Accounting for one-quarter of the Federal Government's expenditure.
This is only the budget; if all the resources consumed are converted, the total amount will exceed 2.6 trillion US dollars.
Sometimes Zhou Qingfeng feels dazed, wondering how he made it step by step to become one of the controllers of a "behemoth" department.
With just a flick of his fingers and the signing of a few documents, he can extract jaw-dropping wealth from that never-ending flow of funds.
This power that nearly controls the lifeline of the country makes him feel thrilled, with a subtle, almost proud satisfaction.
When the report marked "resource shortage" was handed to Fauci, he was like a seasoned hunter, already predicting the prey's next move.
Faced with such a massive shortfall and urgent need, the old bureaucrat had virtually no choice but to choose the path of "procurement," seemingly the most direct but actually the easiest to manipulate.
