Rebirth of the Rising Sun

"County magistrate? What's wrong?" Seeing Fang Xianzhi, who was fine just now, suddenly sighed, as if he was unhappy about something, Feng Sizhe asked hurriedly. Although he also guessed the other party's difficulties, it is one thing to point it out yourself, and it is another thing for others to speak out voluntarily.

When Feng Sizhe asked this, Fang Xianzhi realized that he had lost his composure. He wanted to say it was nothing, but thinking about it, this was a big deal for him after all, even if he was embarrassed, he had to bring it up at this moment, because he needed Feng Sizhe's support or help too much.

"Hey, Sizhe, I won't hide it from you. Just now He Zhuhua went to the city. I think you should know what he is doing now."

Seeing Fang Xianzhi finally willing to speak, Feng Sizhe nodded and said, "Well, I think my guess should not be wrong."

Feng Sizhe did not shy away from talking about this topic, which made Fang Xianzhi very happy. If he continued to talk about this topic, it meant that he was willing to help him. If so, it would be great. Thinking that things had come to this point, it would be better to just point it out directly. Even if Feng Sizhe said he would not help him, it would let him give up this plan early, so that he would not be restless day and night these days.

"Okay, since Sizhe has guessed what he will do, I will tell you the truth. Alas, I didn't judge people well. Thinking of his long-term support for my work, I tried my best to help him when he was elected as the deputy secretary last year. But I never thought that he was an ungrateful person. He was thinking about becoming the secretary just after being the deputy secretary for a few days. I really didn't expect this. Looking at Dahu County, it's not that Comrade He Zhuhua is incapable of becoming the secretary, but his mind is so narrow. If he really gets his wish, I guarantee that this will not be good news for everyone. If he becomes the secretary, first of all, the work cooperation with you, the county magistrate, will not be in place. Who knows how many unreasonable things will happen then." While speaking, Fang Xianzhi paid attention to the changes in Feng Sizhe. Now he could only talk about some general principles, saying that He Zhuhua's becoming the secretary would have a bad influence on Feng Sizhe. He hoped that he could listen to it for his own sake.

How could Feng Sizhe not know what Fang Xianzhi was thinking? He just understood it better because anyone would be excited when it comes to their future and might even come up with all kinds of unspeakable methods. In comparison, Fang Xianzhi's words were childish.

"Yes, the county magistrate is right. Deputy Secretary He's broad-mindedness is indeed worthy of reflection, but I still think that things will not change much just because he goes to the municipal party committee." After thinking about it, Feng Sizhe expressed his opinion.

"Well, why did Sizhe say that?" Fang Xianzhi asked excitedly, as if he saw a glimmer of hope in these words.

"The reason is very simple, because this is what Secretary Liu of the Provincial Party Committee and Minister Guan wanted." Feng Sizhe thought about it and decided that he should reveal the news to Fang Xianzhi. He had raised the issue with the two leaders before, and now it was time to do good deeds and leave a name for himself.

Feng Sizhe believes that he is not a saint, nor is he a person who likes to complicate simple things. He admits what he did and lets others remember his good deeds, instead of doing good deeds without leaving a name. Doing so is just a blasphemy to his hard work, and will cause unnecessary misunderstandings and let some cautious people benefit from it. This is definitely not his style of doing things.

"What? Secretary Liu and Minister Guan mentioned my case?" Fang Xianzhi was also very shocked. Although the secretary of a county party committee was a big deal for many people, it was definitely not a big deal in the eyes of the provincial party committee. Often these matters were eventually resolved by the municipal party committee. What they had to worry about was the affairs of the province, or at least the affairs of the city. Therefore, Fang Xianzhi was a little bit unconvinced that the secretary of a county party committee of a poor county would attract the attention of provincial leaders.

"Yes, I did." Since he was going to say it, he certainly wouldn't leave it halfway. Feng Sizhe nodded solemnly, and then said to Fang Xianzhi, "I have already told the two leaders my own ideas. I said that I don't want to spend energy on struggle while vigorously developing the county's economy. So, I recommended County Mayor Fang to be the secretary."

"Oh, that's great, Sizhe, don't worry, if I can become the secretary, I will definitely support you in your work, and I will never make trouble for you." After listening to Feng Sizhe's words, Fang Xianzhi certainly knew what attitude he should show at this time. Now it doesn't matter whether this thing can be accomplished or not. Anyway, he also knows that Feng Sizhe has tried his best, and since he can say this, it must be that Secretary Liu and Minister Guan will not have too many problems. As I said, it is still easy for the two of them to work together to appoint the county party secretary.

Fang Xianzhi was very excited after receiving such great news. "Sizhe, let's have lunch together at noon. To be honest, you have been in Dahu County for so long, and we haven't had a good private gathering yet."

