Novels like Rising Against the Odds in Officialdom: This Secretary Is a Little Ruthless
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- 101 Official Fortune: I Can See Other People's Life Scripts 官财：我能查看别人的人生剧本 My new story is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.8kReads8.6Score123Shelves
- 102 A Humble Monk Sets Out on the Journey to the West 贫僧去西游 Wukong, slow down! Master wants some meat... Master, wait for me! This woman wants to marry me... That monster is so pitiful! Master, let me whack her with my staff and be done with it! Why are there more and more people? How did our group get so huge? 82Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 103 The Political Ups and Downs of a Government Official's Heir 官场世家子弟的官场风云 A passionate political drama with a single heroine. The protagonist rises through the ranks from the grassroots level, growing through political struggles and practical experience. He always serves the people, never forgets his original purpose, and puts his ideals into practice. 4.1kReads7.6Score266Shelves
- 104 Lost in the Political Arena: Love Versus Career 官场迷途：爱情与前程的较量 When Ling Mohan, a government official, opened the diary left behind by his colleague Su Qing, these words were written in bold on the title page: “You think you’re holding a gorgeous rose, but it’s really a thorn drenched in poison.” 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 The Beautiful Female Boss 绝美女领导 Ye Qingshan was late getting home after work when he suddenly saw a beautiful woman being chased by several burly men. With nowhere else to turn, she yanked open his car door and jumped in. From then on, Ye Qingshan’s luck took a turn for the better, and he rose rapidly in his career... 3.5kReads6.7Score220Shelves
- 106 Reborn in 1997: Dumped in the Archives from the Start, This Feels Familiar 重生97开局被扔档案室，很熟悉 Reborn + one female lead + play the pig to eat the tiger + face-slapping... Wang Zhijiang endured countless hardships in his previous life, dying bitter and regretful in his fifties... Now, let’s see how he makes a fresh start in this life. He works his way up from the grassroots, step by step reaching the pinnacle of power. He befriends powerful figures, business magnates, and elites from every walk of life, helps save Daxia from collapse, and remains committed to local development and the well 11.4kReads8.1Score640Shelves
- 107 The Provincial Party Compound: Starting Out as a Personal Secretary 省委大院：从成为贴身秘书开始 [Rise to the Top of the Power Structure + Officialdom Drama + No System] Liu Lang is a passionate young man just starting out in government. A car accident sends him plunging into the abyss. Waking up in the hospital, full of confusion and anger, he resolves to uncover the mastermind behind it. Liu Lang bides his time, starting out as a personal secretary. He quietly builds up his strength while navigating the whirlpool of political scheming. With his intelligence and courage, he overcomes one c 46.8kReads8.7Score4.8kShelves
- 108 Officialdom: Burning 官场：燃烧 Under the sky screen, everyone fights to get into the game, risking life and death and willingly becoming a pawn. A nobody takes on a giant, with no connections to rely on and nothing but his own shadow behind him. I’m the youngest section-level official in the country, and I’m still an intern. I throw my chest open and laugh at the sky, my blood burning in the flames. Even if I’m left with only half my life, I’ll still challenge Heaven for supremacy! The mountains stand evergreen, the great riv 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 The Pinnacle of Power: The Crackdown on Organized Crime 权力巅峰之破局者：扫黑风暴 Wang Xiaolin is greeted with a carefully orchestrated welcome gift! She is forced to investigate the Old Town Redevelopment Project herself. As the investigation deepens, the clues point to her secret boyfriend, his mother, and the best friend she has had for twenty years. A game of intrigue that began with a conspiracy. 484Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 Don’t Let Gains and Losses Divide Us in the Middle 莫以升沉中路分 Lu You traveled a thousand miles to Yongning City just to reunite with his girlfriend, only to be betrayed in the cruelest way. He turned his grief and anger into strength, vowing to prove himself. As he fought his way through Yongning’s officialdom, he repeatedly gained the support of influential benefactors and became a highly sought-after secretary to a city leader. On this new stage, he helped his leader seize four “golden keys” to development: developing the new city, upgrading industries, 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 Tales of a Country Cultivator 乡村修仙传 He Huan saved Zhang Goudan, only to be beaten into an idiot by his enemies! Goudan repaid his kindness with ingratitude, not only failing to thank him but bullying He Huan as well! One day, He Huan got his wits back. Now he was going to make a comeback and reclaim everything that belonged to him! 6.2kReads8.1Score242Shelves
