The following day, the Lake District Sub-Bureau Branch was devoid of its usual bustle.
Everyone was awaiting the arrival of the assessnt eting.
At 11 a.m., news ca that made every tax investigator's heart tighten.
Due to the launch of the Black Tax Bill, Chief William and Deputy Chief gan, who had gone to Washington D.C. Headquarters for training, had unexpectedly returned!
And they would be the ones hosting today's assessnt eting!
Not long after this news spread, David received a notice instructing him to visit the Chief's office imdiately.
David straightened out his attire and hair and arrived at the door of the Chief's office on the fourth floor, knocking with a hint of trepidation.
"Co in!"
Hearing the voice from inside, David pushed the door and entered.
He saw that Lewis had already arrived soti earlier, along with two tax investigators and two deputy tax investigators who were already present.
But these were not his focus.
His attention was on William and gan.
William was the first to rise and extend his right hand, saying, "Inspector David, I truly didn't expect our Lake District Sub-Bureau Branch to have such talent as yours. Thank you for the tax achievents you've contributed to our branch!"
David's renown had reached him distinctly in recent tis, but strictly speaking, this was his first ti eting and speaking with David.
After all, with over a hundred people in the Lake District Sub-Bureau Branch and him being a Chief inundated with nurous tasks, he naturally would not pay much attention to a general inspector.
Had it not been for the ergence of the Black Tax Bill, it's likely that the two of them would not have had much interaction.
"Inspector David..."
gan too extended her right hand toward David, and after a handshake, they had a preliminary acquaintance.
William continued, "Inspector David, I believe Lewis told you about the promotion yesterday, so are you ready?"
David instinctively straightened up sowhat, answering with conviction, "Chief, I am ready!"
"Good..."
"..."
In the ti that followed, William talked to him about the responsibilities of the Chief Tax Officer and the specific matters he was to oversee.
Among these, he ntioned Dieter's case.
Originally, this case was a major one within the bureau, being jointly followed by several teams.
William and his colleagues had not expected David to take on this case as soon as he assud office; after musing for a while, he eventually nodded in agreent.
David thus smoothly obtained the right to handle this case.
Noon arrived swiftly.
Seeing that it was about ti, William said, "Let's head to the eting venue then, to deal with the matters of this assessnt period!"
Everyone leapt up and headed toward the fifth-floor eting venue.
Upon arriving at the eting venue, most of the tax investigators had already taken their seats, and David instinctively wanted to head toward Nisen's side.
But at that mont, Lewis pulled him aside, reminding, "You're about to beco a Chief Tax Officer, you should sit in the second row now!"
David ca back to his senses then.
By convention, tax investigators and chiefs sat in the first row, while the rank of Chief Tax Officer warranted a seat in the second row, signifying one's status.
David glanced at Nisen behind him and then took his place in an empty seat in the second row.
Seeing that almost everyone was present, William too imdiately walked up to the platform and said before the microphone, "Good afternoon, everyone. I am your Chief, William. The deadline for the assessnt period has arrived, and now I will report to you the data for our bureau and the work situations of the teams!"
As he spoke, the operator imdiately turned on the large screen, displaying data for the first team.
William read from the screen, "Team one, during this half-month assessnt period, received a total of $108,000 in taxes, doubling the previous period's $48,000—a very good performance!"
"Within that, the first group generated $43,000 in taxes, the second group generated $29,000..."
"Next is team two, which received $96,900 in taxes in this assessnt period..."
"..."
With the experience of the previous two assessnt periods and a grant from governntal funds during the last assessnt period, each team's tax achievents had not rocketed, but at least they had all doubled.
As for David's team, there's no need to elaborate.
With a staggering figure of 4.12 million in tax achievents, they completely overshadowed the total of all nine other teams combined, making every tax investigator present view them with trepidation.
As thoughts wandered, the large screen switched to a new display.
William continued, "In this assessnt period, our bureau generated a total of 54.63 million US dollars in taxes, ranking 51st among all the national bureaus!"
When he ntioned the rank of 51, one could hear a hint of pride in his voice.
David's personal national ranking of 42 was more a matter of individual glory.
But the Lake District ranking 51st was a testant to his capable leadership as Chief—it was sothing to be proud of!
"Let's take a look at the situation in other bureaus."
"Ranking first nationally is still the Manhattan, New York Branch, with tax achievents of 46.89 million."
"Ranked second nationally is Brooklyn District Branch, New York, with tax achievents of 33.893 million."
"Ranked third is..."
"..."
The top five national bureaus were still monopolized by New York's five major branches, just like in the previous assessnt period.
Los Angeles branches took the sixth to ninth place, with no surprises there.
The following ranks were quite similar to the last assessnt period, with the notable exception being the Lake District jumping up to the 51st spot.
Of course, the primary contributor to this significant leap was David's massive contribution of 4.12 million in taxes.
"Now, let's see where our Las Vegas Main Street District Sub-Branch and Newtown District Sub-Branch are ranked..."
William began scrolling through the list on the large screen with a hint of playful teasing in his tone.
It took scrolling down to the 159th position to find the Main Street District Sub-Branch.
Compared to the previous assessnt period, the Main Street District Sub-Branch had also seen a significant increase, generating 2.09 million in tax achievents.
But compared to Lake District's 5 million plus, one could only consider it a minor league.
As for the Newtown District Sub-Branch, it's even worse, ranking 232nd nationally with tax revenues of 966,000.
"Next, let's take a look at the tax investigator achievents leaderboard..."
The operator on the large screen quickly swapped to the leaderboard.
Even though the tax investigators could see real-ti tax performance data daily, when the leaderboard appeared and they saw the figures of those ranked at the top, they fell silent and their expressions beca complex.
Because the team of Kelly Orsey and Brown Soros from the Manhattan Branch was ranked first with a staggering total tax achievent of 18.363 million!
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