Rebirth of the Rising Sun

End of August 2007.

A plane from Kyoto to Ducheng Province landed slowly. Outside the airport, some members of the five teams of Ducheng Province were standing in the field waiting. The reason why they were called some people was because the director of the Provincial People's Congress Ji Quanyong, the chairman of the Provincial Political Consultative Conference Guan Denggui, and the commander of the Provincial Military Region Wo Lingming were not present.

The first two of them were not present due to physical inconvenience, and the last one said he was inspecting the troops and did not attend, but no matter what, anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was a joint effort by the three of them to show Feng Sizhe their power. They were meant to tell everyone that they did not welcome Feng Sizhe's arrival.

Qin Mu, the deputy director of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, was the first to get out of the plane. This time, he was still in charge of escorting Feng Sizhe to the capital province to take up his post. There had been news that after the 17th CPC National Congress, he would be promoted to the position of executive deputy director of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee. For this reason, he was here to escort a provincial governor to take up his post, which was high enough.

After Qin Mu, the second person to come out was Young Master Feng. Today he was wearing casual clothes on the outside and a white half-sleeve shirt on the inside. This combination of clothes made him look even younger.

In fact, Feng Sizhe had thought carefully about dressing like this. He knew that he would face many problems when he arrived in Ducheng Province, and some people might even look down on him because of his age. In that case, there was no need for him to pretend to be so old. He simply put on clothes that made him look younger. "You say I'm young, okay, I'll show you how young I am."

After Feng Sizhe, Zheng Defu came out. This time, he got a standing vice governor position because of the nomination of the Wen family. Compared with the ordinary vice mayor of Jingdu, he was also a small promotion, and he was very excited about it. He was wearing a formal suit today, a black suit and a red tie, which looked very decent, but because it was August and the capital province was notoriously hot, sweat broke out on his forehead as soon as he got off the plane.

On the side of Ducheng Province, the one who stood at the head was the newly appointed SW Secretary of Ducheng Province, the former governor Xu Chaoqi. Ji Quanyong was ill and did not come today, so he, the new secretary, became the protagonist. He took the initiative to extend his hand from a distance, "Welcome, welcome, warmly welcome Vice Minister Qin to Ducheng Province. Welcome to send fresh blood to our Ducheng Province and enrich our cadre team."

"Haha, hello, Secretary Xu." Qin Mu also stretched out his hand with a smile, and the two hands were clasped together in a very official manner.

Standing behind Xu Chaoqi was Yu Chunhao, the full-time deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, who had met with Feng Sizhe before. He also shook hands with Qin Mu enthusiastically, saying, "Welcome Vice Minister Qin to visit Ducheng Province to guide our work."

After Yu Chunhao, Qin Mu shook hands with the members of the Standing Committee of the Ducheng Provincial Party Committee and the representatives of the five leading groups of Ducheng Province. Because the weather was particularly hot today, the time for outdoor activities was naturally reduced. After everyone briefly introduced each other, Secretary Xu Chaoqi led Deputy Minister Qin, Feng Sizhe and others to the motorcade not far away.

Needless to say, Qin Mu had to get into Xu Chaoqi's special car, and Yu Chunhao also took the initiative to invite Feng Sizhe into his car. Only Zheng Defu stood there awkwardly, not knowing which provincial party committee leader's car to get into. Later, it was the comrades from the provincial party committee office who invited him into the formal business car. From these things, it can be seen that the leaders of Ducheng Province have a serious xenophobic mindset, and even don't give basic face. Of course, the embarrassed one is Zheng Defu himself. Fortunately, officials of their level have long been unable to show their emotions. He suppressed his temper and squeezed into the reception business car with the staff of the provincial party committee office with a smile on his face.

A grand and warm welcome ceremony was held in the auditorium of the provincial party committee office building in Ducheng.

Qin Mu, Xu Chaoqi, Feng Sizhe and other leaders took their seats on the stage. Below the stage were about 300 officials from important departments of the capital province and some important city officials at or above the department level.

Feng Sizhe was looking at the department-level cadres below the stage, and he was filled with emotion. The Republic is the most populous country in the world, so naturally it has the most cadres. Especially in Ducheng Province, because it has the largest population in the country, naturally it has more cadres. As far as he knows, there are thousands of retired and incumbent department-level cadres in Ducheng Province alone. This is a huge number. Not to mention anything else, just feeding these people is a big expense for the country and the government. Of course, there are many positions that must be filled by someone, which is also indispensable, but this cannot rule out the possibility that some of them will be unqualified, not only standing in the toilet but not doing anything, but also making some capable cadres have no chance of promotion.

The staff of government agencies is bloated, boastful, and only has theory, but no practice. This is the general style of the leaders of the capital province that he has heard. Let's not talk about other things. The number of standing committee members of the capital provincial party committee is more than that of other provinces. Under normal circumstances, the standing committee of the provincial party committee is composed of eleven people, and there are also individual ones with nine people, and some with thirteen people. This is not the same. Looking at the capital province, there are indeed fifteen people. Just from this number, you can know how serious this situation is.

