Just as Sister Wei and Zhang Ping said, Han Yu rushed to the Bailong Port Shipyard as soon as he received his father's call, to ask Master Zhou about the situation, and then hastened to the Four Factory Police Station.

Officially, Boss Wu is an entrepreneur who has invested in the development zone.

Privately, ever since his second day of formal employment, he's been repairing ships at Boss Wu's former shipyard, and over the years he has caused no small amount of trouble, with both his unit and family having social exchanges with Boss Wu. Now that Boss Wu is in trouble, it cannot be ignored.

It's only appropriate for Han Xiangning to show concern as well, after all, nine years ago, Boss Wu had sponsored a fiberglass speedboat for the Port Supervision Bureau, and over the years the Third Team has frequently asked for his assistance during river rescues.

According to the case handling procedure, when the police from another locality come to Four Factory to make arrests, the Four Factory Police Station still needs to understand the situation.

Boss Wu was taken to the interrogation room, where two officers from Xin'an were conducting an interrogation, and Director Jiang of the Four Factory Police Station was listening in.

Han Yu and Han Xiangning could not enter, so they could only wait in Instructor's office for news.

Instructor Old Yao also found this case very peculiar and shared his insights: "The two who came, one surnamed Shan, and another surnamed Wu, are both young. I just looked at their introduction letter and identification, and I have never even heard of their department."

"What department?"

"The Economic Crime Investigation Team of the Xin'an City Police Department's Criminal Investigation Team, with the one surnamed Shan being the deputy squad leader."

"Economic Crime Investigation Team... is economic crime under our police jurisdiction?"

"Economic crime is managed by the Procuratorate, and even if Boss Wu really did evade taxes, it should be the National Tax Bureau's concern. Only when responsibility for criminal prosecution is sufficient, would it be transferred to our police."

As Old Yao helped with pouring water, he added, "Moreover, this so-called transfer is just asking us police to catch someone, to detain them in the jail. Even the proceedings are based on materials transferred from the tax service. In fact, it doesn't have much to do with us, the police."

This was Han Yu's first encounter with such a situation, and he pondered, "Just now at the shipyard I asked Master Zhou, and he mentioned something about VAT invoices."

"Do you understand any of this, Director Yu?"

"How would I understand these things? I've never seen a VAT invoice myself, all I've heard about it before."

"How about you, Ningning?" asked Old Yao as he came over with a teacup.

Han Xiangning smiled bitterly, "I'm just as clueless. I've only seen regular invoices and fine receipts."

Old Yao looked back and muttered, "If even you don't understand, we understand even less. I reckon Director Jiang is also befuddled as he listens in there."

Han Yu touched the corner of his mouth and asked, "Instructor Yao, did you call the Legal Affairs Department?"

"I did."

"What did Legal Affairs say?"

"Legal Affairs said they are currently studying the relevant laws and regulations."

"Even Legal Affairs doesn't understand!"

"They have hardly dealt with economic crimes, and moreover, this isn't just any economic crime, it's related to VAT invoices. Since the implementation of the tax-sharing system, it hasn't been that long, and the establishment of the National Tax Bureau is equally recent. When people from Xin'an first arrived, I even made a phone call to the tax office, and even the Director of the Four Factory Tax Office didn't understand much."

"I'll call Director Zhou."

"Don't use a cellphone, use my landline."

"Okay."

Han Yu contacted the Director using the landline on Instructor Yao's desk, only to find that the Director was in a state of anxiety.

Zhou Huixin walked out of Mayor Qian's office, holding his smartphone and speaking angrily, "It's not just Boss Wu whom they've arrested; about a quarter of the businesses of decent size in Linghai are on their list for investigation and arrest!"

"They want to investigate and arrest so many business executives at once?"

"They said it's related to VAT invoices. Secretary Ye is currently accompanying Mayor Qin for an inspection, and Mayor Qian came back especially to deal with this. He just asked me about the situation and I didn't even know how to explain it to him. He's currently talking to Director Lin of the National Tax Bureau. Only they at the National Tax Bureau can clarify these matters."

"Director Zhou, since we don't understand the situation, how can we assist them in making arrests? Right now, we don't even know if they have jurisdiction over such cases."

Mayor Qian had just unleashed his anger.

After being at the sharp end of Mayor Qian's tirade, Zhou Huixin felt depressed to the extreme. He opened the car door and climbed in, his face dark as he said, "If businesses get shut down by the Xin'an Police Department's investigation, where will the city collect taxes from, how will the treasury afford to pay our salaries? I'm not just the Police Chief, but also a member of the City Government party group, I understand these principles.

I don't want you guys to assist others in dealing with businesses in our jurisdiction either, the problem now is that the City Bureau is demanding our cooperation. They say that the people from Xin'an are investigating a case which is under special supervision by the Ministry of Police. High-ranking officials from both the Ministry and the department are giving it serious attention!"

"The Ministry of Police under special supervision?"

Han Yu was skeptical, after all, knowing Boss Wu too well, how could an owner of a small shipyard attract the attention of the Ministry of Police...

Helping outsiders deal with businesses in our own jurisdiction, what kind of situation was this, and yet unable to not cooperate.

Zhou Huixin said helplessly, "What's true cannot be fake, and what's fake cannot be made true. Now we are caught between the City Bureau and the City Committee and Municipal Government, in a difficult position. If we don't cooperate or assist, we will definitely be held accountable, and we could even end up stripped of our police uniforms. Providing assistance and full cooperation, the City Committee and Municipal Government will hold us accountable, and even the public will curse us."

"So what do we do now?"

"I have a friend in the Anle City Bureau, I'll call to find out what's going on."

"Okay, on my end... for now, I will wait for their interrogation, and once they're done, I'll talk to them."

"Talk about what?"

"See if we can arrange bail pending trial."

"You talk to them first. If the discussion is successful, the other involved business executives and financial officers can also be handled in the same way. Although it doesn't solve the big issue, at least it could give an account to the City Committee and Municipal Government."

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