Chapter 48: Professor Guo made a mistake
Under the strong request of these two newbies, in order to explain why the Urban Management Dog Tooth International Column, China's supernatural agency, has a unit with seven brands and seven levels of leadership, but only provides temporary workers to most of its members. Due to the bizarre situation, Professor Guo had to first give a rough explanation of the basic situation of this department, as well as the historical origins of the supernatural power organization in New China.
According to Professor Guo, regardless of the Republic of China era before the founding of the People's Republic of China, from the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China to the reform and opening up, there were no special organs within the New China government - because there was no need for it! Political commissars with firm beliefs can directly crush all strange forces and chaos!
——In the past history of mankind, the source of so-called supernatural powers, magic, gods, and devils actually came from the fantasies in human thinking. Therefore, it is not God who created man, but man who created God.
For mortals, such imaginary products as gods and ghosts exist if they believe in them, but they don't exist if they don't.
If you don’t believe in God, then God does not exist for you. If you don't believe in ghosts, then all ghosts will be powerless against you.
Since humans can create ghosts and gods, nature can also destroy them. The scientific communist atheistic belief is a special medicine to eliminate all fantasy races - if gods and demons are bacteria, then communism is antibiotics; if gods and demons are computer viruses, then communism is formatting software! No matter what kind of gods and demons they are, no matter they bear the name of Jehovah, Allah, Buddha, King of Hell, or Lucifer, they cannot appear in front of real Communists.
Therefore, in those passionate years, all unscientific fantasy products could not gain a foothold in mainland China where the red flag was flying. And all the monsters and monsters that the old society once possessed have long been swept away in successive ideological movements.
But the problem is that with the arrival of the spring breeze of reform and opening up, the country's long-closed door has been opened. Not only have all kinds of new ideas and new technologies come in, but some flies and mosquitoes have also followed. All of a sudden, various legal religions and illegal cults bloomed in all provinces across the country, and all kinds of supernatural events began to reappear on the land of China. The sudden appearance of time travelers and wormholes, as well as the strong support of traditional anti-China and anti-communist forces abroad, gave some ambitious religious leaders real supernatural powers and began to cause trouble increasingly rampantly.
In the face of the true communist beliefs, these supernatural powers have no room to display. But the problem is that the firm and pure red faith that can withstand many hardships has gradually disappeared in this era.
And all kinds of evil existences are once again ready to move, threatening this increasingly collapsing world at any time.
So, starting from the late 1980s, the public security, general staff, and national security all joined forces to show off their magical powers. They successively recruited people with supernatural powers through various channels, creating the Dragon Group, the Supernatural Military Intelligence Department, the Super Special Police Team, and the Supernatural Phenomenon Processing Office. ...and a lot of superpowers. In the end, the organization became bloated with too many redundant staff, which not only caused serious conflicts between each other's functions, but also made it financially unaffordable.
Therefore, after entering the 1990s, faced with religious confusion, increasingly severe new situations and new situations, as well as crises created by various anti-China, anti-communist forces and border separatist rebel groups, the country had to carry out measures to deal with special institutions. Significant streamlining was carried out in order to reduce staff and increase efficiency.
However, a very fatal problem is that the civil servant industry has always been an iron rice bowl. The destruction of any position will cause an uproar, and it is even more difficult to arrange for civil servants engaged in secret work. The most terrible thing is that the leading cadre actually responsible for downsizing also lacked courage and lacked actual work experience, so he finally came up with an extremely bizarre downsizing plan - all the soldiers were abolished, but all the officials were retained.
"...In other words, all those with superpowers who have no foundation or connections have been eliminated, while all the officials who rely on the financial system have been retained."
Professor Guo explained this calmly, and Wang Qiu and Ma Tong both wanted to make a cup of Sanlu for the party to drink!
——There is no superpower department for superpowers... Is this nonsense? ! !
This is simply as ridiculous as a hospital without doctors and nurses or a bus stop without drivers!
Well, even if the country possesses the ultimate strategic power that can obliterate all powers, there is no need to resort to such tricks to waste money, right?
Although Wang Qiu's mind seemed to have ten thousand alpacas galloping past majestically, Professor Guo continued to talk calmly.
No matter how trivial, absurd, or unbelievable this streamlining plan is, in short, after this substantial streamlining, the financial expenses of the special abilities department have finally come down, and there will be no differences between each other because of their authority. Conflict arose again due to division.
The only trouble is that after all this streamlining, all the supernatural issues have been left unaddressed.
——All the capable professionals have been laid off, and all that remains are a bunch of pampered laymen and redundant staff...
Obviously, the result of such suicidal nonsense can only be the complete paralysis of all relevant departments and the anger of central leaders.
Therefore, in order to solve this problem, the Paranormal Phenomenon Processing Office took the lead, and other major supernatural departments followed suit. They learned from the advanced experience of local departments and started a business of authorizing agents to subcontract work.
Since then, China's supernatural front has become the stage for the new type of military unit [urban management] to dominate.
