Rebirth of the Rising Sun

While some people in the central government wanted to use Wen Chaoying's words to discredit Feng Sizhe, or even to embarrass him, Zuo Bing had already begun to use the Zuo family's connections to seek the position of deputy secretary of the Ducheng Provincial Party Committee.

For this matter, Zuo Bing's father Zuo Zhongqing came forward in person. As the secretary of the Kyoto Municipal Party Committee, a member of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Bureau, and a person who is very likely to be in the next step, his appeal and influence are still very strong.

With Zuo Zhongqing's personal presence, and even with his intentional loss of some interests, several bigwigs have expressed their opinions that Zuo Bing is indeed qualified to be the deputy secretary of the Ducheng Provincial Party Committee. In addition, the documents sent by the Ducheng Provincial Government stated that Comrade Zuo Bing made great contributions in the Yu Chunhao case, which gave him a better chance of winning.

It was at this time that the acting governor of Sanxiang Province, Hou Weidong, came to Kyoto. He came to the central government to ask for policies and money. It must be said that as a member of the Hou family, his job as governor was much easier than that of other governors. For example, as long as he was willing to come forward to ask for policy and economic support, many central ministries and commissions would naturally give him face.

Of course, Hou Weidong had a very important thing to do when he came to Kyoto this time, or it could be said that this thing was much more important than asking the central government for policies and money, that is, he wanted to get involved in the affairs of the Capital Province. Seeing that Feng Sizhe was in his prime and the threat to him was growing, it was impossible for the Hou family to have no reaction. Now it happened that Yu Chunhao, the deputy secretary of the Capital Provincial Party Committee, had problems. At this juncture, the Hou family certainly hoped to place people into the Capital Province. If this was really possible, it would mean that they had the ability to check and balance Feng Sizhe's development.

In a sense, as long as Feng Sizhe's development pace can be slowed down, it will create more favorable conditions for Hou Weidong to take the position in the future.

As soon as Hou Weidong arrived in Kyoto, he immediately returned to the Hou family, first paying respects to his grandfather Hou Qishou, and then met his father, Hou Zhennan, a member of the Central Political Bureau and secretary of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government, in the study.

This time, in order to help his son, Hou Zhennan personally returned to Kyoto to give advice to his beloved son.

"Dad, what's the situation now?" After entering the study, Hou Weidong found a seat and sat down, then started drinking from his teacup.

Hou Weidong is so casual, it can be seen that he has a good relationship with his father. Hou Zhennan's way of educating his children is slightly different from others. From childhood to adulthood, he has been trying his best to train his son's independence, and even gave his son enough respect in many cases. In that era, there were indeed not many parents who educated their children in this way and made friends with their children directly.

It is precisely because of this habit since childhood that when Hou Weidong sees his father Hou Zhennan, he can still be very casual, unlike many second-generation rich children who are arrogant and domineering outside, but immediately become as soft as a kitten when they see their father at home. Of course, this is also closely related to Hou Weidong's achievements at a young age.

Hou Zhennan obviously didn't care about his son's attitude when talking to him. On the contrary, he believed that this was normal. "The situation is not very good. Yu Chunhao defected to the Wen family not long ago, so when he got into trouble, the Wen family was very unhappy. Even Wen Chaoying personally took action, saying that Comrade Feng Sizhe was wrong. But now it seems that the effect is not good. Of course, this is not the main point. The most important thing is that the kid from Comrade Zuo Zhongqing's family actually wanted to get involved in the position of deputy secretary. This is the biggest variable."

"What? Zuo Bing also wants to grab this position?" Obviously, it was the first time Hou Weidong heard this news, and he was a little shocked. "If I remember correctly, he is just the deputy secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of Ducheng Province?"

Hou Zhennan nodded with satisfaction after hearing his son's words tell him Zuo Bing's current rank. His son has always been very ambitious and cautious in doing things. He has a good account of young talents like Zuo Bing in his heart.

"Yes, he is now the deputy secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, but this time he really wants to get involved in the position of deputy secretary of the provincial party committee." Hou Zhennan once again confirmed his previous news. From this, it can be seen that he is not too optimistic about Zuo Bing's desire to occupy this position.

Hou Weidong was not thinking about these things. It was just a vice-provincial position. To be honest, it was not particularly important to him. If the position had not been vacated by Ducheng Province this time, he might not have paid attention to it at all. After all, he had just been appointed as the acting governor and his main focus should still be on Sanxiang Province. As long as he did his job well, he would have time to think about other things.

