Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Wang Ben, who was reading in the study, was now under greater work pressure. After Deputy Mayor Xu Yongcheng was investigated, Mayor Feng Sizhe had to divide part of his working time into the Municipal Party Committee. As a deputy mayor who had joined the Standing Committee, his work became more and more important, and his burden was heavier. He had to seize the free time to study.

Recently, since Che Zaichao stepped down, the number of subordinates who came to his house to report on their work has been increasing. I'm afraid that everyone knows that he has a good relationship with Mayor Feng and can have a say, so everyone came here to show their loyalty. Wang Ben also observed that most of the cadres who came to him were those who defected when Che Zaichao was in office. Now that the big tree has fallen, they have chosen good trees again. Of course, he doesn't like such two-faced people who have no political stance, so he doesn't meet them at all and lets his wife block them. But now that he heard from the secretary that it was his relative Li Haiwen who came, he really had to come out to greet him. This is not for anything else, but for the sake of his children. He thought that if the elders of both sides didn't get along, the most sad and difficult ones would be the children.

"Oh, it's Secretary Li. Please take a seat." Looking at Li Haiwen, Wang Ben tried his best to speak in a calm tone.

Ever since Li Haiwen followed Che Zaichao, Wang Ben hated him. The two had met several times in public, but they never said a word to each other. This was the first time they had spoken to each other in half a year.

Li Haiwen had thought about Wang Ben's unenthusiastic attitude before coming here. He was not angry about it. On the contrary, he was happy that the other party could talk to him. This was a good start.

"Hello, Mayor Wang." Li Haiwen also responded to the other party with his official title. After saying this, he added, "Old Wang, I'm sorry. I made the wrong choice, but you should also know that I had no choice. Besides, you and I are in different camps. This way, no matter which side has problems, we have a way out, right?"

"A way out? How can an official have such thoughts?" Seeing Li Haiwen actually say this, Wang Ben was furious. "You are obviously a parochialist, you know that?"

Partialism is a mindset or behavior that considers the interests of oneself or one's small group without regard to the interests of the whole. Partialists lack a sense of the overall situation and often consider themselves or their small group as the center. Regardless of the pros and cons, they always stand on a local standpoint and ignore the overall interests in order to protect the interests of a few people. In serious cases, they even sacrifice the collective interests in exchange for the selfish interests of some people. Partialism is actually an expansion of individualism, similar to small groupism or individualism.

In family relationships, if you are too self-centered, then family members will be separated; in friends relationships, if you are too self-centered, then friends will become distant; in colleagues relationships, if you are too self-centered, then colleagues will have disagreements; in superiors relationships, if you are too self-centered, then superiors will deny you; therefore, people who are self-centered will never be recognized by everyone in a society.

"Old Wang, don't say such harsh words, and don't put such a big accusation on me. I'm really doing this for the good of our family. Think about it, if something happens to Mayor Feng, your situation won't be too bad with me by Secretary Che's side. Similarly, if something happens to Secretary Che, mine won't be too bad with you around." Li Haiwen said with an unhappy look on his face when he saw Wang Ben coming up and making such a big accusation on him.

"Old Li, I'm not trying to put a accusation on you. It was Mayor Feng who said this, and he was the one who came to your conclusion about parochialism." Seeing that Li Haiwen still didn't realize his fault at this point, Wang Ben had no choice but to bring Feng Sizhe out.

"What?" Upon hearing that this was Feng Sizhe's conclusion, Li Haiwen immediately didn't know what to say.

"Yes, this is Mayor Feng's conclusion. To be honest, Mayor Feng looks at many aspects of a person, including the person's work ability and the person's communication skills, but the most important thing for a leader to employ is loyalty. So think about it, which of these points do you have, especially the last point, you did even worse. Regarding your matter, Secretary Xia Xiang, who is far away in Harbin Province, called you and asked you to make a careful decision and advised you blindly, but what did you say at the time? You said that you are no longer a child and you know what you are doing. You also said that no matter what the result is in the future, no one else should care. Do you know that Mayor Feng also knew these words of yours? How sad he was at that time, alas!" When he said this, Wang Ben was too embarrassed to say anything.

That's right, at that time, Li Haiwen chose to follow Che Zaichao, and Xia Xiang, who was far away in Harbin Province, called him. As his old superior, Xia Xiang, who promoted him to become a member of the Standing Committee of the Lianhua Municipal Party Committee, tried every means to make him change his mind, but Li Haiwen, who had only favored Che Zaichao, refused. Not only did he refuse, but his words were also very decisive. It was because of these words that Feng Sizhe and Xia Xiang were heartbroken. If you break someone's heart, how can you still expect the other person to have a good impression of you? Is this possible?

