A Political Maelstrom Beneath the Typhoon

In Coastal County, as Typhoon Xuehong approaches landfall, Zhao Dezhu, the aging director of the Water Resources Bureau, dies suddenly of a heart attack, leaving the office in chaos and without a leader. The three deputy directors, Li Weimin, the seniority man; Zhang Zhiqiang, the well-connected one; and Zhou Zheng, the technical expert, each go their own way as they engage in open and covert struggles for the director's post.

With flood-control work urgently pressing, technical expert Zhou Zheng is suddenly attacked, and computer data is stolen, igniting a contest over power, conspiracy, and responsibility.

In the political maelstrom beneath the typhoon, a battle without gunfire has already begun...