Rebirth of the Rising Sun

"What? Please come in!" Hearing that it was Xi Guoqi, the commander of the Haibei Military Sub-district, who had arrived, Feng Sizhe sat back in his chair. He had to give him a grand reception as his only ally in the entire Haibei City. As the saying goes, a master leads the way, but it is up to the individual to practice. Grandpa had introduced this relationship to him, so how he would get along with the other party next was his own business.

Chen Guangming smiled and respectfully invited Xi Guoqi into the office. Feng Sizhe stood up from behind his desk and said loudly to Xi Guoqi who walked in, "Commander Xi, welcome, welcome to the development zone to guide our work."

"Come on." Seeing Feng Sizhe talking nonsense here, Xi Guoqi just smiled, and then he didn't bother to be polite with Feng Sizhe, and sat down on the sofa for guests, "Sizhe, judging from your clothes, you are going out, right? So, are you going to see Secretary Xiang or Mayor Liu?"

"Oh, Commander Xi is a fortune teller? You can tell this?" Feng Sizhe couldn't help but ask curiously when he saw that Xi Guoqi could tell what he was going to do right away.

"Haha, do you need a fortune teller to tell this? As long as you know your temper, you can guess it. Let me ask you, did the Municipal Finance Bureau intercept the money that the State Council gave to the development zone? Are you very angry and ready to go to the secretary or the mayor to ask for money?"

Xi Guoqi also knew about this matter. Feng Sizhe didn't want to hide it from him, so he nodded and said, "Yes, what's wrong? Is this wrong?"

Feng Sizhe didn't want to ask Xi Guoqi how he knew about this. He had been the commander of a military sub-district in Haibei City for several years. He didn't believe that he had no connections in the local area. But the question was, whether it was to ask the secretary or the mayor, was there anything wrong? He didn't understand.

Seeing that Feng Sizhe still didn't seem to understand, Xi Guoqi couldn't help but shook his head, "Sizhe, do you still remember what I said to you before?"

"You said so much, how could I possibly remember everything, but I know that it was indeed decided unanimously at the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee that I would be in charge of the development zone, and I also signed a military order. If the development zone cannot turn losses into profits within a year, then I will pack up and leave, so I..."

Without waiting for Feng Sizhe to finish his words, Xi Guoqi said, "So you have to get the money back, right? Sizhe, Sizhe, it seems that you still don't understand the situation in Haibei City. Didn't I tell you? Haibei is a place where various forces are intertwined, and there are ethnic minority groups in the local area, so many instructions from the central government have to be discounted here. Then don't you think it's normal that some of your money has been intercepted? I can even tell you that even if you go to Secretary Xiang because of this matter, it will be useless, because with Secretary Xiang's way of doing things, he will definitely dissuade you and comfort you, but he will definitely not help you get the money, because he will not offend that person. Do you think his reputation as a good guy is false? Ah? By then, not only will your money be deducted by others, but you will not even have a good reputation. The people who took your money will also hate you because of this matter, because you complained to the higher authorities, which is really a thankless job? I think you should think it over carefully."

Seeing that Feng Sizhe seemed to be confused, Xi Guoqi explained the reason to him. "Sizhe, you are young, which is your asset, but it is also your disadvantage. You are impulsive when doing things. This is not okay. You can't act on impulse when you are in politics. You have to think carefully about everything you do. Do you understand? Although you are approved by the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and you can have the final say in the development zone, can you really do that? Nowadays, even the secretary of a municipal party committee cannot have the final say, not to mention that you are just a deputy mayor, and there are several people above you."

Xi Guoqi's patient teaching forced Feng Sizhe to calm down at this moment. Indeed, considering Secretary Xiang Kang's character, it would not be fruitful to go to him with this matter. Instead, it would give people the impression that he was willing to complain, which would not be good. But thinking that so much money was simply withheld, he became angry again, "I can't just watch the money being withheld without saying a word."

"Haha, Sizhe, why didn't you say a word? Do you know the saying 'advance by retreating'? You didn't make a big fuss this time when you suffered a loss, so people can't see through you. They will feel that although you are young, you are very cunning. You didn't say a word when you encountered such a thing, so the enemy will be scared. Don't you understand the saying 'a biting dog doesn't bark'? You just need to record all these things now, and then reveal them all to him at the right time, so that it will have a deterrent effect. It's just like the relationship between countries. Everyone has nuclear weapons, but why don't they say they will use them? Because this thing itself is not used for war, but to deter the other side. Once it is really used, the effect may not be good. This is actually the same as your incident this time. Think about it."

