Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Tang Gui had already booked a private room. After the two of them walked in, the hotel staff served the dishes, and soon they were the only two left in the room.

As the director of the Provincial Transportation Department, Tang Gui has a good alcohol tolerance, which is also a normal job requirement. But today, after drinking a few glasses of wine, he started to talk more.

He recounted his life from the time he graduated from college and entered the government, talking about his efforts to get promoted and his past glories in his career, his voice was loud, as if these were the proudest things in his life.

Next, he naturally talked about some changes that came after he had power, such as a certain leader issuing a note asking his relatives to take the lead in building a certain road. He said that when faced with these notes from leaders, he did not dare to be careless at all, because he knew that in the eyes of outsiders, although he was the provincial transportation director and held a high position of power, there were still many people whom he could not afford to offend, and even a word from them could affect his future.

This is what Tang Gui wanted to talk about. He said that he had no choice but to follow the wishes of some leaders and did some things against his will. But in order to avoid major problems afterwards, he still sent out inspection teams as much as possible to prevent the province's transportation from becoming a shoddy project.

At the same time, Tang Gui also talked about the things that made Feng Sizhe unhappy. Although he did not explicitly say that he was instructed by any leader not to cooperate with Feng Sizhe's work, he did clearly point out that this was not his original intention and he had no choice.

Finally, Tang Gui said that he was a little tired of being an official of neither big nor small, and the pressure he was under was too great. If possible, he was willing to give up all his current status and work in the Provincial Political Consultative Conference as a sinecure, just for the sake of his family's future, he still hoped to receive a salary. He even said that if this was possible, he would listen to Governor Feng, resign voluntarily, and even recommend someone that Governor Feng favored to take up the position.

In short, Tang Gui's core meaning is that he has given in and wants to step down. But he is not stepping down because of problems, but to complete a smooth transition from one unit to another.

In fact, Zhang Yang deeply agrees with what Tang Gui said. Not to mention Tang Gui, even he himself, as far as he knows, his boss Feng Sizhe sometimes does things that are not in line with regulations and are not conducive to the overall situation due to pressure from certain aspects.

There is nothing you can do about this. As long as you are still in officialdom, you only have three choices.

First, stand up and protest. From the perspective of a strong country, what the country needs most is comrades who can stand up and protest when they encounter injustice.

Second, keep oneself clean. Being able to do one's own job well and manage oneself well is already a great skill.

Third, go with the flow. Being forced to give up one's original ideals and dreams and become a part of the masses, such people may live without self, but often such people do live the best life. After all, there are so many officials, and there are so many of these three types, but only a few are actually found out.

It can be said that in the current gay scene, the first type of people are rarely seen, and the second type of people are also rare. On the contrary, the third type of people who are least recognized are the most. This is also a common social phenomenon. Zhang Yang is also helpless about this phenomenon. Then naturally he can understand some of Tang Gui's practices.

If Feng Sizhe had not turned the tables on the Xichuan issue, if Feng Sizhe could not really gain a foothold in the capital province, then Tang Gui's approach was extremely correct. Helping the powerful to bully the weak is also a normal choice for many people.

It was just that this time he happened to meet Feng Sizhe, so naturally, Tang Gui became the unlucky one. Now that he was going to settle the score, he was naturally afraid.

However, Tang Gui still made the right choice at this time. He was ready to step down and just wanted to spend the rest of his life in peace. In theory, his requirements were not very high. Even Zhang Yang himself thought that these could help him speak in front of Feng Sizhe for a while.

After Tang Gui finished speaking, he left the room on the pretext of going to the bathroom, and five minutes later, another person walked in. Zhang Yang was startled when this person walked in, because this person was not only a girl, but also someone he knew and was familiar with, she was Zuo Xiaolei.

As a star service staff of the Provincial Government Guesthouse, Zuo Xiaolei was spotted by Zhang Yang and then sent to Feng Sizhe's residence to do service work.

The reason why he made such a decision was that Zhang Yang was ready to get close to Feng Sizhe. To be honest, his mind was not so pure at that time. He thought that he could get closer to the leader through these small things. This approach is chosen by many officials.

