Obadiah nodded and then said, "All right, let's head to the conference room first and listen to your performance report."
"Okay."
Once in the conference room and everyone was seated, Obadiah began, "David, start with the Indian Tribe case."
David took out the well-organized files he had brought, opened them, and then said, "The case involving the Indian Tribe mainly starts with the prime suspect, Dieter..."
In the time that followed, David elaborated on the Indian Tribe case, then moved on to other cases involving significant amounts of money, and finally spoke of some case details related to Sparks, Henderson, and some issues with GCO Corporation.
As the performance report was drawing to a close, Rohan spoke up, "First of all, I want to commend you, David, you've done very well with these cases, creating a substantial amount of tax revenue for our IRS, but I must also remind you, Las Vegas, and even Nevada State as a whole, can't compare with Los Angeles.
Once you're there, you absolutely shouldn't casually stir up issues like you did with Henderson, Sparks, or targeting the former Governor Stevenson!"
"Vice Director Rohan is right. The officials of Henderson and Sparks, as well as Governor Stevenson, although they were in the wrong, luckily the impact in Nevada State was not significant. Now you're headed to the most important state in our nation, and you can no longer act as high-profile as you did in Nevada."
"California is too important, it ties into the very foundation of the nation. Let alone having a governor step down, even if a deputy mayor of Los Angeles were to resign, it would definitely plunge our IRS into massive public scrutiny. Director David, you need to control your temper!"
David's brow furrowed slightly as he listened to the covertly mocking comments from supporters of the Brown faction; he obviously knew they were trying to intimidate him.
However, before he could respond, Donald stood up in his defense, "What kind of talk is this? California might be important, but if there's any tax evasion involved, we have to investigate thoroughly!"
After hearing this, David fell into deep thought.
On the surface, what Obadiah said about investigating money laundering and Yin-Yang Contracts seemed straightforward.
However, could those who could utilize a channel like Hollywood for money laundering be ordinary forces?
If he were to investigate, he would inevitably clash with the big movie companies.
And these big movie companies each had their own capital interests backing them.
It seemed that the words Selina told him the day before were now confirmed; the high-ranking officials at the headquarters indeed intended to cut some flesh from capital interests in order to cope with the pressure from the White House.
And now, Hollywood was a trial balloon for these high-ranking executives targeted at capital interests!
"David, you managed to handle difficult cases like the Indian Tribe and GCO Corporation, so I believe Hollywood will not be too much of a challenge for you, right?" Rohan's sardonic voice came again.
Following him, another high-ranking supporter of the Brown faction spoke, "Yeah, those people in Hollywood are a lot more reasonable than those vicious criminals and savage members of the Indian Tribe. I think getting them to obediently pay their taxes shouldn't be difficult for you, David."
"Director David, we originally did not intend to transfer you to a super metropolis like Los Angeles, but now we've made an exception and promoted you. You must not let us down, and don't end up like the former Director Vivian, who with such a vast district at her disposal, only managed a few tens of millions in tax achievements each evaluation period."
Although these people seemed to be praising him and hinting not to let their careful planning go to waste, David clearly understood the underlying message in their words.