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The Ladder of Power: Showdown at the Summit 官梯：巅峰对决
Being an official is a skill. Jiang Yiming had barely started his job when he was sent down to Yangwan Village, but after helping a county leader through a personal crisis, he was promoted three ranks in one go! See how Jiang Yiming wins people over from every side, deftly escapes all kinds of traps, and lives by his credo: "Serve as an official, and bring prosperity to the people in your care!"
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- 2 EN The Halls of Power: A Nobody's Ambition 官场：一个小人物的野望 Starting as a grassroots police officer in 2005, he repeatedly cracks major cases. Amid the treacherous twists and turns of officialdom, he carves out a distinctive path to promotion. 132.2kReads9.5Score15.3kShelves
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Climbing the Ranks and Proving the Way 升官证道
Synopsis: Lu Haoming's son-in-law said, “At government offices in the city, reaching director-general level is already the ceiling for people from farming families like us.” Lu Haoming refuses to believe it. The road to office is beset by countless obstacles. He's too handsome, attracting one beauty after another, and his outspoken nature brings him repeated setbacks. Watch how he breaks through and rises straight to the top.
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- 4 The Official's Path: Rising to Prominence from a Funeral Home 官道：从殡仪馆平步青云 With a touch of scholarly refinement and a strong sense of justice, Zhang Yuanqing had been thriving in the officialdom until he hit a major setback. Then his girlfriend betrayed him, and he was banished to conduct research at a funeral home. Faced with deceit and sinister schemes, he refused to give up, finding a way to survive against all odds. Armed with the skill to bring down dragons, he set out from a humble background to forge a path to the very top. I am but a commoner from Jiangbei. 55.3kReads9.4Score5.4kShelves
- 5 The Realm of Officials 官家天下 First, this is a genuine political novel, written by one of the genre's most experienced authors. The story is logically sound and highly readable. Quality guaranteed! Second, the story starts at the prefecture-level city from the very beginning. The protagonist will not be sent down to the towns and villages. This book will not spend hundreds of chapters at the township level. Third, there is political maneuvering, economic development, satisfying revenge, and, naturally, personal life as well. 202.6kReads9.3Score16.6kShelves
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The Second Book by Tan Jian Ting Chao 弹剑听潮的第2本书
In the world of fame and fortune, he keeps his resolve hidden beneath a steely exterior. He never compromises his principles, and every move reveals his true mettle... He plans before he acts, breaks deadlocks through hard work, and builds his reputation with foresight. Through the ups and downs of officialdom, he never forgets his original purpose.
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Tides of the Political Sea 宦海浮沉
No cheating spouse At the end of the day, every rule follows one fundamental principle: the strongest force gets to decide. This is the “meta-rule,” the rule that determines all other rules. The martial world isn’t all about fighting and killing; it’s about human relationships and social conventions. The same goes even more so for politics. Chen Bo is drawn into an unwinnable game of chess because of a debt he has no choice but to repay. He thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life in prison, but
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- 8 At the Pinnacle of Power: Super Civil Servant 权力巅峰：超级公务员 There are ten ranks in an official career, and every step takes you to a higher level! In my previous life, I spent forty years as a low-ranking civil servant, made a scapegoat and a sacrificial pawn, and only reached the rank of senior staff officer by the time I retired. Now that I’ve been given another life, I must soar straight to the highest heights! Now that I’ve been given another life, I must keep pace with the economic tide! Now that I’ve been given another life, I must do something tan 48.8kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves
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Zhong Xiao'ai, Can You Handle This Kneel? 钟小艾，这一跪，你遭得住吗？
After being reborn, watch as they change their fate one step at a time, make up for the regrets of everything they lost in their previous life, and navigate the treacherous twists and turns of a turbulent world!
