Judgment in Heaven

On April 11, 2025, Ji Chunsheng, deputy secretary of the Yuhe Municipal Party Committee, was taken away by the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection after a citywide meeting on tackling corruption at the grassroots level.

Twelve years earlier, he had stunned the entire room with his poem, "Ode to Yuhe." One dinner, one woman, one USB drive, and one photograph sent him down a different path in history. He built an intricate web of connections: Zhao Qiming served as his representative in the business world, Ji Chunming as his enforcer, Ye Yuji as his political proxy, and Chen Yan as his lover. He thought his web was airtight. But he failed to account for one gambler, two aimless people dreaming of internet fame, and a kidnapping that dredged up one long-buried secret after another.

Told along two narrative threads, the story weaves together three clues: footage on a USB drive, a case involving a fake and a real disciplinary inspection commission, and intimate photos linked to a kidnapping.

History will judge their merits and failings, and the people will have their say.

And history has only just written its first page.