“Proper publicity?”
Not only Lu Xiang, but also other section chiefs were full of curiosity.
In this regard, Song Lan could only sigh.
As the representative of the practical leadership of the 17th District Office, Lu Xiang, this silly girl, is good at everything except promoting herself. In her opinion, as long as the criminals can be brought to justice, who will ultimately face the media and who will do it? Sharing the credit is not that important.
Under the leadership of such a leader who leads by example, the major departments in the law enforcement department focus their daily work on how to combat crime in the 17th District. Even if they take the blame for the inspection department, they can only scold them in private. A few words and then get back to work.
Everyone is very busy, because District 17 is a city where the crime rate is about to skyrocket.
The results of the conscientious work of the law enforcement officers are also remarkable. Since the collapse of the Chai Ke Group, the crime rate in this city has continued to decline every day. The two remaining criminal group leaders have also gone into hiding these days and have never made any noise again. He is about to take over Chai Ke's territory and become the new generation of underground emperor in District 17.
It is no exaggeration to say that Lu Xiang achieved more achievements during his tenure than all the supervisors in the past seventeen districts combined.
The inspection department alone followed and killed people, and a "city hero" was created.
“Yes, proper publicity is equally important.”
Song Lan emphasized.
The year 2166 is such a magical era, and people who work hard may not be able to get the rewards they deserve. This can be seen from the financial budget at the end of the document, "I just looked at the department's financial report. The next quarter's The budget has been cut in half compared to now.”
That's right, after they fulfilled their obligations as law enforcers, cracked down on the criminals who had been causing trouble in the 17th District for many years, and drove away the masterminds behind the entire city, they ushered in the ending of cutting the budget in half.
Song Lan didn't desert just now. He was studying the department's financial budget for the next quarter very carefully.
In a city where the law enforcement environment can be described as a hail of bullets, cutting the fiscal budget in half is considered a serious crisis. Every bullet fired by the operations department, every piece of equipment and every technology needed is money. This Not counting the pensions and resettlement fees for the injured.
In the past, although the Inspection Department dominated the world, took first place in the credit, and always took the blame when something went wrong, they could at least solve the financial problems. The Foster family, who colluded with local businessmen, would also benefit from the huge profits. Part of it is used as funds for the law enforcement department. This has been a tradition in the 17th District for many years. Therefore, the department heads before Lu Xiang was transferred basically acted based on the eyes of the Inspection Department, and they were used to taking the blame for them.
Anyway, the citizens scolded them, and they got a lot of money, and even the risk factor of fighting crime was greatly reduced.
After all, the underground emperor of the 17th District has a close relationship with the Foster family. Before most anti-crime operations begin, law enforcement officers will mingle with criminal gangs in advance. At that time, everyone will go through the motions and fire a few symbolic shots. , finally caught a few scapegoats, and publicized it to the outside world, which was another victory in the fight against crime.
Apart from anything else, if the Inspection Department had the opportunity to use the rebels who "had a reward of 17.3 million watts for their capture" as propaganda, they would be able to brag about themselves as the embodiment of justice in a matter of minutes.
"The mayor of Lyon resigned, the position of the Grand Prosecutor is vacant, and the situation in the 17th District is still unclear, so many companies are no longer willing to provide us with funds."
Originally, Song Lan didn't like to express his opinions on such occasions, but if Lu Xiang's past behavior continued, he felt that even if the criminal groups in the 17th District were finally eliminated, they would all die of poverty, or even Maybe it's to the point where you need to be careful even when firing a shot.
What's more, in the environment of 2166, fighting crime itself requires spending money.
When the criminals' equipment is several levels more advanced than yours, it will be difficult for them to rely on their passion.
What really worries Song Lan is that not only will the large companies in District 17 not support them, they will in turn fund local or "outside" criminal groups.
With the high unemployment rate in District 17, most people are living in poverty. Under such circumstances, it is obviously unrealistic to call on citizens to donate money to support them.
And this issue is closely related to his future life.
This will inevitably reduce the salary of the department, and eventually make law enforcement in the 17th District a profession that is hard work, high risk, and unprofitable.
Song Lan felt that by then they might also be blacklisted by the coalition government, and there would be no chance of applying for funding.
"I think the budget issue is the biggest problem we are facing right now!"
"Chief Song is right."
The chief of the Statistics Department immediately stood up and agreed with Song Lan's view. He finally encountered a topic that he could talk about. "The document is only a preliminary budget, and there is a possibility of further reduction in the future."
At this moment, everyone here is in a common predicament.
That is, after offending the inspection department and the Foster family, they will soon become paupers.
"So, the propaganda you just mentioned can solve this problem?"
"It's obviously impossible to completely solve this problem."
Song Lan shook his head.
To some extent, Lu Xiang is an idealist.
She has clear goals and actively fights for the justice she pursues, which makes her an excellent law enforcer. However, such a law enforcer is only suitable for living in an idealistic social system. Unfortunately, District 17 It's not a utopia.
"But doing so will solve our immediate needs."
"How to say?"
The head of the statistics department immediately became interested. After seeing the budget, he was so worried that he didn't sleep all night. He felt like he was going bald but could not think of a solution.
"Why were those companies willing to maintain a good cooperative relationship with the inspection department in the past?"
"That amount of money is equivalent to protection money for their illegal business."
Lu Xiang frowned. She seemed to understand Song Lan's subtext, "You mean, let us also collect black money from them to provide them with a protective umbrella for their crimes?"
"of course not."
Song Lan shook his head. He was not stupid, how could he make such a suggestion in front of so many people.
For Lu Xiang, this was a problem with his ideological consciousness, and he would be whipped when he returned home.
"In addition to 'protection money', there is another reason, that is, they all want to be good people."
Song Lan said, “Even if their business violates the law, even if they implement monopoly and engage in unfair competition, even if they collude with criminal groups and even hire murderers to achieve their goals, they still hope that they will be good people in the eyes of the citizens. To maintain their reputation as good guys, they are willing to pay big bucks."
He paused for a while and said under everyone's doubtful gaze, "Then why can't they become good people? In fact, every criminal can be a good person before he is arrested and imprisoned."
