Chiang Kai-shek's attendant room is known as the "Phoenix Pool". At the center of power, mortals stop.
Chen Brai is Chiang Kai-shek's literary talent, but he hides a secret of betraying his classmates. Dai Li is the king of secret agents, but he secretly conducts intelligence transactions with the Japanese. Chen Lifu is the head of the CC faction, but he uses the name of purging the party to eradicate dissidents.
Three people, three sets of secrets, a three-way game. Writers use pens, agents use guns, and politicians use nets. In the closed power space of the attendant's room, there are no permanent friends, only permanent interests. Sometimes they join forces, sometimes they stab each other, and sometimes they join forces to stab each other.
From Nanjing to Chongqing, and from Chongqing to Taipei, this game of chess has been played for eleven years. In the end no one won. Because there is never a winner in the Phoenix Pool - only those who get out alive and those who die in the pool.
