Preservation Inspection Office
"What's your name?" Wu Ci asked.
The middle-aged man who looked like a leader in the system was flattered and said, "My name is Zhang, and I am the director of the Personnel Training Department."
"It turned out to be Director Zhang." Wu Ci understood, "Then what did you just say? Bribery?"
He didn't continue the topic with a half-smile. Instead, he said, "I'm a little late, so I don't know your rules very well. But I heard that if you don't want to waste time in the training camp, you need some connections and spend some money, then you can get into a small department..."
Director Zhang immediately sucked his beer belly and said righteously, "You are too serious. How could this happen? Who dared to joke with you? I'm going to ask someone to punish him!"
Upon hearing what Director Zhang said, the student who had just spoken to Wu Ci panicked immediately and broke out in a cold sweat. On the surface, he pretended to be serious and nonchalant, but his eyes were wandering and he did not dare to look directly at Wu Ci who was sitting on the podium.
Wu Ci let out a happy chuckle and said gently, "No thanks. Everyone has finished their duties and must be tired. It's time to end the meeting."
"You are right, you are right. We should show some consideration to all the students." Director Zhang waved to the audience and shouted into the microphone, "The meeting is over. All students should go back. Have a good rest in the afternoon and report to your posts tomorrow."
The students gradually dispersed. Director Zhang held his kettle and added tea to Wu Ci. "Master Yuling, it's time for dinner. Let's..."
Wu Ci looked at him a few times and saw at a glance that Director Zhang was a tax thief who ate and drank with public funds. He must have called him out to make a big fuss, and then reimbursed the money with public funds to establish connections with him.
Unfortunately, Wu Ci hates being ostentatious, and he absolutely cannot allow his new identity and personality to be tainted.
He brought up what Fu Ke said about selling herself to Zhen Shanhe as a personal guard to repay the debt, beautified it, and said softly, "Thank you, but it's not necessary. I just came here today to sign up for the ideological and political training camp to go through a political review. After the review, I will wait for the title of civil servant. After completing the internship period at the grassroots level, I will go to other departments."
There is a profound meaning behind these words.
The true meaning of signing a shady loan and being unable to repay the debt and then selling oneself has been distorted and beautified by witchcraft, making it seem like the second generation of officials and the second generation of power are gilding the grassroots.
But he was indeed telling the truth. If you want to say that Wu Ci was lying, he was just stating the fact that Fu Ke had told him. If you want to say that he was telling the truth, what he said always made people understand what he wanted others to know.
Although he is also good at telling lies and witchcraft, what he is best at is deceiving people with the truth.
The expression on his face matched his words perfectly, and even Director Zhang, a veteran in the officialdom, didn't notice anything wrong.
Director Zhang nodded. He was very observant and could tell that Wu Ci didn't want to waste time. He said seriously, "The training camp takes a lot of time! And the training camp is closed. Once you register, it will be filed... To be honest, we are in urgent need of people now. If a talent like you wastes time in the training camp, it is simply disrespectful to taxpayers! For the future development of the bureau, can you please take the trouble to register your name in the training camp and then you can start work directly?"
Look at what you said. A batch of new trainees have just been assigned to work, and all the positions have been allocated. There are still many trainees who do not have positions and can only wait for the next batch. How can it be possible that there is an urgent need for manpower as Director Zhang said?
Wu Ci was well aware of these unspoken rules of officialdom and indeed did not want to waste time in the training camp.
He deliberately hesitated for a moment and reprimanded, "Director Zhang, you are confused! This is against the rules. As a leader, you should set an example. How can you take the lead in violating the rules and operating behind the scenes!"
Director Zhang pretended to sigh, "Hey! Master of the psychic, rules are dead, but people are alive. Due to the current situation, I can only do this! If something goes wrong, I will bear it alone! I just hope you can understand that our busy units are indeed short of people, and the people also need you! Can you just put up with it and obey the work arrangements?"
Wu Ci looked "struggling", and an extremely complex ideological struggle instantly appeared on his face.
Finally, he made up his mind to sacrifice himself for others. "Okay, I won't do it again. This time I will make a mistake for the people and obey my superiors' work arrangements."
"You are so kind! How about the Research Department?" Director Zhang said something that sounded uneasy and very sharp right away.
He thought: When he is sent to the Research Department, he will give this gilded spirit master a title, let him sit and play every day, and then attribute most of the achievements of his subordinates to him.
Wu Ci naturally thought of the arrangement that Director Zhang had thought of as well, and the fake smile on his face sank a little.
Director Zhang's arrangement was indeed very good, but the Research Department was a very important and large department. The clerk positions there were very popular and the staff was quite mixed. If he went in and met the students who had met him in this period, the gossip would spread and cause a big commotion.
