Chapter 3416
Although Zhang Qianzhi has hope in contacting Xiang Chunfu, with the speed of information transmission in this era, sending a letter from Sanya to Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, and then getting a reply from there and sending it back to Sanya is very time-consuming. Yue is not surprised, so this matter cannot be rushed, and can only wait patiently for the news.
As for the two businessmen in Yunnan and Guizhou, they are far away from Sanya, and it takes longer to contact them. It is estimated that there will not be any major progress in the short term.
Although this is a task entrusted by He Xi personally, Zhang Qianzhi currently does not intend to invest too much energy and resources in the Wujian Plan because it is unlikely to achieve any immediate results.
The Infinite Plan may have a far-reaching impact, but the execution cycle is too long, so we can only put this end aside and prioritize the more urgent tasks at hand, such as solving the serious shortage of manpower in the Security Department first.
With the implementation of the capital relocation plan, many administrative offices are moving from Sanya to Hangzhou, and many foreign diplomatic missions stationed in Sanya are also moving away.
It stands to reason that the reduction of foreign agencies would make the daily work of the Ministry of Security easier, but in reality this is not the case.
Because at the same time, the agencies and manpower of the Ministry of Security are also migrating north, and the manpower remaining in the south is only about half of the past. However, Haihan's control area around the South China Sea is still increasing year by year, which leads to frequent incidents. Manpower is stretched thin.
To solve this problem, rapidly recruiting new people is naturally a relatively simple solution, but there are still many difficulties in implementation.
Although the Ministry of Security is directly subordinate to the Executive Committee, it is a secret service agency after all. The Executive Committee is extremely sensitive to changes in its scale and authority, and will not easily approve the Ministry of Security's large-scale personnel expansion.
In addition, the Ministry of Security’s recruitment is very different from recruitment activities such as military recruitment and labor recruitment. The requirements for applicants are extremely demanding. Not only do they have higher requirements for basic conditions such as good health and a clean family background, but they also have to meet Haihan’s requirements. There is some understanding of official institutions and diplomatic relations.
According to the conditions and standards required by the Ministry of Security, it is almost impossible for ordinary civilians to be directly selected through recruitment activities.
In fact, most of the recruits for the Ministry of Security come from the military and police departments, while the rest come from other government agencies, and there are also a small number of outstanding students specially recruited directly from various government colleges.
However, such recruitment requirements also face competition from special departments such as special operations forces, internal security forces, the General Staff Headquarters, the Military Intelligence Bureau, and private bodyguards of high-ranking officials.
The recruitment requirements of these departments are similar to those of the Security Department, and the treatment is similar. They all want to select the elite for their own use. However, the Security Department has a huge disadvantage. Due to the special nature of its work, most members must remain anonymous after joining the Security Department and cannot easily reveal their identities to the outside world.
While on the job, they can only remain unknown, and even if they perform meritorious services, there will be no publicity. This is indeed a huge obstacle for those young people who are determined to become famous and make a career.
Many qualified candidates inevitably retreated after hearing such a requirement. There are even some people who can't bear the loneliness. After working for a period of time, they find ways to transfer from the security department to other departments.
The problems caused by this shortage of manpower have gradually affected the daily operations of the Security Department.
Sure enough, not long after he gave instructions on the deployment of the Wujian Plan, someone came to explain the situation, saying that the one-month time limit given by Zhang Qianzhi was far from enough to complete the task, because Sanya did not even have a sea-going ship for its own use. there is none left. At the moment, I want to send Zhang Qianzhi's several confidential letters as soon as possible. Either take a civilian ship, or apply for a navy ship.
Zhang Qianzhi sighed: "Then where are our own ships? I remember that there are more than ten ships of various sizes in Sanya alone, right?"
"Sir, when Master Gong went north to Hangzhou, he took eight ships with him. Master Wang Baisuo Wang transferred two more ships to perform tasks in Danzhou and Leizhou. One ship went to Xingdao last month for business and has not returned, and there are The two ships are in Guangzhou and Hong Kong respectively. ”
"Originally, we had reserved a boat as a spare, but we discovered that the bilge of the boat was leaking two days ago, so we sent it to the shipyard for repairs. It will take half a month at the earliest before it can be docked."
Zhang Qianzhi said: "Then quickly rent a few civilian boats to top it up first!"
The subordinate responded: "Sir, even if we rent a civilian ship, there are no people in the field team. We can only transfer people from the internal team for low-level jobs. Those letters will probably have to be sent out in batches..."
Zhang Qianzhi shook his head repeatedly after hearing this, and was very dissatisfied with the current situation. But this situation cannot be changed by his own efforts. At the moment, he can only let his subordinates arrange manpower as appropriate to carry out the task of delivering the message as soon as possible.
In any case, this situation cannot continue any longer, and Zhang Qianzhi feels that he must take some measures to improve the situation of the Ministry of Security.
He didn't want to disturb He Xi who was on vacation for such a thing, so he went straight to find Bai Kesi, the only member of the executive committee who stayed in Sanya.
After listening to Zhang Qianzhi's account, Bai Kesi asked him what specific requirements he had.
Zhang Qianzhi said: "In short, the existing manpower and equipment of the Security Department can no longer maintain normal operations. So I hope that the Executive Committee can provide more funds to the Security Department as soon as possible and allow the Security Department to recruit more manpower. , update the equipment, especially buy a few more boats, otherwise we will have to temporarily rent civilian ships to carry out the mission.”
Bai Kesi said: "Everything else is easy to discuss, but the Ministry of Safety wants to buy a new ship, which may not be possible in the short term."
Zhang Qianzhi said in astonishment: "Sir, most of the ships in the Security Department are old ships that have been in service for more than ten years. Now the number is not enough. Getting a few new ships is not an excessive request, right?"
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Bai Kesi said: "You misunderstood me. It's not that I won't let you buy a boat, but the shipyard's orders have exploded recently, and I'm afraid they won't be able to accept orders from the Safety Department."
Zhang Qianzhi has been busy with other matters recently, so he has not paid much attention to the situation of the shipbuilding industry. Recalling that his subordinates said before that the ships sent for maintenance and leak repair would have to wait for more than half a month before entering the dock, it seemed that he had missed some important information.
Seeing his expression, Bai Kesi roughly guessed what Zhang Qianzhi was thinking, so he asked him to go back and ask his old man if he could arrange to jump in line. It would not be too late to apply for funds then.
Zhang Tiangui is now old. Although he still carries the title of senior consultant, he will no longer be at the shipyard every day. When Zhang Qianzhi returned home, he asked him about the reason why the shipyard was so full of orders recently.