Chapter 319 The Wave Rises

The connection between Schenkov and Little Orange ended with some extremely heart-wrenching words.

The high-ranking Director of the Public Security Bureau and the humble border kid, these two people's cross-class dialogue not only broke the live broadcast data record of "Dialogue with the Director", but also had more than 100 million real-time viewers on the entire network.

And after the live broadcast, the program caused a big craze on the Internet.

In Crescent City, the word "border" is familiar to residents of the inner city, and anyone on the street can talk to you about it.

But when it comes to how many inner-city residents truly understand the frontier, I’m afraid there are really only a few.

After all, no normal inner-city residents would climb over the rusty wall to go to the border for on-the-spot inspection. Their understanding of the border comes from the media, reading news reports, articles on marketing accounts, and the like.

The concept that the media has always conveyed to the public is that poor people must be hateful. People in the border areas live a miserable life because they don't work hard. They are poor and short-minded, and they are low-down at heart.

But after the episode of "Conversation with the Director" aired, inner-city residents suddenly discovered that this was not the case.

At least that's not the case with Little Sweet Orange.

What does this have to do with trying hard?

A person who has to dig through trash cans every day to survive.

A man who was tricked and killed by government forces for no reason.

A person who was so numb when he was only ten years old that he felt that he had no future.

How hard should she work?

Xiao Tiancheng’s experience not only touched the residents of the inner city, but also resonated with countless people in the border areas.

More and more people from the border areas are sharing their experiences online. Some are similar to Xiao Tiancheng, and some are even worse than her.

In the past, no one would listen to these words, because everyone had a preconceived notion that the people on the border were deliberately suffering misfortune.

And more importantly, in the fast-paced Internet age, everyone is more willing to read fast food information, and no one will pay attention to those weeping heartfelt voices. True feelings are often drowned in the Internet frenzy.

But at this time, with the popularity of the program "Dialogue with the Director" and a vivid example like Xiao Tiancheng, everyone's eyes were focused on it.

More and more people are calming down, bypassing the media and marketing accounts, and listening directly to the various experiences described by people on the border.

There is no inherent discrimination or gratuitous hatred in this world.

When the prejudices guided by the mainstream media were exposed, people in the same city separated by a wall once again had empathy.

Countless people began to reflect, blaming the media for their malicious guidance over the years, and criticizing whether the authorities’ extreme border policies were reasonable.

Others cited history and recalled the once glorious golden age, asking why such common prosperity cannot continue.

A wave of thought originated from a database error in the live broadcast program and was inadvertently promoted by a little girl.

Shortly after the "Dialogue with the Director" program ended, the General Administration of Public Security held a press conference. Director Schenkov expressed his recent thoughts at the conference.

"You must have watched the "Dialogue with the Director" program a few days ago with your own eyes or heard about it. What happened to Xiao Tiancheng made us sad, and it also forced us to reflect on whether all this is reasonable."

"Now I can tell you clearly that this is unreasonable. Each of us was once a child, and children represent the future of the world."

"If a child can be trampled on, humiliated, and said, 'I have no future,' it is not only a shame for the authorities, but also a tragedy for the entire human race."

"I believe what happened to Little Sweet Orange is by no means an isolated case. That kind of tragedy is a microcosm of the entire border, or in other words, a microcosm of the majority of border people in this city."

"In the past, in many people's minds, those border people living in the inner city seemed to deserve to be bullied and humiliated, just like the unknown soldier from the Rusty Wall Defense Force treated Little Sweet Orange."

"I want to say that this ridiculous thing should end, at least in the Sheriff's Department, in the law enforcement agency that symbolizes order in this city, this kind of thing should end."

"Starting today, the Public Security Bureau will initiate long-term and continuous disciplinary rectification and severely crack down on all violations by its subordinate agencies."

"The Public Security Bureau's determination to combat crime will not weaken at all, but anyone who commits illegal acts in the name of law enforcement will be punished in the most severe manner!"

Schenkov has always been a resolute and practical person.

After the press conference, he immediately launched relevant discussions on disciplinary rectification.

As the director of the General Bureau, Schenkov is very familiar with the internal situation of the Public Security Bureau.

