Although Zhao Ling and Fang Zhicheng had always had a grudge, he was still very happy to hear Fang Zhicheng say this, "Zhicheng, as far as I can remember, we have never communicated so closely. Since you came to me on your own initiative, there must be something. You might as well just say it."
Fang Zhicheng smiled, blew gently on the layer of yellow-green leaves floating on the top of the tea, and said, "For Zang Yi's matter."
Zhao Ling smiled faintly and said, "Mayor Zang flew from Yanjing to Hanzhou. Although there are rumors that it is related to you, he is in the city government and you are in the county. There should be no conflict of interest between the two of you."
Fang Zhicheng shook his head and said, "Mayor Zhao, have you ever thought that Zang Yi has become our common enemy?"
Zhao Ling frowned and said, "Zhicheng, what you said is a bit inappropriate."
Fang Zhicheng laughed and said, "Mayor Zhao, you are too insensitive. Don't you realize that Zang Yi is already making moves?"
Zhao Ling snorted and said, "If you came here today to sow discord between me and Zang Yi, then I have nothing else to say."
Fang Zhicheng shook his head and smiled bitterly: "To seek the skin of a tiger will only end up with oneself trapped in the cocoon."
Zhao Ling's expression turned cold, and he said, "You don't have to worry about my future."
Seeing that his attempts to persuade Zhao Ling were fruitless, Fang Zhicheng stood up and said goodbye, "Since we are no longer on the same page, there is no need for me to stay any longer. Goodbye, Mayor Zhao!"
Zhao Ling did not stand up, and said calmly: "I'm sorry I can't see you off."
After Fang Zhicheng left the office, Zhao Ling sighed deeply. In the meeting just now, Zhao Ling called together several trusted subordinates to urgently discuss the blocked projects of the Beijing Office. He learned from the director of the Beijing Office, Yang Dechang, that the ministries and commissions including the Development and Reform Commission have completely blocked the Hanzhou Beijing Office, and all the projects that were being applied for have been stopped.
Every year, the Hanzhou Office in Beijing has to spend a large amount of money to apply for projects. If all the projects are stopped, it means that a large amount of money invested in the early stage has been wasted. If someone is held responsible, Zhao Ling will have to bear the largest part.
In addition to project funding, running projects is Zhao Ling's core competitiveness. With this ability, Zhao Ling has established his position in Hanzhou. As long as he can run projects, no matter who the municipal party secretary is, Zhao Ling believes that he will have a foothold in Hanzhou. But now he feels like a man with particularly strong sexual ability, but his vital parts are seriously injured.
The result of the meeting was that Zang Yi was powerless and in a short period of time, he completely made the Beijing Office lose its ability to survive in Yanjing, and Zhao Liang's ten years of hard work was destroyed. This made Zhao Liang realize that there was a huge gap between him and Zang Yi.
The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. Although he was unwilling, Zhao Ning still thought of submitting to the strong.
Zhao Ling knew what Fang Zhicheng had reminded him of today. If he joined hands with Fang Zhicheng, he might be able to revive the Beijing Office. However, in Zhao Ling's opinion, Zang Yi's future potential far exceeded Fang Zhicheng's. Good birds choose trees to inhabit, so since Zhao Ling had thought of climbing a big tree, he would naturally choose Zang Yi instead of Fang Zhicheng.
After figuring out everything, Zhao Ling called Zang Yi and said in a gentle tone, "Mayor Zang, are you free now?"
Zang Yi didn't expect Zhao Liang's call to come so quickly. Just before, he received news that Fang Zhicheng had just been to Zhao Liang's office.
Zang Yi smiled and said, "Mayor Zhao, do you have any instructions?"
Zhao Ling said: "It's not really an instruction. If you are free, I will come to your office and have a chat."
Zang Yi turned his wrist and said, "I'm outside now and will be back at the city government in about half an hour. How about I come to your office after I come back?"
"No, no!" Zhao Ling said with a smile, "I'll come find you..."
Since he wanted to surrender, he must humble himself. If he let Zang Yi come to find him, it would be meaningless.
Zang Yi hung up the phone, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he thought to himself that Zhao Ling had just as he expected, and dealt him a heavy blow in his core competitiveness. He soon realized the gap between them.
