Rebirth of the Rising Sun

"Commander Xi? I'm Feng Sizhe. I have something I want to ask you."

"Sizhe, where are you? I just heard that you beat up a Japanese businessman and were then invited to the Municipal Public Security Bureau. So I hurried to the Municipal Party Committee Building to find Secretary Xiang to plead for you. But I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived at the Municipal Party Committee, I heard that you had been released. What is going on?" Xi Guoqi asked anxiously on the other end of the phone.

"Oh, this is a long story. You said you just arrived at the Municipal Party Committee, right? Well, you wait for me there." Feng Sizhe heard that Xi Guoqi was at the Municipal Party Committee, so he thought of meeting him later and chatting.

"Okay, I'll wait for you here." Xi Guoqi agreed and hung up the phone.

Sitting in the car, Feng Sizhe was thinking that Liu Wenhua and Song Dexiang were able to agree to his request so quickly, which obviously had some problems. Would it be difficult for him to apply to Secretary Kang to convene a municipal party committee standing committee meeting on the wages of workers in the development zone? If so, he must make preparations in advance, and he cannot fight a battle without confidence. Relatively speaking, he should be able to get first-hand information from Xi Guoqi. After all, he is also an old member of the municipal party committee standing committee and has participated in many municipal party committee standing committee meetings. He should also have some understanding of Secretary Kang's personal work style.

The car arrived at the municipal party committee compound in a short while. Sure enough, Xi Guoqi was waiting for him at the door of the building. When he saw Feng Sizhe's car coming, he walked over quickly. Chen Guangming, the secretary sitting in the front row, was also very discerning. When he saw Xi Guoqi coming, he quickly got up and got out of the car. The leader wanted to talk to someone, no matter if he was not trusted, it was better to avoid him. Li Shuang, who was driving the car, also came out. Only Feng Sizhe and Xi Guoqi were left in the car.

"Sizhe, what exactly happened? Why did you hit a Japanese businessman? You have only been here for one day. What happened? Also, a Japanese businessman was beaten, and it was one of the actions of the Provincial Japanese Council. Why would they let it go? What happened this time? How come you are fine so quickly? What exactly happened here?" Whether out of concern or curiosity, Xi Guoqi didn't know much about what had just happened to Feng Sizhe.

Facing Xi Guoqi, Feng Sizhe told him about the traffic jam, Tian Xiongdaguang's attempt to use force on Lou Xiaoming, and the call from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Comrade Bao Jingguo's words for him. Since he wanted to completely win Xi Guoqi over to his side, this was the best opportunity. Indirectly showing his connections would make Xi Guoqi trust and support him more.

As Feng Sizhe thought, Xi Guoqi was indeed very surprised after hearing all this. He admired Feng Sizhe's courage to stand up for justice without fear of Japanese businessmen and his courage to uphold the truth. He was also impressed by Feng Sizhe's momentum to get Bao Jingguo and the second son of the Duan family to talk after a small incident. At first, he just thought that Feng Sizhe only had Minister Zhao Mingyuan and the He family behind him, but he didn't expect that they had such important figures in the political world willing to speak for him. From this point of view, the future of this young man is really limitless.

"Well done, Sizhe, well done. I've long been fed up with those Japanese businessmen, who are bullying us on our land with their little money, and there are few laws that can restrain them. Your hard work in beating them up is really satisfying." Xi Guoqi patted Feng Sizhe's shoulder happily, with an extremely appreciative look. "Oh, by the way, what are you doing here at the Municipal Party Committee? You didn't come here to see me, did you?" At this time, Xi Guoqi remembered the reason why Feng Sizhe came to the Municipal Party Committee, and then he asked.

"Haha, it's like this. Am I not in charge of the Haitian Economic Development Zone now? But who knew that when I went there today, I realized how out of control and bad the situation there was. There was only one dollar and fifty cents in the entire financial account, and nearly a thousand workers had not received their wages for half a year. I was thinking that if I wanted to motivate the workers to work and give the development zone a bright future, the first thing I had to do was to pay their wages and relieve their worries. At least let them have a good new year. So, I went to Mayor Liu. But the mayor and Deputy Mayor Song Dexiang said that the municipal government had no money. I was so anxious that I thought of finding Secretary Xiang and asking him to convene a meeting of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee to solve this problem for me. If it doesn't work, I can borrow two million from other units to solve the urgent problem." Feng Sizhe thought about his original intention of meeting Xi Guoqi, so he told him the whole story.

