Chapter 2947 Taking Down the Casino

"However... Mayor, I don't think now is the best time to crack down on the Yang family's casino. Wait a little longer, give me three more months, and I guarantee I'll find all the Yang family members in the Shazhou City Public Security Bureau and further reorganize the bureau internally. By then, the Public Security Bureau will be an iron army..."

"I'd like to give you another three months, or even a year if possible, but the situation doesn't allow it, and the other side won't cooperate," Qin Feng interrupted Jiang Yunpeng again.

"Now is definitely not the time to take action against the Yang family. Not only is your Public Security Bureau unprepared, but I am also unprepared, and the provincial authorities are even less prepared. Taking action against the Yang family now is too risky, and the probability of success is not high."

"You said you're only 70-80% confident in taking down the Yang family's casino, then my success rate in taking action against the Yang family is less than 30%, I'm talking about the political aspect." Qin Feng finished speaking and lit another cigarette.

Jiang Yunpeng nodded. He wasn't a political novice, so he naturally understood what Qin Feng meant.

"Then... why take action against the Yang family now?" Jiang Yunpeng didn't understand.

"Because there's no other way. You've seen it too, they've made a move against me. They're not stupid; they won't give us the chance to wait for the best opportunity." Qin Feng leaned back in his chair.

"You mean the fire?" Jiang Yunpeng asked.

Qin Feng nodded.

"Was the fire this serious? No one died, right?" Jiang Yunpeng asked in surprise.

"You may not fully understand the situation behind this, but you will in the future. This fire was a joint effort between the Yang family and Jiang Longjun against me. It's an unsolvable dead end, and it represents the will of the provincial government."

"This fire is like them putting a rope around my neck. It won't kill me right away, but they will use this rope to keep strangling me until I'm completely strangled."

"I have two choices now: either fight them to the death, and if I win, this noose won't be around my head, but I'll most likely die."

"Either let them put the rope over your head, it's safe now, but it will slowly get tighter and tighter... until you suffocate completely."

"If it were you, which one would you choose?" Qin Feng asked Jiang Yunpeng.

"Of course I choose to fight to the death. Even if I know I'm going to die, I'll die standing up, not tortured to death. Besides, if I take a chance, I might have a chance to survive. What if I win?" Jiang Yunpeng replied.

"Indeed, she is the person I have chosen, just like I thought. But you should also know that when people in this circle are faced with this kind of choice, 99% of them will choose the second option, because avoiding immediate danger is human instinct, and having wishful thinking about the future is also human nature."

"But I won't choose the second option. Just like you said, I'd rather stand there and have a dozen or twenty holes pierced in my body than kneel on the ground and be slowly strangled to death."

"So..." Qin Feng paused again at this point, then stubbed out the cigarette he hadn't finished smoking in the ashtray.

"Go back now and, according to the contingency plan you've been working on, complete all the pre-operation preparations. Once you're ready, await my orders and be ready to move out at any time."

After Qin Feng finished speaking, he picked up his teacup and drank the tea. His tone was very calm and unwavering when he said these words.

Qin Feng remained calm, but Jiang Yunpeng could not. This matter was too big, so big that it was equivalent to directly piercing the sky above the sandbar.

Qin Feng stubbed out his cigarette, which meant he had finished speaking and Jiang Yunpeng should leave.

However, Jiang Yunpeng did not behave as "sensible" this time. Instead of firmly following Qin Feng's instructions and leaving, he continued to sit there and lit a cigarette.

After finishing his tea, Qin Feng glanced at Jiang Yunpeng, who was still sitting there smoking and not saying a word, and showed no intention of leaving. He smiled, did not interrupt Jiang Yunpeng, and instead got up and took his teacup to the thermos on the cabinet next to him to refill it.

Qin Feng's office has a water dispenser and a complete tea set on the coffee table, but Qin Feng still prefers to use boiling water from the kettle to make tea because the temperature is high enough, and this is a habit he has maintained for many years, a habit he inherited from Zhou Qiming.

Normally, Qin Feng rarely has the opportunity to brew his own tea and refill his water. Zhang Xinming knows Qin Feng's habits very well, so whenever Qin Feng's tea is almost finished, Zhang Xinming will come in to refill his water or brew a new cup. However, today Zhang Xinming did not come in to add water because Qin Feng explicitly asked not to come in and disturb him.

When Qin Feng returned to his seat with the tea, Jiang Yunpeng was still sitting opposite him, smoking.

"Haven't made a decision yet?" Qin Feng asked with a smile.

Jiang Yunpeng shook his head: "I don't need to make a decision; your order is my decision."

"I'm just thinking about a problem. Simply raiding Yang's casino won't solve the problem. Yang Zhihao could indeed be in the casino. According to our understanding, he spends most of his nights there, but we can't be absolutely sure. What if he's not in the casino when we raid it?"

"Secondly, even if he's in the casino, he'll most likely be able to detect our attack beforehand and escape."

“I don’t think we have a high chance of catching Yang Zhihao by doing this. I’m thinking if I could have a little more time to execute two plans simultaneously: cracking down on Yang’s casino on one hand and arresting Yang Zhihao on the other.”

"However, the best place and time to arrest Yang Zhihao is when he is not in the casino. That place is too complicated and the security is too tight. As long as he is not in the casino, the success rate of the arrest will be much higher."

"Mayor, give me one or two more days. When Yang Zhihao is not at the casino at night, I will take action from both sides simultaneously. This way, I can ensure that I can both shut down the casino and catch Yang Zhihao," Jiang Yunpeng replied.

Qin Feng smiled after hearing Jiang Yunpeng's words. Jiang Yunpeng was indeed a very competent and capable police officer who had considered the operation perfectly.

"I didn't say I wanted to arrest Yang Zhihao," Qin Feng said calmly.

"Huh? Why not arrest Yang Zhihao?" Jiang Yunpeng was very surprised. In his opinion, Qin Feng wanted to shut down the casino so that he could arrest Yang Zhihao and uproot the entire Yang family. Why take such a big risk to shut down the Yang family's casino if not arresting Yang Zhihao? Moreover, from a legal point of view, Yang Zhihao was the organizer and operator of the casino. As long as the casino is cracked down on, Yang Zhihao must be arrested. Otherwise, the case cannot be closed.

"That's right. I only want to shut down the Yang family's casino. I didn't say I necessarily had to catch Yang Zhihao. Of course, it would be best if we could catch him, but we don't need to force it. It's not worth delaying the opportunity and wasting too much police resources for Yang Zhihao," Qin Feng said slowly.

Jiang Yunpeng still didn't understand Qin Feng; in his view, capturing Yang Zhihao was the key.