Name: The Young Patrol Chief of Republican-Era China
Author: Three Seven Two Seven Ten

Synopsis

In 1938, Beiping lay beneath the shadow of occupation, with cold winds carrying the smoke of war through its streets.

Su Chen, an unemployed young man, transmigrates by accident and becomes a patrol chief on Qianmen Street. More precious to him than the uniform that puts food on his table is the ace he brought with him: a twelve-story department store from 2026. It has everything, from rice, flour, cooking oil, and grain to gold, silver, and jewelry, even military equipment, all available in unlimited quantities.

He fills a warehouse measuring ten thousand cubic meters with gold. But in a time of chaos, flaunting wealth invites disaster, so he has no choice but to spend the night melting it into bars and quietly turning it into the means to stay alive. A peripheral member of the Military Statistics Bureau, he had hoped to use his position to make a little extra money and live in peace. Instead, through a twist of fate, he takes on a mission to escort classified documents.

A list of undercover agents, a map of Japanese troop deployments… The kind of information that could upend Beiping becomes a hot potato he cannot get rid of. The Special Higher Police’s fangs, the puppet government’s informants, and the gangs’ covetous eyes close in from every side.

Su Chen looks at the mountains of supplies in his warehouse, then at his compatriots on the streets enduring humiliation. Gradually, a hard-to-describe sense of attachment creeps into his greedy heart. Will he remain a bystander who only knows how to hoard wealth, or use this futuristic department store to carve out a different path through these troubled times?

The weight of the gold bars rests in his palm, while the weight of the era lies on his shoulders. Watch as a patrol chief who only wants to get rich brings an entire department store into the treacherous whirlpool of espionage and finds his own way to survive.

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