Zhao Ercheng was a college graduate from a poor village in western China. Through sheer effort, he landed a job at a government agency in Qingzhou City. Introverted, poor at playing office politics, and without connections, he worked diligently and performed exceptionally, yet his talents were never recognized. His father’s sudden death gave him a bitter taste of how cold the world could be, and it transformed him profoundly. He resolutely resigned from public service to go into business, eventually building a commercial empire of his own. In business, politics, love, and the workplace, should he stick to his principles, or stop at nothing to satisfy his material desires? Lost in deep confusion and uncertainty, he found himself caught in an endless cycle of good and evil, love and hate, as his soul grappled with questions------
