Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Even seven standing committee members, including the secretary and the mayor, criticized him, which was more than half of the people attending the meeting. In other words, if everyone held Feng Sizhe accountable for this matter, or even wanted to punish him, it would be enough. Faced with this situation, those who did not speak only looked at Feng Sizhe with sympathy. In their opinion, Feng Sizhe's improper behavior this time had aroused public anger, and they were afraid that this time he would not have a good result.

Feng Sizhe, the person involved, just sat there quietly until he heard no one else holding him accountable for this matter. Then he slowly raised his head and looked around at everyone.

Feng Sizhe's eyes were so normal, without a trace of being blamed, which made all those who secretly followed him feel nervous. This expression was really against common sense. As the saying goes, abnormal things are the root of evil. What will Feng Sizhe do next? What will he say?

Feng Sizhe really wanted to say something, and he had to say something.

He thought that his complaint to the provincial party committee would cause dissatisfaction among some comrades, but that would only affect Xiang Kang, the municipal party committee secretary, and Liu Wenhua, the mayor. The latter was his direct target in this incident, so it was normal for him to hate him. He knew the former's temper, and his actions would likely cause turmoil in Haibei's political situation, so it was inevitable that he would blame himself.

Feng Sizhe had even prepared himself to be severely criticized by Xiang Kang, but now it seemed that he was too kind. Although he was prepared to be criticized by Xiang Kang, he never expected that Xiang Kang would bring so many members of the Standing Committee to criticize him, such as Li Chao, the secretary general of the Municipal Party Committee, and Zheng Geping, the head of the Municipal United Front Work Department. If Xiang Kang had not informed them before, they would not have stood up to criticize him. Well, since they were going to turn against each other, Feng Sizhe would lay out the truth and discuss it with everyone.

After preparing for a fallout, Feng Sizhe opened the file bag in front of him, took out a small notebook from it, slowly flipped through the pages, and began to read.

"To the secretary and all my colleagues, I admit that this time I reported the problems of Haibei City directly, which was suspected of exceeding my authority and had a negative impact on the social stability of Haibei City." Feng Sizhe first launched a self-criticism. He is that kind of person. If it is his fault, he will definitely admit it. On the contrary, if it is not his fault, he will never allow others to put the blame on him.

"I reported directly to the provincial party committee, which led to the provincial discipline inspection team to come to Haibei City to conduct an investigation. But everyone only saw me reporting to the higher authorities, and no one asked me why I did this. Do you think I have nothing to do and want to cause trouble for everyone? Do you think that as a member of Haibei City, I don't want to win glory for Haibei City? Here I can tell you with confidence that the reason I did this was for the good of Haibei City, and I even had some unavoidable difficulties."

"What are your reasons for not being able to do so?" Upon hearing Feng Sizhe say that he had no choice, the military sub-district commander Xi Guoqi seemed to see some hope and asked hurriedly.

He was very anxious about Feng Sizhe suddenly being besieged by the Standing Committee members, but as a representative of the army he could not say much. Now when he heard Feng Sizhe say that he also had his difficulties, he quickly cooperated and asked.

Listening to Xi Guoqi's words of cooperation, Feng Sizhe gave him a grateful look, and then he said loudly, "I believe everyone here should know my difficulties. When I first took over the Haitian Economic Development Zone, there was only one dollar and fifty cents in the development zone's financial account, and I owed six months' wages to nearly a thousand employees in the development zone. At that time, I asked the municipal party committee and government for money. What did everyone say?"

As if to evoke everyone's memories of that time, Feng Sizhe paused for a moment when he spoke here. "At that time, everyone was shirking responsibility, pushing each other for just two million, saying that there was no money. Oh, no, it shouldn't be said that everyone said there was no money. Minister Zheng of the United Front Work Department at that time was very generous, and at the same time he gave me one million first." As if to humiliate the members of the Municipal Party Committee, Feng Sizhe also deliberately talked about the incident when Zheng Geping wanted to help Xiang Kangping.

When Feng Sizhe said this, Zheng Geping blushed and immediately lowered his head. The United Front Work Department at that time still had some money. Not to mention two million, even 20 million could be offered, but he only offered one million. To put it bluntly, he just wanted to perfunctorily appease Feng Sizhe, not really wanting to help him. But the reason why he blushed was not because of this, but because a while ago, the Development Zone organized a fundraising event, allowing the businessmen who invested in the Development Zone to take out 20 million at one time and give it to the United Front Work Department. Feng Sizhe said at the time that it was for the United Front work of Haibei City and the Development Zone needed to do its part. Zheng Geping accepted the 20 million calmly, and it was precisely because he accepted the 20 million that he blushed at this moment. He didn't know how to face Feng Sizhe.

