Chapter 425 - An eccentric short haired beauty! (1/2)
Chapter 425: An eccentric short haired beauty!
It was around 8 in the morning.
Somewhere, at the front gates of a compound.
Zhang Ye alighted from the taxi as soon as he arrived. He saw the national emblem emblazoned on the building and glanced at the two guards, who were armed with guns, protecting the front gate. He did not enter, but instead went across the road and found a food stall to have his breakfast. He ordered a bowl of stir-fried liver and half a tray of buns, finished them all up, and burped with satisfaction. Only after he had cleaned his mouth and put on his sungla.s.ses and a face mask did he make his way over.
”Who are you looking for?” The guard asked him warily.
The other guard said, ”Please show your ID.”
Zhang Ye said, ”I'm looking for the Director of Internet Surveillance Bureau's First Department, Dong Zhiqiang. My surname is Zhang.”
A person in the control room heard that and picked up the phone to check, ”h.e.l.lo, Director Dong. A youth by the surname of Zhang is here and he says he is looking for you...yes, he's out here right now...OK....OK, I understand.” With that, he looked at the guards outside and nodded.
The guard stood aside, ”Block B, third floor.”
Zhang Ye smiled, ”Thank you.”
This was not the headquarters of the Ministry of Public Security, but rather seemed to be a branch of it, but from the looks of the compound, it definitely did not only house the Internet Surveillance Bureau. There were definitely other branches and units under the Ministry of Public Security located in this compound as well. Zhang Ye did not know the details and he wasn't too concerned either. He was only here to report as part of a procedure for a few days only, so there wasn't much point in knowing too much.
Block B.
He found the place after about five minutes of searching. Then, he took the lift to the third floor.
Ding, the lift stopped and he stepped out. The Internet Surveillance Bureau sign was clearly displayed on the wall just outside the lift.
”Teacher Zhang Ye I presume?” Off to the side, a middle-aged man, who looked to be a little younger than 40 years old, stepped out of his office. He was a little plump and was wearing an ISB uniform. He looked rather cheerful.
Out of respect, Zhang Ye took his sungla.s.s and face mask off, ”Yes, that would be me. You are?”
The middle-aged man said, ”I'm Dong Zhiqiang.”
Zhang Ye reached out his hands, ”Director Dong, nice to meet you. Thank you for your help just two days ago.”
”It was a simple matter. Don't worry about it.” Dong Zhiqiang laughed heartily, ”Although it was that rascal Lu Yuhu who asked me to help, but when we found out about your actions to stand up for the commoners at that night's gala, all of us at the office could only be filled with admiration and respect. It was a simple thing, and I’m glad I could be of help.”
Zhang Ye smiled, ”I still need to thank you anyway. If not for your a.s.sistance, I would probably still be in the police station’s holding cell right now. After all, I'm at fault in this incident as well.”
Dong Zhiqiang put his arms over his shoulders, ”Come, let me show you around the department. Yuhu must have told you already? This is just a small procedure. To the public, we will inform them that you were asked to help with cleaning up the mess relating to the entertainment business. For example, cases of fans of idols hacking into each others' computers and planting viruses or trojans. These sort of incidents are happening more and more commonly in the past year. As an entertainment business worker and being close to people from the literature and education fields, you have a lot of contacts and know more about such things. That is why we invited you to help with the investigations.”
Zhang Ye did not object, ”Sure, let me know if you need my help on anything.”
Dong Zhiqiang laughed, ”It's fine. You can just have a drink, surf the internet, or play some games. There is no problem with that. You don't really have to do anything. Just you coming over has already made it easier for us to answer to the upper echelons.”
As they walked, Dong Zhiqiang introduced him to the ongoings of the Internet Surveillance Bureau. The corridor walls were plastered with many awards, like team awards, individual merits, medals, etc, etc, etc. Old Dong's mood was rather good as he even boasted to Zhang Ye, ”All of these awards were won by my people. The Internet Surveillance Bureau is different from the other departments as we do not rest even during festive seasons. Hai, actually that's just how the public security system works. Look at this, this was an award that one of my men received from staying up for two days and one night just to crack an internet crime. There's also this one here, which we won about five months ago. Another one of my men had accidentally traced the IP of an offsh.o.r.e hacker who was wanted. It was even reported in the newspapers that Interpol and the local authorities had cooperated to nab that hacker. This won for us a third tier contribution to the case.”
Hearing him talk, Zhang Ye occasionally nodded and entertained him by saying, ”Your department must be full of elites.”
”That's true.” Dong Zhiqiang was getting more complacent as he carried on, ”In a place like the Internet Surveillance Bureau, our people are really the most elite. Their technical skill is good and they listen to orders, as well as, being able to face many hards.h.i.+ps. Under my command, their working relations.h.i.+p is very harmonious and it's like we're one big family, so you coming here today....”
They reached the office.
Before they could go inside and as Old Dong was still boasting, Zhang Ye had already spotted a few people arguing inside. Three cyber-policemen had surrounded a cyber-policewoman.
”Officer Fan! Why are you playing that music while we're all trying to work!”
”I'm bored from being too free. Is that wrong?”
”You are free, but we still have to work!”
”What has it got to do with me whether or not you have work to do?”
”Hey, why are you always like that! Officer Fan! Do you still have any discipline? The leader just stepped out and you're being like this?”
”Even if Old Dong is back, I will play the music if I want to. Do I even need to report to you all? Haven't you all heard 'Woman Flower'? What a great song.”
”That att.i.tude of yours.....”
”Hur Hur, what about my att.i.tude?”
The three of them had started arguing with the cyber-policewoman, and it was getting loud!
Zhang Ye was feeling a little awkward as Dong Zhiqiang had just finished talking about how proud he was about his team. Was this what you would call elite? This was what you meant by being able to take hards.h.i.+p and listened to orders? This was called a harmonious working relations.h.i.+p? Cough, cough. Old Dong was truly just boasting, and now, even Zhang Ye felt a little embarra.s.sed for him.