Spy Wars: Red Shopkeeper

Chapter 52 Trick
Gu Yansheng smiled and sent Professor Tian out the door, accompanied by Liu Xiaolou.

When the first two groups were talking in the office, Liu Xiaolou was not there.

However, she was present at the conversation in the conference room this time, and after listening to the whole process, she had some questions.

"Director, is it necessary to conduct physical examinations on the prisoners in the prison?"

It's not like what Director Gu said that no one can be released without an inspection. In fact, all the prisons in Shanghai are under his control. Releasing people is just a matter of Director Gu's words. Even if the Japanese want to hold people accountable, it will be after they are released.

She didn't think it had anything to do with whether or not to have a check-up.

Gu Yansheng was in a good mood and gave her an answer.

"After releasing so many people, do you think the Japanese will intervene?"

"I think so." Liu Xiaolou nodded. "They were all arrested by the Japanese at the time. Although they didn't commit any serious crimes, they were arrested after all. It's okay if they were arrested for unknown reasons, but if they were released for unknown reasons, it would be embarrassing for the Japanese if those who got out said something wrong."

"Then how do you answer?" Gu Yansheng smiled.

Liu Xiaolou frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head in frustration and smiled bitterly, "I can't think of it. This seems difficult to answer. Simply saying it's to save money doesn't seem to be a sufficient reason. The prison management department also said it would actually affect prison revenue."
Is it to restore the lightness and correctness of the judicial system?

"You dare to say that the Japanese enforce the law unfairly? Just wait to be shot." Gu Yansheng smiled and turned around and left.

Liu Xiaolou shrank his neck, pulled up the corners of his mouth and immediately followed, and was about to open his mouth to continue asking.

Gu Yansheng said, "Don't ask me, think for yourself. Oh, and prepare a few more copies of the judicial reform plan. Tomorrow is the third day. Since Mayor Fu said three days, don't send it today. Send it to him tomorrow. Also send a copy to the Japanese Consulate and have Wen Yan go."

"Okay." Liu Xiaolou nodded immediately.

Gu Yansheng thought about what else he could do, paused, looked at his watch, and asked, "It's almost three o'clock. I remember I told the General Affairs Department at the meeting yesterday that the report should be submitted before noon, right?"

Liu Xiaolou quickly responded, "Yes, before noon. Then I'll go to the General Affairs Office to urge them?"

Gu Yansheng thought for a second and said, "No need, just go and take a look."

Whenever the General Affairs Department is slow, something unexpected will happen.

The two of them turned and headed towards the General Affairs Department.

The General Affairs Department is considered a large department within the department. Like the law enforcement department, it only has a few people leading the people below to do their work, and the people below are responsible for the specific trials themselves.

However, the General Affairs Department is in charge of the finances of all the prisons and courts under it, and just to do the accounting, a lot of accountants have to be hired.

So there are quite a few people in the department.

"Deputy Director Gu."

"Deputy Director Gu."

Amidst the greetings, Liao Litang, the general affairs section chief of the section chief's office, took the initiative to come out quickly to greet them.

"Deputy Director Gu, why are you here?"

"I need to see what caused the dystocia in the report I asked for."

Gu Yansheng walked into the office without stopping, sat on the sofa, and asked, "I gave you a deadline before noon. What time is it now? Are you planning to let me report to the mayor empty-handed? Or are you not planning to let me report at all?"

"I have no such intention. I have no such intention."

Liao Litang bent his waist slightly and explained, "Director Gu, actually, as soon as the meeting ended yesterday, I immediately asked the general affairs staff to check the accounts. Even though the Second Prison is in the suburbs, I was afraid that they would be too late, so I asked them to rush back and forth overnight, for fear that they would delay your work.

But something went wrong in the second prison.

Just last night, a small group of unidentified armed forces attacked the Second Prison. After the soldiers of the Second Prison fought hard, the attackers were driven away, but the explosion and fire caused serious damage to the prison's rooms and warehouses.

Now the Second Prison is stepping up efforts to rescue supplies. I asked my people to stay where they are and help while urging them to complete the collection of account books and inventory of the warehouse as soon as possible.

Now we are waiting for their news. I plan to report to you as soon as I have any information."

After listening to the first half, Gu Yansheng felt that this person was quite competent and could understand the leader's concerns.

But after listening to the second half, I found that people who are capable of general affairs are indeed not easy to deal with.

They usually have one or two unique martial arts skills, such as the fire dragon burning the warehouse and the water dragon spitting beads.

But he wasn't here to check the accounts, so why was he in such a hurry to burn it?
"How could such a thing happen? Is it serious?" Gu Yansheng asked.

"From their report, the room was severely damaged, but the two prisoners who were collaborating with them and a prison patrol officer were killed in the battle, and no prisoners escaped.

The prison is also checking to see if there are other accomplices inside. Because the environment was chaotic at the time, it is not certain whether this person was the only one trying to escape."

Gu Yansheng thought for a moment and nodded, "I understand. Let's forget about it this time. If there are emergencies like this in the future, report them immediately. Don't wait for me to ask."

"Yes, it was my subordinate's negligence. I was on the phone communicating with them and dispatching additional personnel, so I was really busy and forgot."

"Thank you for your hard work. Let's go to the second prison first. Is Caohejing Prison okay?" Gu Yansheng asked.

"The ones in Caohejing are better."

Liao Litang nodded and picked up the six thick account books and the summary folder that had been prepared on the table. "This is the account book, and this is the report calculated by the General Affairs Department."