It is impossible to trace past misdeeds.

The gangsterism within the Public Security Bureau is a problem left over from history.

Behaviors such as asking for cards, violent law enforcement, dereliction of duty, and shooting indiscriminately are everywhere. Except for a few strange people with unreasonably high self-moral standards, the rest are not clean.

If this situation is thoroughly investigated, the investigation will not be complete unless the entire Public Security Bureau is arrested, but this is unrealistic.

To this end, Schenkov launched a flexible plan and drew a line.

Discipline and rectify the past, and let bygones be bygones.

After disciplinary rectification, if there are still disciplinary violations, severe punishment will be imposed.

This is a compromise out of desperation, but it is also a firm determination.

The people within the Public Security Bureau thought this was just casual talk at first. After all, similar so-called "disciplinary rectifications" have been carried out more than once in the past years.

During the tenure of former director Kitahara Hayabusa, in order to deal with the public opinion caused by the deterioration of the Sheriff's discipline, a "civilian supervision" policy was introduced, allowing the public to film and record the Sheriff's law enforcement process. If there are violations, they can be prosecuted judicially.

As a result, all those who dared to take pictures were located and recorded. They were fired from the company at work, their children were maliciously made things difficult for them at school, and gangsters from nowhere came to "take care of" them every now and then. Their futures were ruined and their lives were scrapped.

The people within the Public Security Bureau thought that Schenkov was doing the same thing, but they soon discovered that this time was different from usual.

Schenkov not only issued a new set of disciplinary regulations to restrain the excessively free enforcement powers of the sheriff, but also established a new disciplinary department internally.

This department is completely separated from the original establishment of the Public Security Bureau, and is completely independent in terms of powers, personnel appointments, financial support, etc. All those in charge are fresh blood with clean backgrounds and no involvement with important officials within the Public Security Bureau. They are directly responsible to the Director of the General Bureau. .

Any reports against the peace officer will be independently investigated by the disciplinary inspection department and handled after verification.

In just one week, the disciplinary inspection department supervised 344 cases, and 413 peace officers who still violated the rules seriously after disciplinary rectification were dealt with. Those who had demerits were given demerits, and those who were dismissed were dismissed. Those involving criminal matters were directly handed over to the municipal garrison. Judicial trial.

This drastic rectification caused tension within the Public Security Bureau, but made countless people cry with joy.

how many years

Since the fall of the director of the General Administration whose name was not allowed to be mentioned, the people of Crescent City have been living in darkness.

The former director of the General Bureau, Kitahara Hayabusa, indulged his subordinates and led to countless unjust, false and wrong cases.

The Public Security Bureau, the law enforcement agency that was supposed to protect order, has become the entity that people fear most.

From Dawn 141 to Dawn 152, the people of Crescent City endured darkness for 11 years, and now they finally see the light again.

Since this disciplinary rectification bill originated from the dialogue between Schenkov and Little Orange in "Dialogue with the Director", it was also given a very affectionate nickname by the public——

The Little Orange Act.

Under the heavy-handed crackdown of this bill, the law enforcement chaos in Crescent City has been greatly restrained.

At the same time, the barriers between people in the border areas and people in the inner city are slowly being resolved through candid exchanges.

Although the two sides are separated by a tall rusty wall, the electronic signals fly like free birds.

More and more people in the inner city have met friends from the border areas through the Internet and witnessed with their own eyes the truth that the authorities and media will not tell them.

They abandoned their previous prejudices and began to do their best to help the border people around them.

Some people actually donated money to public welfare fund projects related to border areas.

Some people used their pens as swords and wrote article after article criticizing the government's policies and complaining about injustice for the people on the border.

There are also some ordinary people who have no extra money and no outstanding literary talents and abilities. They just start with a nod, a smile, or a handshake to the people on the border and do their best.

As for the little sweet orange that touched the hearts of countless people in the "Dialogue with the Director" program, it also became the focus of everyone's attention later.

A well-known public welfare organization launched a fundraising project called "Save Little Sweet Orange", aiming to help Little Sweet Orange enter inner-city life and cover all necessary living expenses and education expenses before she turns 18.

