Chapter 364 FBI Washington Headquarters

 Hotel suite, early morning.

 “Big problem?”

Hearing this, Luo An frowned. Lacey and Michelle were members of the special investigation team. If they didn't come to him as the deputy leader as soon as they encountered a problem, what would happen if they went to Mona?

 “It’s not a work matter, it’s a personal matter for them.”

 Seeing that Luo An seemed to have misunderstood something, Mona hurriedly explained:

“Do you remember Lacey’s actress landlord?

 She went back to Los Angeles yesterday and sold the house. As compensation, the motorcycle was given to Lacey for free.

The new landlord no longer rents the house and hopes that Lacey will move out as soon as possible. Lacey has no choice but to temporarily leave her belongings at Michelle's house. The two of them have been busy for a long time today. "

Lacey called Mona. She was calling the landlord of the house she wanted Mona and Roan to rent together. Lacey wanted to ask if the other party still had a suitable house.

 “OK.”

 After listening to Mona’s narration, Luo An’s face relaxed and he smiled:

"Had I known this would happen, I would have let you stay in Los Angeles. Our rental house can also help Lacey put some things."

 Michelle's rental house is not big, and there are a lot of books crammed into it. Lacey's things are all put in her place... It will be a problem for the two of them to sleep tonight.

 “Life is always full of surprises.”

Mona shrugged her shoulders, then suddenly remembered something and continued:

“By the way, Lacey just said on the phone that not long after we got on the plane to Washington, a man went to the Special Investigation Team office area.”

Luo An looked confused when he heard this. Mona then said that the man was John Rodriguez. He came to the Special Investigation Team just to find Luo An. When he heard that Luo An was not there, he left, saying that he would wait until Luo An returned to the Special Investigation Team. Come again.

 After saying this, Mona looked a little nervous:

 “Isn’t there still some unresolved issues in the kidnapping case?”

"probably not."

 After pondering for a while, Luo An slowly shook his head:

“If there are any further developments in the case, John will definitely contact us directly by phone. There is no need to go to our door in person.”

"That is how the matter?"

 “If you don’t know, don’t worry.”

Luo An didn't panic. Anyway, the review at the Washington headquarters was completed today. He and Mona would be able to return to Los Angeles tomorrow. By then, the troops would come to cover up the water and the ground, and they would just have to adapt to problems when they encountered them.

“It’s time to get up in six hours, let’s rest first.”

Luo An pointed to the clock not far away, stood up and walked towards the bed:

“When you enter the Washington headquarters for the first time, you must always leave a good impression on the people inside.”

 “OK.”

Mona closed her computer and walked to the big bed next to her with Luo An.

　　——

 Monday, 7 a.m., John Edgar Hoover Building, FBI headquarters in Washington.

Wearing a suit and looking very refreshing, Luo An walked into the building and took a quick glance around. The interior and exterior decoration of the building gave him a rough feeling.

Following the route given to him by Veranith before, Luo An soon found Veranith sitting on the sofa in an office, and also met an elderly white man sitting behind the desk.

Seeing the face of the elderly white man, Luo An raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled:

 “Good morning, Mr. Clement, Chief Verenice.”

The elderly white man is the big leg behind Veranith, Mr. Clement, the director of the FBI’s Washington headquarters and special adviser to the director.

 “You’re welcome, sit down.”

Clement smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to signal Luo An to sit down, and then said:

"Veranis is right, you are indeed a rare and handsome guy... It seems like this is the first time we have met." Roan nodded. They had many indirect contacts through Veranis before. This is indeed the first time we have met directly.

Clement didn't say much to Luo An. After simply praising Luo An's performance, he left the office with his secretary and went to the White House with the FBI director. It looked like he wouldn't be able to come back for a while.

Seeing that Veranith had no intention of leaving the office, and neither Clement nor the secretary said anything, Roan did not move. He turned to look at Veranith and said with a smile:

 “Sir, you look a little tired. You should take more care of yourself.”

"Um."

Veranith sat on the sofa, picked up the coffee on the table, took a sip, and said softly:

“I read the case file report you handled after you went to Los Angeles, and you did a good job.”

 “Thank you, sir.”

Facing the more familiar Veranith, Luo An relaxed a lot and chatted briefly. He asked about the news he got from Essen-Patel yesterday:

“Sir, there is news that the Washington headquarters is planning to abolish the Special Investigation Team. Is this true or false?”

 “Half true and half false.”

Veranith put down her coffee cup and said directly:

“The vast majority of people at the Washington headquarters are satisfied with the performance of most of the special investigation teams, and a small number of questioning voices have been suppressed.

But now there is another voice, which is to continue to expand the case-handling authority of the Special Investigation Team from a major federal city to a federal state.

 At present, the Washington headquarters has basically set the tone. They plan to select three out of ten special investigation teams and try to make these three investigation teams responsible for cases in a state.

Of the remaining seven investigation teams, due to funding issues and the fact that several investigation teams performed mediocrely, the headquarters plans to cancel two to three special investigation teams and return them to their original ordinary investigation teams. "

 “So that’s it.”

 After listening to Veranith's narration, Luo An narrowed his eyes slightly. It seemed that the source of information from Essen-Patel was not accurate and he only knew half of the situation.

In addition, on the surface, it seems that the responsibilities, authority, status, etc. of these three special investigation teams have been greatly improved, and the leaders in charge of the investigation teams have also become much more powerful.

 But cross-regional law enforcement is always a problem, even in the same state, because except for the state government and counties, which have a superior-subordinate relationship, other federal agencies perform their own duties and are not subordinate to each other.

 So the phenomenon of federal characteristics has emerged:

 Whether the president goes to any state or city, the governor and mayor do not care and are still busy with their own affairs. Essentially, this is because they do not have a superior-subordinate relationship.

“It seems that these three special investigation teams have much greater power, but the police where the case occurred, the local FBI, and other local law enforcement agencies will all have conflicts with these three special investigation teams.

The cases handled by these three special investigation teams will also become difficult and complicated cases that cannot be solved by the above departments, or even old cases..."

Luo An shook his head repeatedly. He had a small appetite and couldn't bear this kind of blessing. It was better to let others do this kind of good thing.

For example, Eason Patel is good. At first glance, he seems to be a person who does big things.

"very good."

Hearing Luo An's statement, Veranith smiled and was very satisfied. She knew that Luo An was a smart person and would be able to distinguish the pros and cons of this matter.

Verenice and Luo An both have the same goal now, and they both intend to take this opportunity to promote Luo An from deputy team leader to team leader.

Since Luo An is still young, there will be plenty of opportunities to continue to move up. One step at a time is the safest way to go. There is no need to rush.

As for whether the situation can be successfully changed this time, Luo An did not ask, nor did Verinis say. The fact that Mr. Clement met Luo An specifically today already explained a lot of problems.

The time soon reached half past eight, half an hour before the nine o'clock review time stipulated in the notice. Luo An got up and left the office with Veranith.

 The two of them had not gone far when Luo An met several acquaintances.

 (End of this chapter)