Chapter 1: Blazing Vengeance

  Jiang Feng came to Changning City as the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, which is indeed a waste of his talent. According to normal organizational procedures, he should have had better options. As one of the four great talents in the Guangxia Provincial Government, Jiang Feng once wrote "The 300-Year Blueprint for Guangxia", which caught the attention of the provincial party committee at that time. The book provided answers to the problems faced by the Guangxia Party's construction and its current stage of development, as well as its future direction, demonstrating Jiang Feng's solid theoretical foundation. Later, Jiang Feng was appointed as the Executive Vice Mayor of Tongding City (at the deputy ministerial level), which is one of the most developed coastal areas. According to his career trajectory, it seems that Jiang Feng's official path has been declining.

  Changning City has a population of less than 4 million, with an underdeveloped economy. Four out of the nine counties and cities under its jurisdiction are poverty-stricken. Taking Changning City as an example, it lacks both software and hardware in terms of economic development. However, Jiang Feng seems to have taken the wrong medicine and has ended up in a place that is considered by some provincial committee cadres to be so poor that "not even birds shit there". It's likely that Jiang Feng will be demoted for a period of time.

  Jiang Feng, a top student from Beida, was assigned to the Provincial Youth League Committee as soon as he graduated. He was very proud and satisfied with his high starting point, which made many grassroots officials envy him. His uncle Lu Qingfeng, who worked in the county government, would mention his nephew's work at the Provincial Youth League Committee whenever he met someone, making it known to everyone in the county government that he had a nephew working at the Provincial Youth League Committee. Of course, this way of self-promotion was not unreasonable, at least it let people know that he had a "backer".

  After Jiang Feng arrived in Changning City as the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, it was not as some provincial party cadres thought that he would be soft for a period of time. On the contrary, Jiang Feng was sleepless all night and overexcited, because at this time, a plan to overthrow his predecessor, Liao Chunsheng, the former Secretary of the Changning Municipal Party Committee, and Zhou Qiball, the Secretary of the Yongsheng County Party Committee under Changning City, was taking shape in Jiang Feng's mind.

  Jiang Feng was so excited that he couldn't sleep, and ran to the bathroom to face the mirror. He combed his shiny hair with both hands, a cold smile spreading from the corners of his mouth. This smile contained too much pain and humiliation. He knew that by coming to Changning, Liao Chunsheng's road had come to an end.

  Liao Chunsheng, who was pointed out by Jiang Feng, took office as the Secretary of Changning Municipal Committee. He was originally Jiang Feng's superior when he was assigned to the Provincial Youth League Committee after graduating from university. At that time, Jiang Feng was just an ordinary staff member, while Liao Chunsheng was already the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Youth League Committee.

  However, Liao Chunsheng, who was born with a jealous and envious nature, saw Jiang Feng, who had just been assigned to the committee, as a potential threat to his future career advancement. He thought that Jiang Feng's exceptional writing skills and expertise in economics would make him a strong competitor in the political arena.

  In reality, Liao Chunsheng was overthinking things. Jiang Feng had just graduated from university and lacked experience, despite having read several years' worth of books and possessing decent abilities. He was still young and inexperienced, only in his early twenties.

  At that time, Liao Chunsheng was already in his mid-thirties and had a relatively comprehensive evaluation as a cadre according to the provincial party committee's standards. However, as a power-hungry individual who was born into a life of privilege, Liao Chunsheng went to great lengths to prevent Jiang Feng from rising through the ranks smoothly.

  He even orchestrated a political conspiracy that led to Jiang Feng being tainted by a political scandal, which ultimately affected his political prospects for ten years.

  The accomplices of this political conspiracy were directed by Zhou Qiball, the current secretary of Yongsheng County Party Committee, and at that time, Zhou Qiball was a typist in the Provincial Youth League Committee. Otherwise, Liao Chunsheng would not have been able to do it so beautifully, and when the provincial discipline inspection commission intervened to investigate at that time, there was no flaw.

  At that time, the country had just started to reform and open up, and the overall economy was beginning to recover. New ideas were gradually impacting the laboring masses who had come from the "special period". Many people went from being afraid to talk about money at first, to later recklessly making money and getting rich. Batch after batch of southern women, wearing red and green, impacted the sexual concepts of the comrades of this newborn regime with a 5,000-year civilization history.

