After the press conference featuring Chow Sing Sing ended, the series of cases sparked by Ouyang Hai finally came to a complete close.
The men who had performed outstandingly during the operations received the promotions and pay raises they were due.
Of course, this applied only to those below management level in the National Security Department.
For all members of management, especially Senior Superintendent Chow Sing Sing, it was a different matter.
If they wanted promotions, they could only wait for the day Number One at the very top formally upgraded the National Security Department's establishment.
Otherwise, they would have to transfer out of the National Security Department, and a corresponding vacancy would also have to open up in another department.
But even if an opportunity for promotion arose, none of the men would leave Zhou Quan's command.
For one thing, they had long since resolved to stand by their boss through thick and thin.
For another, the National Security Department's prospects clearly outshone those of any other department.
Promotions for the men in management were difficult to arrange, but promotions below management level were entirely up to Kwan Man Chin.
As long as the promotion procedures were followed, he could simply issue an Appointment Certificate to promote them.
The process did not even require approval from the Personnel Department; the records only needed to be submitted afterward.
Thus, at Zhou Quan's direction, Kwan Man Chin discussed the matter with the three Superintendents under him and eventually submitted a promotion list to his boss's desk.
On the first Monday after the Ouyang Hai case concluded, Zhou Quan convened the National Security Department's regular meeting of all inspector-grade officers and above.
As it happened, the National Security Department had no major operations or assignments that day, so all the men with