Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 177 171. The Bad and Sucking Rum Old Den
[What does that mean?] Lin Longma thought that he would be able to participate in this "spoils-sharing" trip after signing up as a representative, but he didn't expect Rum to do something weird again at this time?
Lin Longma, who was about to get up, sat back in his chair steadily, relaxed his upper body against the back of the chair, and then looked at Rum on the screen.

"Is that not quite right, Rum?"

“We can all see the potential for the development of international intermediary companies, otherwise they wouldn’t have let three representatives in, right?
But you see, the representative of the company's intelligence support department is Curacao, and the representative of the executive department is Kiel, and they are all senior officials of the organization.

The candidate you proposed, Tokugawa Keita, is definitely a good one, but his rank is not high enough."

At this moment, Lin Longma actually heard a bit of "earnest advice" in the emotionless electronic sound.

This is essentially still an attack by Rum against Lin Longma.

Rum's attack was open and aboveboard, and could be said to be an overt conspiracy.

"That is to say, our representative at the international agency must also be a senior executive with a code name?"

“Yes, after all, the international agency is jointly run by the three of us, and we are all managers at the same level, so it’s best if the level of representatives is the same.

Otherwise, there is no way to convince the public, right? "

"Ha..." Lin Longma chuckled and did not follow Rum's train of thought: "We need senior cadres with code names. There is no other way. No one in our base has a code name.

Why don't you help me solve the code name problem, Rum?"

If Lin Longma treated Rum by raising questions and solving problems, he would obviously fall into the "trap" prepared by Rum.

But Lin Longma has now chosen that whoever raises the problem will be solved, and simply let that person solve the problem.

Lin Longma has already given the solution to the problem. Didn’t you, Rum, say that the representative of the international intermediary company must be a senior executive with a code name?
OK, I agree with you. Now go and find me a code name, Rum.

"If my code name is really hard to use, then I can give Tokugawa a code name.

We don't care about any code name, even Tequila will do.

Tokugawa has worked for the organization for so many years, so he should have accumulated enough merits and hard work, right? "

Rum only said one or two sentences, but Lin Longma had a hundred sentences waiting for him. Lin Longma was afraid of everything, but he was not afraid of Rum's "talking about merit and seniority".

To be precise, Lin Longma has been a member of the organization for almost ten years. During these ten years, he has always been conscientious in completing the organization's tasks.

The Yi Xin Society is also constantly contributing to the organization, and each of these members has emerged from swords and guns.

Normally, Lin Longma is very self-aware and never mentions code names, so he doesn't expect too much.

But since you, Rum, are using this matter to make things difficult for me, let's talk it out.

Rum on the screen probably didn't expect that he would encounter such a fierce counterattack just for slightly provoking Lin Longma with the code name.

He even felt that Lin Longma was making a big deal out of nothing.

Isn't it just a daily challenge? Why did you react so strongly? Don't be so submissive. When have you ever taken a senior cadre with a code name seriously?

If Rum didn't know what kind of person Lin Longma was, he would probably have thought that he was complaining about himself.

But now that things have come to this, Rum saw that Lin Longma had no intention of letting it go, so he could only pass on the blame:

"There's nothing I can do about it. Although I'm the second-in-command of the organization, the issuance of code names and the appointment and promotion of senior cadres are all in the hands of the boss. I can report it to the boss for you, but no one else can make the decision or guarantee whether it will be approved or not except the boss."

After finding an excuse to persuade Lin Longma to give in, Rum continued:

"But the problem of international intermediary companies still exists. In order to facilitate the management of the company, I think their levels should be the same."

"That can't be helped. We are all a bunch of peasants without code names. Since not having code names will have a negative impact on the management of the company, let Tokugawa serve as the deputy of Curacao and Kiel.

what do you think? "

As we all know, in electoral countries such as island nations and peninsulas, the head of each department is appointed by his superiors.

This means that the level of department heads is often uneven. They are definitely good at making money, but in practice
Sorry, no clue.

Therefore, those who work in the department are all second-in-command, like the chief and deputy chief of the police department.

Also like the boss and rum in the organization.

Under normal circumstances, the management of a company would definitely not do this. Otherwise, the company would be doomed.

But international intermediary companies are special after all, and the model of three representatives taking turns to be the banker is very similar to the operation of government departments.

Now that Rum has pointed out that the Isshinkai members do not meet the "hard conditions" of being at a high enough level, Lin Longma might as well cut off the source of the problem.

You can rotate the top leaders in your executive department and intelligence support department. Wouldn't it be great if we can just sit firmly in the second-in-command position?
When the time comes, let’s see whether you, the top leader who will step down at the appointed time, have more power, or I, the second-in-command who remains the same for thousands of years, have more power?

No one will remember the name of the second place unless he has always been the second place.

If Lin Longma's proposal was put to someone else, perhaps they would have agreed to it. It was a good thing no matter how you looked at it, to have one less person to argue with them.

But the person on the other side is Rum, the second in command of the organization. If the boss doesn't show up, Rum is the most powerful person in the organization.

Others may not know how much power a person who is firmly in the second position can get, but Rum, who has always been the second in command, knows it very well!

As long as the boss doesn't show up, he is the most powerful person in the organization. He can even command the scientific research department and the executive department when necessary.

Rum saw through Lin Longma's sinister intentions almost at first sight. At this moment, Rum secretly cursed in his heart, "little fox!"
"How can that be possible? We have agreed that the three representatives will take turns running the international agency, and that will not change.

But considering your special situation, Lin Longma, I have a suggestion."

Rum knew that he couldn't continue talking nonsense with Lin Longma. If he continued talking nonsense, who knows what bad ideas Lin Longma would come up with -

It is definitely a bad idea for Rum, but it is hard to say for Lin Longma and Isshinkai.

"Since you are all lacking senior cadres with code names, why don't you find a senior cadre with a code name to help you hold the identity of a representative?"

"When your base has other senior officials, I will ask them to return your representative status to you.

what do you think? "

(End of this chapter)