles."

Lu Chuan had never heard of Li Donglin as a director.

But as a fingerprint identification expert, Lu Chuan had heard of him.

The number one forensic doctor at the provincial office is Zhang Yuanchao, and the top fingerprint identification analyst is Li Donglin.

Based on previous stories he had heard, Lu Chuan could basically infer that Li Donglin's fingerprint identification analysis abilities were likely stronger than his intermediate skills.

However, Lu Chuan's fingerprint identification analysis has now been upgraded to advanced, maybe he could surpass him?

"The case brought out by Song Kun's murder is highly valued by the provincial office. Aside from our criminal investigation team, even the economic investigation experts are involved. You should make friends and communicate more with everyone this time."

"As you spend more time working, you'll realize the benefits of knowing more people."

The two took this opportunity to thoroughly distill and summarize their past life and work experience and imparted it to Lu Chuan.

"Alright, let's go eat first."

In the afternoon.

At the entrance of the municipal bureau office building, a row of over twenty people stood on the steps, all looking spirited and sharp in their uniforms.

This wasn't for a group photo, but to welcome the leaders coming down from the provincial office.

Song Jiangguo and Wang Kai led the team, followed by the heads of relevant departments, as well as Lu Chuan and other members recommended by the municipal bureau to join the task force.

Although the provincial office selected the core members, they only chose a few key figures who had to join.

The ones doing miscellaneous tasks were recommended by the municipal bureau.

It couldn't be said to be unfortunate that Lu Chuan wasn't on the selected list, but he was part of the miscellaneous team.

Don't underestimate this miscellaneous team; generally, people want to join but can't.

The afternoon sunlight wasn't glaring, and Lu Chuan stood on the edge of the welcoming team, watching a police car slowly drive through the municipal bureau gate.

The security guard at the gate saluted solemnly, standard, dignified, and solemn.

The spirit in that salute made Lu Chuan feel a bit ashamed, as his salute wasn't as standard.

The criminal investigation team doesn't have such ceremonial features; if the janitor at the reception room noticed someone entering, it was considered pretty good.

Actually, the guardians at the municipal bureau were really just security guards.

But they were usually retired soldiers recruited, with higher military skills.

Don't wonder why retired soldiers work as security; being a security guard at the municipal bureau offers a greater chance of becoming an auxiliary police officer, and most don't have to go on external duties.

After all, the municipal bureau directly handling cases is rare. Usually, it's lower branches, the criminal investigation team, economic investigation team, or the criminal police team that handles them.

Although Lu Chuan wasn't very clear about these matters, he had a general idea.

"Director Li! Welcome, welcome!"

Song Jiangguo personally opened the car door, shaking hands warmly, with Wang Kai following, "Director Li, welcome!"

In terms of ranking, Li Donglin and Song Jiangguo were on the same level, although in terms of management scope, Li Donglin was technical, and Song Jiangguo was comprehensive.

Moreover, Song Jiangguo's appointment had nothing to do with the provincial office as he was a city appointee.

The vertical management in the police system pertains to operations rather than personnel.

Therefore, Song Jiangguo's gesture with over twenty people to welcome Li Donglin was a significant show of respect for him and the provincial office.

"Director Song, you're too kind. This time we'll be relying on you guys."

Despite being a technical expert, Li Donglin wasn't unfamiliar with interpersonal dealings after years at the provincial office.

"Come on, Director Li, let's first report the situation."

"Alright, Director Song, Director Wang please."

The leaders entered the office building, and Lu Chuan and others followed.

In the meeting room, Wang Kai personally introduced the case investigation process.

"The details of Song Kun's murder have been fully clarified, and one of the suspects has been arrested."

Li Donglin nodded: "After you reported the situation, the hall attached great importance and immediately arranged Binzhou City's public security bureau to carry out the arrest."

According to Wang Manli's confession, the plan to kill Song Kun was entirely orchestrated by her boyfriend, Chen Gang.

Wang Manli was merely responsible for waiting for him in the mountain ditch of Xinjian Village and driving him away.

As for the car theft, the choice of collision point, and the accident, she wasn't involved.

Therefore, she wasn't clear about the details of Song Kun's death.

The tire tracks found by Lu Chuan at the crime scene, from the vehicle with narrow front wheels and wide rear wheels, were indeed their means of leaving the scene.

The reason the traffic police couldn't find it was that this vehicle belonged to Chen Gang, registered in Binzhou, and he drove it away after the incident.

"This Chen Gang is an important figure," Li Donglin raised his wrist to check the watch, "the arrest operation there should have started by now... Zhang."

A capable young man accompanying Li Donglin nodded, opened his laptop, and connected to the meeting table's projector.

A shaky image appeared on the screen.

"This is the cloud platform used by the police system. After expanding the server, the provincial office can now watch it in real-time remotely."

"This is the capture scene over at Binzhou."

Most, including Song Jiangguo, were not surprised.

This had existed before, but due to hardware and network transmission issues, real-time tracking wasn't possible and only recorded videos were provided.

The newly upgraded police cloud platform finally achieved a provincial-wide network connection last month.

Lu Chuan, not being a frontline detective, wasn't particularly familiar with this, and found the images on the screen novel.

Though curious, he adhered to Old Bai's advice to listen and observe more while speaking less, so he didn't say anything.

"Confirm suspect location, Team One, and Team Two, prepare to act!"

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