The taste of the organization

Author: Li Yan
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Publication Date: 2001-05-01
Features: Ambition and lust form the two driving wheels of the plot in this novel. The talented college student Huang Sanmu has the opportunity to join the city government and become a member of the power club, but he fails to enjoy the pleasure of power. Instead, the trivial matters and cold, rigid rules of the club make him feel uncomfortable. His scholar's nature, like a fox's tail, occasionally shows through. His superior wants to raise him as his own son, but he writes an article in an internal reference criticizing the problems in his department. As a result, his superior's hope of being promoted to Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Committee is dashed. He is sent to the cold palace, enduring humiliation and hardship. Extreme suppression forces him to transfer his frustrations, and he does everything in his power to toy with women as his superior once did to him, reveling in the pleasure of indulgence, the power of authority, and learning the techniques and art of wielding power. He even ignores love, leading to his lover being seduced and taken away by others. Fate turns when he meets the daughter of the Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Committee, and he hastily "resolves" the situation with her, marrying her. As he climbs the ladder of success through the power struggles with his father-in-law and others, he finally tastes the sweetness of power. It is at this moment that he meets the woman he loves, and both his career and life take another turn...