Rebirth of the Rising Sun

"Very good, let Vice Governor Ma take a look." Feng Sizhe nodded towards Zhang Yang, then lowered his head to look at the document.

Zhang Yang opened the folder in his hand, took out a few plane tickets and placed them in front of Ma Weigan, "Vice Governor Ma, this is the ticket reimbursement voucher that your secretary sent to the General Office. Please check if it is these seven tickets."

As the vice governor of a province, it is understandable that he brings a few more followers with him when he goes on a business trip to Kyoto. When Ma Weigan heard Zhang Yang bite the seven of the seven so hard, he thought that he brought too many people this time, so he said nonchalantly, "What's wrong? Isn't it just a few more people? You also know that going to Kyoto to make a work report requires full preparation. My every word and action represents the capital province, and these people I brought are all related to this work report. What's wrong?"

Seeing that Ma Weigan seemed very confident, Zhang Yang smiled at him and said, "Vice Governor Ma, I think you misunderstood. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with the seven people. I just hope you can take a look at the time on the ticket. It clearly says that it was the afternoon of the day before yesterday. Do you understand?"

"Okay, Zhang Yang, go and get busy." Feng Sizhe waved his hand, watched Zhang Yang finish the work he was supposed to do, and let him leave.

“What afternoon? What…” Suddenly Ma Weigan understood the meaning of Zhang Yang’s words, and his face turned red.

Just now, he told Feng Sizhe that he received a call from Xu Chaoqi the morning before yesterday, and then took a plane to leave the capital. However, the time on the plane ticket revealed everything. It turned out that he did not go to Kyoto in the morning, but in the afternoon. In other words, he left the capital province a long time after Feng Sizhe found him. If this was the case, then he had nothing to explain, and it was an obvious fact that he did not want to cooperate with Feng Sizhe's work.

After Zhang Yang left, Feng Sizhe lowered his head to review documents again, leaving Ma Weigan out in the cold again. Ma Weigan had forgotten the feeling of numbness in his feet. Instead, sweat began to pour out of his forehead. At this moment, he didn't even know what to say.

It took Ma Weigan five or six minutes to calm down. He knew that he was wrong this time. Now that the evidence was irrefutable, he really had nothing to explain. But the incident had already happened and had to be resolved. He whispered to Feng Sizhe tentatively, "Governor, I may have remembered this incident wrongly. I..."

Ma Weigan became honest and actually knew to call him the governor instead of Acting Governor Feng. But wasn't it too late for him to realize it now? Feng Sizhe raised his head, interrupted him and said, "Okay, you and I both know this very well. Maybe, as you said, you remembered it wrong. In this case, it seems that Vice Governor Ma's energy is indeed worth considering. How about this, considering your physical condition, I don't think you are suitable for more important work. You can swap jobs with Vice Governor Yuan first. You can be responsible for poverty alleviation and archives. I think Xia Yu will take care of your business."

Feng Sizhe finally stated his conditions. It was not that he did not want to take this opportunity to kill Ma Weigan in one fell swoop, but he knew very well that the position of deputy governor was not up to him. Even if he got rid of Ma Weigan in the name of deceiving the superiors, the next deputy governor would not be the one he wanted. In this case, it would be better to let him occupy this position and seize the power in his hands. This would perfectly meet his requirements.

After hearing Feng Sizhe's decision, Ma Weigan lowered his head. This time it was indeed his fault, and the punishment given to him was not too severe. After all, he was still the deputy governor.

"Yes, I understand." Ma Weigan had no intention of saying anything to Feng Sizhe. In his opinion, even if he wanted to say something, he would go to find Xu Chaoqi.

"Okay, go and hand over your work to Comrade Xia Yu and Comrade Yuan Weimin." Feng Sizhe waved his hand. He really didn't want to say anything to Ma Weigan. To be honest, he was really dissatisfied with this person's work. If it weren't for his current situation, he would definitely take down the deputy governor who was promoted by the other party.

Ma Weigan left the governor's office in a daze. He didn't know how he got back to his office. He seemed to remember something as he sat down. He immediately picked up the phone on the table and called the office of SW Secretary Xu Chaoqi.

The call was answered by Xu Chaoqi's secretary. When he heard that it was Ma Weigan looking for the boss, he didn't dare to neglect it and took the call. Soon, Xu Chaoqi's voice was heard from the other end, "Old Ma, are you back?"

"I'm back." Ma Weigan's voice was a little low-key at this time.

"What's wrong?" Xu Chaoqi heard something wrong in the other party's voice and asked.

