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- 151 After the Breakup, I Could No Longer Hide My Political Star Power 分手后，我仕途天骄身份瞒不住了 Qin Yang, the son of a prominent family in Beijing, had hoped to make his mark in politics through his own abilities. But after years of struggle, he was still going nowhere at the poverty alleviation office, unable to make any progress. Then his girlfriend of many years broke up with him, and he picked up the phone and called Beijing... The gears of fate began to turn! 24.1kReads8.6Score2.4kShelves
- 152 Just Got a Government Job and Got Dumped? I Turned Around and Became the County Magistrate's Secretary 刚上岸就分手？反手我成县长秘书 Tags: Politics, Comeback, Veteran, Power Struggles, Face-Slapping In the summer of 2008, just before his transfer out of the military, Lu Hao is abandoned by his girlfriend, Lin Xueer. A twist of fate leads him to rescue Su Ya in a crisis. His abilities earn him a position as her secretary, drawing him into the vortex of power. Lu Hao ventures into the grassroots ranks, gathers evidence, and joins forces with Su Ya to take on local kingpin Zhang Minghai and his interest group. This novel follows 19.7kReads7.7Score1.1kShelves
- 153 The Wildflower of the Countryside 乡野村花 College student Li Erbangzi is beaten and left disabled! When he returns to his village, he is met with nothing but ridicule. Then, by chance, he obtains the inheritance of the Emperor Venerable and undergoes a complete transformation. With the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda in one hand and the Demon-Sealing Stone in the other, he uses his peerless martial arts to dominate his corner of the world. His unmatched medical skills save lives and heal the wounded, while he rules his domain, punishes evil, a 4.5kReads8.8Score449Shelves
- 154 A Smooth Ride in Officialdom: My Leader Helps Me Rise to the Top 官运亨通：领导带我青云直上 [An Authentic Political Novel] Chen Zhiming did everything he could for his family, only to be betrayed by his wife. None of their three children were his, and he became a laughingstock. His fate takes a turn: reborn in 1996, he vows to make everyone who wronged him in his past life pay! After rising to success, his betraying wife Qiao Li begs him to take her back, wealthy heiress Lin Xiaomei makes him an offer, and the goddess Liu Meng once again declares her love. Chen Zhiming's lips curl into 14.1kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
- 155 A Political Prodigy 官场奇才 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 30.3kReads8.4Score2.3kShelves
- 156 Reborn in Politics: This Time, I Serve the People Alone 重生官场：这一世，我只为民做主 In my previous life, a woman and her family deceived and ruined me. I died without children, bringing misery to my parents and family. In this life, besides taking revenge on that woman and her family, I, Lin Chen, will stand up for the people... 3.4kReads8.7Score319Shelves
- 157 The Commoner’s Revenge in Officialdom 官道之庶子的逆袭 Su Mu is an illegitimate son. After passing the civil service exam, his biological father urges him to give up his appointment for the sake of the family. When persuasion fails, his father uses threats and sends him to the poorest township in the most remote province in the northwest, planning to make him waste his life there. Watching his colleagues, a group of people on the verge of retirement, give up and coast through their days, Su Mu decides to shed the township's poverty-stricken label an 7kReads8.6Score281Shelves
- 158 Officialdom: From the Health Clinic to the Peak of Power 官场：从卫生院走向权力巅峰 This isn’t a medical novel. It’s a pure officialdom novel. In his previous life, Lin Haoyun was framed and spent his entire career stuck at a neighborhood health clinic. Reborn, he had no other ambition than to hold on to his position as director. Yet he never expected to rise from a tiny neighborhood clinic, step by step, into a towering tree. 3.4kReads8.2Score249Shelves
- 159 Reborn: Notes from the New Officialdom 重生之新官场笔记 A friendly warning: readers who like mindless power fantasies can move along. You won't be able to get through this book! The officialdom has never been a place where you can charge in on sheer passion, and power is no game of settling scores on a whim. Authority and high office are never won through sheer courage alone. Only by knowing how to weigh your options can you hold fast to the limits of when to advance and when to retreat. 1.1kReads8.1Score108Shelves
- 160 I Am a God: Book 10 朕是神一般第10本书 112Reads—Score—Shelves
