Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Hou Weidong and Lu Xingye left with their people. Zhang Yang watched them leave and couldn't help but let out a long sigh. He had to admit that the conversation with Hou Weidong just now made him break out in a cold sweat. This person was really not simple. The pressure alone made him a little unbearable. Thinking about it just now, he had to bite the bullet and rejected him twice. Now thinking about it, he didn't know where he got the courage from.

"Secretary Zhang, he is the governor of Sanxiang Province and the former first secretary of the Communist Youth League Central Committee. Did you offend him with what you just said?" A staff member of the Capital Provincial Government who followed him kindly reminded him.

"It doesn't matter." Zhang Yang just said these three words. In fact, he couldn't guess what Hou Weidong was really thinking. However, he thought that he would be able to meet Feng Sizhe soon. By then, any problems would surely be solved slowly by the leader. In his heart, he had already determined that as long as Feng Sizhe was there, everything would be fine.

Hou Weidong immediately ordered his men to cancel the room at Century Hotel. Lu Xingye, who followed behind him, looked puzzled. "Governor, are we just going to let this go? Aren't we going to cause trouble for the Capital Province?"

"Who said that the matter is over? Who said that I won't cause trouble for them?" Hou Weidong turned around and looked at Lu Xingye calmly. If someone who was familiar with him saw this scene, they would be able to tell that he was really angry.

But Lu Xingye didn't understand this at all. He couldn't help but say, "But if we can humiliate Zhang Yang, wouldn't that be the same as slapping the face of the Capital Province?"

Lu Xingye was thinking about making Feng Sizhe look bad, but he didn't have the courage to face him directly, so he thought of humiliating Feng's people, which would at least save some face.

After hearing this, Hou Weidong snorted coldly, "Why? Our Lu family's eldest son only dares to attack the secretary general of a provincial government? It seems that I have always overestimated you, humph!"

After saying this, he turned and left. He had clearly shown his admiration for Zhang Yang just now, but Lu Xingye didn't show any respect at all and was still thinking of taking action against this man. How could he not be angry?

Watching Hou Weidong's back as he walked faster and faster, Lu Xingye couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. This sentence really hurt him a lot. After all, he was the first person of the third generation of the Lu family. He was once a high and mighty figure in the eyes of everyone. But now he was being commented on like this. How could he not be angry?

It can be said that from the day Lu Xingye decided to surrender to Hou Weidong, in fact, he no longer had independence, or even independent dignity, in the eyes of others. More importantly, he still didn't know Hou Weidong. This person was also very proud. Even if he wanted to attack someone, he would have to see if he could be his opponent. Feng Sizhe could barely be considered as an opponent in his eyes, but Zhang Yang definitely couldn't be considered as one. Therefore, he just wanted to cause trouble for the Capital Economic Delegation on a whim. But in fact, he was still very proud in his bones. If he faced Feng Sizhe, he wouldn't mind stepping forward and giving him a good kick, but when facing Zhang Yang, he really couldn't raise any interest at all, not to mention that his character impressed him and made him appreciate him.

How could Lu Xingye know this? He thought that Hou Weidong didn't dare to do anything to Zhang Yang, and that he was afraid of Feng Sizhe. When he was dissatisfied, he couldn't help but mutter, "Humph! What are you so proud of? I can't beat Feng Sizhe and I suffered at his hands, but what about you? You are the same. You don't even dare to touch one of his men. You are nothing more than that."

This time, Lu Xingye really wronged Hou Weidong, because the other party's attack had already begun. In response to Feng Sizhe's major economic reforms and the transfer of operating rights and autonomy in some government cooperation projects, he had already used various means and found some economic experts. Major influential newspapers began to build cultural momentum. He wanted to use this incident to deal with Feng Sizhe. You are just the head of a province, and it is in vain for you to try to change the national economic system. You are just sensationalism, and you are also courting death.

Feng Sizhe had just returned to the Zhao family courtyard and had a long chat with his grandparents when Zhang Yang called and reported what had just happened.

Hearing Zhang Yang say that Hou Weidong brought Lu Xingye to find him, but left after a few words without making any embarrassment, he smiled and said, "Haha, okay, it's no big deal. So, you can make arrangements immediately, book a flight, and go back to Ducheng Province with the people from the Aqid Consortium. I will arrange for Comrade Xie Kaiquan to do the reception work there."