"Okay, of course I will go if the county magistrate invites me, but I have to host the dinner, and I have to invite Secretary Sun as well. I hope you can understand." Feng Sizhe looked at Fang Xianzhi's excited expression and knew that today's efforts were not in vain. Thinking that his goal had been achieved and his efforts were known to others, he also laughed. It was reasonable for him to treat the two of them to a meal, whether as a subordinate thanking the leader for his support, or to thank Secretary Sun and County Magistrate Fang for their efforts on his way to the position of county magistrate.

Compared with Feng Sizhe's smooth sailing in Dahu County, He Zhuhua's life in Yongyang City was indeed very difficult.

He first went to Minister Li Lianxue's office, but Minister Li happened to be inspecting work in the local counties and districts. After regretting that he came too suddenly and did not call in advance, he went to find the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, Qiu Fugui, but when he arrived at the door of his office, he was blocked outside by his secretary, who said that Secretary Qiu was discussing work with others and had no time to receive him.

The city is different from the county. When he got here, He Zhuhua could only wait. He waited until the end of the day, but he still didn't see Secretary Qiu. He Zhuhua had no choice but to go to the canteen of the Municipal Party Committee to eat something casually, and then ran to the door of Secretary Qiu's office to ask if he had time to meet the leader in the afternoon, but the answer was that Secretary Qiu had something else to do in the afternoon and couldn't receive him. At this time, he felt that this must be someone who deliberately didn't want to see him. Could it be because he had no hope of being promoted to the county party secretary?

Fortunately, when it was almost time to get off work in the afternoon, Propaganda Minister Li Lianxue returned to the city from inspecting local work. In the office, Li Lianxue had a long talk with him.

"Zhuhua, you have to do a good job of ideological work this time." Li Lianxue said this directly when he saw that He Zhuhua didn't even have time to face him.

Li Lianxue washed his face in the bathroom and came out to see He Zhuhua sitting there with a bad look on his face. "Zhuhua, you have to be able to bear it. If you don't have a chance this time, you can wait for the next time. No one's career will be smooth sailing. There will always be bumps and bumps before. This is also very normal. Don't take it to heart."

"Minister Li, what's going on? Didn't Secretary Qiu say that as long as Feng Sizhe's affairs were reported to the provincial government, even if I couldn't become the county party secretary, I would at least be the county magistrate? But what's going on now?" He Zhuhua stood up and walked in front of Li Lianxue, wanting to make an explanation. After all, he had done what Secretary Qiu wanted to do, and even offended Feng Sizhe, the secretary, and the county magistrate. If he couldn't get promoted this time, he would have to work as the deputy secretary for another term, and the difficulty of the work could be imagined. Besides, he had already boasted to some of his confidants in Dahu County that he would be able to be the secretary, or at least the county magistrate. If he couldn't get promoted this time, I don't know how many people would laugh at him.

"Oh, Zhuhua, you did exactly what Secretary Qiu said. I even worked hard for you. Do you think you could get the article published in Zhongzhou Daily on your own? That would have been impossible if I hadn't used the connections in the Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department. But no one could have expected the result. We didn't expect that Deputy Secretary Liu would personally come to Dahu County for such a small matter. We didn't anticipate this situation in advance, so plans can't change quickly. You just have to bear with it this time." Li Lianxue also acted as if he was surprised. It was true. He really didn't expect that a small deputy director-level position would attract the attention of two senior leaders of the Provincial Party Committee. If he had known this was the result, he would never have allowed the article written by He Zhuhua to be published in Zhongzhou Daily.

"Aren't there just two provincial leaders coming? But Dahu is ultimately under the jurisdiction of Yongyang City. Doesn't the city still have to make the decision on the secretary and the county magistrate? I don't believe that with the support of Minister Li and Secretary Qiu, I can't become the county party secretary?" He Zhuhua was a little excited at this time. When it came to whether he could get the position, he could no longer be as calm as before.

Seeing that He Zhuhua didn't understand what he meant at all and still had a glimmer of fantasy, Li Lianxue had to say a few harsh words to make him give up this idea. "Comrade He Zhuhua, why don't you understand yet? Do you really have to tell me directly? Let me tell you that Feng Sizhe's appointment as county magistrate was decided by two provincial leaders themselves. This is basically irreversible. Feng Sizhe finally made a request to the leaders, hoping that he could continue to work under the leadership of Fang Xianzhi. In this way, the positions of secretary and county magistrate were decided by the two leaders. You said that one is the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and the other is the head of the provincial party committee's organization department. Who in Yongyang City can afford to offend these two people? You... just accept your fate."