- 161 The Official's Path: Drawing the Blade 官途之利刃出鞘 The county magistrate vanishes mysteriously at a disaster relief site. Was it suicide, or murder? A secretary who graduated from the police academy is suppressed and banished. While sorting through the magistrate’s belongings, he discovers clues and follows his burning sense of justice to expose the dirty dealings behind the scenes. Using his wits alone, he captures criminal gangs and pursues corrupt officials across a thousand miles... Wise, sharp, decisive, and incorruptible, he wins the favor 36.7kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
- 162 Crowned by the Way of Letters: A Sage from Humble Beginnings Subdues the Heavens 文道冠冕：寒门至圣镇诸天 This is a world of literary cultivation, where poetry can slay enemies and essays can bring peace to the realm. The Holy Academy controls the ranks of literary scholars; ten kingdoms vie for power, the barbarians threaten the borders, and the demon race runs rampant. With no new Sage in a hundred years, the way of literature has fallen silent. Su Mo, an orphan from a poor family, unexpectedly binds himself to the Literary Inheritance System and unlocks the poems and timeless essays passed down t 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 The Director Won't Get Married? He Just Hasn't Met Me Yet 主任不结婚？那是没遇到我 This isn’t being reborn. It’s quantum entanglement. The version of me in that timeline gave me his experience. The harder I work in this timeline, the luckier he gets. “Chen Ao, listen more, talk less, and get things done. The Hanxi Mining District is all about human relationships. Keep the leaders happy. Trust me, I’ve been through it.” “The department chief’s daughter may have epilepsy, but it’s no big deal. Once you’re married, you’ll have power, money, and a house. We parents will benefit, t 66kReads8.6Score6.8kShelves
- 164 The Commoner Chief Councillor 布衣首辅 Liu Zhengyu, a graduate of Pingxi University's economics department, steps out into the world and begins an eventful journey through life. 12.4kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
- 165 A Pen That Shapes the Nation: From Township to Provincial Government 笔定山河：从乡镇到省府 Lin Chen, a talented student from a poor family in southern Hunan, brings his gift for writing to a remote township in the north and begins his career as a grassroots civil servant. The confusion of living in a strange place and the infighting at work never dim his original ideals. With his solid writing skills and practical sense of responsibility, he distinguishes himself through challenges such as flood relief and rural revitalization, earning the support of benefactors like Zhao Deshan and L 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 166 Reborn: One Tip-Off Letter Set Me on the Path to the Top 重生：一封举报信，开启巅峰仕途 [Reborn] + [Officialdom] + [Scheming] + [Revenge] + [play the pig to eat the tiger] + [Tycoon] + [Urban] + [Political Intrigue] After twenty years of ups and downs in Officialdom, deputy department-level official Chu Yunfei dies with grievances in the midst of factional infighting, discarded as a pawn! Thankfully, Heaven takes pity on him, and he is reborn in 2008! At the engagement banquet of the ex-wife who humiliated him, he suddenly sees the light. The “bloody, tear-stained playbook” of the 304Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 167 Dream of the Red Chamber: A Shared Destiny with All the Beauties 红楼之万艳同怀 A new work is out! You can read my story on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 4.1kReads8.0Score355Shelves
- 168 My Ex-Wife Betrayed Me? Now I’m Marrying a Tycoon’s Daughter, So Why Are You Crying? 前妻背叛？我娶大佬的女儿你哭啥 Zhao Yi, a man from humble beginnings, is unexpectedly betrayed by both his wife and his sworn brother. With no connections and no footing in the lower ranks, he suffers his wife's contempt, his mother-in-law's abuse, and his sister-in-law's humiliation. His prospects are bleak, and his family is poor. At his lowest point, a woman who vanished seven years ago gets back in touch. From then on, his fate changes, and he rises to the top... Wealth, dignity, fame, everything I once lost: I’ll take it 1kReads9.2Score168Shelves
- 169 Bold Pursuit, Secret Indulgence 强撩与暗宠 On one side, his female boss pulls him into an emotional tug-of-war. On the other, the female dean offers him a healing companionship. Caught between them, he doesn't want to give up his stable job, but he can't bear to let go of the peace and comfort she brings, either. Choosing between them becomes his greatest dilemma. 4.5kReads7.1Score393Shelves
