Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Feng Sizhe stood up resolutely. "Please rest assured, Secretary Fang, and the provincial party committee leaders. I, Feng Sizhe, will work hard. For the stability and unity of Lianhua City, and for the economic development here, I will do my best to complete the tasks assigned to me by the higher authorities."

"Very good, very good. I am very confident in your ability to do things. How is it? Are there any problems?" Fang Ming smiled and patted Feng Sizhe's shoulder, asked him to sit down, and then asked with concern.

"There won't be any problem. I've been working in Lianhua City for several years. I'm familiar with the comrades here and I'm good at my job. There shouldn't be any problem." For Feng Sizhe, who knew Lianhua City very well, there wouldn't be any problem with him temporarily taking over the position of secretary.

"Okay, that's good, that's good. After the provincial party committee meeting and before I came to Lianhua City, Governor Du came to me and said that the economy of Lianhua City has just turned around. He asked me to tell you that economic issues cannot be taken lightly, and no matter what problems arise, the economic goals must be achieved. Governor Du also said that he believes in you. So, there should be no problem with this, right?" Fang Ming thought about Du Shengzheng's instructions when he came here, and asked with a smile.

"No problem. Economic work is part of my job. There won't be any problem." Feng Sizhe nodded and replied.

"Good, very good. Comrade Feng Sizhe is a cadre with strong working ability and organizational principles. He is very good." Seeing that Feng Sizhe did not mention any difficulties and instead took on all the difficult problems, Fang Ming nodded with satisfaction. If all the party cadres had such ability and awareness, then there would be no need to worry about the difficulty of their work.

After talking with Fang Ming, Feng Sizhe told his secretary Chen Guangming that he would convene a municipal party committee standing committee meeting immediately to announce the latest opinions of the provincial party committee. For a city as big as Lianhua, if he relied on his own efforts alone, he would not be able to accomplish anything. However, if he could make good use of everyone's enthusiasm and work together, he could accomplish many great and good things.

After Che Zaichao was investigated, the Lianhua Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee chaired by Feng Sizhe was held. There were only ten people attending this meeting, and the absentees were Che Zaichao, the municipal party committee secretary, Xu Yongcheng, the executive vice mayor, and Sun Hui, the municipal party committee secretary. Since Sun Hui was absent, the meeting was arranged and coordinated by Chen Ping, the municipal government secretary, and recorded by Chen Guangming, Feng Sizhe's secretary.

After everything was arranged and everyone was seated, Feng Sizhe repeated what he had just heard from Secretary Fang Ming. "Comrades, we still have to thank the provincial party committee for its trust and support. After Comrade Che Zaichao and others had different problems, the provincial party committee did not distrust us all, but still placed the heavy burden of Lianhua City on us. We should feel pressure, but at the same time, we should find a way to transform this pressure into motivation and make it a better clarion call for change and progress for Lianhua City."

"Yes, what Mayor Feng said is true. As a native of Padmasambhava who has always worked here, I fully support the decision of the Provincial Party Committee. I would also like to make my position clear here. Before the Provincial Party Committee officially issues a document, I, Ruan Guiben, will completely obey the Padmasambhava Municipal Party Committee with Comrade Feng Sizhe as the core." After Feng Sizhe finished speaking, Ruan Guiben expressed his position, and he directly mentioned Feng Sizhe as the core.

In this way, Lotus City has transformed from the Che Zaichao era to the current Feng Sizhe era.

Everyone present knew that something big had happened and Che Zaichao would never come back to Lianhua City. In the future, Lianhua City would most likely belong to Feng Sizhe. For this reason, everyone present, whether willing or not, put their hands towards Feng Sizhe, showing a look that expressed both congratulations and obedience.

The convening of this meeting represents an epoch-making change for Lotus City. The capable and competent Feng Sizhe has finally come to power and has become a weather vane for historical changes in Lotus City.

After the meeting, Feng Sizhe only kept Ruan Guiben and did not let him go. Ruan Guiben was a little undecided about Feng Sizhe's behavior. At this time, Feng Sizhe had to answer a phone call, so he asked him to wait. During this time, Ruan Guiben thought a lot.

The first thing that came to his mind was not that Che Zaichao was no longer around, but that he was the only one in Lotus City who could compete with Feng Sizhe. Would this young man want to attack him next? If so, what should he do? He knew clearly that he could never defeat Feng Sizhe.

Ruan Guiben was extremely nervous and even recalled Cao Zhi's seven-step poem. He was really frightened.

Feng Sizhe, who came over after answering the phone, did not notice the change in Ruan Guiben's expression, but asked loudly from the seat opposite him, "Comrade Guiben, given the current situation in Lianhua City, do you have any ideas?"

