Reborn in the Bureaucracy: Starting by Correcting Documents

A night of heavy drinking sent Zhang Lingjun back twenty years, where he became a junior clerk at the town government.

Looking at the erroneous official document about to be issued, he remembered that this very document had been the fuse that brought down the mayor all those years ago.

Without a word, he put the document away and headed straight for the mayor's office as everyone laughed at him.

Everyone assumed he was there to curry favor, and even the mayor frowned at the sight of him.

Then Zhang Lingjun spoke: “Mayor, if you issue that document, you won't keep your position for more than three days.”

When the mayor slammed his hand on the desk and stood up, Zhang Lingjun calmly added, “The provincial investigation team will be here tomorrow.”

Just as the mayor turned deathly pale and invited him to sit down and talk, the office door swung open. The Party secretary stood in the doorway, his expression icy. “Xiao Zhang, what are you up to in here?”