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From the Start, I Got Dumped on a Blind Date, and Rose to the Top from Then On 开局相亲被分手我从此青云之上
[No Golden Finger] [No Transmigration] [Single Heroine] [A Rise from the Grassroots] Wang Li fails his college entrance exams, and his father arranges for him to attend a police vocational program. Three years after graduating, he still hasn’t been promoted. Then he gets an opportunity. From then on, he rises rapidly through the ranks. His blind date gets dumped, and Wang Li turns around to become her boss. This is a fictional work set in an imagined world. All people, place names, and events in
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The Road to Medicine Leads to Heaven: From Doctor to Political Power Player 医路通天：从医生到官场纵横
This book is over a million words long, so you can read with confidence. It is guaranteed to keep you hooked and racing through the chapters without stopping! People say that being an official is all about connections. With enough connections, you can rocket your way up the ranks without even lifting a finger. But Ning Yuan, who has the best connections of all, dives headfirst into the country's poorest, most backward rural township. In everyone else's eyes, he's a fool who has connections but d
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Just Dumped, I Turn Around and Pass the Civil Service Exam to Work in Her Hometown 刚被分手，转身选调上岸去她老家
A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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I'm a Veteran Driver 我是一个老司机
My name is Li Chenxi. I’m a veteran driver who spent my entire career behind the wheel for several leaders, setting a record of 30 years of accident-free driving. But recently, I hit a snag: I drove my car off a sheer cliff. The car was wrecked, but I survived and ended up in a vegetative state. My mind, however, never stopped working. With nothing to do lying in bed, I dream every day, at night and even during the day. The strangest, and most frequent, are three daytime daydreams: I dream that
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The Official's Path Through the Seas of Bureaucracy 宦海官途
Amid the struggles of the workplace and the ways of the world, he holds fast to his sincerity and principles. Through trials and hardships, he handles each matter with calm and steadily moves forward, finding himself through the passage of time and taking each step along the road with care.
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Reborn: This Time, the Commoner Will Become an Official 重生，草根这次要当官
[Reborn] + [Officialdom] + [A hidden identity] He was an ordinary nobody who unexpectedly returned to life eighteen years in the past! His fate took a new turn, and he rose through the ranks of officialdom! When his rivals moved against him, he discovered that his background held a surprising secret. One of the country's top wealthy families came looking for him of their own accord. Both his uncles were powerful figures, and his older brother was a special forces commander. The Zhong family is i
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An Unbounded Official Career 官途无疆
Jiang Han, a billionaire who resigned from public office to go into business, is framed and reborn as a third-year college student. He makes a fortune in the stock market, becoming a hidden billionaire. To repay his hometown for supporting him for more than a decade, he returns as a village official while still a college student and leads the villagers to prosperity, embarking on a career in government. In the treacherous world of politics, his exceptional wisdom and insight, along with his sinc
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Don't Mess with Me! I'm My Own Backing! 别惹我！我自己就是背景！
My new story is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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- 18 Ripples in the Sea of Officialdom: Reborn on the Road to Power 宦海微澜：重生仕途路 Lin Yanzhou died. He died on the front line of flood control, swept away by the breach in the Huai River embankment, on the levee he had guarded for twenty years. His forty-eight years of life had been painfully meek. No connections, no backers, no resources. He was afraid to accept invitations, in case he couldn't afford to return the favor. He was afraid to accept gifts, in case he got in trouble and dragged his wife and children down with him. After twenty years, he was still only a deputy 54Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Pinnacle of Power: Starting as a Female Leader's Secretary 权力巅峰：从女领导秘书开始
Wang Hongyi is framed by a rival of his female superior. Not only is he disciplined, he is completely cast aside. Reborn, he refuses to be pushed around any longer. He takes the initiative, leaving his enemies trembling and begging for mercy, while influential figures from every quarter vie to recruit him. Nothing can stop him as he makes his way to the top. (This is an authentic political novel that strives to portray the realities of officialdom. Some events are included for the sake of the pl
