Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Now that he has met a good cadre and good partner like Feng Sizhe who is dedicated to serving the people, Xu Chaoqi feels a sense of pride in his heart. He wants to do a good job and truly change the economy of Ducheng Province during his tenure as secretary. If possible, even if he retires in the future, when his descendants ask him what he has done in his life, he can answer with pride.

With this in mind, when Zhang Yang and the Aqid Consortium arrived in Ducheng Province, he led all the provincial party committee leaders to greet them and expressed their great welcome. But he never expected that not long after, even just one or two hours later, the situation suddenly changed, and the matter of Ducheng Province attracting investment from the Aqid Consortium was questioned by many people.

Because Feng Sizhe was the governor of Ducheng, Xu Chaoqi was afraid of misunderstanding, so he did not participate in some things of the provincial government, and he did not even understand them. For example, he had never read the plan of the Merchants Aqid Consortium. It was not until this report in the newspaper that he understood the reason why Ducheng Province had beaten all the other competitors to get such an opportunity. It must be said that after reading the news in the newspaper, he was also shocked. He really did not expect that Zhang Yang would be so bold, or Feng Sizhe would be so bold, and dared to use the national economic system as an example. To put it bluntly, this is definitely a high-voltage line. Usually everyone avoids it. How can there be someone like Feng Dashao who knows there is a line but still steps on it?

According to the materials, the Capital Province government actually agreed to allow the Aqid Consortium to supply all the oil needed in the Capital Province. What does this mean? Does it mean that the Capital Province’s oil energy problem will be handed over to someone else’s hands in the future?

After knowing the reason, Xu Chaoqi had to hesitate. Feng Sizhe had the courage to do such a thing, but what did he have? With the recent events in the capital province, I'm afraid that the Central Government had long been fed up with him. What he lacked now was just a justifiable reason. If he did the same thing as Feng Sizhe, he would probably really fall because of it.

That's why Xu Chaoqi hesitated. But as soon as Feng Sizhe returned to the capital, he sent him the invitation, which put him in a dilemma again.

Xu Chaoqi didn't have any idea in mind, so he asked Zheng Qinghe, "Comrade Qinghe, what do you think?"

Zheng Qinghe was stunned, thinking, "If I knew what to do, would I ask you?" Of course, he couldn't say this out loud, so he had to weigh the pros and cons in his mind and said, "At present, it seems that the voices of opposition are higher. It should not be Governor Feng's original intention that things turned out like this, but knowing this, Governor Feng still sent out the invitation with such fanfare. Could it be that he has already thought of a way to deal with it?"

Zheng Qinghe's statement is the result of reverse image thinking. In his opinion, the situation is not very optimistic. If Feng Sizhe is smart, he should not contact the top management of the Aqid Group after returning to the capital. The advantage of doing so is that if something really happens, he can just push the blame on Zhang Yang. Many times, subordinates are used to push others out of the way, which is not uncommon in the officialdom. But Feng Sizhe did not do this. Instead, after returning, he increased the publicity in this regard and met with the Aqid Group as soon as possible. In this way, there is no room for replay.

Looking at Feng Sizhe's past methods of doing things, he usually dared to do so, which proved that he was confident. That's why Zheng Qinghe said this. Over the past year or so, Secretary Zheng, who has fully experienced the power of Young Master Feng, has deeply understood that Feng Sizhe must not be underestimated, otherwise, you may suffer.

Zheng Qinghe's words made Xu Chaoqi's heart move. Yes, although this person is a little young, he is really methodical in doing things. Usually, people will not make such a big fuss about things they are not sure of. Could it be that he really has a backup plan?

After hearing this, Xu Chaoqi fell into deep thought. Zheng Qinghe was very sensible and did not disturb him. About half a cup of tea later, Xu Chaoqi suddenly said as if he had made a decision, "Go, why not? Even if it is really a mistake this time, it is the fault of our entire Ducheng Province, not that of one person."

The reason why Xu Chaoqi said this was to express a meaning, that is, if the matter really caused displeasure among the upper echelons, then one cannot punish a certain individual, but instead the Ducheng Provincial Party Committee should be held collectively responsible. In this way, individual problems would be much smaller, and at that time not only would Feng Sizhe be fine, but even Xu Chaoqi would not be in any big trouble.

