When Jimmy heard Hughes say that Peter would be transferred to Washington, DC, he knew that the Manhattan office had suffered a lot this time.
Peter was the most promising field supervisor candidate from the upper management. He is only in his 40s, still very young and has strong abilities. Especially in recent years, Peter's team's crime detection rate has reached more than 80%, reaching a terrifying figure of 87%. Others There is no advantage at all compared to him.
Moreover, Peter has a wide circle of friends, and his interpersonal relationships in New York are far better than others. Once such a field supervisor takes over, he can control his position stably for a long time.
Now, although Peter has not been expelled from the FBI because of the murder, he is leaving the Manhattan office and going to the Washington DC headquarters. The Manhattan office still loses the replacement candidates they prepared in advance, completely disrupting their plans.
You must know that Hughes had already retired once in the early days, and was later hired back. He retired again this time, and there would be no chance of being a supervisor for a third time.
The FBI is not a private company. There are many capable people here, and there are too many people lining up to be promoted. In the past, because Hughes was wrongly accused, it was okay to re-employ him once. Now, he is officially ordered to retire from the headquarters and then be re-employed. Saying it once would be such a slap in the face. Your Manhattan office is empty, right?
Now that the successor who was originally planned to be trained has been eliminated, it is not easy to find another one from the echelon. If you choose an unsuitable one, you will not be able to replace it for a long time. You can't replace three or five field supervisors a year, right? , let alone the headquarters’ objections, the management of the Manhattan office would definitely be embarrassed.
Jimmy: "How long?"
Hughes: "It won't be long, a few weeks."
Jimmy: "If Peter goes to DC, is there a candidate to take over?"
Hughes looked at Jimmy. He also noticed the way Jimmy paused to think. From the conversation, it could be heard that Jimmy was aware of many things. The person who took over was talking about the leader of Peter's team, and he was also talking about the candidate for the field supervisor.
After thinking for a while, Hughes did not answer Jimmy's question, but changed the subject, "Are you ready to go back to the field?"
Jimmy nodded: "Be ready at any time. I just hosted a press conference today. Although it was pretty good, this kind of task is really not what I am good at."
Hughes: "Well, in a few days, I will communicate with others."
Jimmy narrowed his eyes slightly and returned to normal: "Are you sure?"
Hughes nodded, "Let's arrange it this way for now, there are many things that need to be dealt with."
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After talking for a while, Jimmy had finished his beer. He stood up to say goodbye. Hughes walked him to the door, "Get ready. Goodbye, Jimmy."
Jimmy shook hands with Hughes, turned around and left his home, got in his car and went straight back to his apartment.
Back home there was plenty of time to think, first with Peter's team, now Supervising Agent, and then up one level to Assistant Chief of Detectives, Hughes' previous position.
This time he was transferred to DC. It is estimated that Hughes and others will not give up on him completely and let him act as the supervisor for a period of time. He will be officially promoted when he arrives at DC.
There is currently no second supervisory agent in the white-collar team, but judging from the echelon construction, it should be Jones. He has been in the team for several years and is already a senior agent. It is normal for him to be upgraded now.
Forget about Diana, she was the same agent as Jimmy, but she came to the white-collar team half a year before Jimmy. Diana was recruited to study at the FBI's Quantico Academy under normal circumstances, so she reported in January. Jimmy was one of the specially recruited people after 9/11. It was June when he came to Manhattan to report after completing training.
Jimmy has done so many things and has only been a senior agent for two years. Diana has absolutely no chance of being promoted to a supervisory agent.
The possibility of transferring a team leader from another group to take over Peter's position is not very likely.
In fact, Peter's cases are quite special. Most of them are art-related and white-collar crimes. First of all, you must have sufficient artistic accomplishment. After discovering the case, you can judge the value of the art and whether there are potential suspects in related industries.
Secondly, quite a few cases like this require sufficient interpersonal relationships, otherwise just communication with various art museums can make people go crazy.