While Li Haiwen was still in a daze, Wang Ben continued, "Mayor Feng also said that when he first came to Lianhua City, you and I invited him to dinner once, and he saw the former Haibei District Party Committee Secretary Zhu Xinkui and the former Education Bureau Director Wang Xibo watching the Children in the Rain performance. I thought it was an accidental encounter, but Mayor Feng said that you knew in advance and arranged for him to go. I want to ask you, is this true? If it is true, then you are too scheming. You even hid it from me."

After Wang Ben suddenly said something that happened a long time ago, Li Haiwen didn't know what to say. That's right, it was after he knew about Zhu Jinkui's activity that he urgently found Wang Ben and said he wanted to treat Feng Sizhe to a meal, which led to this drama, Zhu Jinkui was finally taken down, and he took over this position. Now listening to Wang Ben's words, it turned out that Feng Sizhe knew all these things, so he would not have a good impression in his mind.

"Oh." Li Haiwen thought about what he had done and could only sigh. He really didn't know how to answer these questions.

Seeing that Li Haiwen did not deny it, Wang Ben knew that this was the truth. "Okay, you have to be prepared for your future work, and now that you are in office for one day, just do your job well. But don't worry, although your work ability is limited and your personality is not very good, we are still relatives after all. Even for the sake of the children, I will speak for you in front of Mayor Feng. You will not retire soon, but you may have to change your work environment. You just need to know these."

Wang Ben had said this, what else could Li Haiwen say? It was because of Wang Ben, otherwise who would allow a person who betrayed them to stand in front of them? I'm afraid they would have found a reason to take him down. "Okay, I get it." For Li Haiwen, this was the only sentence of loss that could represent his mood.

Compared to Li Haiwen, he at least has his relative Wang Ben to help him, but the Municipal Political and Legal Committee Secretary Huang Lin and Propaganda Minister Song Jian, their lives are not easy at all.

Song Jian was better off. He had never been very close to Feng Sizhe before. Their relationship was average. After Che Zaichao came to Lianhua City, it was normal for him to get close to him. At most, he didn't have much power during Feng Sizhe's administration. But it was not the same for Huang Lin.

Thinking back to the beginning, Huang Lin was suppressed by Bei Jinlong. If Feng Sizhe had not taken action to deal with the three siblings of the Bei family, Huang Lin would still be a puppet secretary. Logically, Feng Sizhe helped him regain power, and Huang Lin should be grateful, but on the contrary, he was against Feng Sizhe. Just think about it, what is the position of such a person and what will be the result?

Huang Lin was terrified when he saw Che Zaichao being investigated, and he immediately went to find Ruan Guiben. In his opinion, he and Ruan Guiben had worked together for many years and they still had a comradeship.

Ruan Guiben was naturally aware of Huang Lin's arrival. But he didn't know how Feng Sizhe would deal with him, so he tried to persuade him kindly and said that he would speak for him on some suitable occasions. However, Huang Lin could tell from these words that they were just perfunctory words. What was a suitable occasion? Did he mean that Feng Sizhe would speak for him when there was no suitable occasion?

After returning home, Huang Lin became more and more scared. He thought that Feng Sizhe could even defeat a powerful figure like Che Zaichao in one fell swoop, let alone his own weak figure. How could he be his opponent?

In the following days, Huang Lin lived in such fear. In less than half a month, he fell ill. This illness gave him an idea. He simply wrote a letter of resignation, citing his poor health as an excuse. He believed that if he resigned, Feng Sizhe would not be able to attack him again. This was definitely better than being taken down by others, or even having some problems found out for an investigation.

Huang Lin resigned, Song Jian stepped aside, and Li Haiwen was also marginalized. Basically, except for the affairs of Huabei District, he had no influence on the affairs of the city. This was the result of his alliance with Che Zaichao after he was investigated.

In fact, this result is not necessarily what Feng Sizhe wants. He does not necessarily have to do anything to anyone. His idea is that you have your political philosophy, and I pursue my own. It is normal for everyone to have conflicts, but as long as you don't have any bad intentions and don't actively attack me or interfere with me, he also allows different voices to exist. But because of the strong impression he gave, the final result turned out to be like this. He was also helpless. In desperation, he had to let nature take its course. A person's fate is determined by heaven. Some people give him opportunities, but he doesn't seize them. This is not the fault of others.

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