The game of power begins with the police officers at the local police station.

Chen Shi returned to the hotel and pondered in his heart that he had never had any contact with his maternal uncle's family. They were related by blood, but there was no kinship between them.

Go directly to your maternal uncle. I don't know if he recognizes you, but your aunt is an outsider. As long as you behave well and win her favor, you still have a chance if you slowly build a relationship.

Chen Shi decided to start with his aunt. He left the hotel and went to a nearby internet cafe to look up information about his aunt.

Log in to the official website of Mingzhou No.1 High School and check the information section of the leaders.

Principal Li Nan is a vocational school graduate with associate's and bachelor's degrees from adult education programs. In reality, he just bought a diploma with money. No wonder his father wanted to support his son-in-law; his daughter was too stupid to be helped.

Looking at Li Nan's photo, with her regular features and a face that looks like she could bring good fortune to her husband, Chen Shi could tell that she was a kind-hearted person.

Chen Shi had one advantage: he was handsome and attractive to women, especially middle-aged and older women.

He has a natural sensitivity to women and can tell at a glance what type of woman she is.

Some people are naturally likable, loved by everyone, and admired by all. First impressions are very important; if you don't like someone at first sight, you're unlikely to like them later.

I'm going to visit the new place tomorrow, and I need to prepare some gifts. I only have a little over two thousand yuan in my pocket, so I can't afford anything expensive.

Families like that don't lack valuable things.

Li Nan is the principal, so she will definitely need a pen. Buy her an expensive one.

When you're short on money, give small gifts; expensive gifts are more likely to attract attention.

If you buy a bag for a little over two thousand yuan, people won't even glance at it. You'd have to give them something worth at least two hundred thousand yuan to get their attention.

With these two thousand yuan, you can buy a fountain pen, which is worth the same as a handbag worth two hundred thousand yuan.

You absolutely shouldn't give cosmetics as gifts. You don't know what skin allergies someone has, so if you just buy something random, they'll throw it away immediately, and it won't have any effect.

For an educator, even just to look good, a pen is something they should always carry with them.

Chen Shi decided that he would go and buy a fountain pen first thing tomorrow morning.

He logged onto the Minnesota state government website to check his uncle's information.

The list of leaders shows that Wang Mingzhang, the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, was born in 1962. It is now 2009, and he is only 47 years old.

He started as a staff member in the Municipal Government Office, and rose through the ranks to become Deputy Section Chief, Section Chief, Deputy Director of the Office, Director, Deputy District Head of Qilin District, Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, District Head, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of Xinwei County-level City, Mayor, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of Mingzhou City, Executive Vice Mayor, and Full-time Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee.

After reading Wang Mingzhang's resume, Chen Shi deeply understood what it meant to have someone in high places to get ahead in officialdom. It was like having a cheat code. At only forty-seven years old, he had already reached the level of deputy director-general and held great power. If nothing unexpected happened, he would at least reach the level of a provincial or ministerial-level official by the time he retired.

He is now at the pinnacle of the deputy director-general level, serving as a full-time deputy secretary, just one step away from becoming a director-general level cadre.

Just like cultivating immortality in fantasy novels, one can reach the late Nascent Soul stage, the Great Perfection stage, and break through to the Divine Transformation stage at any time.

Chen Shi left the internet cafe with a look of excitement. By latching onto this powerful figure, he could at least become a division-level cadre, with deputy section chief being just the beginning.

Within the system, an official who doesn't want to advance is not a qualified official.

The next morning, Chen Shi got up early, went to the mall, and bought a fountain pen that cost 1999.

Back at the hotel, I received a call from Wang Xincheng. My uncle, Wang Mingzhang, was away from home, but my aunt, Li Nan, was there.

It's summer vacation now, and I already knew Li Nan would be free. As for Wang Mingzhang, it doesn't matter whether my uncle is there or not. I'll deal with Li Nan first.

Chen Shi arrived at the residential compound where Wang Xincheng lived. He drove a Toyota and waited at the entrance of the compound.

Upon seeing Chen Shi, he poked his head out and waved to him.

Chen Shi ran over quickly: "Uncle, I'm going to buy a fountain pen for my aunt. It's my first time going, and it wouldn't be good to go empty-handed."

Wang Xincheng laughed and said, "Get in the car quickly, there's no need to buy anything. They really like the local specialties we brought from our hometown. These are all organic foods, which city people love."

Chen Shi got into the car, and Song Ya sat in the passenger seat. He turned to Chen Shi and said, "I told your aunt that you were going to visit her, and she was very happy."

She didn't know your uncle had an older sister in the countryside, and asked why you didn't come sooner.

She is an only child, a relative on our side, and very warm and approachable.

I told your mom before, come up here and let them take care of you. It's better than you staying at home farming.

Your mother can't get over this; she says that since they don't acknowledge her, she doesn't acknowledge them either.

Chen Shi smiled and said, "My mother told me about the past, all things from the previous generation. Their generation, after all, are siblings, blood is thicker than water, so they should visit each other and get acquainted."

Song Ya smiled and nodded. Chen Shi, that kid, speaks nicely and is good-looking. What kind of person are you? What kind of person is he? You don't take the initiative, but you expect him to take the initiative. You're really stubborn. You deserve to be poor.

He has such a good younger brother but doesn't acknowledge him. Others are scrambling to get into the municipal party committee compound, but they can't even get through the gate.

When the car arrived at the municipal party committee compound, the middle-aged security guard saw the license plate number, glanced at his notebook, and quickly let it pass.

This is what it means to have keen eyesight. People who can work as security guards in the municipal party committee compound are not ordinary people.

Besides knowing the license plate numbers of the leaders inside, you also need to know the license plate numbers of their relatives.

He can remember everything clearly once he's been there.

If you're not careful and offend a relative of your boss, they might say a few bad things about you to the boss, and you'll be forced to pack your bags and leave, losing your job.

The security guard smiled and nodded, and the car drove into the municipal party committee compound, stopping at a two-story villa.

Chen Shi memorized the route so that he wouldn't go astray later when he came on his own.

After getting out of the car, Song Ya opened the trunk and took out mushrooms, including termite mushrooms, morel mushrooms, and green-headed mushrooms, as well as a free-range chicken that looked like it had just been killed that morning and was still steaming.

Chen Shi instinctively wanted to go forward and pick up the things, but then stopped. Picking up the things at this moment would be considered inconsiderate.

If you bring it up, Li Nan won't know the situation and will think it was a gift from you.

Wang Xincheng carried mushrooms and free-range chickens. Chen Shi quickly stepped forward, rang the doorbell, and waited behind Wang Xincheng and Song Ya.

A woman in her thirties opened the door with a big smile on her face.

Chen Shi took one look and realized it was a nanny.

The nanny greeted them, "Sister Ya, you've arrived."

Song Ya smiled and said, "Xiao Chen, I brought some local specialties. The free-range chicken was just killed, and the soup is made with green-headed mushrooms. It's very delicious."

"Sister Nan also said that this is the season for eating mushrooms, and if we don't eat them now, they'll be gone. She told me to go and buy some later, and that's why you brought them."

The nanny glanced at Chen Shi, and Song Ya introduced him, "This is my cousin's son, Nan Nan's nephew."

Chen Shi quickly said, "Hello, Sister Chen."

Xiao Chen nodded, looking completely bewildered. Li Nan was an only child; where did she get a nephew from?

Immediately realizing that Song Ya's cousin was the son of the secretary's older sister, she smiled and greeted Chen Shi.

To be a nanny in a leader's home, you need to be observant.