Li Ying: Behind the Moment

Li Ying, Workers' Daily - Photographed by a reporter from China Industrial Network

On August 18, 2016, the CCTV News Channel said that 474 police officers nationwide were arrested at the same time on the same day, and the whole process lasted only five minutes. Behind this short moment, there are more than 200 days of intelligence clue business for me and my colleagues. Yes, I am a people's policeman on the intelligence front. Back at the end of 2014, two male colleagues and I took part in the project. When we arrived at the scene, we quickly contacted the contact person. We never expected that the contact person had an accident on the way to the airport. What should we do in the face of such an emergency? As I speak English fluently, I take the initiative to assume the role of organizer and draw up a new action plan. At two o'clock in the morning of the next day, we finally went to a hidden bar according to the instructions of our superiors, and met the local underworld leader. He was wearing a black T-shirt with a tiger design on his face. I pretended to smile on his face. In fact, a heart was pounding with tension, for fear of revealing his identity.

In the process of seemingly chatting, we unexpectedly found several important clues. Although we were very tired that night, we couldn't sleep excitedly, and immediately began to organize materials. After more than two months of analysis and investigation, we finally finalized the action plan and reported it to the local police. On the day of arrest, it took only one minute for all the principal criminals to be caught and handed over to the Chinese police, which is one minute. This is a transnational case uncovered by the public security organ. Later, it was adapted by the Ministry of Public Security into a film called Anonymous. The heroine is me. Many people think it is successful to become the prototype of the film, but what have I experienced behind the moment of success? This is my first time to perform such a task, to deal with such an emergency decisively for the first time, and to spend my 30th birthday abroad for the first time. Speaking of birthday, I thought of my mother who gave birth to me and the scene she sent me before she left. On that day, my mother seemed to feel something and kept asking me where you were going. I didn't dare to tell the truth. I pretended to be very calm and told her, "Mom, I just want to go abroad to have a meeting." Mom looked at me doubtfully. After a moment of silence, she took my hand and said, "Yingzi, remember to call my mom more when you get there." I nodded, pulled the luggage, turned and left the house. At this time, I couldn't help but shed tears, but I didn't dare cry out and look back at my mother. I was afraid that she would see me crying and worry about her. I wanted to tell her that I was really afraid of my mother. I don't know how long I will stay there and what kind of environment I will face. I don't know if I can come back. I'm the only child of my mother. If I can't come back, what should they do in the future?

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