After talking about Zheng Geping, Feng Sizhe continued to face everyone and said, "At that time, I saw that the employees of the development zone could not even get two months' basic salary, and they were about to have a hard time making ends meet. I signed a military order in front of everyone, saying that I would have the final say in the development zone from now on, and I would find a way to solve these difficulties, and would never ask the municipal party committee and the municipal government for a penny. I could even guarantee that the development zone would turn losses into profits within a year. In order to gain everyone's trust at that time, I also signed a military order, saying that if I couldn't do these things, I would pack my bag and leave after a year. Is that right?"

After saying this, Feng Sizhe turned his gaze to Wang Changhui, the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and discipline secretary who was sitting in the fourth seat.

Wang Changhui lowered his head quickly after being stared at. He knew that Feng Sizhe was going to fire at him next, but the hateful thing was that he didn't know how to respond to him at this moment. He wanted to fight back, but he couldn't find any reason to stand up and speak out.

"I signed a military order and got everyone's recognition and agreement, so I did it. Then, I used all my connections to attract investment and build the development zone step by step. The workers' wages were returned, and the money that should be paid to the municipal party committee and government was also paid. But at this time, someone did point out that I implemented a one-man rule policy in the development zone. Anything in the development zone was not reported to the municipal party committee and government, nor was it discussed with other members of the development zone. The Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection even talked to me specifically about this matter and asked me to give an explanation for it. Now I want to ask, what did I say when I signed the military order? Why didn't you put these conditions out at the beginning? Now that the development zone is about to come back to life, one by one you start to find fault with me and care about the development zone. Then when the development zone couldn't pay wages, what were you doing? Where was your concern?"

"Comrade Feng Sizhe, don't get excited. Our Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection did receive a real-name report from someone else. According to organizational procedures, we have to talk to you." Wang Changhui thought about it and decided to explain. Besides, he had consulted Secretary Xiang Kang about this matter in the first place, and he would not take the blame himself.

When Wang Changhui said these words, he did not forget to look at Xiang Kang, meaning that he wanted Secretary Xiang to stand up and speak for him at this time.

Xiang Kang saw Wang Changhui's pleading eyes, so he coughed and said, "Yes, I know that the relevant Discipline Inspection Commission has asked you, Comrade Feng Sizhe, to have a talk. We also took a cautious attitude to do this. I think this matter should be in line with organizational discipline."

"Oh, really? Well, Secretary Xiang, I want to ask, can you guarantee that many of the things you do are in compliance with organizational discipline?" Feng Sizhe didn't want to fire at the municipal party secretary, but seeing that he listened to Liu Wenhua and wanted to make trouble for him again and again today, he didn't need to be polite anymore, otherwise others would really think that he was afraid of someone.

"Half a month ago, the development zone needed more workers because of the large amount of work. I was going to call for bids publicly. That was in line with organizational discipline, right? But Secretary Xiang came to me and said that some ethnic minority brothers must be arranged to work in the development zone. This was for the unity of the entire Haibei City and for social stability. But I said at the time that these ethnic minority brothers had undergone special training before they finished their studies, and I was afraid that they would not be able to do some work well. Besides, this kind of special care for recruiting people is also against the organizational allocation system. But you did say that special situations should be handled specially, and not to make everything a big deal. So, you asked Secretary-General Li Chao to arrange 50 ethnic minority brothers for me at one time. Do you know that it is because of your special care for special situations that the development zone now has these 50 idle people? Then I ask you, since some things can be handled specially, why can't the things I signed a military order in front of everyone be handled specially? What's the reason? I don't understand it."

Feng Sizhe suddenly told Xiang Kang, the municipal party secretary, about what Secretary Xiang had asked him to do a while ago, which made Xiang Kang, the municipal party secretary, stunned. Indeed, he did say that at the time, but Zheng Geping came to him at the time and hoped that he could help him arrange some jobs for ethnic minority brothers. Xiang Kang was in a hurry to recruit people in the development zone, so he took the initiative to write a note to Feng Sizhe, and he did it. Then he said that such a thing was indeed against the rules, but then again, such a thing was done and no one would mention it again. If it weren't for everyone forcing Feng Sizhe today, I'm afraid he wouldn't fight back like this.