Chapter 62 Chapter 62
The secretary of the General Administration swore that in all his years of working there, he had never seen his director in such an embarrassed state!
In addition to looking for tissues everywhere to wipe the nosebleed, he was cursing something. Then he finally found the wet wipes with his own help, and tilted his neck back to stop the bleeding.
"Are you all right?"
The secretary looked meaningfully at the screen that the director had placed on the desk, but was afraid of seeing something he shouldn't, so he quickly looked away.
"?"
What is this doing?
Perhaps it was because the secretary was so hesitant, curious but not daring to look that Yao accidentally thought of something else, and the director of the General Administration became even angrier:
"What was going through your head just now?"
"In your heart, am I this kind of unruly demon?"
secretary:"?"
It was so unfair. He was just an innocent worker passing by. He was just curious about the reason why his leader had a nosebleed, so why was he scolded without any reason?
What does it have to do with him?
Besides, even if the leader looks at things he shouldn’t look at in the office, it’s the leader’s own fault. Why scold him?
Is he some poor little thing that is easy to bully?
"You misunderstood. I just wanted to see if there was any blood on the ground." The secretary was filled with anger, but when the words came to his lips, they changed their tone.
After saying this, the secretary wanted to slap himself - why are you so useless?
As expected, after being in the class for a long time, I started to smell the class smell and even my courage decreased.
"Really?" The director looked at his secretary suspiciously.
Why did he feel that the look in his secretary's eyes just now was full of ambiguity and ridicule, as if he was really doing something shameful in the office.
"Really." The secretary replied perfunctorily.
Hated by his own cowardice, the secretary didn't want to pay any attention to his leader.
"Okay, then help me clean up the table before you leave." In order to prove that he did not violate any regulations in the office during working hours, the director of the general administration deliberately asked his secretary for help.
He must prove his innocence.
He just took a look at the cub!
"Okay, Director." The secretary helped to tidy up the documents on the table, and when he got close to the screen, he still couldn't help but took a quick look.
An old man!
Old human!
By the way, it’s Director of the W City Monster Bureau, Director Lu.
Oh my god!
At this moment, a series of titles such as "Twilight Love", "Human-Demon Love" and "Two Old Men Doing That Together" flashed quickly in the secretary's mind.
Thinking of this, the secretary was a little dazed. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should gossip about the director's emotional state or worry about his own safety.
After all, I am not young anymore!
And he is also a human being. What if the director takes a fancy to him?
"Go out." The director of the General Administration thought he had proved his innocence and waved at the secretary, as if ignoring his subordinate's hesitant gaze.
This accident aside, the Director General returned to his desk.
The person on the other side of the screen has been replaced by Director Lu.
The director of the General Administration secretly breathed a sigh of relief, frowned, and asked, "Lü Yong, who told you to do this?"
The director of the General Administration is not a fool, nor is he completely unfamiliar with Ning Su.
He knew that the dragon Ning Su was actually quite introverted. Although he was willing to do things for some purposes, this definitely did not include acting cute in front of strange monsters.
Someone must have instigated this.
Thinking of this, the director of the general bureau frowned and stared at the other person on the screen with displeasure.
This big demon who is the director of the General Administration has been in this position for a long time. His aura and body move as he moves. In addition, the other party is originally a powerful demon. Just his gaze can bring a lot of oppression to people.
It's like questioning a dangerous person who is leading your own children astray.
In fact, Director Lu was not afraid at all. Since he came up with this idea, he had already thought of a response strategy.
Facing the questioning of the senior leader, he continued to cry poor: "Director, we are not looking for trouble on purpose, we are really poor."
"Look, even Xiaolong has become thin from hunger."
Director Lu turned the camera around again, revealing the dragon cub standing nearby.
The golden scales are indeed a little dull.
The director of the General Administration covered his nose again, forcibly moved his eyes away, and then said angrily: "Don't play these tricks on me!"
This little trick didn't work on him at all.
Having said that, he couldn't help but take another look.
Actually, it's not his fault. As an adult demon, he certainly wouldn't lose his power so easily. However, the impulse in his blood made him unable to help but care about the well-being of the cub.
This is the inevitable consequence of the continuation of the race.
"Lü Yong!!!"
Three consecutive exclamation marks definitely show that this great demon has an uneasy heart.
