"Proper publicity?"

Not only Lu Xiang, but even the other section chiefs were full of curiosity.

In this regard, Song Lan could only sigh.

Lu Xiang, a silly girl, as a representative of the leaders of the 17th District, is good at anything, but she can't promote herself, in her opinion, as long as the criminals can be brought to justice, it is not so important who will face the media in the end and who will share the credit.

Under the leadership of such a leader who leads by example, the focus of several major departments in the law enforcement department is on how to crack down on crime in the 17th district every day.

Everyone is busy, because District 17 is a city where the crime rate is about to break through the sky.

The conscientious work of the law enforcers has also achieved remarkable results, since the collapse of the Chai Ke group, the crime rate in this city has continued to decline every day, and the only two remaining criminal group leaders have also gone into hiding these days, and they are no longer clamoring to take over the Chai Ke territory and become a new generation of underground emperors in the 17th district.

It is no exaggeration to say that Lu Xiang has achieved more achievements during his tenure than all the supervisors in the past 17 districts combined.

The inspection department alone followed behind and mixed up the heads, and they all mixed up a "city hero".

"Yes, proper publicity is just as important."

Song Lan emphasized.

The year 2166 is such a magical era, and people who work hard may not be able to get the rewards they deserve, which can be glimpsed from the final budget of the document, "I just looked at the financial reports of the department, and the budget for the next quarter has been cut in half compared to now." ”

That's right, after they fulfilled their obligations as enforcers, cracked down on the criminals who had been a scourge in the 17th district for many years, and drove the entire city away, it was the end of the budget cut in half.

Song Lan didn't desert just now, he was seriously studying the department's budget for the next quarter.

In a city where the law enforcement environment can be described as a rain of bullets, the budget is already a pretty serious crisis, and every bullet fired by the operational department, every equipment and every technology needed is money, not counting the pensions and resettlement expenses for the wounded.

In the past, although the inspection department covered the sky with one hand, grabbed the first place, and always let them take the blame when something happened, they could at least solve the financial problems, and the Foster family and local businessmen were also in collusion with local businessmen and would also extract a part of the huge profits to be used as funds for the activities of law enforcement departments, which can be regarded as a tradition in the seventeenth district for many years, so the department heads before Lu Xiang's transfer basically looked at the eyes of the inspection department, and they were used to carrying the black pot for them.

Anyway, the citizens scolded and scolded, and they should take a lot of money, and even the risk factor of fighting crime was greatly reduced.

After all, the underground emperor of the 17th district has a great relationship with the Foster family, and before the vast majority of anti-crime operations begin, the law enforcers will collude with the criminal gangs in advance, and when the time comes, everyone will go through the motions, symbolically fire a few shots, and finally catch a few scapegoats, and publicize it to the outside world, which is another victory in the fight against crime.

If the Inspectorate had had the opportunity to use the rebels who had "been caught with a reward of 17.3 million watts" as propaganda, they would be able to boast of themselves as the embodiment of justice in a matter of minutes.

"The mayor of Lyon has resigned, the position of Grand Prosecutor has become vacant, and the situation in the seventeenth arrondissement is still unclear, so many companies are reluctant to provide us with funds anymore."

Originally, Song Lan didn't like to express his opinions on such occasions, but if he continued according to Lu Xiang's past behavior, he felt that even if the criminal groups in the 17th District could finally be eliminated, they would all be impoverished, and they might even need to be careful to shoot a shot.

What's more, in the environment of 2166, fighting crime itself has to throw money.

When the criminal's equipment is a few levels more advanced than yours, it will be difficult to use it with a single passion.

What really worries Song Lan is that the big companies in District 17 will not only not support them at that time, but will also turn around and fund local or "outside" criminal groups.

With the high unemployment rate in the 17th district, most people are living in poverty, and it is obviously unrealistic to call on citizens to donate money to support them.

And this question is also closely related to his future life.

This will inevitably reduce the department's wages, and eventually make the law enforcement in the 17th District a hard-working, dangerous, and unprofitable profession.

Song Lan felt that they might also be blacklisted by the coalition government, and it should be useless to apply for grants.

"I think the budget problem is the biggest problem we are facing now!"

"Section Chief Song is right."

The head of the statistics department stood up for the first time and agreed with Song Lan's opinion, and he finally encountered a topic that he could talk about, "The document is only a preliminary budget, and there is a possibility of further reduction in the future." ”

At this moment, everyone here is in a common predicament.

That is, after offending the inspection department and the Foster family, they will soon become destitute.

"So, what you just said about propaganda can solve this problem?"

"It's obviously impossible to solve this problem completely."

Song Lan shook her head.

In a way, Lu Xiang is an idealist.

She has a clear goal and actively fights for the justice she pursues, which makes her an excellent law enforcer, but such a law enforcer is only suitable for living in an idealistic social system, unfortunately the 17th district is not an ideal township.

"But doing so solves our immediate needs."

"How?"

The head of the statistics department was suddenly interested, and after seeing this budget, he was so worried that he didn't sleep all night, and he couldn't think of a solution to his head bald.

"Why are those companies willing to maintain a good relationship with the inspection department?"

"That money is equivalent to the protection money they paid for their illegal business."

Lu Xiang frowned, she seemed to understand Song Lan's subtext, "You mean to say that let's also collect black money from them to provide an umbrella for their crimes?" ”

"Of course not."

Song Lan shook his head, he was not stupid, how could he make such a suggestion in front of so many people.

For Lu Xiang, this is called a problem with ideological consciousness, and he will be whipped when he goes home.

"In addition to the 'protection fee', there is another reason, and that is that they all want to be good people."

"Even if their business violates the law, even if they practice monopoly and unfair competition, even if they collude with criminal syndicates to achieve their goals, or even buy murders, they still want to be a good person in the eyes of the citizens, and they are willing to pay a large amount of money in order to maintain their reputation as a good person." ”

He paused for a moment, and then said under the puzzled gaze of everyone, "Then why can't they be good people?" In fact, every criminal can be a good person before he is arrested and imprisoned. ”