After spending a pleasant, relaxing weekend, Zhou Quan arrived at Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station full of energy to begin work.
He had barely warmed his chair before a piece of good news reached his ears.
The director of the Personnel and Training Department at Tai Kwun, a foreign Senior Assistant Commissioner, had personally brought a delegation to Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station.
What the foreign Senior Assistant Commissioner represented went without saying: his uncle Wong Yiu-cho's appointment as Assistant Commissioner had finally been settled.
Starting that day, Wong Bing Yiu would head to West Kowloon Police Headquarters to formally begin the handover of duties for the entire West Kowloon Region.
Ordinarily, with Wong Bing Yiu's promotion to West Kowloon Headquarters, he should have transferred his nephew Zhou Quan there as well.
But that was not the case. Zhou Quan remained at Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station, commanding Yau Tsim District's Anti-Triad A Team as a Senior Inspector.
In the plans of Wong Bing Yiu, Lee Man-bun, and the other elders, the position of commander of the Yau Tsim District Anti-Triad Unit had been reserved specifically for Zhou Quan.
Once Zhou Quan had the necessary seniority and rank, the current nominal commander of the Yau Tsim District Anti-Triad Unit-
William, the foreigner holding the rank of Chief Inspector, would immediately step aside for him.
But if Zhou Quan transferred to West Kowloon Headquarters with Wong Bing Yiu, securing a position when he was promoted to Chief Inspector would probably not be so easy.
Besides, at West Kowloon Headquarters, a Senior Inspector barely stood out.
Chief Inspectors above him, and even Superintendents, were everywhere.
By staying in Yau Tsim District, Zhou Quan's unofficial authority would definitely exceed what he would have if he followed Wong Bing Yiu to West Kowloon Headquarters.