The project was spread by enthusiastic netizens as soon as it was released. Schenkov also forwarded it on his personal social account and quietly donated all the year-end bonuses from last year.

On the border and in the inner city, the two groups of people separated by a rusty wall are still in different places, but their hearts are close to each other. The once absurd and ridiculous hatred has slowly turned into smoke.

Late at night, the late winter of February still carried a biting chill. Schenkov stood in front of the window sill and smoked silently, looking at the dim lights in the distance.

At this time, there was a gentle knock on the door, and assistant Yang Le walked in from the door: "Director, I have sorted out the summary of today's meeting and put it on the table for you."

Schenkov looked back at him: "You haven't left yet? I thought you had already left work."

Yang Le smiled and said: "Director, you work overtime every day, how dare I leave first."

Schenkov smiled slightly and said, "Let's have a chat."

Yang Le walked to the window sill and stretched.

Schenkov handed him a cigarette and lit it thoughtfully.

Yang Le was immediately flattered and hurriedly went to pick up the cigarettes and lighter: "Director, I will do it myself."

Schenkov clapped his hand and said with a smile: "There are no outsiders here. Hurry up and don't waste time."

Yang Le smiled sheepishly and asked Schenkov to light a cigarette for him.

Schenkov took back the lighter, looked out the window and said, "Listen, what's different outside than before?"

Yang Le listened for a moment and asked with some confusion: "Well, what do you mean?"

Schenkov had a mysterious smile on his face: "I've been standing here for an hour. For a whole hour, I didn't hear a single gunshot."

"Really?" Yang Le opened his mouth, feeling incredible, "Late at night is a time when shootings occur frequently. In the past, you could hear one every ten minutes."

Schenkov said quietly: "I joined the government at the age of 22 and have been working for 30 years now. I thought I was an experienced veteran, but I found that there is a very simple truth. It was only this year that I understood.”

Yang Le asked tentatively: "What do you mean?"

Schenkov squinted his eyes, his eyes looking extremely deep: "The crime rate in Crescent City is determined by those in power, not by the people on the border."

"If everyone could live under the sun, fair and just, there wouldn't be so many lingering evils in this city."

Yang Le was stunned for a moment, with a complicated smile on his face: "We border people are so lucky to have a director like you."

"Us?" Schenkov glanced at him suspiciously, "What do you mean we border people?"

Yang Le: "My hometown is on the border."

Schenkov became even more confused: "Huh? But it is clearly written on your file that you have always had an inner city status."

Yang Le explained: "It's like this. My parents were born and raised in the border areas, and later immigrated to live in the inner city. Because of their expertise in engineering and technology, both of them changed their inner city identities, so I was also an inner city when I was born. City identity.”

Schenkov nodded thoughtfully: "You can change your identity if you have technical expertise. Is this a thing of the golden age?"

"Yes, Dawn 131, the first year of the Golden Age, was also the year I was born." Yang Le said with an emotion called memories in his eyes, "From birth to 10 years old, my entire childhood was spent in spent the golden age.”

Schenkov couldn't help but exclaimed: "You are such a lucky child."

Yang Le looked a little melancholy and sighed softly: "Yes, and no."

“I was lucky enough to experience the best times at the most innocent age.”

"But I am also unfortunate. I have just witnessed the brokenness of this era."

"I remember when I was a child, my parents often told others generously that they used to be from the border areas, and they always greeted them with a smile."

"But after the golden age ended, that smile gradually disappeared."

"Once, I told a new classmate that my hometown was from the border area, and he laughed at me as a border rat and always said bad things about me to the teacher."

"Another time, my parents were beaten on the road. Just because they mentioned that they were from the border area, the other party yelled at them and told them to go back to the border area. Later, they even started to fight."

Speaking of this, Yang Le looked up at the night sky sadly: "I didn't understand at the time why this city had changed so much in just a few years, and what caused it to change like this."

"I grew up with this question. The reason why I joined the Sheriff's Department after graduation was because I wanted to find the answer here."

Schenkov asked softly: "What about now, have you found the answer?"

Yang Le looked into Schenkov's eyes and said deeply: "Not yet, but looking at the changes during this period, I can feel that I am about to see the answer." (End of Chapter)