Rebirth of the Rising Sun

"Okay, I'll be there right away." Feng Sizhe hung up the phone with a smile. This sudden call was not surprising at all in his eyes. Everything happened as he expected. Thinking that he could finally cause trouble for Liu Wenhua and the others and make them busy, he smiled and called Chen Guangming to go to the Municipal Party Committee Building.

Mayor Liu Wenhua received a call from the municipal party secretary Xiang Kang himself. "Old Liu, the situation is a bit complicated. What happened to the Municipal Finance Bureau? How did it suddenly run out of funds of 100 million? This is a big event. I will convene a municipal party committee standing committee meeting immediately. Please come quickly and discuss with our secretaries what to do."

At that time, if something big happened in the city, in order to prevent the development of the matter from going off track, if it was beyond the scope of their control, the municipal party committee would often hold a meeting of the secretary's office first to define the matter and then bring it to the municipal party committee standing committee. For example, if something big happened in Haibei City, it would often require the municipal party committee secretary Xiang Kang, the deputy secretary, the mayor Liu Wenhua, the deputy secretary in charge of personnel Wei Zuosheng, the deputy secretary, the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission Wang Changhui, and the deputy secretary, the secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission Mi Xueyong, a total of five people, to meet first to determine the tone of the matter.

Listening to the information Xiang Kang had revealed to him in advance, Liu Wenhua broke out in a cold sweat. He really didn't expect that Liu Changsong's case would be brought up for discussion at the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee meeting so soon. It seemed that he couldn't avoid it. So what should he do next?

Liu Wenhua paced back and forth in the room for a few times before finally making up his mind. It seemed that he needed to take sides at this time. Perhaps only in this way could he ensure that this incident would not have any special impact on him.

When Feng Sizhe walked into the No. 1 meeting room of the Municipal Party Committee, except for the five secretaries, all other members of the Municipal Party Committee were present. Among them, there were several people who did not know what had happened and did not understand the content of this meeting. For them, not knowing what had happened naturally made them very curious and asked each other questions.

After entering the meeting room, Feng Sizhe just exchanged glances with Minister of Propaganda Lou Xiaoming, and then he sat there quietly, waiting for the meeting to begin.

About ten minutes later, the municipal party secretary Xiang Kang walked into the meeting room with a stern face, followed by the four deputy secretaries and the municipal party secretary Li Chao.

After walking to his own seat, Xiang Kang looked around and saw that everyone was present except the Executive Vice Mayor Song Dexiang, who was called away to study at the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection. He coughed and announced the start of the meeting.

"Today's meeting is a temporary and emergency meeting. The reason why I called you all here in your busy schedule is that I have something to tell you. Come on, Secretary Wang, you should tell the details." After Xiang Kang opened the conversation, he gave the right to speak to the Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary Wang Changhui.

"Okay, the reason why I called everyone here today is because Comrade Zhao Guangming, the executive deputy director of the Municipal Finance Bureau, suddenly came to me early this morning. According to him, during his temporary tenure as the head of the Municipal Finance Bureau, he found a very obscure account with serious consequences and a very bad impact. This account involved a full 100 million yuan in funds, which suddenly disappeared from the Finance Bureau's accounts."

When Wang Changhui said this, there was a commotion in the audience. One hundred million. This was a considerable amount of money for Haibei City, which was not economically developed in 1998. And this money flew away without any effort. This was indeed a big deal, a big deal.

"This is the situation. I think Director Zhao should talk about the specific financial issues." After Wang Changhui said this, he nodded to the municipal party secretary Xiang Kang.

Xiang Kang nodded again to Li Chao, the municipal party committee secretary-general. Then Li Chao stood up, walked out of the meeting room, and brought in Zhao Guangming, deputy director of the Municipal Finance Bureau, who was waiting there to report on his work.

"Comrade Zhao Guangming, please introduce the situation, but you must remember that the first sentence must be true and there must be no exaggeration." Xiang Kang looked at Zhao Guangming who walked into the meeting room and reminded him.

"Yes, Secretary Xiang, and all the leaders, I guarantee with my party spirit that everything I am going to say is true, without a single word of falsehood. The situation of our Municipal Finance Bureau is like this..." Except for a few key data, for which Zhao Guangming lowered his head to read the manuscript, he spoke impromptu and reported the situation.