  Before the reform and opening-up, under the control of the new regime, all kinds of brothels were banned one by one. The hardworking prostitutes became laborers on various fronts of the new government, relying on their own hands to make a living. Prostitutes had already become a thing of the past in a certain historical period. It is said that prostitution is an inevitable product of social development, and as long as there are humans, there will be sex trade. As long as there is soil, it will revive from the ashes. The reform and opening-up really brought prostitutes back to the scene again. History is surprisingly similar, and does not change with human will.

  As a major economic province, Guangdong was influenced by the values of popular songs like "Xiao Sa Zou Yi Hui" at that time. Some rich people or those who got rich first began to play with women and enter various "chicken" stores, indulging in their desires.

  As a party member, Liao Chunsheng was well aware that the matter of "visiting the wine cellar" was not trivial. If discovered, it would result in severe consequences, including loss of job or disciplinary action. However, Liao Chunsheng did not go to "enjoy himself", but instead let his colleague Jiang Feng go and enjoy, while promptly reporting to the Discipline Inspection Committee, making a fool of this naive university graduate. The committee staff caught Jiang Feng red-handed on the spot. Of course, Jiang Feng was completely innocent in this matter, having only drunk a few more cups of "horse urine" under Liao Chunsheng's deception, and then lost consciousness. Under Liao Chunsheng and Zhou Qiball's manipulation, he completed his first physical encounter with a female, or rather, before the battle had even begun, the committee leaders had already arrived on the scene.

  The wine had not yet sobered, but he was mixed with the prostitute ghost, which became the biggest stain in Jiang Feng's political career. The Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission severely dealt with Jiang Feng, and the result of the handling: severe warning, and was demoted to a front-line production workshop. At that time, Jiang Feng had died of heartbreak, but this also made him mature quickly. He knew it was Liao Chunsheng's ghost behind his back, but he couldn't figure out why Liao Chunsheng wanted to treat him like this. Was there a feud between them? At this time, Jiang Feng was a young man who had just walked out of the university gate, and he still naively thought that it might be because of a feud between their families in the past, so he suffered a frame-up. However, this possibility was eventually ruled out, because Liao's family and Jiang's family were separated by thousands of mountains and rivers.

  As time went on, Jiang Feng gradually matured politically and only then understood that it was Liao Chunsheng's political trap. In order to make himself stable in politics, he not only had to understand the way of operating in official circles but also have the ruthlessness to eliminate dissidents, especially those potential opponents. By the time he understood these principles, it was already ten years later. Jiang Feng had been transferred from the front-line production workshop to the provincial party committee's organization department.

  For the past decade, Jiang Feng has come to understand a truth: that in order to succeed in officialdom, one must be good at striking down others, skilled at operating, and striving to climb up. Only then can one become a superior person. Having talent alone is not enough; under the implicit rules of officialdom, it's difficult to stand out. Throughout history, both in China and abroad, how many talented scholars have ended up as disgruntled literati, if not for being "submerged" by the system? Jiang Feng, having come to understand these things, began to advance smoothly in his official career, starting from a minor position in the Organization Department, all the way to Vice Minister. Later, he became the Executive Vice Mayor of Tongding City, and then the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of Changning City. His official career can be said to have been smooth sailing all the way. Why was he able to make a comeback from his humble beginnings? Apart from his exceptional courage and wisdom, it was also due to the strong backing of Zhao Dongfang, the Vice Governor of Guangxia Province. Vice Governor Zhao highly valued Jiang Feng and knew that he had been framed in the past. In order to prevent this talented young man from falling into obscurity, Vice Governor Zhao put in a lot of effort behind the scenes, which ultimately led to Jiang Feng's success today. Jiang Feng regarded Vice Governor Zhao as more important than his own father, and was completely loyal to him.

  Jiang Feng was once very depressed after being hit politically, but there is one thing Jiang Feng never gave up on - avenging his blood feud. It was Liao Chunsheng who made this spoiled child fall into hell instantly and destroyed his family.

  At the forefront of the workshop, Jiang Feng secretly made up his mind: as long as he still had a breath left, he could still fight. He would never let go of this "Liao Dog". "Liao Dog" was the nickname that Jiang Feng had given to Liao Chunsheng for many years.