David had investigated his own profile and found nothing particularly special about his background, so although he was highly capable, deep down, he had never considered David a final competitor.
But now things were different.
If David could even eliminate a state governor, then his methods were truly ruthless, and he was not someone to be taken lightly.
"Forget it, let's not worry about this matter for now, and focus on the upcoming assessment period instead,"
"Understood."
Amidst the tense atmosphere filtering through the IRS system, the time reached 12:30, and the accounting system was formally shut down.
Bellamy Hadith, Brown Soros and others breathed a sigh of relief; the feared 'tower theft' had not occurred.
They also managed to retain their current positions, as they had wished.
Lake District Sub-Bureau.
"So that's how it is. I was wondering how the Golden Ear Bridge and agricultural bill affairs could've possibly led a governor who had been digging in for nearly eight years to resign voluntarily. Turns out you even managed to handle their Secretary of State and Deputy Governor. You really do have a way with things, Director David,"
After David's explanation, William finally understood why Stevenson had resigned so readily.
With such heavy public opinion pressure from the outside and internal power struggles rendering him powerless, resignation was his only option.
"It's only because those two weren't clean that I was able to catch them,"
David merely stated that he had handled these individuals, but as for how he had done it, he naturally would not reveal his ace card, and William couldn't possibly guess it.
"However, it must be said that what you did was absolutely correct. If you had confronted Stevenson directly in your capacity as an IRS official, it would have made you instantly famous across America, but it also would have brought you a lot of trouble in your career. Keeping a low profile is the best strategy for you now,"
William indeed admired David's shrewdness in this regard.
But there was no need to scroll this time, because in this round of assessment, the Lake District Sub-Bureau, with a total tax performance of 66.563 million, ranked 10th nationwide.
Of course, the reason for placing tenth and achieving 66.563 million was mainly due to David's contribution of 62.66 million alone.
The rest of the entire Lake District Sub-Bureau's inspectors' performances added up to nearly only about 4 million.
"This time our Lake District Sub-Bureau has reached a total tax performance of 66.563 million, rising to the 10th position nationwide, primarily thanks to the efforts and contributions of everyone present. I hope in the new assessment period, everyone will continue to strive for excellence."
For some reason, upon hearing William's words, many faces in the room felt a sting.
Because reaching this tax performance and ranking was clearly due to David's own efforts, and the rest of them contributed less than 4 million in tax revenue combined.
How could that be called relying on their efforts and contributions?
"Now, let's take a look at the inspector's tax performance leaderboard!"
As he spoke, the screen operator immediately changed the image. The big screen now displayed the national inspector's tax performance leaderboard.
At the top, unsurprisingly, was Brown Soros from the New York Manhattan Branch, with a total tax performance of 75.11 million.
In second place was Bellamy Hadith from the Los Angeles Long Beach Branch, with a total of 65.133 million.
David came in third with 62.66 million.
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And from the fourth to the tenth place, all had tax performances exceeding 40 million.
Overall, this assessment period showed a leap in numbers compared to the last, whether from first to tenth place or from tenth to a hundredth place.
Of course, the significant increase was not only due to the inspectors' growing familiarity with the anti-tax evasion bill but also to the motivation provided by 'Project Deification.'