Past Events of Lanzhou Jianghu

"The Past in Lanzhou Jianghu" is written by Yu Mo and tells the little-known story of the Lanzhou underworld from 1995 to 2005. In the past ten years, the Lanzhou underworld has been dominated by the Li brothers' gang, the Chen brothers' gang and the Ma Bingbing gang. They have done great harm and have far-reaching influence. Even after more than 20 years, they are still famous. The Li brothers' gang is the strongest and most famous. Not only does it have strong backstage support, but it also got involved in the underworld early. Many people who later joined the underworld came from their gang. The Chen brothers are known as the "Gambling Kings of Lanzhou" and are keen on recruiting troops to expand their power. They are also engaged in illegal activities such as extortion and drug trafficking. The members of Ma Bingbing's gang are generally young, full of youthful and Dangerous youth, and their behavior is extremely cruel. Fights and even killings are common, and the level of bloody violence is shocking. The stories of these three gangs in the book are essentially samples of the abnormal survival of lower-class youth in the period of economic transformation. They attempt to use violence to break through class solidification, but are constrained by the rules of the world such as "face must be defended with blood." Yu Mo uses delicate brushwork to vividly demonstrate the complex human nature and cruel survival rules of that special period, leading readers to experience a real and shocking past event in Lanzhou's Jianghu.