第二部精彩呈现：在前途渺茫的困惑时期，王步凡突然接到省委让他出任天野市政法委书记的喜讯。上任之后，天野情况的复杂多变，令他难以适应，代理市长欧阳颂的落选，牵扯出一个巨贪——市委副书记雷佑胤......市委组织部长侯寿山因为曾经是省委副书记呼延雷的秘书，在短时间内官升两级，成为天野市新的代理市长......天野影视城的一场大火烧死298人，侯寿山也死于非命......文史远成为又一任代理市长......王步凡在人事变迁中稳步上升......在与腐败分子的较量中，王步凡越来越走向成熟，同时他的操守和灵魂，也经历一次次的拷问......(The second sequence will present a brilliant story. At his confusion about his future, Wang Bufan unexpectedly received the good news that he was appointed as the secretary of politics and law committee of Tianye City by the provincial Party committee. However, at the assumption of his office, Wang found the situation of Tianye too sophisticated and changeable to adapt to. The failure of the acting mayor, Ouyang Song, in the election led to the revelation of a corrupt high official – Lei Youyin, deputy secretary of municipal Party committee... The head of organization department in municipal Party committee, Hou Shoushan, was promoted short by two levels to the position of acting mayor, only because he was once the secretary of Huyan Lei, deputy secretary of provincial Party committee... A conflagration in Tianye Film City caused the death of 298 people including Hou Shoushan... Wen Shiyuan then became the next acting mayor... Meanwhile, Wang Bufan went up steadily in personnel changes... In the confrontation against corrupt officials, Wang has become more mature; at the same time, his personal integrity and soul is experiencing repeated challenges and tortures...)