Rebirth of the Rising Sun

"Haha, okay, you and I have the same temper, let's go." Seeing Feng Sizhe say this, Xia Xiang was obviously very happy. He patted Feng Sizhe's shoulder and walked out, but this time he didn't use much force.

People in the municipal government obviously didn't expect that the new executive vice mayor Feng Sizhe would get into work so quickly, and that he was accompanied by the municipal party secretary Xia Xiang. When the two of them entered the municipal government building together, the municipal government secretary Wang Ben hurriedly came out from the office on the third floor to greet them.

Wang Ben had just walked to the third floor when he saw Xia Xiang and Feng Sizhe walking upstairs. When Xia Xiang saw him, he called him over and said to Feng Sizhe beside him, "Comrade Sizhe, this is Comrade Wang Ben, the Secretary General of our Municipal Government. You can ask him to do any work arrangements you have at the Municipal Government in the future."

"Hello, Mayor Feng, my name is Wang Ben, you can call me Xiao Wang from now on." Wang Ben said to Feng Sizhe very enthusiastically.

Wang Ben is already over 40 years old, but Feng Sizhe, who just turned 30, calls him "Little Wang", which shows his humble work attitude.

"Secretary Niu is too polite. We will need your help in more work in the future." Feng Sizhe said modestly to Wang Ben. Although he was higher than others in terms of rank, he also knew that he was a newcomer and didn't understand many things. He still needed to rely on him in many places.

"Okay, okay, Secretary Niu, please call together the deputy mayors who are at home right away. Firstly, this will allow Comrade Sizhe to get to know them, and secondly, it will be a good opportunity to reassign work to everyone." Seeing that the two men were so polite, Xia Xiang laughed and gave instructions to Wang Ben.

"Yes, please go to the conference room and wait for a moment, I'll do it right away." Wang Ben replied quickly, then turned around and went to work.

Watching Wang Ben leaving quickly, Xia Xiang nodded and said to Feng Sizhe unintentionally, "Comrade Wang Ben is quite responsible in his work. To be honest, I have been serving as both the municipal party committee secretary and the mayor recently. I am grateful for his cooperation in the municipal government. Otherwise, I don't know how chaotic it would be here."

Just from this one sentence, Feng Sizhe understood a truth, that is, Secretary-General Wang Ben should be Xia Xiang's man, or at least he is an official that Xia Xiang values. So he needs to maintain a good relationship with this person in the future, otherwise it will directly affect his relationship with Xia Xiang.

Not long after Feng Sizhe and Xia Xiang walked into the No. 1 Conference Room of the Municipal Government, Wang Ben turned around and walked back, followed by several comrades. Feng Sizhe recognized the leader among them. He was the Standing Committee Member and Deputy Mayor Dong Yongzhao, whom he had just met not long ago.

Wang Ben walked into the meeting room and whispered to Xia Xiang, "Secretary Xia, only a few deputy mayors are at home now. Some people are not at home because they were not notified in advance. Please see..."

"Forget it, I won't notify those who are not here. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. I mainly came to announce Comrade Feng Sizhe's work arrangements. We can talk about the rest later." Xia Xiang was carefree. He waved his hand without making any excessive demands, but let the comrade standing at the door of the meeting room come in first.

At this time, there were several deputy mayors of Lianhua City standing in the conference room. They were, namely, Deputy Mayor Dong Yongzhao, who was a little old man with very dark skin. It could be seen that he was tanned due to work. Judging from his skin, he should be a hard-working person.

Ni Dahong, the deputy mayor and director of the Finance Bureau, is a fat man with a smiling face and a greasy complexion. It is obvious that he is the kind of person who sits in the office every day and does not exercise regularly.

Deputy Mayor Zhang Yukun, who is in charge of the city's taxation, has small eyes, but they reveal a hint of shrewdness. In terms of ranking, he can be regarded as a former deputy mayor, but due to the specific situation of Lianhua City, no companies would invest here, so he has no real power in the taxation area. He is equivalent to a deputy mayor with a title but no real power.

There is also the deputy mayor and director of the Municipal Education Bureau, Wang Xibo. This man wears glasses and looks like a well-read person. However, there is no clearness in his eyes that a scholar should have. Instead, there seems to be a kind of snobbish eye that speaks one way to one person and another way to another.

Xia Xiang did not call the mayor's assistants because he did not want Feng Sizhe to waste too much energy on interpersonal activities as soon as he arrived at the city government. Instead, he asked Wang Ben to call a few deputy mayors to meet each other and get to know each other. With Xia Xiang's introduction, Feng Sizhe shook hands with these deputy mayors one by one.

