Chapter 50: Chapter 48: Undermining Foundations

Half an hour had passed by the time he returned to the Bureau.

The Bureau's finance personnel immediately approached David and said, "Inspector David, we've received the funds transferred from the real estate company. How much tax should be deposited into the treasury?"

David took out a pen and paper and copied an account number from a file folder, handing it over, "Deposit 254,628 US dollars into the treasury, and send the rest into this account!"

"Understood!"

After their conversation, Nisen couldn't wait to take out his phone, log into the National Tax Bureau's internal network, and started to repeatedly refresh the performance rankings.

Finally, after the 15th minute, he shared the joyful news, "Ha ha, David, our rank has risen to 411!"

David leaned over to look, and it was true.

Their combined performance now totalled 470,268 US dollars, a full double the previous rank of 812!

"Let's see how much we need to enter the top 100!"

Nisen, containing his excitement, began scrolling upward, quickly reaching the 100th position.

The hundredth rank belonged to an inspector team from the Chicago Branch, currently with a performance of 1.36 million US dollars.

"Oh shit, these bastards, how can they be so terrifyingly efficient!"

Nisen, initially overjoyed by the doubling of their rank, became annoyed upon seeing that the performance needed for the hundredth rank was already at 1.36 million.

David's eyebrows also raised slightly.

Last assessment period, with over 800,000 they were ranked at 89.

Now, just five days into the new assessment period, the hundredth rank had soared to 1.36 million.

It seemed that the appearance of the performance rankings truly motivated countless inspectors across the country to work themselves to the bone!

Let them work. He was curious to see who could truly outdo whom!

The Lake District Sub-Bureau Branch had eighty inspectors, and naturally, many eyes were following the changes in the performance rankings.

Soon, they noticed the shift in David's team's rank.

Seeing that they had added over two hundred thousand to their performance, rising to 411, everyone felt a silent shock.

After calming down, many of them stopped leisurely drinking coffee or slacking off at work, instead diligently applying themselves.

The reason was simple, some had already reached a performance of 470,000.

"And the Lake District's total performance?"

"Around 890,000."

After hearing these numbers, Keanu's expression turned sour.

It's one thing to talk about the performance rankings; their Bureau's inspectors hadn't even broken into the top thousand.

As for the total performance, they were now being outdone by the Lake District... no, more accurately, outdone by team 7 group 2.

Without team 7 group 2's four hundred thousand plus in performance, the Lake District would have just over 400,000.

Regardless, it was a humiliating situation.

After all, their Chicago Branch was the most prosperous area of Las Vegas, with the highest GDP, yet whether it was the performance rankings or the total performance Bureau-wide, they were being outclassed by the Lake District.

What would the city, state, and even the federal leadership think if they saw this?

They'd certainly believe the Chicago Branch was incompetent!

Contemplating for a while, Keanu looked up and said, "What's your view on this matter?"

"Being outperformed in total performance by the Lake District last assessment period was already a disgrace for our Chicago Branch. If it happens again this time..."

Brunan didn't continue, but Keanu clearly understood what he meant.

Being outdone once again, their chief might just fly back from Washington D.C. in rage!

"So, what do you think we should do?"

After a moment of reflection, Brunan said, "I think the problem mainly lies with this David. Don't let his zero performance in the first three days fool you; these past two days he's suddenly become Las Vegas's top-ranking inspector team."

"With ten days left in the assessment period, if this trend continues, I reckon the gap between us and the Lake District will only widen!"

"Why not have a talk with him to see if he's interested in transferring to our Chicago Branch?"

Upon hearing this, Keanu's expression shifted.

Given David's performance in the last assessment period and these past two days, amounting to over four hundred thousand, David was definitely talented!

If they could transfer him to their Chicago Branch, with its prosperity and economic strength, not to mention the top hundred, even the top fifty was within reach!

And most importantly, if David were to come to their side, the Lake District's performance would surely plummet back to its original state!

With that, their Chicago Branch would remain the powerhouse of performance in the National Tax Bureau of Las Vegas!