20 years of power, one audit to destroy it all — Chinese political thriller hits different.
Season 1 • Episode 20
LatestXiang Damin, a determined leader, builds his small town into a thriving community over 20 years. However, the town faces a crisis due to corruption and mismanagement. When government official Wen Shulin is sent to resolve the issues, he must navigate political challenges and work with a diverse group of leaders to bring about necessary reforms and restore the town's prosperity.
Acting
Li Jianyi and You Yongzhi's mentor-protégé tension simmers with decades of unspoken history.
Writing
Navigates Chinese bureaucracy with rare authenticity — every meeting is a battlefield.
Direction
He Qun lets silence do the talking; power shifts in glances, not speeches.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released in 2002, this rode the wave of post-reform China self-examination — state TV actually airing critiques of state failure was itself political.
The fictional town's collapse mirrors real 1990s rural banking crises that triggered massive central government bailouts — art imitating very specific, very covered-up life.
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