"Yes, Secretary Zhu, you can understand it that way.”Although he knew that Secretary Zhu and the others didn't know much about how the bank worked, he understood that they had to sign this document. After all, it was almost 11 o'clock. He still planned to go on a field trip in the afternoon, so time was still tight.
"How about this? Time is tight, so we don't have to pass it on one by one. I'll read it out. If there's anything that everyone doesn't understand, just say it.”Secretary Zhu could tell that Li Yan still had something to say, so he suggested that he read it so that it would be faster. Seeing that no one had any objections, Secretary Zhu picked up the report in his hand and began to read.
"The beginning is the recipient of the report, Colonel Mason Connor of the Asia Division of the US Navy Intelligence Bureau. The following is the main text. At the beginning, he said that after receiving a reply from the Navy Intelligence Bureau, he went to the public point in Shandong and Shanghai due to time constraints. Everyone should know this, so we will skip this first and directly say that everyone doesn't know.”Secretary Zhu flipped two pages back and looked at the main topic of the report.
"After reading the information provided by Shandong, I was extremely disappointed. The Shandong base government has the following problems. The first point is that the change in leadership is very big. For example, I saw in the information that Secretary Guo and Commander Li were in charge of Shandong affairs before, but only a few months later, Secretary Guo became Secretary Zhu, Commander Li became Commander Zhao, and the original Secretary Guo became Director Guo, and the original Commander Li became Governor Li. This will inevitably lead to work lagging behind. Secretary Zhu quickly waved his hand.
"This is just the beginning. There's more to come. Let's express our stance after we finish reading, okay?”Secretary Zhu stopped the two people who wanted to say something and continued to read the contents of the report.
"The second point is the lack of personnel. For example, Secretary Zhu, who is responsible for managing most of Shandong's affairs, only has three people to assist him in handling most of Shandong's work. There is no doubt that the lack of personnel will inevitably cause some urgent matters to be unable to be handled in time. There will also be various defects in the problems that are handled. For example, only dealing with the immediate problem without considering whether it is a regular problem. Was there a need to take reasonable measures to prevent such a situation from happening?”
"The third point is that there is an extreme lack of professional civil servants. No one in the entire committee has professional and rich civil service experience. Everyone was previously a soldier. This will inevitably cause chaos in Shandong's political affairs. After all, they almost do not have their own basic skills, and they have no conditions to learn how to handle government affairs.”
"The fourth point is that there is no distinction between the military and the government. The political committee has three members who are high-ranking military officers in active service. When they deal with affairs, they will inevitably need to refer to the opinions of the military to a large extent, and this will undoubtedly have a great impact on the development of Shandong society. Alright, that's all the government has to say. If you have anything to say, feel free to say it.”
Secretary Zhu put down the report in his hand. He even felt that Li Yan was deliberately finding fault with him. After all, these problems might indeed exist, but no one could change it. For example, in the training of civil servants, didn't he want to be a civil servant directly? No, it wasn't that he didn't want to, but he couldn't. However, Li Yan mentioned it in the report without any scruples, without considering the reasons behind it.
"Commissioner Li, I personally feel that you should do a field trip before you express your opinion. There are many differences between China and the United States. If you say this, you are applying your experience in the United States to China.”
These words were said by Director Guo. Indeed, he had some opinions on the adjustment of work, but he did not delay his work. Instead, he tried his best to complete the work. In the end, look at what Li Yan said. It would inevitably lead to lagging behind in work. Did he investigate? That was the conclusion.
"What's wrong with you guys? Why are you having such a big reaction?”Li Yan found it a little unbelievable, but then he thought about the difference in national conditions. Perhaps Secretary Zhu and the others did not understand why he wrote it this way.
"Don't tell me you think I'm scolding you? How is that possible?”Li Yan walked over to Secretary Zhu and took the report, explaining to everyone.
"Maybe it's really because of the difference in national conditions. This report may seem like nonsense from a stranger to you, but it's not the case to the UA Navy Intelligence. They would only see two words in between the lines: transfer money.”
