In the Name of the People: A Standing Committee Member Returns and Splits Up the Sha-Li Alliance with One Move

Reborn just in time for the final Standing Committee meeting before Zhao Lichun's departure, Gao Yuliang casts aside his lofty intellectual airs. He takes the initiative to push for Qi Tongwei's promotion to vice-ministerial rank, using a precise maneuver that shrinks the field from 125 people to 56, and publicly rebuts Tian Guofu's report as a false accusation. He also cuts off his ties to the Zhao family's business interests in advance, then turns around and uses an anonymous tip-off to bring Qi Tongwei's gambling and personal conduct problems to light early, forcing Li Dakang to publicly support the promotion before Sha Ruijin arrives.

When Sha Ruijin parachutes into Handong with promises of a Sha-Li partnership, Gao Yuliang has already pinned Li Dakang in place with the Bright Peak project and the reform of Dafeng Factory. When Zhao Ruilong comes asking for land, Li agrees to his face, then secretly cooperates with Gao Yuliang to protect a meritorious public servant. Zhao Lichun heads to the capital for retirement, while Liu Feipeng watches from the sidelines, claiming ill health. Drawing on Qu Feng's hidden ties to the Handan University faction, Gao Yuliang directly challenges Sha Ruijin at the very first Standing Committee meeting: "Handong is as flat as a plain. Where are these so-called factions?"

Sha Ruijin takes Tian Guofu to conduct a field survey in the countryside, while Gao Yuliang sits firmly in the provincial government compound and opens his notebook. Four words are written on the page:

Turn the tables.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Please do not imitate.