Liu Xiaolou went up and presented it very consciously.

Liao Litang certainly couldn't let her praise him, so he quickly said, "I don't want to trouble Secretary Liu. I'll just send someone to the director's office."

"No need, I'll just watch it here." Gu Yansheng stretched out his hand, and Liu Xiaolou handed over the summary report first.

Gu Yansheng's decision to stay here instead of going back was a bit unexpected for Liao Litang, and it made him stunned for a moment. He had just said he was extremely busy and the phone kept ringing, but he actually didn't leave. What should he do if the phone didn't ring?
"Deputy Director Gu, I'll go outside and tell them not to disturb you." Liao Litang said with a smile and was about to go out.

"No need, just stay here. I have something to ask you." Gu Yansheng said.

"Yes." Liao Litang could only stand still.

Gu Yansheng opened the summary report.

The first number that catches the eye is the total prison expenditure, 25500 dollars per month.

A really big number.

Interesting, he was shown such a huge bill of 22500 oceans. Then the account book of the fire dragon burning the warehouse in the second prison, wouldn’t it be more interesting?
Keep reading.

First of all, the total number of prison guards in Caohejing Prison is 247, divided into two shifts and rotated to take sick leave. There are currently 2578 inmates in the prison. Based on this number, the number of prison guards is not too many.

The monthly salary for a prison guard is 12 yuan, and the administrative staff earns more, so the total monthly expenses are 3300 yuan.

In addition to salary, there are bonuses and subsidies. Based on annual expenditure, it is about 3 yuan per person per month.

The monthly expenditure is about 750 yuan.

Then there are the food expenses, which are 0.5 yuan per person per day. For 247 people, that’s 3700 yuan for a month.

3700 oceans?

Gu Yansheng looked at the numbers above. The monthly salary was 3300 yuan and the food cost was 3700 yuan. He was indeed not mistaken.

The food is more expensive than the salary, how dare you report this?
He couldn't help but glance at Liao Litang and said, "Section Chief Liao, your General Affairs Department doesn't look as poor as I imagined. The prison guards' food allowance is even higher than that of the section chiefs in the municipal government. The prison guards must be in great shape, right?"

Liao Litang was clearly well prepared when he made the calculations. He said seriously, "Deputy Director Gu, the profession of prison guard has its own particularities. Because we manage a large number of prisoners, and we work day and night, our expenses on food are indeed higher than those of ordinary government employees.

When the prison reported the daily expenditure of 0.5 yuan, I also thought it was too much.

But according to the procurement catalog given to me by the prison, the daily consumption is indeed this number."

Liao Litang walked to his desk, rummaged through it, took out a folder and handed it to Gu Yansheng.

"Look, this is the detailed information reported by the prison below. I specifically asked our cafeteria's purchasers for comparison, and they are indeed asking for this price.

Look, the person is outside too, you can call him anytime to ask him."

"People are coming too?"

"Yes, I was worried that there might be something I couldn't explain clearly. After all, it's from the prison down there, so I called the prison's accountant over."

"Since you're here, let him in."

Since the preparations are so thorough, it would be bad for Gu Yansheng not to give him face.

They knew he would ask about the ingredients, so they prepared everything. If anything went wrong, the newcomer would be blamed. Liao Litang must have been deceived and had absolutely no idea.

Soon, an accountant with a relatively standard figure was called in. He definitely didn't have a fat belly from eating too much.

"Hello, Deputy Director Gu. My name is Lin Dechang, and I'm the accountant at Caohejing Prison."

"Tell me, what's the reason for such a huge expenditure on food?" Gu Yansheng leaned back and listened.

Lin Dechang bowed and said, “The main reason is that the ingredients themselves are expensive.

Nowadays, the price of rice in Shanghai fluctuates greatly, especially recently when the war just ended. The price changed several times a day and it was very chaotic.

The average price we purchase rice at is about 12 dollars per stone, and one stone is 60 kilograms. The average daily consumption per person is 0.5 kilograms, which means 0.1 dollars per person per day.

Vegetables are about the same price, 0.1 yuan.

Meat is expensive, but we eat it less often, only once or twice a week, so the daily cost is about 0.08 yuan.

In addition, there is 0.05% oil, salt and sugar.

Coal material 0.03.

Due to wartime material controls, the Japanese imposed a 30 percent special circulation tax on all purchases, which, based on our spending, added 0.108 to the cost.

If everything goes well, the average cost per person is about 0.46 or 47 yuan.

But in reality, due to the shortage of supplies, not all goods can be bought. For example, sugar, oil, and salt are often out of stock, and meat and vegetables are not available for purchase whenever you want. At least 20% of the goods have to be imported from the black market.

That would be expensive, the cost would be 50 percent higher.

In addition, you need to prepare a little more, as some things will be damaged by insects and rats. All in all, the cost is about 0.5, and sometimes it is a little more.

Deputy Director Gu, that's all, absolutely not an overstatement."

Gu Yansheng looked at Liu Xiaolou who was writing furiously. He quickly handed the paper over and said, "That's indeed the amount I need."

Gu Yansheng glanced at the calculated result above, 0.486. If you take into account the damage caused by insects, rats and losses, even 0.5 yuan might not be enough.

Talent.

The general affairs department and the accountant worked together to do the accounting, and they were able to make such an obvious overspending appear reasonable and justifiable.

(End of this chapter)