Rebirth of the Rising Sun

As soon as these words were spoken, Mou Guoyang didn't know what to say. He didn't want to get himself into trouble by pleading for these people.

Even Mou Guoyang didn't say anything, so naturally no one else would interrupt. For this reason, Feng Sizhe just spoke out his opinions on how to deal with the double exams.

What Feng Sizhe meant was that all cadres who failed the exams would be on standby. For example, Ma Tianlei, director of the Municipal Finance Bureau, only scored 46 points in this double exam. Such a result was obviously unsatisfactory. For this reason, he is no longer the director of the Municipal Finance Bureau, but only the acting director. In other words, although he is still responsible for the work of the Finance Bureau, he may be removed at any time.

Feng Sizhe had such an idea based on the overall situation of Tongda City. He knew that the heads of many important departments in Tongda City were from the Gansu faction, and it was obviously inappropriate to take down all of them at once. Doing so would easily intensify the contradictions. If things went wrong, many units in the city would come to a standstill, and many tasks would not be able to be carried out. Once chaos occurred, he, as the secretary of the municipal party committee, would be criticized by his superiors, and even the Gansu faction in the province would take the opportunity to attack him. So he adopted such a method, using the word "acting" as a buffer, so that he could warn some people to work hard, and also serve as a warning to some who did not work well. More importantly, it could let other capable people understand that they have opportunities.

Although Feng Sizhe said just now that he disagreed with Mou Guoyang giving these people a chance, he actually still chose this approach, but the way he expressed it was slightly different.

Facing Feng Sizhe's proposal, Mayor Ru Honghai, Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary Hong Tao, Executive Vice Mayor Deng Lei, Organization Minister Duan Hewei, Propaganda Minister He Wenbao, United Front Minister Wang Lixue, and Military Sub-district Commander Li Pwei voted in favor. The absolute advantage of 8 to 5 made the Gansu faction standing committee members present unable to say anything even if they wanted to.

The latest decision of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee was immediately issued to all units in the form of a document. Seeing this decision, the heads of many units could not help but smile bitterly. When did they suddenly become acting heads from being the principals? And when everyone met, they joked with each other and called each other "acting director" or "acting director".

Of course, joking aside, many people knew that Feng Sizhe was serious this time. Because it was clearly written in the document that there were only fifteen days after the assessment. After fifteen days, those cadres who failed the exam but did not change their work attitude would be dealt with again. In other words, after fifteen days, some people might not even be able to serve as acting director or acting director. Coincidentally, fifteen days later, it would be November, which was also the eve of the 16th National Congress. The intention behind this was worth pondering.

The sensible Gansu people still know how to behave themselves during these fifteen days. They used to be late for work every day, but now they don’t dare to do that. They used to eat and drink on public funds after get off work every day, but now they don’t do that. They used to drink tea and read newspapers at work, but now they know how to care about their colleagues and the business.

Smart people saw a glimmer of opportunity. Seeing that their immediate superiors had an additional "代" in front of their titles, they began to have ideas, especially some non-Gansu cadres who already had sufficient qualifications. They wondered if they could take this opportunity to make further progress. Of course, whether they could make progress still depended on Feng Sizhe. Now that Feng Sizhe had great authority in Tongda City, which cadre could not see it?

Among them, Du Guang, deputy director of the Municipal Finance Bureau, seemed to have seen a glimmer of hope.

Du Guang has been the deputy director of the Municipal Finance Bureau for eight years. He worked his way up from the last-ranked deputy director to the third deputy director, just below the director and the executive deputy director. It took him a long time and a lot of effort, but when he got to this point, he found that he could no longer move forward. It was not for any other reason, but because the director and the executive deputy director of the Finance Bureau were both from the Gansu faction, and he himself was not, so he had been suppressed.

He thought that if he failed miserably, he would retire as the deputy director of the Finance Bureau, but he did not expect Feng Sizhe to come and now he has the opportunity to take the double exam, which gave him a glimmer of hope. When he heard the new decision of the Municipal Standing Committee, he knew that the opportunity he had been waiting for had finally come.

Du Guang, who had waited for several years, would not let the opportunity slip away. He spent the whole night thinking about many things and sorting out a lot of information. Early the next morning, he called Chen Guangming at home, "Hello, Director Chen, I am Xiao Du from the Municipal Finance Bureau. Does Secretary Feng have time? I have something to report."