Director Lu decided to stop while he was ahead and immediately turned the camera around so as not to provoke the leader who was about to explode.
Finally, when the director of the General Administration was on the verge of losing his temper, Director Lu stopped playing tricks and got down to business.
"No matter from which perspective, you should give this part of the money to our branch." Director Lu analyzed seriously.
"You also know that in the past few decades, the director of W City has never been restrained. His misdeeds have greatly undermined the prestige of the Monster Bureau in W City."
The director of the General Administration was unimpressed: "Speak to the point."
As the top leader in charge of the entire Monster Bureau, the General Administration naturally knows what the W City Monster Bureau is like.
But there is obviously a reason why it has not been changed.
One of the reasons is that although the former director messed around, he did not make any fatal mistakes during his tenure, so they had no way of replacing him with someone else.
Second, it is the special location of the Monster Bureau of City W. Near City W, there is an ancient monster country that has not yet been included in the management area of the Monster Bureau.
The monsters in these ancient monster countries are quite powerful, but they rarely come out and hide in the dense forests. The Monster Bureau cannot easily offend them.
As a result, due to this fear, other monsters were unwilling to work in W City. As a result, the director of the W City Monster Bureau has been in office until now.
But what does this have to do with their new team asking for money?
Fortunately, Director Lu’s work was not in vain. After working together for so long, he also knows what this big leader cares about.
He didn't argue about "should I or shouldn't I" or "whether I have prestige or not". These were superficial things. What was more important was the interests.
"It's fine if you don't want to help us." Director Lu sighed.
"???" Director Lu's tone of voice changed so quickly that Ning Su had countless question marks on his forehead.
What are you doing?
Didn’t we agree that we must find a way to get the money?
Fortunately, Director Lu did not end his lobbying completely after giving in. Instead, he changed his perspective: "In this case, our focus for the time being is to make money."
After all, debts must be repaid.
The director of the general administration had a blank expression on his face, waiting for the old man Lu Yong to perform.
"We originally wanted to go next door when we have time, but now that we're busy, I'm afraid we won't have time."
next door.
After hearing these two words, a slight change finally emerged on the Director General's calm face.
"Are you negotiating terms with me?"
Director Lu feigned innocence: "How can this be considered as negotiating conditions? We are just reporting our work to you."
Besides, that's the truth. Things have to be done one by one, problems have to be dealt with bit by bit. They have to deal with the things at hand first before they can further meet the leader's additional requirements.
What's more, logically speaking, the W City Demon Bureau is only in charge of W City. The neighboring ancient demon country is not included in their management scope, so what does it have to do with them?
Director of the General Administration: “…”
hateful.
Lu Yong is this old fox!
The other party knew exactly that he wanted Ning Su to interfere in the territory of the ancient demon country, so he negotiated with him.
What made him most angry was that the ancient demon country was clearly the territory of a certain dragon king in ancient times, so it was not difficult for Ning Su to conquer this area.
But if Ning Su didn't want to, there was nothing they could do.
For a moment, the office was silent.
Director Lu had no idea that he had angered the director of the General Administration. He was still happily drinking his tea and even greeted Ning Su.
"Come on, Xiaoning, have some snacks. You didn't have lunch."
In order not to affect the decision-making mood of the big boss, Director Lu simply did not turn the camera around, and as a result, the director of the general bureau on the other side of the video could only hear the sound of the cub chewing.
This Lu Yong, please take a look at him!
He snorted angrily in his heart, added another entry to the grudge book against this old man, and then the director of the general bureau began to think about the conditions given by Director Lu.
Money, of course, is important.
The headquarters' sources of income are also very limited, and it needs to provide relief to its branches. The accounting situation is not healthy at all.
However, the ancient demon country on the edge of W City is also a thorn in his heart.
Unlike the Ancient Xiliang Demon Kingdom, there are more powerful monsters in the Ancient Dragon Demon Kingdom and the situation is more complicated. It is called the Ancient Dragon Demon Kingdom, but so many years have passed and no one knows what they really think.
In this way, even if these monsters are not subdued, just understanding the situation would be a great thing for the General Administration.
And no other monster can do this except Ning Su.
Lu Yong probably got the information from somewhere and used it as a bargaining chip to ask for money.
After quickly going over the matter in his mind and weighing the pros and cons, the Director of the General Administration finally came to a conclusion: "Yes."
