Chapter 218 Becoming District Chief
After emerging from the white fog, Su Ming became the district chief.
Becoming the district chief was different from what Su Ming had expected. There was no grand succession ceremony and no fierce follow-up election. When he came out, the election for district chief was nearing its end. After he and Arthur made a very brief report, Arthur withdrew from the election.
Naturally, a large number of supporters flocked to him. He was a hero emerging from the white fog. The other candidates naturally became supporting roles, and Ying Shuran also became a supporting role. So he became the district chief without any suspense.
Su Ming felt that his taking office as district chief should be a big deal, but under the influence of the white fog incident, the election for district chief became as insignificant as the selection of a leader for an experimental group in school. After a little splash, it returned to calm.
When Su Minggang left Baiwu, he was a little worried that the minister would not be able to come out, but Jiang Yichuang assured him that the minister would definitely come out, because the minister's stay this time was just a phased measure for the negotiations, not because she was controlled by the demon of hope or something like that.
Rather than saying that the Hope Demon wants to control the minister, it is better to say that the Hope Demon hopes to have a good relationship with the people in their world. At least in the short term, the Hope Demon and the people on their side should have a cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship.
As for the situation outside, it was worse than Su Ming had imagined.
After they entered the white fog, there was a big commotion outside.
When Su Ming and his friends came out, the white fog outside was still spreading, and its diameter from the center to the edge had reached four kilometers. Although due to cautious evacuation measures, no more people were sucked in, the existence of the white fog still caused panic on the entire island.
Because Dongyang Island is a forbidden island, local residents cannot leave, so if the white fog continues to expand uncontrollably, everyone will be drawn in in the end.
Residents who lived closer to the white fog were all in a panic and wanted to move their families away from that area, while those who lived farther away vented all their panic on the Investigation Bureau.
The pressure in every investigation bureau is very high. Even the lowest-level agents are in a hurry and absent-minded when they go to work, and they cannot relax for a moment.
The topic of conversation after dinner is which news media said something they shouldn't have said today, and how many people went into the white fog and never came out.
The higher-ups at the Investigation Bureau have assured the public of the final emergency measures, guaranteeing that the white fog will never expand beyond 5,000 meters. However, because still cameras cannot be made public, this assurance is just verbal to the residents and has no credibility at all. The pressure from public opinion has not been alleviated at all.
Fortunately , a few days after Su Ming and his team came out, the spread of the white fog finally stopped and the riots subsided.
Su Ming felt that this should be the credit of Sylvie in another world. She reached some kind of agreement with the Devil of Hope, allowing the Devil of Hope to temporarily stop its erosion of this world. As the price of the transaction, they had to transport more demons and psychics over.
Su Ming had no idea how to carry out the deal with the Devil of Hope. Jiang Yichuan seemed to fully understand Sylvie's meaning and took charge of the handover with the upper level, so Su Ming himself didn't have to do anything.
Now Jiang Yichuang has become Su Ming's senior in many ways. He is the team leader and has experience as a district chief. He is the best person for Su Ming to learn from.
After coming out of the white fog, Su Ming was temporarily unemployed. Jiang Yichuang asked Su Ming to finish watching the online training course for joining the bureau as soon as possible, and then watch the online training course for the district chief.
After becoming the district chief, Su Ming had a lot more authority. He could apply to his superiors to call upon some less dangerous shelter objects, and he could also recruit employees independently.
His salary also became higher. I heard that a beautiful operator with no special abilities was assigned to him to help him with his daily clerical work. The woman's name was Jiang Yun. Su Ming had not met her yet. She was said to be a rare free person who had just graduated from the University of Superpowers with excellent grades.
In addition, Su Ming inexplicably had a lot of people under his command. Su Ming had never met these people before, and he didn't need to meet them in the future.
They are nominally under Su Ming's management, but in fact they are managed by the administrative department and will not have any interaction with Su Ming in the future.
All the reports of crimes and emergency calls for strange encounters in District 19 are handled by people whose names cannot be remembered. After they are sorted and integrated, the information will flow into Su Ming's hands. Then Su Ming will have to perform the duties of the district chief and send people to solve these cases one by one.
In other words, Su Ming was still mainly responsible for the fighting and killing work, and someone else had already taken over the trivial matters of answering the phone and listening to residents' complaints.
Currently, Su Ming has very few people who can fight under his command. In Sylvie's application, in addition to applying for the qualification for execution on his behalf, she also assigned Chu Xiaobai and Flora to work under him to help him. It seemed that she had known that he would become the district chief.
As for other vacancies, he needs to fill them himself. Jiang Yichuang's advice to him is to recruit new people.
"This is a big problem." Su Ming couldn't help feeling worried as he watched the online class and looked at his own roster.
He picked up his phone and called Jiang Yichuan.
"Long story short, I'm busy here."
