American Tax Officer

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!"

"Deputy Director Donald is right. Why are we sending David to Los Angeles? It's to collect taxes. Expecting to raise taxes without being high-profile? There's no such thing as a free lunch!"

"The IRS doesn't need to fear anyone. How about California, or even here in Washington D.C.? If anyone is involved in tax evasion, we will take it as big as it gets!"

"..."

Listening to Donald and others backing him up, David secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Obadiah also spoke, "Alright, let's be realistic about California. Having to both investigate taxes and stay low-key is not feasible, especially now that we need to build momentum for David's 'election to godhood' campaign. With so much attention from the spotlights, being low-key does not align with our main theme."

With the Chief Tax Officer expressing support for David, Rohan and others dared not object, and they turned their gazes to Welton Heng.

But Welton Heng remained silent, showing no interest in joining the discussion.

As silence fell upon the crowd, Obadiah looked toward David and said, "Now, let me explain the general guidelines from the headquarters for the Western Suburbs Branch, which is your jurisdiction."

Upon hearing this, David's expression immediately turned serious. He had been speculating about the intentions of the headquarters ever since finding out that his jurisdiction would be the Western Suburbs.

But speculation was just that, and he needed to hear the full explanation now for confirmation.

"In recent years, the film industry has always been a hotbed for money laundering, especially within Hollywood, where this phenomenon is even more frequent. Furthermore, upon investigation, the major movie companies and stars within them are also involved in tax evasion methods like Yin-Yang Contracts. Therefore, by sending you there, we need you to be prepared to investigate these matters…"

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.