Xi Guoqi did not speak, but was silent for a while, as if he was thinking about where the matter came from, and then he asked Feng Sizhe, "Sizhe, let me ask you, do Liu Wenhua and Song Dexiang know about your visit to Secretary Xiang? What are their attitudes and opinions?"

"They know, and they agree to it, so what?"

"Haha, that's where the problem lies. You don't know what kind of person our Secretary Xiang is. I've told you before that he's known as a good guy in the municipal party committee, famous for listening to his superiors and mediating conflicts between his subordinates. People like him always follow the principle of doing things in a less-is-more way, so under normal circumstances, unless it's a necessary meeting, he won't casually convene a municipal party committee standing committee meeting to cause unnecessary trouble. Liu Wenhua and Song Dexiang know this, so they agreed to let you go to Secretary Xiang and didn't stop you. That's because they know that it's useless for you to go to Xiang Kang, because he won't make an exception and convene a municipal party committee standing committee meeting just for a mere two million."

Xi Guoqi was right. Two million was indeed a fortune on the market in 1997, but it was nothing for a prefecture-level city. It was impossible for the secretary of a municipal party committee to summon all the standing committee members of the municipal party committee to a meeting to study and discuss such a trivial matter.

Feng Sizhe was also grateful for his own caution at this moment. If he had not understood these things and went directly to Secretary Xiang Kang, he would have been rejected. Although it was okay for him, it was not a good thing to be rejected for the first time he made a suggestion to the leader. If he was not careful, it would give others the impression that he was stupid. Now it was all right. After learning everything from Commander Xi Guoqi, he knew that some things should not be done, or that there was a way to do them.

Feng Sizhe was silent for a while, then looked up and asked Xiang Xiqiqi, "Then what do you think can be done to get Secretary Xiang to make an exception and convene a meeting of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee? I know that these two million yuan are not a lot, but they are related to nearly a thousand families and the lives of thousands of people. In addition, the future development of the development zone is also related. This is not a small matter."

"Well, I know, I know, let me think about it, let me think about it." Xi Guoqi nodded. From the bottom of his heart, he really wanted to help Feng Sizhe, but his voice in the municipal party committee was indeed limited. Who made him the leader of the army? To put it bluntly, his vote was generally just a decoration, which was also set up to respect the military leaders. Of course, in some provinces and cities, this vote sometimes became the key, but usually such things did not happen too often.

As Xi Guoqi was thinking with his head down, he saw Lou Xiaoming, member of the Municipal Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda, talking to Feng Sizhe's secretary Chen Guangming not far away, and then walking towards his car. He laughed and said, "I got it. I have a solution."

"What solution?" Feng Sizhe hurriedly followed when he heard Xi Guoqi say that there was a solution.

"Haha, go find her. Her influence in the municipal party committee is much greater than mine." Xi Guoqi pursed his lips and pointed at Lou Xiaoming who was walking towards the car. "You just saved her. Now is the time for her to repay you." Xi Guoqi was afraid that Feng Sizhe didn't understand what he meant, so he pointed it out.

Feng Sizhe frowned when he saw Lou Xiaoming approaching. To be honest, he didn't want to have any relationship with this woman. She was already a middle-aged woman, and nothing would happen between him and her at his age. But since he knew that Lou Xiaoming's father was the former director of the National People's Congress and the last secretary of the Haibei Municipal Party Committee, he consciously kept a distance from this woman. There was only one reason, which was that Feng Sizhe didn't want to have too much intimacy with the local faction during his work experience, which would be very detrimental to his career. Just like Feng Sizhe hadn't clearly stated which faction he would rely on, he knew that once he was branded, his career path would become much narrower.

"Hey Sizhe, don't worry about it. Sometimes this woman is quite interesting and cute, haha." After saying this, Xi Guoqi leaned back, waiting to watch the show.

When Lou Xiaoming saw Feng Sizhe follow the police, he was very anxious, so he drove back home in a hurry, explained to his father what had just happened, and asked his father to rescue Feng Sizhe.

Lou Liting was also a bit troubled when he heard that Feng Sizhe had beaten up the Japanese businessman. It was true that in Haibei City, all officials and units, whether current or former, would give him face. Even the Zhuang people at that time would give him face, because he had some of their blood in his blood. But he had no influence on the Japanese businessmen. Perhaps because of his age, he hated the Japanese more than the average young man, because his family had been harmed by the Japanese. So he had no say in the Japanese Council. This was of course why Tian Xiongda dared to do that even though he knew Lou Xiaoming's identity.

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