Richard kept saying: "The Efficiency Department will have absolute law enforcement power. Based on the concept of efficiency first, it will manage all matters in the entire Sarin from top to bottom. All those who are loyal to Sarin must be summarized in turn. to play a role in this system.
My initial idea is to first establish the headquarters of the efficiency department, appoint a responsible deputy minister of the efficiency department, and then let the deputy minister find a way to establish branches in various places to improve the entire system and make it work. As for the candidate for deputy minister, I haven't decided yet. I want to recommend or elect one from among you. The one with the most support will win. So, which one of you has this intention? "
Listening to Richard's words, everyone in the field changed their expressions several times in a row.
At first, they thought that Richard wanted to seize power after listening to the first words, but after listening to it, they found out that it was not the case, but to concentrate the power and give it to someone of them - after all, according to what Richard said, it should be Richard's position as the head of the Efficiency Department is just in name only, and the deputy head is the one who actually does the work.
Such a person can be regarded as having great power, and has suddenly become the second-largest figure in the entire Sarin after Richard. For those of them who are usually only responsible for their respective jurisdictions, this kind of opportunity almost only exists in dreams.
Being truly lucky is a qualitative change. Of course, if you lose the election and have to be governed and relied upon by others, it is another matter.
Among the seats, many powerful managers were interested and wanted to give it a try.
After all, you have nothing to lose by giving it a try.
Even if you can't become the number two person, it's better to settle for the second best and become the number three person. It's always better than before.
Just when everyone looked at each other and observed their respective attitudes, one person stood up first and raised his voice: "Great Lord Richard, I am willing to give it a try and become the deputy minister of the Department of Efficiency. I will definitely make your wishes come true 100%. Communicate to any territorial citizen.”
After listening to the words, Richard looked towards the person who stood up, and saw that the other person was smiling, holding a bowler hat, respectful and decent, it was Mile Grover whose name was mentioned before.
"Mr. Maier, right?" Richard glanced at the other person, without much change in his expression. He just nodded lightly, looked at the others, and asked, "Does anyone here support Mr. Maier? Please raise your hand. Signal?"
The people at the table looked at Maier one after another, and Maier smiled back, as if he was very confident.
After a brief silence, people on the seats kept raising their hands, and within a few seconds the number reached nearly 40%.
Naturally, these people were not attracted by Maier's personality charm. They believed that Maier could lead Salin to a better tomorrow by becoming the deputy minister of the Department of Efficiency. Rather, they have a series of unclear relationships with Maier, and they believe that Maier's election will be beneficial to them.
Seeing that he was so highly regarded, Maier couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, looking slightly satisfied, but he quickly stopped his expression and looked at Richard seriously, waiting for Richard's reply. In his opinion, the overall situation is basically determined. If nothing happens, he will become the deputy minister of the Ministry of Efficiency.
From this point of view, although it was the first time that he met Richard today, he already liked Richard a little bit. After all, Richard could almost be said to have come all the way to help him strengthen his power. Is there such a good thing in the world
Those in the seats who were originally interested in running for the position of deputy minister of the Efficiency Department collectively fell silent at this moment, their expressions a bit ugly.
They did not raise their hands in the show of hands vote just now, because they all have more or less conflicts of interest with Maier, and Maier's election will have many negative effects on them. They would absolutely cause trouble if they could.
But looking at the performance on the field, Maier was too strong and even got the support of 40% of the people. According to their predictions, they can get about 10% more support, which is completely unable to compete with Malby.
It seems that they will have a hard time in the future.
Thinking like this, they began to sigh in their hearts and think about countermeasures.
At this time, Richard on the high platform spoke up, looked at Maier and said: "Mr. Maier, congratulations. It seems that you have really received the support of many people and are qualified to become deputy minister. Next, I will ask you a few questions Questions, if you answer them without any big problems, you can take office.”
"Yes, my lord." Maier bowed and said, his expression trying to remain reserved, but the joy in his eyes almost overflowed.
"Okay, please answer the first question." Richard looked directly at Meyer and said, "I understand that your jurisdiction is not small. It occupies the first place in the entire sand forest, and it is closely related to many other surrounding jurisdictions. Yes, a certain economic union has been formed.”
"Economic union?" After hearing this unfamiliar term, Maier was slightly distracted and a little confused, but he continued to listen.
Richard continued: "During the inspection, I had a very good impression of your economic complex, but there are also some small problems, that is, the security in the economic complex area is not very good, and gangs of thieves are rampant. It seriously endangers trade routes and hinders the exchange of materials. In the past week alone, sixteen caravans of different sizes have been robbed. The situation has not been contained and is getting worse. I want to know how you plan to solve this situation. ?”
After hearing this, Maier couldn't help but be stunned. He thought he would be asked personal questions, but he didn't expect to be asked about the band of thieves.
After pondering for a few seconds and organizing his words, Maier looked at Richard and said: "Lord, my subordinates are currently training a new elite team, about a few hundred people. Although the scale is small, it is more than enough to deal with the thieves. So. Give me some time, and when the team training is over, it will be the day when the thieves group will be destroyed, and I will definitely eliminate them all."
"Very good, I appreciate your plan." Richard nodded, and then asked with a smile, "However, the leader of the largest force in the thieves group - your brother-in-law - Xiao Ke Tolle, what do you think? How to prepare and deal with it specifically? Should we kill without mercy? Or something else?"
"Ah?!" Maier was stunned, as if his head had been hit by a mallet, his body visibly swayed, he didn't speak for a long time, and the top hat in his hand was directly scratched.
"Huhu—"
After taking two deep breaths, Maier smiled again, looked at Richard and said: "Lord, there may be some misunderstandings. As a manager, the thieves have always been my mortal enemy. I don't know any thieves at all. The leader doesn’t know the person named Xiao Ke Tole either. This should be a frame-up or a malicious rumor, maybe it was spread under the instruction of one of my enemies.”
When Maier finished speaking, he glared hard at several powerful competitors next to him, and then looked at Richard with a very sure look in his eyes, and his face almost read: I didn't lie!
After watching it, Richard laughed.