"We can give you some of the money, but it's just a loan for emergency use, not a transfer to you."
The general administration’s economy is not doing well, and the director has become a stingy person.
He defined the nature of the funds very clearly.
"Okay." Lu Yong agreed immediately.
I'm not afraid of paying back the money, I'm just afraid that the General Administration is unwilling to allocate the money - here, Lu Yong had another idea. The General Administration only said it was a "loan" but didn't say how long it would be.
As long as they borrow long enough and the repayment period is long enough, the money will be theirs after rounding off.
However, the director of the General Administration is much more experienced than Lu Yong in this regard.
"Repay it in two years, half in one year," said the director of the General Administration. "If you don't pay it back, the money will be deducted from other funds."
Lu Yong: “…”
Yes, as per convention, the General Administration will allocate a certain amount of special funds to each bureau every year. If it were not for this money, the former director would not have survived until today.
"Three years." Lu Yong tried to bargain.
"One year."
"Two and a half years."
"The money should be repaid every two years."
Director Lu decided to stop while he was ahead: "...Okay."
Something is better than nothing.
After the negotiation of the amount of money and the repayment conditions, the game was successfully concluded. Before the end, the director of the General Administration still put forward his own conditions.
"If you have the energy to spare, find out what's going on next door."
Seemingly worried that this old fox Lu Yong would hinder Ning Su's actions, he thought about it and attached another message.
"The last case of human trafficking discovered in G City has been under investigation, and the newly discovered evidence points to your neighbor."
Although it is not 100% certain, there are countless connections between it and this demon country.
Sure enough, when the General Administration talked about conquering the Demon Kingdom, Ning Su did not react much, but when talking about the case that he had personally handled, he obviously became interested.
If I remember correctly, the human trafficker named Jiang had some so-called "magic medicine" and "immortal weapons", which were all demonic things.
Moreover, child trafficking is an unforgivable crime. If the trafficking dens are not completely destroyed, more children will obviously suffer.
It started with children, but later on there might be little demons involved.
After all, this group will do anything for business.
"I see."
At this point, the negotiations between the two parties have completely ended. As a subordinate, you have to give face to the director of the General Administration and wait for the other party to hang up first.
However, on the other side of the video, the director of the General Administration hesitated for a moment, as if he was doing some psychological preparation, and finally said to Lu Yong:
"I'll send you something in a few days, and you can feed it."
This so-called "it" naturally refers to Ningsu.
It’s ridiculous that the cubs are not full!
After saying that, the director of the General Administration hung up the video.
Looking at the dark screen, Ning Su and Director Lu looked at each other.
“…I really wonder if I am a relative.”
Did he really get into the evil bureau based on his own strength?
Even though I am touched by the leader's care for me, I still have to continue doing the work at hand.
The next day, the General Administration returned part of the money it had collected, and after the accounts were settled, it sorted out this money and the outstanding balance.
Director Lu, Ning Su and the financial director of the bureau held a meeting to discuss the money given by the General Administration.
In addition to paying off debts, there are also a number of personnel expenses in the near future. Therefore, even if the money given by the General Administration is not much, a small part must still be reserved to cover basic personnel expenses and emergencies.
"So why are we so poor?" Even though Ning Su had a good attitude, he wanted to hold his head in his hands at this moment.
Director Lu took a sip of tea and said calmly, "This is the law of conservation of happiness."
Whenever the previous leader lives a happy life, the next leader's happiness will be sucked away by the mess.
"It's enough for you to think that our next generation should have a good life."
Ning Su: “…”
How could he be so kind as to care about the life or death of the next person?
After listening to his complaints, Director Lu said faintly, "So your predecessor also thought so."
Ning Su: “…”
That makes sense, but shut up.
The money given by the General Administration was not enough to fully cover the debt owed by the Demon Bureau. Therefore, after some coordination, it was decided to give some of the money to the creditors in proportion.
Although the money is not much, it is an attitude.
After this issue is resolved, I believe these creditors will not come to collect the debts in the next period of time.
As for the rest, let's take it one step at a time.
Soon, the Bureau will require the creditor to register with credentials that can prove the authenticity of the transaction, and will pay a certain amount of money after the Bureau has reviewed it and confirmed that there is no problem.
When this news spread, it had a huge impact on the business community in City W.
It has always been easy to get official projects and settle payments. However, in recent years, with the decline of the real estate industry, local governments have been in economic recession for a long time.
