If you could have your life over again, what would you choose?
Lin Xuemin's choice is: change his way of life.
He was once an outcast in the officialdom. He struggled at the bottom for half his life, and saw all the conflicts between people and power. Now, he has returned to the summer of the millennium with thirty years of memories and experiences.
He is still the little clerk who no one cares about, and he is still faced with the grassroots dilemma that is constantly being sorted out and confused. But this time, he is no longer the young man who only knows how to work hard and run rampant.
His eyes can penetrate people's hearts, and his experience can predict crises. While everyone was rushing to boost GDP, he saw the shadow behind the prosperity; while everyone was scrambling to get their hands on it, he chose to sit on the sidelines.
This is a chess game involving wisdom and patience within the system. There is no golden finger, there is no one step to reach the sky. He is just an "old fritter" who knows better the rules and knows more respect. In the stormy waves of the times, he carefully steers a small boat towards the other shore he believes.
The officialdom is not only a place of power, but also a place for spiritual cultivation. Let's see how a reborn person uses the stupidest skills to go the farthest way.
