Rebirth of the Rising Sun

In the office of the municipal party secretary, Organization Minister Sun Meiqing was holding the reply from the Municipal Finance Bureau and speaking angrily.

"Look, Secretary Wang, the Finance Bureau only took out three million. Are they giving away beggars?" Sun Meiqing was very angry. She had already contacted the matter and found a second-hand dealer who specialized in buying cars through a friend. She was going to sell the cars replaced by the municipal government at a low price. You know, the maintenance of government cars has always been good. These cars are very popular when they are circulated to local areas, and she has earned a lot from them. But who would have thought that the Municipal Finance Bureau did not follow the instructions of the Municipal Party Committee and only gave a quarter of the money. In this way, only ten cars could be replaced. Her idea of ​​selling the car was ruined. How could she not be angry?

"I remember that we just replaced a batch of cars the year before last?" Wang Guoguang did not think there was anything wrong with the Municipal Finance Bureau disbursing 3 million yuan. Although the Municipal Finance Bureau had some money now, the money was useful and it was even not enough. Now it was suddenly necessary to cut some meat from it, so it was normal for the Municipal Finance Bureau to have such a reaction.

"Yes, it was just changed, but the cars from three years ago are no longer fashionable. You also know the old cadres of the Municipal People's Congress and the Municipal CPPCC. Although they are old, they are still pursuing fashion. Now they see that the heads of various departments have changed to new cars. How can they be willing? We have reported this to the Municipal Party Committee many times. Especially since I am in charge of organizational work, I have received many such people. So, what should I say for a better job?" Sun Meiqing had obviously prepared a lot of words and was waiting for Wang Guoguang.

"Oh, if that's the case, then the three million yuan from the Finance Bureau is enough to buy ten cars, which is not bad." Wang Guoguang nodded. Although he thought Sun Meiqing's words made sense, didn't the Municipal Finance Bureau already allocate three million yuan? This should be enough to solve the problem temporarily.

"They did take out three million, but this is far from enough. Besides, the matter is not just about how much money there is or how many cars you can buy. The fundamental thing is that no one takes the Municipal Party Committee seriously, especially you as the Municipal Party Committee Secretary. I'm afraid you are not even in the eyes of the Finance Bureau. Giving him three million is just alms." Sun Meiqing knew very well what Wang Guoguang cared about most. This man was very face-conscious. If anything was related to face, Wang Guoguang would be anxious.

"What? What do you mean?" Sure enough, Wang Guoguang was a little displeased when he heard Sun Meiqing say this.

"I mean that the Municipal Finance Bureau doesn't take the Municipal Party Committee seriously at all. The reason they took out three million is to embarrass you. They want to get rid of you with such a small amount of money. The funny thing is that they are still thinking of speaking for them." Sun Meiqing said angrily with a stubborn mouth.

"What? Do they really think so?" Wang Guoguang's head was filled with anger and he began to believe it.

"Of course there are people who think so. They just think that you, the secretary, are not as eloquent as the mayor, so they dare to do this. Otherwise, think about it, why didn't Wang Lin dare to do this when he was the director of the Finance Bureau? Humph! I think the reason why Yu Fan dares to be so tough is that he relies on Feng Sizhe to support him, so he doesn't take you seriously." Since things have come to this point, what if it is just adding fuel to the fire? For this reason, Sun Meiqing directly provoked Wang Guoguang's anger.

"Asshole." Finally, Wang Guoguang's face-saving nature showed up. He slammed the table and said, "Call Yu Fan right now. I want to see how he answers my question."

Yu Fan, who was working in the office, was urgently summoned to the Municipal Party Committee compound by a phone call. In the secretary's office, he was facing Wang Guoguang and Sun Meiqing.

"Comrade Yu Fan, I know that the main focus of the Municipal Finance Bureau now is to ensure the implementation of some major projects in the city, but the work of old comrades cannot be ignored, right? So do you think you can add some money? At least the three million is indeed not enough." Wang Guoguang said with a smile.

Just now when Yu Fan was on the way here, Wang Guoguang had thought about it and decided that he should not push Yu Fan too hard. He just needed to remind him. As long as the other party gave in and paid a few million more, it would be considered as giving him face and the matter would be over.

Yu Fan had thought about these issues on the way here, and he guessed that the city party secretary summoned him at this time most likely about buying a car, so he made a special call to Feng Sizhe to ask for instructions and report.

Feng Sizhe’s answer was to do as agreed before and not to worry about other issues.

With Feng Sizhe's answer, Yu Fan was naturally very confident. "Secretary Wang, I know this is a work requirement, but the Municipal Finance Bureau really doesn't have much money right now. Even the development of some projects now has a big gap in funds, not to mention other things. And to take out three million just to buy a car, it's still a forced squeeze. If you don't believe me, you can go ask Mayor Feng."

