Under Zhou Quan's watchful eye, the Police Force's Commercial Crime Bureau began expanding its staffing as quickly as possible.
They intended to deliver a customary grand gift on the day the DOA Foundation officially relocated to Hong Kong Island.
However, before the actual investigation had begun, another case entered the Commercial Crime Bureau's work schedule.
Whether in terms of the people involved or the sums of money at stake, this was a major case in every sense.
The case even drew the direct attention of Zhou Quan, the Police Force's highest-ranking administrator.
In the commissioner's reception room on the top floor of Tai Kwun, Zhou Quan received a division-level official from the Anti-Corruption General Bureau of Mainland China's Supreme People's Procuratorate.
"Hello, Sir Kwan. I'm Hong Liang. I'm very sorry to interrupt your work!"
Director Hong of the mainland Supreme People's Procuratorate's Anti-Corruption General Bureau looked neither servile nor overbearing, but his words conveyed unmistakable respect.
Even the director-general of their Anti-Corruption General Bureau could not afford the slightest discourtesy when facing the highest-ranking administrator of the Hong Kong Island Police Force.
Much less a division director several rungs below him!
"Sir, Director Hong heads the Investigation Division of the mainland Supreme People's Procuratorate's Anti-Corruption General Bureau."
As soon as Hong Liang finished speaking, Chan Kwok-wah spoke up.
He gave his boss a more detailed introduction to Hong Liang's background.
"Hello, Director Hong!"
Nodding slightly, Zhou Quan took the initiative to extend his right hand with a genial expression.
"Vice Minister Hao, our counterpart on the mainland, just spoke with me over the phone."
Mainland China's political and legal apparatus was collectively known as Public Security, Procuratorate, and Courts.
The Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Public Security Department.
Although the three branches had different functions and