Step by Step to the Summit

In Heng County, Xishan Province, the coal city, undercurrents run deep. On a rainy night, a female bureau chief is brutally murdered, and the unsolved case is sealed away, untouched by anyone. Ouyang Jin, a battle-hardened police officer transferred out of the military, is appointed in the face of crisis and parachuted in to take over. Threats come at him from every direction. With a soldier's unbending pride, Ouyang Jin bides his time and lays his plans, reopening the old case and unleashing a storm against organized crime. He tears down the protective umbrella of corruption and clears the name of the wrongfully accused. Starting in Shannan, Ouyang Jin rises step by step, climbing the ranks. But once the crackdown ends, an even more dangerous struggle for power in the political arena is only just beginning.