Neon Embers: the Rise and Fall of Dongguan Entertainment Empire

Under the neon lights of a winter night in Dongguan, Xin Dongtai Entertainment City is like a cancerous tumor that grows abnormally, swallowing up desire and money. Covering an area of ​​18,000 square meters, this "Asia's No. 1 Casino" is home to top-notch speakers, luxurious private rooms, and nightly entertainment for Southeast Asian billionaires. But behind the scenes, it is an abyss of drug dealing, sex slave domestication, and cross-border gambling. Lu Xin, a migrant worker, turned the entertainment city into a paradise for power and money transactions with his ruthless tactics and the blessing of his mysterious "godfather". He watched coldly in the monitoring room: 16-year-old Xiaofang was injected with pink potion and was forced to exchange her body for her younger brother's tuition; wealthy businessmen spent huge sums of money on the gambling table, and the dealer team was exactly the same as that of a Macau casino. In the more secretive secret passage on the fourth floor, dignitaries select "special services" through one-way glass, and the large web woven by protective umbrellas repeatedly makes police investigations run into obstacles. When college student reporter Chen Mo sneaks into the investigation, he accidentally uncovers the black gold chain between Lu Xin and his "godfather" - from land bribery to arms smuggling, the entertainment city is just the tip of the iceberg of a huge criminal empire. At the same time, undercover policeman Lin Feng was frightened every step of the way in the drug den, only to find that his boss had long been reduced to a protective umbrella. In the winter of 2009, a raid codenamed "Thunder" ripped open the mask of hypocrisy. When armored vehicles surrounded the entertainment city, Lu Xin was escaping through a secret passage, and Xiaofang ignited the gasoline barrel hidden in the KTV in the chaos. In the flames that soared into the sky, this gold-selling cave that once made tens of millions of dollars was reduced to ashes, leaving only the roaring future of machines in the industrial park and the sighs of those souls sinking in desire.