- 112 From Down-and-Out Secretary to Powerhouse at the Peak 从落魄秘书到巅峰大佬 After his superior suddenly ran into trouble, Zhang Dongfeng, who had been riding high with a bright future ahead of him, found himself backed into a corner. More terrifying still, he discovered he had fallen into a trap controlled by an unseen hand... 16.2kReads7.4Score1.4kShelves
- 113 The Pinnacle of Power: Mingyu’s Name 权力巅峰之明宇的名义 I was born to be a mountain, not a stream, and I long to look down on life from the peaks! I was born to shine like the blazing sun, and I insist on soaring against the wind, radiant beyond measure! Mingyu's Principles: 1. Join me, and you'll have a bright future! 2. If I make you angry, I'm sorry. Please change! 3. I never speak with barbs. If I embarrass you, I did it on purpose! 4. Don't make me angry. The consequences are serious. I might accidentally take everyone out, and if things get wor 18.1kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
- 114 I'm Panicking! I Don't Want This More Children, More Blessings! 我很慌，我不要这样的多子多福啊 Wang Yang is freaking out. Five years ago, his grandmother was hospitalized with a serious illness and urgently needed 500,000 yuan for medical expenses. By chance, he learned that donating sperm at the hospital came with compensation. Five years later, Wang Yang suddenly discovered that the hospital had deceived him! His friends' children were his... There were as many as 300 of them in Jinling alone! Wang Yang has no idea how to face his friends. 17kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves
- 115 Reborn: With the Advantage of Foresight, I’ll Happily Be a Bureaucrat’s Son 重生：掌握先机，安心当官二代 Luo Lifan, the cast-off son of a wealthy family, was in a car accident and experienced a dreamlike rebirth in the 1980s. His rebirth came with perks: not only did he have more than twenty years of foreknowledge, he also possessed an exceptionally powerful sixth sense and a mutated physique that could keep evolving. Determined to change his miserable fate from his previous life, he used every advantage his rebirth gave him to help his father rise through the ranks and restore his family's status. 1kReads8.0Score118Shelves
- 116 Senior Sister Says Dual Cultivation Is the True Path 师姐说，阴阳双修才是正道 [Harem] [Multiple Female Leads] [Mortal Cultivation] [Slow-Paced] Chen Lin is a young man whose parents are both dead. His older sister was forcibly abducted by the Liu clan, a prominent family south of the city, and has gone missing. Alone, he has gone to the Liu residence time and again to look for her, only to be beaten and thrown out by the gatekeepers every time, left covered in wounds. Just as he reaches the end of his rope, a mysterious, injured woman falls from the sky and lands in his 140Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 The Pinnacle of Power: A Young Eagle on the Official Path 权利巅峰之官道天骄 The long road through officialdom is riddled with deadly traps, but it also holds the most beautiful encounters. Reborn Jiang Wendong: can he evade those deadly traps and stride boldly onward? 27.8kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
- 118 Reported and Put Under Full Investigation! Is This Penniless Man Really So Righteous? 被举报全力彻查！一贫如洗的他正义凛然？ Holding the power of the world by day, resting on a beauty’s lap by night. Just as his career is taking off, he is reported, and in an instant, he is a tiger fallen among the plains. Guided by the conviction that he must stand up for the people and uphold justice above all, he has beauties by his side and takes on every challenge head-on. Zhang Dongfeng seizes every opportunity and climbs higher, step by step, until he finally reaches the summit... 277Reads8.1Score100Shelves
- 119 In the Political World, I Can Hear Other People's Thoughts 官场，我能听见别人的心声 The Officialdom Trilogy. Following The Officialdom: Reborn in 2002 and The Officialdom: My Biological Father Is a Big Shot, this is "Jiu Zong's" third novel about life in government. Read with confidence, and to avoid losing your place, readers are encouraged to add it to their favorites. Qin Yu's soul transmigrates into a parallel world, taking over the body of a young man who is also named Qin Yu. He also awakens a supernatural ability that lets him hear other people's inner thoughts. 23.7kReads8.3Score2.6kShelves
- 120 Officialdom: From the Family’s Discarded Son to the Pinnacle of Power 官场：从家族弃子到权利巅峰 Su Jianbo, a spoiled young master, caused a terrible scandal while drunk. Abandoned by his family in the capital, he became a discarded pawn. Only on his deathbed did he learn that the scandal had been a trap laid by his stepmother... Reborn, Su Ning still became the family's unwanted pawn and was sent away from the capital. In this life, he'll forge a new path for himself and reach the peak of power he never dared to touch before. But danger awaits at every turn... 25kReads8.2Score2kShelves
