Taiping City is in turmoil, with the criminal underworld ruling unchecked. Three consecutive police chiefs have met their ends: one dead, one driven mad, and one sent to prison.
Just when the whole city has lost hope, top criminal investigator Chen Zhe arrives from above.
But the new chief neither makes a show of force nor investigates cases. Every day, he clutches a thermos of goji berry tea, eats barbecue at the night market, plays chess with old-timers, and smiles at everyone. He's the very picture of a laid-back bureaucrat just killing time.
The crime boss laughs. “This spineless nobody? He'll be easy to handle!”
The mole in the police force is delighted. “The new chief is useless. Let's keep the music playing and the party going!”
Everyone thinks Chen Zhe is slacking off, until one night, a sweeping anti-crime crackdown takes the whole city by storm!
A market-stall auntie becomes a star informant, while sidelined, passionate officers transform into deadly blades. The layers of protection shielding the criminals are torn apart in an instant!
Chen Zhe blows on the hot tea in his thermos and smiles at the trembling crime boss and the high-ranking mole. “Gentlemen, you've finished your tea. Time to go.”
The whole city is shaken! The chief isn't some easygoing saint after all. He's the living King of Hell hiding beneath a lamb's skin!
Just watched it, I thought it was pretty good