Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Deputy Captain Hu was happy when he saw the chief finish the call. He was thinking that he must take advantage of the arrival of his people to take revenge on the man who beat him. He would lock him up for seven days and seven nights to let him experience the people's democratic dictatorship in the police station.

Next to Su Chen's table, there was also a middle-aged man sitting there, who was listening attentively to what was happening at this table.

Just now, he paid attention to this side because he accidentally heard Su Chen's phone call. Now looking at the situation here and looking at Cherry's table not far away, his face tightened for a moment, and then he stood up and went to the bathroom as if he suddenly had to go to the toilet.

This person is Hua Pengtao. He was temporarily suspended because of Feng Sizhe, and this time he came to Media to relax. He just didn't expect to accidentally hear Su Chen on the phone. Speaking of which, he is quite familiar with Su Chen. The reason is that Su Chen's brother-in-law is Xie Fei, the eighth deputy secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Because of this relationship, Su Chen used to go to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to find his brother-in-law. For this reason, Hua Pengtao, who was the deputy director of the office at the time, remembered him.

Hua Pengtao walked past Cherry's table under the pretext of going to the restroom. From a close distance, he saw that it was Gu Rongxian who was sitting at the other end of the table.

Speaking of Gu Rongxuan, he was very familiar with him. His grandfather was the former secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. How could he not know him? Now seeing that Su Chen was actually going to be an enemy of Gu Rongxuan, he quickly turned back to the table and came to Su Chen's side, "Oh, Director Su, nice to meet you."

"Oh, Director Hua, hello." Seeing that it was Hua Pengtao, Su Chen also greeted him politely. In fact, both of them were deputies, and because they were both deputies, they deliberately omitted the word "deputy" when addressing each other.

"Haha, Director Su, you are free today. Come here and have fun." Hua Pengtao came and sat down next to Su Chen, as if he didn't know what was going on.

"Well, Director Hua is also very free, haha." Su Chen said with a smile. In his opinion, Hua Pengtao was not a good person. He had heard from his brother-in-law more than once that this person had limited work ability, but he was very good at flattering others, which was why he won the favor of Deputy Secretary Sheng Shike and was able to have a successful career.

"Haha, yes. Well, what's wrong? I think Director Su looks unhappy." Hua Pengtao sensed Su Chen's rejection of him, but he didn't care. Since he was suspended from work this time, he had been looked down upon by so many people. He was used to such looks. It was because of this that he vowed in his heart that he must find an opportunity to make a name for himself again, and then he would settle accounts with those who looked down on him.

But now he couldn't take Su Chen's gaze too seriously, because he still wanted to use Su Chen to get close to Deputy Secretary Xie Fei. He didn't think that his mistake was a big one. To put it bluntly, it was just because he offended Feng Sizhe. Unfortunately, Feng Sizhe was very powerful, so the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection passed the decision to stop his work. What if, on the other hand, he could get the support of many Standing Committee members, could he be reinstated?

Based on this idea, Hua Pengtao wanted to take the opportunity to help Su Chen, so that Deputy Secretary Xie Fei would owe him a favor, so he took the initiative to participate in this matter.

Hearing Hua Pengtao say that his complexion was not good, Su Chen shook his head, "Did I?"

"Oh, of course there isn't any. Director Su, what's the matter? Did something make you angry?" Hua Pengtao said as if he could read fortune.

"Ah? No, nothing happened." Su Chen was reluctant to admit it. In his opinion, even if he said it, Hua Pengtao would not be able to help. He had already been suspended. It would be impossible for such a person to protect himself, let alone help him.

Seeing that Su Chen had no intention of telling the truth, Hua Pengtao simply spoke bluntly, "That's not right. If I'm not mistaken, Director Su had a conflict with the guests at that table." As he spoke, Hua Pengtao pointed his finger towards the table where Gu Rongxian was.

"Huh? How do you know you were following me?" Seeing that Hua Pengtao knew everything, Su Chen was a little unhappy. After all, it was one of his people who was beaten just now, which was somewhat embarrassing.

"No, no, Director Su, please don't misunderstand. I just want to kindly remind you. Do you see the man sitting there? Let me tell you, he is not an ordinary person. His name is Gu Rongxuan, and he is now the actual boss of Mingren Film Company." Hua Pengtao pointed at Gu Rongxuan not far away and said, "His grandfather is Comrade Gu Pingchuan."

When the three words "Gu Pingchuan" came out, Su Chen was immediately shocked. "Wait, you said his grandfather is Comrade Gu Pingchuan?"

