Rebirth of the Rising Sun

He Jianzheng became honest, and Fu Yuqiang was also very responsible. He also saw from this incident that it was fine if you didn't provoke Feng Sizhe, but once you provoke him, the consequences would be very serious. For this reason, he strictly abided by the rules of the mayor, making decisions on small matters and reporting to Feng Sizhe on major matters. In exchange for this benefit, he gradually gained prestige in the municipal government. In order to repay him, he also respected Fu Yuqiang's opinions on the personnel transfers in the municipal government. This made Fu Yuqiang understand that as long as you follow Feng Sizhe's instructions and do your work steadily, it is not difficult to do your work.

After this incident with the Commission for Discipline Inspection, Feng Sizhe's reputation has increased a lot, especially those people who were also taken away by the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection. They were also released one after another dozens of minutes after Feng Sizhe was released. To be honest, when they were first taken away by the Commission for Discipline Inspection, some people were still afraid, such as the Director of the Education Bureau Bei Guowei and the Secretary of the Municipal Youth League Committee Tian Shun. However, before their trial, they were acquitted. Later, they found out that it was all Feng Sizhe's credit. So they had a feeling that everything would be fine as long as they were with Feng Sizhe. As a result, more and more people followed him.

The Z Bureau of Zhuangcheng was united because of Feng Sizhe, which made it easier for him to govern the city. Under Guan Changxiao's suggestion, he also focused more on the provincial party committee. He knew very well that this was his stage. Relatively speaking, Zhuangcheng was his back garden. As long as he was still there, the development direction of the city would be extremely correct and smooth.

In early July, after the Party’s birthday, at the invitation of Lu Xianwen, President of the Provincial Party School and Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Feng Sizhe attended the graduation ceremony of the 22nd department-level training class of Zhongzhou Province.

On the rostrum, Feng Sizhe and Lu Xianwen sat together, chatting in low voices, and bursts of laughter could be heard from time to time.

Below the stage, there were more than 70 students from the provincial department-level training class. Their eyes were all on Lv Xianwen and Feng Sizhe. Everyone knew the identities of these two people, and they looked at them with envy. And there was one person in particular, whose face and eyes showed not only respect, but also regret. This person was Zhou Xingxing, the first secretary of Feng Sizhe's official career.

Back then, Zhou Xingxing had the honor of becoming Feng Sizhe's secretary when he first arrived in Dahu County. If he had been following Feng Sizhe, he would have been very successful by now. Looking at Feng Sizhe's secretary Chen Guangming, he seized the opportunity and worked hard during his tenure as secretary. Now he has become the county party secretary of Songshan County. He is 33 years old and is at the level of a director. How enviable it is. As long as he continues along this path, his future will be brilliant. But he did listen to the words of his prospective father-in-law, Ruan Jisheng, deputy director of the Organization Department of Dahu County, and betrayed Feng Sizhe at a critical moment. He went from being a secretary to the deputy head of Sunqiao Township in Dahu County. Later, he married Ruan Xiaoqing. Later, because of Feng Sizhe's continuous promotion, Feng's people took control of Dahu County, and he could not stay there. He had no choice but to go to Lin County with the help of his father-in-law. He has been working in Fujin County, Lin County for so many years.

Because of his diligence in work, he was recommended by the county to attend a study class. Now that his studies are about to end, he is a little confused about his future career.

Before coming to study, he was the director of the Forestry Bureau of Fujin County and also a section chief. After more than ten years of hard work, he was promoted from a deputy section chief to a section chief. It was quite hard. He really had no idea what to do next. Although he attended the training class, he had no backing in the officialdom, so he didn't know what to do when he returned this time. He even didn't know whether he would still have the position of director of the Forestry Bureau when he returned.

Compared to other students, some of them may be promoted to a higher rank from section chief to department head and become deputy county chief after returning, but Zhou Xingxing really doesn't know where to go.

Sitting in the audience, looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar faces on the stage, Zhou Xingxing was overwhelmed with mixed emotions. He wanted to tell everyone that he was once Secretary Feng's secretary, but he didn't dare to, because he didn't know whether Feng Sizhe would admit it, and he didn't know whether the other person still remembered him.

The meeting officially began, and several leaders took turns to speak, encouraging everyone to apply what they learned to actual work, etc. The last item was the leaders issuing certificates, which was also a recognition of the students' hard work in the past three months. All the students walked to the front of the stage one by one and accepted the big red certificates from the leaders.

Perhaps it was God's will. When Zhou Xingxing walked forward, the person who gave him the certificate was Feng Sizhe himself.

"Congratulations." Feng Sizhe took out a certificate as usual and handed it to the person in front of him. When he handed it to him, he found that the other person's eyes were moist and the face seemed somewhat familiar.

After all, more than ten years have passed. At that time, Zhou Xingxing was still a young man, but now he has entered middle age and his appearance has indeed changed a bit.

