His gaze settling on the files in the senior officer's hands across from him, Cheung Tak Biu immediately rose to his feet.
At the same time, Yuen Ka-bo, Yiu Kong-nga, and Cheung Chung-bong stood up right after him.
The head of the East Kowloon Regional Headquarters Operations Department was their actual superior.
How could they remain sprawled in their seats when a superior was handing them documents?
Cheung Tak Biu, who was about to be promoted to the commissioned rank of superintendent and was also a veteran of the East Kowloon Regional Headquarters Major Crimes Unit, readily took the files from his superior.
He quickly flipped through the information before passing them to Yuen Ka-bo beside him.
Compared with Cheung Tak Biu, Yuen Ka-bo undoubtedly read them far more carefully and thoroughly.
This did not mean there was anything wrong with Cheung Tak Biu's attitude toward his work. Rather, he was very familiar with these two files.
As one of the Crouching Tiger Seven Heroes, how could Cheung Tak Biu not know the Gou Hok Jai of any standing in the Hong Kong Island underworld?
Even though he had now left the Police Force's covert front, his former assignments remained etched deep in his memory like instinct.
While Yuen Ka-bo, Yiu Kong-nga, and Cheung Chung-bong took turns reading the files, Situ Jie slowly stood up.
"Ah Biao! Ah-bo!"
Walking slowly to Cheung Tak Biu's side, Situ Jie raised a hand and patted his shoulder while glancing at Yuen Ka-bo.
"Huo Zhaotang has considerable influence in Hong Kong Island's business community. If anything happens to him, it will cause a very damaging public outcry."
"Today is Saturday. We must have results before the market opens next Monday."
At this point, Situ Jie's tone grew somewhat graver.
"Besides, there's the golden seventy-two