- 170 Exposing the Scandal from the Start, Cleaning Up the Bureaucracy After Being Reborn 开局怒揭黑幕，重生后整顿官场 Reborn in 2007, the first thing Chen Zhixing did was quit his job! He was done playing the game of officialdom. Couldn't he just walk away? But who could have guessed that Hu Wei would try to set him up for a fall by getting him on the show Livelihood Pain Points? Chen Zhixing said, “Going on the show? Great, I should definitely go.” And then... an event that would shake the political world began. Starting as the deputy leader of a special task force, he climbed step by step to the top! Later, d 507Reads8.3Score103Shelves
- 171 A Grand Vision for Officialdom 官场宏图 A lesser physician treats people; a great physician treats the nation. Xia Feng, a talented traditional Chinese medicine student, resolutely enters politics to avenge his father's death. But when it rains, it pours. On the very day of his wedding, his father-in-law dies unexpectedly. From then on, Xia Feng is met with cold indifference at home. His mother-in-law resents him, and his wife lives apart from him for long stretches. With his father-in-law gone, Xia Feng loses his shelter. Then, after 12.2kReads8.9Score1kShelves
- 172 The Wind Blows Through Xizhou City: Part Two 风过西周城第二部 The second volume of the long anti-corruption novel Wind Over Xizhou City continues the story begun in the first. Planned to span thirty-three chapters and 390,000 characters, it once again unfolds among the offices of Xizhou County, in the western plains. Career and love, human relationships and social customs, the rules of survival, and advancement at work: a series of collisions between people and events, emotion and rules, conscience and human nature. It paints a vivid, tangled portrait of e 145Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 Reborn: Rising Step by Step 重生之步步高升 A gunshot rang out, and Zhao Changtian, awaiting execution, was reborn ten years in the past! Back then, he was drowning in gambling debts, his third marriage had fallen apart, and his job was hanging by a thread! But all of that was merely the starting point of his extraordinary life! Watch him rise with force from the bottom of a state-owned enterprise, climb steadily through the ranks, and reach the summit! This is the iron-fisted journey of a reborn man! This isn’t a work of documentary fict 13.8kReads8.3Score1.7kShelves
- 174 I’m Reborn, So Isn’t Taking Charge of Handong the Obvious Choice? 都重生了，坐镇汉东不是很合理？ After transmigrating to a parallel world, Sun Liancheng becomes a university student. In his previous life, Sun Liancheng kept his head down and worked diligently, getting big things done on a shoestring and taking an endless stream of blame for his superiors. But in the end, he was not only denied a promotion, he was also branded a lazy bureaucrat and banished to the youth center. It all came down to having no connections and no backing. This time, Sun Liancheng decides to take the initiative. 6.4kReads7.6Score215Shelves
- 175 From Employee to Political Powerbroker 从职员到官场枭雄 The career path is a bottomless abyss. Only by being cautious every step of the way can you reach the summit and serve the people. Shao Hongwei started out as a junior clerk. It was his deep sense of awe and responsibility that made him a regional official. 431Reads7.4Score105Shelves
- 176 The Fall Guy Captain 背锅校尉 When I woke up, I was a condemned prisoner in the imperial prison. Modern office worker Li Moxuan died from overwork, only to transmigrate into the Great Yan Dynasty as a scapegoat military officer. His father had escorted the royal treasure, the Ninefold Linglong, when it was stolen. The whole family was held responsible, and in five days they would be exiled to a freezing wasteland. His younger sister was to be sent to the state brothel. From the start, it was a living hell. A golden finger? A —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 177 The Provincial Party Compound: In the Name of the Queen of Spades 省委大院，黑桃皇的名义 Political schemes and power plays, civil war erupting on all sides, and clashes between powerful figures leaving countless dead and wounded. A spectacular anti-corruption campaign unfolds in Longxi Province. The protagonist, Weng Qingyun, starts out in a high-ranking position and enters a life-and-death struggle with Professor Meng Dehu, who just can't help snapping, “Look at you, getting worked up again.” This is more than a brilliant battle between two individuals. It's also a fierce clash bet —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 178 My Connections Reach the Heavens. What's Wrong with Advancing Just a Little Faster? 我人脉通天，进步快亿点怎么了？ A king of soldiers retires from the military and enters government like a raging dragon. Every three years he takes a small step forward; every five years, a giant leap. His meteoric rise stirs up the political world! His enemies cry out in alarm: “This man is a monster! Who let him into government?!” With his commitment to serving the people and his brilliant strategic skills, Gu Yunfeng builds connections that reach the highest levels, then steadily climbs to ever-greater heights! 15.2kReads8.3Score1kShelves
