Shi Xiaolei, a college student born in the 1980s, grew up from a country boy in a remote mountain village. With no money and no background, he relied on his own efforts to join the government and became a civil servant through civil servant recruitment. In just a few years, he experienced the ups and downs of officialdom and overcame obstacles, growing from an ordinary clerk to a leading party cadre.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.