He didn't want to go to a political study class where they would waste time brainwashing him, so he made a deal with Director Zhang in private, and Zhen Shanhe would definitely not care.
But if you make too much of a fuss, it will definitely cause resentment.
Wu Ci does not want to give a bad impression to the capitalists and the apparent major creditors for the time being.
What's more, according to the power of the Sky Group, Zhen Shanhe, as the chairman of the Sky Group and concurrently the director of the Dark Star Government's Heroic Special Affairs Management Bureau, should now have the same status in Dark Star as the North Pole Star Emperor in the Tongtian White Tower in the center of Dark Star City, or even higher than the emperor.
Wu Ci didn't want to offend the real local emperor right away.
Just as he was about to speak, he heard an angry middle-aged man's voice coming from the door of the auditorium: "What Research Department? Why is the Research Department short of people? All the new recruits this batch have been assigned to other departments, and the rest would rather go back to the political study class and wait for the next round than come to our Preservation and Inspection Department. Can't your Personnel Department force a few people to be assigned?
We work for little pay and a lot of work every day, and we never get off work. All the clerks and section chiefs, including me as the director, have lived in the unit for several years without going home. So many of them have died suddenly, and we still don’t get any new people!"
I saw a man with a pale face, dark circles under his eyes, dark stubble on his chin, a haggard look, messy hair, and wearing an old jacket, rushing in angrily.
Director Zhang subconsciously looked at Wu Ci beside him.
Wu Ci put down the teacup.
From what the director of the Preservation and Inspection Department who just came in said, this Preservation and Inspection Department should be an unpopular department. It is probably full of dirty and tiring work. Not only is the pay low, but the work is heavy and there is no room for advancement.
The reason why we can't recruit people is probably because the trainees are all aware of this and don't want to be assigned to the Preservation and Inspection Department. So they bribed Director Zhang, the leader of the Personnel Department, or they have backgrounds and connections and cannot afford to offend him.
As expected, Director Zhang immediately waved his hands and turned a blind eye, "Hey, Director Li, stop making trouble here. This batch of students has been divided up, and you can't call them back..."
"Get lost! Stop doing Tai Chi for me! There hasn't been a new person in more than two years!" Director Li didn't care about the harmony among colleagues. He angrily slapped Director Zhang's hand away. He didn't even know how to read the air and didn't even look at the look Director Zhang gave him. He didn't care about Director Zhang's face at all. He stepped onto the podium and grabbed Wu Ci's forearm.
"Didn't you just say you wanted to give this to the Research Department? Since you haven't decided yet, then this is it! We have to get one today anyway!"
"Director Li! This is——" Director Zhang's voice stopped abruptly.
In the blind spot of Director Li's vision, Wu Ci gently placed his index finger in front of his lips, smiled gently and shook his head.
This means not to reveal your identity as a spiritualist.
Director Zhang shut up and watched Wu Ci being dragged away by Director Li, who was working overtime and couldn't think about the details.
"What is this spiritualist thinking? Hasn't he heard about the intensity of the work at the Preservation and Inspection Office, so why is he looking for trouble? Don't just hold on for a few days and then can't stand it and blame me..." He muttered to himself, and suddenly remembered the hint of the witch.
Director Zhang, a bureaucrat who had been working in the system for a long time, understood what was meant. He immediately took out his communication equipment and sent a message to the group of trainees who had just seen the witch's words, arranging them to shut up. They were not to mention having seen a spiritualist before, and if they did see one, they should pretend not to know him or his identity, and only need to respect him secretly.
On the other side, Wu Ci had already followed Director Li into the elevator.
Once the elevator door is closed, no one can escape unless they have a special ID card.
Director Li scratched his hair, finally let go of Wu Ci, and said in a deep voice, "I think you have heard of our preservation and inspection department, but they are not good rumors. In fact, they are not wrong. Our department does everything, and all the work is dirty and tiring. The specific work is probably to deal with those mutated corpses, contaminated strange items, and check the degree of their death or mutation, and store and preserve them to ensure that they will not cause harm to society. There are also many field missions.
We have a lot of work to do, little pay, no room for advancement, and if we work overtime, we risk sudden death. Once we start working, we never get off work, and the death rate while on duty is high.”
Wuci shook his head and said sincerely, "No, actually, I haven't heard of it much."
"So you are an ordinary person who got the civil service exam? It's normal that I haven't heard of it."
Director Li pinched his temples, which seemed to be in severe pain due to lack of sleep, and looked at Wu Ci with bloodshot eyes. "You studied hard to get a loan, and finally became a civil servant, but you were arrested and brought to our department. Do you have any complaints?"
