Jiang Yong nodded and smiled, "He is really young and promising! He looks less than 30 years old, right? I am afraid you can't find such a young cadre in our Development and Reform Commission."
Someone nearby reminded him, "Director Jin is not very old, only in his early thirties."
Jiang Yong seemed to have just remembered it at this time, and smiled and introduced Xia Lanshan: "Comrade Lanshan, you have new forces in Hanzhou, and our city office also has fresh blood. Comrade Jin Feng has just returned from studying abroad. He is now the deputy director of the city office. In the future, he will be responsible for promoting most of the affairs related to city integration."
Xia Lanshan had noticed Jin Feng a long time ago, and said with a smile: "Director Jin, please give us guidance on our work from time to time."
Jin Feng smiled and said, "Secretary Lanshan, the work of the city office still needs your cooperation. I am afraid I will have to disturb you from time to time in the future. I hope you can understand."
Xia Lanshan waved his hand, raised his glass and said with a smile: "Everything is for a better tomorrow for Hanzhou! It is my duty, I will do my best and never stop until my death."
Jiang Yong smiled and said, "Comrade Lanshan has quite a bit of the spirit of a former prime minister."
Xia Lanshan smiled faintly and said, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Director Jiang."
At this kind of dinner, everyone spoke in a more official manner. Even if someone occasionally told a joke or two, it was hard to dispel the serious atmosphere. Then it was a formal circle, and everyone toasted the others at the table. Fang Zhicheng and Jin Feng toasted each other, but it was light and there was no chemical reaction.
After the dinner, everyone dispersed.
Fang Zhicheng sat in the back seat of the car, frowning and thinking for a long time, then called Ning Xiangcao, "Sister Xiangcao, I met someone today."
Ning Xiangcao smiled and said, "Who on earth made you call me so specially?"
"Jin Feng!" Fang Zhicheng sighed, "What makes people feel weird is that he is now the deputy director of the Qionghan City Office, with a rank of deputy director... It's really unexpected."
Ning Xiangcao was silent for a moment, then sighed, "If I tell you one thing, you will be able to figure out the whole story. Jin Feng's elder brother Jin De was poisoned not long ago. That's why the Jin family is now picking up Jin Feng, the former waste. Jin Feng used to be a person in the system, so with a little bit of work, he can be reborn. However, what's surprising is that he actually chose to develop in Huainan. After all, the Jin family's sphere of influence is mainly in the southern and northern provinces of Henan."
Useless piece? Fang Zhicheng smiled bitterly. Wasn't he also a useless piece
Ning Xiangcao reminded, "After Jin Feng left Jincheng Group, I followed his whereabouts. He invested in a real estate agency and expanded very quickly. He is a very powerful person. Now he has chosen to return to his official career in Qionghan City Office. I am afraid it is targeted. I suspect he is targeting you."
Fang Zhicheng nodded and said with a wry smile: "He really thinks highly of me."
Ning Xiangcao smiled and said, "Zhicheng, don't underestimate yourself. In the whole of China, how many 28-year-old department-level cadres are there? It's only natural that Jin Feng regards you as his opponent. He has suffered a huge setback because of you. If he doesn't treat you right, I'm afraid he will be traumatized for the rest of his life."
Fang Zhicheng laughed at himself and said, "If he really thinks so, he is really a narrow-minded guy."
Ning Xiangcao added: "In addition, the integration of Qiong and Han is also a good opportunity. The whole country is focusing on this. Since ten years ago, the development of urban agglomerations has become a means for provinces to improve their competitiveness, but only a handful of provinces have achieved real results. Huainan's reform this time is large-scale and the model is novel. If it succeeds, Jin Feng, as the deputy director of the Integration Office, will be able to reap good political achievements."
Ning Xiangcao made a brief analysis and guessed the general idea. Although she had not been involved in officialdom, she had been influenced by it since childhood and knew the ins and outs of it very well.
Ning Xiangcao smiled and said, "I know why you called me. Are you worried that he might harm me? Don't worry. I'm on the business path, and he's on the government path. We each have our own paths. You need to be careful, after all, he is nominally your leader."
Fang Zhicheng shrugged and said indifferently: "Jin Feng, if this guy dares to challenge me, I will make him fall again. This time it will definitely be more miserable than the last time, so that he will remember the lesson forever."
Ning Xiangcao smiled and said, "You look elegant on the outside, but you have a bit of a ruffian spirit in your bones. But this is how you become a man."
Fang Zhicheng laughed at himself and said, "I'm just trying to encourage myself. By the way, Sister Vanilla, how are you doing recently? The stock market is volatile. I'm afraid it will have an impact on Huaying Group."
Ning Xiangcao said: "Fortunately, we had made some preparations three months ago and put the funds into the entity, but we were still affected. However, in the current environment, losing less is a victory."
