Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Hearing Miao Zihan say this, Feng Sizhe felt relieved. He had always been worried that his appointment as mayor would be blocked at the central government. Although he knew that some people would speak for him, he had not greeted anyone before this matter. Would those people really stand up and speak for him? This has always been his concern. Now, no one said anything about this matter, and everyone remained silent. Silence is equivalent to tacit consent, and his trip as mayor will definitely not be a problem. But he must also do more to achieve certain real results to repay everyone and tell those who are optimistic about him that their vision is not a problem.

Everything is ready, and now we just have to wait for the announcement from the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee.

Before the matter was announced, Xia Xiang came to Feng Sizhe to discuss something again.

As mentioned before, the Provincial Party Committee meant that the Secretary-General of the Lianhua Municipal Party Committee should be selected by Lianhua City itself. So Xia Xiang became interested in this position. The reason why he became interested in this position is that he had a suitable candidate, and that person was Niu Ben, the current Secretary-General of the Municipal Government.

Niu Ben has a good relationship with Xia Xiang, and he is also the son-in-law of Director Sun of the Municipal People's Congress. Because of this relationship, his chances of success in competing for the position of Mayor's Secretary General are still very high. The only suspense is that he has to go through Feng Sizhe.

Everyone knows that Feng Sizhe will be the mayor of Lianhua City, which means that he will have the final say on many matters in the city government. Although the news has not been announced yet, Xia Xiang believes it, so he took the initiative to find Feng Sizhe this time. He must listen to Feng Sizhe's opinion for this matter.

Feng Sizhe was somewhat touched that Xia Xiang took the initiative to contact him about this matter and even discussed it with him. After all, Xia Xiang was still the secretary of the municipal party committee and the acting mayor. Even if he was no longer the mayor, he was still the secretary of the municipal party committee. He could make decisions on personnel matters, and contacting him was just a sign of respect for him. How could Feng Sizhe disagree with this? He immediately expressed his agreement.

Feng Sizhe agreed so readily, which made Xia Xiang overjoyed. "Haha, Sizhe, you know, when Bei Lianxiang was still here, I felt that I couldn't control the Municipal Party Committee, so I thought of using Niu Ben. I believe that with his assistance, my control over the Municipal Party Committee will be much better, and this is the lesson learned. So, after Niu Ben leaves, you must find someone to take over the Municipal Government as soon as possible. Do you have a suitable candidate?"

Feng Sizhe had not thought that Niu Ben would leave the city government, so he did not think much about it. Now, after hearing Xia Xiang's question, he just shook his head.

"You have to think about it. Think about it carefully. If there is no suitable one in Lianhua City, you can look for it somewhere else. Anyway, let me know when you find one. Leave the Municipal Party Committee to me, and I will be responsible for taking over. Haha." Xia Xiang said this wholeheartedly for Feng Sizhe's sake.

"Okay, Secretary Xia, I will tell you when I find a suitable candidate." Feng Sizhe nodded.

After Xia Xiang left, Feng Sizhe began to think about the candidate for the secretary-general of the municipal government. He first thought of He Wenbao. He Wenbao had the strongest sense of service. But when he thought about the fact that he was already at the level of a director, if he was transferred to the municipal government to serve as secretary-general at this time, he would only be at the level of a director. This was not a good thing. If not handled properly, it might even hinder his development. With this in mind, he had to think about changing the candidate.

While Feng Sizhe was still hesitating about the candidate, he received another congratulatory call from Chen Ping, acting director of the Haibei Municipal Bureau of Statistics.

Speaking of which, Chen Ping and Feng Sizhe have known each other for several years. That was when Feng Sizhe was preparing to take up his post in Haibei City. At that time, Chen Ping was the first Guangxi Province cadre he met. Later, because of Chen Ping's outstanding performance, Feng Sizhe transferred him from the Haibei City Office in Beijing to Haibei City, and promoted him from an ordinary cadre to the deputy director level. It can be said that he is a true member of the Feng faction.

Feng Sizhe was very happy that Chen Ping called him, and he asked about Chen Ping's current work situation. Unfortunately, Chen Ping's answer was not satisfactory.

It turned out that since Feng Sizhe left Haibei City for unavoidable reasons, Chen Ping had been working as the deputy director and acting director of the Municipal Statistics Bureau. It was almost a year, and there were several opportunities for him to be promoted to a full-time position, but due to the opposition of some leaders of the Haibei Municipal Party Committee, it never happened. Even the secretary of the Haibei Municipal Party Committee, Xiang Kang, did not seem to like Chen Ping, which made Chen Ping's situation in Haibei City very bad. There were even several times when the Haibei Municipal Party Committee considered whether to transfer a full-time director to work in the Statistics Bureau in meetings, but it was not implemented due to the opposition of Mayor Wei Zuosheng.

