The highest form of warfare is to defeat the enemy’s plans, the next is to break their alliances, then to defeat their armies, and the lowest is to lay siege to their cities. An official who can plan with foresight, turn decay into wonder, and notice the smallest details truly deserves to be called a master of the official’s path. With a discerning mind, he sees through the world; with power in his hands, everything seems to go his way. Wang Zhiqiang has twelve years of foresight as he stands at a crossroads in life. Looking back on the wrong turns of the past and seizing the opportunities before him, he resolutely takes up his pen and charts his own future. Starting out as the county Party secretary’s aide, he rides a favorable wind ever higher, soaring like a great roc into the clouds... As the years pass, even his former colleagues marvel at his uncanny mastery of the political arena.
