In the spring of 1992, the spring breeze of reform and opening up swept across the country. Chen Mo, who had just graduated from university, returned to his hometown small town with the ideal of "pleading for the people". What he didn't know was that from the moment he stepped into the door of the city hall, he had already entered an invisible chess game. Clear currents and turbid currents coexist in the same system, and ideals and desires compete in the power field. From the demolition of development zones to the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, from investment promotion to the anti-corruption crisis, Chen Mo dealt with his mentors, classmates, rivals and confidants. When he thought he could finally show off his ambition, he found that his original pure ideal had been dyed with complex colors on this Qingyun Road...
