Rebirth of the Rising Sun

The part of Che Zaichao's shirt that was soaked by tea was easily stained with dust, and Kelan's hands were so dirty. When he touched it, a large black spot suddenly appeared on the shiny white shirt, making it look completely ruined.

"Okay, okay, I can do it myself." Looking at the stain on his shirt, Che Zaichao said while suppressing his anger. After saying these words, he turned around and said in a self-joking manner, "It seems that I can't visit the city hall today. I have to go back and change my clothes first."

"Secretary Che, please go ahead." Feng Sizhe had a smile on his face and made a gesture of invitation.

Che Zaichao nodded, and then, accompanied by his secretary and others, he quickly walked out of the city government compound, got into the car and left. Looking at their departing convoy, Feng Sizhe breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that with Che Zaichao's meticulous observation, he would definitely find some problems when he came to the city government, and he might be embarrassed at that time. Fortunately, this time he had these two funny guys to help.

Thinking of the two funny guys, Feng Sizhe turned his head and looked at Long Xin and Ke Lan, "Whose idea was this?"

"Ah......" After hearing Feng Sizhe's question, the two didn't know how to answer.

"I mean, whose idea was this? I want to praise him. Is that okay?" Feng Sizhe laughed. Although this idea was not very good, it did kill Che Zaichao's prestige. As long as these two funny guys were around, he would not come to the city hall building casually in the future.

After Che Zaichao returned to the Standing Committee Building where he lived, he felt much less angry. Although he hit a wall today, he also came to a conclusion that even if he entered the city government building, he could not do anything to Feng Sizhe. It seemed unreasonable to cause trouble for a mayor by affecting the appearance of the city government. After thinking about it, he realized that dealing with Feng Sizhe could not be done with such a simple method. Multiple attacks were still needed, and these multiple attacks required the combined forces of all parties to attack and cause trouble for Feng Sizhe.

After changing into clean clothes, Che Zaichao sat on his desk and looked through the list of all the main party and government cadres in Lianhua City. He did not consider the cadres who had a very good relationship with Feng Sizhe for the time being. It was difficult to convince such people. If he started working with these people, it would be too troublesome. After a long time, if he still could not touch Feng Sizhe, and the matter was reported to Mr. Zhu, he would inevitably think that his ability was limited. So after thinking about it, he decided to start with those who did not get along with Feng Sizhe. Uniting these people first would also be a great strength.

On this list, Che Zaichao first selected the following people: Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Ruan Guiben, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission Chen Zhenghai, Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission Huang Lin, Minister of Propaganda Song Jian, and Minister of United Front Work Ding Yi. These people were the first group of people he wanted to talk to. If he could successfully bring them all to his side, he would have successfully controlled the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, and the situation would be completely favorable to him.

Among these people, the first person he wanted to talk to was Ruan Guiben, the first person on the list.

Ruan Guiben had a conflict with Feng Sizhe before, and it was Feng Sizhe who took away his position as mayor. And as far as he knew, when Xia Xiang was the secretary and Feng Sizhe was the mayor, Ruan Guiben had always kept a low profile at work, probably because he was oppressed. Now that Xia Xiang is gone, it should be time for Ruan Guiben to turn things around. If he is willing to extend an olive branch, he should have a good chance of success.

So, Che Zaichao called Ruan Guiben personally and asked him to have dinner with him in the evening. He also made an excuse that he knew he was a local of Lianhua City and he wanted to learn more about the various aspects of Lianhua City from him.

The call was made to Ruan Guiben's office, but it was not him who answered the call, but his secretary. The secretary said that Secretary Ruan had gone to his father's place and would definitely pass on the message when the leader returned.

In fact, Ruan Guiben was really with his father. He came to ask his father for advice. He saw the scene during the day, and he felt that there would be a fierce battle with Feng Sizhe after Che Zaichao arrived. As the deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee in charge of personnel, he really didn't know what his next position would be and which side he should stand on, so he asked his father for advice.

Mr. Ruan Yixin sat on a large chair, listening to his son talking about what he had seen and heard that day.

Although Ruan Guiben could not describe everything that happened at the scene, he could indeed imagine in his mind what the scene was like. It must have been very lively there, and everyone had their own plans, ideas and thoughts.

"Father, what do you think I should do next? My secretary just called me and told me that the new municipal party secretary Che Zaichao wants to invite me to dinner. What do you think I should do?" Ruan Guiben's indulgence of the Bei family and the incident made him understand many truths. What he understood more clearly was that his father's political wisdom was much higher than his own. At this time, he really came with an attitude of humbly learning.

