Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Listening to Feng Sizhe's speech, Liu Wenhua turned his angry gaze away from him again and again. If this kid had not suddenly come to Haibei City, he would not be in his current passive situation. It can be said that everything was caused by Feng Sizhe. At this moment, Liu Wenhua really hated Feng Sizhe.

"Well, in my opinion, things can't be said like this. Mayor Liu and Secretary Mi are doing this for the good of all of us and for the external image of Haibei City. Think about it, if this major case is publicized, how will outsiders view our Haibei City? What will some businessmen who want to invest here think? What will the people who don't know the truth think? Will they think that our Haibei City team is rotten? Will they think that the money was taken away by people like us? If so, the impact will be too bad, so I still agree to handle this matter in a low-key manner." Xu Qingdong, secretary of the Chenghai District Committee, watched Feng Sizhe speak, and then he stood up and attacked him indirectly with words, and even tried to push Feng Sizhe to the opposite side of everyone.

On the surface, Xu Qingdong's speech was to protect everyone's interests, but in fact he was accusing Feng Sizhe of not caring about everyone's face. The reason why he said this was because he hated Feng Sizhe so much. If someone dared to bully his son, of course he had to step in.

With the speeches of Feng Sizhe and Xu Qingdong, the result became a tie of 3 to 3.

Xiang Kang, the municipal party secretary, looked at the current situation and couldn't help but frowned. In fact, he advocated a thorough investigation of the matter in his heart. As the top leader of a city, someone actually did such a thing under his nose. He couldn't shirk his responsibility. He really wanted to investigate the matter in depth and tell others that although he usually played the role of a good guy and didn't argue with others under normal circumstances, he could also treat some small things as if they didn't happen, but when it came to matters of principle, he was still not careless.

With this in mind, Xiang Kang wanted to speak up to support Feng Sizhe and Lou Xiaoming and make the matter clear. But he had just smacked his lips before any sound came out when the cell phone of Li Chao, the secretary general of the municipal party committee, who was sitting at the bottom of the meeting, rang.

Such a meeting of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee is very solemn. The mobile phones of ordinary leaders are either turned off or set to vibrate mode. Only the phone of Secretary-General Li Chao can be turned on because of his responsibilities. If any leader has something to do during the meeting, he can't have no external contact information at all, right?

As soon as the cell phone rang, Li Chao hurriedly lowered his head and picked it up. He quickly stood up and walked to Xiang Kang and whispered something. Then he saw Xiang Kang picked up the phone and walked out of the meeting room.

Except for Li Chao, no one knew who was calling. All they could do was wait, waiting for Secretary Xiang to come back after the call. Fifteen minutes later, Xiang Kang returned to the meeting room with his phone. This time, his face was not as gloomy as before, but much calmer.

Sitting in the chief seat, Xiang Kang said to everyone, "Comrades, I think what Mayor Liu, Secretary Mi and Secretary Xu said makes sense. Under the current situation in Haibei City, the affairs of the Municipal Finance Bureau should not be publicized too much, and it is better to keep a low profile. But the matter cannot be ignored. I think this is how it should be. Secretary Wang of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection should take the lead and investigate the whole story of this matter. After reporting it, everyone can discuss it. As for the problem of Liu Changsong, the director of the Finance Bureau, I think he can be retained for the time being, and the work of the Municipal Finance Bureau can be taken over by Comrade Zhao Guangming, the executive deputy director. What do you think about this?"

After Xiang Kang answered the phone, he suddenly changed his original opinion on the matter. This was also a helpless move, because the call he just received was from Ping Guowang, the deputy secretary of the Provincial Party Committee in charge of personnel. He told Xiang Kang on the phone that the central government’s personnel changes after the Ninth National People’s Congress had been completed, and the next step would be some changes in various provinces and cities. At this time, Haibei City must not have any problems. Even if there are some minor problems, they must be suppressed first and wait until this storm has passed before talking about it.

It was this phone call that made Xiang Kang suddenly change his approach. Of course, he also knew that his actions would cause dissatisfaction among Lou Xiaoming, Feng Sizhe and others, so he took a compromise approach, which was to investigate the matter in a low-key manner, but Liu Changsong's position as the director of the Finance Bureau must be taken down and given to Zhao Guangming temporarily. In fact, he also knew that Zhao Guangming was a member of the Lou family, and he did this to give face to the Lou family, so that his decision could be accepted by everyone.

