"According to the financial transaction records, Lin Lun had dealings with several gang organizations in Liu Su District..." The Mainframe revealed another piece of information.
"Huh? Gang organizations?" Sun Hang asked in confusion. "Didn't you say he had no criminal record? I don't believe someone who dealt with gangs could have such a clean record."
"Lin Lun indeed had no criminal record... According to the Liu Su District Public Security Sub-bureau's records, Lin Lun had repeatedly provided funding to several gang leaders in Liu Su District and asked them to maintain public security and order there. Thanks to his efforts, public security in Liu Su District had improved significantly in recent years, and the crime rate had dropped considerably."
The Mainframe continued, "The Liu Su District Public Security Sub-bureau initially investigated Lin Lun's true purpose in dealing with those gangs, but according to the gang leaders' statements, Lin Lun's only requirement in providing them with funding was that they assist the Public Security Bureau in managing order in Liu Su District..."
"Paying gangs to have gang members help the Public Security Bureau maintain order in the area?" Sun Hang was mildly surprised. "So he counts as a great philanthropist, then?"
"Based on the information currently available, yes," the Mainframe said. "The Liu Su District Public Security Sub-bureau also held multiple internal discussions, but the outcome of every meeting was more or less the same."
"I'm guessing those Peacekeepers were unwilling to let gang thugs help them do their jobs. Some probably even saw it as an insult—it was practically calling them incompetent by name. But a place like Liu Su District, where most of the land was slums, packed with unregistered residents, with little tax revenue or GDP contribution... the local Public Security Bureau's budget must have been pitifully small,