What no one expected was that Zuo Xiaolei actually framed Feng Sizhe in the end. Although it didn't work out in the end, this woman was a traitor after all. Fortunately, Master Feng was generous and didn't bother with this little woman. After the matter was clarified, he didn't intend to pursue the other party's legal responsibility. But even so, after everyone knew what Zuo Xiaolei had done, no unit dared to use her. After all, who would want to have anything to do with a woman who had once provoked the governor?

Zhang Yang also hated this woman before, because after all, he introduced her to the governor, and he couldn't say that he had no responsibility for what happened. But after thinking about it carefully, he realized that he couldn't blame Zuo Xiaolei completely, because she was just a weak woman, and many things were beyond her control.

Therefore, Zhang Yang had looked for this woman. He even heard from others that after Zuo Xiaolei's accident, her former boyfriend no longer wanted her. This woman was forced to go to the labor market, work as a part-time worker, and shine shoes for others. But it seems that she never stayed in any job for long.

The more he heard this, the more uncomfortable Zhang Yang felt, because he kept thinking that if he hadn't sent her to Feng Sizhe, maybe this woman would still be working well in the provincial government guesthouse. He blamed himself for this and had been looking for her, but who would have thought that he would meet her here today.

"Xiaolei, why are you here?" Zhang Yang asked in surprise when he saw Zuo Xiaolei's sudden appearance.

"Zhang... Secretary Zhang, it was Uncle Tang who found me and arranged for me to be here." Zuo Xiaolei was obviously still a little afraid of seeing Zhang Yang, and she was very nervous when she spoke.

Ever since Feng Sizhe returned to the capital province safely, she knew that her hard days were coming. Although she was just a celebrity waitress hired by the provincial government, she also had basic intelligence. Zuo Xiaolei knew too well what she had done before. She wrongly accused Feng Sizhe, which was a serious crime in itself. Although he was proud of his status and did not share the same views as her, what about other people?

There are many people who have a very good relationship with the governor and even want to curry favor with the leader. Will they let me go?

Although she thought of all this, it was a pity that Zuo Xiaolei was just a girl after all, and she had only lived in Ducheng Province since she was a child, and had never been to other places. Even if she wanted to leave here, she didn't know where to go. After the incident, her fiancé suddenly broke off the engagement with her, and she knew that all the retribution was coming.

Although Zuo Xiaolei knew that she would face many difficulties, she was also a strong person and wanted to survive by relying on her own ability, so as long as she was paid, she would do any job and endure everything except her self-esteem. But even so, she found that she still underestimated this society, or the influence of society. The fact that she had hurt Feng Sizhe could not be changed, which meant that there would be no real happiness in her life.

Zuo Xiaolei did some other jobs to make a living, but she still couldn't escape the circle of retribution. She was found by a cadre named Tang Gui who was said to be a department head. She thought she was suffering again, but she didn't expect that this person was really good to her. She didn't have to do anything, but was given food and drink.

After a few days passed like this, Tang Gui reappeared and gave her a way out, which was to ask her to accompany someone. He also said that as long as she completed this task, he would give her a sum of money. By that time, not to mention leaving the capital province, he could even help her go abroad.

Zuo Xiaolei knew that there was no such thing as a free lunch. If it were in the past, she would not have given up her self-esteem, but this time she thought that it was only a sacrifice, and she could really liberate herself and live another life. In the end, she made a difficult decision, which was to listen to Tang Gui and do it according to his wishes just once.

But what Zuo Xiaolei never expected was that the person who would accompany her this time was Zhang Yang, the noble man in her life, but she did not seize the opportunity.

Zhang Yang was also extremely surprised by Zuo Xiaolei's appearance. He had a special feeling for this girl.

Or it can be said that, deep down, Zhang Yang had a good impression of her. It was also because of this that the provincial government recommended several celebrity waiters, but he finally chose Zuo Xiaolei.

Ever since he learned that Zuo Xiaolei had framed Feng Sizhe, he was very angry. After all, he was the one who recommended this person. Now that something went wrong, he couldn't have nothing to do with it. But as time went by, Feng Sizhe's trust in him didn't change at all because of this woman. Even the governor himself didn't want to argue with Zuo Xiaolei. Zhang Yang's mentality changed a little.