The Special Management Bureau is the first to take the initiative to repay the money.
"Oh my god, is this true? Are you kidding us?"
"I heard that the leadership has changed, so that's possible."
"Sister Zhou's family has solved a little problem, it should be fine, let's go and give it a try."
Many manufacturers who were owed debts came with some trepidation, and after the review, they did receive part of the money they were owed.
Although this amount is not much, it can be used in an emergency.
"Director Lu, Director Ning, thank you so much." The manufacturers who were owed money were all touched.
When collecting debts, one considers one's own interests and worries whether the bad debt can be recovered. When one gets some of the money back, one is no longer anxious and pays attention to more things.
First of all, the situation of the Special Management Bureau is not very good, as can be seen from the change of its office location.
Secondly, these two leaders are new and have nothing to do with the old debt. But they are willing to take care of this matter, which shows that they are rare leaders with conscience.
Ordinary people have no other way to give back except to send banners, write articles for newspapers, and seek media coverage.
Since this was a true story and many manufacturers applied to report it, the local media was not afraid of being accused of flattery and the report was published in the newspapers at the speed of light.
In recent years, local government debt has been a long-standing problem. When we see a local government set a positive example, many media outlets will repost it.
As a result, many brother departments were also sweating profusely.
No, do you want to roll it like this?
It’s not that they don’t want to pay back the money, but it’s really difficult.
On other issues, Ning Su and Director Lu were both modest and amiable, but on this issue, when they heard complaints from other departments, they would smile and say, "Then you guys should pay it back too."
"No money? If you don't have money, find a way."
Whenever he talked about this, Ning Su felt indignant.
Come on, he's trying to make money by being cute. You guys, you don't give anything and you're still complaining.
Don't go too far!
Realizing that both directors appeared to be good-tempered but were actually quite calculative in their hearts, many people kept their mouths shut.
A few days later, someone saw the report and tried to take advantage of the fact that Ning Su and Director Lu were strangers, and forged transaction contracts and receipts in an attempt to defraud funds.
After Ning Su discovered it, he sent him directly to the police, and when he left, he also gave him a big illusion gift package.
Then, the whimsical little thief learned to squeal like a pig for two days in the police station.
If he hadn't been released in time, he would probably have started eating like a pig.
"…Damn it, after hearing him bark like that, the dogs in our police station don't even dare to eat."
In just these two days, I lost three pounds due to starvation.
The weight that had been difficult to lose suddenly disappeared, which made the police officers at the police station laugh and cry.
By the end of July, the debt repayment matter had been basically completed. In addition to many silk banners, the W City Monster Bureau also gained the trust of many small manufacturers in W City.
Although occasional shopping still requires cash payment, you will always get a certain discount if you mention the name of the "Special Management Bureau".
In addition to the benefit that "no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat", occasionally, the Demon Bureau can also obtain clues voluntarily provided by these small business people.
One day in late August, a middle-aged woman came to the Yao Bureau and said hesitantly that she had some issues to report.
"What's wrong?" Ning Su was not busy that day and happened to be sitting in the office of the business department. He asked when he heard the words.
Although he came to report the case for some strange reasons, he was still stunned when he saw that the employee who received him was a young and handsome man.
This guy is so good-looking that he looks like a star in a movie.
"I want to see your leader."
She wasn't sure if this young man could take care of her affairs.
"He is our leader." Ah Hua heard the noise and came over. "This is our Ning Bureau."
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The middle-aged woman was stunned for a moment, and finally looked at them cautiously and said, "It's like this, a thief bought something from us, didn't pay, took the things, threw some flowers and plants, and left."
Moreover, the same situation has happened several times.
At first, she chased after him, but after he came twice, she found that he could disappear out of thin air, so she didn't dare to chase him anymore.
Since the other party bought a lot of things each time, and the total amount was not small, she finally couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to call the police.
It happened that a friend was at home at that time. After hearing about her experience, she advised her to go to the Special Management Bureau to report the problem.
"For a case like yours that's a bit sinister, it's just right to find them."
"They seem to be able to turn people into pigs!"
Ning Su: “?”
No, he just used illusion to make people think they were pigs. How could he spread rumors that they turned people into pigs?
What you do later is against the rules and regulations of the Monster Bureau!
