Dustin nodded slightly, "It's done. I'll ask you to come back two days later. That's when we'll conduct the final negotiations."
"What about Luke's transfer..." Elsa asked inquiringly. She didn't care how much credit the FBI got now, but she cared about the fact that the FBI wanted to poach Luke.
Dustin nodded again: "All the credit for rescuing the hostages goes to the FBI, and they no longer mention the special recruitment of Luke."
Elsa understood.
In the Zhongfu Building robbery, the real order of merit is: recovering bonds > rescuing hostages > capturing robbers.
In this country of money, $640 million in bonds is of course more important than anything else.
But of course we can't say this to the outside world. Instead, it should be: save hostages > get back bonds > catch robbers.
The FBI nominally got the greatest credit for saving the hostages, so their merits and demerits offset each other.
When old man Aoki said he would pursue the matter, he meant he would sue the power supply company, not the FBI.
The FBI has made great contributions to the outside world this time, but how they will deal with the person in charge of the case internally is another matter.
The FBI, having gained face, gave up its attempt to poach employees.
Luke is very capable, and the FBI does intend to recruit him, but this time they are mainly using him as a bargaining chip. He is not important enough to cause a falling out between the FBI and the LAPD.
Elsa hesitated, but still lowered her voice and asked: "Boss, my matter..."
Dustin looked at her without changing his expression. He said, "Just keep doing your job and keep everything as normal. I'm not the director, so my opinion doesn't count in this matter."
Elsa understood.
Dustin said this, but what he meant was that she should just sit back and wait for her promotion.
As for the last two sentences, they are not shirking responsibility, but facts.
Dustin has a say in Elsa's promotion, a big one in fact, but it is not the decision-making power. The real decision-maker is the director.
Until the promotion paperwork comes down, nothing Dustin says is true.
It was even more impossible for him to pat his chest and guarantee that she would be promoted. If it failed, it would be bad if a rift between Elsa and him was created.
Humans are very strange creatures. Sometimes they take their anger out on others even though they know the truth.
Dustin has been resented by his capable subordinates before when it comes to promotion, so now he pays attention to these details.
Seeing that Elsa seemed to understand, Dustin said, "You should learn from Luke sometimes. You dare to say you are lazy in front of me."
Elsa chuckled: "I've been a police officer for eight years, and I haven't killed even a fraction of his number. I don't dare to compete with him. I'm not as capable as him, and if I keep thinking of being lazy, I might as well switch to administration, so that I can hide in the office openly."
Dustin smiled, feeling very satisfied.
At least Elsa was sober and didn't have any negative thoughts because of Luke's appearance.
This time, I still need to work harder and push her to the position of sheriff! Dustin thought so.
It's really a bit of a waste for Elsa and Luke to just be partners.
A better option is for Elsa to partner Luke with a supporting detective, which would unleash the potential of both of them.
Otherwise, Elsa is too strong, and Luke... they are not people who can be described as strong.
Now the two of them get along very well, not because Elsa is smart, but because Luke is willing to make concessions, even big concessions.
Dustin only needed to look at the files to understand how much credit Luke had given to Elsa in the past two months.
Only Luke, the oddball, didn't want to be promoted. That was the real reason why Elsa didn't have a conflict with him.
How many young detectives don't want credit? So far, Dustin has only met Luke.
But this was no reason for him to sit back and watch Elsa divide up Luke's credit.
Luke's abilities have already shined, and there's not enough time to train and favor such a person, so how can we allow this kind of unfairness to continue.
Even if he really didn't need a promotion, Dustin couldn't pretend to be ignorant of Luke's contributions. This was not the behavior of a qualified leader.
Therefore, by having Elsa promoted to team leader and Luke handling the case, she also deserves the leadership credit.
As for Luke's new partner? Haha, this woman followed him from a small town police station and accompanied him all the way to the Los Angeles Police Department.
With these thoughts in mind, Dustin continued, "You still have to learn from Luke. Tell me, based on his performance just now, who is more like a leader, you or him?"
Elsa was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly: "There's nothing we can do. We've been working together these days, and it's basically me analyzing and him taking action."
Dustin waved his hand. "It's not that. It's the mentality. Don't do everything yourself if you should delegate it to others."
Elsa felt a surge of joy in her heart, as this meant that she would be promoted soon: "Boss, I understand. I will pay attention to it next time."
Dustin nodded. "Go out. Don't stay in the bureau. Take the files home and read them slowly. Rest when you are tired."
Elsa took the order and left.
Luke, holding the documents, happily went to the logistics department to pick up the car.
After receiving the car, he was even more satisfied.
It’s not that the car is expensive, but that it is not an ordinary car.
The cars provided to plainclothes detectives are mostly ordinary vehicles because they need to conceal their identities.
But Luke's identity as a detective is no secret, so the car he gets will be fine as long as it's not painted.
The assigned vehicle is a brand new Chevrolet Impala, which has been modified in many places. A bumper has been added to the front, the suspension and brakes have been strengthened, there is a police communication system at the front desk, and the front doors have been bulletproofed. (Note: American police cars generally only have bulletproofed front doors, and the rear doors are still not bulletproof.)
Compared to many plainclothes detectives' cars, this car is a notch higher.
Luke was naturally satisfied. From this car, it could be seen that Dustin had expressed his gratitude for his contribution to him. Otherwise, giving him a new car that had not been modified would be enough.
After picking up the car, Luke first went to a law firm to get a batch of entrusted documents before going to the apartment not far from the police station.
It's been more than ten days. I wonder what Bobby has become now.
But Sheila hadn't told Elsa that Bobby was still harassing her, so he shouldn't be doing too badly.
I went upstairs and knocked on the door, but it took a while for the door to open.
When sleepy Bobby saw Luke, he was suddenly startled: "Ah, you... you are here? Come on, please come in."
Luke smiled and nodded, then walked into the back of the house and said, "I'll give you ten minutes to clean yourself up, and then we'll talk."
Bobby was also very decisive and went to wash up immediately.
Luke didn't walk around, but just stood in the living room and looked around. He found that although the place was not particularly clean, it was not dirty either, and was just the standard for a bachelor.
There were some documents, a notebook and a pen on the table in the dining room over there.
He walked over and took a look, and found that the content was all kinds of news about Larry Page and several senior executives of Google.
Nodding slightly in his heart, Bobby didn't know he was coming. This was not made just for himself to see. He really wanted to understand this aspect.