The Pinnacle of Power: From Scapegoat to the Top

Main characters: Gao Feng, Bai Xiaohe, Cao Rong Armed with a PhD from Yanjing University, Gao Feng enters officialdom as a selected graduate and becomes Bai Xiaohe’s chief aide and adviser. After years of planning, Bai Xiaohe rises through the ranks, leaping several levels at a time. He spends years as her stepping stone, thinking he’ll eventually achieve success, only for Bai Xiaohe to cast him aside without mercy and leave him with an eight-year prison sentence. After his release, he learns that Bai Xiaohe has become a powerful provincial leader, and his path to revenge is completely cut off. Fortunately, fate gives him another chance. He returns to 2012, a time when fighting corruption and pursuing development go hand in hand. This time, he finally understands: the only way to walk the path to power without falling is to keep his feet firmly on the ground.