HBWnovel Chapter 1612: One's own strength against the system
Chapter 1612: One's own strength against the system
Rokossov felt deeply depressed as he listened to the interrogation.
"I didn't get those bonds through corruption, but saved them through various means."
Everyone frowned as they listened to Rokossov's words. "Brother, what do you mean by 'you saved up these bonds?'"
Did these bonds appear out of thin air?
"Comrade Rokossov, please explain in detail. Confessions will be treated leniently, while resistance will be treated severely. I believe you understand this principle."
At this moment Peskov came over, sat in front of Rokossov, and spoke in a very calm tone.
Rokossov heard this and shook his head.
"But the thing is, those bonds were really earned from my savings."
The two interrogators wanted to continue questioning, but were stopped by Peskov, who signaled Rokossov to continue.
"Go on, I believe you are a good official!"
Rokossov smiled helplessly and then spoke.
"I'm a good official, not a very good one. I'm just an ordinary official who wants to do something practical for this country."
Rokossov took a sip from the teacup in front of him and continued.
“First of all, I am the deputy director of the Commerce Bureau, and the manager of the First Store is my man.
The First Store cannot be where it is today without my help, but you have to understand one thing.
Not all stores are first-class stores, and not all stores can obey my orders.
First of all, we need to return to the most fundamental issue, which is Da Yan’s trade system…”
Hearing this, everyone was stunned.
Because it is already obvious at this point in the painting, what happens next may be beyond their expectations.
But they didn't care about that at this point, they just wanted to successfully solve the case.
"Go on, if anything goes wrong, we'll take care of it!"
Peskov spoke boldly.
But the two interrogators had already started to inform Hans.
Because they could feel that the consequences of this matter were beyond their ability to bear...
When Hans heard the news, he rushed over immediately.
Rokossov spoke.
"Because we are a state-owned economy, or more precisely, a rigid system, our commerce and foreign trade are all state-owned.
This means there isn't much room for competition.
Without competition, they will naturally have no motivation to improve themselves.
It's okay to have no ambition, but many people don't care about the country's losses at all. They will only use any means to achieve their own goals.
Take the First Store as an example. At least 20% of the goods were lost due to improper storage.
This is not because they are incompetent, but because their management methods, storage conditions and various factors combined have caused the loss of goods to reach 20%.
This 20% is included in the reported list, and in the eyes of others in the Commerce Bureau, it is normal loss.
But I know these are not normal losses.
So I used the first store as a testing ground to build a completely new system.
With a reward and punishment system and new storage methods, the loss has been successfully reduced to less than 2%.
The remaining 18% became the money I saved.
But I didn't report that 18%.
Instead, he stored the 18% of the goods himself and exchanged them all for government bonds on the black market.
It’s not that I don’t want to hand over this 18% loss to the country, but because it’s impossible for me to challenge the system under the watchful eyes of the public.
I really don't know what smuggling is all about. You have to ask my daughter about the details of the smuggling, because it was her friends who brought the car in.
And a lot of luxury goods are also smuggled in, I know that, but I can’t do anything about it because there are countless eyes in the Trade Bureau or in the entire system…”
Peskov was stunned when he heard this, the two interrogators were stunned, and Hans, who had just arrived at the door, was also stunned.
No, buddy, I thought it was just a simple corruption case, how did it become a major case that could shake up Da Yan?
No, buddy, who put the case in my hands?
I didn't do anything about this case!
I am an honest and hardworking agent and have never thought about handling major cases!
The welding wire at the door did not rush in, but wandered carefully at the door.
This matter is so huge that he can't handle it all by himself.
After a brief thought, Hans finally walked in.
When they saw Hans come in, Peskov and the other two stood up immediately. Rokossov also wanted to stand up, but was held down by Hans.
"Comrade Rokossov, I hereby express my highest respect to you."
Although Hans knew that Rokossov had broken the law, he won Hans' respect here.
There are few people who can gain Hans' respect, and Rokossov is one of them.
It's not because Rokossov is so powerful, but because he dares to challenge the system.
Hans's job has become increasingly difficult over the past five years, not because Hans is old, not because Hans is incompetent, and certainly not because the intelligence agency is incompetent.
It’s because these things in Dayan have grown into towering trees, and it is almost impossible to shake them.
Every job Hans does is like dancing on the edge of a knife.
The intelligence agencies used to be invincible, but now they have to consider the other party’s network of relationships before every action.
It's not that the Intelligence Bureau has become weaker, but that the other side has become stronger. In this war without gunpowder, the network of relationships has become the Intelligence Bureau's number one enemy.
Rokossov heard Hans' praise, but he chose not to accept it because he thought it was what he should do.
After asking about Rokossov's well-being, Hans asked Peskov to serve him delicious food and drink.
A large number of military police were also deployed to protect Rokossov.
At the same time, Peskov was called to the door.
"Remember, from today on, I will not allow Rokossov to lose a hair. Next, you should focus on interrogating his daughter, starting with the smuggling case.
Take down some people in the smuggling case, and then take our actions slowly.
Just do it with confidence, don't be afraid of making trouble, no matter how big the trouble is, the arrow is on the string and must be shot.
Now that construction and military industries in various places need money, the leaders are setting an example by tightening their belts every day.
But these people are squandering state-owned assets. This is not what I want to see, and it is not something we can accept. Do you understand? "
"understand!"