What does Florent learn about the bureaucracy of the market when he takes the fish inspector job/

As a result of his new employment, Florent is also given a glimpse of the massive but intricate bureaucracy which controls the everyday workings of the markets. The bureaucrats are the upper-class in terms of the Les Halles hierarchy. The inner offices are where currency is monitored and accounted. It is also in this section of the fish market that auctions are conducted. According to Monsieur Verlaque, the man whom Florent has been hired to replace for a time, the administrative responsibility at Les Halles is shared by two separate kinds of police.