"This is Comrade Dong Yongzhao. He should be in charge of industry and enterprises, but you also know that Lianhua City does not have any outstanding state-owned enterprises, and there are not many private enterprises, so his job is more about agriculture. Sizhe can exchange views with Comrade Yongzhao in the future. This is Deputy Mayor Ni Dahong, who is in charge of the city's finances, this is Deputy Mayor Zhang Yukun, who is in charge of taxation, and this is Deputy Mayor Wang Xibo, who is in charge of the education department." He introduced everyone to Feng Sizhe one by one, and then Xia wanted everyone to sit down according to their ranking.

After everyone was seated, Xia Xiang said, "Comrades, today is a big day for our Lianhua City Government. The Provincial Party Committee has taken into account the actual situation of our Lianhua City and specially sent us Comrade Feng Sizhe, a cadre who combines practical work with theory. He is a very capable person who can quickly boost the economy of a city in a short period of time. For this reason, I propose that we applaud and welcome Comrade Feng Sizhe's arrival."

"Wow, wow, wow." Although there were not many people attending the meeting, the applause was still enthusiastic. While Feng Sizhe was clapping along with everyone, he also nodded to everyone one by one to express his gratitude.

After raising his hand to signal everyone to stop clapping, Xia Xiang said, "As you all know, I have been acting as the mayor for a while because of his poor health. I am also very busy with the work of the municipal party committee and it is difficult for me to spare time to run between the two. I have always felt guilty about this." At this point, Xia Xiang did have a guilty expression on his face. It was obvious that he was not satisfied with his work as the acting mayor. However, this depression soon disappeared with his eyebrows raised. "Fortunately, the provincial party committee discovered the difficulties of our Lianhua City and sent Comrade Feng Sizhe to work here in time. For this reason, I decided that during the period when I work in the municipal party committee and I don't have time to take care of the work of the municipal government, Comrade Feng Sizhe will be in charge of the work of the Lianhua Municipal Government. No matter what the work is, Comrade Feng Sizhe has the right to make decisions on my behalf."

Xia Xiang suddenly announced this decision, and not only the other deputy mayors were shocked, but Feng Sizhe himself was also shocked.

Xia Xiang had never revealed this intention before, and now he suddenly added such a heavy burden to himself. He really couldn't adapt to it. He was not worried about his ability to do the job well, but he really didn't expect Xia Xiang to trust himself so much. Before he did anything, he handed over all the work power of the municipal government to him, which indirectly meant handing over the mayor's power to him.

"Secretary Xia, this... this is not allowed." Feng Sizhe reacted and waved his hands quickly. He was not mentally prepared to take over the power of the municipal government.

"Hey, what do you mean by 'can't do'? You want me to run around for work, which will only delay the Municipal Party Committee and then the Municipal Government? To be honest, I have read your resume and I think you can do it." Xia Xiang saw that Feng Sizhe was about to refuse, but she did not give him any chance and said loudly that she was firm and determined to make this decision.

Xia Xiang had said so, what else could Feng Sizhe say? He had no choice but to stay seated and keep silent, but the pressure in his heart had increased invisibly. He felt that just because of Xia Xiang's trust in him, he had to work hard to do a good job.

The atmosphere of the meeting became a little strange because of Xia Xiang's sudden announcement. Then Xia Xiang talked about some of the key tasks of the municipal government. He said that the flood in July had caused more than 70% of the crops in Lianhua City to be flooded. Not only could the economic growth of Lianhua City not be achieved this year, but even whether it could meet the basic food and clothing needs of the entire population would become a problem. For this reason, he hoped that the members of the municipal government team could quickly find a solution to the urgent problem.

These words are actually equivalent to the first difficult problem for Feng Sizhe in his work. Whether he can solve this problem depends on his personal ability.

The meeting didn't last very long. After Xia Xiang arranged Feng Sizhe's work priorities, he left the city government. There were still a lot of things waiting for him to deal with in the municipal party committee.

After Secretary Xia Xiang left, Feng Sizhe followed Secretary Wang Ben to his own office. The office was quite large, with another room outside, which was reserved for Feng Sizhe's secretary Chen Guang, and the large room inside was where Feng Sizhe usually worked. The room was large, but the furnishings were a bit old, with used tables, chairs and bookcases, and even a piece of paint was knocked off a corner of the bookcase.

Looking at this simple office, Feng Sizhe nodded. Even the office of the executive vice mayor is like this. One can imagine how poor Lianhua City is.

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