- 121 A Book from Another World 2 别有洞天2的一本书 It takes brains, and it takes hard work. The road to the summit is lined with both thorns and fragrance. A tale of strategy, political maneuvering, and the wit and ambition needed to rise through the ranks, as well as the triumphs of life. 335Reads8.9Score104Shelves
- 122 True Love in the Halls of Power 官场有真情 Smack! A loud slap. I covered my cheek and stared, stunned, at the impossibly handsome man in front of me. Sharp brows, bright eyes, abs faintly visible, broad shoulders and a narrow waist. At that moment, he was covering his lower half with a quilt and glaring at me furiously. Fuzzy images flashed through my mind: a bar, heartbreak, drinking to drown my sorrows. And then... Holy crap, what a score! “Miss, let me explain!” he said nervously. I tried to suppress the grin tugging at my lips and p 198Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 The Path to Officialdom: A Swift Rise to the Top 官途之青云直上 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! 2.5kReads7.0Score101Shelves
- 124 Power and Influence: Three Intelligence Reports a Day, and I Speed My Way into the Ministry 权势：每天三条情报，我狂飙进部 The first thing you do after landing a government job is dump your sweetheart. After his girlfriend passed the exam for a municipal agency, she looked down on Li Haoran, a civil servant in a township. In his previous life, Li Haoran kept pestering her, unable to let go. But after being reborn, he immediately agreed to break up, and unexpectedly wound up with the Daily Intelligence System. It gave him three random pieces of information each day, and from then on, his fortunes soared! [Today's int 473Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 125 Officialdom: Starting in the County Seat, I Rise Straight to the Top! 官场：从县城开始青云直上！ Officialdom + powerful connections + Wang Hao's Name After graduating from the young and middle-aged cadres' training class, Wang Hao spent only a short time at the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League before being sent away from the capital to serve as the second-in-command of Shicheng County. He served the people, worked hard to develop the economy, and led them toward prosperity, steadily rising to the top himself. There's nothing wrong with theoretical work, really. But being sent 6.4kReads7.4Score411Shelves
- 126 Son-in-Law: My Lovely Wife Is Hard to Handle 女婿：娇妻难养 [Male-oriented, no NTR, romance, marriage before love] With a beautiful wife at home, what’s wrong with being a live-in son-in-law? But Liu Chenyang was already a little stunned on his wedding night. This marriage was nothing like he’d imagined. 3.6kReads8.4Score304Shelves
- 127 Reborn, I Choose to Get a Stable Job and Strive 重生后我选择上岸拼搏 Reborn, make money, get into government. Change the things you can’t stand, like introducing policies to protect consumers in the new-energy vehicle industry and abolishing the presale system for real estate. With powerful figures backing him, he is reborn in 2002 and starts making money, laying out the perfect plan. He earns his doctorate in 2007 at the age of 21, then passes the civil service selection exam and enters politics. In 2008, he becomes a deputy department-level official. In 2009, a 720Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 128 After That Night, I Rose to the Top 那一夜后，我平步青云 Officialdom is a game of chess: once a move is made, there is no turning back, and every step is fraught with danger. A captivating woman is like a beacon, guiding the way and lighting the path out of darkness. Xiao Bei is set up by others from the start, and from then on, he is caught in a constant struggle within the maelstrom of power. Along the way, he gradually comes to understand that life at the top is about more than schemes and rivalry. Only between black and white can one glimpse the t 2.1kReads8.1Score453Shelves
- 129 The Pinnacle of Power: Starting as a Central Government Selection Cadre 权力之巅：从中央选调生开始 A political novel about an authentic Central Government selection-program official steadily climbing to the pinnacle of power. No System, no mindless wish fulfillment, no stupid decisions, and only one female lead. (If you want to reach the top, you can't fool around with women.) This book is about cautious political maneuvering and officialdom culture. Readers who are genuinely interested are welcome to join the discussion. Good suggestions may be incorporated into the story. Mindless haters, s 734Reads9.3Score100Shelves
