Small-town security guard + buried gold + Fan Wei's deadpan chaos = Northeast China noir you didn't know you needed.
56 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestIn 1990, crimes often happened in Shuangyuhe, a small city in the Northeast. And all these cases had something to do with Shang Quanliang (Fan Wei), who worked in the security department of the thermos factory. Everyone wanted the gold. When the legend about gold in Laoyao Mountain became known, forces of evil came here to look for the gold one after another and the conflicts escalated. What could people do when motivated by greed? The situation was so mysterious...
Acting
Fan Wei's everyman desperation is masterclass.
Direction
Zha Muchun balances absurdity and genuine dread.
Production
Frozen Northeast aesthetic feels lived-in, not picturesque.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Northeastern Renaissance' in Chinese streaming—shows like this and The Long Season—mine the region's post-industrial decay for stories about dignity and desperation. Fan Wei, a comedy legend, uses his sketch-comedy timing to weaponize the absurd.
The thermos factory setting isn't random: in 1990s China, these danwei (work units) were collapsing, turning loyal employees like Shang into men with nothing left to lose. The gold hunt is capitalism arriving violently.
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