Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Of course, Zuo Bing also secretly decided in his heart that after returning to Ducheng Province, he would definitely stand on Feng Sizhe's side with all his strength, and he would also use his abilities to contribute his heart, effort and responsibility to the future development of Ducheng Province.

After Zuo Bingsheng took office as deputy secretary of the Ducheng Provincial Party Committee, the situation here has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Among the eleven members of the provincial standing committee, those who belong to Feng's faction or fully support Feng's faction include Deputy Secretary Zuo Bing, Organization Minister Miao Zihan, Standing Committee Deputy Governor Xie Kaiquan, Sichuan Municipal Party Committee Secretary Yuan Weimin, Provincial Military District Commander Xia Houjie, and Feng Sizhe himself, who has six votes.

This does not even include the executive vice governor Zheng Defu who has already bowed to the Feng faction and the provincial United Front Work Department Minister Dongfang Renliang who, under pressure from the Fang family, has to fully cooperate with Feng Sizhe's work.

In other words, even if Feng Sizhe does not rely on the alliance with Xu Chaoqi, he can already completely control the overall situation in the capital province.

Of course, although his influence was great, Feng Sizhe did not rely on it to participate in the provincial personnel issues too much, and handed the right to speak to Xu Chaoqi. He could see that Secretary Xu really wanted to do something for the Capital Province, and he was very supportive of such a caring person.

After Zuo Bing's affairs were stabilized, the economy of Ducheng Province entered a period of rapid development. With good policies and strong financial support, the cooperation between Ducheng Province and Aqid Consortium went as expected, and gas stations invested and built by Aqid Consortium sprang up across the province.

The Aqid Consortium relied on the Aqid family's position in the Middle East and the advantage of being a major oil producer to import oil directly from the region and transport it to the capital province through the Shencheng port. Although there were considerable expenses along the way, compared to the high domestic oil prices, their profits were still huge.

Feng Sizhe was one of the recipients. He also fulfilled his promise to the National Development and Reform Commission and made the oil price of the Aqid Group consistent with that of the country. It was only because their oil did not contain any chemicals such as ethanol, so the oil quality was surprisingly good. Even in some areas bordering the capital province, many vehicles did not hesitate to cross provinces to refuel here. As a result, the sales volume was surprisingly good.

With this large amount of capital inflow, Ducheng Province will have money to do more things that benefit the people of the province.

During the rapid economic development of the Capital Province, Feng Sizhe became really busy, examining all the projects applicable to the Capital Province. As the provincial government had relatively abundant funds, the Capital Province soon became full of businesses and a hundred schools of thought.

In such a good environment, the year 2009 came.

Just after the Chinese New Year, the National Governors' Conference was held. As the governor of Ducheng Province, Feng Sizhe naturally had to attend such a meeting.

After arranging the economic work of the entire province, Feng Sizhe, along with his secretary Yin Fenglei and others, boarded a plane to Kyoto.

This time, the National Governors' Meeting was chaired by Vice President Zheng Zhi, who was in charge of the national economy. During the meeting, Comrade Qin Xianghua and Comrade Duan Jianghe would also make important speeches. Feng Sizhe was looking forward to this. Of course, he was also very proud of it this time, because the capital province was no longer a backward province that was dragged down by the national economy. Under his efforts, the provincial GDP had accelerated and entered the ranks of the medium-sized economic provinces in the country.

The meeting was held in the Great Hall of the People. Because there were not too many people, it was not held in the main venue, but in the Southwest Hall. More than 30 top economic leaders from all provinces, regions and municipalities across the country gathered together to meet here.

Feng Sizhe arrived neither too early nor too late. As soon as he entered the hall, he was greeted by someone. He looked at him intently and couldn't help but smile. This person was a relative, strictly speaking, he was his elder. He was the current governor of Xihai Province, Zhuang Jianguo.

At the same time, Zhuang Jianguo was also the Guan family of Feng Sizhe's second aunt Zhao Lishu. Young Master Feng was involved in the affairs of Zhuang Qiang and Chen Chunxian at the time, and took the opportunity to take down the Chang family, which had a certain influence in the military.

In such an occasion, two people with such a relationship would naturally sit together.

The meeting was about to begin. Feng Sizhe nodded frequently as he watched the provincial governors walk into the venue. Although he did not have close friends with many of them, he did know them. After all, there were only so many positions in the country, and it was impossible for them not to know each other.

Seeing that the meeting was about to begin, even Comrade Zheng Zhi had appeared on the rostrum, but Hou Weidong had not yet appeared. Feng Sizhe could not help but feel a little confused, and whispered to Zhuang Jianguo beside him, "Governor Zhuang, it seems that not all the people are here."