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- 20 A Wild Ride Through Officialdom’s Power Struggles 权力巅峰之官途狂飙 [Officialdom + anti-corruption + crackdown on organized crime + one heroine + satisfying power fantasy] Four consecutive top officials have been investigated, and rumors are rife. Young secretary Zheng Gongming is entrusted with a mission at a critical moment. With his exceptional judgment and his dedication to serving the people, he writes a legendary story of his own. What's more, he also has an older brother, Zheng Gongcheng… 6.1kReads9.0Score424Shelves
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I, Qi Tongwei, Refuse to Curry Favor With the Powerful. I'll Start as a Village Official 我祁同伟，不事权贵，从村官干起
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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Political Superstar 政坛巨星
Li Jin was an orphan with nothing to his name, yet he rose rapidly through the ranks of government and achieved astonishing success at a young age. Along the way, he also won the heart of a beauty, marrying Jiangdong’s most beautiful woman. Their married life was harmonious and sweet, and his wife gave birth to two pairs of twins, bringing even more joy to their family. But just as he was lost in happiness, his wife reported him for embezzlement and bribery. Li Jin was thus swept into a compl
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- 23 You're Just a Secretary, So How Are You Advancing Faster Than Your Boss? 你一个秘书，比领导进步还快？ [A power-packed political drama, featured on the bookstore’s overall reading rankings three times] Lin Yi, a senior aide to a powerful leader, is targeted by his enemies and betrayed by his girlfriend. He strikes back hard, exposes a shocking conspiracy, and uses his foresight to make a spectacular comeback! 36.9kReads9.0Score3.9kShelves
- 24 Qi Tongwei Marries Liang Lu: Are You Going to Repeat the Same Mistakes? 祁同伟娶梁璐：还走老路？ My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is my motivation to write, and I will strive to tell every story well! 35.3kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves
- 25 The Road to Power: Starting as a Seconded Inspector in the Police Department 官道：从借调警厅督查组开始 Li Dong was hospitalized after being injured on duty, and his status-conscious girlfriend cruelly betrayed him. Misfortune may prove to be a blessing in disguise. Starting out at a township police station, he faced criminals without fear and skillfully navigated the infighting within the police force, overcoming every obstacle on his way to the top! 95.6kReads8.9Score4.6kShelves
- 26 Reborn, I Became the Top Official in a Local Government 重生后，我成了地方一把手 In ancient times, when officials embarked on their careers and took up posts in distant places, they sometimes brought along a handwritten booklet. It recorded the local customs and notable gentry. Keeping its contents in mind was essential to ensuring a smooth rise through the ranks. It was a kind of "career handbook." 16.9kReads8.8Score908Shelves
- 27 Lu Beifang, Tonight the Officialdom Runs Red with Blood 路北方，今夜官血沸腾 [High-Octane, Passionate, and Deeply Sentimental Political Intrigue!] With power comes responsibility. One thought can separate public duty from private interest, like heaven and earth. Only by holding fast to your principles can you avoid being swept away by the storms or trapped by the gains and losses of personal relationships, and achieve great things. Lu Beifang came from humble beginnings, but lived an extraordinary life. He became a town mayor at 23, a county magistrate at 25, and married 115.9kReads9.1Score7.9kShelves
- 28 Racing Up the Official Ladder, Building a City with the People's Support 官路狂飙，民心筑城 Breaking the Deadlock: The Hunt and the Counter-Hunt. Keep the people in your heart, and you can build a way forward; let your actions speak louder than words, and you can open up a new future. When invisible pressure and deeply entrenched resistance spread from the grassroots townships into the heart of the county, how can a principled official forge a new path with steady, determined steps? This work of reportage shows how to uphold one's principles and open up new possibilities in a complex e 58Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 A Fortunate Career in Government: It All Began When I Met Her 官运：从遇到她开始 Upright and incorruptible, yet shrewd and decisive. He hates evil with a passion, but knows the art of political struggle. Li Chuniang is a Bao Gong-style official. The more setbacks he faces, the braver he becomes. He will never compromise! He is determined to make his mark on this path! 39.2kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves
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The Road to Qingyun: Finding Life in Desperate Straits 青云路之绝处逢生
A sudden disaster destroyed Lu Fan’s family, leaving behind nothing but ruined walls and broken tiles. By chance, Lu Fan entered officialdom. After honing his skills, growing, and transforming at the grassroots level, Lu Fan was tempered into steel and emerged from his cocoon as a butterfly. At last, he achieved his heart’s desire!
