Chapter 53 Talking About Money
None of the officials attending the meeting expected that Inspector Meteor of the Cape District Secret Intelligence Bureau would directly attack Councilor Virgil without caring about his face.
Looking at Representative Virgil's expression, he is very rich.
"Inspector Meteorite..." Councilor Virgil's tone became stern: "The Government Affairs Department of Nutao City allocates a large amount of special funds every year to provide subsidies to various secret intelligence bureaus. This is for the secret intelligence bureau to deal with incidents involving city security.
can help the city.
This point has a formal agreement endorsed by the City Government Affairs Office and the Secret Intelligence Bureau, and has also been approved by the Imperial Secret Intelligence Bureau.
Since the Government Affairs Department issued a circular letter entrusting the investigation, the Haijiao District Secret Intelligence Bureau has the obligation to fulfill its responsibilities with the city subsidy.
Please don't shirk your responsibilities!
When I need the Public Security Department to answer inquiries, I will naturally call them, but now you need to give us an explanation."
Councilor Virgil continued to attack Luke.
It is still unknown what kind of urban safety crisis Elf Clear Skies will cause.
If the clear sky can be caught in time, it will naturally be due to the good leadership of the City Safety Committee.
If Qingkong causes a catastrophic event, it is necessary to find a scapegoat in advance to bear the anger of the powerful. Since the Elf Qingkong first appeared in Haijiao District, the Haijiao District Secret Bureau is responsible for not preventing the crisis in time.
Luke whispered to Kylena: "Give me the financial statement of the Government Affairs Department last month."
"Yes, Detective."
Kylena quickly found the financial statements from the materials and handed them to Luke.
Luke glanced at the data above and said loudly: "Councilor Virgil, I have in my hand the public financial statements of the City Affairs Department last month.
Among them, the financial allocation for Haijiao District... The Haijiao District Secret Intelligence Bureau actually received 2 million imperial marks, while the Haijiao District Public Security Department received 26 million imperial marks.
Councilor Virgil, is this the subsidy you are talking about from the City Affairs Department to the Cape District Secret Service?
snort!"
Luke sneered.
It means that if the money given is small, don’t blame us for not working.
Councilor Virgil slammed the table angrily and shouted: "Inspector Meteor, watch your attitude! You are a high-ranking imperial civil servant, not a mercenary who works for money."
Luke said tit for tat: "Congressman Virgil, you were the first to discuss money with me.
And... I think you need to explain it to the officials attending this meeting.
Why did you initially let the Haijiao District Secret Intelligence Bureau investigate this series of cases instead of the Haijiao District Public Security Bureau, which receives 26 million from the city's budget every month?
How many Imperial agents can be supported by 2 million? How many vigilantes can be supported by 26 million?
Congressman, what role did you play in this crisis?"
Luke's counterattack made Virgil blush.
At first, he asked the Cape District Secret Service to investigate the theft of the "Heart of Red Dragon Neil Colon", which was a smooth suppression, letting these spies know who their God of Wealth was.
After Luke took office, he continued to issue circulars. A large part of the reason was to divert the energy of the Secret Service and help the Public Security Department compete for the interests of the Cape Port Terminal.
Who would have thought that Elf Qingkong would go to Oulu College and steal the Book of Disaster!
Now I want to find someone to take the blame, but I get slapped down.
If the explanation is not clear, I am afraid that some people will really doubt their relationship with Elf Qingkong.
"Inspector Meteor... 2 million is the subsidy given to you by Raging Wave City, and you also receive the salary and department operating funds from the empire..."
"Congressman Virgil, what does the money the empire gives us have to do with you?"
"you!"
At this time, a middle-aged man wearing the uniform of an Imperial Navy general sitting on the other side of Virgil said: "Virgil, my time is very tight, please get the meeting back on track as soon as possible."
"Yes, Major General Nelson." Virgil nodded and apologized to the military representative: "I lost my temper because I was worried about the safety of the city."
Virgil turned to Luke and asked: "We can put aside the previous matters for the time being... Elf Clear Sky's theft of the Book of Disaster has become an empire security incident, and we all want to hear Inspector Meteor's views on this incident.
What methods does the Cape District Secret Intelligence Bureau plan to use to hunt down Elf Qingkong?"
Seeing that Virgil still refused to let him go, Luke said: "The Cape District is the largest urban area in Raging Waves City, with an estimated permanent population of more than 700,000.
Our Haijiao District Secret Intelligence Bureau has 248 spies on staff.
It's definitely not enough for such a small number of people to search and hunt for Elf Clear Sky in such a large city.
I plan to recruit a group of temporary agents, numbering more than 3,000, and then search every house in the entire city. As long as the elf is in the Cape District, she will definitely leave traces. According to the professionalism of our imperial agents, we can definitely find her.
come out.
But... the current funds of the Cape District Secret Intelligence Bureau are not enough to recruit this temporary team of agents, nor can they afford the expenses incurred by such intensive investigations.
Therefore, we hope that the City Government Affairs Department can allocate a special fund to us, which is estimated to be..."
Luke glanced at Kylena.
Kylena estimated the expense in her mind as quickly as possible, and then wrote on a piece of paper: 40 million Reichsmarks per month.
"400 million Reichsmarks per month."
Kylena was stunned for a moment, then checked the zero she wrote.
That’s right!
Virgil didn't expect that Luke would dare to open his mouth and ask for 400 million. This was a clear sign that he was treating the City Government Affairs Department as a fool and a pig to be slaughtered!
"Inspector Meteor, please be serious. There will indeed be additional expenses for adding more manpower to search for Elf Clear Sky, but it is absolutely impossible to reach as much as 400 million Imperial Marks per month.
And do you think it will take a month to capture Elf Clear Sky?"
Luke replied: "The salary is paid once a month. No matter when the elf Clear Sky is caught, the money for that month must be paid in full.
As for other costs…
Shouldn't the owner be compensated with a sum of money for house searches?
Elf Qingkong is so powerful, and to capture her, we need to organize a death squad. Who is willing to risk their own lives without paying?
When a person dies, he needs a pension.
Those who provide information need to pay the reward.
In addition, I am planning to release a 100 million Reichsmark bounty mission for Elf Clear Sky. The 2 million Reichsmark bounty offered by the Government Affairs Office for Clear Sky is too shabby.
I heard that each head of the Axis Giant Tree is worth 5,000 gold coupons, equivalent to 25 million Reichsmarks.
Elf Qingkong is a strong man who can snatch the wand of wisdom from Dean Wilred, so a reward of 100 million is not too much."
When Luke heard that the city government office had offered a reward of 2 million Reichsmarks for Clear Sky, he felt sorry for himself.
Too stingy!
Even if other things cannot be accomplished this time, Qingkong's worth must be raised.
Set a small goal of 100 million first!
But Representative Virgil was so angry that he just wanted to laugh.
The Secret Intelligence Bureau of Haijiao District conducts a house search and wants to pay compensation to the owner?
Chapter completed!