- 130 Intern from the Start: Making the Heiress of a Top Family Chase After Me 开局实习生：让顶豪千金倒追我 The day her family sent her to the bottom rung of the company as an intern supervisor, Gu Zhaotang spotted her prey in the employee cafeteria. The future tech mogul who would drive a rival company into bankruptcy was now hunched over a cold steamed bun, fixing bugs. With a crape myrtle flower in her hair, she sat down in front of him. “Work for me, and I’ll get you onto the industry’s Hall of Fame within three years.” The crowd scoffed. “What’s an intern doing, pretending to be some big-shot CEO 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 131 Starting in Handong: Want a Promotion? Ask Me First! 从汉东开始：想上位？问我没有！ Sun Yonghao, grandson of Sun Zheng! His grandfather, Sun Zheng, rose from the war years all the way to the top! Sun Yonghao is assigned to Guangming District! Chen Yanshi: Jinzi is my adopted son. You dare refuse to approve the land for me? Gao Yuliang: Secretary Sun, do you think I still have a chance? Qi Tongwei: Secretary Sun, I really want to get ahead! Li Dakang: My path to advancement is my official career! Hou Liangping: I'm a son-in-law of the Zhong family, heaven's favored son, and a fu 8.3kReads7.0Score185Shelves
- 132 Officialdom’s Disciple: After Coming Clean, I Rose Straight to the Top! 官徒，摊牌后我青云直上！ He came top in the exams, only to have someone take his place. With no connections or backing, Lin Bei is left heartbroken when his wife betrays him. He marries into the Su family and endures three years of humiliation. Then an accident sends him soaring to success! The Su family regrets everything when they see what he’s achieved! Through the twists and turns of officialdom, he finally rises to the top! 11.8kReads8.1Score1.3kShelves
- 133 Climbing the Official Ladder: From Assistant to the Finance Bureau Director 官梯：从财政局局长助理开始 A new novel from the author of Officially, an old hand. Everyone is welcome to come read it. Thank you for your support! Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to make every story a good one! 109Reads—Score117Shelves
- 134 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
- 135 Investigated from the Start! Reborn, I'm Turning the Tables in Politics! 开局被查！重生我要逆袭官场！ The little girl who used to follow her around, calling her “Sis” again and again, is now a powerful figure in her own right! How quickly time flies. Officialdom is like a chess game: one careless move can cost you everything. Officialdom is like a battlefield: there may be no clash of blades, but danger lurks around every corner. Cheng Mo is caught between power and emotion! He moves carefully, step by step, straight toward the top. That is officialdom: a war without smoke, and a journey of self 275Reads—Score112Shelves
- 136 Officialdom: Call Me Chief, I’m Desperate to Get Ahead 官场：请叫我首长，我太想进步了 After being reborn, Su Wu returns to the police station where he once worked. While on duty, he spots Zhou Baoshan, a robber and murderer. Without hesitation or second thoughts, Su Wu takes decisive action, and from then on, rewrites his life... 15kReads8.5Score1.5kShelves
- 137 A Cunning Official's Path 妖孽官途 A poor, down-and-out teacher shunned by everyone is pushed around at school and looked down on by his wife, with no hope left for his life. But on the day he gets divorced, his high school first love becomes the benefactor who changes his fate. From then on, he turns his life around and keeps winning, all the way to the top. 2.1kReads7.8Score209Shelves
- 138 Reborn on the Road to Power: 1995 官道重生：1995 (There may be negative reviews! Disclaimer: Everything in this novel is fictional.) When Lin Weidong, a seasoned political operator, returns to 1995 with memories of the next thirty years, he discovers that the whole world has become a card table where only he can see everyone else’s cards! While others are still bewildered by the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, he is already quietly laying the groundwork for the future of the internet! While others are still fretting over attracting i 255Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 139 Power Rules the World 官行天下 Can even a Crown Prince get dumped? Yang Yunfeng was an ambitious, idealistic young man with a powerful family background. He left home for love. Three years later, after being dumped, he could finally return to who he used to be. Watch him dominate the world of officialdom! 23.4kReads8.7Score2.3kShelves
- 140 The Official’s Journey 官场之征途 Three months ago, Ye Qingze graduated from the Chinese department at Kyoto University and was assigned to Xicheng County. The county magistrate immediately took a liking to him and made him his personal secretary at the county government. A rising star in politics seemed poised to shine. But three months later, the county magistrate was arrested, and Ye Qingze, the new favorite at the Xicheng County government, fell into the dust! When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. When the wall falls, ev 32.6kReads9.0Score3.1kShelves