Feng Sizhe didn't know who Xiang Kang had called, but he was quite satisfied with the result. To be honest, he hadn't thought that Liu Wenhua would be implicated in the Finance Bureau after this meeting. Since he was the mayor of a city, it was not easy to shake him. It was already a good result to let Zhao Guangming take the position first. Besides, if this matter was really investigated and made a big fuss, everyone present would be embarrassed. Although Feng Sizhe was not afraid, because he had been in Haibei City for a short time and the money was transferred before he arrived, he had no responsibility, but other people might have other ideas. When it came to everyone's face and interests, Feng Sizhe didn't dare to think that this matter would be made public through the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee.

Xiang Kang's words set the tone for the matter, and all that was left was to do as he said. The meeting ended in a whimper.

After leaving the meeting room, Liu Wenhua broke out in a cold sweat. He felt worried but also relieved.

He was worried that this meeting would directly implicate him because of Liu Changsong. If that happened, he would be in a passive position. Fortunately, he had made preparations long ago and called the Standing Committee Member of the Provincial Party Committee and Vice Governor Zhou Dajiang to express his sincerity and report his troubles to him.

In the past, Zhou Dajiang had tried to win over Liu Wenhua. As a comrade of Wen Chaoying, Zhou Dajiang wanted to cultivate some power of his own among them, so that he would be more confident when talking with the Wen family. For this reason, he had no idea how many municipal party secretaries and mayors he had won over. Unfortunately, these people did not seem to value him. After all, he was only a standing committee member and deputy governor, and did not have much say in provincial personnel matters.

This time, in order to protect himself, Liu Wenhua had no choice but to turn to Zhou Dajiang. This was because he really had no one to turn to. There were some people he wanted to turn to, but the other party did not let him go. He had no choice but to follow Zhou Dajiang's path. Zhou Dajiang was naturally very happy when he heard that Liu Wenhua was going to turn to him. He promised Liu Wenhua that he would call Secretary Xiang Kang to suppress the matter and let Liu Wenhua feel at ease.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Dajiang thought about it and decided to call Ping Guowang, the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee in charge of personnel. The two of them had a very good relationship. Ping Guowang was from the Lu faction, and he himself was from the Wen faction. The two sides had a good backstage relationship. Under such circumstances, if he opened his mouth to ask Ping Guowang for help, it would certainly be twice the result with half the effort.

Under such circumstances, Ping Guowang called Xiang Kang. Although he did not directly tell him what the matter was, he did inform Xiang Kang in an alternative way of warning, asking him to be cautious in doing things. So Xiang Kang made such a decision, which saved Liu Wenhua.

After getting on his mayor's car, Liu Wenhua began to have doubts in his heart. Although he escaped this time and the matter did not develop to a deeper level and did not involve himself, the matter was not completely resolved. For example, Liu Changsong was completely taken down and Zhao Guangming took over his position. This was enough to make him sleep poorly. This meant that the other party had always held his handle and could attack him at any time. In other words, if the 100 million was not resolved, the matter would never be settled.

He thought that he had to start from the root of the matter. For example, didn't the Provincial Council of Japanese Overseas Chinese want to get a piece of land in the development zone and then sell it to pay back his money? If he could help them accomplish this, then his 100 million yuan fund would be solved, and the rest would not be a problem. With this in mind, he picked up his mobile phone and called the office of Vice Governor Zhou Dajiang.

Feng Sizhe, Lou Xiaoming, and Xi Guoqi walked out of the municipal party committee compound. Xi Guoqi left after saying hello because of something in the army, leaving only the two of them walking towards their car, talking and laughing.

"That's right, Mayor Feng. This time we have successfully made Zhao Guangming the acting director of the Finance Bureau. This is a big step forward. As long as there are no problems in the future, it will be a matter of time before he is promoted." Lou Xiaoming, who was very satisfied with the results of today's meeting, looked at Feng Sizhe and said with a smile.

"Well, but it's still an acting job after all. I still need to be careful before the official documents come down. But I think that day is not far away." Feng Sizhe looked into the distance, thinking that Song Dexiang was now detained in the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection for study, and Liu Changsong was completely taken down. Then, there should not be many available people around Liu Wenhua in the future. It would be much easier to find problems with him at this time.

"Yes, I will remind Zhao Guangming, and he also knows what to do. Okay, let's do this for now. If there are such good things in the future, please remember to inform me." Lou Xiaoming waved to Feng Sizhe and got into her own car.

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