In the Name of the People: I Avoided Qi Tongwei and Became a Perennial

Transmigrating into a parallel entertainment world rife with hidden currents, Lin Changming becomes the classmate and close friend of Senior Qi, the man who once hoped to "outwit Heaven by half a move."

Knowing that his old classmate will meet a tragic end after clawing his way up the ladder, Lin Changming makes a clearheaded decision: when your paths diverge, you cannot work together. He decisively keeps his distance!

You can form cliques and factions. I'll put down roots at the grassroots level and build up industry!

You can curry favor with the heirs of wealthy families. I'll hold fast to my principles, crack down hard on criminal forces, and keep the peace for the people!

For thirty years, Lin Changming advances steadily. He curries no favor and takes no sides. With his foresight and iron-fisted methods, he carves out an upright road to power through the turbulent, treacherous Jiangdong!

Years later, a storm descends on Jiangdong.

Special Envoy Hou arrives by parachute, eager to make his mark, only to discover in alarm that Jiangdong's waters run too deep, and there is only one man no one can shake.

Newly arrived Commander-in-Chief Sha makes his first order of business a visit to Lin Changming. "Comrade Changming, you'll have to take the helm of this great game in Jiangdong!"

Meanwhile, Senior Qi, still scheming desperately for promotion and destined to lose everything, looks at Lin Changming, who has long since risen to the heart of power and become a steadfast pillar. His eyes fill with despair and regret.

"If only I'd followed him back then..."