"...In short, after deducting the redundant personnel who only eat empty wages, our country's supernatural front is actually relying on various temporary workers and labor dispatch workers to play the leading role. Most of them, All are included in the urban management establishment
Originally, in addition to our 'Fang' troops, there were a series of other troops code-named 'Tiger Tooth', 'Dragon Teeth', etc. However, after a long period of competition and elimination, our 'Fang Tooth' currently occupies the dominant position - because we Under the banner of the International Brigade, it is easier to cooperate with overseas organizations and perform overseas tasks more conveniently, unlike other units that can only operate in a small area of the country.
In addition, there is a supernatural reconnaissance team that has been operating around the world for a long time under the guise of a scientific and educational TV program crew, providing us with intelligence and clues. People in our circle nicknamed this film crew the ‘Burial Agency’…”
Professor Guo, holding a tea cup in hand, introduced Wang Qiu and Ma Tong, "...Oh, by the way, you should have seen the series of science and education programs they filmed on CCTV, the one called "Into Science" 》……”
——Marx is on! There are so many complaints!
Wang Qiu couldn't help but rolled his eyes, feeling that he wanted to make a cup of Sanlu for the party to drink.
But we have to admit that this deceptive practice of authorizing agents still has some legal basis.
As we all know, China's "urban management and law enforcement" can take over almost all public power. So, how did this powerful institution come into being?
So far, urban management in various places are generally established under the authorization of local governments, acting as agents for some of the powers (mainly penalties) of the industrial and commercial, public security, health and other departments. However, there is no urban management headquarters at the central level. In essence, the emergence of urban management is to centralize and subcontract the administrative punishment power that was previously exercised by various local departments to a violent organization.
In other words, this is the result of various departments transferring administrative penalty powers to urban management because they found it troublesome.
——But the problem is that although it is very easy to hand over something like power, it is very difficult to take it back.
In this case, the major departments with special powers can naturally follow suit and subcontract their various violent businesses to the corresponding urban management agencies through authorized agents - since it is a secret front work, even to the outside world Public announcements can be dispensed with.
It is indeed the pinnacle of bureaucracy developed to its extreme!
——"Cihai" explains "bureaucracy" like this: "The bad style of state workers who are divorced from reality and the masses and only know how to give orders. It is manifested in not understanding the actual situation, not caring about the suffering of the masses, acting arbitrarily, and suppressing democracy. To the point of being domineering, claiming dominance, etc.; it also includes numerous departments, bloated institutions, multiple levels, overstaffing, too many empty duties, and low work efficiency.”
Just as the bureaucratic Japanese imperial ministers were seized by samurai warriors and the bureaucratic Soviet Union was overthrown by the "new thinking" of the map leader, the bureaucratic dragon group has also been overthrown by the Qin Dynasty. The diligent urban management team members were left alone.
Well, as expected, our urban management still has the power!
However, Wang Qiu is still quite puzzled by one of the questions:
"... Even if we want to engage in authorized subcontracting, why do we need to use the most deceptive labor dispatch contract for employed superpowers? Those regular urban management are also staffed by public institutions? Is it possible that the government is so stingy that it can even do this? Are you reluctant to part with any salary or benefits? ”
oh! I see! Our Chinese bureaucracy has always been like this - if something happens, temporary workers are asked to do it, and if there is a problem, the temporary workers bear the responsibility. Leading cadres only need to make a deep self-examination, and then fire the temporary workers with dignity. You can explain everything above and below. Afterwards, you can quietly recruit the original team back, which means nothing will happen... Could it be that the same is true for you? ”
"...Ahem, Comrade Xiao Wang, don't imagine the country and the government too darkly! You should look more at the bright side and feel the positive energy of society, do you understand? The reason why there are so many things in the organization Temporary workers actually have many difficulties.”
Professor Guo scolded him with a straight face at first, but then sighed again, "...Hey...how should I put it? At the beginning, the treatment of the organization members was not so miserable. But as time goes by, , there are more and more superpowers and time travelers popping up all over the country, but the funds allocated by the national finance have not increased, and the unit establishment has not expanded much, so the level of treatment has naturally gradually dropped..."< br>
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Subcontracting almost the entire supernatural force front to the urban management only temporarily solved an organizational problem that they had created themselves. But with the passage of time, especially after entering the 21st century, China's special ability department began to encounter new challenges.
——After entering the 21st century, the rapid popularization of computer networks has not only brought an unprecedented information explosion to mankind, but also brought the global supernatural world into a new era of "fantasy explosion"!
As mentioned before, the sources of so-called superpowers, magic, gods, and devils actually come from the fantasies in human thinking. If human thought is lifeless, like a machine, then naturally there will be no room for all these unscientific things to sprout. And if human imagination becomes richer, more and more strange powers and gods of all kinds will appear.
However, with the rapid popularization of computer networks and the explosion of online literature in a short period of time, people's spiritual life and imagination have been greatly enriched, leading to various types of fantasy, fantasy, and science fiction in society. The epidemic spread. Although the piety was seriously insufficient, the activity and imagination far exceeded the feudal superstitions of the past... As a result, all kinds of supernatural events further spread, and different types of superpowers appeared frequently. , causing the relevant functional departments to be overwhelmed and exhausted for a while. As a result, the team of time-travelers has rapidly expanded, and the state agencies have been unable to come up with enough funds and staff to accommodate them, so they can only barely control them in the form of temporary workers.