Wu Ci did not answer his question. Instead, he smiled and shook his head, saying, "Director Li, the eye bags you drew are not smudged. I suggest that you should pay more attention to your performance next time. If it is discovered, it may affect other colleagues."
Director Li touched his eyes subconsciously, coughed and cleared his throat. He changed his serious attitude just now and no trace of the haggardness he pretended to show was left.
He patted Wu Ci's shoulder appreciatively and winked, "You are a very shrewd boy. I knew I was right. When I saw that you were too lazy to cut your hair, I knew you were the same kind of person as us. Come with me to register your identity and get your uniform and things. Come to work at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
If someone outside asks you, just say we are so busy that we die suddenly. If someone sees you going to and from get off work and asks why you are so late, just say you are out on business.
Wu Ci laughed.
He knew it; he had seen it long ago.
Director Li's haggard look is all acted out, and those on his face are just makeup. The so-called Preservation and Inspection Department is very busy, and it is very likely that the entire Preservation and Inspection Department is full of tax thieves who have no intention of getting a higher position, are not enterprising, and just want to get by with a stable job, so they put on an act to cheat on their wages.
As for the rumors of a high mortality rate, they are most likely just rumors about those lazy people in the laboratory who wanted to retire early and didn't want to work. After defrauding their pensions, they "died their lives for the public", changed their identities, and sneaked into other cities with large sums of money to live a carefree life.
Look at the treatment. You will get a day and a half off right after you join the company, and will not go back to work until 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
As soon as Wu Ci heard the time arrangement, he knew this place, he had come to the right place. (Note 1)
He confirmed politely, "Tomorrow at four o'clock? Do you have a day off in the morning? Or do other people in the preservation and inspection department have something to do tomorrow morning?"
Unexpectedly, Director Li laughed when he heard what he said, and patted his shoulder as if he couldn't hold back his laughter, "No, we don't have anything to do normally. Those abnormal items sent to us have all been looted by the Special Service Department. They are not dangerous and they won't run away if they are left there. Who the hell has nothing to do to guard those useless weird things?
Our normal working hours are from 4pm to 5pm from Monday to Friday, and we only work one hour a day. After you take a nap, you can come to the office to take a nap, have some afternoon tea, and it’s almost time to get off work.”
Wu Ci's eyes gradually widened in shock... and Director Li continued to utter astonishing words as if he had been treated in heaven:
"But it doesn't matter whether you come or not. We have our own internal system here. If you don't punch in on time, you can make it up later. You won't be deducted from your salary if you take leave... If you find it troublesome, you can just punch in once and pretend that you never left work.
Anyway, you get a basic salary of 8,000 credit points after tax, five insurances and one fund, 2,000 credit points for full attendance, and a housing allowance of 4,000 credit points. Meals are also provided, and we have specially hired five-star chefs and nutritionists. The department also has various entertainment facilities, gyms, game consoles, and the like... If you have nothing to do and want to come to the company to play, or you are too lazy to cook at home and want to have three meals, we also provide overtime pay, which is 200 credit points per hour.
By the way, do you need to apply for a dormitory? We have a small number of staff and a large budget. If you have a Midtown residence permit, I can apply for a two-bedroom, one-living room apartment for you free of charge.
The water and electricity are included, and the house is fully furnished and ready for you to move in. It will be as close to our workplace as possible, so it is convenient to take Line 7 to work and eat there. If you live there for more than two years, the house will be given to you, and you can upgrade the room type if you get promoted. ”
Good...good treatment, good, good position!
As expected, the benefits are at the grassroots level! If I play more at work every day... oh, no, if I work more overtime at work every day, it's almost enough to pay off the monthly loan!
I won't say any more. He will work at the grassroots level until he dies! This is called going among the masses! Whoever wants to be the personal guard of the director of Zhen Shanhe can be the personal guard! Who wants to be the chief who is second to none in appearance but actually works overtime every day and has to wear electronic handcuffs at all times!
He was slacking off at the grassroots level with his Spirit Exorcist certificate. When he had free time, he could make a few more simulated Heroic Spirits with the certificate objects. When he was strong enough, he could directly destroy the Sky Group! He was taking a break from his busy schedule, but he still had the authority he should have, and even money!
Wu Ci immediately shook Director Li's hand and said, "Director Li, to be honest, I have admired the Conservation and Inspection Department for a long time. I am determined to study in the Conservation and Inspection Department and make a difference in the Conservation and Inspection Department!"
Note 1: From Yu Hua.
"On my first day at work, I was two hours late on purpose, thinking that those people would be on the street anyway. When I found out that I was the first one to arrive, I knew that I had come to the right unit."
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