Twelve Years on the Road to Power

Jiang Che placed third in the provincial civil service exam, earning him the title of Third Laureate. Deliberately targeted and banished to a poor, remote grassroots post, he should have spent his life as a pearl buried in the dust.

An unexpected encounter by the Songjiang River, where he witnessed a couple having sex in a car, put Jiang Che's life back on track and gave him political connections of his own.

The political world is full of treacherous twists and turns. The deeper Jiang Che ventures into it, the more he feels he must tread carefully at every step.

Poverty-relief funds are siphoned off at every level, and public welfare projects become mere vanity projects. Jiang Che doesn't know whether to go along with the crowd or take on the impossible odds;

When he discovers a pollution report that was deliberately concealed, Jiang Che doesn't know whether to choose the green hills and clear waters, or the people's livelihoods and his record in office;

A letter of accusation from twenty years ago reveals the truth behind an old case from the tenure of his former superior. Jiang Che doesn't know whether to destroy his own patron or follow the righteousness in his heart.

As an official, be fair; as a person, be upright. Cultivate yourself, manage your family, and bring peace to the world. Looking at the words the beautiful mayor wrote for him on the wall, Jiang Che falls into deep thought.

Why should he have to choose between only two options? Jiang Che insists on choosing C and forging his own path to the top!