After Xi Guoqi finished speaking, he stood up and said, "Okay, I have a meeting to attend later. I just stopped by to see you. I have said what I should say now. You can decide what to do next."

After saying that, Xi Guoqi really turned around and walked out of Feng Sizhe's office, leaving him alone sitting in his office chair thinking about this matter.

Feng Sizhe fell into deep thought after Xi Guoqi left. He carefully considered every word Xi Guoqi said, and at the same time, he was also thinking about what would happen if he really went to appeal. The answer is nothing more than what Xi Guoqi said, that he was just comforted by Xiang Kang, the secretary of the municipal party committee, and what else could happen. However, his making a fuss about this matter means that there is a result, and it will be difficult to bring this matter up in the future. Rather than making a fuss knowing that there will be no result, it is better not to make a fuss. In this way, this matter will be suppressed here, which can give other people a feeling that he is gathering momentum. In this case, everyone will think about him, and his weight in everyone's heart will be heavier. When something happens and others want to do something to him, they will think more about it. This is to retreat in order to advance, and to win with silence.

After understanding this, Feng Sizhe breathed a sigh of relief and was very grateful to Xi Guoqi. He was not just visiting him, but was reminding him. Well, he would listen to him and suppress the matter first. When the time is right, he would take it all out. He didn't believe that he couldn't defeat this man who came to take the money.

Feng Sizhe called Liu Zhiguo and asked him to record the money that had been received, but he did not mention the quarter that was withheld. This puzzled Liu Zhiguo. Feng Sizhe was still indignant just now, so why did he change his mind? For this reason, he told this matter to his good friend, Fei Cai, the executive deputy director of the Development Zone Management Committee. Fei Cai immediately told Song Dexiang the news.

Song Dexiang recounted Fei Cai's report in Mayor Liu Wenhua's office. "Haha, Mayor, I think Feng Sizhe is just like that. We deducted a quarter of their money, but he didn't dare to make a fuss or shout. I think that's because we deducted too little money. We should have deducted more money earlier."

Compared with Song Dexiang's attitude of "it doesn't matter", Liu Wenhua was indeed much more cautious and thought a lot. He could understand that Feng Sizhe was making a fuss about this matter, which showed that this young man was a straightforward person who liked to speak out about everything. Such people were just happy and not terrible. But compared with his current behavior, he had to endure it, which made him look at him with new eyes, because he couldn't understand what Feng Sizhe meant. He didn't believe that Feng Sizhe would not be angry at all after he deducted so much money from the other party?

"Okay, Old Song, I think we should be cautious about the development zone's affairs, especially the economic ones. We can't let him get hold of too many handles. If there are more such things in the future, and he settles the accounts with us, we will be in a passive position." Liu Wenhua thought about it and decided to be more cautious about the development zone's affairs in the future.

But Song Dexiang didn't care at all. "Hey, it's okay, Mayor. Feng Sizhe is just timid and doesn't dare to speak out. Besides, how can a deputy mayor like him turn the tables? Don't worry, nothing will happen."

Song Dexiang was careless and didn't take Liu Wenhua's words seriously at all. He didn't know that by doing so, he was actually giving Feng Sizhe the opportunity to get hold of them. There is a saying that goes, it's not that there will be no retribution, it's just that the time has not come yet. When many small things are accumulated together, they become a big thing, and these things will eventually be blamed on them.

With the operating funds allocated by the State Council, the Haitian Economic Development Zone has regained new vitality. Many projects that had been suspended for a long time due to funding problems have been restarted, and the workers have returned to work and are working hard.

Feng Sizhe also waited for the first businessman to re-move into the development zone - Bai Zhifei, manager of Feida Packaging Corporation.

In the development zone office director's room, when only Feng Sizhe and Bai Zhifei were there, a bear hug expressed their brotherly love.

"Haha, Mr. Feng, I didn't expect that we would meet here after we parted in Kyoto." After Bai Zhifei sat back on the sofa in the reception room, he said to Feng Sizhe with a smile.