In the office of the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, Yu Chunhao was looking at the big red invitation card with great depression. Sitting opposite him was the secretary of the Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission, Tang Jian, who had come to discuss this matter.

Of course Yu Chunhao didn't want to go very much. In the past few days, many newspapers have reported on the Capital Province's investment plan for the Aqid Group. Although it was not clear that the Capital Province was specifically mentioned, people in the industry would see everything at a glance. And under such a bad situation, they all don't even have time to hide from it, so how could they really rush forward?

I thought that with Feng Sizhe's intelligence, he would be able to see this, but who would have thought that he would play such a trick as soon as he came back and directly give me a choice? This made Yu Chunhao very distressed.

"Deputy Secretary Yu, the matter concerning the Aqid Consortium is itself a problem of the provincial government. The credit goes to them, and the responsibility for the problems will naturally be theirs. How can they drag us down like this?" Tang Jianzuo said somewhat unhappily as he sat opposite him. It was obvious that he strongly disagreed with Young Master Feng's sending out of invitations, and he even had some resistance to it.

"Oh, then Secretary Tang, what do you think we should do?" When Yu Chunhao saw Tang Jian's clear statement, he thought that the other party had some mature ideas, so he asked.

When asked this question, Tang Jian was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "I don't know what to do, but I think Deputy Secretary Yu can definitely come up with a good solution."

Tang Jian is not stupid. He knows the current situation of Ducheng Province too well. It is only superficial that Xu Chaoqi is the secretary, because the person who can really influence the overall situation and even make a decision is Feng Sizhe. Look, how long has he been here, and how many provincial standing committee members have been taken down? Now, Yang Dawei is still in the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, and no decision has been made yet? With so much experience, who would be bored and go to trouble Feng Sizhe, or who has the courage to not give face to Governor Feng?

Although Tang Jian was considered an old man in the capital province, and even had climbed up to the Ji system during this period, he still didn't have the courage to go against Feng Sizhe, so he came to Yu Chunhao to see what his attitude was. If Yu Chunhao dared not to attend the banquet, he would certainly follow him. In this way, even if Feng Sizhe was unhappy, he would have to start with Yu Chunhao, and he would be fine. On the contrary, if everyone went, he would not dare not go.

Seeing Tang Jian speaking so happily, but in fact he didn't have any good ideas, Yu Chunhao's eyes flashed with disdain. I thought you said it so bluntly, so you had some good ideas? Now it seems that you are just like that, and you are just like everyone else, not daring to offend Feng Sizhe? If that's the case, why should I listen to you and make such a splash? What's more, Feng Sizhe has the final say on Yang Dawei's matter now. If I really make him unhappy now, and he investigates it carefully, will I suffer any consequences?

No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't offend Feng Sizhe at this moment, so Yu Chunhao lowered his head and said in a muffled voice, "Go, no matter what others think, I will go anyway."

Saying this shows Yu Chunhao's hesitation. He had no choice but to go. At the same time, his decision also represented the Yu faction and the old Ji faction's submission to Feng Sizhe. From now on, Feng Sizhe will have the final say in the capital province.

When Tang Jian heard Yu Chunhao's decision in a low grunt, his body shook involuntarily, and then it softened. He knew that it would be impossible to rely on Yu Chunhao to charge forward in the future. His only hope was that Feng Sizhe could be transferred away from here one day, provided that he could hold on until that time.

The invitation soon caused a huge shock among the middle and high-level officials in the entire Capital Province. Although everyone had their own thoughts, the result was surprisingly consistent, that is, Comrade Feng Sizhe's face had to be given and sold, which was enough to prove that Young Master Feng's influence in the Capital Province had now completely climbed to a peak.

That evening, at the Capital Provincial Party Committee Hotel, Governor Feng Sizhe stood on the steps with a smile on his face, watching the changing situation with an expression of confidence.

Beside him, Provincial Party Committee Organization Minister Miao Zihan and Standing Committee Vice Governor Xie Kaiquan had some nervousness on their faces, because they didn't know what the result would be after the invitations were sent out. They really couldn't be sure that all the invited people would come. If too many people didn't show up this time, then where would the governor's face be in the future? Today's events would eventually become a laughing stock.