There was one thing Feng Sizhe hadn't said yet, which was that Hou Weidong was proud. Although he lost the battle for the Aqid Consortium this time and was a little angry, he really wouldn't get angry with a director-level cadre. Otherwise, Young Master Feng would really look down on him in his heart. With such a low vision, how could he be worthy of being his opponent?

When Zhang Yang heard that he could return to the Capital Province with the Aqid Group, he couldn't help but ask, "Governor, won't you go back with us?" In Zhang Yang's opinion, with such a great contribution, Feng Guozhe could go back with him to accept this honor.

"No, I have something else to do. You go back first. Remember to do your job well and don't worry about other things." Feng Sizhe chuckled. He knew very well in his heart that his plan should have been sent to the offices of some leaders a long time ago. He was afraid that a big discussion on economic system reform was about to begin. As the protagonist of the matter, he still needed to take a look in Kyoto to understand more of the situation and make the most appropriate decision.

And in the last sentence when he reminded Zhang Yang to just do his own job and not worry about other work, he was indeed telling the other party in advance that the situation might be turbulent in the future, but it didn't matter, as long as you do your job well, and he would naturally take care of the rest.

Zhang Yang said "oh". He has always believed in Feng Sizhe. Since the leader wants to stay, then something big must be happening.

Feng Sizhe was outside his grandfather's main room when he made the call. At that moment, his second aunt Zhao Lishu came to bring tea to his father. He overheard the last sentence and could not help but stop in his tracks. "Xiaozhe, has something happened in the capital province again?"

Zhao Lishu now loves this nephew more and more. She feels distressed that she has bet the Zhao family's support and future on him. Therefore, every time she sees him in Kyoto, she will try her best to care for him. Although she may not be as capable as him, this does not prevent her from caring deeply about him.

Suddenly hearing Zhao Lishu ask this, Feng Sizhe was stunned at first, then shook his head and said, "No, just some small things."

Feeling that his nephew didn't want him to worry, Zhao Lishu replied, "Okay, I'm glad you're okay. But no matter what, you have to take care of yourself and don't worry about anything. In short, the Zhao family will always be your strongest backing and will always stand with you."

Feeling the care from his second aunt, Feng Sizhe nodded very solemnly, "Don't worry, I will be fine, and nothing will happen to the Zhao family either."

Is this really the case? Under Hou Weidong's secret command, major newspapers and some well-known domestic economics magazines have begun to report on the economic cooperation methods of foreign merchants in Ducheng Province. The articles of the first few influential newspapers are all blaming Ducheng Province's investment promotion policy.

But this was just the beginning. Just when Zhang Yang had just left Kyoto with the people from the Aqid Group and headed for the Metropolitan Province, that is, the next day, a new round of public opinion offensive was completely launched. The issue of foreign business autonomy and management independence of the Metropolitan Province government began to be placed on the main pages of major news, and some were even directly placed on the headlines.

The article states that Metropolitan Province has decided to open all gas stations in the province, and that they will use oil provided by the Aqid Consortium in the future. This is a complete disregard for the overall situation. If other provinces do the same, where will the central government be placed? Does this mean that Metropolitan Province wants to become an economically independent kingdom?

Hou Weidong's questioning of Feng Sizhe's economic leadership officially declared the start of the war. For a moment, people with keen senses also smelled something unusual, and some people even began to consider the issue of standing in line, and even what kind of benefits they might get from this matter.

The first to cooperate with these articles was the Guangdong Provincial Government. They publicly expressed their opposition to the independent and liberal changes in the economic system, opposed the changes in the completely capitalist economic system, supported the current remarks, and even raised serious questions about the investment promotion model of the Capital Province. They believed that if the entire country did this, it would not be long before the Republic would be infiltrated by capitalism, and it would not be long before socialism would no longer exist, etc.

In short, all the remarks were developing in an extremely unfavorable direction, and Feng Sizhe, the protagonist of the incident, had never made any response to these. Instead, in the Capital Province’s Beijing Office, he placed all the commentary articles on his desk, which were all obtained by his secretary Yin Fenglei.