Fang Zhicheng smiled and said, "Finance is a double-edged sword. Isn't the current European subprime mortgage crisis caused by you guys who play with finance? What time has it come now? It's commonly known as 'shearing the sheep'?"
Ning Xiangcao smiled and said, "Europe has been experiencing a bubble-like development for so many years, and it has reached the end of collapse. Banks can no longer support it and can only end up in bankruptcy. The domestic stock market has been booming since the past few years, but it is actually more due to the manipulation of foreign capital. After the stock market turmoil, European financial institutions turned around and fled, and we, as a Chinese financial institution, cannot sit idly by in the face of the rampage of foreign capital. We must bear the corresponding responsibilities."
Fang Zhicheng could understand what Ning Xiangcao meant. In fact, Huaying Investment Group was a private enterprise to the outside world, but it was a hidden means for the country to maintain the financial system internally. When the capital system collapsed, Huaying Investment Group and other private capital must take over to allow the shaky financial industry to achieve a soft landing.
In normal times, Huaying Investment Group will act in accordance with market rules, merge and acquire some potential enterprises and pursue profit maximization; but in abnormal times, such as now, Huaying Investment Group will give up profits and focus on cooperating with the government to regulate the economy. This is a backup plan that China has secretly kept after summarizing its experience after the financial crisis in 1998, a means to fight against foreign capital's control over the domestic economy.
Chapter 0539: An Obstacle Appears Halfway
The day after the city office left Hanzhou, they returned to Qiongjin and issued a work document. Fang Zhicheng roughly read it and found that the city office divided the project into time nodes and clearly listed which tasks must be completed within the specified time. In short, the Xiaguang District Government was led by the city office in the work of Qionghan integration.
The document has the official seals of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Provincial Government, which means that this work experience has been approved by the Provincial Government, and lower-level departments must implement it according to the relevant progress required in the work plan.
Fang Zhicheng couldn't help but smile bitterly. The emergence of the City Office gave him a feeling of putting the cart before the horse. It had been agreed that the city operator model would be used to promote the integration of Qiong and Han. Now the government has set up such a department. Will it develop according to the company's own ideas, or will it advance its work according to the work knowledge of the City Office
Fang Zhicheng didn't expect Jin Feng's first move to be so strong, and he couldn't deal with it with his own ability. For this reason, he called Song Wendi. After hearing Fang Zhicheng's complaints, Song Wendi frowned and analyzed: "The City Office is mainly responsible for the management of the special guidance funds for the city integration, and will not get involved too much in the specific affairs of enterprises in the process of preparing and building projects. This is the basic tone set at the Standing Committee. Now the City Office has issued work documents, which has tied local governments to urban operations. It is indeed a bit inappropriate. However, Secretary Wen seems to attach great importance to the City Office. He thinks it is an important grasping tool for him to understand the progress of the Qionghan City Integration work. Moreover, the documents have been issued first. It is quite difficult to retrieve the documents now!"
Fang Zhicheng talked for a moment and reminded, “Boss, I have something to report to you. You know the deputy director of the same city office.”
Song Wendi nodded and said, "Is it Jin Feng?"
Song Wendi naturally knew who was assigned to this key position. This was a position that involved the right to use nearly 10 billion yuan of guidance funds, and the power was very great. Almost all of the government's remaining fiscal revenue in the past five years flowed into the same-city project, and the same-city office had the approval and supervision rights. Jin Feng was now very confident and was not afraid that Hanzhou or Qiongjin would not come to him for help. Without his signature, no money could be taken out.
The Qiong-Han urban integration project is very expensive. Although the Hongda Group has strong financial strength, it is almost impossible to build a city without any support.
Fang Zhicheng not only secretly admired Wen Jinglong's thoughts, but also Hongda Group won the same-city project at a high cost. However, he was not afraid of losing control in this field, and immediately played the same-city office card.
By using the local office to tighten the purse strings of fiscal expenditure, it would not matter if Hongda Group belonged to Bu Yiren's camp. If Hongda Group wanted to obtain financial support, it would need to follow the government's arrangements.
Fang Zhicheng smiled bitterly and said, "Things happened too suddenly. I didn't expect Jin Feng to be able to make a comeback."
Song Wendi sighed softly, "Xiao Fang, there are many things you haven't experienced yet. Jin Feng's situation is too insignificant. After Jin Feng left Yinzhou, his personnel establishment was transferred back to the Organization Department of the Southern Henan Provincial Party Committee. The Organization Department of the Southern Henan Provincial Party Committee can do whatever they want with the subsequent files."
Song Wendi did not say it explicitly, but he also expressed his dissatisfaction. There were too many tricks in Jin Feng's parachuting into the local office, but because Wen Jinglong was the provincial party secretary and had absolute say in personnel work, he could only acquiesce.
Fang Zhicheng did not hold back and said angrily: "Is there no higher-level department to supervise this? How can the promotion and transfer of cadres be so arbitrary?"