In 1998, Linjiang City, Lingnan Province ushered in a wave of state-owned enterprise reform. Lin Manjiang, a 32-year-old master of economics, gave up his teaching position in a university and returned to his hometown to serve as the deputy mayor of Jiangbei District. He entered the officialdom with the original intention of "let the common people live a good life", but he was involved in an intricate and secret war for power——