But it was precisely because it was a vacant position in the Capital Province that he had to think about it. He had heard of Feng Sizhe before, and even paid attention to him for a period of time, but that was just attention. He never thought that this person would threaten him. A long time ago, he knew that he might be the future successor of the country, and from that time on, he set his sights on the highest level, because that was where he should display his talents and the place that should be paid the most attention.

But it was not until Feng Sizhe became the acting governor of the Capital Province at the age of less than 40 that he had to pay attention. At this age and in this position, I'm afraid anyone would think too much.

When Hou Weidong really felt the threat, he began to take the initiative to suppress Feng Sizhe. Last time at Jingxi Hotel, he deliberately called Duan Yunpeng, Qin Tian and others to show that he had too many advantages over Feng Sizhe in the real high-level.

But to Hou Weidong's surprise, a few people did not respond to the invitation, and Zuo Bing was one of them.

Normally, people like Zuo Bing are definitely considered young talents, but it is not always true that such people will catch Hou Weidong's eye. Although Zuo Bing has good abilities and a good family background, in Hou Weidong's eyes, he is just better than ordinary people. He even thinks that in the next ten or twenty years, this person may not even be able to get a position as a member of the Political Bureau. How can such a person attract his attention?

Hou Weidong thought that the reason why he called Zuo Bing was because he was giving him face. He firmly believed that as long as he gave him a chance, Zuo Bing would be eager to come over.

However, the result was beyond his expectation. Zuo Bing rejected him and did not accept the invitation. This result made Hou Weidong feel embarrassed. So, he made another move, which was to invite Feng Sizhe to talk, in order to isolate Zuo Bing.

But he never expected that Feng Sizhe would be so disrespectful. Not only did he reject him, he also slandered the messenger Lu Xingye.

As the saying goes, when beating a dog, you also need to look at the owner. Feng Sizhe's behavior made Hou Weidong very annoyed. He was really angry, and at the same time he made up his mind, that is, he must teach Feng Sizhe a lesson, and show everyone what the consequences will be if he offends me, Young Master Hou.

Hou Weidong was different from other young masters. He had a great political future, so naturally, if he wanted to deal with someone, he would start from this aspect. For this reason, there was a dispute about the arrival of the Aqid Consortium. In that incident, Hou Weidong made it clear that he had given up many favorable conditions and interests and provided excellent policies in order to allow the Aqid Consortium to settle in Sanxiang Province.

Things were going very smoothly at the beginning, at least that's what Hou Weidong thought. The only strong opponent, Wen Ruhao, had retreated halfway, so how could there be anyone who could be his opponent? So he was full of confidence.

But the result was beyond his expectation. In the end, it was the unknown delegation of Capital Province that won. Moreover, they only sent a secretary general of the provincial government at department level, but they defeated him, the acting governor of the province. How much face he lost was probably only known to him.

Of course, Hou Weidong had seriously summed up the matter afterwards. When he thought about everything from beginning to end, he finally understood that the Aqid Consortium came to the country just for the capital province. The so-called Ministry of Commerce and the delegations sent by various provinces to fight for it were just an excuse, or a formality.

After knowing the reason for his failure, Hou Weidong became even angrier. In his opinion, he was fooled by Feng Sizhe this time, and he played the clown in it. This was definitely the biggest shame for his first half of life. So, from that time on, Hou Weidong had a strong urge to find an opportunity to disgust Feng Sizhe and let him taste what it felt like to be fooled.

After all, how could there be such a suitable opportunity to deal with the head of a province? At this time, Yu Chunhao's incident happened, which gave Hou Weidong an opportunity. He thought that if he could send an unsuitable deputy secretary to Feng Sizhe, it would make Feng Sizhe very depressed. Even if he couldn't do anything to Young Master Feng, it might be effective to distract his energy, which would be a very good thing, at least it would prevent Feng Sizhe from developing so smoothly.

So, he came to Kyoto excitedly for the position of deputy secretary of the Capital Province. He had considered it before. The central government would never hand over the position of deputy secretary to Feng Sizhe. After all, the power of the Feng faction in the Capital Province is already very strong. If he is allowed to develop, the Capital Province will lose balance and the decision-making of the central government will be greatly reduced. This result is believed to be not what the leader wants.