- 141 Reborn: You Can't Imagine Life Surrounded by Beautiful Women 重生，美女如云的生活你想象不到 26.9kReads8.2Score1.8kShelves
- 142 My Father Is Zhao Mengsheng, and My Blind Date Is Lu Yike? 家父赵蒙生，相亲对象陆亦可？ [In the Name of the People] + [Flowers] + [face-slapping] + [Officialdom] Become Zhao Aiguo, son of Zhao Mengsheng, the towering mountain beneath the flower garland. From the start, he's forced into a blind date, and his match is Lu Yike! After Chen Hai and Hou Liangping humiliate him, Zhao Aiguo, who wants nothing to do with Handong Province's mess, can't hold back any longer! He joins the inspection team as its leader, and Zhong Xiaai panics. He arrives in Handong Province to conduct an inspec 7kReads5.4Score316Shelves
- 143 Official Career: Starting with an Assignment Back to My Hometown! 官途：从空降家乡开始！ Well, the synopsis is gone! (Dropped into the action, a local native, insanely well-resourced, one heroine!) With the insight of someone reborn, Jiang Feng seizes every opportunity, backs the right people, does the right things, and serves the people! I came back only to make my hometown a better place. What? The education system is lacking? Then I'll bring in a university campus! What? The economy is struggling? Then I'll improve the business environment and get us onto the top 100 list! What? 6.2kReads7.7Score384Shelves
- 144 This Is Insane: The Nation's Top Anti-Corruption Fighter 简直疯了：反贪第一人 No matter how many tricks you have up your sleeve, Lin Dongfan hits back hard and quickly rises to become the top anti-corruption investigator! 19kReads8.4Score2kShelves
- 145 1996: From Secretary to Power Player in Officialdom 1996：从秘书开始纵横官场 [Everyday life + Decisive protagonist + No angst + Veteran author of tens of millions of words who never leaves a story unfinished] In mid-October 1996, an exceptionally brutal robbery took place in Donghai City, shocking the entire country… Liu Zhigao gets a second life. Armed with foreknowledge of the future, he saves a leader’s father in the aftermath of the robbery, and from then on, the course of his fate begins to change! 13.5kReads8.0Score1.3kShelves
- 146 The Sword of Officialdom: The Mission of Justice 官途利剑：正义的使命 The truly virtuous are worthy; those of great virtue are sages. Society is a vat of dye, where money, beauty, and desire mingle. When Ding Yunsong faces his wife's betrayal and the downfall of his powerful patron, a massive trap closes around him. Watch as he cuts through every obstacle and carefully advances, taking revenge on the man who stole his wife and the man who killed his father. With an innocent heart and a sword of light, he will cut through the darkness ahead! 11.5kReads9.0Score662Shelves
- 147 Kangxi of the Great Qing, Here I Come 大清之康熙帝，我来了 (Modern era + ancient era + transmigration + government + workplace + high technology) Zhou Zhenxing, 45, was originally the chief of the General Affairs Section in the Government Office of Jiangnan City. After graduating from a prestigious university, he was exceptionally promoted to a division-level post in just four or five years. But from then on, his career went nowhere. At work, his superiors kept him down and his colleagues framed him. Miserable and despondent, he went drinking again. On —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 The Winds of Change on the Official Path 官路之风起云涌 This book is the sequel to Reborn: The Candid Confession. Father and son Zhang Anping and Zhang Hao have both left Jiang Province to enter a much broader political arena. After losing most of his support, Zhang Hao once again finds himself in a difficult situation. How will he plan his moves and secure victory from afar? Watch the tides of change, and listen for the dragon’s roar. (All characters, locations, and events in this book are fictional. Please do not connect them to real life. Any rese 1.9kReads8.9Score182Shelves
- 149 You Were Told to Take the Fall, So Why Did You Take Down the Entire Leadership Team? 让你顶罪，你把领导班子一锅端？ From the start, my superiors conspired to frame me, leaving me to take the fall for a billion-yuan scandal. The good news: I have a work habit of documenting everything, and my USB drive holds eight terabytes of evidence. The bad news: My superiors don’t seem to like my USB drive very much. 722Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 150 The Pinnacle of Power: Starting with My Discharge from the Military 权力巅峰，从退伍转业开始 Tags: Urban, Political Career Just after transferring from his decisive and efficient post as a battalion commander to a local government job, the protagonist suffers a double blow: His girlfriend dumps him to climb the social ladder, while his unfamiliarity with the rules of officialdom leads him to misjudge an important decision due to a lack of information, leaving him in a tight spot. With the help and guidance of a lively female colleague, he begins to see through the unspoken rules hidden 7.8kReads7.3Score693Shelves
