Chapter 530 Successor, Shadow Headquarters Director Aoyama Hidenobu (asking for monthly ticket)
“I strongly recommended Yamashita Hisato, but unfortunately he lost by one vote in the internal vote. Opponents wanted to elect a hardliner to clean up the Hokkaido police system.”

On the phone, Juro Hikokawa’s tone sounded somewhat regretful and unhappy. Although he had prepared for this result in advance, he still felt aggrieved that the candidate he proposed as the chairman was rejected.

However, the system of the Public Security Commission is like this. When disagreements arise, voting is used as a means of resolution. The minority obeys the majority, and the decisions made cannot be changed. When the votes are tied, the chairman’s decision prevails.

“Who is the new director?” Aoyama Hidenobu was mentally prepared, so he was not too disappointed. Instead, he quickly composed himself and prepared to fight the new director in the best condition.

He climbed up through struggle.

So never fear a struggle!
“Nakayama Junmi.” Hikokawa Juro first said a name and gave a brief introduction, “Former Director of the Life Safety Bureau of the National Police Agency, a fifty-year-old woman, known as the Iron Lady. She is mean, old-fashioned and domineering, and her methods are ruthless. You have to be careful.”

“If it was a young woman, it would be easy for me to deal with her, but unfortunately she is a little old.” Aoyama Hidenobu joked while turning the pen.

“Don’t take it lightly! Underestimating the enemy is the beginning of failure!” Hikokawa Juro scolded, then slowed down his tone, “Aren’t there three vacancies in Hokkaido now? Please recommend someone. You gave me face in the selection of the director general, but you will definitely give me face in the appointment of a director general and two department heads.”

We can’t always fight each other, we have to compromise with each other.

“Hi!” Aoyama Hidenobu responded and reported three names that had been prepared long ago, all of whom were the deputies of Kudo Mishin, Fujino Norhiro, and Ishida Hiroun.

They were all people who had been suppressed by their immediate superiors for a long time. Now that they have been made regular employees by me, they will naturally be grateful to me for such a promotion and generous treatment.

In addition, Aoyama Hidenobu also recommended that Shinichi Nakamura be temporarily appointed as the Deputy Director of the Criminal Department. The reason for it being temporary was that Shinichi Nakamura’s police rank could not be promoted. He could be promoted to a regular position after his rank was promoted in the future. Hattori Danji took over his position as the Chief of the First Investigation Division. As for Shota Yonekura, he was not promoted because he had just been promoted not long ago.

“Grandpa, when will this Iron Lady take office?” Aoyama Hidenobu asked again.

“The official appointment has not been announced yet, and her work also needs to be handed over, which is expected to be within a week.”

“Okay! I understand.”

After hanging up the phone, Aoyama Hidenobu breathed a sigh of relief and called Asai Aya again, asking her to help collect detailed information about Nakayama Junmi and have someone send it to Sapporo.

Although he just said it lightly, he would never underestimate any opponent, and would never look down on Zhongshan Runmei just because she is a woman.

Moreover, the fact that Nakayama Junmi was able to climb to the rank of Metropolitan Superintendent as a woman in the National Police Agency, where the leadership is mostly male, shows that she is even more difficult to deal with.

“Boom boom boom!”

Just then there was a knock on the door.

Aoyama Hidenobu casually called out, “Come in.”

“Minister Aoyama.” Haruno Takayoshi, the secretary of Fujimoto Takaei, pushed the door open and bowed respectfully at a 90-degree angle, saying, “The chiefs of police stations in various parts of Hokkaido have all arrived, and you are the only one missing.”

Although Fujimoto Takaei was kicked out of the police headquarters by Aoyama Hidenobu himself, he kept Haruno Takayoshi. Because Aoyama Hidenobu deliberately maintained it, the two of them have always had a good personal relationship. And he was kept to show others: I can even tolerate Fujimoto Takaei’s secretary, so you don’t have to worry that I will purge those who were close to him in the past after I gain real power.

The most crucial thing is that Haruno Takayoshi, as Fujimoto Takayoshi’s secretary, has followed him for many years. He did many things for Fujimoto Takayoshi. When Aoyama Hidenobu wanted to replace Fujimoto Takayoshi, he really couldn’t do without him.

