Reborn in the Political Arena: From Exile to a Meteoric Rise

In his previous life, Zhou Zhengyang spent more than twenty years working his way up through the government.

He was capable and willing to take responsibility, but he never knew how to claim credit or pick the right side. In the end, he took the fall for his superior, and his career was ruined.

When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the age of twenty-four.

That very day, he had just been transferred out of the county government and banished to Qingshi Town, the poorest, most remote place in the county, where nobody wanted to go.

Everyone was waiting to see him make a fool of himself.

But Zhou Zhengyang knew that in three days, a catastrophic flood would hit Qingshi Town. In seven days, the county's flagship investment project would implode. And in a month, the impoverished town everyone looked down on would get an opportunity to change the county's entire landscape.

What looked like a dead end to everyone else was the starting point of his rise to prominence.

Flood prevention and disaster relief, revitalizing the countryside, attracting investment, urban redevelopment...

Crisis after crisis, power struggle after power struggle.

When someone tried to make him take the blame, he turned the tables and made them suffer the consequences.

When someone tried to steal credit for his achievements, he used the opportunity to catch the eye of people higher up.

People mocked him for having no connections. Only later did they realize that his greatest backing was the fact that everyone depended on his abilities.

In this life, Zhou Zhengyang would no longer be content to keep his head down and get things done.

He would hold fast to his principles, but he would also learn to understand the rules.

From a junior township official to the leader of a region.

From being banished to rising to the top.

His own path through the ranks began here.