Choice

Author: Zhang Ping
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Zhang Ping's Choice not only mercilessly and thoroughly exposes the phenomenon of corruption but also passionately and fully depicts the anti-corruption struggle. It makes serious efforts in the typicalization of the environment and achieves considerable success. This is a breakthrough in literary creation on the theme of anti-corruption struggles. Choice portrays a severe political struggle between corrupt officials and our Party and the masses, shaking the entire city, stirring the provincial committee, and even attracting the attention of the central government. The struggle is so sharp and intense that both sides reach a point of irreconcilable conflict with no room for retreat, forcing them to fight to the death. This is the setting, stage, overall situation, and conflict that the protagonist in the novel faces. They are both unique and universal to our era's fight against corruption, thus achieving a high level of typicality and laying a solid foundation for shaping a typical character with an era-specific charm.
After the workers of Zhongyang Textile Group Company rioted, revealing the corruption within the company's leadership, Mayor Li Gaocheng began a secret investigation. The results showed that his old subordinate, old superior, and even his wife were all intricately involved in the case. What should he do? Between the public and his relatives and friends, he must make a choice. In the end, he chose the people, and the people chose him. The work demonstrates the courage and boldness to confront reality, mercilesslyeting corrupt officials and fearlessly exposing and criticizing corrupt behaviors such as buying official positions, using public funds for prostitution, bribery, and forming cliques. Thus, it realistically portrays the agonizing soul struggle and choices of the protagonist, Li Gaocheng, in a gripping manner.