Back to 1998: I Helped Qi Tongwei Rise by Starting with Vegetable Farming

[A Story Set in the World of In the Name of the People] + [Beginning in 1998] + [A Timeline Where Qi Tongwei Never Knelt] + [A Different Perspective]

That year, Qi Tongwei turned down a marriage proposal and chose to leave the anti-narcotics team for the publicity department, where he lay low.

Four years later, Fu Qian was building his business empire, starting with growing vegetables.

At the same time, the city officially notified Qi Tongwei that a new policy was being introduced to select outstanding young officials for grassroots assignments.

He could now choose to become the top official in a poor town.

“Back then, when my outfit first got started, we only had a dozen or so men and seven or eight guns.” Drunk, Qi Tongwei sang about The Ruse, still dreaming of beating Heaven at its own game.

“Uncle Tongwei, beating Heaven at its own game is outdated now. These days, it’s all about the big picture,” Fu Qian told him. “Learn how I run things, and then we can roll right across Handong Province.”