- 179 Tides of Officialdom: Straight Up to the Azure Clouds 宦海浮沉之直上青云 Wang Jianfei’s story of rising through the ranks! A genuine work about the world of officialdom, written in a documentary style by a seasoned author of political fiction with tens of millions of words to his name. A quality read guaranteed! 8.2kReads8.8Score864Shelves
- 180 The Pinnacle of Power: I'm No Benevolent Official 权力巅峰之我不是青天 A pure political drama, with one female lead and a positive message. The novel follows Xu Yuan Zhou's daughter, Xu Yu Meng, as she dedicates herself to serving the people and rises through the ranks from the grassroots. Her journey takes her through rural revitalization, crackdowns on organized crime, and anti-corruption campaigns, with thrilling twists and turns all along the way. 15.9kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
- 181 Reborn in 1998: I Take My Dad into Politics 重生98：我带老爸闯仕途 A new work is here! 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! 65.4kReads9.2Score4.5kShelves
- 182 Officialdom: The Super Secretary 官场：超级秘书 [Officialdom + Anti-Corruption + Crackdown on Organized Crime + Exhilarating] After Lin Wentao was reborn, he used his foresight to break through the obstacles in officialdom, dismantle the traps set for him, and rescue a superior conducting an undercover investigation alone. Rising step by step, he reached the pinnacle of his political career! 8.3kReads8.5Score699Shelves
- 183 A Book by Jiangling Buyi 江陵布衣的一本书 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! 456Reads8.4Score101Shelves
- 184 Impersonating a Beijing Elite, I Control Global Capital 冒充京圈子弟，操纵全球资本 [Reborn + Magnate + Making Money + Politics and Business + Ruthless + Period Piece + Tycoon + High IQ] A fresh take with no substitutes. Sixty million dropped into my lap from the start. If you were me, how would you spend it? Chen Hao gave himself a suitably flashy identity and set out to make his mark across the globe. As long as your identity is mysterious enough, money from all over the world will flow into your pockets. "Young Master Chen, should we buy this plot of land?" "Buy it." "Young 92.9kReads8.7Score15.3kShelves
- 185 The Pinnacle of Power: Capital-Circle Bigwigs Help Me Rise to the Top 权力巅峰：京圈大佬助我青云直上 [Everyday Life + One Heroine + A veteran author with ten million words to his name who never leaves a story unfinished] Lin Xuemin had poured his heart into planning his wedding, only to catch his fiancée cheating on him. Heartbroken, he cut ties with her. Just then, his beloved school beauty, the one who had always been in his heart, appeared and offered him help. From then on, Lin Xuemin used his intelligence and perseverance to rise steadily through the business world. Those who had once look 8.8kReads8.6Score861Shelves
- 186 I Saved Wang Xiyuan, and My Career Took Off Overnight 救下王熙媛，我的仕途一日千里 Reborn, Su Ting, a junior clerk in the County Party Committee Office, accompanies his female superior on a business trip. Using his foresight and the knowledge and experience he gained in his previous life, he foils conspiracies, earns great merit, and roots out corruption, winning his superior's favor. From there, he turns his fortunes around and rises rapidly through the ranks… 774Reads8.1Score260Shelves
- 187 Outsmarting Heaven by Half a Move: My Career in Politics Soars 胜天半子：我的仕途平步青云 At the crossroads of life, Li Dongmu faces a choice that will shape his fate once again. “In this life, I absolutely refuse to be a doormat.” “In this life, I’ll keep my fate firmly in my own hands!” “The road to officialdom is treacherous, with undercurrents surging. Every step must be carefully planned!” “No one will help me reach for the clouds, so I’ll climb through the snow to the summit myself!” 11.4kReads7.9Score738Shelves
- 188 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 51.6kReads8.3Score3.4kShelves
- 189 Women on the Career Ladder 职场路上的女人们 Amid the shifting tides of the crowded world, people are always boarding ships and leaving them behind. When they came riding the waves, they carried unspoken obsessions. When they turned away, the hems of their robes swept up the stars, while the warmth frozen in their palms seeped forever into the course of the voyage. 836Reads7.1Score104Shelves
- 190 The Road to Officialdom: The Pinnacle of Power 官路之权力巅峰 Reborn into a new life, he no longer holds back when petty schemers try to frame him. He strikes back hard. With his foreknowledge and the favor of his superiors, his career in government soars, carrying him all the way to the pinnacle of power. 20.3kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