"Thank you... Thank you Secretary Feng." Zhou Xingxing said with tears in his eyes. At this moment, he was feeling so regretful in his heart.

"You are... You are Zhou Xingxing." Feng Sizhe suddenly recognized him. It was not easy to recognize him so quickly after not seeing him for so many years, but Zhou Xingxing was Feng Sizhe's first secretary after all. It was impossible for him to have no impression of him at all, and Feng Sizhe's memory was always better than others.

"Leader, you still remember me." Zhou Xingxing was very excited when he heard Feng Sizhe calling his name. Any subordinate would be excited to be remembered by the leader.

"Haha, how could I not remember you? You used to be my secretary." Feng Sizhe said with a laugh.

"What's wrong, Comrade Sizhe, do you know each other?" Lu Xianwen had already distributed the certificates. He stopped when he saw Feng Sizhe and asked with concern.

"Haha, Secretary Lu, let me introduce you. This person is Zhou Xingxing. He was my first secretary when I first started working at the grassroots level. I didn't expect that so many years have passed in the blink of an eye. The young man back then has become a middle-aged man now. Well, not bad. He has made progress since he came to the Party School to study." Feng Sizhe happily introduced Zhou Xingxing to Lu Xianwen beside him.

"Hello, Secretary Lu." Zhou Xingxing quickly stretched out his hand. He was extremely excited at this moment. He was recognized by his old leader. Now he had the honor to have a few words with the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee who was in charge of personnel. This was something he had never dreamed of.

"Haha, hello, Comrade Zhou Xingxing. You are very lucky to receive personal instruction from Secretary Feng." When Lu Xianwen heard that this was Feng Sizhe's former secretary, he couldn't help but become a little more enthusiastic. After all, according to Feng Sizhe's vision, if he wanted to choose a secretary, this person must have some ability.

"Thank you, but I have failed to live up to the expectations of my leader." Zhou Xingxing lowered his head. He really didn't know how to answer this question. He once had such an opportunity, but he didn't cherish it. Now thinking about it, it was indeed the thing he regretted most in his life.

"Hey, don't say that. Your current position doesn't mean anything. So, we've finally gotten together, so don't leave yet, stay and have dinner together." Feng Sizhe saw that Zhou Xingxing also had a lot of insights. He thought about how he was just a standing committee deputy county magistrate and a deputy division-level cadre, but now he has become a deputy minister. Time really flies.

Feng Sizhe asked Zhou Xingxing to invite him to dinner, which was naturally what he wanted, so he nodded without even thinking.

Next, following the normal procedure, Feng Sizhe and Lu Xianwen continued to issue certificates to the comrades who came later, while Zhou Xingxing hid aside to make a phone call. Originally, the city required that he should report back immediately after graduation, but now Feng Sizhe wanted to treat him to a meal, so he naturally called to ask for leave.

He called the Organization Department of Yongyang City where he worked and asked for leave from the Deputy Minister Wang Guxiang. "Hello, Minister Wang, I'm Xiao Zhou from Fujin County, Zhou Xingxing. I'm currently attending a graduation ceremony in the province and may have to report to the Organization Department later. I'm asking for leave from you now."

"Why do you need to ask for leave? The city has a rule that you should report to the Municipal Organization Department immediately after studying. Don't you know that?" Wang Guxiang was still holding the handle. In fact, he didn't have a very good impression of Zhou Xingxing. There was a reason for this. That was because Zhou Xingxing's father-in-law Ruan Jisheng had worked with him. Ruan Jisheng worked hard all his life and finally became the deputy minister of Yongyang City. He was just retiring. At that time, Wang Guxiang was the office director of the Organization Department. The two had frictions because of their work relationship. Now Ruan Jisheng has retired and he can't cause trouble for him, but he can use his son-in-law to make trouble.

"It's like this, an old leader of mine wants to invite me to dinner, and I can't turn it down." Zhou Xingxing thought about it but still didn't say Feng Sizhe's name.

"Old leader, what kind of old leader? I told you not to make excuses with me, come back after graduation, if you come back late, you should know the consequences." Wang Guxiang didn't believe that Zhou Xingxing had any good leaders in the province. If there really was one, how come he didn't know when he was fighting with Ruan Jisheng? If there was one, then Ruan Jisheng wouldn't have been working as the last deputy director of the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department until retirement. Generally speaking, if there was a comparable leader in the province who said hello, it wouldn't be so miserable.

Obviously Wang Guxiang took Zhou Xingxing's words as an excuse. After saying these words, he hung up the phone without saying a word. It was obvious that he really didn't want to say a word to me, Zhou Xingxing.

Zhou Xingxing hung up the phone in frustration. What should he do if his boss didn't give him leave? He thought that according to his understanding, if he took the initiative to report this matter to Feng Sizhe, he would probably support him to go back to work. The old boss always put work first. In this case, he might as well leave without saying goodbye. Maybe the old boss just said it casually, maybe he didn't take him seriously at all.