The 'Hope' subroutine's inspection and analysis of the production department's intranet lasted a whole day.

The reason why it takes so long is that the subroutine not only checks the current data records of the production department's intranet, but also traces back all the data records since the establishment of the intranet.

This kind of reverse investigation and tracing consumes a lot of computing power of the subroutine, but the effect is also very significant.

Because for many problems, it is actually easier to find clues and traces in the early stages of occurrence.

When anyone does anything, there is a process from unfamiliarity to proficiency.

Practice makes perfect not only applies to various skills, but you will also have the same experience when performing some illegal operations.

Therefore, the corruption or deficits that occur in the production department, at least when they first appear, will appear very crude, and because of this crudeness, they will leave too many traces and loopholes.

Of course, after the initial panic and fear, as time goes by, when such things are done more and more, the people who preside over these things not only get used to the benefits brought by such things, but even begin to become numb to the fact that no consequences ever occur, the overall process of things will become more and more natural and more and more perfect.

Now that everyone has become an expert, it is difficult to leave any obvious flaws.

Even for the 'Hope' subroutine, it is not easy to find problems in relatively complete data.

However, if the origin of the problem is found in the earliest database through reverse tracing and investigation, then using this origin as a clue, it is often easy to pull out a series of things.

In fact, the 'hope' subroutine does just that.

After a full day of inspection and analysis, at nightfall, the 'Hope' subroutine presented the final findings to Chen Yan through the AR virtual screen.

The reason why it was not displayed on his contact lenses was because the subroutine was embedded in the intranet of the production department. The program itself was not placed in the smart bracelet and was not allowed to connect to the peripherals of the smart bracelet. It could only interact through the external display devices of the production department.

After carefully reading all the investigation results, Chen Yan let out a long breath and leaned back in the comfortable chair.

The 'Hope' subroutine will form this investigation result into a complete chain of evidence and then store it.

Until Chen Yan gives a direct order, the contents inside will remain secret and will not be discovered or known by anyone else.

Only when Chen Yan makes a corresponding request will the survey results be presented again.

"I never expected them to be so bold. Every year, the Production Department needs to purchase as many as 132 types of specialized supplies from the various survivor settlements below, 43 of which are essential. The Production Department has no upper limit on the inventory of these essential supplies; we purchase as many as we can.

This shows just how crucial these forty-three essential supplies are to Kahn Company. Yet, every single one of these crucial items is in significant short supply, without exception! As for the remaining eighty-nine non-essential items, the shortfalls are even greater, demonstrating sheer rampant corruption.

Chen Yan said with emotion.

Fei Changyuan, standing by, chimed in, "Regardless of the department, as long as procurement is involved, corruption is bound to occur. It's almost inevitable. The only difference is the severity of the corruption, because it involves human nature."

Even before the catastrophe, during the prosperous period when material life was already extremely affluent, those who controlled purchasing power still could not completely control their greed, and in many cases, they were not even doing it for a better life.

Because when living standards reach a certain level, if you want to make a qualitative improvement in this level, it is often no longer a problem that can be solved by profit. Therefore, many people's pursuit of profit is actually just out of instinct.

As we all know, all factors involving instinct are fundamental needs that cannot be corrected. For example, when faced with death, one wants to live, or when faced with an outstanding member of the opposite sex, one wants to have actual sexual intercourse with the other person.

In fact, I don't think the shortage of supplies in the production department of Kahn Company can be hidden from the board of directors of Kahn Company. However, in the view of the board of directors of Kahn Company, even if someone else took charge of the production department, the situation would not change at all.

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes and spoke, "According to Hope's statistics, these losses combined have accounted for 10% of the production department's total expenditure on material procurement over the past few years. Yet, such a high proportion of losses is partially concealed under the guise of losses, and partially offset by buying high and selling low."

The numbers presented in the final accounts are perfectly aligned. However, beneath these figures lie countless intrigues and schemes. I agree with your assessment. Yan Xiao is definitely not a fool. Since he was able to bring Kahn Company to its current size, the Kahn Company's board of directors is definitely not foolish.

Even if the board of directors couldn't know all the details of the mess happening in the production department, they certainly had some general information. The reason they'd tolerated this behavior was definitely because the production department had been like this from the beginning, and even after the change of leadership... it was still the same.

Just like Zhu Yuanzhang, after becoming emperor, despite being extremely ruthless in punishing corrupt officials, the number of corrupt officials kept increasing, seemingly endless. If the problems in the Production Department can't be fundamentally resolved, simply punishing a few individuals is meaningless. The question now is, now that I've become the director, does the board of directors have any thoughts on this?

Fei Changyuan shook his head and said, "I don't think so. The board of directors of Kahn Company couldn't possibly understand my engineering skills, let alone the existence of 'Hope.' Without these prerequisites, it's unrealistic to completely sort out these messes in the production department."

So I think... perhaps the board of directors of Kahn Corporation decided that the Production Department was already in such a state that handing it over to you wouldn't make it any worse. If you assimilated to the situation in the Production Department and participated in it, you might be able to fully integrate into Kahn Corporation more quickly.

After all, the Production Department can bring you a lot of extra benefits, and these benefits can easily tie you to the Kahn Company. For Kahn Company, paying some benefits that will naturally 'wear out' in order to quickly make you a member of its team is a very cost-effective thing to do.