Although the capital province is large and ranks fifth in the country in terms of land area, its population is indeed the largest in the country, with nearly 90 million people. The total economic value of the province seems to be quite high, but once it is averaged per capita, it will naturally rank behind in the country, ranking about tenth in the country.

In fact, Ducheng Province has a superior geographical location. It is located in the west of the Republic. It is an important junction of the southwest, northwest and central regions. It is an important intersection and transportation corridor that connects South China and Central China, connects the southwest and northwest, and communicates with Central Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is rich in water resources and ranks among the top in the country. It has excellent mineralization geological conditions, and the total amount of mineral resources is rich and the types are relatively complete. There are 101 types and 2219 minerals and mining areas with proven resource reserves, of which 57 types of minerals rank among the top five in the country in terms of resource reserves, and 5 types of minerals such as titanium, vanadium, lithium, light rare earth, rock salt, and mirabilite rank first in the country in terms of reserves. The province's mineral resource supply capacity has been significantly enhanced, and it has become a major province for the production and processing of mineral raw materials in the west and even the whole country. It is rich in tourism resources, has beautiful natural scenery, a long history and culture, and unique ethnic customs. The number and quality of tourism resources are among the best in the country, and it is a famous province with rich tourism resources in my country.

In theory, with these advantages, the economic situation in Ducheng Province should be much better than it is now. According to Feng Sizhe's idea, it is not impossible to break into the top five in the country.

But the reality is that in the years when Ji Quanyong was in charge of Ducheng Province, the thinking was relatively backward, the economic development tended to be conservative, the officials lacked the spirit of innovation, the economy mainly relied on agriculture, and even often needed central fiscal funds. It was because of this that the central government decided to make a good adjustment to the Ducheng Provincial Party Committee, hoping to start the change from the top, find new ideas, and build a new capital.

Thanks to the Baichuan Building incident, Feng Sizhe had the honor of coming to the Capital Province and began to govern this beautiful city.

The welcoming meeting was chaired by the new SW Secretary Xu Chaoqi, who first welcomed the arrival of Qin Mu, Deputy Minister of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, on behalf of Ducheng Province. He then stated that the Ducheng Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government firmly supported the central government's decision and expressed a warm welcome to the arrival of Comrade Feng Sizhe and Comrade Cheng Zhengdefu.

After Xu Chaoqi's speech, Vice Minister Qin Mu announced the central government's decision on behalf of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee. It was decided to appoint Comrade Feng Sizhe as a member, standing member, and deputy secretary of the Ducheng Provincial Party Committee, and to recommend that the Provincial People's Congress elect him as deputy governor and acting governor. It was decided to appoint Comrade Zheng Defu as a member, standing member of the Ducheng Provincial Party Committee, and to recommend that the Provincial People's Congress elect him as deputy governor.

Comrade Qin Mu said, "Comrade Feng Sizhe is an outstanding party member and cadre with rich local work experience. He has served as deputy county magistrate, county magistrate, county party secretary, deputy director of the Financial Development Bureau of the State Planning Commission, director of the Preparatory Bureau of Foreign-funded Banks under the State Council, deputy mayor, mayor, municipal party secretary, provincial capital municipal party secretary, and director of the Supervision Office of the CPC Central Committee. He is a versatile person with rich experience in economic management and party affairs. He is also self-disciplined and has a strong sense of organization and the overall situation..."

Comrade Qin Mu finally said, "I believe that after Comrade Feng Sizhe arrives in Ducheng Province, he will definitely bring a breath of fresh air to the work here, and the economic work of Ducheng Province will definitely enter a new stage."

After Comrade Qin Mu finished his speech and after everyone’s warm applause, the young Feng Sizhe stood up on the podium.

As Comrade Feng Sizhe stood up, the audience fell silent. Everyone wanted to see what the young acting governor was going to say. Facing the gazes of hundreds of people, Comrade Feng Sizhe was not nervous at all. In fact, he had seen many such big scenes. Looking at the expectant eyes of the audience, he took a deep breath, moved the microphone in front of him to the side, and then used his inner strength to say, "My name is Feng Sizhe. Now the central government has sent me to work in Ducheng Province. I don't want to say anything else, just one sentence, please watch my actual actions."

That's right, Comrade Feng Sizhe's inaugural speech after arriving in the capital was just this one sentence, but after this sentence was spoken, the audience was first silent, and then someone took the lead in applauding, and then there was applause. After being accustomed to hearing false, big, and empty speeches by leaders, it was obvious that this sentence of his won the hearts of most comrades at the meeting.

I thought that the young acting governor would have a long speech for everyone when he first took office, and some comrades were even ready to close their eyes and meditate. After all, this kind of meeting was not the first time for everyone to attend. In many cases, the leaders would speak on the stage for an hour, or even longer. Obviously, there were very few cadres who could listen to all the content of such a long speech. But Feng Sizhe ended his inaugural speech with only one sentence today, which made everyone feel very novel. At the same time, many people began to wonder in their hearts that this young acting governor seemed to be a pragmatist.