Enforcer Manual
Chapter 307: National Support Rate_1

Chapter 307: Chapter 307: National Support Rate_1

Since the rescue of the Man Sheng Biopharmaceutical research team, the work of the Law Enforcers department had obviously become much busier. It made Lu Xiang suspect that these large corporations, which usually wanted nothing to do with them, had taken the wrong medication and started asking for their help with every little incident encountered "outside".

Even Ophir from the Gold Diggers’ Bar would occasionally call to inquire if she was interested in some high-risk assignments.

She felt it was necessary to emphasize that they were the Law Enforcers department, not the Mercenary Guild.

Lu Xiang didn’t know who started it, but recently, a saying had spread among the branch offices in District 17:

"If you run into trouble, go find the Law Enforcers. They can solve all the troubles you encounter here."

As it turned out, the Law Enforcers didn’t just solve troubles; sometimes, they also took care of the people who brought the troubles.

Those who fell into their own traps, the corporate executives who approached them with illegal deals, all satisfactorily received the tourism package of the remote suburban prison—with the longest vacation time reaching up to forty years.

Yet companies kept coming, one after another.

Because they gradually figured out the correct way to work with the Law Enforcers department—as long as the requests did not violate laws and disciplines, they basically received swift and proper resolutions. This was much more efficient than during the Foster Family’s time, and the Law Enforcers department didn’t take the opportunity to extort them.

"How come someone’s car gets stolen and transported out of the city, and they come to us?"

These days, Lu Xiang was exhausted and couldn’t help but complain to Song Lan.

In fact, most of the corporate staff brought up minor issues. Overnight, she felt like she had gone from being a leader of the Bug Swarm to a kindergarten teacher—to these seemingly respectable "corporate people," any little nonsensical issue was dumped on her.

Now, just hearing the words "You are the famous Director Lu, aren’t you?" gave her a headache.

"And this car has been missing for half a month, what were they doing earlier?"

"Leave this kind of thing to the Horn Bug investigation team."

Seeing Lu Xiang’s eyebrows knit tightly together, Song Lan decided to share some good news, "I just checked online, and your national support rating is now at 61%, which is higher than many three-star rescuers."

Recently he had carefully studied the performance assessment system of the rescuers.

Every rescuer is essentially a public figure, and the national support rating is the unified standard for measuring their performance.

For rescuers below three stars, a low national support rating might lead to demotion. Although the system often becomes a hotbed for vote-rigging, it is undeniable that it greatly standardized the daily behavior of rescuers.

To win national support, even if it was just for show, they had to present a positive and sunny side to the public.

Su Li was the best example of this.

Even if the desire for destruction filled his heart due to long-term medication use, he still had to act like a model citizen in front of the media and the public.

The silver lining was that after joining the Bug Swarm, Comrade Su Li had cured the side effects of his medication and could embrace life with a positive and optimistic attitude.

"I saw online that a one-star rescuer with a national support rating of over 12% might have a chance to be promoted to two stars. Not sure if that’s true."

"Now that you mention it, I remember," said Lu Xiang. "Recently, quite a few agencies from the core regions have sought me out, asking me to join their company. Among them was Kolo Film and Television Media. They said my image is very suitable for an acting career."

"They tried to find me, too."

Following the success of the movie themed "Enthusiastic Citizen," the production team started actively working on the second installment. The company was very satisfied with Chai Ke’s image and hoped to continue working with the actor who played Chai Ke, even signing a long-term cooperation agreement with him.

Although the puppet master Chai Ke was presumed dead at the end of the first installment, the scriptwriters had a thousand reasons to bring him back to life.

"These big corporations have no good intentions. It’s a good thing that Su Li was there watching them, or I would have fallen into their trap."

Song Lan shuddered at the thought.

"How did you refuse them?"

"I had Su Li tell them that after playing Chai Ke, I couldn’t step out from the shadow of the character, and on a dark and windy night, I leapt from a tall building."

Because of this, the crew at Kolo Film and Television Media painfully published an obituary to mourn this beloved and exceptional actor revered by the audience.

And now, they had to hastily change the script they had prepared, titled "Chai Ke’s Revenge," to find a new villain to cast.

"You really have your ways."

Lu Xiang had not expected Song Lan to come up with such a story to retreat from public life. "Now I get calls from over three talent agencies every day. These people cling like plaster; they simply can’t be shaken off."

"That’s to be expected. Now the people supporting you span every class; even a blind person can see your potential."

For talent agencies, their ’rescuer’ was their reputation.

People’s affection for ’rescuers’ often transferred onto the agencies. To ensure the sustainable development of ’rescuers,’ the agencies would provide a promising ’rescuer’ with a professional team to help them advance further.

In 2166, ’rescuers’ were no different from stars.

"Lately when I come home from work, I even find quite a few gifts from supporters in the hallway, addressed to you."

"Forget it; I don’t want to deal with them."

Lu Xiang was resolutely against it. While still at school, she had heard quite a bit about the inside workings of talent agencies, and when she filled out the application form to become a ’rescuer’, she decided not to deal with any companies.

"You can block their numbers."

"If I block them, they just call from another number."

She was considering changing her phone number; she really had no idea how these companies got hold of her number in the first place.

"Don’t think too much about it; I think it’s a good thing."

Song Lan thought that Lu Xiang was exactly what a true ’rescuer’ should be like. It was only right for such a person to gain the respect of the citizens.

"The upside, the recent increase in young people wanting to become Law Enforcers has helped with the financial issues quite a bit."

After the Man Sheng Biopharmaceutical investment, they had more funds to put into the experimental facilities at the junkyard, "The first battle yielded a wealth of valuable data."

In this respect, Lu Xiang had to admire Medea and the genuine researchers.

Despite the battle being a one-sided affair, they managed to pinpoint the current deficiencies of the Bug Swarm from the details.

Aleye’s troops had collapsed before the Bug Swarm; they even took down the town without deploying the Flying Dragon troops.

"By the way, is there any news from the Esinvig Army?"

Song Lan asked.

Aleye was always boasting about his deep ties with the Esinvig Army.

"Nothing new."

Lu Xiang said, "Dr. Bai Zhu has been keeping an eye on their situation. However, the ’outside world’ generally believes the Barrosa Group is behind it. It seems like Esinvig has no intention of confronting Barrosa Group for an explanation; they appear oblivious to the person."

"Then I’m relieved."

"No, that’s too easy on you. You were the one who suggested I get the Silver Star Medal and you also egged on the surprise attack on Aleye."

She gave Song Lan a sidelong glance, "Since you’re so knowledgeable about ’rescuer’ matters, you can be my agent."

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