Rebirth of the Rising Sun

"Leader, you don't have anything important to do in three days. You should be inspecting the planting of peanuts and cotton in the county government or Chengguan Town." Zhou Xingxing was indeed a competent secretary. He knew Feng Sizhe's recent activity arrangements very well. He could answer questions fluently without even looking through the book.

"Oh? Is that so? Then you should change it immediately. I will go to Shisanli Town early tomorrow morning to check out the agricultural sowing situation there. Let's set the time for three days first." Feng Sizhe smiled, revealing a charming smile.

Chang Ning wanted to come and see me, so I would hide for a while and see what he would do next. Feng Sizhe knew what to do, so he did not go to Huodian Township, the farthest from the county seat, but to Shisanli Town, which was only 30 or 40 miles away from the county seat, so that he could react if something happened suddenly.

It can be said that in order to test Chang Ning's attitude towards him, Feng Sizhe has made preparations to welcome the new mayor, and also to see what the mayor will do after he comes to Dahu and fails to see him.

It was not until the morning of the next day that the Dahu County Party Committee and County Government received information that the new mayor, Chang Ning, would be visiting Dahu County for an inspection in two days.

As the newly appointed mayor, his first stop was Dahu, which was definitely an affirmation of Dahu County's work. After learning about this, the county party secretary Sun Shizhe immediately asked his secretary Qi Wei to notify the county party committee standing committee members to hold a meeting. He had to make good arrangements for the welcoming activities. He had been in Dahu County for several years, and this was the first time that an important leader of the municipal party committee came to Dahu County for an inspection. He had to perform well.

Half an hour later, the county party committee standing committee was held as scheduled.

Sun Shicun, who was sitting at the first seat, had a rosy face and looked at all the participants with a victorious attitude. He found that there was an empty seat below Fang Xianzhi, which seemed to be the seat of Executive Deputy County Mayor Feng Sizhe.

As soon as Sun Shicun raised his question, Fang Xianzhi noticed it and said, "Secretary Sun, County Magistrate Feng has gone to inspect agricultural work for ten days. He asked for leave from me yesterday afternoon and left early this morning. He said he would be back in three days."

Fang Xianzhi didn't know that Feng Sizhe had heard the news that the mayor was coming first, so he deliberately hid away. Because he didn't think of this, County Magistrate Fang thought it was a normal work plan.

He originally wanted to call Feng Sizhe to come back, but then he thought that if Feng Sizhe was not there when the new mayor came, he could take on many of the recent tasks of the county government on his own, and without Feng Sizhe, he could perform better. Thinking of this, he lamented that Feng Sizhe left at the wrong time, and decided not to notify him, and wait until the mayor arrived in Dahu County before calling to tell him, so that even if he rushed over from Shisanli Town, it would be too late.

Fang Xianzhi had his own plans, and so did Sun Shicun. He had originally thought about discussing with Feng Sizhe to share his share of the credit for Pengfei Peanut Products Processing Factory being settled in Dahu. Now that Feng Sizhe was gone, he could openly take 70 to 80 percent of the credit. Thinking that it would be more beneficial for him without County Magistrate Feng, he nodded to County Magistrate Fang and did not say anything about County Magistrate Feng's absence.

"Comrades, the newly appointed mayor of the city, Changning, mentioned our Dahu County when he chose to go to the grassroots for the first time, which made me feel pressured. But more importantly, it made me feel encouraged and excited. The economy of our Dahu County has always ranked last in Yongyang City. In the past, not to mention the mayor, even the most marginal deputy mayor and the mayor's assistant would not come to our Dahu to see the comrades. Now that the economy of our Dahu County has developed, it has immediately attracted the favor of the main leaders of the city. This is a good thing. For this reason, I ask everyone to regard Mayor Changning's visit to Dahu as a political task."

After delivering an emotional speech, Sun Shicun regarded Chang Ning's arrival as a political task. Once something is elevated to a political task, it becomes a big deal.

"Well, let me assign some tasks. Comrade Li Yige, director of the County Party Committee Office, will be responsible for leading the reception and meals, as well as the arrangement and order of the county party committee standing committee members reporting to Mayor Changning."

"Secretary Yang Chao of the Political and Legal Committee is responsible for the leadership of the municipal party committee and the driving routes and safety. Some unruly people or vagrants will be cleared out in the next two days. In short, we must ensure that there will be no mistakes after the leaders arrive in Dahu County."

"Minister He of the Propaganda Department must arrange all the record keeping work after the leader comes, and make sure that every word and action of the leader is recorded. We will hold a special meeting to study afterwards."

"Everyone else should do their own job and do their work well. In addition, we need to take the lead and clean up our respective offices and the entrance of the county party committee building. We can't let the leaders see garbage everywhere when they come. This will have a bad influence. Okay, does County Mayor Fang have anything else to add? If not, let's adjourn the meeting."

