During the flood in 1998, Zhou Mingyuan went south to rescue people. In four years, he went from deputy county magistrate to the youngest mayor. He broke through the WTO dilemma in Yunling Chashan, defended the country's borders in the rare earth battlefield, and cut black gold in the anti-crime storm. Working side by side with journalists, Taiwanese businessmen, the Commission for Discipline Inspection, and the National Security Bureau, in the turbulent era at the turn of the century, they used their ideals, wisdom and courage to carve out an iron-blooded path for reformers.