The Road to Officialdom: Reborn and Racing to the Top

[Rebirth + Political Intrigue + Business World + Political Career + Officialdom] Fang Shiyi, a high-ranking official, unexpectedly learns that the woman he has long loved bore his child, and that both mother and child were tortured to death. Just as he begins to investigate, he is threatened with an accusation and driven to suicide. Reborn by chance, he sets out to make up for his regrets and destroy his enemies. From the start, he saves a powerful figure’s family and finds himself a patron. Using a corn storage and fermentation technique that became widespread in his previous life, he creates a new model for agriculture. Along the way, he takes down his corrupt friends one by one, earning a meteoric rise through the ranks. Fang Shiyi knows his corrupt friends all too well. When the time comes, one of them is bound to become a stepping stone. To his surprise, he earns the title “Butcher of Officialdom,” using it to keep others in check and benefit the people of an entire region. He also takes advantage of the upheavals at home and abroad in the 1990s, positioning himself around major events tied to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, dominating Hong Kong’s financial world, cashing in on Japan, and building a business empire and financial fleet. As he advances along a smooth road to power, he secretly creates a global conglomerate and takes control of the financial systems and economies of various countries... From there, he looks down on the world and battles for the future!