Paris, in the federal headquarters building, in Gu Xiechen's luxurious and luxurious office, he was frowning and looking at the electronic documents that kept flashing on his desk.
"Secret Service First Division requests additional mid-year bonus? Granted!"
“Secret Service Third Precinct Requests Additional Medicaid? Approval!”
"Secret Service 5th Precinct requests additional transportation assistance? Granted!"
"Damn it, the Fourth Branch Director's personal car was involved in a car accident and was totaled. Do you want extra money to buy the car? Ah, approved!"
After helplessly approving dozens of funding application documents from various branches and branches of the Secret Service, Gu Xiechen sighed helplessly.
"This is how federal finances are spent! However, as many people have said, federal currency is just a pile of waste paper and it is not my money. What does it have to do with me?"
‘Boom’, the office door leading directly to the corridor was violently pushed open. Prajna and Maha, who were sitting in the corner of the room holding hands and silently practicing Xuan Gong, jumped up at the same time.
Prajna shouted in a deep voice: "Namo Amitabha, go back!"
Mo He simply yelled: "Damn it, what kind of uneducated bastard? Your father didn't teach you to knock on the door?" He punched the man who broke into the office in the chin with an uppercut.
Colonel Uriah, who was holding a corn cob pipe, flew up and kicked Maha's fist accurately. With a muffled sound, Maha flew up like a kite with its string cut off, and flew back unsteadily, just in time.
It bumped into Gu Xiechen's desk. Gu Xiechen quickly grabbed Maha's collar with his sharp hands, and used a gentle force to throw Maha around, just in time to let him stand aside.
"Colonel, this is my office!" Gu Xiechen looked at Colonel Uria unhappily. A hole the size of a washbasin was opened in the door of the office, and several cracks were opened in the wall near the door frame.
Anyone would be unhappy if someone violently intrudes into their own private territory.
After blowing out a few puffs of smoke, Uriah walked to Gu Xiechen's desk and pressed his hands hard on the desk. He stared at Gu Xiechen coldly and said coldly: "In just seven days, you rejected five of our purchases.
Budget request! Seven days ago, you rejected the purchase application for a new type of mental power suppressor, so I’ll give you face; five days ago, you rejected the purchase application for a new type of tracker, so I think I still have to give you face!”
Taking a deep breath, Uriah looked at Gu Xiechen, whose face was as dark as water, and sneered: "But four days ago, you rejected the purchase application for the 'Wizard' II special combat uniform, and I endured it; two days ago,
, you continue to reject the purchase application for the 'Kali' V-type individual neutron ray gun, and I continue to tolerate it."
With a squeaking sound, Uriah's hands sank into the hard desk surface, and he growled in a low voice: "But just thirty minutes ago, you rejected the purchase application for the 'Blizzard' VI quick-freezing ray cannon..."
I can't bear it anymore! Do you know what the freezing ray cannon means to the Secret Service? My children must use these special weapons to deal with the constantly emerging superpowers and warriors. What do these special weapons mean to us?
Do you know?"
Gu Xiechen looked at Uriah's palm that was buried in the desk and suddenly sighed.
"Of course, I know, I understand, I can understand your thoughts. But..." Gu Xiechen's tone contained some weakness and hesitation, and his tone made Uriah very satisfied.
"But what?" Uriah's face came close to Gu Xiechen, looking at Gu Xiechen like a hungry wolf staring at its prey.
"But..." After a while of silence, Gu Xiechen quickly swiped his fingers on the computer screen on his desk and pulled out several electronic files. "Look, the cost of the new mental power suppressor is
350,000 units, and the purchase price on the report is 5.4 million units; the manufacturing cost of the 'Leech' III tracker is 27,000 units, and the purchase price on the report is 380,000 units.
The manufacturing cost of a set of 'Wizard' II is 7.35 million, and the purchase price has reached an astonishing 68 million!"
Shrugging his shoulders, Gu Xiechen continued: "As for the Kali V-type neutron ray gun and the Blizzard VI quick-freezing ray cannon, the purchase prices are about ten to fifteen times their cost..."
