As far as the results went, the crackdown on organized crime had been a complete success.
Although Li Wei had proposed the plan, apart from the very beginning, he had essentially behaved like every other big shot: he gave the orders, and his subordinates ran themselves ragged carrying them out.
Yes, that was the comfortable part of being in charge.
Still, Li Wei had no intention of making Fog City's police work for nothing. He could hardly interfere in administrative matters such as raising their salaries, so he simply donated several hundred police cars and prisoner transport vehicles to all the police stations in Fog City in his capacity as a shareholder.
This was another lesson Li Wei had learned from the modern world. Giving the police money as a token of thanks could easily raise suspicions that he wanted to interfere in administrative affairs, and the police would have trouble accepting it. Donating equipment and vehicles, however, presented no such problem. It showed support for police work without involving political interference.
Departments like police stations were always strapped for cash. After all, they operated entirely on government funding and could hardly start making money themselves. They therefore had to be very careful with their spending. Naturally, they could not spend too much on vehicles, even though vehicles were a necessity. Li Wei's donation had relieved an urgent need for Fog City's police stations.
Unlike modern cars, the Steam Cars of this era did not run on gasoline, so there were no fuel bills of that sort. Coal essence itself was inexpensive, too, which meant that simply having a vehicle was a net gain.
Naturally, Li Wei's donation delighted Fog City's police stations. There were not enough vehicles for every officer to have one, but at least heading out on