"Well, I know who you are talking about. He indeed did not show up, and I don't know why." Zhuang Jianguo nodded. Obviously, he was very clear about the meaning of the fact that not all the people Feng Sizhe mentioned came.

As it is such a high-level meeting, it shouldn't happen that someone is late.

The meeting date was notified very early, and it doesn't take too long to fly to Kyoto from any province in the country. Feng Sizhe was very curious why Hou Weidong did not attend on time. Did something happen?

Feng Sizhe was a little confused, and he always felt curious and a little uneasy about unknown things.

Fortunately, this unrest was quickly explained. Halfway through the meeting, Hou Weidong finally showed up.

As soon as he arrived, he found a seat and sat down quietly, being very low-key. However, Feng Sizhe still noticed that Comrade Zheng Zhi, who was speaking on the rostrum, nodded towards that seat. It was this small action that made Feng Sizhe realize that it seemed that some people had already known about Hou Weidong's late fall.

The meeting lasted for three hours. When the morning meeting was about to end, Comrade Zheng Zhi said, "Comrades, the national economy is now in a good development momentum, and the world's economic environment is also extremely stable. Under such circumstances, we should carry forward the spirit of forging ahead and strive to improve the economic level of the whole people under the banner of reform and opening up. ... Looking back on the past year, many regions and provinces have stood out in the economic field, and some capable comrades have also performed very well, for example..."

When he said this, Zheng Zhi seemed to pause intentionally. After seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, he said, "For example, Comrade Feng Sizhe, the governor of Ducheng Province."

When Zheng Zhi said this, the attendees' eyes turned to him, and Zhuang Jianguo, who was sitting next to Master Feng, touched his arm lightly with his hand, "The commander is praising you."

But at this moment Feng Sizhe didn't think so much, because his eyes collided with the eyes of Hou Weidong who came late. He could even clearly feel the contempt in the eyes of the young master Hou.

"After the cooperation between Ducheng Province and the Aqid Consortium, the economic development momentum of the whole province has been very good. I believe that by the end of this year, the economy of Ducheng Province will surely make great progress and will be the best in history." After saying this with a smile, Zheng Zhi suddenly changed the subject and said, "And I want to commend Comrade Hou Weidong, the governor of Sanxiang Province."

Hou Weidong successfully passed a resolution at the provincial people's congress after the year and calmly removed the "代" from his title.

When Hou Weidong was mentioned, everyone's eyes turned to him again, and many of them were puzzled, because in everyone's opinion, although the situation in Sanxiang Province had improved to a certain extent after Young Master Hou took office, he should not be praised.

But then, Zheng Zhi's words really solved the mystery for everyone.

"Just now, Sanxiang Province entered into cooperation with Asia's famous Samsung Group. Comrade Hou Weidong, has this matter been finalized?" Zheng Zhi asked this in a questioning tone. Obviously, he did not fully know whether the cooperation had been finally reached.

"Yes, Deputy Manager Zheng, I just signed a contract with Samsung Group, so I am late." Hou Weidong stood up and said modestly.

After hearing this, Feng Sizhe finally understood why the other person came late. It turned out that he was busy signing the contract.

"Very good, then I wonder if Comrade Hou Weidong can tell me how much money Samsung Group is tentatively planning to invest in Sanxiang Province this time?" Zheng Zhi said with a smile, and it was obvious that he was intentionally trying to praise Hou Weidong. As a cadre promoted by Qin Xianghua, it was reasonable for Zheng Zhi to have a good relationship with the Hou family.

"Okay, the contract just stipulated that in the next three years, Samsung Group will invest 20 billion US dollars in Sanxiang Province to build factories and expand Samsung Group's production base." Hou Weidong looked very humble, but when he spoke, the complacent sense of self-showing was indeed in his bones.

"What? Twenty billion US dollars?" Upon hearing the result, the other provincial governors who participated in the meeting could not help but whisper to each other in the audience. It was obvious that this number really shocked everyone.

"Haha, very good. I also hope that comrades in Sanxiang Province can seize this opportunity of cooperation to elevate the economy of Sanxiang Province to a stronger level." Zheng Zhi was obviously very satisfied with the investment result, so he praised and affirmed Hou Weidong's approach.

These were just a small episode in the meeting. The meeting had to continue in the afternoon, and after the meeting, Feng Sizhe and Hou Weidong, both of whom belonged to the young governors, finally met.

Speaking of which, this was the first time the two had really met. Although there had been some conflicts before, they were all behind the scenes. This time, they were definitely in front of the stage.