Absolute Control of Officialdom

Thirty-five-year-old Xu Cheng was once the youngest chief of the Budget Section of the Finance Bureau in Qing'an County. He had a bright future, but he was accused of accepting bribes and imprisoned overnight. Unjustly imprisoned, he was unwilling to become an outcast and always wanted to clear his grievances. But after three years in prison, his wife left home, and all his former relatives and friends turned away from him. He was reduced from a prosperous department-level cadre to a released prisoner with nothing. He was looked down upon, had no way to find a job, and was in a desperate situation. Just when he was desperate, his old acquaintance Mei Lanfang offered him a job at an accounting company in the provincial capital. It seemed like a timely help, but in fact it hid a mystery. With many years of officialdom and financial experience, Xu Cheng quickly discovered that the company's accounts were fishy and that there were unknown transactions behind them...