Uriah looked at Gu Xiechen in surprise. He widened his eyes and roared in disbelief: "Damn, how do you know these things... Uh, that's not the point!" Uriah suddenly realized that he had said something wrong.
He hurriedly changed his tune: "We have an agreement, you shouldn't block our budget, the children are still waiting to update their equipment!"
"That's the point!" Gu Xiechen smiled quietly. He looked at Uriah with a gentle smile and said, "That's the problem. Your purchase price is unreasonable."
"This is none of your business!" Uriah frowned and said, "We have always been responsible for the budget of our Secret Service. You only have the power of supervision in name only."
"You cannot purchase these items without my authorization!" Gu Xiechen smiled reservedly.
"So, you want to go against me?" Uriah's eyes became fierce.
"No, you misunderstood what I meant!" Gu Xiechen shook his head hastily and said with a faint smile: "Look, I just rejected these five purchase applications. Do you know why?"
After a moment of silence, Uriah shook his head and said: "I don't know why, but I don't want to hear your explanation, because my children are waiting for new equipment!"
With a sigh, Gu Xiechen threw the electronic pen on the table. He smiled bitterly and said: "That's the problem. Your children are waiting for new equipment, but the manufacturer of these new equipment has become me!"
"Huh?" Uriah looked over in surprise, suddenly raised his hand and patted his forehead.
"Yes, this is the root of the problem." Gu Xiechen shrugged helplessly and gave a forced smile: "These five new pieces of equipment were originally manufactured by the Gu Group, but a few months ago,
All these production departments were transferred to the name of Hardward Defense Company through equity swaps, and I own a large number of shares of Hardward Defense Company. According to relevant federal laws and regulations, I must recuse myself from these procurement applications."
"Avoid!" Uriah's face turned dark.
"Yeah, avoid it!" Gu Xiechen snapped his fingers, and Prajna immediately threw a bottle of gold-leaf brandy over. He used his teeth to remove the cork, and Gu Xiechen took a sip of brandy, and spat out the strong smell of alcohol with satisfaction.
He looked at Uriah affectionately and sighed with emotion: "I am a businessman, and of course I want to have high profits! Your five purchase applications cost more than 20 billion, and I am happy to do it with you.
If we make this deal, we will all make a fortune together!"
Uriah's face became even more ugly, and he cursed in a low voice: "Damn it, these brats didn't tell me that these production departments have become yours."
Gu Xiechen didn't seem to hear Uriah's words. He said calmly: "However, although I am a businessman, I am also a federal congressman. I am also responsible for supervising the financial expenditures of the Secret Service. According to the avoidance regulations, I cannot pass you
procurement budget, unless...two other members of the oversight group jointly approve your budget request."
"Damn it!" Uriah scratched his head in annoyance. The other two members of the supervision team? Those two people resigned when Gu Xiechen took office. This was something Uriah had to find with great difficulty.
Those who 'voluntarily' resigned, now the supervision team only has one leader, Gu Xiechen!
Once Gu Xiechen, the leader of the supervision group with independent approval power, recuses himself, if he cannot get approval from the other two supervision group members, these budget applications will obviously not be approved by the Federal Parliament... even if he uses some
If you try to force these applications through, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time.
Time, Uriah seems to be short of time now!
Forcing a smile, Uriah moved his head closer and whispered, "If you are willing to help!"
Gu Xiechen sternly rejected Uriah's request: "I am a federal citizen with ambition, and my heart is full of dreams. I also want to ascend to the throne of the Federal Speaker! At least it is the throne of the Federal Speaker! However,
Any federal speaker must be a person of perfect character. Do you think I would do such a thing?"
"You!" Uria almost suffered internal injuries in one breath! He glared at Gu Xiechen and said, "You won't help?"
Gently shaking his head, Gu Xiechen's eyes were as clear as the creek where the snow had just melted in the spring valley. He shouted in the most upright voice: "I won't do that kind of thing.
My conscience does not allow me to do this, and my public morality does not allow me to do that! If you force me to do this, I will resign as the leader of the Supervision Team of the Federal Special Administrative Commission now!"
