In 1978, the reform and opening-up began. In 1981, at the age of 35, Zhao Lichun became the Vice Mayor of Jingzhou, in charge of the Development and Reform Commission. Even then, he felt he held the pulse of this land, convinced that he was destined for greatness.
Seventeen years had passed, and he was now over fifty.
Zhao Lichun had never felt as powerless as he did at this moment. While consumed by grief, he couldn't help but wonder: if the political maneuvering he usually prided himself on couldn't even protect his own family, what was the point of competing for it all?
Chapter 780