But the only thing that surprised Zang Yi was that the conflict between Zhao Ling and Fang Zhicheng did not seem as serious as he had imagined. Otherwise, why would Fang Zhicheng go to Zhao Ling's office in person
In the officialdom, two people who don't have a good relationship will usually behave very coldly and never visit each other. So Fang Zhicheng stayed in Zhao Ling's office for almost two hours, which was very strange.
Zang Yi also thought of Fang Zhicheng, who was deliberately creating a rift of distrust between himself and Zhao Ling, but he still had some concerns. So even if Zhao Ling was willing to join his camp, Zang Yi would remain wary of him.
Chapter 0701: Flower in the Mist Shows Its Power
In Zang Yi's office, Zhao Liang had a long conversation with the new deputy mayor. What surprised Zhao Liang was that Zang Yi was a very broad-minded and well-educated person. Zhao Liang originally thought that it would be embarrassing for him to cling to a deputy mayor as the executive deputy mayor, but Zang Yi did not make Zhao Liang feel embarrassed, but gave Zhao Liang enough dignity.
Zang Yi had already determined Zhao Ling's intention to surrender, and said with emotion: "Mayor Zhao, I'm new here and not very familiar with Hanzhou. Moreover, I used to work in a northern city. Coming to the south, I'm afraid it will take time not only for me to adapt to life, but also for my work. I hope you can help me in the future."
Zhao Ling smiled and said, "Mayor Zang, you are a Beijing-based cadre. It is good news for both local officials and local people that you can serve in Hanzhou. I believe you can bring various advantageous resources to Hanzhou, benefit Hanzhou, and contribute to the local economic development."
Zang Yi waved his hand and smiled faintly: "Don't say those empty words and clichés. However, as long as there is anything you need, I will do my best."
Zhao Ling thought for a moment and said with a wry smile, "There is one thing that Mayor Zang needs help with. Several projects that Hanzhou's Beijing Office had been working hard to obtain have now come to a standstill. We invested a lot in the early stages to obtain those projects. If we just give up on them, the losses we incur will be too great."
Zang Yi raised his eyebrows, pretending not to know, and said, "Oh? Mayor Zhao, please explain the situation in detail."
Zhao Liang told Zang Yi about the matter one by one, just like a subordinate reporting to his superior, even though Zhao Liang knew very well that the instigator of this matter was none other than Zang Yi.
Zang Yi listened for a long time, nodded and sighed, "I have a general understanding of this matter. Let me help you mediate and coordinate, but I am not sure whether it will succeed."
Zhao Ling said quickly: "Mayor Zang, please help me. However, one or two of the projects will have results in the next few days, so please hurry up."
Zang Yi waved his hand and said with a smile: "I will do my best, but based on my experience, it will take at least a month to properly resolve this matter."
"One month?" Zhao Ling was surprised. He changed his mind and thought that this was probably a time that Zang Yi deliberately set in order to make a deeper impression. If, as Zang Yi said, the resources of the Beijing Office were completely unblocked after one month, then this would fully demonstrate that Zang Yi was strong enough. If it was unblocked, how could he leave a deep impression on himself
Zang Yi personally escorted Zhao Liang out of the office. After returning to the office, his brows relaxed a little. After a month of low-key dormancy, his plan finally took the first step.
Since Zang Yi came to Hanzhou, he must control the situation in Hanzhou in the shortest time possible, so his first step is to control Zhao Liang, who is also the easiest to control, because there is no one in the entire Hanzhou who is more familiar with Yanjing than Zhao Liang, so Zhao Liang is more easily intimidated by his power in Yanjing.
At the same time, in order to subdue Zhao Liang, Zang Yi also made a preliminary test of Fang Zhicheng. The result surprised him a little, because Fang Zhicheng was more difficult to control and more difficult to deal with than he had imagined.
In the game of officialdom, small strategies are ultimately not worth mentioning. Although Zang Yi got the upper hand in winning over Zhao Liang, in the long run, he still has to surpass Fang Zhicheng in political achievements, which is the victory in the grand strategy.
Zang Yi exhaled gently, calmed his heart, and soon immersed himself in a pile of information and documents. Zang Yi was an out-and-out workaholic, and his achievements were not achieved by luck and family alone, but by his own hands.