Zhang Chao, a boy from a peasant family, has lofty ambitions. He suddenly rose from an unknown reporter to the position of vice president of Qingjiang Daily at the age of forty.
The game of power is no longer unfamiliar to him, and the snobbery of human nature has made him taste the warmth and coldness of the world. Faced with the cruelty of officialdom, the indifference of the workplace, the strangeness of love, and the helplessness of marriage, he suffered, he despaired, he struggled, and he spurned him.
The language of the novel is fluent, the story is exquisitely conceived, the thoughts are insightful, and the insights are unique. It is an extremely beautiful urban novel.
It's quite factual and the writing is smooth.