Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Feng Sizhe and Wei Zuosheng formed a secret alliance, each getting what they wanted. Feng Sizhe put forward his own conditions, and Wei Zuosheng agreed to them after consideration, thus the alliance between the two parties was formally established.

After walking out of the Hakka Restaurant, Feng Sizhe looked much more relaxed. After getting back into Li Shuang's car, he began to study how to implement this matter. He was thinking about what Wei Zuosheng said at the end, that is, he could handle all the other relationships in the city, and he could even guarantee to recommend himself to Secretary Kang. The only problem was the Municipal People's Congress, which was controlled by the Lou family. If he wanted to be the mayor, it would not be enough to be appointed from above, but also the Municipal People's Congress would need to vote and elect. If the higher-ups agreed to let Wei Zuosheng be the acting mayor of Haibei City, whether the word "acting" could be removed in the end would still depend on the Lou family's intentions.

"Lou family," Feng Sizhe repeated in his mind, and then asked Li Shuang who was driving, "Li Shuang, do you know where Minister Lou Xiaoming lives?"

"I know. She doesn't live in the Standing Committee's compound, but with her father Lou Liting." Li Shuang answered straightforwardly. As a qualified driver, the most common question he considers is where the leader will go, so he must find out the geographical location where he may go. As for the home address of Lou Xiaoming, the propaganda minister of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, Li Shuang also did some homework.

"Okay, very good. Let's drive there now." Feng Sizhe nodded with satisfaction. Li Shuang was a very competent driver. At least he didn't have to worry a lot in many aspects.

"Yes." Li Shuang did not ask why, and even Chen Guangming, who was sitting in the passenger seat, did not ask any more questions. This fully proved that they believed in their leader Feng Sizhe. This was also a tacit understanding reached by the three of them for a long time.

The car drove from the south city to the north city, and stopped outside a small ground-floor courtyard. Then Li Shuang pointed to a red door with two large stone lions at the entrance and said, "Boss, this is it."

"Okay, Guangming, come with me." Feng Sizhe nodded, pushed open the car door and got out.

Chen Guangming was in charge of knocking on the door. After a while, the red door was opened. Then a young man in a suit looked at Feng Sizhe and Chen Guangming and found that they were both strangers. He asked cautiously, "Excuse me, who are you looking for? Who are you?"

"Please let this comrade know that the deputy mayor of Haibei City, Feng Sizhe, is here to see Mr. Lou." Feng Sizhe introduced himself before Chen Guangming could speak. Sometimes he needed Chen Guangming to tell him his identity, but other times, he needed to speak it himself.

After Feng Sizhe said this, the young man looked at him carefully, as if he wanted to get to know him better. Then he slowly said, "Oh, please wait a moment, Mr. Lou is taking a nap. Let me inform you."

"Sorry for the trouble." Feng Sizhe nodded at him and spoke very politely.

The young man turned and left. Less than ten minutes later, Lou Xiaoming came out of the courtyard. "Hey, Mayor Feng, how did you find my house? If you have something to say, can't you just call me in advance?"

"Haha, I am being presumptuous." Feng Sizhe nodded embarrassedly. He knew that he should greet Lou Xiaoming before he came to see Mr. Lou, but he was afraid that he would not be able to see Mr. Lou immediately after he found Lou Xiaoming. Wei Zuosheng's matter was urgent, and the situation in Haibei City would not be delayed like this. If things went wrong, many people would start to use their connections to get the position of Haibei Mayor. So he had to seize the time and come here first without notifying Lou Xiaoming. But he didn't expect to run into her here. How could he not be embarrassed?

"Excuse me, this is not Mayor Feng's usual style. I'm afraid you have something urgent to tell me this time. It just so happens that my father also wants to see you. I think you should come with me." Hearing Feng Sizhe's uncertain answer, Lou Xiaoming was obviously not satisfied. It was just that her father also wanted to see Feng Sizhe, so she let him in by coincidence. Otherwise, he might not be able to see the real person this time after asking for a meeting.

Following Lou Xiaoming, Feng Sizhe walked into the Lou family compound. After turning a long corridor, he walked into a small second floor. On the balcony of the small second floor, he saw an old man about 65 years old sitting and looking into the distance.

The location of this small second floor is good. From here, the sea is not far away. Even those sitting here can vaguely feel the sea breeze. "Hello, Mr. Lou." Feng Sizhe nodded politely and greeted him. Looking at this one of the very few full-time officials in Haibei City, he had to maintain sufficient respect.

"Are you Feng Sizhe? Please take a seat." Old Lou turned his head and glanced at Feng Sizhe from his chair. There was no emotion in his eyes. It was obvious that he had known about Feng Sizhe's youth for a long time, and he was not surprised to see the real person.

