Even so, these officials were picky, only wanting to stay in the affluent and prosperous capital, with few willing to go to the poor and remote countryside and grassroots areas.
Even after receiving their appointments, they still dragged their feet.
They lobbied connections, gave gifts, searched for patronage, and found ways to stay in the capital, to enter the center of power, and then they quickly rose to the top by clinging to some figure of authority.
But Wang Wenchuan clearly did not want this.
The reason he stubbornly stayed at the grassroots level was not because he neglected his salary or future prospects but rather because he placed them further down on his list of priorities.
What concerned him more was what he ought to do as an official serving the people.
Twenty years passed in a flash among the fragments of memory.
