Urban Crisis: Upper, Middle, and Lower

Author: Chen Fang
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Publish Date: 2000-05-01
Features: Urban Crisis is a full-length novel created by the renowned author Chen Fang on the basis of his internationally acclaimed Wrath of Heaven. It vividly portrays an exhilarating anti-corruption struggle, composing a moving anthem of righteousness. Adapted into a 35-episode television drama series, it has now been completed filming. This is an outstanding novel that has attracted widespread attention from readers both domestically and internationally, embodying a strong spirit of realism and upholding the values of justice. The story begins with the sudden gunshot death of the deputy mayor of a certain city, which sets off a sharp and complex anti-corruption drama. The former secretary of the mayor is arrested on suspicion of massive fundraising; the deputy director of the General Office flees overseas; the mayor's son first arranges for a young female investigator to die in a car accident and then collaborates with overseas criminals to kidnap his sister; a television host while committing suicide by cutting his wrists. A corner of the corrupt web is exposed, fugitives are extradited back to the country, and the party secretary is arrested and imprisoned, but the deadly struggle between investigation and counter-investigation continues. The black notebook recording the facts of the crime disappears; a deputy minister uses his power to protect criminals, bribes the police chief to provide secret information to the inmates, sets traps to wrongfully imprison a female prosecutor, and simultaneously covers up the escape of the real criminals overseas. To permanently conceal a series of crimes including massive bribery, drug trafficking, and smuggling of cultural relics, the criminal group brutally kills one witness after another, but ultimately cannot escape the punishment of justice. The story of the book is intricate and the plot is tense, with cases within cases, each linked to the next. It not only vividly portrays the heroic figures battling on the anti-corruption front in departments like disciplinary committees and prosecutors' offices but also deeply portrays the complex personalities of corrupt officials and analyzes how they turned to crime. The book achieves a perfect unity of profound intellectual value and aesthetic value.