It can be said that for the past year, Chen Ping has been working as the deputy director. Naturally, there are many unfavorable factors in his work, but he has no choice. Power cannot be concentrated because he is not the director.

Listening to Chen Ping's words, Feng Sizhe had an urge to call Xiang Kang, the secretary of the Haibei Municipal Party Committee. He wanted to ask what was going on. An acting director worked for a year. What happened? Just as Feng Sizhe was thinking about expressing his thoughts and asking Chen Ping to work hard, another idea came to his mind. Isn't the Lianhua Municipal Government currently lacking a municipal government secretary? And this secretary happened to be at the level of a director. If Chen Ping could be transferred here, wouldn't it just solve his level and solve his current selection problem?

With this in mind, Feng Sizhe said in a tentative tone, "Chen Ping, since you are not happy working in Haibei City, why not come to Lianhua City? I happen to have a vacant position for the secretary general of the municipal government. Lianhua City is not as poor as other prefecture-level cities, and the secretary general of the municipal government here is only at the director level. I wonder if you have this idea."

Chen Ping originally wanted to call Feng Sizhe to congratulate him, just to make sure that his old boss would not forget him. Now when he heard that he had the opportunity to work for his old boss, and at the director level, he immediately said happily, "That's great! As long as I can work for my old boss, I'd be willing to be an ordinary secretary."

"Haha, as long as you agree, I will call your mayor Wei and ask him to handle your matter." Feng Sizhe was very satisfied with Chen Ping's answer. It must be said that everyone likes to hear nice words, and Feng Sizhe is no exception. He also likes to hear compliments from others, but he has some ideas in his mind.

In this way, Feng Sizhe called Wei Zuosheng again and told him about Chen Ping. Mayor Wei knew that he didn't pay enough attention to Chen Ping's affairs. Now Feng Sizhe took the initiative to propose it, so he naturally couldn't refuse. He immediately agreed and said that he would be in charge of the Municipal Organization Department, and Haibei City just needed to be prepared to take over. In this way, the candidate for the Secretary-General of Lianhua Municipal Government was settled, and Chen Ping took over.

One day in August 1999, it was a sunny day. As the new century was about to arrive, Lianhua City Party Committee Secretary Xia Xiang and Feng Sizhe and their entourage finally received the arrival of Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee Member and Provincial Party Committee Organization Minister Yao Dejiang and his entourage who came to Lianhua City to announce the work appointment.

On this good day, Feng Sizhe was finally announced as the deputy secretary of the Lianhua Municipal Party Committee, deputy mayor, and acting mayor. At this time, as long as he passed the meeting of the Municipal People's Congress, he could really become a mayor and a cadre at the level of a full department. The state stipulates that only cadres above the level of a full department can be considered senior cadres. Feng Sizhe was able to complete this mission before the age of 32, which undoubtedly created another official legend.

At the same time, Xu Yongcheng, former deputy director of the Provincial Department of Agriculture, was appointed as the executive deputy mayor of Lianhua City, and Niu Ben, former secretary general of the Lianhua City Government, was appointed as the member of the Lianhua Municipal Party Committee and secretary general of the Municipal Party Committee. Thus, a new pattern of Lianhua City emerged.

Yao Dejiang and his party only had lunch in Lianhua City and left in a hurry. After all, as the head of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, he had a lot of things to do every day. When he left, he specially called Xia Xiang and Feng Sizhe together and told them that Feng Sizhe would be attending the department-level training class of the Central Party School in the near future.

Feng Sizhe was appointed mayor at such a young age, so it was obvious that his academic qualifications were not up to date. Although he was a master's graduate, which was sufficient for the Wenhua diploma, he was still a little short of the zz diploma. For this reason, he registered Feng Sizhe and asked him to go to the Central Party School for further studies.

Feng Sizhe naturally appreciated Yao Dejiang's kindness. He also knew that he needed to go to the Central Party School to study hard and broaden his horizons, so he nodded in agreement.

After Minister Yao and his party left, Xia Xiang discussed with Feng Sizhe and held a meeting of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee to divide the work on some work issues.

In Xia Xiang's opinion, the transformation of Lianhua City's agricultural economy has been successful. As long as they follow the old path, there will be no problem. Feng Sizhe will probably go to the Central Party School to study, so the burden of the city's economy will also be reduced. So there was this Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee.

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