On the other hand, perhaps because modern people have active minds and lack the devout religious beliefs of the ancients, supernatural powers these days always appear and disappear irregularly. Among these modern superpowers, no one knows when their supernatural power will awaken, how long it will last, when it will disappear, and when it will reappear.
In the past, the relevant departments of the country spent countless money and time on the most rigorous all-round training for carefully selected superpowers. Not only did the trainees shed blood and sweat, but the training also cost a lot of money. However, when the trainee finally completed all the training and could officially carry out the exploration mission, at this juncture, his superpower suddenly disappeared! As a result, all the previous investment by the country was in vain... After such a heavy lesson, in addition to cultivating political commissars who can "break all kinds of tricks", the relevant departments on the supernatural power front simply gave up on the training profession The plan for superpowers was changed to compulsory hiring of superpowers As temporary workers, only a very small number of outstanding people will be formally established to ensure the mobility of personnel and prevent unnecessary waste of funds - anyway, there will always be people with special abilities, and they will always be there. They are no match for the political commissar, as long as they are included or controlled when the time comes.
In addition, there is a new problem that is even more unexpected by the relevant departments, which is the large-scale appearance of so-called "travelers".
——As I said before, in this material world, imaginary products such as gods and ghosts, for mortals, they exist if they believe in them, and if they don’t believe in them, they don’t exist. In the same way, for ordinary people, things like "time travel" are something that you can believe in, but you can't believe in if you don't. If many people believe in the existence of "time travel", then "time travel" will really happen!
However, since entering the 21st century, time-travel novels have become a popular thing for the general public. Almost all otakus and otakus who are accustomed to looking for spiritual food on the Internet know this kind of thing. In the north and south of the Yangtze River, and inside and outside the Great Wall, there are countless people who are not very happy in real life. They daydream about time travel all day long, imagining that one day they can travel through endless time and space to find a land more suitable for them to display their talents. A new world, create a glorious life of your own!
Therefore, with the accumulation of such a huge fantasy power of hundreds of millions of people over the years, some people really began to travel through time!
Well, okay, if it's just someone embarking on the road of no return through another world, then it won't be a big deal to the real world. Anyway, China is so big, there are hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of missing people every year. It wouldn't even matter if the soul traveled through time after death - you are not a living Buddha who needs approval from the government above the municipal level to be reincarnated! Who cares whether you are reincarnated on earth or in another world after your death?
But the problem is that quite a few time-travelers just wandered around in another world and then came back inexplicably. Some of them became magicians, some became vampires, some became murderers, some became gladiators... These are obviously unstable factors that endanger social security.
Fortunately, when the vast majority of time-travelers end their adventures in other worlds for various reasons and return to the modern earth, all their special abilities and bloodlines will automatically disappear, and they will regain their fighting qualities as ordinary people. , basically only retaining the memories in their minds... This prevented the earth from turning into an unscientific fantasy world where demons danced and gods and ghosts roamed.
"...Comrade Xiao Wang, Comrade Xiao Ma, although your experiences are bizarre, don't take yourself too special."
In the gradually dimming twilight, Professor Guo said calmly, "...There are no less than twenty time-travelers I have seen in the past few years. Some of them have become magical girls, and some have become... Those who were werewolves, and those who became kings in the ancient world... Although people like you, um, should Including myself, in short, I came out of the infinite flow space. It seems to be the first batch in China, but it is not worth making a fuss about. Well, the pocket that connects to the world of Doraemon was brought from Wang Qiu’s house. I just want to see Doraemon again!”
"...Bring it, bring it!" Ma Tong said quickly, and at the same time he took out an ordinary-looking bag from his handbag. After pulling it hard, it turned into a bag with a diameter of about fifty centimeters. The circular space door is constantly flashing with colorful halos.
"...As long as you get in here, you can get out of Doraemon's pocket over there? This is really interesting!"
Professor Guo touched his chin and pondered the space door. While muttering in a low voice, he picked up the dorayaki as a gift and stepped in... The next moment, his body disappeared at an abnormal speed. into the bag, accompanied by a heart-rending scream!
Well? What the hell is going on?
Wang Qiu and Ma Tong exchanged confused looks. In the end, Wang Qiu took a step forward and stuck his head in to see what was going on... Then Doraemon over there reached out and grabbed his hair. It was pulled out of the fourth-dimensional pocket and hung in mid-air.
——At this time, Mr. Doraemon is flying over the city of Tokyo, using the [Bamboo Dragonfly] to fly back to Nobi's house as usual... "...Wang Qiujun, what happened just now? Why did someone suddenly appear? from my pocket Falling out?" Doraemon held Wang Qiu in one hand and pointed to a large human-shaped hole on the roof somewhere below, and asked depressedly, "...Look, the roof of Grandpa Matsui's house was smashed. ! ”