When Zhou Quan took up his post in West Kowloon's Operations Department last year, he had worked seamlessly with So Tsz On of the Regional Major Crimes Unit and Leung Kin Bong of the regional Uniform Branch.
In Zhou Quan's mind, these two superintendents were the best choices to command the Security Department's Action Groups under him.
Unfortunately, So Tsz On and Leung Kin Bong each commanded an important department in West Kowloon.
Having been promoted from West Kowloon to Tai Kwun, Zhou Quan could hardly bring himself to disrupt West Kowloon's management structure.
Besides, So Tsz On and Leung Kin Bong were both trusted lieutenants of his maternal uncle, Wong Bing Yiu.
Their significance was much like that of Chan Chi-kit, Pang Yik-hang, and the others at Zhou Quan's side.
Wong Bing Yiu certainly had plans of his own for commissioned officers such as So Tsz On and Leung Kin Bong.
Zhou Quan could not casually transfer superintendents of commissioned rank.
But below commissioned rank, he had no such concerns.
Most importantly, securing a position as an operational commander in the Security Department carried considerable weight.
Even a lateral transfer at the same rank effectively amounted to an implicit half-step promotion.
A direct promotion would represent an even brighter road ahead.
The Security Department's Action Groups would become the starting foundation for Zhou Quan within Tai Kwun.
Now that an opportunity for promotion and a pay rise had appeared, he naturally had to choose his own people first.
There was little need to elaborate on Kwan Man Chin and Lok Kai-cheung. Both were old friends of Zhou Quan's.
The former had always looked after him from the moment Zhou Quan joined the Police Force.
Even after Zhou Quan caught up in rank, Kwan Man Chin continued supporting his work