After staying for lunch at Old Master Zhou's home, Zhou Quan drove west and returned to No. 7 Courtyard at the summit of Tai Ping Shan.
In Old Master Lee Shu-tong's study, the core figures of the Police Force's Lee Faction, spanning three generations, sat together.
"Chun, Heung-wing has asked me for you."
Old Master Lee Shu-tong took a small sip of hot tea and looked at Zhou Quan with a smile.
"He plans to send you to the Anti-Narcotics Squad, then have you gradually take up the leadership of the Narcotics Bureau."
At this point, Old Master Lee paused briefly.
"Also, Sergeant Lok from the Security Department thinks very highly of you."
He shifted the conversation to Lok Ming-wah and the Security Department.
"Although Sergeant Lok hasn't entered Commissioned Rank management, the Security Department's significance is far from ordinary."
"After Hong Kong Island's return, that department's standing may well be equivalent to that of the recently disbanded Political Department."
"What do you think?"
At yesterday's gathering at Tai Kwun, both Tsang Heung-wing and Lok Ming-wah had extended olive branches to Zhou Quan.
Yet of those three choices, the Anti-Narcotics Squad appealed to Zhou Quan the least.
Everyone in the study at that moment was Zhou Quan's elder, so he naturally spoke his mind.
"Grandpa, I don't intend to join the Anti-Narcotics Squad."
Zhou Quan raised his eyebrows and joked, "Sir Tsang's promises are too grand. I'm afraid I can't swallow them!"
Tsang Heung-wing's promise to let Zhou Quan take charge of the Narcotics Investigation Division was simply unrealistic.
Even after the Hong Kong Government published the gazette, Zhou Quan would only be a Superintendent.
To take full charge of the Narcotics Investigation Division, he still had two ranks to climb: Senior Superintendent and Senior Superintendent.
Only three years remained