In fact, they had met before. How could Lou Liting, the director of the Municipal People's Congress, not have met Feng Sizhe, the deputy mayor? It was just that Feng Sizhe had just arrived in Haibei not long ago and had a lot of things to do, so he didn't notice him.

"Thank you, Mr. Lou." Feng Sizhe still nodded respectfully, then sat down on the empty chair opposite Mr. Lou.

"Mayor Feng, there's no need to be so polite. You must have something to tell me this time, right?" Old Lou was very pleased to see Feng Sizhe's actions. It is rare to find young officials like him who are young and promising, have means, and even have some background. The most important thing is that the other party can be so polite to others, which is even rarer.

"Mr. Lou is wise. I am here this time because I do want to trouble you with something." Feng Sizhe knew that there was no need to hide anything in front of such an old man. Sometimes it might be better to just say the problem directly, so he simply stated his purpose directly, so that both sides would have less suspicion.

"Young man, you speak so quickly. Let me guess, do you want to be the mayor of Haibei City?" Mr. Lou asked Feng Sizhe in an unfathomable manner, as if he could see through the other person's heart.

Hearing that Lou Lao and Wei Zuosheng were both suspicious of his motives, Feng Sizhe even wondered if he should try to get the position this time. However, this thought only flashed through his mind because he knew very well that it was too early to be promoted to mayor given his qualifications and age. He should lay a solid foundation and take steady steps. "Haha, thank you for your compliment, Lou Lao. Although I, Feng Sizhe, am young and arrogant, I know my own limitations. I really don't have any other ideas about the position of Haibei City Mayor."

Feng Sizhe's answer was so plain and ordinary, even like a greeting, without any pretense, which made Old Lou startled. He looked at Feng Sizhe carefully to make sure that the young man was telling the truth and he really had no intention of lying. Old Lou couldn't help but be surprised.

He originally thought that Feng Sizhe came to him at this time, he must be aiming for the position of Haibei mayor, because in the eyes of many people, the reason why this young man spent so much effort to get rid of Liu Wenhua seemed to be to make room for him to be the mayor. Now that the first step has been achieved, it should be time to get straight to the point, but why didn't the other party have such an idea? What was the purpose of all his efforts before? He couldn't have no purpose.

"Mayor Feng, don't think that I'm easy to fool just because I'm old. If you don't want to be the mayor, why are you so determined to get Liu Wenhua out of office? Why have you come here?" Old Lou still couldn't understand what Feng Sizhe was thinking. He thought that the old saying "If you are too weak, you won't get up early" was correct. According to this saying, what Feng Sizhe said just now must have been a lie.

Looking at Mr. Lou, Feng Sizhe said very seriously. "Mr. Lou, if I say that I am really doing this for the economic development of Haibei City and because I cannot stand what corrupt officials do, will you believe me?"

What Feng Sizhe said was of course the truth, and this was the main reason why he got rid of Liu Wenhua. In his opinion, as long as officials like Liu Wenhua were still in charge of the Haibei Municipal Government, it would be difficult for Haibei City's economy to achieve significant development. For the sake of Haibei City, and of course for the sake of his own work in all aspects to go more smoothly, he kept taking action to get Liu Wenhua out of office. However, this approach did cause all kinds of speculation from the outside world. Everyone thought that he wanted to seize the mayor's position because Liu Wenhua had taken his place.

Of course, Mr. Lou had the same idea, but now facing Feng Sizhe's serious expression, he hesitated a little. "Well, I don't believe it either."

Mr. Lou's answer was like no answer at all, and Feng Sizhe laughed when he heard it. "Mr. Lou, to be honest, I had to expose Comrade Liu Wenhua's corruption, and I was forced to do so, because with such a mayor in Haibei City, it would be difficult for the economy to develop. Of course, you don't have to believe it, but what I'm going to say next is evidence that I really don't want to get rid of him and take over myself, because I actually have two purposes for coming here this time. One is that I hope Mr. Lou can use your influence in Haibei City to support Comrade Wei Zuosheng as the mayor of Haibei City."

Feng Sizhe knew that some elderly people were very stubborn and often it was difficult to change their minds about anything they were serious about. The only way to make them believe in themselves was to present the facts. As long as the facts were presented, all problems would be solved.

"What?" When he heard that Feng Sizhe came here not to become the mayor himself, but to help others, and to help Wei Zuosheng, Lou Lao's face changed, and then sank again. "Mayor Feng, why do you ask me to do this, and why do you believe that I will help the Wei family?"

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