As for the reason why he stayed… Aoyama Hidenobu asked Yamashita Hisato to appoint him as the head of the Facilities Section of the General Affairs Department, which was the original position of Kudo Haru, but in fact, what he is doing now is equivalent to Aoyama Hidenobu’s secretary, but the minister is not qualified to have a secretary, so he changed his title and let the country pay him a salary.

In the past, every month Fujimoto Takaei would distribute the money collected from various gangs to his subordinates. After Aoyama Hidenobu replaced him, in order to quickly stabilize people’s hearts, he decided to advance this month’s dividends to today. Therefore, yesterday he asked Haruno Takayoshi to notify the chiefs of police stations in various places to come to Sapporo to distribute the money.

If they divide the money in advance, it means that each gang has to pay in advance. Although each gang is quite resentful about this, they have no choice but to pay the money honestly.

“Well, thank you Haruno-kun for your hard work.” Aoyama Hidenobu smiled and nodded, speaking in a gentle tone.

Haruno Takayoshi said cautiously and terrifiedly: “This is all my job. It is my honor to help the minister solve his problems!”

Although his identity, position and attitude changed very smoothly, he couldn’t help feeling sad in his heart. In his previous relationship with Aoyama Hidenobu, he was the one who was deliberately flattered, but in just half a year, the situation was completely reversed.

As one of Fujimoto Takaei’s confidants, he knew his own value, so he played his role to the full, tried to set a good example for others, and used his own experience to tell others that Aoyama Hidenobu was open-minded and treated everyone equally.

“Let’s go. Don’t keep the guests who have come from afar waiting for too long.” Aoyama Hidenobu stood up and walked out.

Haruno Takayoshi stood where he was, and waited until Aoyama Hidenobu walked in front of him before following closely.

He had already arranged the motorcade in advance, all in accordance with the standards used by Takaei Fujimoto in the past.

Two police motorcycles honked their horns in front to clear the way.

Aoyama Hidenobu’s car was in the middle.

Following behind were four police motorcycles with sirens blaring as an escort.

For a criminal department director, this ceremony was undoubtedly very high-profile, but what Aoyama Hidenobu wanted was to be high-profile. He wanted to use this method to intuitively tell everyone who is now in charge of the police headquarters.

Some people already call him the shadow minister.

“Are all the things ready?” In the car, Aoyama Hidenobu asked calmly as he looked out the window at the street scene receding.

Haruno Takayoshi, who was sitting in the passenger seat, patted his briefcase, nodded and replied, “It’s all here.”

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Maple Leaf Club.

The chiefs of police stations from all over Hokkaido gathered together.

“Hehe, you invited us here, but you yourself haven’t shown up yet. Do you really think you are the director?” A bald middle-aged man with a tough face and wearing a silver suit looked at his watch and sneered.

It is not difficult to see from his attitude that he is dissatisfied with Aoyama Hidenobu. This person is called Oda Maya, the chief of the Obihiro City Police Station and one of the several local chiefs who have never taken the initiative to visit Aoyama Hidenobu in Sapporo.

Hearing his complaints, a middle-aged man in a brown suit said with a smile: “Today is the day to share the money. It doesn’t hurt to wait a little longer. If anyone can’t wait, they can go first. I think everyone here should not mind getting an extra share.”

“That’s right. If someone gives me money and lets me wait from morning till night, I’ll be willing to do that!” “Except for Director Oda who is extremely wealthy, no one here should think that money is too much, hahahaha…”

The directors who had already sided with Aoyama Hidenobu all echoed the sentiment, mocking Oda Maya in a sarcastic manner.

“Baka!” Hearing the harsh laughter, Oda Maya flew into a rage, slammed the table and pointed at the middle-aged man in the brown suit and cursed: “Sanjiura, your police rank is exactly the same, but you still have to rush to be a dog for your peers, how dare you laugh at me?”

“Bakayaro! Who are you calling a dog!” Sanjiura exploded upon hearing that and stood up and questioned in a harsh voice.

“Haha, I’ll scold anyone who agrees to this!”

“Wow, it’s quite lively. Haha, it seems everyone is happy to distribute the money in advance today!” Aoyama Hidenobu happened to see this scene when he brought Haruno Takayoshi and Kim Woo-sung in, and said with a smile.

“Minister Aoyama.”

“Minister Aoyama!”

Everyone bowed to Aoyama Hidenobu.

The only exceptions are a few people including Oda Maya.