Uriah's face was stunned.
Gu Xiechen shook his head and said: "Colonel, I really can't help you. I'm sorry! After all, my company manufactured these ordnance. If I issued these budget applications, uh... I'm sorry, I can't do that.
The consequences of the matter being published by the media are too terrible, I can't do it!"
After a pause, Gu Xiechen persuaded: "In addition, don't you think the Secret Service has too many applications for various extra-budgetary subsidies and welfare? In just these seven days, several of your branches have applied for welfare subsidies.
Hundreds of millions...as..."
"That's enough!" Uriah straightened up with a gloomy face, and said coldly: "In this case, it's time to work."
Turning around, Uriah strode out of the office without even looking back at Gu Xiechen.
Gu Xiechen quickly closed the federal internal office system on his desk. Prajna and Maha had already opened the door to an emergency passage. The three of them strode into the emergency passage and stepped onto the specially-made
After taking the high-speed bus, the three of them arrived at a garden in a neighborhood in eastern Paris ten minutes later.
After carefully walking out of the secret exit, bypassing a fountain and avoiding a group of pigeons that were flapping for food, Gu Xiechen sat down on a bench.
Tartarus, who was wearing casual clothes and holding a newspaper in his hand, raised his head, a pair of huge sunglasses covering most of his face.
"How's it going? Is there any movement?"
Gu Xiechen rubbed his hands, and with a smile he pinched the face of a child who ran past him. The child was so frightened that he cried loudly and staggered away. He smiled awkwardly.
, Gu Xiechen said helplessly: "This is an expression of my love... Well, the intelligence of your Military Intelligence Bureau is indeed accurate, and it is worthy of being a professional intelligence department. Well, various budget application forms from the Secret Service seem to be flooding in recently.
Come here, I approved all the small payments, but I rejected the five applications for payments totaling more than 27 billion."
Tartarus pulled up his sunglasses in surprise and sneered: "You are so bold!"
Crossing his legs, Gu Xiechen said nonchalantly: "I have a reasonable excuse, and he can't do anything to me. But what I'm curious about is, how do you know that Uriah is short of money recently?"
Tartarus dropped the newspaper and stood up. He looked around and said calmly: "Nothing surprising. The Secret Service has caused a little trouble in the southern part of the African continent and is in urgent need of a large amount of cash. So he can only use the budget.
I’ve got some tricks up my sleeve.”
"How strange?" Gu Xiechen looked at Tartarus in confusion: "Doesn't the Secret Service have a secret vault? Why did you send the handle to me in such a hurry?"
Tartarus sneered, and he said with a little complacency: "The three helicopters they used to transport the small treasury were intercepted by the African Military Region Space Patrol Fleet, and more than 5 billion in cash were burned by incendiary bombs. Unless he dares to rob
Bank, otherwise he can only get money from you."
After driving away a pigeon that wanted to land on his shoulder, Tartarus walked towards the exit of the park. As he walked, he said: "It's up to you to muddy the water and force Uriah to take action...
But don’t be impatient. If you can’t deal with him this time, you can do it next time. In short, if we join forces, we should be able to oust him.”
"Not should, but absolutely!"
Gu Xiechen put his hands on the back of the bench, looked up at the clear sky, and smiled happily.
"Muddying the water? This is my specialty... However, muddying the water is just for Uriah. Isn't this an insult to my IQ?"
A man who was a little shaky when walking came over and sat next to Gu Xiechen.
Gu Xiechen held the man's arm with concern: "Bell, how is your recovery? The Three Witches Blood Curse is too hurtful. Don't be in such a hurry to come out to work."
The pale-faced Bell Adams smiled gratefully at Gu Xiechen, and then he lowered his voice happily and said: "Boss, the information I just got is about Uriah..."
"ok!"
Gu Xiechen stopped Bell Adams and looked around cautiously. The two of them walked out of the park in the middle of the street one after another.
Two blocks away, Tartarus, who was standing in front of a luxury hotel, cursed angrily and angrily took out a miniature earphone from his ear and crushed it to pieces.