Before Lei Luo, there were Chinese detectives who could cover the sky with one hand. For example, the aforementioned Chen Zhijian rose earlier than Lei Luo. The reason why they are not as famous as Lei Luo is because Lei Luo formulated a set of practical rules.
In Lei Luo's words in the film, before he became a detective, protection fees were collected indiscriminately. All police in Hong Kong could collect money, and there were dozens of underground casinos and brothels on every street.
In order to snatch business, fights are fought every day on the streets, and no one is arrested, resulting in an alarmingly low crime detection rate.
After Lei Luo became a detective, he and his follower Lardboy made rules and collected money uniformly.
Make sure everyone has a business and make money, limit street fights between gangs, and sit down and talk if there are conflicts.
When a case occurs and the culprit cannot be caught, the major gangs come forward to convict the criminal.
Let Xiangjiang's crime detection rate reach more than 90%, which is the highest not only in Asia but also in the world.
Of course, these are just appearances. In fact, the safety of Xiangjiang is really hard to describe.
Today is the day when the police station distributes "regular fees". At noon, Lardboy drove a commercial vehicle to the door of the police station and directed two of his men to carry two suitcases and walk into the gate of the Central Police Station.
The original meaning of "fees" refers to certificate fees, license fees, registration fees, etc. collected by relevant government departments when registering, registering, and issuing certificates to citizens, legal persons, and other organizations.
It is a kind of fee with the nature of cost that modern society charges when providing special services to some units and individuals. The main purpose of this fee is to compensate for the physical costs (such as certificate costs, registration accounts) consumed in the service. table costs, etc.).
Lei Luo and Lard Boy called the black money collected by the police force fees. Not only because the name "regular fees" sounds nice, they also wanted to form a model of collecting black money for the police force and form a rule recognized by superiors and subordinates, and even formalize it. the meaning of.
The British set the salary of the Chinese policemen so low that they did not even have enough to eat, and they were not allowed to earn extra money to support their families.
Among them, Lei Luo personally pays the fees of high-ranking detectives and senior detectives, because detectives have a lot of money and are high-ranking, so Lei Luo needs to personally win over and show respect.
Compared with the detective, Lardboy's status is still a bit low.
It's different for ordinary police officers. They all come to the police station to hand out money.
"Brother, here we come!"
Because he goes to the police station to distribute money, Lardboy is the most popular person in the police station. Who doesn't like the God of Wealth?
I saw him opening the suitcase, and there were packages inside, some big and small, all tied up with kraft paper. Inside the paper package was an envelope full of Hong Kong dollars. Each paper package had stickers on it. with the names of each department.
Lardboy was laughing and joking all the way, handing paper bags to the heads of various departments.
The fees in these paper packets have been carefully calculated. Lardboy has a large group of accountants who eat this bowl of rice. Under their calculations, there is almost no error in how much everyone should take, and sometimes it is only a matter of a few dollars. .
"Chief Huang, this is yours."
The office of the head of the uniform section of the Central Police Station is extremely simple in decoration.
There is only a bookcase, a desk, and an armchair.
There was a phone, a light, a glass ashtray and a few books on the desk. The person in charge of the uniform team was doing some work. Lardboy pushed past the people and walked in with a smile, handing a thick paper bag to Chief Huang.
"Thank you, Brother Zai. Would you like to sit down and have a cup of tea before we go?" Officer Huang said with a smile as he reached out to take the paper bag.
"No, I have to go upstairs to deliver Gui Lao's share. If you want to drink tea, let's wait for another day." Lardboy said happily.
"Brother Zai, you're good to go." Officer Huang sent Lard Zai out of the office with a smile.
Then he returned to his seat, took out a thick envelope with his name on it from the paper bag, looked at it, opened the drawer and put it in, and then called his two confidants over.
"Send these to Lao Wang, Lao Li, and Lao Zhang." Officer Huang first took out a few thick envelopes from the paper bag, which were slightly thinner than his own, and handed them to confidant B, leaving the rest Give it directly to the confidant.
He said, "Take these and distribute them to the brothers."
"yes!"
After Lei Luo established the rules for the police force to pay out fees every month, Lard Zaizhi personally delivered the money to his door once a month, and it was never too late.
Therefore, there will be no situation where the police personally take the money.
This approach has two benefits.
As a result, the police force and the underworld were separated. Although the money was collected from casinos, four-level movie theaters, dance halls and laundry detergent shops,
But after the lard boy turned it, it didn't look so black.
Second, it is to drag everyone into the water together.
If the police are allowed to collect protection fees on their own, many upright police officers will not only refuse to do it, but will also oppose it desperately for the sake of face and conscience.
But if it is distributed to each police officer through distribution, then for ordinary police officers, this money is no different from the benefits distributed by the police station.
You don’t have to ask for this money, because if you don’t go against everyone around you, you will be kicked out of the police force directly.
This is also the reason why the British later issued an amnesty order, because more than 99% of the police's behavior in collecting black money would be traced to the end, and the police force would be blamed.
"Lei Zai, this is yours."
When he returned to the police station, he cooperated with Uncle Biao to escort the suspect into the interrogation room. As soon as he returned to his seat, without even taking a sip of water, someone threw an envelope in front of him.
"This is it." Lei Weidong opened it and found a wad of banknotes, not much more than eight hundred yuan, but it was already more than a month's salary.
"Uncle Biao, what's going on with this money? Is it the reward for catching a thief just now?" When he saw Uncle Biao coming over, he was also holding an envelope in his hand, but compared to his own, the envelope in Uncle Biao's hand was much thicker. Yes, at least two or three thousand.
"It's a reward, but it's not the reward for catching the thief we just caught. It's the benefit of being a police officer." Uncle Biao put the envelope into his pocket with a smile and said with a smile.
"Just take this money and treat it as the same as your own salary, except that the salary is paid by Gui Lao. This money is the benefit that Brother Luo won for us."
"Welfare, isn't it black money? There won't be any problems after taking it, right?" Lei Weidong asked cautiously.
"If anything goes wrong, it won't happen to us. If the sky falls, the tall man will hold it up. We are just ordinary little police officers. If even we have to be punished, there won't be many people in the police force."
Seeing the nervous expression on Lei Weidong's face, Uncle Biao patted his shoulder and comforted him.
"Your father, a policeman with such a sense of justice, also collects this money. The salary given by Gui Lao is really too low. Without making some extra money, we can't even support our wife and children."