"Yes." Hua Pengtao nodded and said as if he was absolutely right.

"No wonder he is so powerful that he even dares to hit the police." Su Chen nodded, as if he finally understood what was going on.

After knowing that the attacker was Gu Rongxuan, Su Chen calmed down. He knew that it would be difficult to seek justice in this matter. Think about it, given the other party's identity, what good would it do him if the incident became a fuss? It seemed that he would be beaten in vain this time. "Oh, Director Hua, thank you. If it weren't for your reminder, I would have really gotten into big trouble this time."

Finally hearing Su Chen's voice of thanks, Hua Pengtao waved his hand and smiled, "Director Su, you are too polite. Just because you are a family member of Deputy Secretary Xie, then we are a family. It is only natural for family to help each other."

"Yes, we are a family, a family." This time Su Chen no longer put on airs. After all, without Hua Pengtao's guidance, he might compete with the descendants of the Gu family. What would his chances of winning be then?

Not far away, the door of the performance hall was opened, and Feng Sizhe walked in with his driver Li Shuang and secretary Yin Fenglei. Yingtao, who was sitting at the table far away, saw him and waved quickly. Feng Sizhe also saw Yingtao, smiled and nodded, and walked towards them.

Although Su Chen and Hua Pengtao knew that Gu Rongxuan was not easy to mess with and were ready to give up, they would still look at that table from time to time. When they saw Yingtao stand up and wave, and then Feng Sizhe appeared, Hua Pengtao's heart tightened, and then he came up with a bad idea.

"Director Su, what did you say just now? You said that Young Gu beat up the police." Hua Pengtao asked as if he remembered something.

"Yes, that's right. I didn't know the identities of Gu Shao and the others just now, so I asked Xiao Hu to invite Miss Cherry over for a chat. As a result, they beat Xiao Hu. Well, now that I think about it, I was asking for trouble." Su Chen said with his head down. He was not as strong as others, so what else could he say?

"Hey, you can't say that. No matter what, Comrade Xiao Hu is a people's policeman. No matter who you are, you can't just attack the police casually, right?" Hua Pengtao originally wanted to do Su Chen a favor with an attitude of settling things peacefully, but when he saw Feng Sizhe appear, his mind changed.

"Hey, I shouldn't have done that, but it's also my fault for looking for trouble." Su Chen didn't know what Hua Pengtao was thinking, he just looked like he had suffered a loss.

"What? Director Su, are you planning to just let it go?" Seeing that Su Chen seemed to have lost his fighting spirit, Hua Pengtao asked back.

"So what? What else can we do? Fight him? Do we have a chance of winning?" Su Chen said with a sneer. He has been in the officialdom for decades, and he knows very well that strength is the key to success in the officialdom. From all aspects, his strength is not as good as Gu Rongxuan, so why bother fighting?

"Well, he had no chance of winning before, after all, he is the eldest master of the Gu family, but it's different now." Hua Pengtao said with a sly grin.

"Different? What's different?" Su Chen asked somewhat confused.

"What's the difference? I don't know if Director Su saw the young man who came in later. Let me tell you, this person is not simple either. His name is Feng Sizhe, but he is the director of the Inspection Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He has the power to investigate officials below the ministerial level, and he has the power to take advantage of any injustice he encounters." Pointing at Feng Sizhe who was sitting next to Gu Rongxian not far away, Hua Pengtao spoke word by word.

"Feng Sizhe? Director of the Inspection Office? What does this have to do with me?" Su Chen asked in confusion. He really couldn't figure out why things were different with the addition of Feng Sizhe.

Seeing that Su Chen still didn't understand what was going on, Hua Pengtao said directly, "Don't you understand this? Feng Sizhe is now a cadre of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the director of the Supervision Office. He has great power. For example, the incident of Gu Rongxuan's men beating the police just now may be difficult for others to handle, but Feng Sizhe can handle it. Besides, when Gu Rongxuan's grandfather was around, as far as I know, he suppressed Deputy Secretary Xie a lot. Now that you have such an opportunity, why don't you stand up for your brother-in-law? If you can deal with Gu Rongxuan this time, I think Deputy Secretary Xie should be very happy."

Su Chen finally understood what was going on. "Oh, Director Hua wants me to complain to Feng Sizhe. Will it work? Also, does my brother-in-law really want me to do such a thing? Comrade Gu Pingchuan is still in office. Is he so easy to mess with?"