As soon as the call was connected, Jiang Yichuan's cold voice came from the other end.
Su Ming frowned slightly and asked with a stiff face, "Captain, you are also the district chief, how many people do you have under you?"
"About fifty."
"What?! There are more than fifty! Even if we are in the special attack department, there are not that many of them?"
"You just don't see them normally. The people who stay at the headquarters are either functional personnel like Xiaobai, or idlers like you who don't have a long-term job. The other members of the special attack team are very busy. They usually stay in their fixed areas and can't leave."
Su Ming felt a little aggrieved when being called a lazy person by the other party. He had obviously never had a leisurely time since joining the Investigation Bureau, and he didn't know why he gave Jiang Yichuan the impression that he was a lazy person.
However, Su Ming did not refute, he heard very crucial information.
"Do we have any extra people? Please assign a group to me! I have no one here except Flora and Xiaobai." Su Ming said excitedly.
"There are no extra people. I can assign 20 people to you for a while. You can recruit people yourself. I went through this process myself. Just go to the district you are in charge of and post a recruitment notice. Soon, a lot of people will come to you. You can pick any one you like."
"I have to recruit people myself... Is there no one to help me?" Su Ming's already depressed mood became even more depressed.
"Are you alright? If not, I'll hang up now." Jiang Yichuan said, "I have a meeting here."
"Okay, it's alright."
Su Ming hung up the phone, feeling mixed emotions that he couldn't put into words.
Somehow, I always feel that the Special Attack Division is lacking in talent. Why doesn't the director usually recruit people? There are so few people, and she doesn't have to pay for the employees' salaries, so why doesn't she expand the team?
“Ding-ling-ling!! Ding-ling-ling!!”
The phone on the table suddenly rang. After answering it, it said there was a report of a crime in District 19 and they were asked to send someone to the scene to investigate.
Su Ming counted his subordinates in his mind and called Flora first.
"Hello, Su Ming? What's up?" (Woo woo woo!!)
Su Ming heard a man's "woohoo" sound coming from Flora opposite, as if someone was struggling with his mouth blocked.
"Um...what's that sound over there?" Su Ming asked cautiously, even though he had already guessed it in his heart.
"I told you, I'm busy now. Can we talk later? Just wait for me for an hour." Flora asked apologetically.
"Forget it, go ahead and be busy." Su Ming hung up the phone and then made a voice call to Chu Xiaobai.
The busy tone lasted for more than twenty seconds before Chu Xiaobai picked up the phone.
"Hey, what are you doing? I'm still playing games!" Chu Xiaobai said impatiently. What he hated most was being disturbed while playing games.
"Accompany me on this mission." Su Ming went straight to the point.
"No! I want to play games!" Chu Xiaobai said firmly.
Su Ming naturally didn't tolerate this kind of bad behavior, and said bluntly: "I am your boss now. Not only do you talk to me in this way, but you also dare to refuse the task. I will deduct your salary!"
"Fuck, damn it! Brother Ming, I'm not scolding you, I'm scolding the guy who's duoing with me. Wait for me for five minutes, put on your clothes and I'll be right back!" said Chu Xiaobai.
Su Ming sneered and put down his phone.
He knew Chu Xiaobai's expenses. The boy played more than ten mobile games at the same time and was keen on the otaku card drawing game. Apart from food and drink, all his expenses were on entertainment. He didn't know how many orders he had made on 628. To him, salary was the life of his "wives".
About three minutes later, Chu Xiaobai came running up in the elevator with a can of warm coffee in his hand.
"Brother Ming, this is for you!" He ran up and handed the coffee to Su Ming with a smile and a flattering look on his face.
"Very good, this is the attitude I want. If you give me a bad face again, I will deduct your salary!" Su Ming said proudly.
" Hey, if I do a good job, will I get a raise?"
Chu Xiaobai happily followed Su Ming, trying to get closer to this superior.
Su Ming smiled slightly and said nonchalantly: "As long as you do a good job, I will naturally reward you greatly! Even if you can't apply for it from above, I will give you a bonus as a private person!"
Chu Xiaobai was stunned after hearing this and his smile faded a lot.
"How much money do you have? How much can you give for a mission? Five thousand?"
Su Ming took out his cell phone and sent five red envelopes of 2,000 yuan each to Chu Xiaobai. When Chu Xiaobai heard five consecutive message reminders from his cell phone, he was stunned at first, then he took out his cell phone and looked at it. His face flushed, and his eyes were shining with joy, as if he had just drawn a five-star card.
He was silent for a few seconds, put his phone into his pocket calmly, and his expression became serious.
"Boss! What mission are you going to take today? Let me use my eyes that can see through the dead to increase your performance!"
Su Ming laughed and rubbed Chu Xiaobai's head: "Very good, I like younger brothers who know the current situation."
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