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- 31 Tongwei's Path to the Department 同伟进部之路 My new novel is out: The Laid-Back Criminal Police Officer. It's the same familiar political workplace genre, so I hope my longtime readers will give it a look. This isn't a conventional power fantasy. It's a slow-burn political drama told from Qi Tongwei's perspective. He leaves Handong, quietly builds up his strength, and eventually returns to take it back. It includes plenty of realistic details and thorough descriptions of all kinds of work. Stick with it, and you'll definitely find some sur 17.4kReads8.6Score980Shelves
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The Road to Power: Who Holds the Reins? 官路之谁主沉浮
Who will rule this vast land? His superior is murdered, his girlfriend betrays him, and Lin Feng reaches the darkest moment of his life. Demoted to the Bureau of Religious Affairs, he has nothing to do all day. Unwilling to waste away, Lin Feng finds a new way forward: he works with the Tourism Bureau, makes full use of his department’s role, and promotes temple construction and tourism. At the same time, he secretly assists Liu Qingqing, captain of the city criminal investigation brigade, in in
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An Qingyun, Son of Officialdom 官场之子安青云
[Satisfying Officialdom Fiction] [No Rebirth, No System, No Transmigration] What an entrance! He’s still alive, yet they’re holding a memorial service for him... The bigwigs present are turning black in the face... This young man is outrageously young... The legend of Lin Zi’an: Nicknames: “Yama Among Men”: “The King of Hell walking alive among the human realm.” “Mr. Liaozhai”: He kills gods when he meets them, kills Buddhas when he meets them, and even little ghosts steer clear of him... From t
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- 34 Officialdom: A Path to Success 官场之与行青云 Feng Yuxing was an elite fighter pilot. An accident during a mission to drive off the enemy forced this “airborne warrior” to leave the military and take a local government job. While surveying tourism resources, Feng Yuxing saw how hard life was for ordinary people. He then began his career in government, determined to “work for the people's well-being.” From then on, the political world had a cadre who knew nothing of its rules and refused to play by them, often giving his superiors a headache 3.9kReads8.8Score384Shelves
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Sun Guohua Reborn in the Political Arena 孙国华重生官场
Also known as Provincial and Ministerial Leaders. This is a rare, contemporary work of political realism, spanning thirty years. Its authenticity, sense of its era, and tightly woven logic make every detail ring true. There are no melodramatic, wildly fabricated plot twists! Don’t try to uncover the author’s true identity. Perhaps he is simply a chronicler of history. The story follows a man who rises step by step from the grassroots to provincial and ministerial leadership, then seeks to climb
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- 36 Dongheng: The Road to Power 东恒青云 A meteoric rise to the top! Chu Dongheng, a master's graduate who knows nothing about his birth family and jokes that “my mom and I are our own family,” is the abandoned grandson of a military family. After passing the civil service exam in Jiangdong, he finds that someone else has taken the position he applied for. By chance, he becomes a leader's secretary, beginning his career in politics. With the people's interests as his mission, he advances one steady step at a time toward the pinnacle of 30.8kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves
- 37 A Meteoric Rise in Officialdom: I Use Medicine to Reach the Pinnacle of Power 官途狂飙：我靠医术问鼎权利巅峰 [No transmigration, no rebirth, no System, political scheming, ruthless, single-mindedly focused on treating the sick and saving lives, and even more determined to help ordinary people live better lives] Three years ago, Li Qiushui, born into poverty, graduated with a degree in traditional Chinese medicine from Capital Medical University! To care for and treat his seriously ill father, Li Qiushui resolutely gave up the opportunity to work at a major hospital. He returned to Taohuawu Village to b 9.7kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
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The Road to Officialdom: One Text Message Changes My Fate 官途：一条短信改变命运
A breakup text quietly rewrites the career trajectory of a young official. In the world of politics, every step forward or back involves both calculations of the human heart and contests of power. Standing at a crossroads in his life, Li Anping takes his first steady step...
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The Official’s Path: Why Is It So Hard to Be a Good Official? 官道：当个好官为什么这么难
A contemporary political novel rooted in real life, by a veteran author with years of experience writing political fiction. It’s wonderfully down-to-earth, and its schemes and power struggles will leave you on edge and emotionally reeling. Drawing on personal experiences, the author has created a modern-day exposé of officialdom, rich with life experience and thought-provoking political wisdom. It’s absolutely worth reading. Life is a journey of self-cultivation. You have to find your own path.