“You are welcome, please take a seat.” Aoyama Hidenobu raised his hand with a gentle smile, then walked to the main seat and sat down. He poured himself a glass of wine, raised it up, looked around and said, “You are so busy that you can still take time out to respond to my call. That is a honor for me. Hidenobu will toast you first.”

“I’m not giving you face. Stop flattering yourself. I’m just here to get the money.” Oda Maye snorted coldly and said indifferently.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became a little awkward.

Aoyama Hidenobu put down his wine glass, looked at him calmly, and said with a warm smile: “Oda-kun has something against me! But what did I do wrong? Please point it out and let me correct it.”

“I have no problem with you, but I do have a problem with you wanting to bully all of us even though you’re on the same level!” Oda Maya stood up and started talking at full speed, spitting out foam everywhere. “Also, you have no right to preside over the distribution of money. Since the head of this department was tricked into resigning by a traitor, we are now leaderless and no one can convince the others. I think the rules he set should be changed. From now on, everyone should collect their own money, and the headquarters will no longer collect and distribute it.”

He was against Aoyama Hidenobu not because he was loyal to Fujimoto Takaei, but because he was simply unwilling to accept being led by the same level and had the evil intention of splitting up the family.

In the past, the money from each city was collected by the headquarters, and after Takaei Fujimoto took a portion, they divided the rest.

Now that Fujimoto Takaei is gone, he naturally doesn’t want to continue to give up this benefit, but wants to take it all.

“How dare you!” Mitsuiura was the first to slam the table and scolded Oda Maya, “Who said that there is no leader now? Don’t we still have Minister Aoyama?”

“Hahahaha! What a joke! Can Minister Aoyama convince everyone? Can he?” Oda Maya laughed and looked around, finally looking at Aoyama Hidenobu, “What about you? Do you think you can convince everyone?”

Some people agreed with Oda Maya, some blamed Oda Maya, and some just watched the fun without saying a word.

“Do you think I can’t?” Aoyama Hidenobu stood up and walked in front of Oda Maya and asked with a smile.

Maya Oda looked at him with sarcasm in her eyes, fearlessly, and answered the question irrelevantly: “When Minister Fujimoto was here, I didn’t dare to oppose him like this.”

Aoyama Hidenobu turned his back and waved.

Haruno Takayoshi immediately rummaged through his briefcase, pulled out a file bag, and handed it to him with both hands.

“Snapped!”

Aoyama Hidenobu hits Oda Maya in the face.

“You!” Oda Maya glared at him, but still picked up the fallen file bag and opened it.

When he saw this, his face suddenly changed. He raised his head and stared at Aoyama Hidenobu in shock and panic, then looked at Haruno Takayoshi fiercely, but dared not say anything.

The document bag contained some evidence of his crimes.

These things could only have been in the hands of Fujimoto Takayoshi, but now they fell into the hands of Aoyama Hidenobu.

It was obviously done by Haruno Takayoshi.

Aoyama Hidenobu smiled and said, “Can I?”

“Yes.” Oda Maya lowered her head and said unwillingly, her voice as small as a mosquito’s.

His attitude suddenly changed, causing everyone present to look at each other in bewilderment. They had already guessed that the document bag must contain his weakness or leverage.

Aoyama Hidenobu came prepared today.

After realizing this, several directors who were originally close to Oda Maya quietly moved back a little.

“Pa!” Aoyama Hidenobu raised his hand and slapped Oda Maya hard on the face, “Louder.”

“Yes! Minister Aoyama can convince the people!” Oda Maya was hit so hard that she staggered and her nose bled on the spot. She answered loudly with a face full of humiliation.

“You have lost your money this month, so get out.” Aoyama Hidenobu’s face turned cold and he said in a calm tone.

With the handle in someone’s hand, Oda Maye didn’t dare to say a word and fled in disgrace.

Aoyama Hidenobu looked around at the others, his eyes fell on the few who agreed with Oda Maya, and asked calmly, “Does anyone else think I can’t do this?”

“No! No! I will resolutely uphold and obey Minister Qingshan’s orders. I obey you, I obey you.”

“I am convinced, I am convinced. Who else besides Minister Qingshan is qualified to lead us?”

The people who were stared at by Aoyama Hidenobu were sweating profusely and nodded and bowed repeatedly to admit their defeat.

(End of this chapter)