Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Under Feng Sizhe's introduction, Wei Zuosheng shook hands with these people one by one, and said some inspiring words to everyone when shaking hands, which was equivalent to his acknowledgment of these people. In this way, Feng Sizhe could finally leave Haibei City with peace of mind. He still needed to move on to the next goal.

During his two days in Haibei City, Feng Sizhe also had dinner with the Municipal Party Committee Secretary Zhang Shou, Organization Minister Lou Xiaoming, and Haibei Military Sub-district Commander Xi Guoqi, and had more friendly communications with them. Then, on the second night, without notifying anyone, Feng Sizhe left Haibei City together with Li Shuang, Chen Guangming and others.

Sitting in the Audi, looking at the increasingly beautiful Haibei, Feng Sizhe's mind was full of thoughts and a little bit reluctant to leave, but he knew more clearly that Haibei City was just a stop in his life and definitely not the destination. He was also full of longing for where his goal was, how high and how far it was.

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Accompanied personally by Sun Zhengtao, Executive Deputy Minister of the Organization Department of Guangxi Province, he and Feng Sizhe set out on the journey to Lianhua City.

Feng Sizhe, who had returned to the provincial party committee a day earlier, carefully read a lot of information about Lianhua City. These materials had been prepared for him by Chen Guangming, his secretary, and Chen Guangming even got a list of the leaders of the Lianhua City Party Committee from Yao Ke, Yao Dejiang's secretary, for Feng Sizhe to study.

Whenever he arrives at a place, Feng Sizhe always studies the cadres there first, because work cannot be done without the help of other departments, and knowing the hobbies and temperaments of colleagues at the first time is the most important thing. Knowing this will make the following things much easier.

Sun Zhengtao asked Feng Sizhe to get into his car, and he started chatting with Feng Sizhe on the way to Lianhua City.

"Sizhe, this trip to Lianhua City is the result of the joint efforts of many leaders of the Provincial Party Committee. Everyone also hopes that you can do new work in Lianhua City. Do you have confidence?" Sun Zhengtao smiled and looked at Feng Sizhe, who was much younger than him and full of vitality, and asked with a hint of appreciation.

"Thank you for the concern and help from the provincial party committee leaders. I can't say whether I have confidence or not, but I will definitely do my best to do my job well." Feng Sizhe answered attentively.

"Very good, I must remember this point about doing your job well. You are going to serve as the executive vice mayor of Lianhua City this time. It is a lateral transfer, but Lianhua City does not have the natural economic conditions of being close to the sea like Haibei City, so you must be prepared to endure hardships and have difficulty in carrying out your work. Of course, you must remember one thing more, that is, the organization sent you to Lianhua City to test you and also wants you to develop the agricultural economy there, so you just need to do your job well, and try not to worry about other things, okay?" It seemed that he was speaking in the tone of a superior giving instructions to a subordinate, but it also seemed to be a reminder or a discussion. In short, there was only one meaning in his words, which was to tell Feng Sizhe that he was going to Haibei City to work, not to fight corruption, and certainly not to make some noise again like he did in Haibei City.

How could Feng Sizhe not understand what Sun Zhengtao meant by these words? In fact, he was not a nosy person. It was just that the problems in Haibei City had been left for too long, and he happened to be caught up in it, so he repeatedly took action to fight corruption against some leaders in Haibei City. Later, thinking about it, he seemed to be a little ruthless this time. It is true that such nosy cadres are not liked by leaders. Leaders like obedient subordinates who can share their worries, not subordinates who stir up trouble and make things restless wherever they go.

"Yes, Minister Sun is right. When I arrive in Lianhua City, I will definitely change my habit of meddling in other people's affairs and work hard to do my job well."

"Very good." Seeing that Feng Sizhe understood what he meant, Sun Zhengtao nodded happily. "Sizhe, Minister Yao and I are very optimistic about you, and Vice Governor Du is also full of hope for you. Don't worry, as long as you can work well in Lianhua City this time, it doesn't matter if you produce results slowly. The most important thing is to be steady and solid. As long as you stick there for a period of time, at most two years, we will consider your promotion to mayor. When you have enough experience here, we will find an opportunity to transfer you out. It is not impossible for you to serve as the municipal party secretary for one term. Do you understand?"

As if he was afraid that Feng Sizhe would agree verbally but couldn't help but do something extra in his heart, Sun Zhengtao deliberately drew a blueprint for a beautiful future for him.

"Okay." Feng Sizhe listened to Sun Zhengtao's words and agreed verbally, but could he really work in one place for four or five years? Did he really have so much time to spend in Lianhua City? To be honest, he himself didn't know.