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- 40 The Pinnacle of Power: A Rising Career in Government 权利巅峰：官场之青云仕途 One day, he was implicated in a scandal and demoted from the county committee to a remote border town. Former colleagues turned a cold shoulder, his girlfriend abandoned him, and his future was in ruins. No one knew that, at the lowest point of his life, he would meet a blue-robed old Taoist in the streets and receive guidance from a master. From then on, he would break deadlocks with strategy and navigate the political arena with intelligence, using his deep cunning and far-reaching vision to 12.8kReads7.6Score1kShelves
- 41 A Peerless Patriot: Reborn in Officialdom, 1976 国士无双：官场重生1976 First: Liu Hongyi is a top science student with two roles, one within the government system and the other as a university professor. Reborn in 1976, what must he do? You guessed it: enrich the nation and build a powerful military! Using his vast knowledge and insights far ahead of his time, he leads the people to prosperity while building powerful technology and armed forces. A great nation rises, the dragon soars in the East, and the foreign powers turn out to be me! Second: This is a genuine, 16.1kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
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Reborn: The Wave-Maker 重生：造浪者
After being reborn, junior official Hu Jianshe refuses to live out the mediocrity of his previous life. He throws himself into the political game, helping a female county Party secretary parachuted in from the provincial government take control, staying true to their original mission, and matching wits with corrupt officials. His journey to climb the ranks in local government begins. From an obscure nobody, he grows into a high-ranking official entrusted with governing a region. As his career fl
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- 43 I Worked My Butt Off as a Simp, Only to Become a Scumbag 我兢兢业业当舔狗，却舔成了渣男 Zhang Che was against becoming a simp at first. Unfortunately, the System offered him too much. Believing that you should love whatever job you do, Zhang Che devoted himself wholeheartedly to simping. In the end, he was called a scumbag. 4.2kReads8.1Score246Shelves
- 44 Rising Through the Official Ranks, Starting as a Secretary 官场从秘书开始 When hardship reaches its limit, good fortune follows. With a pure and earnest heart, Zhang Jun gets his lucky break and begins his career on the bench at an institute of traditional Chinese medicine. Skillfully navigating political maneuvering, officialdom, and human relationships, he wins allies at every turn and steadily rises through the ranks. 343.3kReads9.2Score16.9kShelves
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The Righteous Path of Officialdom 官道正途
Li Wei has just entered officialdom. Though he faces countless twists and hardships along the way, he never shows fear or the slightest inclination to back down. Confronted with tangled relationships and all manner of thorny problems, he patiently untangles each one, relying on his exceptional intelligence and courage to respond with composure. The wetland in Xiaohe Village, rich in rare mineral resources, attracts covetous attention from local factions and outside forces alike, drawing people f
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- 46 Officialdom: The Puppet Wife 官场：提线夫人 Power is the finest puppeteer, and marriage its sharpest strings. Every gift comes with a price quietly attached. When the elegant puppeteer slid the divorce papers in front of Li Mo, he realized he was already standing on the edge of a cliff. 14.1kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
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Deadly Reckoning: Starting as a Police Officer at the Local Station 致命清算：从派出所民警开始
A young body and a seasoned soul make for a record-breaking young achiever! Li Nan, a former special forces officer turned local police officer, accurately predicts events, avoids risks, seizes opportunities, plans industries ahead of time, and reads people and situations. He cuts through every obstacle, develops the economy with his forward-looking vision, and makes precise moves at crucial moments. He vows to reach the pinnacle of power and settle old scores from his past.
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- 48 Rising Through the Ranks of Officialdom! 人在官场：步步攀升！ Lin Feng was too honest, so his career never advanced. His wife, Zhang Meina, left him for money. Faced with a woman's betrayal and the indifference of friends and family, Lin Feng finally saw the harsh realities of society for what they were. Then, unexpectedly, a major opportunity came his way: Secretary Huang transferred him to Xincheng County to serve as the county Party committee secretary. 625Reads8.8Score181Shelves
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The Pinnacle of Power: Secretary Lin Is Desperate to Make a Name for Himself 权力巅峰：林书记他太想出名了
[(System + Officialdom + Culture and Tourism = Western Development) × (No Female Lead) × (Invincible Protagonist Misunderstood as a Great Figure + Beloved by His Male Colleagues = Lighthearted Fun) = Positive Energy] As ordinary people, all anyone asks for is food, clothing, housing, and transportation. These are the four great burdens of life, the foundation of people's livelihoods. Those in government bear their own responsibilities: healthcare, education, housing, and elder care. These, too,
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I Was Just a Cop, But I Shook the Provincial Party Compound 我就当个警察，却惊动了省委大院
Ten years later, after graduating from Qizehua University, he follows in his father's footsteps and enters government service. With formidable political connections, countless legal assets, and the broad perspective and sophisticated understanding shaped by his upbringing, he's got a dream start from the start. However, his father is a sly old fox. “Zehua, you have to start at the grassroots level as a police officer and get some experience...” Now it's his father's former subordinates who are l
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