Finally, compared to cases in other groups, there are basically no high-risk crimes in the white-collar group. Compared with people in the homicide group who are already familiar with various crimes, they may be acclimated.
As for the field supervisor, this is really hard to guess. Who knows how many options Hughes has. In addition to the people Jimmy is familiar with, there are many groups, not to mention several other field offices. Over there There are also many supervisory agents who can be promoted.
Now I still need to consider my return to the field position. I was in the homicide unit before, and now Mahone and David are doing very well. It would be good to go back by myself, at least everything will be familiar.
If it's not the homicide team, it's probably the white-collar team, because I was there when I was a trainee detective. Now that Peter has left and Jones is promoted, their team will be seriously short of people. In all likelihood, they will have to readjust two people. Come here, I don't rule out arranging another trainee agent here to familiarize yourself with the situation, just like Jimmy and Diana did at the beginning.
Another option is Ruiz's side, but it is estimated that Hughes and the others will not let him go there. He is too familiar with Ruiz. If he is on his side, no one will care about him at all.
There are only these three possible options. You can't just throw people into the field office just to get yourself back to the field, right?
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After being busy for a while, Jimmy took Nia to drive out of New York on the weekend and go to the Catskill Mountains for vacation.
The Catskill Mountains are not far from New York. It only takes a few hours to drive there. The time is not suitable. If it were summer, Jimmy would definitely choose to go to the national park campground to set up a tent. It is already very cold now, so he would be honest. It is better to choose hotels and wooden villas.
Nia had lived in a cabin in Alaska for a while, and finally decided to stay in a cabin camp in the park.
Their purpose is to hike along the streams and lakes and enjoy the natural scenery and vast lake landscape. After a long day of work, just relaxing and wandering around at will is definitely an excellent destination for a weekend trip.
Looking at the calm lake in front of him, Jimmy suddenly had an unexpected impulse. He picked up a flat stone from the ground, looked at it carefully and then bent sideways and threw it towards the lake. The stone hit the water a few times. The water floated and sank into the lake.
"Oh ho~" Jimmy yelled, then lowered his head to look for small stones, and threw a few in succession. He really couldn't find small stones of the right size. The ones on the ground were either too big and useless, or too small and useless, so he just Noh sighed regretfully and gave up on this childish behavior of an older boy.
He turned to look at Nia, who had been ignored by him for a while. She folded her hands on her chest and looked at Jimmy laughing. After seeing Jimmy finish, she pointed directly to the lake and said, "Go and wash your hands."
Jimmy glanced at his hands, washed them honestly by the lake, and took a tissue from Nia to wipe his hands. Nia reached out and hugged Jimmy's arm, "You actually like this, it's like you can't grow up." Big kid.”
Jimmy shrugged: "I didn't want to either. I suddenly had an urge to throw a few. Alas, it's a pity. The small stones on the lakeside are not suitable. I will have to find someone who can catch a few floats later. , not enough! I must throw out twenty water floats."
Nia rolled her eyes and pulled him to continue walking along the lake. Jimmy looked left and right at the ground as he walked, "Did you know? There is a special swimming competition and a special world record, but I didn't remember it."
Nia: "You guys are so fed up, you still need to hold a competition for this kind of game."
Jimmy: "How can there be no competition? No boy can refuse to float on the lake! Especially when a group of people compete together! I was a master of floatation back then."
Nia: "When?"
Jimmy: "Well, I guess I was in elementary school. I can't remember clearly. I haven't played it in many years. Wow, wait for me."
Jimmy broke away from Nia's hand and ran to the side. An oval stone piece less than ten centimeters lay on the ground. Jimmy picked it up, wiped the dirt on it, came to the lake and threw it out at an angle, "Wow, twelve. YES! Sure enough, there is something wrong with the rocks in front."
Nia was speechless. Jimmy had never been so childish. She had never played this game before, so she didn't know what was so exciting about throwing a stone.
She looked down, picked up a pebble, and threw it out imitating Jimmy, "It's not difficult, look."