Twenty minutes later, Zhao Guangming finally finished speaking, and then walked out of the meeting room under the leadership of Li Chao. At this moment, the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, which only had twelve people, fell silent. After hearing what Zhao Guangming reported, everyone needed a period of digestion. A full 100 million yuan of funds just disappeared, which was definitely not a trivial matter, so every word they said next had to be said after deep thinking.

After five or six minutes of silence in the conference room, Xiang Kang finally spoke, "Okay, this is what happened. I think everyone has understood it. Then please express your opinions and see what should be done next."

Xiang Kang was asking for everyone's opinions. Lou Xiaoming, who had been waiting for a long time to speak, became the first to speak out. "My opinion is very simple. We need to investigate the responsibilities of the relevant parties and find out where the money went. This money belongs to Haibei City and is used to build and develop Haibei. There is no reason to let it go away like this."

"Yes, that's what we should do. Although our army has no right to interfere in local affairs, it is my personal opinion that this matter must be investigated thoroughly. If this happened in our military sub-district, we would immediately send the person responsible to the military court, and even have him executed." Xi Guoqi, commander of the Haibei Military Region, immediately responded to Lou Xiaoming and expressed his support for her opinion.

From the situation just now, Xi Guoqi has already realized that the target this time is Liu Changsong, the former director of the Municipal Finance Bureau, and this person is one of the right-hand men of Liu Wenhua, the municipal party committee member. So why would he hesitate? He must speak out to suppress him.

Lou Xiaoming and Xi Guohua expressed their attitudes clearly, which made some members of the Standing Committee nod their heads continuously. It was obvious that everyone supported this suggestion when they first heard it.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Mayor Liu Wenhua, who had wanted to speak later, could no longer hold back.

If it were in the past, he would have had Song Dexiang as his vanguard, but now that person is still in the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and has not been released, so he has to go into battle himself. "Well, let me say a few words. My personal opinion is that this amount of money is not a small amount, so everyone must handle it with caution. After all, the matter has been publicized, and as leaders of Haibei City, we are all responsible. If the higher-ups investigate, none of us can escape. So my idea is to handle it in a low-key manner, or find a way to get the money back first and recover the losses. As for dealing with the relevant parties, I think we also need to be low-key."

Liu Wenhua said this because he was afraid of making the matter worse. If that happened, the truth would be revealed and he would be implicated as well.

"Yes, there is an old saying that goes, 'Don't air your dirty laundry in public.' Today, when the national economy is developing rapidly, such a thing has indeed happened in our Haibei City. If the higher-ups really knew about it, how would they look at us? Would they feel that there is something wrong with our Haibei City's leadership team? If so, it would be harmful rather than beneficial to everyone here. So I support Mayor Liu's decision. Let's keep a low profile on this matter." Mi Xueyong, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, also promptly expressed his support for Liu Wenhua.

Mi Xueyong's relationship with Liu Wenhua was ordinary, and there was no close personal relationship between the two sides, but the main reason why he supported Liu Wenhua this time was for himself. Mi Xueyong, who was very familiar with the situation in Haibei City, knew that if the incident of the Finance Bureau became a big deal, Haibei City would inevitably attract a lot of attention. At that time, many problems in Haibei would be discovered. If that happened, some local forces under his protection would also be strictly investigated, and he might be found to have problems. Therefore, he did not want Haibei City to attract attention, so he became one of Liu Wenhua's supporters.

Two deputy secretaries successively held the same opinion and expressed their intention to suppress the matter. The voices of these two people were much more important than those of Lou Xiaoming and Xi Guoqi. They were much more powerful than the latter in terms of both position and authority. The situation of the meeting became a bit one-sided.

"I don't agree with Mayor Liu and Secretary Mi." Feng Sizhe saw that the matter was about to be suppressed by some selfish people, so he had to stand up.

When Feng Sizhe said this, everyone looked at him. "Leaders, comrades, think about what our aspirations were when we first joined the party. We came to Haibei to work because the party and the people trust us. If we suppress some things just for the sake of our official hats, then we are worthy of our conscience and our identities. So I support getting to the bottom of things. We should be upright and honest. Hiding things is not the style of our party members."

Feng Sizhe was demanding everyone to do what they wanted to do from a very high standard. His words sounded righteous, but at the same time, it was just a reasonable thing to do. Once he said it, some people who wanted to agree to suppress the matter were unable to speak.

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