One of the only two big bosses backing Zhou Quan, the former Number One, had issued one final order to support and look after him before his honourable retirement.
He had promoted Chow Sing Sing and Luo Danian to Police Force Senior Assistant Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner, respectively.
The two men were firmly installed as Head and Deputy Head of the National Security Department, ensuring Zhou Quan's actual, direct control over the department.
The personnel changes at the highest level of the National Security Department immediately left the position of Head of the Operations Security Department vacant.
Among Zhou Quan's trusted direct subordinates, the senior superintendents on the operational side had all been promoted only a few years earlier.
If they were to be posted to other, somewhat less important departments, Zhou Quan still had the ability to arrange their promotion to senior superintendent.
But within a core Police Force department like the National Security Department, they clearly still fell a little short.
As for the senior superintendents on the management side, they had, after all, been away from frontline Police Force operations for years.
In Zhou Quan's vision, the Head of the Operations Security Department had to possess extensive frontline experience and still be capable of directly commanding frontline operations.
At this point, Kong Chi Lap came back into Zhou Quan's sights.
Across the entire Police Force, Zhou Quan's ability to hold his current position securely depended on several things.
Apart from the trust of the two big bosses behind him, the presence of his many supporters was equally indispensable.
Among these people, Brother Kwong was undoubtedly a very important figure.
Back when Zhou Quan had served at the grassroots level of the Police Force, support from the Mobile Unit and the Flying Tigers had been essential to his