The car entered the territory of Lianhua City while Feng Sizhe and Sun Zhengtao were having a relaxed conversation. Once entering here, one could clearly see an increase in mountains on both sides of the road. There was even no sunlight for a long time on the journey as the dazzling light was blocked by the mountains.

The view inside the car dimmed, which made Feng Sizhe feel a little uncomfortable. Sun Zhengtao seemed to sense Feng Sizhe's discomfort and said, "This must be the jurisdiction of Lianhua City. There is no way. This is how it is here. The mountains are towering, one next to the other. Such an external environment makes it reasonable that the economy here is underdeveloped."

Listening to Sun Zhengtao's words, Feng Sizhe nodded secretly. In the past, when he went to a region, he would first fight against the officials, policies, and bad atmosphere there, but now it seems that this time he will first fight against nature. Fortunately, the great man said that fighting against the sky is endless fun, fighting against the earth is endless fun, fighting against people is endless fun! This time he is going to give it a real try.

After driving about a hundred kilometers, the car was finally about to get off the highway. From a distance, you could see a long line of cars at the exit of the highway in Lianhua City.

Whether Lianhua City is rich or not can be seen from the welcoming cars. From a distance, except for the Audi in the front, the others are Mitsubishi SUVs, and some are Jettas with slightly higher chassis. This shows how difficult the roads here are and how backward the economy here is.

Looking at the various cars, Feng Sizhe couldn't help but think that Lianhua City seemed to be very poor, and the burden on him to change this place was indeed very heavy.

The man leading the Audi was Comrade Xia Xiang, the Party Secretary and Mayor of Lianhua City. He was wearing a black suit and stretched his neck to look at the convoy from a distance. When he saw the convoy approaching, he quickly strode to the side of the road, looking really impatient.

It's no wonder that Comrade Xia Xiang was worried. He had heard early on that the provincial party committee was going to send a cadre who was familiar with economics to work in Lianhua City. He was so excited when he heard that the higher-ups were going to inject fresh blood into their city. For this reason, he even went to the province and visited the home of his old superior, Mr. Hua.

It is said that Xia Xiang was a cadre promoted by Mr. Hua. At that time, Hua Liguo was the secretary of the Lianhua City Party Committee, and Xia Xiang was just a county magistrate. However, his hard work spirit was noticed by Mr. Hua, so he repeatedly promoted him out of turn. When Mr. Hua was about to leave Lianhua City, Xia Xiang had been promoted two levels to become an ordinary deputy mayor. Later, after Mr. Hua went to the province to serve as executive vice governor, he gave Xia Xiang another boost and made him a member of the Municipal Party Committee and became the executive vice mayor. Later, Xia Xiang relied on his own efforts to climb step by step to the position of secretary of the Lianhua City Party Committee.

Of course, Xia Xiang is where he is today because he works in Lianhua City. If he were in other urban areas, he would not have had the chance to take this position as he did not have strong connections. It is also because Lianhua City is too poor and not many people compete for positions here, so he has achieved his current results.

After Xia Xiang went to the province to meet Mr. Hua, he learned from the old man that the executive vice mayor assigned to him this time by the provincial party committee was indeed a knowledgeable and practical cadre who understood economics and agriculture. Mr. Hua even praised Feng Sizhe in front of Xia Xiang.

Xia Xiang, who had obtained detailed information from Old Hua, began to count the days until Feng Sizhe would come to Lianhua City. Now that this person had finally arrived, how could he be unhappy?

Just as Sun Zhengtao's car stopped, Xia Xiang walked over quickly. He opened Sun Zhengtao's car door, shook hands with him, and said in a loud voice, "Hello, Minister Sun, hello, Minister Sun, welcome to bring fresh blood to our Lianhua City, welcome, welcome."

After saying all this to Sun Zhengtao, Xia Xiang extended his hand to Feng Sizhe who came out of the car shortly afterwards, "Comrade Feng Sizhe, I've been waiting for you to come. I know that you are an intellectual cadre who has studied abroad, and I also know that you are a practical cadre who has worked your way up from the grassroots level. Our entire Lianhua Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have been waiting for you to come, and now we finally have you. I'll make it clear that the future of Lianhua City's economy depends on you, so you must work as hard as you can and don't be lazy, ha ha ha."

This was the first time Feng Sizhe met Xia Xiang in person. Hearing his simple voice and sincere praise for himself, he felt a little embarrassed. "Secretary Xia, you are too kind. I came here to learn, but I dare not say that I am a knowledgeable or hard-working cadre. Of course, I will treat this place as my home and work hard. In your words, I will never be lazy."

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