But no matter what, because of the good reputation and credibility of the Special Management Bureau, the woman decided to believe her friend and came to Ning Su.
"Don't worry." Ning Su motioned Ah Hua to pour a glass of water for the woman. After she calmed down, he continued to ask, "What business is your family in?"
"My family opened a small shop. There is everything in it, including toys for children to play with, clothes and other things."
Ning Su nodded.
"Can you show me the flowers and plants you're talking about?"
"Sure." The woman was very thoughtful. She brought all the flowers and plants for several visits and packed them in plastic bags.
"Red fruit, snow spirit grass, ginseng fruit?"
Ah Hua was surprised.
The plants brought by the shop owner are all good things for the little demons, and some of them are also rare medicinal materials for humans.
Unfortunately, many people don’t know it.
"Are these things medicinal herbs?" the woman asked tentatively.
It's strange, because she had asked her friend who studied pharmacy to identify it.
"Is there any surveillance in your store?" Ning Su continued to ask.
"some."
The store owner also brought the surveillance camera, and when it was opened on the computer of the Special Management Bureau, there was only the footage of the other party coming to buy things.
In the picture, the mysterious buyer is a young man dressed simply. It is not known whether he is financially constrained or for other reasons, but he wears the same clothes every time.
Of course, due to a series of reasons such as the angle, the thing that the owner said "disappeared out of thin air" was not captured in the photo.
"Well, let's buy these herbs from you." Ning Su made the decision. "Please notify us when he comes next time."
"good."
Since he didn't know the price of these herbs, the owner simply asked for money equivalent to his own payment for the goods. After receiving the money, he smiled gratefully at Ning Su.
"Thank you so much."
If it weren't for the Special Management Bureau, she wouldn't know how to make up for this part of the loss.
After she left, Ah Hua asked curiously, "Director Ning?"
"He can produce so many spiritual herbs, so he must be the monster next door."
Over the years, the monsters in the W City Monster Bureau have formed a tacit understanding that they fall silent when they hear the word "next door".
Just when Ning Su thought the matter had come to an end, a few days later, he heard bad news from the police.
The little golden dragon statue was stolen.
Ning Su was secretly happy for a second, then he reacted.
That’s not right. The statue is very large and heavy. Even three or two adults can’t lift it. How could it suddenly disappear?
Fortunately, there was a surveillance camera installed next to the little golden dragon statue, and the police quickly identified the suspect by checking it.
It is a young man.
However, compared to the suspect's appearance, the police were more curious about how the suspect could lift such a large statue so easily?
Ning Su looked at the face in the video that he had just seen not long ago and fell silent.
You monster next door, don’t go too far.
He hadn't even taken the initiative to cause trouble, but the other party dared to steal things.
After explaining the case, the police left. Ning Su was completely confused and called a meeting with Director Lu, Secretary Du and others.
"No, what does this monster next door want to do?"
I didn’t understand the rules of the market before, so it’s understandable that I used spiritual herbs to purchase human items.
However, the other party inexplicably stole the little golden dragon statue.
“Maybe it just likes it?”
Ning Su: “?”
Director Lu reminded him, “Don’t forget, the country next door was once the Ancient Dragon Demon Country, the territory of the Dragon King.”
In this case, these monsters have more or less inherited the dragon culture and possess dragon blood.
"But this statue is not worth much."
After so much time has passed, a lot of the gold powder on the surface of the statue has fallen off, and it no longer looks as shiny as it did at the beginning.
What's more, so many years have passed, and with the disappearance of dragons, no one knows what the ancient dragon demon kingdom is like. Maybe they still hate the old rulers?
When he said this, everyone else at the scene fell silent.
Ning Su: “?”
Director Lu sighed, "What are you talking about? That's a statue of a dragon cub!"
Is there anyone in this world who doesn't like dragon cubs?
Ning Su wanted to raise doubts again, but was soon convinced by the surveillance footage from another angle provided by the police.
From another angle, you can capture the young man after he moves the little golden dragon statue.
The other party fled towards the forest near W City. After a while, as if worried that the branches would scratch the surface of the little golden dragon, it took off the only piece of clothing on its body and covered the sculpture with it.
Apart from that, it couldn't bear it any more, so it cut off all the branches.
Following the other side's route, there is now only a row of bare trees left.
Ning Su: “…”
You monster next door, do you really have to be so exaggerated?
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