Jimmy was speechless for a moment. Nia just picked up stones and threw them, and she could hit ten water floats before sinking into the water. This... where can I make sense?
It was so shocking that Jimmy and Nia washed their hands with the lake water and continued hiking along the lake. It was better to go back and do the floating thing by themselves.
In the evening, the two returned to the cabin. Jimmy and Nia cooked dinner together. After dinner, while sitting in the living room of the cabin to rest, Jimmy once again brought up his previous idea of buying a house as a new house before getting married. .
There are still a few months left, and there is almost enough time to modify the new house according to their ideas. If it is later, they may not be able to move in immediately after the wedding.
Nia didn't have any special ideas. In fact, if the population increase in the future was not taken into consideration, the Upper West Side apartment where they lived now had met their daily needs. The key was that it was close to work.
Based on the current work situation, it would be better to stay nearby. The two discussed several options, and then the requirements for the house. They would make a good choice after returning to New York.
Jimmy still has the phone number of the real estate agency that the FBI office cooperated with before, and Nia's side is even more convenient. For a little guy like Kevin, it's really easy to find a reliable real estate agency, and the agency They will definitely not cause any trouble. They still hope to develop well in New York. If they offend the big shots of the NYPD, they are really looking for death.
The two-day weekend ended quickly. Jimmy drove Nia back to New York. He sent Nia home first, and Jimmy returned to the apartment to rest.
Back in the office, Jimmy went to see Isabel first. He had previously announced the murder of Senator Terrence Pratt as a spokesperson. Then he went on vacation and had not had time to check the attitude towards him in the news. .
Isabel gave Jimmy a very good evaluation, but most of the media did not pay attention to the speaker's situation at all. Instead, the focus fell on the senator. This case was too serious, and it was considered a coincidence that allowed Jimmy to escape. Possible positive and negative reviews.
Spokespersons are not that easy to do. Wrong words or unreasonable manners will be magnified. Therefore, the spokespersons of general government agencies are either department leaders or specialized external publicity departments, and have undergone a lot of training. of.
Jimmy made sure there was nothing wrong with him and returned to his office. Before he could finish reading the relevant information, the phone on the table rang. Jimmy answered the phone, then got up and came to Mrs. Mason's office.
Jimmy: "Mrs. Mason, what's the matter?"
Mrs. Mason: "Well, I'll tidy up these days and hand over the work at hand to Isabel."
Jimmy raised his eyebrows, immediately returned to his normal expression, and asked, "Has it been decided yet?"
Mrs. Mason nodded: "Don't worry, I'm just not sure where you are going yet."
Jimmy: "Okay. Thank you, Mrs. Mason, for taking care of me for so long."
Mrs. Mason waved her hand, and Jimmy turned and left her office.
At noon, Jimmy met Mahone downstairs who was out for lunch, and they happened to be a meal partner.
During the meal, Mahone revealed the news to Jimmy. Director Callaway had held a meeting with people in the department in the morning. She would end her position as field supervisor in the Manhattan office this week and transfer to the DC headquarters.
As for the subsequent successor, there is no arrangement for the time being. Peter just finished his prison career last week and is currently recuperating at home, waiting to return to the office next week.
During Peter's arrest, the white-collar team was temporarily represented by Black Jones, just like when Jimmy was in the homicide team. Before Mahone came, Jimmy was in charge of the homicide team alone.
The white-collar group is the most troublesome right now. Jimmy just found out that Diana, another member of the white-collar group, is pregnant. Her belly is obviously bulging now and she is no longer suitable for field work. In fact, there is only one agent in the White Collar Division who can go out in the field, and that is Jones. Plus Neil Caffrey, the art consultant, that's the entire staff.
Last week, Jimmy was still thinking about who would take over in the White Collar Group. Now it seems that when Peter leaves Manhattan and goes to DC, the White Collar Group will completely change.
Jimmy didn't tell Mahone about Hughes's arrangements. Although Mahone was transferred from Chicago by Hughes, he only stayed in Manhattan for one or two years. The time was still too short. He didn't know if he was Hughes's people.