- 191 Xiaohefeng’s First Book 小荷风的第1本书 My new work is out! 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! 964Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 192 In the Name of the People: Reborn as Zhao Dehan 名义：重生赵德汉 [In the Name of the People] + [The Year We Turned Twenty]... Zhao Dehan: “I woke up and found I’d become Zhao Dehan. I didn’t get to enjoy any of the perks, but somehow I’m stuck holding the bag. What kind of nonsense is this?” Guo Baokun: “If I, Guo Baokun, had never been born, the literary world would have been plunged into darkness for all eternity.” 5.8kReads7.2Score165Shelves
- 193 I'm Qi Tongwei, and I Married a Widow. What Business Is It of Yours, Hou Liangping? 我祁同伟娶寡妇，关你侯亮平屁事 [Sniper-shotting madman + ruthless and laconic + sometimes openhearted, sometimes sly + respects Gao Zhiliang and makes good use of Director Cheng + becomes the king of Handong at forty] In his first life, Qi Tongwei shot himself at Lone Eagle Ridge, his dream shattered by Hou Liangping’s endless rhetoric. In his second life, Qi Tongwei allied himself with the Zhao family. He became the king of Handong, but Zhao Lichun’s influence kept him from going any further. In the end, he died of illness b 276Reads—Score—Shelves
- 194 Reborn in the Millennium: My Career in Government Starts as a Beat Cop 重生千禧年：官场之路从片警开始 Liu Qingming's rebirth begins with a major case, one that cost him his job in his previous life. In this life, he'll take a different path. 6.3kReads8.9Score715Shelves
- 195 Reborn in Politics: My Tactics Are a Little Too Ruthless 重生官场，我的手腕有亿点铁 Officialdom is all about schemes, with traps everywhere. You have to plan for every eventuality to protect yourself. Only years later did Zhou Hongwei understand that. Fate sent him reborn to his wedding in 1999. He could start all over again! The road through officialdom is treacherous and the journey long. Watch Zhou Hongwei turn the tables from desperate straits and soar against the odds! 5.3kReads8.4Score491Shelves
- 196 Turbulent Waves 迷涛 This is a chronicle of a grassroots official's rise and fall, a portrait of county-level officialdom in the 1990s, and, above all, a bittersweet song of an era defined by the struggle between human weakness and steadfastness. When the turbulent waters recede, the embankment still bears the upright figures of those who never bent. 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 197 Officialdom: Starting as a Village Official 官途：从村官开始 (Period setting + urban + farming + no wish fulfillment) Wang Xinghan is reborn in 1990. In his previous life, he was a successful businessman, but he always felt that something was missing. Faced once again with a choice between government service and business, he finally understands that sharing joy is better than enjoying it alone. He resolutely chooses a career in government. This time, he'll turn his ideals into reality, bring prosperity to the people, and help them live in peace and conten 1.8kReads9.3Score208Shelves
- 198 The Hidden Official 官藏 A hundred thousand wildflowers, like a dream; one heart as pure as ice in a jade flask. How will Ye Sansheng soar through the clouds, ride the wind and waves, and become the brother who cuts through every obstacle? 2.3kReads9.0Score260Shelves
- 199 The Road to Light: An Agricultural Graduate Selected for County Government 光明之路：县委大院的农学选调生 Lin Gengye, a master’s graduate in agricultural science, joins the troubled Guangming County as a government trainee, facing accusations that he is a “second-generation official” and only there to pad his resume. He uses technology to transform barren land and applies stock-market strategies to run sustainable agriculture, silencing his critics and increasing the income of poor households. He builds his path to promotion through hard work and answers every doubt with a bountiful harvest. See how 159Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 200 I Hide in the Sect as a Servant, and My Empress Master Has Morning Sickness 苟在宗门当杂役，女帝师尊孕吐了 [Transmigration ✙ Cultivation ✙ Invincible ✙ Master Schemer ✙ Empress ✙ Multiple Heroines ✙ Pure Fun] Wei Changqing transmigrated to the Immortal Cloud Cultivation Continent and became a menial disciple of the White Cloud Sect. He unearthed a Dao-Comprehending Divine Pearl in the spirit field, and after it fused with his body, his heaven-defying comprehension awakened. He cultivated the five elemental spirit arts and comprehended the Chaos Immortal Cultivation Art. He practiced Tai Chi to temper 8.7kReads7.9Score1kShelves