"No, I don't have any ideas. I just want to cooperate with Mayor Feng, oh no, it's Secretary Feng's job." Ruan Guiben answered in panic. How could he have any other ideas at this moment? He just didn't want to be the next car to catch up.

"Hmm? Why are you calling me Secretary Feng? I'm telling you, Comrade Guiben, I'm only acting as the secretary now. I'm still the mayor of Lianhua City. Don't call me that anymore." Seeing that Ruan Guiben had changed his address in advance, Feng Sizhe quickly corrected him. In fact, he knew very well that he was determined to get the position of secretary, but before the organization gave the order, he still needed to keep a low profile, otherwise, if something went wrong, wouldn't he be embarrassed?

"Oh, yes." Seeing Feng Sizhe correcting the question so seriously, Ruan Guiben quickly responded.

"Well, that's right. I'm still the mayor, and my main job now is the city's economic issues. Of course, given the current poverty and backwardness of Lianhua City, I still consider focusing on the agricultural economy, so my workload will still be very heavy. If there is any situation at the municipal party committee, I may not handle it in time. After thinking about it, I will not go to the municipal party committee's office for now. I will leave everything to you, comrade Guiben, to handle it. This way I will be relieved." Feng Sizhe thought about it for a long time and decided not to go to the municipal party committee for now. This can be regarded as leaving himself a way out. As the saying goes, it is easy to go up the mountain but difficult to go down the mountain. It was easy for him to enter the office of the municipal party secretary, but if he did not become the new secretary of the Lianhua Municipal Party Committee, it would be very embarrassing to move out one day.

"Ah?" Ruan Guiben had never thought that Feng Sizhe had called him here to discuss such a matter. He had thought that since he was going to become the municipal party secretary, he would definitely suppress his power as the deputy secretary. However, he did not expect that not only did he not suppress it, but he gave him more freedom. "But going to the municipal party committee office is a requirement of the provincial party committee. If you don't go, is that okay?"

"What's wrong with that? I will explain this issue to the provincial party committee, and I believe the provincial party committee will agree. Hey, isn't it just a question of office space? As long as you have Lianhua City in your mind, it makes a difference where you work, right?" Feng Sizhe didn't really care about the issue of where to work. As far as his current situation was concerned, he would feel more comfortable working in the municipal government. After all, he was very familiar with the cadres here.

Seeing that Feng Sizhe insisted, Ruan Guiben nodded, "Okay then, but the Municipal Party Committee has important documents to sign, so I still want Mayor Feng to put his name on it."

"That's easy. We still need to communicate more at work." Feng Sizhe nodded. He knew that Ruan Guiben did this due to work and organizational procedures. It was a very normal phenomenon.

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Feng Sizhe did not move into the Municipal Party Committee, but still worked in the Municipal Government. This made many people speculate the reason. Until finally hearing that all this was requested by Mayor Feng himself to the Provincial Party Committee, and obtained the consent of the Provincial Party Committee, many people praised Feng Sizhe for his noble character. After all, who would stay in the mayor's office when he can work in the office of the municipal party committee secretary?

Hearing the news, Li Haiwen, member of the Standing Committee of the Lianhua Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Huabei District Party Committee, looked even more depressed. He felt that he was so insignificant compared to Feng Sizhe. At least if it was him, he would have moved there as soon as possible. Now, he was going to wait for Feng Sizhe to enter the office of the Municipal Party Committee Secretary, and he would be the first to congratulate him, but now the opportunity is gone, how can he express his loyalty again?

After Che Zaichao was investigated by the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, Li Haiwen regretted it deeply. He regretted that he had made the wrong choice and followed Che Zaichao. Now, only half a year has passed, and Che Zaichao is finished. Feng Sizhe has become even more powerful. As a former betrayer, what kind of impression will he leave in the minds of others? He dared not even think about it.

After sitting in his own home for a long time, he finally made up his mind to go to his in-laws, Wang Ben, the current member of the Standing Committee of the Lianhua Municipal Party Committee and the deputy mayor. He thought that just for the sake of his children's face, they should help him.

It has been several months, or since Li Haiwen got on the car with Zaichao, he has not come to Wang Ben's house, not even during the Chinese New Year. It can be said that the relationship between the two families has become much more distant. This time Li Haiwen suddenly appeared at Wang Ben's house, which made his mother-in-law stunned at first, and then she was particularly happy to invite him in. While inviting him in, Wang Ben's wife also shouted, "Old Wang, look, who's here, it's Secretary Li, come out quickly."

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