After hearing this, Fang Xianzhi had nothing else to say. He could only say that what the secretary had said was very comprehensive, and then everyone dispersed and went about their business.

After the meeting, all the standing committee members took action quickly, and by the afternoon, the entire Dahu County Party Committee office building was completely renewed.

It can be said that the power of the people is really great and infinite. In just one afternoon, the hygiene of the entire county party committee building from the outside to the inside has completely changed. It is not that some things are not done well, but that there is a lack of pressure.

All departments of Dahu County Party Committee and County Government were running at high speed. Even Deputy County Magistrate Qi Hengsan asked Wu Yong to prepare a long manuscript for him, in which he listed all the things he had done for Dahu County. It seemed that he also knew that Feng Sizhe could not be suppressed by just his brother-in-law, the Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee, and he also wanted to take advantage of the arrival of Mayor Chang Ning to make a comeback.

One night and one day later, Mayor Chang Ning and a group of people from the municipal government arrived in Dahu County in seven or eight cars.

The members of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee who accompanied Mayor Chang on the inspection in Dahu County included Li Lianxue, Minister of the Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department, Sun Zhongping, Deputy Mayor of the Standing Committee, and Wang Yanjin, Minister of the United Front Work Department.

Except for Standing Committee Deputy Mayor Sun Zhongping, who was asked by the Mayor of Changning to follow, the other two asked to follow on their own initiative.

The reason why Chang Ning appointed Vice Mayor Sun Zhongping was because he was a person who could be won over. As far as Chang Ning knew, Sun Zhongping was also a non-factional figure in the Yongyang Municipal Party Committee and a hard-working talent. In addition, if he wanted to get in touch with Feng Sizhe, Vice Mayor Sun Zhongping could also serve as a middleman.

Chang Ning really needed such a person to help him when he first took office in Yongyang, so he named him.

Sun Zhongping was also interested in seeing what the investment from Dahu County was really about, whether it was for real business or just for fame, so he followed along.

Minister of Propaganda Li Lianxue took the initiative to request to accompany the interview on the topic of promoting Dahu County's investment of two million yuan. In addition, when the mayor goes to the grassroots level, it is very prestigious to have the Minister of Propaganda accompanying him, because there are many reporters and newspaper staff following the mayor this time, and even people from Yongyang City Radio Station have come. With Li Lianxue's assistance, this work will be carried out better.

Of course, Li Lianxue's purpose was like this on the surface, but in fact, he still wanted to take the opportunity to see what Chang Ning's purpose was in coming to Dahu County. He could also take the opportunity to see He Zhuhua, the propaganda minister of Dahu County, who had a good relationship with him and was one of his own people. He could also have a chat with Fang Xianzhi, the mayor of Dahu County, and Li Wanli, the armed forces minister, who were on good terms with He Zhuhua. As Dahu County brought in two million yuan in funds and explained that this was only an initial investment, it would be his time to make it known. Slowly, Dahu County's position in the entire Yongyang area would also stand out. Whoever controls this place would have a certain say in the Yongyang Municipal Party Committee in the future. To put it bluntly, Minister Li also came here to control the Dahu County Party Committee.

Speaking of Wang Yanjin, Minister of the Municipal Party Committee's United Front Work Department, this man is a die-hard supporter of the Municipal Party Committee's Deputy Secretary Qiu Fugui. He came this time to inspect the United Front work in Dahu County. Of course, this is only a superficial task. In fact, his task is just one: to follow Qiu Fugui's orders to see what tricks Chang Ning is playing. Why did he ask to inspect Dahu County as soon as he arrived at the Municipal Party Committee?

It can be said that the four protagonists all came to Dahu with different intentions. At the fork in the national highway leading to Dahu County, the county party secretary Sun Shicun, along with the county head Fang Xianzhi and other four teams of the county party committee and county government were waiting quietly. When he saw the car coming, Sun Shicun immediately straightened his chest and greeted the convoy in his shiny black leather shoes.

The leading police car stopped, and then the cars of the leaders also parked on the side of the road. Then the four members of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, led by Chang Ning, got out of the car and walked in front of Sun Shicun and others.

"Welcome, welcome, welcome Mayor Chang and his municipal party committee leaders to our Dahu County to guide the work." Sun Shicun tried his best to put on what he thought was the brightest smile and came towards Chang Ning.

"Dahu County comrades are too polite. You just need to wait in the county party committee compound. Look, such a grand ceremony will delay your work." Chang Ning said with some displeasure, but he had to pretend not to be too angry.

To put it bluntly, Chang Ning is not very suitable to be an official. He is more suitable to be a scientific researcher because he is more honest and less devious.