Final judgment: A 20-episode television series

Author: Wu Zhigang
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Publish Date: 2001-04-01
Features: A young boy deprived of maternal love but showered with abnormal affection and care, he becomes arrogant and willful, intentionally killing to seize a so-called "dominant power." What awaits him is the judgment of the law. This leads to a series of thrilling stories both inside and outside the courtroom, involving the feuds and emotions of three families, the interweaving of five cases, and the clash of personalities among three generations of judges. A respected father, to save his son, manipulates the law, mocks justice, engages in bribery, threats, framing, assassination, and resorts to every means possible. Under a vast web of money-power transactions and shadows of terror, a fierce battle of human nature and a struggle between good and evil unfolds. The novel upholds the truth of the law, explores the emotions and rationality of the human world, and successfully portrays a vivid image of a female judge through concise and lively artistic techniques. The same-titled TV series has been broadcasted in various television stations across the country.
A young boy deprived of maternal love but showered with abnormal affection and care, he becomes arrogant and willful, intentionally killing to seize a so-called "dominant power." What awaits him is the judgment of the law. This leads to a series of thrilling stories both inside and outside the courtroom, involving the feuds and emotions of three families, the interweaving of five cases, and the clash of personalities among three generations of judges. Rational, documentary, full of suspense and tension are the features of the drama: A renowned private entrepreneur and municipal party committee member, Han Jingdao, returns from abroad full of ambition, only to face a turning point in his fate—his son, Han Yong, kills a man known as "Longmao," takes witness Fan Xiaoshi hostage, and is eventually captured. To save his son from legal punishment, Han Jingdao uses his status to exert pressure on municipal leaders and the public security, procuratorate, and court. Only the presiding judge, Mei Wenli, shows no mercy. From then on, strange things keep happening around Mei Wenli. The judge who upholds justice pays a great price, while the criminals go free. Han Yong is released from prison, like a tiger returning to the plains. He forms the "Little Tiger Gang," bullying businesses, committing murders, smuggling drugs, and engaging in all kinds of evil deeds. At the same time, he controls the witness. During the trial, female judge Mei Wenli withstands pressure from leaders, relatives, and even the underworld. However, overnight, the situation changes dramatically: the sole witness suddenly recants, the judge is beaten into a vegetable, and Mei Wenli herself is transferred. After a lenient sentence, Han Yong is released on parole. To take revenge, he sets up traps to frame Mei Wenli's family, and an old case from 40 years ago becomes entangled with this one, shrouded in darkness, but the crime cannot escape the final judgment.
The drama combines legal and emotional principles, artfully portraying the glorious image of people's judges through the conflict and struggle between emotion and law. The novel upholds the truth of the law, explores the emotions and rationality of the human world, and successfully portrays a vivid image of a female judge through concise and lively artistic techniques. The same-titled TV series has been broadcasted in various television stations across the country.