Rebirth of the Rising Sun

These two departments were included in the last financial disclosure, but for various reasons, Feng Sizhe gave in in the end, allowing the two departments to escape. But this time, Feng Sizhe is serious, and these two extremely important and money-making departments have become the focus of everyone's attention.

Ma Tianlei, the director of the Finance Bureau, was from the Gansu faction. He knew very well that Feng Sizhe was serious this time. If Feng Sizhe caught him, he would lose his position. He also went to Mou Guoyang for help, but he was helpless because Mou Guoyang said he would help but was unable to do anything. So he decided to rely on himself and set his sights on the new city propaganda minister He Wenbao.

He Wenbao is a member of Feng Sizhe's team. This matter was spread among people soon after he came to Tongda City. Everyone knows that at the beginning, He Wenbao was just a deputy director of the county government office, an ordinary job with the rank of deputy section chief. But since he met Feng Sizhe and was appreciated by him, his life path changed, from deputy director to director, then to deputy county magistrate who was promoted directly to the standing committee, and now he has become a member of the municipal standing committee.

As an ordinary government worker with no background or connections, it is an extremely difficult process to be promoted from a section to a department, and it is even more difficult to be promoted from a department to a bureau. However, with the help or support of Feng Sizhe, He Wenbao has come step by step and reached a peak that many people cannot reach today. All of this can be said to have various relationships with Feng Sizhe's existence. Therefore, if this person is willing to speak for Feng Sizhe, then all problems will be easy to solve.

At noon, Ma Tianlei came to the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee compound carrying two bottles of Moutai liquor given to him by others. In front of many people, he walked into Building No. 9, the home of He Wenbao, a member of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee and Minister of the Municipal Propaganda Department.

He Wenbao's wife Wang Hong was cooking at home. This time, she was transferred to Tongda City along with her husband. Now she works in the Tongda Municipal Trade Union. Although it is called work, she is actually very idle. Her main task is to take care of her husband. This is also a kind of care given by the organization to women like them.

While having dinner, Wang Hong heard someone ringing the doorbell. She opened the door and saw Ma Tianlei with a smile on his face.

"You are..." Wang Hong asked with some confusion, not knowing Ma Tianlei.

"Oh, Mrs. He, hello. My name is Ma Tianlei and I work in the Municipal Finance Bureau. I'm here to report to Minister He." Ma Tianlei seemed very familiar and spoke to Wang Hong without any hesitation.

When Wang Hong heard that the other party said he was from the Finance Bureau, she nodded and said, "Oh, it's Comrade Ma. Hello, hello. Let's put it this way. Lao He is not at home. Secretary Feng just called and asked him to come over. If you are not in a hurry, you can wait for him here for a while."

"Okay, okay. It's normal for the leader to be busy. So, I'll wait for him here." Hearing Wang Hong say that He Wenbao was called away by Feng Sizhe, Ma Tianlei nodded thoughtfully. Look at the relationship between the two. They are not busy enough at work, and they are still busy when they get home. This is enough to prove that their relationship is very good. If He Wenbao is willing to protect him this time, he will definitely be able to turn danger into safety.

Wang Hong didn't know who Ma Tianlei was. She followed her husband to Tongda City after he was transferred there. She didn't know everything about the city, so she thought that Ma Tianlei's arrival was just a normal work report. She served him tea politely and went to the kitchen to get busy. At this time, He Wenbao just came back from Feng Sizhe's place. As soon as he entered the house, he saw Ma Tianlei. Seeing this man coming, He Wenbao was stunned at first, then he figured out something and received this "guest" in the living room.

Normally, a city propaganda minister and a finance director would not have much overlap in their work. They each handle their own affairs and would not interact with each other much. In many cities, the city finance director can even ignore the propaganda minister. It is only because of the special situation of the same large city that the two still have some common ground.

After meeting He Wenbao, Ma Tianlei first pretended to report his work and talked about the current situation of the Municipal Finance Bureau.

Although He Wenbao was in charge of finance, he was still a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and a municipal leader. It was reasonable for Ma Tianlei to report to him about his work. Therefore, He Wenbao listened attentively. He had already made up his mind and would not express his opinion.

After Ma Tianlei reported for more than ten minutes, he saw that He Wenbao seemed to be in low spirits, so he took out a document from his pocket and handed it to him. "Minister He, this is a report from the Propaganda Department to our Finance Bureau. It is to reimburse some receipts used by the Propaganda Department to purchase propaganda equipment. I have read it and everything is in line with the work procedures, so I have approved it. You can take these receipts and send someone to our Finance Bureau to collect the money this afternoon."

