Let them offer their loyalty!

Everyone in attendance was an old fox, so the moment Secretary Bai's proposal was mentioned, they immediately understood Yan Chen's true arrangement for Qiu Tu!

Although it appeared that Qiu Tu had been promoted, in reality, he had perfectly assumed all of Qin Zhengguang's scope of authority!

Then, the question arose...

1. Since Qiu Tu had taken over all of Qin Zhengguang's responsibilities, then... should the Public Security Bureau appoint another Deputy Division Chief to replace Qin Zhengguang's position?

To appoint?

Then... what would this Deputy Division Chief do?

Not to appoint?

Then... wouldn't this position be reserved for Qiu Tu?

Plainly put, although Yan Chen only promoted Qiu Tu from Deputy Staff to Principal Staff, he had expanded his scope of authority to that of a Deputy Division Chief level.

Moreover, he had even reserved the position of Deputy Director of the Public Security Bureau for Qiu Tu, just waiting for him to establish more merit and endure the passage of time before he could be promoted directly!

2. And what made these high-level figures deeply alarmed was: although Qiu Tu had taken over Qin Zhengguang's authority... after all, his title was still that of Deputy Division Chief of the Political Department's Action Division!

So... even though Qiu Tu did not manage the work of the Action Division, could he mobilize its personnel?

Could he take part in personnel arrangements of the Action Division? Could he vote on important matters of the Action Division?

Yan Chen was simply creating an incredibly terrifying "monster" that spanned two departments and was expansively augmenting his range of power without restraint.

Now, Qiu Tu was stirring up trouble within both the Public Security Bureau and the Political Department, but who knew if he would suddenly leap over to a third department?

Once this precedent was set, who other than Yan Chen could limit Qiu Tu's development?

Honestly, with this thought, the individuals couldn't dare to think further on the matter.

With these thoughts, the faces of the high-level attendees couldn't help but look a bit unusual.

However, since the Investigation Bureau was almost entirely under Yan Chen's control, and most of these high-level figures were also part of Yan Chen's camp, no one spoke out against it...

At this moment, Tang Feifei was also stunned by Yan Chen's arrangement for Qiu Tu.

She felt that Yan Chen was truly investing a lot in Qiu Tu.

No wonder such an ordinary position of section chief still needed to be discussed in a meeting. If Yan Chen dared to decide such a big matter privately, it would certainly arouse a lot of controversy afterwards.

After all, even now, several high-level figures clearly held reservations about this... Stay updated through empire

Thinking this, Tang Feifei's expressionless face swept across the expressions of the high-level attendees in the conference room, capturing their attitudes...

After a moment, she made up her mind.

'Little man... you owe me a big favor this time...'

Thinking thus, Tang Feifei looked sharply towards Secretary Bai, then spoke slowly but firmly, "Secretary Bai, isn't this proposal a bit too fantastical?"

"For a Deputy Division Chief of the Action Division not to work diligently within the Action Division, but instead to interfere with the work of the Public Security Bureau, isn't that a bit too much?"

As she said this, Tang Feifei turned towards the Public Security Department Director, Guan Weihua.

Guan Weihua gave an awkward smile, neither supporting nor opposing.

Being Yan Chen's confidant, by neither supporting nor opposing, he was, in fact, indicating some reservations about the proposal from Yan Chen and Secretary Bai.

Seeing this, Tang Feifei purposefully allowed a hint of triumph to appear on her wheat-colored face, then continued, "Moreover, after all, Qiu Tu is just a newcomer who has only handled a case or two."

"Do you all really believe he can handle the 'Pharmacy Robbery Case'?"

"I don't have that much faith in him."

As Tang Feifei continued her salvo, the room fell into silence.

At that moment, the head of the Special Service Department, Lin Ting, spoke up. He first glanced at Yan Chen, and after confirming Yan Chen's intentions, he began slowly, "Director Tang, your words are not quite right."

"Since joining the Investigation Bureau, Qiu Tu has indeed accumulated quite a few merits."

"Repelling the attack from the United Front, cracking down on Master Qin Si's organized crime, and just this morning, once again annihilating a United Front squad—these are all merits!"

"And moreover... the commendation from the Sanctuary is the greatest recognition of him."

"If we still don't trust him with this, then who else is worthy of trust?"

"Besides... Secretary Bai didn't want Qiu Tu to meddle with the matters of Public Security Bureau. He clearly said that everything was for the sake of the case!"

"Having Qiu Tu temporarily handle these matters is only to better investigate the 'Pharmacy Robbery Case', nothing more."

"Even if we select someone now to replace Qin Zhengguang as Deputy Division Chief, wouldn't Qiu Tu still need to control those personnel and have those Public Security Offices cooperate anyway?"

"In that case, the handling of those business matters will become even more chaotic!"

"Therefore, it's better to let Qiu Tu deal with those matters for now, and we can discuss it again after the case is solved!"

Honestly, Lin Ting's argument was a bit of bait and switch: cooperating with the Public Security Office and managing it were completely different things.

He was just trying to show his loyalty to Yan Chen by purposely countering Tang Feifei's arguments and did not actually expect to persuade her to agree with his points.

So, after making his statement, he sat there waiting for Tang Feifei's counterattack.

But, to everyone's surprise... after a quiet consideration, Tang Feifei actually conceded, "Minister Lin does have a point."

"I don't have any objections for the time being."

Having said that, Tang Feifei leaned back in her chair and remained silent.

Tang Feifei's sudden concession almost caused all the high-level officials present to throw out their backs.

Nobody had expected Tang Feifei to launch a fiery attack only to retreat halfway through the battle?