Government intrigue, no System, a career in public service, and industrial development. In 2000, as the tide of change sweeps forward, Gu Mingyuan arrives in the impoverished village of Qingsongling as a government trainee. Armed with his ideals and sense of responsibility, he faces a grassroots political landscape rife with tangled relationships, mounting conflicts, factional power plays, hidden corruption, and one development challenge after another.
He settles in and puts down roots, developing local industries suited to the area and ensuring villagers can meet their basic needs.
He navigates the competing forces around him without compromising his principles, digs deep into grassroots corruption, and removes those who prey on the people.
After decades in government, rising from the towns to the cities and counties, and then to the upper levels, Gu Mingyuan remains diligent and devoted to improving people's lives and upholding justice. Amid the sweeping tide of change, he forges an honest, hands-on path through public service.
