Zhu Qianye hailed from a small county under the jurisdiction of a city near Northern Mountain City. He had no significant family wealth or powerful backers, yet at the age of forty-nine, he had secured the position of Director of the Public Security Bureau and a member of the Municipal Party's Standing Committee in a prefectural-level city. His considerable achievements in middle age inspired envy in many of his peers in official circles.
However, he was habitually low-profile, having no associations with Secretary Mo's faction, which practically held absolute power in Northern Mountain, nor was he aligned with the people behind the old mayor who was about to be promoted and transferred. He was completely neutral, offending no one.
In fact, this man also had quite a connection with Huang Tao.