The reimbursement documents that Ma Tianlei brought this time totaled nearly one million yuan, and these were the equipment reimbursement documents that had been accumulated in the propaganda department for two years. When Wang Shiguang was the propaganda minister before, because of his average relationship with the Gansu faction, these money were not reimbursed. After Liu Shuang came, because the time was too short, this matter was not implemented. Now that He Wenbao has taken over, Ma Tianlei has taken the initiative to reimburse these documents. This gesture of goodwill is already very obvious.

He Wenbao looked at the documents that were stamped with the official seal of the Municipal Finance Bureau and signed by Ma Tianlei, and felt a lot of emotions in his heart. Although he had not been in the Municipal Propaganda Department for a long time, he still knew about this matter. It was because the one million had not been reimbursed that the funds of the Municipal Propaganda Department had been very tight, and the capital chain was also under pressure. Life was very tight. If these documents could be reimbursed now, the Propaganda Department's life would be better. For him as the minister, the work would be much easier. At least it would play a good role in promoting his rapid control of the Propaganda Department.

Looking at this pie in the sky, He Wenbao nodded happily, then reached out to collect the bills and said to Ma Tianlei, "Thank you, Director Ma, for your strong support for our city's propaganda department."

It was just this one sentence, and he didn't say anything else. This was not what Ma Tianlei wanted. He wanted to gain He Wenbao's favor by showing goodwill in this way, and then speak for himself on the issue of the city's fiscal and financial disclosure, because he had heard people say that after the fiscal and financial disclosure activities, the municipal party committee would make work adjustments for some cadres who were not qualified for the positions. He was afraid that he would be taken down in this campaign, so he came to He Wenbao to show goodwill, but it seemed that the other party did not understand what he meant.

Seeing that He Wenbao had no intention of expressing his opinion, Ma Tianlei, who was very thick-skinned, took the initiative to say, "Department He, the situation is like this. The reason why the money has been delayed until now is that our Municipal Finance Bureau really has our own difficulties. Everyone thinks that the Finance Bureau has plenty of money, but I know very well that the money of the Finance Bureau is really limited. With so many departments asking us for money, this job is very difficult to do, so I can only suppress some unimportant things. Of course, some leaders can understand the difficulties in my work, but some leaders do not think so. For example, Secretary Feng, he seems to be not very satisfied with the work of our Municipal Finance Bureau. I have also thought about explaining to Secretary Feng, but I don’t know why Secretary Feng seems to have opinions about me personally and doesn’t like me. So this time I want to ask Department He to mediate, haha, mediate."

He Wenbao knew what Ma Tianlei meant without him saying anything. He suddenly came to him and gave him such a "generous gift." If He Wenbao still didn't understand what this meant, then his experience in the officialdom over the years was in vain. The reason why he didn't express anything was that he actually had his own ideas. When he first came to Tongda City, Feng Sizhe gave him a map of the power distribution of the Gan family in Tongda, which clearly stated that Ma Tianlei, as the director of the city's finance bureau, was a member of the Gan family.

It was against common sense that the Gan family suddenly came to him and cooperated with him, but it still happened, which could only prove one thing, that Ma Tianlei had something to ask of him. He could accept the other party's kindness, but he could never do it if the other party asked him to intercede for him.

He Wenbao was appreciated by Feng Sizhe because he had certain working ability and was loyal. But the most important thing was that He Wenbao was clear about what he did, never did anything foolish, and would never be greedy for money or abuse his power for personal gain. This was the real reason why Feng Sizhe used him. It was precisely because He Wenbao was not greedy that Feng Sizhe felt assured in using him and had the confidence to promote him.

Ever since he met Feng Sizhe for the first time, He Wenbao has been very sensible in doing things. He knows what he should do and what he should or should not do. Therefore, he could not do what Ma Tianlei requested, or he could not do it.

"Oh, Director Ma is talking about this matter." He first seemed to have suddenly realized something, then he said with an embarrassed look, "I'm afraid I really can't help with this matter. As you know, Secretary Feng is personally in charge of the city's financial and government affairs disclosure. I'm afraid it's not easy for me to say anything about this matter."

He Wenbao actually refused. After receiving the goodwill note, he rejected the request, which made Ma Tianlei very depressed. What was going on? How could you refuse a gift after receiving it? Although this gift was not given to He Wenbao personally, it could be regarded as relieving the pressure of your work. Then, should you also give me some benefits in the same way? This is the principle of reciprocity. But why is there only reciprocity but no reciprocity?

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