A Record of Gratitude and Grudges

Yi Zhiliang, known as a "master" of report writing at the municipal group company, is transferred to the Municipal Culture, Radio, Television, and Consulting Company as deputy general manager. He sticks to his workplace principle of "fighting subordinates, colleagues, and any enemy," and is known for his domineering, hard-line management style. Two years later, the general manager is transferred, and Yi Zhiliang loses his chance to take over. Then the top leader of the Municipal Yingna Holding Group, who oversees cadre appointments, takes an interest in him and seconds him to write reports for two months. The plan is to transfer him laterally to serve as deputy general manager of the subordinate Municipal Yingna Consulting Services Company. Yi Zhiliang and two subordinates work overtime and around the clock on reports, but the transfer never happens. Rumors run wild that Yi Zhiliang failed to take over and was not transferred to Yingna Group because someone recommended checking his personnel file before the planned transfer. They discovered that he had written a pledge of loyalty to the previous top leader of Yingna Holding Group. That provincial-level group executive had been investigated and imprisoned for corruption, and the province and city were busy rooting out his influence. The matter eventually came to nothing, leaving Yi Zhiliang cursing in anger. Yi Zhiliang "cleverly" employs reverse selection and the broken windows theory. He cares only about benefits, not work, and praises flattery instead of hard work. He sees those who quietly get things done as threats, invents charges to punish them, and ruthlessly suppresses and persecutes talent. He lavishes praise on those who flatter him and do no work, while the silent majority seethes but dares not speak up. The company's "white-bone spirits," including Da Enhao, are denied promotion to third-level consultants by Yi Zhiliang and other corrupt leaders, and retire in disappointment. Yet when the group company changes leadership, Yi Zhiliang somehow leaps over the deputy general manager who had twice served as acting head, rising from the company's lowest-ranking "third-in-command" deputy general manager to become the "number one," its general manager. He also becomes deputy director of the superior group's office, joining its highest leadership circle. Some say Yi Zhiliang has finally managed to climb into the good graces of a major leader! This novel is also known as: "The Black Tyrant's Rise: A Tale of Cogon Grass" "Hard Work and Cunning" "The Growth Story of a Man Born in the 1960s: Middle Age" Kind, honest, capable ghostwriter vs. selfish, sinister, scheming tyrant Other completed works by the author: Please add them to your collection! "The Country Bumpkin: An Agricultural Technician in the 1980s," "The Agriculture and Forestry Bureau Compound in the 1990s," "Seconded in the 2000s," "Transferred to the Municipal Government 24 Years Ago," "The Green Kingdom of Life," and "The Honest Report Writer." Thank you! The author's upcoming serial: "Flower of Nirvana." Please add it to your collection. Thank you! Theme: Kindness, integrity, and justice can sometimes face setbacks or even fail. These are special circumstances in a difficult era. The development of society and history is full of twists and turns, not a smooth road, but in the end it moves forward toward the light. Conscience, fairness, and justice may arrive late, but they will not be absent.