"Well, now is not the time for you to express your opinion, Guiben. Let me ask you a question. Do you know what the situation in Lotus City will become like so that you will appear more important?" Old Ruan silently calculated in his mind and asked this question.

"This..." Ruan Guiben shook his head. He had not thought deeply about this issue.

"Haha, then let me tell you the answer. When the two forces are balanced, you will become more important at this moment, because whoever you choose to side with will be the one on whose side the scales of victory will also lean. Do you understand?" Old Ruan was using his years of political experience to teach his son, telling him what to do to show his importance.

Listening to his father's teachings, Ruan Guiben nodded. That's right, the reason why he was not important in the municipal party committee a while ago was because Xia Xiang and Feng Sizhe came together. The strong combination of these two people had no rivals in the entire municipal party committee and government. In that case, his position naturally became dispensable, but now Xia Xiang left, and Che Zaichao came in, the situation will be completely different, and his important position will be highlighted.

"Yes, father, I understand what to do. What you mean is that I can refuse the meal with Che Zaichao first." Ruan Guiben said as if he had figured it out.

"No, you have to eat, and you have to go, and you have to be enthusiastic, but remember that you must not express your opinion. The other party's conditions at this time will definitely not be high, so it is not the right time." Old Ruan nodded and taught his son what to do. Now you can't offend Che Zaichao, otherwise you won't have many choices in the future. What you have to do is to show goodwill to both sides, and then choose who to ally with at the most appropriate time.

"Oh, I see, I see. Father is really awesome." Ruan Guiben finally understood his father's thoughts. Thinking that everything he said was right, he nodded repeatedly.

Next, Che Zaichao sat with Ruan Guiben as he wished, and they seemed to be chatting happily, but in fact, Che Zaichao knew very well that this meal was meaningless. Ruan Guiben was as slippery as a loach. Once he talked about work, he would always interrupt him and tell him which dishes were delicious and where the dishes came from. In short, it was okay to deepen the relationship, but it was absolutely not okay when it came to business.

The dinner ended without any conclusion. Che Zaichao returned home in disappointment. After returning to the resting place, he immediately worked on a plan to communicate with other people. On the other hand, Feng Sizhe was indeed stepping up some year-end work, such as statistical work after the agricultural harvest, and the year-end summary report that the municipal government had to submit to the Municipal People's Congress, etc. In short, one was busy with work, and the other was busy with personnel matters, which formed an open contrast.

After the conversation with Ruan Guiben failed, Che Zaichao went to talk to some other leaders who were not close to Feng's faction, and quickly won over a group of people.

The person who finally sided with Ruan Guiben was Huang Lin, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and secretary of the Municipal Political and Legal Affairs Commission.

Huang Lin himself was able to concurrently serve as the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, in fact, he should thank Feng Sizhe. If he had not put in a lot of effort to take action against the Bei family, there would not be Huang Lin in charge of everything in the Political and Legal Affairs Commission now. But people are fickle, especially Huang Lin. Although he has the intention to side with Feng Sizhe in his heart, Secretary Liu Yuesong of the Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission frequently puts pressure on him and prevents him from walking with Feng Sizhe. Huang Lin, who was originally very confused, finally waited for the arrival of Che Zaichao, and as for Che Zaichao, Huang Lin knew that this should be the person he wants to join.

Che Zaichao was a capable general whom Liu Yuesong admired very much. Since both of them were from Zhu's faction, Huang Lin would naturally vote for Secretary Che in order to consolidate his position. For this reason, when the two of them came together to chat, Huang Lin was the first to vote.

Then the next day, the person that Che Zaichao tried to win over was the city's Propaganda Minister Song Jian.

Song Jian was not used to political struggles. He liked to write articles and practice his beautiful calligraphy. Relying on the fact that he was the city's propaganda minister, he had published some articles in provincial newspapers, but he had never seen any of his articles in central newspapers, which made him very distressed.

However, after Che Zaichao learned all this, he immediately took advantage of the fact that he had met some editors-in-chief of major newspapers when he worked in the News Department of the Ministry of Public Security, and submitted Song Jian's article to them. With the promise of benefits, this not-so-well-written article was published in the central newspaper. With these newspapers, Che Zaichao successfully won over Song Jian. His promise was that as long as he stood on his side, more of Song Jian's articles would be published in the central newspaper in the future. This was very attractive to Song Jian, who loved literature very much, so he became Che's apprentice.

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