"So, why don't you first tell me why you are so 'warm-hearted'? The Suzheng Bureau has not responded yet, so you are rushing to invite me to participate in the investigation." Wein raised his eyebrows and looked at Grayson.
Grayson wiped his sweat: "Well, Mr. Noyes, I'm sorry that I did hide something... This has something to do with my promotion."
"Promotion?" Liang was a little surprised by this reason.
"As you know, my current police rank is Inspector II. Although I can be considered a squad leader in the city police force, I can only be considered a grassroots officer." Grayson rubbed his hands. "If you want to be promoted, you have to wait for time and age.
That's enough. Even if your career is mediocre, you will be promoted to one level, which is regarded as a 'welfare benefit'; or if you have meritorious service, as long as you have enough meritorious service, promotion to the police rank is naturally not a problem. If you have not made any meritorious service throughout your career, you will wait until you retire.
If you do, you can only obtain the rank of senior inspector, so if you want to move up, you must seize the opportunity and make meritorious deeds."
The police system of the United Empire is divided into Chief Inspector, Inspector I to III, Senior Superintendent, Superintendent I to III, Senior Inspector, Inspector I to III, Senior Constable, Constable I to III, and Reserve.
There are 17 levels of police officers in total*. The Chief Superintendent is located in King's Landing, the capital of the empire, and nominally in charge of the entire police system of the United Empire - of course, he cannot actually control the Grand Duke's territory, so it is only "in name". Generally speaking,
The first-level police superintendent is the highest officer in each regional capital, the second-level and third-level police officers are the highest officers of the municipal police force in cities of different levels, and the following are the chiefs of various departments of the municipal police force.
"Mr. Noyes, Mr. Li, there is a saying in our city police force that if a person is not promoted to senior inspector before the age of 35, he will never be a superintendent in his life." Grayson's tone was pleading.
, "And I am 31 years old now..."
"Ah?!" Liang was shocked, "Are you only 31 years old?"
With Grayson's big beard and weathered face, Leon believed that he was almost fifty years old.
"Well, actually I used to be a young talent in the city police force, and I was quickly promoted to the position of inspector." Grayson was a little nervous, "It's just that I haven't made any great achievements in the past few years, and the promotion has slowed down. Maybe
It’s because I’ve been busy getting married and raising children in the past few years, and I haven’t paid much attention to work..."
Leon: "...you have a child?"
"Yes, my son will be 3 years old in two months."
Good guy, looking at your thick eyebrows and big eyes, I didn’t expect that you are actually a winner in life. You have a wife and a daughter, and you have an iron rice bowl that is almost the same as that of the previous science-level cadres. Of course, it is undeniable that the iron rice bowl of the city police force is still better than that of the city hall.
There is a lot of danger. After all, Grayson does not work as a civilian, so he will inevitably deal with evil people.
"This time around the murder of Commissioner Marshall, the city police asked me to assist the Suppression Bureau in the investigation. My old boss hinted to me that as long as I did a good job and made a contribution, and I was supposed to be promoted at the end of this year,
At that time, I can be directly promoted to the position of senior inspector." Grayson coughed twice, "So... you know."
Leon understood why Grayson came to ask Vinn privately to assist in the investigation. With such a big boss to help guide him, it would be much easier for Grayson to make a significant contribution to the case.
If the boss is Leon himself, of course he won't mind helping Grayson. After all, no matter how many connections there are, Grayson may be able to receive some care if he gets promoted in the future. But this guy Wei Yin is now a clay Buddha.
Jiang——It's hard to protect yourself. Don't go out and fail to solve Marshall's murder case, and then become another murder case yourself.
"So you're putting your hopes of being promoted to senior inspector on me?" Wein's expression seemed to have "good trouble" written on his face.
"Well, I just think it will be a lot safer if you are here..." Although Grayson might be able to make meritorious deeds without Wein, this case is unusual after all. It involves the senior commissioner of the Suppression Bureau, and it is very possible that
Being associated with extraordinary power is not like the "small fights" that the city police force usually handles. Even if Grayson is an experienced veteran police officer, he can't help feeling frightened.
So after receiving the mission, he immediately thought of asking Wei Yin for help. After all, no one dared to joke about his own future.
"Well, I don't like others to have such high expectations of me." Wein shrugged, "Give me some time to think about it."
"Consider - OK, no problem!"
Grayson looked happy. Since Wein said "consider", there was a high possibility that he would be willing to help. After all, as far as he knew, the boss always refused directly to things he was not interested in.
"I will give you a reply at 6 p.m. at the latest." Wei Yin yawned, "You don't have a communication terminal, how can I contact you then?"
"Don't worry about this. I will be stationed at the Suzheng Bureau to handle the case these days. You can go directly to me there."
After seeing Grayson off, Leon closed the door and returned to the restaurant: "I'm a little surprised."
"uh-huh."
"You didn't directly refuse Officer Grayson. I thought, uh, you wouldn't take his promotion seriously."
"Why do you think I agreed to consider assisting for the sake of that guy's promotion?" Wein put his chin on his hand, "Even if he is promoted to chief superintendent tomorrow, it has nothing to do with me."
"Hey, then why did you..."
Wein narrowed his eyes: "I just suddenly remembered that Marshall's death seemed to have something to do with me."
[Author's digression]: *Police rank levels are set based on those in the UK. Inspectors are not police inspectors and are lower than superintendents.