"Secretary Xu, Feng Sizhe found out from the ticket that I left Ducheng Province in the afternoon. Now he no longer wants me to take charge of my previous job, but wants me to take over Yuan Weimin's job? I don't want to go, Secretary Xu, I did everything you said, you can't just watch things happen and do nothing, poverty alleviation, file management, these jobs are the least important in the provincial government, and they are not comparable to the jobs I was in charge of before, Secretary Xu, you must help me this time." Xu Chaoqi said excitedly. In his opinion, his current situation was entirely caused by Xu Chaoqi, and now that something has happened, he should be held responsible.

Xu Chaoqi also didn't expect that Feng Sizhe would make a fuss about the air tickets that were used to claim zero reimbursement. He had never thought about this before, and now that things have become passive, he was also very surprised.

But no matter how unexpected it was, since he knew clearly that Ma Wei had done something wrong, he couldn't go to Feng Sizhe to argue. He was right, so what did you want him to say?

Hearing that Xu Chaoqi did not express his opinion immediately, Ma Weigan became a little anxious, "Secretary Xu, you must help me."

"Hey, Old Ma, you were indeed wrong in this matter. I think you should just leave it like this for now. Don't worry, I will reconsider asking the provincial government to coordinate your work when there is a chance." Xu Chaoqi didn't know what to say at this time, so he had to speak in an official tone.

Hearing Xu Chaoqi say this, Ma Weigan understood that the other party was going to give up on him, so he immediately said anxiously, "Secretary Xu, I have done everything according to your instructions, please don't worry about me."

"Old Ma, don't get excited. Didn't I say I don't care about you? I just ask you to be patient for a while." Xu Chaoqi felt a little unhappy when he heard Ma Weigan biting him, so his tone was a little cold when he spoke. He thought that Ma Weigan's current mood was not suitable for talking about work.

Patience? Ma Weigan certainly couldn't accept this word now. He still held on to a glimmer of hope and said, "Secretary Xu, you are Secretary SW, and he is just an acting governor. As long as you ask, he will definitely not give you face. Secretary Xu, you..."

"Okay, Lao Ma, I'm very busy at work here. Let's talk about your matter later." After a snap, Xu Chaoqi hung up the phone. He didn't know how to face Ma Weigan, so he simply hung up the phone.

Ma Weigan listened to the beeping sound coming from the other end of the phone, and his face turned ugly. He knew that he would be abandoned this time, and at least for a long time, he had no hope of rising. He hated himself now, hated why he listened to Xu Chaoqi's words and went against Feng Sizhe, resulting in such a terrible result, but he did not think that Xu Chaoqi and Feng Sizhe would definitely not piss in the same pot, and his plea to Xu Chaoqi would not have any effect at all. Although he was the secretary of SW, Feng Sizhe was a cadre sent by the central government to preside over the overall work of the Ducheng Provincial Government. It would not be difficult for him to take down any deputy governor, not to mention that he had the handle in his hands now?

Ma Weigan calmed down for more than ten minutes, and then he chose to accept everything in front of him. He knew that if Xu Chaoqi did not make the decision for him, he had no ability to fight Feng Sizhe. What he should do now was to hand over the work according to Master Feng's wishes. At least by doing so, he could still maintain his position as governor.

As for whether he can regain power in the future, it depends on whether Feng Sizhe can gain a foothold in the capital province. This may be his only hope.

Ma Weigan forced himself to stay awake. He first went to Xia Yu to explain the business, quality supervision, industry and commerce, and construction work he had previously been in charge of, and then went to Yuan Weimin's office.

Yuan Weimin was looking at a work report on tourism handed in by his subordinates when his secretary suddenly told him that Vice Governor Ma was here. He was very surprised because Ma Weigan had never come to his office before. Although they were both vice governors, he was only a vice governor at the bottom of the ranking and he did hold great power.

But since the other person had come, of course he had to stand up and welcome him. He took the initiative to stand up from his chair, greeted Ma Weigan, and then went to the reception area with him.

"Vice Governor Ma, didn't you say you went to Kyoto to report on your work? Have you just come back?" Yuan Weimin asked curiously.

"Yeah." Ma Weigan didn't want to answer anything. In fact, he didn't feel like answering. "Vice Governor Yuan, Acting Governor Feng just told you to hand over your work, poverty alleviation, and archive management to me."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Weimin was stunned. He really couldn't figure out the situation. What was going on? Was he going to hand over all these jobs? Although poverty alleviation and archive management were not popular, they were still some powers. Now that they were handed over, he was only left with tourism work. Wouldn't that mean he had even less power?