"For example, the first point is that there are frequent changes in personnel. In other words, the person in charge of this matter today may be in charge of other work tomorrow. In that case, the preparations that were made previously will definitely be affected. Secondly, there was a shortage of manpower. Why was there a shortage of manpower? It was because they were short of money. How could they solve it? Thirdly, there was a lack of civil servants. A lack of civil servants would inevitably lead to wastage. It was impossible to solve it from scratch in ten or twenty years. So how could they solve the impact of the lack of civil servants in the short term? Fourth, there was no distinction between the military and the government. If there was no distinction between the military and the government, Shandong's resources would inevitably be tilted towards the military. Then, how could they solve the lack of funds for industrial construction? So in fact, you can just read this part of the report and don't take it seriously. Because in conclusion, no matter how many words I write or what I write, it will eventually fall on the word 'pay'.”
"But that's not good. After all, we're lying to the UA Navy Intelligence Agency.”
Secretary Zhu and the others calmed down after listening to Li Yan's explanation. If someone was really willing to give him 100 yuan for scolding him, he could accept it.
However, Secretary Zhu immediately felt embarrassed. After all, he had to sign this document. Moreover, he had heard from Li Yan that this document would be sent to the United States. Many people in the United States might know from this document that Zhu Rui's people were currently working in Shandong, and the results of the work were not so good.
Wasn't this embarrassing all the way to America? He had worked in China for half his life, but in the end, this was the result.
"What are you afraid of? I wrote this document. And is this called lying? This is called language art. Moreover, everyone in America is like this now. I'm already very restrained. You haven't seen anything worse.”
"Previously, there was a report from an official in charge of the Native Americans 'settlement. That was too much. Today, the report said that there were no hospitals in the local area, and many people died of illness. The next day, there would be a report saying that many people had low income and did not have the money to buy winter clothes. Every winter, many people would freeze to death. The day after tomorrow, they reported that the local land was not good and could not grow food. Many people starved to death. In the end, he directly said that the educational conditions of the Native Americans were poor. Many of them could not graduate from primary school, had no jobs, and had no income.”
" In the end, the people in Washington got annoyed and directly gave him a gambling license, allowing him to build a casino in this place. In the end, a newspaper did statistics based on his report. If the settlement that this official was in charge of really had as many people die as his report said, then the average person in this settlement had to die more than five times.”
"There were also photos taken by reporters there. The men were all wearing custom-made suits, and the women were all wearing long dresses custom-made by French tailors. When I came to China, the other settlements were also in chaos. There were parades and newspapers, and they also wanted gambling permits. It was so fun.”
Speaking of which, Li Yan was really envious of this kind of thing. With just a few reports, he could get a gambling license. This was what a civil servant should be like. This was much better than working hard every day and only getting a monthly salary. He was lying down to earn money. As for himself, he had to wake up before 7 am every day and only sleep after 10 am. He wished that he could count the production volume on the production line every hour.
"If that's fine, will the US government be willing? Won't you take back the license plate?" Secretary Zhu and the others were also stunned. After all, they had never even thought about this kind of thing before. After all, it was very embarrassing to report to the higher-ups all day long. Although they had previously reported to the higher-ups that they were in trouble with their work and hoped that the higher-ups could help and transfer a few people over, they had never thought of deceiving their higher-ups.
"Take it back? How is that possible? Besides, if they dared to take back Washington, the people in the settlement would dare to hold an armed demonstration. Moreover, the license plate clearly stated that it was 200 years old. If Washington really wanted to take back the license plate, the biggest opposition would definitely come from Las Vegas. After all, Las Vegas only had 150 years left. At that time, if he really sued the Supreme Court, it was still uncertain whether he would win or lose.”
"Well, it seems that we really don't understand this kind of thing in the United States. Does anyone have any opinions on this part of the report?”At this point, basically no one had any opinions about the report. After all, although the contents of the report were not good to hear, just as Li Yan said, if the UA Navy Intelligence Bureau could really increase the support funds, even if it was only 10%, it would still be 200,000 USD. This scolding was too worth it. Seeing that no one had any objections, Secretary Zhu wanted to continue reading, but he was interrupted by Li Yan.
"Well, I want to say something." Seeing that no one had any objections to his report, Li Yan was worried. After all, he was not very good at writing reports.
Although Secretary Zhu was a little surprised that Li Yan had an opinion, he still gestured for Li Yan to continue.
"It's like this. You all know my personal experience. I majored in mechanical engineering in university. After graduation, I directly entered a factory. Therefore, I'm not very familiar with written reports. Last night, I thought for three hours before coming up with these four points. You know, I didn't even spend so much time on the preliminary planning of the industrial zone. Therefore, I personally hope that everyone can brainstorm. I hope someone else can write this part for the next report. I'll just copy it. What do you think?”
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