Chen Guangming, as Feng Sizhe's secretary, is currently the director of the Municipal Party Committee Office, with the rank of deputy director. In line with the practice in officialdom of not referring to lower positions by higher positions, generally speaking, everyone calls him Director Chen.

"It's Director Du. Well, please wait a moment, I'll ask the leader." Chen Guangming had already received instructions from Feng Sizhe. During this period, there would be many people coming to him to report on their work. For such people, he would have to give instructions first and then he would decide based on the situation.

After a while, Chen Guangming walked back to the phone and said, "Secretary Feng is free at 9:30, please come over then."

"Okay, okay, thank you Director Chen." Du Guang hung up the phone carefully. He looked at the time and it was just 7:40. There were still two hours until 9:30. How could he endure this time?

Du Guang sorted out the documents he had written overnight and checked them carefully. Although his eyes were looking at the documents, his mind was nowhere to be found. Suddenly, he seemed to feel something, jumped up, stuffed the documents into his briefcase, went out, hailed a taxi, and drove straight to the Tongda Municipal Party Committee compound.

Why did Du Guanggong do this? Because he thought of one thing. The leader was busy and he was not free until 9:30, but he was not busy. He could wait for the leader, but he could not let the leader wait for him. If the leader was free, he could see him in advance, but because he did not arrive early, he would miss the opportunity.

After figuring this out, Du Guang rushed to the Municipal Party Committee Building at an extremely fast speed and appeared opposite Chen Guangming.

Chen Guangming smiled at Du Guang appearing in front of him so soon, "Didn't I say that Secretary Feng will not be free until 9:30?"

"Haha, it's okay. I'll wait at the office anyway, so I'll just wait here for a while." Du Guang had a smile on his face, as if it was such an honor for him to wait here.

"Okay then." Chen Guangming nodded. Since the other party was willing to wait here, he certainly couldn't say anything.

After a while, around eight o'clock, several people came to Chen Guangming one after another. Obviously, they were all waiting to report their work to Feng Sizhe. Every time someone came, Chen Guangming would say a few words to the other person with a smile, and then record something in a notebook. At the same time, he would unintentionally look at the time on his watch. All of this was seen by the careful Du Guang.

At about 8:30, Chen Guangming got up and entered Feng Sizhe's office. After a while, he came out and said to Du Guang, "Director Du, Secretary Feng invites you in."

"Ah! Okay." Du Guang stood up nervously. It had just been agreed that the meeting would be half past nine, but because he arrived the earliest, he could actually meet the leader an hour earlier. This made him very excited, and at the same time he was proud of his decision, thanks to his quick thinking.

"Thank you, Secretary-General Chen." Du Guang walked up to Chen Guangming and said a word of thanks, then he glanced casually at the desk and saw the names and schedules of the people who came here to report. As soon as he saw this, he suddenly realized that Chen Guangming had made records of what time each person came.

Du Guang walked into Feng Sizhe's office carefully and cautiously. Feng Sizhe, who was sitting at his desk reviewing documents, said without even raising his head, "Director Du is here. Please take a seat."

"Okay." Du Guang agreed verbally, but he did not sit down. He knew that this was just a polite remark from the leader. If he sat down just because of this sentence, it would seem insincere. So he had to wait. He would only sit down when Feng Sizhe invited him to sit down again.

After Feng Sizhe finished speaking, he kept his head down and reviewed the documents. This delay lasted for more than ten minutes. Only after he signed the document did he look up and see Du Guang still standing there straight. A satisfied smile appeared on his face, "Well, Director Du, please take a seat."

"Yes." Du Guang nodded, knowing that this was the right time, and he sat down on the chair. However, although he was said to be sitting down, he was only sitting one-third of the way up. The advantage of this was that he could stand up from the chair at any time and accept instructions from his leader.

Feng Sizhe had been watching Du Guang's performance and could tell that his attitude was good, at least respectful. So he would see if he was capable. "Well, Director Du, you are also an old man in the Finance Bureau. Tell me what you think of the Finance Bureau."

Du Guang had a lot of personal thoughts to say about the Municipal Finance Bureau, but Feng Sizhe's question disrupted his thoughts. He knew that the leader didn't want to hear those empty words. After thinking for a while, he looked at Feng Sizhe and answered seriously, "Secretary Feng, I think the most important job of the Finance Bureau is to manage the money pockets for the leaders and grasp the use and destination of every penny."

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