Yu Fan decided to push the matter onto him according to Feng Sizhe's wishes. Another thing was that what he said was the truth. The last time Feng Sizhe discussed with Duan Yunpeng in Kyoto, they decided to set aside a piece of land in Zhuangcheng City for the production of Great Wall cars. Therefore, the Zhuangcheng City Government would need to advance part of the money to at least build the basic facilities. In this way, the City Finance Bureau, which was already short of money, would become even poorer.

Wang Guoguang actually knew that after Feng Sizhe arrived, he had indeed seized several major projects. Now these projects are in the construction stage and all need money. But he is more concerned about how much his face is worth. Now when he heard that Yu Fan did not tell him about any difficulties and only said to ask Feng Sizhe if he had any questions, how could he not be angry? "Comrade Yu Fan, you are the director of the Municipal Finance Bureau, right? I think there is nothing wrong with asking you about the funding issues. Now please tell me."

"Secretary Wang, I've just said that the Municipal Finance Bureau really has no money. Even the little bit it has has been planned by Mayor Feng and cannot be misappropriated. So do you think you can communicate with Mayor Feng?" Facing the municipal party secretary, Yu Fan didn't want to confront him, so he decided to hand over the conflict.

But Yu Fan wanted to involve Feng Sizhe, but Wang Guoguang didn't want to. He knew too well that Feng Sizhe was a difficult person, and he had no confidence that he could defeat him. For this reason, he would not continue Yu Fan's words, "Okay, Comrade Yu Fan, I still say that you are the director of the Finance Bureau, you can handle this matter yourself. This is a document from the Municipal Party Committee, you can execute it."

Wang Guoguang threw the document issued by the Municipal Party Committee for buying a car in front of Yu Fan, then turned his head away and ignored him.

"Okay, then Secretary Wang, Minister Sun, I will talk to the comrades in the Finance Bureau about this after I go back." This was all Yu Fan could say at this moment. Sometimes, even if you don't listen to a certain leader, superficial respect is necessary.

"Hmm." A sound came from his nose, and Wang Guoguang signaled Yu Fan that he could leave.

Yu Fan turned around and left. After he left, Sun Meiqing spoke up, "See? Even a director doesn't take you seriously. Do you believe it this time?"

"Okay, stop making sarcastic remarks. Didn't Comrade Yu Fan say that he would go back and study it carefully? The Finance Bureau has its difficulties, and we should see that." At this time, Wang Guoguang could see that Yu Fan was just perfunctorily answering him, but he didn't want to lose face, so he said this to comfort himself.

In fact, Yu Fan immediately put the matter aside after returning. After all, the money for the car purchase had already been paid to the Municipal Party Committee, so it was their business to decide what to do with the money. He had no control over it. In short, just don't think about taking money from him.

After waiting for two days, Wang Guoguang didn't get any feedback from the Finance Bureau. He was finally unhappy. It seemed that Yu Fan didn't take him seriously. Of course, it was just a thought. If Wang Guoguang wanted to embarrass Yu Fan with this matter, it would be difficult. After all, Zhuangcheng City was not decided by him alone. Feng Sizhe was also very powerful.

Just when Wang Guoguang was thinking about how to embarrass Feng Sizhe, how to show his strength and let other people know that he, the secretary of the municipal party committee, is very powerful, especially to let people like Yu Fan know that they should take his words seriously in the future, he welcomed an uninvited guest. This person was Wen Ruhao, the deputy governor of a certain province and the third-generation representative whom the Wen family valued the most.

This time, Wen Ruhao was invited by Zhongzhou Province to come here for an inspection and study tour. In fact, this was just a pretext, in order to facilitate the communication between officials from various provinces, and such activities would be held from time to time between provinces.

Zhuangcheng City, as the capital city of Zhongzhou Province, was naturally included in the list of cities to be studied and inspected. This time, the representative from Wen Ruhao's province was the executive vice governor, so Zhongzhou Province was also received by the executive vice governor, Comrade Gao Fengli. This is called equality in official circles. Of course, the governor of Zhongzhou Province would also meet with them appropriately, but that was just a process. In fact, it was still Gao Fengli who received them.

Gao Fengli then called Wang Guoguang, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and secretary of the Zhuangcheng Municipal Party Committee, to join him in the reception. Firstly, this showed that he attached more importance to the guests. Secondly, they were actually all Tang Chengwei's people. Tang Chengwei was the former secretary of the Wen family. For this reason, they were also all members of the Wen family. Now that the third generation representatives of the Wen family had come to Zhongzhou Province, they should be received.

At the Zhongyuan Hotel, Gao Fengli asked for a private room and called Wen Ruhao and Wang Guoguang. The three of them only met once.

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